He Was Born in the Summer of His 27th Year

That life changed for singer John Denver in a wonderful way during his 27^th year is something that should give us all hope for getting through one of the most critical and difficult times that we may experience in our lives. (Refer to the John Denver song, Rocky Mountain High.)  If you have never heard any of John Denver’s music it would be worth your while to go to YouTube and listen to some of the songs he created after his life changed so dramatically when he discovered a new reality for himself by coming to Colorado.  It can be a time of magnificent rebirth, as it was for John, or it can be a time of devastating misunderstandings of what you are being called upon to do. Why the 26^th through 28^th years of life come to a crisis point at this particular time is something that I cannot answer any more than I can tell you why 3:00 a.m. dreams are purported to be so significant.  I can tell you that in my experience these dreams absolutely do have a message that I have either been seeking or need to know nearly all of the time, but I have not ever been privy to the actual reason for this.

You only need to look at some very famous people in the music world to get a clue about how difficult these years in life can be.  Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse are a few of the more prominent people who lost their lives during these years. Certainly the music business in and of itself can be a difficult career path to navigate, but having seen my own life come crashing down around me at that age and seeing it in so many other people’s lives it bears taking a serious look at what may come to you if you haven’t yet reached that age or are living through it right now.

Being aware of the possibility that these years of your life can be extreme in the life lessons that they bring is a step toward combating their ill effects.  I have heard people whine and complain about turning 30 all of my life but it seems to me that if you have gotten past age 28 without too much damage 30 should be a breeze unless you are overly narcissistic.  There are many things that you can do for yourself to ease these life lessons that are most likely going to come to you if you are willing to take some steps to make the transition less stress filled.

It would be impossible for me to know what your particular challenges are going to be when you reach this age but I can tell you that remedies for coping with their effects will help you in difficult times even if you aren’t experiencing these years but are dealing with a crisis at any time in life. They are not difficult to afford or manage but they are probably things that you are not accustomed to doing.

The first thing that I would suggest is that you address the issue of your physical well being.  It can help much to start taking large doses of vitamin C every day.  This can help clean your blood of impurities and give you energy.  Start out slow with vitamin C as some people are able to tolerate larger doses that others are.  Begin with 1000mg daily and if you do not experience any problems add 1000mg more every 3 or 4 days until you reach 5000mg.  If you experience any stomach issues at any point in your progression, know that you have reached your particular tolerance level and cut back to the previous dosage level if this happens.  If you make it to 5000mg with no ill effects then keep at that level.  Do this as long as you feel comfortable.  It can only benefit you.

Another thing that you can do is start taking the supplement, Ginko Biloba.  If you are currently taking any prescription medications, check with your physician before taking this supplement as it can interact adversely with some medications. Take the recommended dosage listed on the label.  What Ginko Biloba will do is help you with clarity and focus.  It can help you think better and manage stress better, which can be a huge help when you are feeling stressed, depressed or sluggish.

This is probably a good time to remove yourself from toxic people in your life.  If you are married, in a relationship or have children this may not be prudent, but if you can, talk to your spouse or significant other about what you are going through and ask for a little more space for yourself and more down time.  Make time for just you and ask that you not be interrupted unless the house is on fire or someone needs you desperately.  Friends and family who tend to be energy drainers on you should be avoided for a while if you can manage it at all.  If they are not of an understanding nature I would not suggest that you tell them what you are going through, just be unavailable as much as is possible.  Be busy or out of town.  Whatever it takes to get the people who upset your equilibrium out of your environment while you take care of your own needs should be done. Do not feel guilty about this.  You are here to take care of you, and once you have done that you can be of assistance to others if you want to be. 

Another thing that I would strongly suggest to get you through your crisis is to start keeping a journal of your thoughts and feelings and anything that comes to you mentally that seems significant.  Prepare yourself with a lot of paper and pens or use your computer to write down whatever you are feeling whenever you are feeling it. Hide your journal away from others.  Put your computer notes on a flash drive and keep it out of the reach of everyone.  It is none of their business what is going on with you unless you want them to know it.  If you get angry, write it down.  If you feel like screaming at someone, write it down.  It is better to do this and ask yourself why on paper than it is to lash out at people.  This is your crisis, your depression, your anger, and your whatever you may be feeling.  To invite the participation of others is usually a recipe for getting told that you are acting crazy or being childish.  You may be doing both but if they tell you that, it is not going to change the way you are feeling in the moment.  It is more likely that it will just piss you and them off and make matters worse.  It is only in the quiet of your own mind that you will find your answers.  Others do not have the information necessary to work out what is going on in you.

What you do only for yourself will help you cope better with whatever situations you encounter during this time of change and upheaval.  Do not anesthetize yourself with drugs or alcohol because you will find yourself using them so often that they will do much more harm than good. You need to have all of your wits about you to deal with the problems that you are facing.

The good news is that this will not last. You will get past this and probably feel like a new person, although maybe a little worse for the wear.  The not so good news is that a crisis like this will be headed your way again when you are at or around age 53.  It can last from that age until around age 56 or 57.  The problems are likely to be of a different sort since you will have gained much life experience since the first one.  These are rites of passage that are built in to the human experience to help you evolve.  Many cultures and religions had the foresight to make some of these experiences easier to cope with since they incorporate them into ceremonies with support for and celebration of the moment in time, although they tend to focus on the passage from childhood innocence to accountability.  Western culture, by and large leaves you to your own devices with the stages of evolution.  The closest thing that we have is public school which tells you when you are supposed to be ready for the next stage in your life, but they do not work very well with many people.   Sadly, John Denver did not make it past his second rite of evolution.  He died in a plane crash two months before his 54^th birthday..

The lessons learned in the evolution of human adults can be very difficult to get through but most people do manage to survive them.  You may wonder why any of this is being told to you on a blog about the mystic arts, but it, like any other experience that you have, be it with learning about your true self with astrology or discovering you latent abilities in clairvoyance or learning about your past lives are all connected in that they are the workings of the universe in your soul. Your personal journey may be a much smoother road than that of some others but if you have taken the time to prepare yourself for these learning opportunities, you will find that their appearance in your life may not throw you off balance as severely as they might if you were completely uninformed about their coming.

Life will usually not allow you to remain stagnant for very long.  You are here to experience and to evolve beyond the lessons learned (or not learned) in your past lives. Check your birth chart to see what you came here with to help you on your journey.  You are living in a time of accelerated change, unprecedented in human history because of the advent of the internet.  You did not show up on the earth to create more problems for yourself and others and then just die, but the ways of nature are not handed to us on a silver platter and it is up to you to change and grow within the boundaries that have been set in place for us to receive “wake up calls” at certain stages along the way.  If you are listening, you can navigate in this life with knowledge and abilities that most people will never comprehend.  Make use of the calls and the side trips back to the past to be all that you were meant to be.  You don’t get a ring for nothing.  It is the universe calling.