Monday, Dec. 5, 2005 MERCURY has stationed direct (in Scorpio), and Mars is stationing direct over the next week (in Taurus). One thing at a time, but be aware that both are happening in close proximity, and across the Taurus-Scorpio axis: that vast reservoir of sexual-creative energy. Stations direct are release points, and what gets released is a surge of this potent, irresistible life force. This quality of existence does not grow on trees, or arrive by Fed Ex. It's something that we need to offer and make available to one another, through ourselves. For that to happen, we need to open up to it within ourselves and make the decision not to be scared, but rather, to live. And -- despite many opinions to the contrary -- this is indeed a decision. In addition, the Fixed Grand Cross, Version 2.0, is at its most exact today: Mars in Taurus, Saturn in Leo, Jupiter in Scorpio and Neptune in Aquarius, in a cross with the Earth in the center of the crosshairs. We're also in the new lunar month, Chiron is about to change signs to Aquarius (to stay) this week, and the Sun is passing over the Great Attractor. These are the days that the Sun aligns with the center of Sagittarius. Sun going through mid-Sagittarius is, I think, most of what's responsible for the frenetic feeling this time of year that seems to sneak up on everyone right around now. It's true that the short days, the rapid approach to the solstice, and the concentration of holidays plays a role. Yet the Sun is passing the very most concentrated part of the zodiac, with two crucial galactic points: the core of our own island in space (the Milky Way, which the Sun aligns with in about 10 days, around the time of the Full Moon) and more immediately, the Great Attractor. The Attractor is actually an INTER-galactic point, very far from our own galaxy, on the other side of the core, and far beyond -- and it's massive, the largest and most prodigious thing known, drawing toward it our entire Local Group and a million other galaxies besides. Imagine the Big Bang, in reverse; that's the Great Attractor. And it's invisible. It's just there, and very heavy, billions of times the weight of a single galaxy, and broadcasting energy on every frequency except for visible light. I'll be covering this point in more detail in the coming Astrology Secrets Revealed on Thursday night. Interesting that the first day that the first three Centaurs, Chiron, Pholus and Nessus, are all in their new signs to stay, is the day that the Sun crosses the Great Attractor. The implication is that, well, there are implications. We could ask what this means, or we could ask what its potential is. We could make predictions, or we could explore existence consciously during this particularly high-voltage stretch of time, which takes us straight through the [Northern Hemisphere] Winter Solstice, when the Sun aligns with the Road to Xibalba, the cosmic vulva that reaches across the center of the Milky Way [and is the heart of the 2012 matter]. More on the Great Attractor is here: http://www.ericfrancis.com/sagittarius/sagittarius10.html More on the Road to Xibalba is here: http://planetwavesweekly.com/twdco99%7E/open/2012upforgrabs.html