Showing posts with label astrology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label astrology. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Relationships: Venus goes direct

We are finally heading out of Venus retrograde in Aries which began on March 6th. It goes direct on Friday, April 17th, and stations at 29 degrees of Pisces. The 29th degree of any sign is what is called a “critical” degree, which means that the energy of that particular sign is intensified as it leaves the sign. The effects of the retrograde period will continue to be felt until around May 21, when Venus returns to the 16th degree of Aries, where it first stationed. This time frame is called the "Shadow Period", and can be as intense as the actual retro phase.

Venus rules feelings and emotion, values, relationships, fashion, and all forms of money and wealth. It rules social attitudes and behaviors, female relationships and social interactions at every level. Venus rules romance, marriage and other partnerships, and the pursuit of pleasure. Venus in Aries is very romantic and is the rush of feelings we feel when we first fall in love. It is impetuous and impulsive. It is courtship and all of the excitement we feel in the beginning of a relationship.

During a retrograde period the things Venus influences are of less concern to us. It is not time to initiate a romantic relationship or try to move one forward. When Venus goes direct things seem to begin to have a life of their own, energy moves easier, and projects that we wanted to complete progress towards that goal. If you have felt a financial lack, money should begin to flow easier to you. Old debts can be repaid and new opportunities for jobs/careers are presented. During the “shadow period” we might experience some of the feeling of lack that we experienced in the retro phase. Keep focused on what you want and vision positive outcomes.

There's one sad truth in life I've found
While journeying east and west -
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best.
~Ella Wheeler Wilcox


Relationships are something we all have had experience with from the beginning of our life. If one believes in reincarnation then we are drawn to the mother/father/family that will serve us best in our spiritual growth and evolution while we are on this planet. We also come in with set ideas about life based on cellular memory. These memories get activated as we move through our life. Whether we are relating in a romantic relationship or with friends or family, we are being influenced by cellular memory. Have you ever met someone that you instantly liked or felt drawn to, or someone that appeared to be a nice person but for some reason you just could not stand? This is your cellular memory being activated by that person’s energy coming into your space and you into theirs. Sometimes this is called “karmic” relationships, and for good or for not, they make a profound influence on our life. The greatest blessings of course are the relationships that we draw in that have good memories, the greatest hardships can be the ones that we have unfinished business with, or a need to complete. Either way relationships are with us constantly in our life, reflecting back to us where we still might need to grow, or showing us where we have grown. We must be the conscious participant. Whether it is friendship, family, marriage, etc., be aware that you have the greatest opportunity to grow, when you interact with another. The times that we spend alone are meant for us to turn within, to examine ourselves so we can try out our growth when we interact with others. If someone “pushes” a button with you try to move out of anger, anxiety or fear and be the observer of self.

We all have a need to be loved and to give love. Each one of us exhibits love to another in the way that we have been shown what love is. One of the most difficult things to understand is that another person might love us but does not show it in actions or words in the way that we might need. Most problems begin when our expectations do not get met. Communication is the key that will give us solutions to these issues. When I look at relationships with astrology, be they personal or business, I look at the persons Mercury, what sign it is in will tell me how this person communicates. Fire signs are passionate, Air signs love to talk, Water signs want to hear and talk about feelings, and Earth signs are about practicality. So the sign your Mercury is in is very important in your style of communicating.

As we move forward with Venus direct hopefully you will have spent some time examining what is important to you, your values, and how you want to live your life. In these times of difficult Pluto in Capricorn events and change, it will become more important to vision how we want things to be. Pluto in Capricorn will tear down the established structure to be rebuilt anew. It is a shared vision of values that we as a society need to bring forth. Perhaps we will now go back to valuing our relationships more, in our families, neighborhoods and in our country. With the Pluto station and retrograde until September of this year we will be looking at how we deal with authority, who we project authority onto and where we learned in our family to see who the authority was. In a lot of families this can be dear old dad. “Just wait until your dad comes home” is something I remember from my childhood that meant I was really in trouble. For those of us who did not grow up in two parent households the authority figure could have been projected onto anyone.
Now in the bigger picture we will be looking at our government and how that idea of authority in our lives will change. Already we are seeing the beginning of changes in institutions such as education, banking, insurance companies, etc., albeit forced. As we look at rebuilding our countries infrastructure will it be rebuilt with new technologies such as high speed trains, stronger bridges, more efficient automobiles, better transportation in general? New technologies now have a chance to come forward and make significant changes in how we live. Pluto in Capricorn can break down the barriers of resistance to free energy ideas. Taking those patents off the shelf and allowing them to be utilized in making life easier for us all. Perhaps we will see a more balanced government of and for the people. Certainly we are seeing an example of Pluto in Capricorn at work by the national “tea parties” being planned for April 15th.

Expect more earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods and melting ice caps as even the earth goes through a restructuring. Perhaps this is where we will begin to realize just how important relationships are in our lives.


“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” ~Oprah Winfrey

Next: Past, Present and Future Lives

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Signs and Symbols

Everything that appears in our reality originates as a thought or desire, our consciousness presents this to us in the form that we have intended. As discussed in the previous blog, we see what we want to see, and are in agreement with others to see. The simplest form of this is signs and symbols and is how the subconscious works. Even people are presented as symbolic, or can be a sign. Someone may appear in your life with a quality that you need to incorporate, or appear at a time when they are needed by you, or you by them, and for whatever reason. When we dream, sometimes our dreams appear to make “no sense”. Even in dreams that process out our daily experiences there can be signs or symbols that will help you to process or integrate the things that will help you to grow. Learning to incorporate signs and symbols into our daily lives can enrich our conscious experience. Since we already pay attention to signs every day, (we all know what a stop sign or red light represents), incorporating or expanding our perspective on signs can be fulfilling. Some people turn on the radio in their car and hear a song that has meaning to what they might have been thinking of. This is humorously called “radio readings”.


Many of the meanings assigned to signs and symbols are considered a universal language and have traditional interpretations, but others speak to us through our own cultural or ethnic belief systems, and not every sign or symbol we perceive is something that we will need to act upon. It is our mind and through our intuition that we will know how to utilize the information of the signs and symbols that we register.


Our understanding of "signs" comes from our observation of repetitive patterns and what the results are. In the present, collective beliefs about omens for example, have become discounted as superstition however they still appear as subconscious symbols. The part of the brain that is the core of our evolvement can only speak to us in symbols.


Traditionally, throughout the ages, the interpretation of signs and symbols was designated to Prophets, Oracles, High Priests and Priestesses, etc. Astrology is a science that came long before Astronomy and is based on symbols. In modern day we still have those who are the interpreters for the many even though we are now supposed to do our own personal interpreting. They now have different titles and different forms. Mass media, politicians, religious leaders are the new prophets and oracles. Some people still have a foot in the old paradigm of letting someone else tell them what they need, or should believe, as truth.


Years ago I spent time with a friend in Northern California who was the head man for his tribe. I used to go with friends and camp by the river and get away from television, radio and any other external information. After a few days you become totally in tune with nature. You observe what the animals around you are doing, you begin to feel your senses become more attuned, and your intuition is sharpened as all the external noise of society is excluded from your reality. The result is the feeling that you are moving in a river, flowing with everything and everyone who is around you. There becomes a synchronistic series of events as time becomes less and less important and you only focus on time because you are hungry or the sky lets you know that the sun is setting and the moon rising. The insects let you know what the weather will be like, the trees will show you whether it will be a dry year or a wet year, how much snow to expect, etc. After a time of living in this environment everything becomes symbolic and has meaning. Coming back to the city can be almost painful and some time was needed to acclimate to the noise and business around me, the schedules that have nothing to do with physical rhythm, and to balance out the idea that one can still be in tune with the signs and symbols in a false environment. But these trips were important as they helped me to find balance in any situation, to seek out the signs and symbols to guide me through all that noise.

Challenges and assistance that one might encounter in interpreting signs and symbols, and how to learn to relax into the Tao.

Noise

Quieting the mind is one of the most important things to do, whether one defines this quieting as daily meditation, or spending time alone relaxing, this is one of the most important steps to take. Turn down the noise.


Judging events as good or bad



Observing



Things that happen to us are not necessarily good or bad, it is strictly our interpretation of the event that dictates what we judge it to be. Events can guide, instruct and inform. Rather than judging events as "good luck or bad luck," it behooves us to look at them as what, how and why, to guide us along our path. If you can stay in that neutral place, then you will welcome the signs that appear in your space. If you stir up feelings of fear, then you will not hear or see the messages of divine support around you. For example, it's easy to think of observing a car accident as a "bad" sign, or perhaps a warning. Possibly you have been driving too fast lately, always in a hurry and have had the intuition that you should slow down. The accident can be a reminder to listen to your intuition and drive more carefully, not necessarily an indicator that you will be involved in an accident. Often our intuition will speak to us in this way and it might not always be the still small voice within that we hear, instead an incident in our environment that we observe can be the reminder to listen to that still small voice.


Practicing


In my life as a spiritual counselor I use the tools of Astrology and Tarot because the symbology of these two practices, help trigger my intuition. Astrology is the art of interpretation of symbols and patterns that operate without and within a person and are expressed through planets. Each planet represents an energetic way of being and expressing. The moon for example represents our emotions, and the sign it is in is “how” we express our emotions. The Tarot is rich in symbolism and depending on which deck you are drawn to will speak to universal or personal interpretation. Learning to use tools such as these can assist you in working with signs and symbols in your life.

Keeping a dream journal as writing down your dreams is another good way to work with signs and symbols. When I was younger I literally dreamt future events, right down to the least of details. Some people can ask for a question to be answered in their dreams. This can sometimes be the only time we have to hear important messages.

What symbols are you attracted to? For awhile for me it has been hearts, I see them everywhere and they appear in my paintings. The message to me is to remember to keep an open heart and to live from that place. Numbers can also be seen as signs and symbols as the practice of Numerology shows us the patterns. It is so popular that here in my town, at the motor vehicle department they are used to people coming in and asking for certain combinations of letters and numbers for license plates.

Colors can be symbolic, what colors do you prefer to have around you or wear? I notice that on the days that I need more energy I tend to look towards the brighter colors to wear, and on the days where I just want to be more reflective I tend to wear more black.


Ask yourself if you want to see your world in a different way, see change coming into your life in a more joyful way, and with less judgment of self and others. Try living in the flow of signs and symbols, quiet the noise and listen to your intuition to guide you more on your path. Create the life that you want to see, look at signs and symbols as a feedback loop.


Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart truly desires must come to you.- Shakti Gawain




Next: how to get from here to there

Monday, March 16, 2009

Equinox/New Moon

Friday, March 20th, brings in the Spring equinox. A manifesting new moon occurs on the 26th @12:06 pm EST at 07° Aries. Our new beginnings can begin to open more fully as we focus only on what we want and need. A new moon is the best time for keeping in focus our hopes, wishes and dreams. Since Aries rules all beginnings, we can have the energy to move forward. In traditional astrology, Aries is ruled by Mars, giving the energy of aggressive pushing and forcefulness. This can cause conflicting frequencies when we are consciously working with a new moon of setting intentions, transcending limitations, and allowing our manifestations to appear in an easy energy of flow.

Getting out of our own way, or “Allowing”


Many of us have had the experience of getting out of our own way in some form or another. In the past, or perhaps in the present, this has occurred because we have been forced to do it. Never being our first choice, we end up “allowing” when nothing else seems to be working. Our manipulations, denials, and self deceptions from fear caused us grief, chaos, struggle, etc. and finally we just give up. Sometimes this is actually called “giving up”. Many spiritual doctrines talk about surrender and the idea of giving up control in order to progress.

Surrender, or Getting Out of the Way

What does surrender mean when you are consciously working on creating a new beginning, a new paradigm, a vision? Using the new moon for meditating on what you want and need is an excellent focus, however we then must let go and let the process work. Much like planting seeds in a garden you do not dig the seeds up to see if they have sprouted. Surrender means to let go and let the order you have put out to the universe come back in to you. Constantly checking in, intense focusing (also called worry), will not make things happen faster. In fact it will slow it down. Some people, in their impatience, try to force a new beginning and justify their aggressive behavior by saying that they were “led” to push it through. Honesty with self is critical as movement forward can at times feel frustrating, but in order to stay in the flow and work with new vibrations and frequencies one must remain extremely honest with self and with motivations. Staying in authenticity is crucial. If you are being led to manipulate or be aggressive then you must question who or what is leading you.

Observing the old paradigm dissolving you can see where mistakes are being made by trying to hold on. Government bail outs will not work and some companies just can not be saved, and in reality should not be. It is time for the new with new energy! It is important to be aware, but too much focus on the negative just maintains that paradigm. Quantum physics shows us that there are many outcomes to every situation and it is your focus that locks you into the reality you will experience. Do not let your negative expectations, your fears, and insecurities dictate your outcomes. There is a collective fear of the masses that can be overwhelming to those of us who are sensitive. This requires us to be in a balanced condition of allowing, and especially getting out of our own way. Sometimes it feels as if we have to isolate. In my time here this has been a reality for me from the very beginning of my life because of my sensitivities and universal awareness. As a child I spent all the time that I could out in nature, this was to balance out the energies of walking in many worlds especially the 3D one. My friends were the trees, rocks and water. That is who I listened to and who listened to me. To this day I can go anywhere and ask the land to tell me what happened there and what is currently going on. At this time I spend most of my time in my created sacred space, and balance that out with family and a few select friends. My work as a counselor requires me to maintain balance so that others can accept healing. Again, healing is about allowing. Outlets for me are creating art work by painting, enjoying the growth of a new puppy, and spending time outdoors. Keeping my group of people close and small keeps me in a more balanced place.

Working and participating in groups does not work for me and has not for a long time. Because of my particular energetic make up I tend to be the person in the group who processes everyone else’s releasing through my Plutonian personal planets. I learned the hard way that this ability needs to be utilized on a private basis. Thus I have a varied and extended private clientele and when I engage in teaching it is with a very small group. I have to honor myself, my skills, abilities and space to balance out others projections.

What works for you?

Trusting is going to be a challenge as we move through these changing energies. Examine what your own trust issues are and look at how you can let go of old wounds that prevent you from trusting. Have faith that what you need, when you need it, will arrive in the exact time that you need it. This transition is a challenge for many and staying out of others creations will lessen your anxiety. Check your motives when you feel the urge to involve yourself energetically in anothers' creations. Align with those who are a match vibrationally and things will flow easier. Waiting requires patience, trust and faith that the connections are there and will arrive in time and space when needed.

Our old ways of being, assisting in bringing up the lower vibrating energies and holding the field, sometimes to our own detriment, working to help others going through this tumultuous shift, are now over. In present time we must learn to stay away, to bow out, to observe, and to wait for those who are ready to come to us, to ask for help with guidance.

Be creative as you get out of your own way, distract from negative focus by being in joy. What makes you laugh, where do you have fun? Create, let go, manifest!

Next: The Void

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Full Mooon Muses

“Real integrity is doing the right thing,
knowing that nobody’s going to know
whether you did it or not.”
-
Oprah Winfrey

Good words, good intentions, and the outcome will always be great when you operate from this place of integrity. However, we are approaching transparency in all the actions of our life and the impending new paradigm will be one where we will know whether someone has integrity in actions or not.

Transparency

Imagine a world where everyone was spiritually advanced, conscious beings acting consciously, and automatically always doing the right thing because people would know if you were not acting with integrity, and why would you not want to anyway? Can you perceive of a life like this? If you can, you are ahead of everyone else around you, but where are these people you need now? How does one find others who want to live a life of integrity and transparency now? They surely are out there, you can not be the only one who speaks their truth, acts and speaks from the heart, and is only interested in being who you are at all times, and in all situations. No false ego base, no puffing and huffing about how great you are, how intelligent, etc.

Where to go

The terms frequency and vibration are terms you will hear more and more. Everything in our universe has a frequency or vibration, everything. In certain healing modalities the healing is accomplished by tuning into and matching the frequency of the part of the body that is in need of healing. A healthy liver has a frequency, so does a heart, brain, soul, etc. One simply tunes into, or vibrates, the healthy frequency and the organ responds in kind. There are many examples of this in healings and “miracles”.

“Feeling” the world around you which is made up of frequencies is the way to discern what is right for you or not. A Master Teacher, Vitvan, whose works I studied had said: “We live in a sea of frequencies”.

Love, hate, anger, joy, these are all frequencies. All you have to do is register (acknowledge/focus into) the frequency and you are in it.

Example: One can not be in more than one frequency at a time, you might shift focus quickly, but you are either in the frequency of Love, or you are not, and as a result are registering something else. There are no worries about misjudging by appearances or personality. Who to trust and who not; the person that “seemed” so nice turned out to be a serial killer. Yikes! All the neighbors said he was such a nice guy. Outer appearances are deceiving. One must “feel” it or not. One can not “think” it, or “analyze it” to understand it.

On Time

Throughout this era we have heard about time in the conventional way. “Taking time”, or “making time” to build relationships, these are wonderful concepts, and ones to heed, but in the new paradigm our sense of known time may change as we begin to move effortlessly from one situation to another. Some of us are already feeling the nudges of moving, finding a place where you feel you belong, looking for the community of like minds, like frequencies. If you are one of those feeling the nudge but do not yet have a “feel” for where that is, do not worry or stress, all will be shown to you in divine order. Doors will open, people will show up when needed, and old ways of manipulations will be a thing of the past. There really is no need but to vision what one wants and needs, and then follow the frequency. Struggle will be a thing of the past.

What will it be like to have those around us who vibe in our frequency and us in theirs? Appearances may certainly be deceiving and this is where we must feel the energy of the others, does this energy resonate with ours? Does it feel like a comfortable easiness with no effort to communicate, or is it a struggle to align energies and communicate? Do we try to argue and manipulate to get our way? Or do we see that the natural flow of things brings us what we need. Manipulations will feel painful, others control trips will make us edgy. There is no need to control anything or anyone but self. The tension and stress that is created when one tries to make things happen does not fit in our new world. Many of us are already very weary of the control and manipulations, the lack of integrity, the missing transparency. We see this in the media daily, we hear of the lies that try to tell us as to who are to blame for the economic mess. It is hard at times to maintain hope, faith, and trust in our vision of what will be. But remember this, it is coming, it will be, it is destined, it was foretold, and we are the ones we have been waiting for. No one knows what is right for you, but you! Bless those who think they know, but keep focused on your truth. Forgive and forget!


next: allowing!