The astrological interpretation of the August 11 solar eclipse provides a window into a most potent and propitious event. The themes of death and rebirth, of a potential for violent upheaval or collective awakening and planetary resurrection, bring powerful images, confrontive and stirring to our hearts and minds. It might be helpful to add another piece of information about this time from another source greatly removed in time, space and viewpoint. In his book, Day of Destiny, John Mini provides striking corroboration. In his contact with Aztec shamans knowledgeable about the Aztec calendar, Mini discovered that August 13, 1999 is to be a very critical turning point. The Aztec calendar has demonstrated its accuracy by predicting the exact date Cortez and the Spanish would invade Mexico on Easter 1519. It also predicted the exact date of the fall of the entire Aztec Empire on August 13, 1521. The third prediction that John Mini discovered from Aztec shamans is, to quote John Mini, "there is going to be a tremendous confluence of ecological, economic, social, political and psychological forces that are going to merge like a tidal wave on August 13, 1999. They say we can use this tidal wave to manifest our dreams, wishes and goals, a day where we can turn our dreams into reality. The shamans predict that the Aztec civilization will rise again on August 13, 1999 heralding a time when the entire planet might unify in a manner never accomplished before. It is forewarned by many interpretations that the world will be destroyed by movement, or earthquakes if we fail to move together as a species to attain a global consciousness of peace, love, understanding and harmony with all of life at that time."

So, an ancient calendar in stone, developed by one of the most advanced civilizations (along with the Mayans and Egyptians) in their understanding of timing cycles, is verification for the theme of the time (2 days later) surrounding the August 11 eclipse as being a profound turning point for humanity. The astrological chart and the Aztec shamans seem to be saying the same thing. There is a necessary dissolution and destruction that must take place. It can take place voluntarily within ourselves, through the death of our separated, soulless ways of being, or it will come upon us from without, possibly through social violence and upheaval or Earth changes. We are approaching a decision point. We can unify our selves and thus manifest our dreams and wishes, or face the mirror externally of our collective cataclysmic inner rift between our separate ego self and our soul. So the question is, "How can we most effectively move with the challenge and opportunity that the August 11 solar eclipse grand cross presents?"