I am sure these phases have something to do with the planets and an astrologer would be able to rattle off who's trine-ing, square-ing and retrograde-ing to cause the flow. But I know little about astrology so I will have to rely on previous circumstances and situations to explain what is going on.

I have broken it down into three major phases that we cycle through as a mass.
1. Good Phase
2. Normal Phase
3. Bad Phase

In the Good Phase things are easy, things flow, you feel happy or content. Predictions start happening, communication is good, you finally start to feel like things are going your way. During the good phase it is also apparent that most people around you seem to be doing better than normal. Good news is everywhere.

The Normal Phase is the phase we are in the majority of the time. Things may seem 'blah' or 'fine.' During this phase anything goes. You will have some good and some bad days. You will notice others having good and bad things happen to them. Yet, the overall feeling always comes back to "it's not too bad, but it's not too good, it's somewhere in the middle." There is no major trend of good or bad that can be identified during a Normal Phase.

Then there is the Bad Phase. It really needs no explanation since we all cringe when it starts because it reeks havoc on our lives. What was good is now run over by unforeseen events, you have ten bad days in a row, you are overly depressed, you lose your job, your relationship, there is a death close to you, the list can go on and on. When I talk about the Bad Phase, I am referring to the REALLY BAD stuff that happens, not stubbing your toe or losing your cat for three hours.

So far I have not determined a specific order or cycle that these phases run in. I do know that we always return to the Normal Phase. I have seen many different patterns; Good-Bad-Bad-Normal, Bad-Good-Normal, Good-Normal-Bad, Bad-Normal-Bad-Normal-Bad-Good. Each Phase has an equal chance of being next.

We cycle in different groups of people. Not everyone goes through the same phase all the time. You might be in Group A that is in a Good Phase and your neighbor is in Group B where he's getting a Bad Phase reality check.

It is hard to 'see' these phases coming. It is much easier to 'feel' them coming over the horizon. If you start to notice everyone's life crashing around you, brace yourself, you might be next.

The reason I wanted to talk about these group phases is so that you know that you are not alone when all this devastating stuff happens to you. A good majority of the population is singing the blues right along with you. Try to ride it out knowing that it will eventually get better, or at least more Normal! So when everything starts falling apart for everyone I know, I like to say "it must be something in the air."