Author's preface from "The Astrology Of 2012 And Beyond"
I fell in love with astrology when I was 16 years old — and it wasn't too long after that, that I became preoccupied with the End Times — because if you study astrology from an astronomical perspective you soon find out that all of the smaller solar and planetary cycles are part of what is known as the Grand Cycle or the movement of the entire solar system through time and space. If the perfection of this universal mechanism impressed me, at 16, what impressed me even more was the fact that the world happened to be at the tail end of a 26,000 year process that was due to reach its climax during my lifetime.
This realization pretty much leveled the playing field as far as I was concerned. The way I saw it, if we were barreling toward the End of Time I wasn't going to waste mine focusing on outer things — and before I was old enough to think about having a life, I was thinking more about what I needed to do to prepare my self for the next one and wondering what the Great Shift of the Ages might involve.
This obsession kept my thoughts focused on finding answers to things that weren't taught in school and that no one in 60's suburbia was talking about. With no other means to call upon, my curiosity drove me to read — and what I read led me deeper into the mystery. Over time, the volume of material written on both astrology and the End Times filled my thoughts with ideas that were so far over the top, for years I played the role of the resident nut case and/or, the witchy astrologer who lived upstairs.
Many times I've wondered if I should have listened to my mother, who could never figure out what I was up to and whose well meant advice always ran along the lines of,
'why don't you drop all this nonsense and go get a job at the post office?' — But even her words weren't enough to convince me that getting to the bottom of things was a waste of time. Without any thought as to what the result might be I kept it up — and I am glad I did — because if I'd listened to Mom, I wouldn't be talking to you now.
Like so many other things in my life this book came out of nowhere — and it seems to be the end result of a desire that never knew it had a purpose. When I was asked to write it quite honestly I wasn't sure if Weiser's picked the right gal. But if everything happens for a reason, I figured that there had to be a reason why I wound up being in the right place at the right time once again, and why I felt compelled to say
"Yes" to the proposal, instead of
"No".
I knew enough about astrology to feel confidant about this choice — and I knew enough about the End Times to know that I could talk about that subject as intelligently as the next person. The one thing that I wasn't too sure about was how the Indigenous Prophesies meshed with what I already knew — because my exposure to that body of wisdom was not only a relatively recent occurrence, it was shrouded in spiritual traditions that were totally unfamiliar to me.
As I began to explore the prophesies one of the first things I discovered was that most of the people who claim to be experts on the subject have never had access to the Original Teachings or any of the oral traditions that are kept by the Elders. This piece of news helped me to see that being well informed about Indigenous Prophecy doesn't necessarily mean that what you know has any Truth to it. If I had gone into this book thinking that I knew anything about the how the Indigenous teachings filtered in to the astrology of the End Times it would have limited my ability to examine the connections objectively. Aside from that, it would have been both presumptuous and premature — because what the Native People have to teach us has yet to be fully revealed.
You are about to read a chronicle of a discovery process that unfolded one aspect at a time. Even though I've spent over four decades studying the map, when I got into the territory everything changed. Any preconceived notions that were there to begin with, fell by the wayside as I went along. Between the planets and the Prophecies what came together left me with a clearer sense of what we are about to go through — and my hope is that what gave me more clarity will do the same for you.
Most of the astrological references that follow include the asteroids. Blown away by Martha Lang-Wescott's research, I began using asteroids in all of my horoscopes back in 1995. If the Devil's in the details it's safe to say that the asteroids cover them better than the planets do. And the generalizations one can make by looking at the big planetary configurations can be made more specific if you take the asteroids into consideration. I have come to rely upon them heavily in the last 14 years because they reveal the details and give you more insight into the side issues that have so much to do with how things play out.
Speaking of how things play out, as you read this book keep in mind that everything that's written here is my opinion, or my interpretation of what the stars have to say about the next few years. Any other astrologer could do the same work and see it differently — so take what you can from an earnest effort and keep in mind that it's just one way to look at a state of affairs that concerns all of us.
If you take anything from these words I hope that they serve to remind you what a privilege it is to be alive at this time. May the light in your Heart awaken you to your purpose for being here, and may all of us lift our eyes to the vision of a new and better world.
Cal Garrison
Sedona, Arizona
October 15, 2008
The Astrology of 2012 and Beyond
By Cal Garrison
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