As our civil calendar turns the page to a New Year, it seems most fitting to look back upon the year just past so that we might better understand from whence we have come; to consider where we are now; and to look out ahead and see if we might discern more clearly whither we are going. Regardless what the planets and stars may provide, we must always remember that although they are the Avatars of the energies that inform and guide our lives, it remains for us to determine what use we will make of these “Gifts of the Spirit”. As the great bard, Shakespeare wrote in his play Julius Caesar: “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” It is upon each of us to do our part, to listen for our “voice of the silence”, our higher self, our spiritual compass, and choose how we shall strive to make ourselves better and so create a better world for those who come after us. How these energies play out, as they surround, inform and hold us as one to one another, depend upon the development of our spiritual triad, our Wisdom-Love-Will. It is by our self-unfoldment or spiritual growth that we may more gracefully embody these energies, and find our way to their best application and most beneficent manifestation....