October 2021

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October – Remembering and Balance


We are official in the ‘BER’ months, which means we lose light, days are cooler, the geese have begun to fly, and the leaves are dropping. Time to say goodbye to Summer and fully enter into FALL. 


October is about Balance, and we are reminded of this with the fall equinox with equal hours of light and dark. Libra’s archetype is ‘I BALANCE,’ and we feel all the little and big places that are out-of-balance in our life. The universe’s energy pushes us to align to what Balance might mean for us and our path ahead. 


It’s the season of deciding what to pack away until next summer or what to dispose of. It’s a time of harvest and letting go. September was about uncompleted tasks, refining goals, and figuring out a better way. October is about realistic goals and defining what is most important in our life. We are pushes towards what is in better alignment for 2022. Like leaves, things we are not meant for us will fall away, or we’ll be pushed in another direction. After months of feeling like an untethered kite, you may begin to see glimmers of something ahead. Most of us are ready to leave 2021 behind, yet we still have a few months of work. 


Mercury (communication) goes retrograde, but Pluto, Saturn, and Jupiter go direct. Transformation, Karma, Luck, and Knowledge of our roadblocks clear away, and if you’ve been listening to your higher self, expect the unexpected, and go with the flow, October could be a magical month for you. 

September 2021

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September – Harvest Season
Time to say goodbye to August and welcome the energy of September. The number NINE vibration is about completion, transition, endings, or closure to things we may have started as we began the summer months or things we became aware of that we’d held too long.


After the intensity of energy in August, we begin to feel focused and renewed. We are processing new information and emptying old, as September comes jammed pack with refinement, healing, and adjustment.

This month’s focus should be on uncompleted tasks, refining your goals, and finding new ways to improve your current situation. From the Virgo New Moon, Sept 6 to the Pisces Full Moon on Sept 20, September energy and six retrogrades, the universe wants us to dive deep within, take a good look at ourselves, find out what still needs healing, and apply forgiveness for ourselves and others.

The energy begins to slow down as the dog days of Summer give way to the cool Fall nights. We move to the power of the Equinox, gaining fuel that carries us into the months ahead and even into 2022. What are you harvesting now that will take you into 2022? Where are you standing up and following your path?

Fine-tune your desires for emotional and mental fulfillment. Be open and trust the whispers of supportive guidance from your intuition and your guides, then leap, and let go. September is a new dimension of understanding and a beautiful transition into the rest of the year. By releasing the dead weight of the past, you can move into the most brilliant version of yourself.

Listen to Laurie’s August 30th’s podcast for closing out August and more details about the energy of September.
Shine your light – Shine your Love. Shine ON. ~Laurie

August 2021 – Lions Gateway

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What exactly is the LION’s Gate? On August 8, an annual cosmic alignment known as the Lion’s Gate occurs. Powerful cosmic and spiritual energy will converge during this time thanks to Sirius, the brightest star in our sky, aligning perfectly with Orion’s Belt and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Sirius is the star of abundance, creativity, and devotion. When it joins forces with the sun in Leo, the energy to manifest, transform, and bring balance to your life is increased exponentially.


The zodiac sign of Leo is ruled by the sun, and it, in turn, rules the heart. This portal is named after Leo energy, so when the sun in Leo aligns with Sirius, the star of devotion, it opens the door to intense love and the awakening of the Divine. The time of the Lion’s Gate Portal is a chance to recognize your power and begin to allow it to grow.
The Lion’s Gate Portal is open from July 26 – August 12, which is when you’ll feel the vibration of this forceful energy, with its greatest power peaking on 8/8. In numerology, eight is all about power and balance. Tip the number eight on its side, and it becomes the symbol of infinity, symbolizing infinite manifestation and linking the Divine inside of you to the Universe as a whole.

August is a month where you have the opportunity to bring your life into harmony, whether it is financial stability, emotional well-being, realizing your goals, or releasing negativity. The heat of summer is intense, just like this energy with a purpose to fire us up and move us along.  Use the energy of August to enhance love, and this includes all that you love and who you love.  Be aware of what you are manifesting in your life. If it’s not what you want, then change it. Lighten up, love it up. The Universe tends to drop us subtle gifts in August to determine if it’s what we want or it’s just what we think we want. These gifts are a way for us to find balance, clear away negativity and realign our direction. We are ready for love, connection, and lighter energy, and Leo brings us this opportunity. August is a time that our transformation accelerates. Change tends to happen fast and unexpectedly.  

Don’t look for perfection; you won’t find that but do see and acknowledge what is before you. Like a compass, it’s not perfect.  It doesn’t have to be perfect; you’ll miss the journey if you wait for the specifics or the ideal path.
This month you can connect with me and people all over the globe that are focused on Mother Earth and the waters of this planet. See Drumming and Sound Healing events listed below for August 8.

Shine your light – Shine your Love. Shine ON. ~Laurie

July 2021 – Freedom, Practices and Decisions

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This word means so many things for many people—the freedom of our country, speech, equal living and working environments, choice, and more. Our evolution is pushing us to explore where we feel restricted or roadblocked and to MOVE those restrictions. Our quest for better alignment in our relationships, careers, health, education, political and judicial systems are top of mind as the Universe gives us gateways to a better future… if we make changes. 
It’s the summer of ‘gateways’ that will open and close for many until the processing time of the retrograde season is behind us and the last Eclipses of 2021 are complete. Could 2022 be a new frontier for you? That might depend on what you are learning now, letting go, and allowing in. The Universe has many good surprises ahead for us – when we are ready. 

So much of the energy (retrograde) is about shifting our plans, so at the beginning of October when most the planet are back to their forward movement, so are we ready to move forward. Most of the forward motion is deciding to rid ourselves of anything that creates ‘drag’ in our path. Things that are slow or slow us down make us feel edgy to just-get-moving, when the Universe is saying, you-might-need-a-better-plan-first. Delays can be frustrating, but you’ll be more aligned and ready when the Universe provides the perfect timing. 
It is what it is, but it will become what you want it to be.

This month we again have the opportunities to work with the healers of Peru. Want to kickstart your summer? Infuse your energy as you move into the second half of 2021? See below opportunities to work with the powerful healers.

Catch my weekly podcasts or daily posts on social media to help understand and process these times of such massive shifts. Shine your light – Shine your Love. Shine ON. ~Laurie

June 2021 Juxtapose

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If I were to give June a word, the first word that comes to mind is juxtapose. Juxtapose means to compare two objects, ideas or images so that the differences between the two are emphasized. The OLD and NEW.

In June, we’ll step through the gateway of summer on June 21. Summer Solstice, and a time where the sun rises high in the sky, and we celebrate the most hours of daylight of the year.   Leading up to this gateway we continue on our path of transformation with the clearing energy from the May 26 Lunar Eclipse, Saturn, Pluto and Mercury retrograde and the Solar Eclipse on June 10.  So, what’s this all mean. You don’t need to be an astrologist, or follow the planets to feel the energy of change in the air.    We feel different. We have been in various states of isolation in the past year, so you may feel you’ve regressed on your journey. This past year the universe stepped in to help course-correct our path. Leading into the pandemic, we were headed down a way misaligned to the energies of the Age of Aquarius. 

Aquarius is the most global sign of the zodiac – it rules networks and communities based on a mutual vision. In the next 2000 years, there’s no more place for top-down, hierarchical cultures or extreme political doctrines. The Age of Aquarius will come with a completely different “operating system” – something we haven’t seen yet.  Pluto retrograde (death and rebirth) is still in transition of the United States, at its pinnacle in 2024, and continuing its transit through 2027. We are seeing some of that shifting now in our world, particularly in the worlds of politics, religion, judicial, education, social equality, and medical, but we still have more ahead. 
Aquarius is about humanitarianism, science, technology, energy, cosmic awareness, and our evolution.  We can’t look at the headlines each day to realize we are in a time of significant transformation. The information through our experiences are the codes and keys that we receive from the universe that prepare us for the future.  Our practices, beliefs, and how we navigate each day as a human is shifting. It feels uncomfortable, scary, and the soul’s excitement could be interpreted as anxiety.  

Retrograde season is a time for us to Review, Reflect, Remember, Resolve, Reconnect, Repair, Remove and Renew.

I’ve done a few specific podcasts that have more information on navigating Saturn’s Karmic influence from May to October and the pushes behind the Eclipses of May 26 and June 10.  Mercury is about communication, travel, and we are often warned not to sign any legal documents, don’t travel, and electronics are more apt to malfunction. Usually, I’m not too fond of fear-based warnings, and a better way to approach this is that you will need to read any fine print, and make sure you understand all the details. It’s about communication, and our filters for interpretation are a bit laxer during this time. It’s easier to confuse or be confused during detailed conversations during a time where everyone is shifting. If you have something electronic that’s been troublesome; it has a more substantial chance of failure during this time. You’ll want to be preemptive. If you feel you have to be more aware of what you say, and who you tell it to, this is precisely the universe allowing us to reframe what we thought we knew in to the truth. 
Saturn, the planet of karma lends the energy to repair, remember, reflect and re-do. It’s an opportunity for us to emerge to something NEW and not go back to same-old way of being. Summer is a gateway for transformational change, and a chance to be different.  Shine your light – Shine your Love.

May 2021 Musings

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If I were to put in a few words what we might be feeling, they might be ‘Let’s get going, ‘What next,’ or ‘What now.’ On the heels of Pandemic fatigue, the green buds of spring, and pushes from the stars, we are ready for change, and we will see changes in ourselves, those we interact with, our communities, and our environment. It’s impossible not to change after these transformative past few years. The question we all seem to be wondering is, are we done? Honestly, we are just beginning.  

Since 2017, I’ve been watching and talking about how the Pluto transition creates this mammoth window of change. Pluto is about death and rebirth and the opportunity to create something better. It’s an outer planet, like other outermost planets that we acknowledge in astrology like Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, and Neptune. It will impact our external systems, like our education system, judicial system, our financial industry, healthcare, environment, infrastructure, and the structure of what we know in our communities. Change in these areas will impact us as we adjust our emotions, and our mental processes and filters shift to match our new experiences. The stories that we long held as truth are no longer truths. We struggle to find the absolute truth and the foundation for a way forward.   

Over the United States, Pluto doesn’t hit a 0-degree point until 2024, so this means we have more change ahead.  How we approach changes will matter in our experiences. 

Pluto will be retrograde from the end of April until early October. This retrograde allows us to take what we are experiencing in our outer world and internalize, sift, sort, and embody personal changes. This time is about understanding our internal power, our divine light, and doing something different with it. When Pluto moves direct again in October, we will be ready to take those newly found internal truths out into the world. Taking what we are experiencing external in the world and changing internal – that cycle of internal to external will continue to the pathway of change. I’ll cover more about this opportunity window in my May 3 Podcast.  

Some simple tips on how to navigate change
– Develop practices that support you – exercise, healthy nutrition, music, meditation, activities that you enjoy
– Develop your circle of support – people that vibe at the same frequency that you do
– Look for the changes as an opportunity to learn, change or shift, or assisting others in the process of change
– Trust the soul knows the path
– Be aware of your personal coping tools as they may need to change
– Ponder yourself – your emotions, your thoughts, your beliefs, why you do what you do
– Work on healthy communication – not all talk but also effective listening
– Participate in change that will make a difference in tomorrow. 

Shine your light – Shine your Love.

April 2021 – A Year to Remember or Forget?

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Though I’d formally left my Corporate IT career several years ago, this year, that use of technology came into play again. The blessing is that with all events done virtual, we were able to connect around the globe. This last year, I have met so many amazing people virtually, from Australia, Bali, Belgium, England, Ireland, France, and far too many to name. I’m feeling incredibly blessed. We learned to use technology to connect us rather than separate us. We looked out rather than looking down into meaningless scrolling. Even the Louvre put its entire art collection online. We discovered there are other ways to visit the world virtually. The sad truth is that there are still so many that do not have this ability to connect. There is still inequality, and we have so much work yet ahead of us to level up in ways that bring equality, awareness, honoring, and hearing all. We must continue on the quest of learning, understanding, and balancing. The March 28 Full Moon in Libra reminded us of where there might yet be imbalances and what work we need to do.

This winter was the first year in probably 35 years that I’d not traveled over the winter months. I experienced a more profound awareness of myself and a ‘wandering’ in my own house and my mind vs. the outer world. Yet, in ways, I wandered our new world through clients and virtual events. I had a fantastic opportunity to connect with Paq’os from the Q’eros community of Peru, Guillermo and his wife – virtually. The journey from their mountain community to Cuzco took days. In Cuzco, Rony, their translator, and coordinator connected and translated for us. I’d first met Rony, Guillermo, and his wife a few years ago when my daughter and I hiked the Inca trail to Machu Picchu. In March, it was their FIRST time to use technology to connect. Technology was not a roadblock but a gateway to something new. A new way for them to reach people, work, and share their gifts. Thank you to all that participated in these events. Please, watch my calendar for future opportunities to work with these and other amazing healers.

As we emerge from winter to spring and venture out, remember to remember all that you experienced of your inner being, what you’ve experienced or learned over this past year. There are reasons for everything and learnings to expand our intellect in everything we experience. 

Shine your light – Shine your Love.

March 2021 Forward

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In March 2020, I wrote that 2020 would be a pivot year for many people’s beliefs, processes, and systems that just weren’t working anymore. It was going to create space for us to decide what our future might be. Most of us continued to pivot. Most of us continue to shift and review what matters to us most, what goes forward with us, and how to ‘march’ forward. Evolution is change whether we want it or not. This time last year, we were in the infancy of change. None of us could predict the level of change we’d each experience. We’ve worked hard to define our new normal, and now with spring upon us, we feel the sunset of the darkness of last year and winter and the sunrise of 2021, and the emergence of the soul.

This month gives us wonderful opportunities to advance, flourish, and move forward as dreams begin to bloom. The number “3” vibrations of March represent the Holy Trinity of love, life, and wisdom. It marks the beginning of synthesis and the reconciliation of the body and mind connection fused by spirit. March’s motto is “I believe, I am that I am, therefore I create.”

The clouds and feeling stuck are clearing, and we feel the pressure to move forward through doors that are now aligned with our soul’s blueprint. March is where past, present, and future collide, bringing us to the start of a brand new astrological year and spring equinox. (Aries is the first sign of the Zodiac) All this amazing energy signifies a time where creativity and new life are high. When opportunities come your way this month, will you freeze in fear? Will you fight change? Or will you fly and trust that a higher power is leading your life to new places? Each moment you are given a chance to make a new choice and alchemize the emotions of fear. It’s up to you to seize that chance.We are wrapping up old cycles and beginning anew.


This energy will help you clarify what has happened in the previous months and what you should be doing next. You are being called to step up and embrace your calling by letting your higher self-lead the way. March marks a massive transition and turning point that alters our current foundation. We can no longer repeat the same stories. We came here to create new stories, inspire love, and live freely.The realization of a higher power within has set in, and we understand we will never go back to the way things were. That way of “normal” no longer exists. We are responsible for that new beginning and adopting a clear vision to build a new world. Are you ready to take that leap forward?


Shine your light – Shine your Love.

Goodbye 2020 – Hello 2021

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As I write this, it is the LAST week of 2020—last Monday, Tuesday, etc. Many of us are looking forward to saying goodbye to 2020 while holding hope that 2021 will provide a fresh start. What did you say goodbye too and what are you saying hello to in 2021. 

Some call it the Minnesota Goodbye. It is where we say goodbye as we make our way to the door, but linger and talk more. Then we repeat goodbye and yet find more to talk about. If you’ve not said goodbye at least three times, it’s not a proper goodbye. It’s saying goodbye without really wanting to say goodbye. 


You catch my quick podcast on Saying Goodbye and Saying Hello HERE. We can laugh at the reality of this habit some of us might have, but the truth is many of us hold these energetic ‘Goodbyes’ with us as we enter new phases of our life. 2021 provides the perfect opportunity for us to leave behind limits in our success, fear, beliefs that hold us back, unhealthy relationships, unfulfilling jobs, feeling alone, or not being heard. 2021 can provide a new start and a time to welcome living with purpose, being at peace in the world, feeling secure, stable, and serene. It can be a time to start something new, feel more fulfilled, and be in healthy relationships, jobs, and spaces that support us. 

As you ring in the new year, REALLY say goodbye to those things that you declare complete, done, and behind you, but more importantly, welcome in the hope of something different and new.
2021 will not be without challenges. It will be a year that shows us opportunities for our future and what we might want to create. It will be a year that we’ll continue to practice our agility and human resilience and how we are stronger when we work together than as individuals. It will continue to teach us patience and that love is the nurturing energy we all need more of. It will continue to show us that we hold the light that ignites our path.  Shine ON! – Happy Holidays

December – Gateways of Winter

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Gateways of Winter Eclipses, Winter Solstice, a final full moon and entry to 2021.

How do we hold still and embrace the uncertainty of the dark – of the seemingly uncultivated periods of our lives?  

Winter Solstice: the time that T.S. Eliot called ‘the still point of the turning world.’ A time to hold still, right there in the heart of the dark. A sacred pause, in the place between stories. It is the day with the least amount of sunlight in the year and marks the point where we begin to add minutes of daylight each day until we reach peak hours of sunlight in June. Winter Solstice is the festival of lights, is a time of renewal. It’s a time to immerse ourselves in the cycles of nature: of death and rebirth, of darkness and light. It’s a time to think about change and transformation, our inner voice, inner knowing, and a path forward. It reflects where we have been and a decision of what to leave behind and what to carry on. It is the reminder of our resiliency and unfaltering instinct when we trust our inner light.  

How appropriate that we end 2020 with the Lunar Eclipse on November 29, the Solar Eclipse on December 14, and the Winter Solstice on December 21. December 21 is considered the next “Age of Aquarius” moment when Jupiter and Saturn meet for the first time in millennials, at 0° Aquarius. What are the chances to have the two slowest moving visible planets of our solar system meeting precisely in the 1st degree of Aquarius? To many, this marks the official beginning of the Age of Aquarius. We’ve been feeling this energy since 2000. You can listen to my latest podcast – The Age of Aquarius – Looking Back and Forward, where I talk about the previous ‘Ages’ and what the Age of Aquarius represents. 

The Age of Aquarius will come with a completely different “operating system” – something we haven’t seen yet… at least in the last 26,000 years. The codes and keys that we’ve been receiving from the universe prepare us for this time and future.  We can expect new types of energies during this new Age (for the next 2100 years). Other likely developments are artificial intelligence, space travel, and connections with other forms of life. Because the transition from one Age to another is usually 200-300 years, we have already begun to experience advances in these areas. New types of energy are not solely alternatives to oil-based fuel but advances in our understanding of quantum physics and the use of energy for healing and regenerative capabilities. 

This era of ‘WE’ ahead calls for us to be more humanitarian while realizing many souls are still holding on to the archetype energy of ‘ME’ first. Aquarius is the most global sign of the zodiac; it rules networks and communities based on a mutual vision. In the next 2000 years, top-down practices, hierarchical cultures, or extreme political doctrines will be challenged. Some souls will remain in the past, and others will move into a new era of being. We will continue to try to bridge the gap in our world views. 

We push through the gateway on December 21 with the force of Saturn and Jupiter and the potential for something new.
Jupiter pushes on our search for personal meaning, our philosophy of life and purpose, optimism, hope, and a sense of justice and striving for spiritual growth. We are questioning who we are and what we are doing here, and if what we are doing here is enough. Does it make us happy? We feel greater frustrated if we perceive we are not evolving. We will push ourselves for change, get scared of the change, and either retreat or move forward.  

Saturn shows how much self-discipline, our strength of character, and your responsibilities. Saturn shows how we experience “reality,” where we meet with resistance and discover our limitations. It represents the conscience and moral conviction, the laws, and rules which we choose to obey. It also tells us about our powers of endurance and concentration.  
Transitioning from the Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius challenges us to heal and change our beliefs and patterns. 2020 hindsight creates the opportunity for reflection while giving us hope and clarity for a way forward into this new era and 2021.  Shine ON! – Happy Holidays