Cosmic Gift

Today is the final Pluto Uranus square in a series of seven that started in 2012. This celestial event will not occur again (thankfully) in our lifetimes. What these two outer powerhouse planets (why isn't Pluto still a planet?) bring us is transformation (Pluto) and awakening (Uranus). The energy of this final square asks us, "What patterns have we not yet purged? What are we still holding on to that no longer serves us?" 

In just a few days, we will also experience a total solar eclipse in the very last degree of Pisces, on a super new moon, just hours away from the vernal equinox. This is one power-packed week. I have been feeling this intensity since last week. It hasn't been pretty. Healing usually isn't. 

Yesterday, I delved deep into my soul and asked why I continue a certain behavior. What I found is that the behavior was passed down from my mother who probably received it from one of her parents and so on. The past patterns of our ancestors can be inherited by subsequent generations unless we are aware enough to identify and change the behavior.

My mother was a perfectionist and she expected no less from her children. No matter what I did, it was never good enough for my mother. "If you got 98, you could have gotten 100 on your report card," she would say. Slowly but surely, I took on the energy of "not good enough" and what comes next? Low self-worth and self-doubt, of course. To counteract this, I created scenarios where I thought I had to do more and be more than anyone else - the quintessential overachiever. I had worried that if I didn't meet my mother's expectations, she wouldn't love me. That was the story I told myself. Eventually, not good enough turned into not worthy of love.

So here I am writing about the heart, the symbol of love, in my book, Hardwired to Heaven: Download Your Divinity Through Your Heart and Create Your Deepest Desires. "Your greatest wound shall be your greatest strength," my astrologer told me years ago when speaking about Chiron. In Greek mythology, Chiron is known as the wounded healer. As I heal my own heart, I am able to heal other hearts.

My journey to the depths of my soul revealed a pearl. It was always there, waiting for me to acknowledge it. My gift. My raison d'etre. I am loved and lovable. We all are for we are never separate from the love that created us. May this week of once-in-a-lifetime energy, bring you a cosmic gift and unearth your pearl. 

2015 - Living Our Heart's Desire

I wasn't surprised when I heard that the most used word in 2014 wasn't a word but the heart symbol also known as an emoji (http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/word-2014-word/story?id=27900799). I wasn't surprised because I had named 2014 the year of the heart back in February (scroll down to read my 2/15/2014 blog). We commonly associate love, compassion, emotion, passion, and joy with the heart. The heart also symbolizes wisdom and intuition, both feminine qualities. What makes the use of the heart emoji so significant is that our focus has changed from head-centered living to heart-centered living. The world has declared the importance of the heart and all it represents.

If 2014 was the year of the heart, 2015 may be known as the year we finally get to live our heart's desire. The heart regains its rightful place as ruler of our souls and destiny. What our heart wants, our heart gets. As each of us follow the promptings of our hearts, we fulfill our role in "heartmonizing" the planet. We create a harmonious new world based on love.

We can't just think our way through the enormous problems this world faces - we must let our hearts lead the way. "What the mind cannot comprehend, the heart already knows" is a quote from my book, Hardwired to Heaven. Our hearts are hardwired to the cosmic intelligence and know more than our brains could ever imagine. The Institute for HeartMath has conducted research to show that our heart receives intuitive information well before our brain. Our heart is really mission control, but we have let our brain, the "space shuttle" of our body, set the course. 2015 will bring major societal and individual course corrections to align us with our heart's truest desires.

The earth has been aligning with the center or "heart" of the galaxy since 1980. This process of passing through the galactic alignment zone will be complete in 2016. It is time for us to align our hearts with the One Heart that beats for all. At the heart of the Universe is a spiraling intelligence called love. This year, we get to tap into the infinite power of the heart and create our deepest desires.

"Tis the Season

'Tis the season to be merry, to be light, and full of light. When I look around, I don't see much merriness. So many people are being asked to go beyond what they thought was their breaking point. "Find the strength inside and know how powerful you are" seems to be this season's motto. 

I recently experienced a version of this myself. My world, as I have know it, is going away - forever. What I thought was my life's purpose painfully vanished and nothing has yet to replace it. This news sent me into a tailspin. Why am I here if I have no purpose? I slowly rose out of this deep dark depression like a deep sea diver, making sure I didn't get the bends on the way up. Looking back at it, I can understand why I went through this dark night of the soul. Why wouldn't I be depressed? My former life is gone. I was grieving for what was. Now, true to this month's real motto, I found the inner strength to pull myself up and begin to look forward to the new life that I am creating. 2015 will look much different than 2014.

I know I am not the only one. In fact, I think the world as we have collectively known it will be forever changed in 2015. This December seems to be heralding in that energy with the hacking of Sony Pictures by North Korea. It is interesting that so many "identities" were stolen. These are prominent public figures whose personal data, including social security numbers, is no longer personal. Is this symbolic of the collective energies of each of us wondering, "Who am I now that my old identity is gone?" What is the future of social security in 2015? Have we entered a new age of social insecurity as absolutely nothing is safe on the internet? Pluto in Capricorn continues to unearth deeply buried secrets and Uranus was square Pluto on December 15th. It's no wonder this is happening now! Let's not forget about the recent protests and riots over alleged police brutality. It is as though the world is a snow globe and the Universe is shaking it to wake us up.

As we continue to feel the aftershocks of societal and personal upheavals, remember this season's motto: you are powerful beyond measure. Find that power within and use it. Rise up, dust yourself off, and be true to the callings of your heart. It is the only true compass in a world that has been turned upside down.

Blood and Consciousness

In a recent interview on the VirtualLight Broadcast about my new book, Hardwired to Heaven, I was asked about consciousness being in the blood. I do believe that wherever light brings information through water, there is consciousness. As I say in my book, "Water is the medium through which the language of light is written." Blood, being 90 per cent water, is able to carry quite a bit of information. Light enters the heart through a special place I call the sacred coordinate and informs the water within the blood located in the heart. This blood, known as "heart-blood," is said to carry the life essence. What is it about blood that makes it so special?

Blood sacrifices were used by the Aztecs to keep the sun moving and by the Israelites to keep the covenant of God with His people. The Maya use a term called "blood lightning" to describe our connection between our physical being and our spiritual being. When we are congruent, one in spirit and body, we feel this in our heart. Perhaps blood lightning originates in that special place in the heart and permeates the heart-blood first. Blood lightning, the vital force that animates consciousness, is also used to describe intuitive knowing or insights that flow through us when we are hardwired to heaven through our heart. It's interesting that the Maya describe this connection with Source as blood lightning. Could they intuitively know that once we follow our heart, our blood is able to carry high frequency light - light that is necessary for the development of our consciousness?

There is speculation that the Holy Grail is the sacred bloodline of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. If this is true, then could this blood contain Christ consciousness? J. J. Hurtak writes in his book, The Book of Knowledge: The Keys of Enoch, that consciousness is in the blood and it is the blood that makes us sacred.

Let's look at blood. When we think of blood, we usually think of a red viscous liquid. What makes the blood red? The iron in the hemoglobin molecule within the red blood cell imparts the red color to blood. Just as the earth has an iron core, the core of our sacred red blood cell is iron. In addition, the red blood cell is shaped like a doughnut or torus, just as the unified field is shaped like a torus, since the Universe is holographic. In addition, mature red blood cells lack a nucleus, unlike the majority of the rest of the cells in our body.

Dr. Harvey Bigelsen uses photographs of the blood to assess the health of his patients. He has found images in the blood that look like the part of the body that is, or will soon be, affected. His website has photographs to show this. He believes that our thoughts are mirrored in our blood. The quote from Edgar Cayce "The day may yet arrive when one may take a drop of blood and diagnose the condition of the entire physical body" is at the top of Bigelsen's website. It seems there is an intelligence in the blood. Could it be that the torus-shaped red blood cells have a direct connection to the torus-shaped unified field? After all, it is the form that informs. 

Perhaps the reason why so many have longed to find the Holy Grail is because it holds the keys to our existence. The centuries-old quest to know ourselves as the gods that we are continues. Science, which was once separate from spiritual thought, is now leading the crusade of self-knowledge and self-realization. What was once thought of as spiritual absurdity is now quickly being explained by science. 

We are just beginning to scratch the surface of how our bodies really work and how we are hardwired to heaven. Every cell is a separate conscious being in communication with every other cell and with that which created them. We cannot separate our human physicality from our divinity. As I write in Hardwired to Heaven, "The thread of consciousness is woven into the fabric of all matter. It is through this 'internet' that divine intelligence orchestrates the cosmos." 

Leviticus 17:11 says "For the life of a creature is in the blood and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar, it is the blood that makes atonement for our life." The word "atonement" comes from Middle English, at onement. There is no separation. God/divine consciousness is omnipresent - especially in the blood.

Copyright © Joan Cerio 2014. All rights reserved.

The Sign of the Cross

Today is Earth Day. A day to celebrate Mother Earth and to thank her for all of her gifts. A day to reflect on what our role is in creating a New Earth.

It is also the peak of the Cardinal Grand Cross - a rare astrological event where Pluto in Capricorn is opposed Uranus in Aries and Jupiter in Cancer is opposed Mars in Libra, all forming right angles to each other, or a cross. Every planet will be exactly at thirteen degrees of their respective signs today. 

What is the significance of the number thirteen? For me, thirteen represents the highest octave of energy, the one from which the many originate. There were twelve apostles and Jesus was the thirteenth. The Bible speaks of the twelve tribes of Israel and Israel is the thirteenth (the one out of the many). Did you know that there are thirteen articles of Jewish faith and the thirteenth is resurrection from the dead? Really?! We are still in the energy of Easter when Jesus was resurrected. 

It is as if the hand of God (the one) were making the sign of the cross over Earth, blessing her and her people (the many) with the energy of resurrection. What is being resurrected is our consciousness.

For many of us, the past several years has felt like a slow, painful death as we released the old in every way. It is time to come out from under our bushels and let our light shine. We are the ones we have been waiting for and this is our time. We are called to share our gifts with humanity to seed the resurrected consciousness on the planet so a New Earth can be born.

The gates to heaven are open for those with eyes to see and ears to hear. This is a great turning point for humanity. May we all choose to walk through the gates and create our Heaven on Earth.

2/14/2014 and the Year of the Heart

 2/14/2014. Do you realize that this is the first time in human history that the day and month of  Valentine's Day appears in the year (at least for those around the world who celebrate it on February 14)? I read somewhere that this will not happen again for another 18,000 years! Seems pretty special to me, but what does it mean?

Valentine's Day is associated with the heart and love. In the US, it is celebrated with cards and gifts of affection for our loved ones. Is there something about this Valentine's Day that sets it apart from the rest?

This Valentine’s Day falls on a Friday and Friday is a Venus day, a day of love. It also happens to be a full moon at 26 degrees Leo, the sign that is associated with expressing our heart’s passion. The Sabian Symbol for this full moon is “Daybreak – The luminescence of dawn in the eastern sky.”  It is about new beginnings, new cycles, the ability to finally leave the past behind, and new ideas and perspectives. A new day is dawning. Take a moment to breathe that in. A new day is dawning: There is hope for the future and that hope is founded in love and following our hearts.

This Valentine’s Day also occurs during the time Mercury is retrograde. This mercury retrograde is especially powerful because it is in the deeply spiritual sign of Pisces during the time of Aquarius. This means unexpected spiritual experiences can happen along with deep transformation and miracles – the rich compost from which our budding selves can blossom. It is indeed time to claim our divinity.

What about the numerology of the Valentine's Day? 2/14/2014 adds up to a 5. The number 5 represents change, freedom, new growth, passion, the unexpected, chaos, and the color red. Is the energy of this day starting to sound familiar?! Dr. Robert Pease, a numerologist, calls 2014 the year of compassion. I call it the Year of the Heart.

This year we will change how we look at our heart – physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Not only will we change how we look at it, we will become more heart-centered and learn how to listen to our hearts. Why is this so important? Western civilization has spent hundreds of years focusing on the mind and the brain and separating it from the heart. I don’t think I need to tell you what the effect of this has been on the world. If we are ever to save ourselves from the destruction and devastation we have wrought, we must do so from our hearts first.

How will we look at the physical heart differently this year? It will become common knowledge that the heart is more than a pump. It is also an endocrine gland that secretes hormones and is in communication with the nervous system through neurons or brain cells within it. This has spawned a new branch of study called neurocardiology. We can “think” with our hearts. In fact, the Institute for HeartMath^® has research to show that the heart takes in intuitive information. The heart is tapped into the collective unconscious. Do you understand what that means? We have access to the cosmic computer through our heart.

How will we think about the heart differently? How will our minds change in relation to our hearts? We will finally realize that our minds are a valuable tool that is to be used in tandem with the heart and certainly not in place of the heart. In this society, we have placed more importance on mental intelligence than intuitive and emotional intelligence. Why then, are the heart’s magnetic field 5000 times stronger and its electric field 60 times stronger than the brain’s? Why is the heart so much more powerful than the brain? Because we are hardwired to heaven through our heart.

How will we feel differently about and with our heart this year? We will easily express our emotions through our heart, meaning we will come from a place of compassion while we express how we feel. We will realize the importance and intelligence of emotions. Quite literally, we will fall in love with our heart.

Spiritually, we will know at a very deep level that we are all connected to each other and to God/Source/the Universe through our hearts, and because of it, our behavior will change. We are part of the Universe and the Universe flows through us, through a special place in our hearts. In my upcoming book, Hardwired to Heaven, I call this place the Sacred Coordinate. Through this interdimensional cardiac doorway, we can connect to the entire Universe. The key to unlocking this doorway is love – self-love first and then love for each other and for Source/God. WE ARE NOT SEPARATE FROM GOD OR EACH OTHER. Living this realization will change the world.

What will help these changes to occur? The energy of this extraordinary Valentine’s Day: 

1) Change and Chaos: We receive help from all of the earth changes, governmental and societal changes, and personal changes. We have seen countless accounts of “strangers” helping each other through traumatic times. Remember that creation follows chaos.

2) Freedom: The overwhelming need to be free – free from limiting beliefs, past patterns, karmic debt, limiting social structures, out-dated/corrupt/unfair governmental regulations, and most importantly, free to be who you truly are.

3) New Growth: The urge to create something new will become strong. As we look around, we see out-dated systems that no longer work. It’s time to replace the broken.

4) Passion: This is the year that we get to live our passion, to do what we are most passionate about, and what our hearts have been calling us to do for years now.

5) The Unexpected: The Universe is helping us through unexpected events. Remember that the Universe is always conspiring for us.

2014 will be known as the year of the awakened heart – the year we birthed a whole new way of living. This year we must do what is in our heart. Live our passion and find our bliss. Be true to ourselves and compassionate with others. Live each day knowing that we are never separate from Source or each other. 

Love It Rather than Leave It

Intense times. So many people are near or at their breaking point and it is not because of the holidays. The energy has been building for some time now. Extremes are more extreme. We are experiencing unprecedented weather and earth changes as well as unprecedented governmental and societal changes. We are in for the ride of our lives and it is up to each of us to decide how this wild and crazy ride ends.

During such times of chaos and turmoil, it is important to remember that the energy isn't all "bad." There is a flip side to this insanity - the flowering of the human heart.

Everyday we are shown examples of how our hearts are opening. Recently, a soldier was on his way to work when his pick-up truck slid off an icy road and crashed into a bridge pillar. Stranger and after stranger stopped to help pry him out of his badly mangled truck that was now on fire. One "stranger" realized he knew the first good Samaritan that stopped to help. A third "stranger" stopped, and as he approached the truck, realized that the driver was his captain and shouted, "We can't leave him. We've got to get him out!" Through shear determination, teamwork, and hearts operating in unison, they pulled him out of the 20 inch opening they managed to create just seconds before the truck exploded into flames. This true story is a perfect example that none of us are strangers: We are all related. It also shows what we can accomplish when are hearts are open and act in unison. 

We know the world is facing its greatest challenges: wars, extreme earth changes, new diseases, shortages of clean water, political and social unrest, and radioactive contamination from Fukushima, to name a few. Why don't we include at the top of the list the single most important and life-changing challenge that every one of us will face...the opening of our heart and the call to love? Isn't that what each of the above challenges is calling us to do? 

We are called to make our own powerful internal shift from fear to love, to open our hearts and love even more than we think we can. To love someone who is unkind, to love those who hurt us, to love what we find most reprehensible, this is the path we are called to walk. Love is the way through this. When we live in love with everything and everyone, our lives change in ways we didn't think were possible. 

We have the power to change this world, to love it rather than leave it, to recreate heaven on Earth. This Christmas and beyond, keep the love flowing. Open your heart a little more each day. Commit to doing one thing each day that is heart-opening and loving, a random act of kindness. Help a "stranger." Love the god in each of us.