Thankfulness in Prayer

Before sleep, I pray. Last fall, I realized that my prayers could be accurately described of as a wishlist of things I wanted the Divine to do for me. Help me to do this, please can I have that, etc. While I often would include thanks to the gods in my prayers it was almost always an afterthought. After I noticed this, I couldn’t stop noticing it, and it made me feel like I was praying incorrectly. I know that there is not right or wrong way to pray, but giving a list of demands to the gods didn’t really set well with me.

The pagan thanksgiving celebration is celebrated during the autumnal equinox in September. My women’s spirituality group got together for a ritual and a thanksgiving feast to mark the occasion last year. As part of the day, we placed on paper leaves the various things we were thankful for, then strung the paper leaves on a string and placed them on a tree outside. As the wind blew through the paper leaves, our prayer of thanks went out to the powers that be, at least until the first rainfall.

I realized during this ritual that I should be thankful every day. Having a special occasion to celebrate our thanks for the good things in life is a wonderful and necessary thing, but on a personal level, I felt it shouldn’t be only once a year. Also, by thinking of what I was thankful for every day, I thought that maybe I would start seeing the world a bit differently.

This isn’t a new idea. During Thanksgiving, someone usually brings up the idea that you should be thankful every day, not just on a holiday. People nod in agreement, but mostly this type of thing just blows right past us. For me, when someone says that on Thanksgiving, I usually think that the person needs to get off of their high horse and eat some stuffing. Someone eating stuffing is always preferable to a lecture on life lessons, especially because people have to discover certain things themselves, in their own time, in their own way. Thankfulness is one of those things that needs to be discovered as part of a person’s personal journey.

Everyone’s life has good and bad. I have a habit of focusing on the negative more often than the positive. Part of this is because when talking with others, focusing on the positive too much feels like bragging. I could tell you how I’m married to the best person on the planet and then list the ways in which my spouse is awesome, but at a certain point, it sounds not only like arrogant bragging, but it also becomes boring. However, telling you about the horrible person who waited on me at the store is more interesting somehow.

However, focusing so much time and energy on the negative in life, on what we lack instead of what we have, seems like a disservice to the gods and a disservice to ourselves. Part of why I switched my prayers to being thankful was because it made life a little bit more fun. I try to find three new things to be thankful about every day. Some days this comes very easy, other days it can be a bit of a challenge, but the challenging days are made better by trying to find some good in the chaos.

Some days I find something truly majestic and awe inspiring to be thankful about, such as the time I saw a bald eagle on Rt. 127. The eagle was standing in the middle of the road and flew away when my car approached. I was very close when the eagle flew away and it was beautiful and so unexpected I felt as if I had been given a gift. On another day, when it was bitterly cold, I saw a red tailed hawk sitting on top of a power line. He was puffed out due to the cold and resembled a football, which was both cute and amusing as he looked incredibly fierce and incredibly fluffy, two things that don’t often mesh well. Nature often has many fantastic and beautiful offerings for me to be thankful for.

Other times I find myself thankful for something small or seemingly inconsequential. For example, I am really thankful that my Netflix account has a Watch Instantly option. I love instant gratification, and when it comes to movies, often by the time the movie arrives at my house I am no longer in the mood to see it. Watching instantly fixes this problem. I am also thankful for the peanut butter cups that are egg shaped for Easter – they have the perfect chocolate to peanut butter ratio. Deep and meaningful? Not really, but they are things I love and am thankful for, so they get a mention.

By focusing throughout the day on what I am going to thank the gods for in my prayers, I find that I look at my day in a different way. Instead looking at the negative on focusing in on the bad things that happen, I focus on the positive. Don’t get me wrong, I still have bad days where I want to scream, but even on those days I can find three things to be thankful for. If I can’t I always have the old standby of being thankful for my spouse, my house, and my friends and family and my spouse, house, and friends and family are truly great, so there is a lot just in those three to be happy about.

SIACAP and Lightworkers

Many people have talked of late about a large awakening process underway in the world. More and more people are being put on the path of the lightworker. I’ve noticed this explosion of people becoming more in tune with their spiritual selves in my own area of rural, Southern Illinois. When I say Southern Illinois, think more Kentucky and Missouri – where I live is below the Mason-Dixon line and not near major cities.

Region is important because up until recent years, most progressive spiritual practices seemed to take place on the east or west coast of the nation, but for a rural area to have this explosion of people learning about Reiki, or tarot or a host of other lightworker tools is remarkable. Yesterday, I went to an all day Reiki Healing Retreat put on by SIACAP – The Southern Illinois Association of Complementary and Alternative Practitioners. With four 45 minute healing exchanges throughout the day, we broke into small groups of four and took turns healing each other through various modalities. There were two lovely guided meditations, and vendors who read tarot, took aura photographs, sold massage supplies such as eye pillows, and much more.

SIACAP’s mission is “to promote alternative healing modalities through teaching, sharing, and practicing and to promote community health through outreach programs and classes in various modalities.” The modalities?

· Acupuncture/Acupressure

· Chi Gung

· Cranial Sacral Therapy

· Crystal Healing

· Dowsing/Kinesiology

· Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

· Exercise Physiology

· Feng Shui

· Flower and Gem Essences

· Guided Imagery

· Healing Touch

· Herbal Modalities

· Homeopathy

· Hypnosis

· Massage Therapy

· Meditation

· Psych-K

· Recreational Therapy

· Reflexology

· Reiki

· Shamanism

· Tarot reading

· Total Body Modification

· Tai chi

· Yoga

Just to name a few. SIACAP membership is $20 and members who pre-register for the all day retreat get in for $5, even if they are vendors. Not a member? That’s ok, the retreat costs only $10 for non-members if they preregister. As SIACAP is a non profit organization, registration at the door is not that expensive, either. Members who haven’t pre-registered it is $10 and nonmembers who register at the door are only $15. These retreats happen 3 times a year, and the cost at the door is to pay for the location costs, and eventually, guest speakers and teachers.

Why do I bring up the price of a retreat? Because it illustrates that people are getting together to help each other spiritually, not for money, but because it is needed. Once upon a time, to become a Reiki Master you needed $10,000. Now, people are passing on Reiki attunements for $20. This doesn’t mean that Reiki has become an undervalued system, it means that people are recognizing that the world needs as many healers and lightworkers as it can get. There are even some Reiki Masters who pass along attunements for free simply so that people have this skill and can help the world with it.

I think that certain people are instrumental in training more lightworkers. During yesterday’s retreat, all of the Reiki Masters were asked to meet together so that people could get to know each other. As we made our introductions, almost all of us could trace our beginnings on this path back to the SIACAP founder and president, Lorie Allen. Through her continuing education classes at a local Community College, we all first learned how to use our talents and focus our skills on healing touch or Reiki. This one lone woman taught us and then brought us all together and my bet is this is part of her life’s purpose – she is one of those souls who are meant to train and awaken large groups of people. http://www.touchingpaws.com/ is her website, although she is so busy with classes and clients, the class page hasn't been update in a while.

Women and men like her are out there, helping others put their feet on the path of healer and lightworker. Organizations like SIACAP are forming and gaining members because lightworkers are growing in numbers and banding together to share talent, share knowledge, and help others. Have you ever asked yourself why someone didn't start something like this in your community? Maybe, just maybe, you are the person who is supposed to start the group. If you build it, people will come.

For my own personal journey, finding Soul’s Journey online helped plug me into a network of caring people, much like those people who are part of SIACAP. For Soul’s Journey and SIACAP to both come into my life around the same time says to me that something profoundly wonderful is happening. Lightworkers are coming together more and more and together we are finding the support and care we need to help others in meaningful ways. Isn’t that what being a lightworker is all about?

Interested in SIACAP? Go online at http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SIACAP/ to join the online listserv or go http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=475959990576&ref=ts to see the Facebook group – although many of our members are not very interested in computers, we do have a bit of online presence should you like more information.

In Defense of Small Talk

Part of being a lightworker, to me, is interacting with people in a positive and uplifting way. One of the small ways this can be accomplished is through small talk. Small talk does matter to people and can make them feel happy and important.

My women’s spirituality circle has recently undergone some changes, including the addition of new candidates for membership. For me, group mind is of supreme importance and so I spend quite a bit of time observing how the candidates interact with each other. There is one eye kept open for possible problems, another that looks to see who would work well together on projects, and both eyes on how the group runs when all of us are together and the strengths of the various members.

Many of these candidates are not just new to us, but new to each other. So much of what goes on in a circle like ours is of an intensely personal nature – this is a spirituality that is based in large part on personal growth – so having a circle of people that like each other and trust each other is pretty high on the priority list. You can still have rituals, healing, and energy exchances with people who are lukewarm with each other, but they are rarely transcendent experiences.

To that end, small talk bridges much of the gaps that people have when first meeting. Everyone is nervous. Everyone wants to be liked. Our group has a 90 day candidate period where we make sure that the person in question is the right fit for the group and vice versa, so everyone is on “good” behavior, or at least displaying some degree of company manners. However, we do have to get to know one another and become more familiar with each other. In comes small talk.

One recent meeting, the small talk centered around lentils and other beans. On the surface talking about eating lentils, and the preference of red lentils, and the various ways you can cook lentils (lentil loaf!) may seem more than a little dry or tedious, but it wasn’t. The lentil discussion gave four different people common ground with each other. Four people who don’t really know each other. Also, the conversation of lentils came out of a more serious issue of how to stretch a dollar in these times of major economic meltdown – a meltdown many of us feel very keenly as we try to make do with less. This lentil conversation showed how many people in our group had the scary experience of trying to feed many people with very little money and how beans and rice often came riding to the rescue in these situations. These women will understand if a member of our group loses their job, because they have been there before and had to survive that hardship. This is good to know.

However, even talk of the weather yields common ground. I like to know who gets cold easily so I can remind them to wear a sweater to my house – I like it cold. I also want to know who really enjoys summer. Talk of weather often leads to talk of who has lived in a different climate, what that climate was like, and the energy of the place. All good information to have.

Also, weather is an important part of our lives. The rain often makes basements in this area flood, or provides a good way to obtain water for ritual. Snow prevents travel, or induces snowball fights or sledding. Much of our life is dictated by weather from what we wear to how we travel to what our leisure activities will be that week. There is a reason that the Weather Channel is so popular. Often, talk of the weather can lead to much more intense conversations of relocation or family or major spiritual revelations. In order to get to the more intense part of the conversation, you have to open the door.

Small talk opens the door of communication. When someone says, “Is it hot enough for you?” you have the choice of mocking this as cliché, or of trying to understand why it is a cliché. It may be that the person asking the question is just metaphorically knocking on your door.

One of my best friends and I communicate a lot via email, but even when she lived in the area, we would have detailed conversations about the order we were going to pay our bills in. Neither of us were bored with these conversations, because they were important to us. To an outsider, we probably looked like we were just sitting around spouting numbers to each other, but to us, we were talking about our lives. In detail. Because the details are what we obsessed over, so having someone who cares about the details is great. When someone knows your details, they often know what you are thinking and how you will react in various situations.

Much of our lives are minutiae. Updating my status on Facebook, and reading the status updates of others, has shown me that life is often comprised of paying the bills, doing the laundry, making dinner, and vacuuming before company arrives. Considering the amount of time we spend on these mundane activities, it makes sense that we would want to talk about them. Also, in the atmosphere of a spiritual circle, I would like to know what person hates vacuuming but is pretty happy to wash dishes. When cleanup time arrives, you really don’t want to make it worse by asking people to do jobs they dread the most.

Growing up, we used to joke that my mother could find out someone’s life story in a matter of a few minutes. I would watch her sit in a waiting room and either strike up a conversation with someone seated next to her, or watch her respond favorably to someone asking her a mundane, small talk question. After 10 minutes, my mother would know how hard it was when that person’s parent died, where they worked, the names of every member of their family, what type of humor would make them laugh, and much, much more. Somewhere in her head is an endless filing cabinet of people who live in her large community and there are few people she doesn’t know. It makes her home more of a home to her to know about everyone in the community. It also makes her well liked.

It makes going shopping with her a nightmare because she is stopped constantly, but, hey, I’m kind of anti-social when shopping as it isn't my favorite thing in the world.

Small talk can be very boring, but in a lot of ways it works as the glue for holding a community together. With spiritual circles being fairly small communities, but communities nonetheless, small talk greases the wheels of communication and helps people ease into being comfortable with one another. Small talk is an ice breaker that most people are familiar with and one that they can understand. It is a social ritual that exists for a purpose, even if we often don’t think too much about that purpose. In a world where much of human interaction is online and brief, small talk serves to find commonality, break the ice, and helps people learn more about each other in a pressure free manner.

I also think that small talk is how we test the waters with each other. If you care enough to listen to me talk about how that one red sock had me wearing pink underwear for a few years, chances are you will care enough about the larger issues in my life. If you can be trusted to listen to me talk about eating beans and rice for three months with empathy and respect, chances are you can be trusted to listen to me talk about my hopes and fears. Small talk allows us, in the early stages of building a rapport, to test the waters with each other.

To end with the mundane, it is really late and I am tired so I am off to bed – it rained outside and the change in pressure has induced a bit of a headache. Is it wet enough outside for you?

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Astrology for March 2010

NEW MOON occurs on March 15, 2010 @ 05:01:05 PM EDT
The New Moon is kissing the Sun in Pisces as they join both Mercury and Uranus in a Grand Stellium! Deep pools of compassion and creativity are in evidence with this dramatic configuration. This stellium forms a trine to Mars in Leo as it opposes retrograde Saturn in Libra. Both great joy and great sorrow will be shared in the World at large. Faith and courage are amplified even at a time that events would seem unjust. Champions for the weak, sick or hungry will be working powerfully behind the scenes as hearts open to humanity as a whole.

FULL MOON occurs on March 29, 2010 @ 10:25:25 PM EDT
This Full Moon in Libra is in square to Pluto in Capricorn as it opposes the Aries Sun. This T-square indicated that we must actively pursue peace, remain true to our identity and do so in a powerful and enduring manner. This is an excellent time to re-dedicate ourselves to peace, freedom and security * the original objectives of this Nation. The influence of the Cardinal signs in this configuration indicated that we must aspire to our highest ideals as we reflect on our essence and build a new kingdom based on what history has taught us.

Mars Stations Direct on its scenic tour through Leo!

Mars is going to be in Leo for a very long time! Mars in Leo is sunny, bright, generous and warm! It will call us to pursue our heart's desire as it stays in the sign of Leo as long as it can stay in any sign until early summer 2010!

Mars made it entrance into Leo on October 16, 2009 at 11:32 AM and will station retrograde on December 20, 2009 at 08:27 AM EST and will station direct on March 10, 2010 at 12:47 PM EST. Mars will complete its tour of Leo on June 7, 2010 at 02:11 AM!

Courage and bravery will infuse each of us in different ways. Purr or roar in this cycle! You choose! The dramatic arts and appreciation and decoration of heroes in all walks of life are seen! Be sure to demonstrate your love and loyalty in this rare cycle! Remember that the sign of the Lion can also be proud, arrogant and ferocious! Know when to pounce and when to pull your claws back in! Throughout this amazing cycle, Mars will be in and out of its shadow and you will witness much passive-aggressive behavior in your dealings with others. Present your creativity with courage but demonstrate your wisdom in knowing that this is a territorial cycle for many. Try not to step on anyone*s tail!

Saturn Retrograde Alert!

Saturn, the Great Teacher of the zodiac, stationed retrograde on January 13, 2010 at 10:56 AM EST and will remain so until May 29, 2010 at 02:08 AM. During its retrograde it remains in square to Pluto in Capricorn. These ponderous planets on a grand scale indicate much change in legislature, corporate responsibility and the League of Nations. Litigations that appear in view of the public can suffer from delays and reputations and liabilities of those in a position of power may be re-examined. A long look back at history in other recessions and the impact of progress through revolutionary ingenuity is also seen. Strategies to deal with the war on terror will also be re-established on a Global scale.

Horoscopes by Aphrodette North

The Month Ahead For Each Sign!

ARIES MAR 20 - APR 20 This New Moon, your ruler, Mars, is in Leo as it forms a trine to the Lights, Mercury and Uranus in Pisces. Courage, compassion and camaraderie are all seen as we move into this new lunar cycle. Mars forms a sweet sextile with retrograde Saturn in Libra causing you to experience déjà vu on many levels! On the Full Moon, your ruler is in trine to the Aries Sun and square to Venus late in your sign, as it sustains its sextile to Saturn. Honor your commitments at this time even with the frustration that you may encounter. Close personal relationships will be intense - for good or ill. Try to keep the opinions of others separate from the way you approach your closest relationships.


TAURUS APR 20 - MAY 21 Your ruler, Venus, is in Aries this New Moon and in square to Pluto in Capricorn. If you are either making or co-creating the rules in your world, this angle can serve you well. If you are in a position where you must follow the rules of other, tension and aggravation can easily develop. Organizations and agencies can present challenges at this time. At Full Moon, your ruler is later in Aries and is joined by Mercury in the Heavens. This conjunction is in sextile to Neptune and Chiron creating an opportunity to develop a healthier lifestyle. This configuration is called a Yod, of the "Finger of God". Mars in square to Venus? Tension between the sexes! Strive of tentative balance!

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUN 21 This New Moon, your ruler, Mercury, is in Pisces and part of a major stellium of energy! Inspiration, creativity and compassion can overwhelm you! Laughter as well as tears can occur spontaneously! Mercury is trine to Mars in Leo and opposing retrograde Saturn in Libra. Be fair. Use your fine mind to negotiate and compromise. At Full Moon, Mercury has moved on into Aries and is kissing Venus as it forms a Yod with Neptune in Aquarius and Saturn retrograde in Libra! Love is honest and sincere. Do not be afraid to initiate new ideas with those you love as well as sharing your dreams for the future. Energized activity seems to preclude relaxation! Go for it!

CANCER JUN 21 - JUL 22 Your ruler, The Moon, is New in Pisces and part of a strong stellium with the Sun, Mercury and Uranus. Psychic revelations and spiritual epiphanies approach you in waves! Be aware! The Piscean forces are psychic absorbing! Choose carefully those who are most frequently in your energy field. Choose one with a sharp intellect and one with a courageous heart! At Full Moon, your ruler is in Libra opposing the Aries Sun as it squares Pluto in Capricorn. You may feel a bit blocked by policies and procedures. Rules, taxes and late fees can cause some anxiety. Be sure to be honest and address the facts! Clearing is within your grasp. Strive for a more balanced lifestyle as it is important for you to be able to get out and play!

LEO JUL 22 - AUG 23 This New Moon, your ruler, the Sun, is in Pisces conjoining the Moon, Mercury and Uranus. This is a powerful gathering of forces in unfamiliar territory. Mars, however, is in your sign forming a quadruple trine to the cluster! With all the psychic energy available this month, rest assured, that your heart will lead you to your truth. Be at peace with the big picture. At Full Moon, the Sun has moved into Aries, in trine to Mars in Leo and in a T-square with the Moon and Pluto in Capricorn! Expand your sphere and continue to follow your heart knowing that the obstacles you are faced with will strengthen your resolve! Carefully review contracts and be sure that those you commit to have the integrity to match your own. Have at it!

VIRGO AUG 23 - SEP 23 Your ruler, Mercury, is in Pisces and in fine company with the Lights and Uranus! With all these heavenly bodies opposing your Virgo Sun expect to be very busy! This is your lowest biorhythmic cycle, so be sure to eat right and get plenty of rest. Avoid overindulgence!!! Many may need you but many will also appreciate you and reward you with acts of kindness. On the Full Moon, Mercury is now in Aries and cuddling up to Venus as they both form a sweet sextile to Neptune and Chiron in Aquarius! Saturn completes a Yod, opening you up to reconsider old judgments made in family matters. Speak your love; and speak it still again! Honesty now can heal with both your love interests and family! Enjoy!




LIBRA SEP 23 - OCT 23 This New Moon, your ruler, Venus, is in Aries in square to Pluto in Capricorn as it squares off with the Dragon. You will deeply discover in your inner journey that relationships can in art be karmic and in part birthed from your own preconceived notions of the past. New rules can be initiated now to free you up from habit patterns that no longer serve you. This Full Moon is in your sign as it opposes the Aries Sun and squares Pluto in Capricorn. Establishing a reputation takes a bit of work but you legendary tact and diplomacy will see you through. Keep all promises you make to others as well as those you make to yourself.

SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOV 22 This New Moon, both of your rulers are finally direct! Mars is in Leo forming a beautiful trine to a stellium of heavenly bodied in Pisces and Pluto is in Capricorn in square to Venus! Your psychic ability as well as your grasp of psychology will flourish in this cycle but be aware that this may frustrate those closest to you! On the Full Moon, Mars is in trine to the Sun and Pluto is locked in a cardinal T-square with the Lights! Radiate truth and courage and you will be able to balance the actual events occurring in your life. You will find yourself amidst a diverse group! You are naturally gifted due to your dual rulership to deal effectively with both events and processes. Roll with the punches!

SAGITTARIUS NOV 22 - DEC 21 Your ruler, Jupiter, is in Pisces all month and feeding the Dragon! At New Moon, you will be able to easily comprehend the security glitches in your life as well as others and be able to find viable solutions. In gatherings, you may want to stand a bit apart from the group to take in the bigger picture of all that surrounds you. On the Full Moon, your own psychic ability is intensified! Your philosophy of life is changing and acceptance of the limitations and boundaries of others is keen. Although you will continue to inspire others with your usual enthusiasm, your ability to truly manage by finding what fits for others will prove outstanding.

CAPRICORN DEC 21 - JAN 20 This New Moon, your ruler, Saturn, is exalted but retrograde in Libra as it opposes a magnificent stellium of heavenly bodies in Pisces. This configuration lends you the ability to withhold judgment when you are dealing with groups and varying solutions to complex projects. Saturn is also in sextile to Mars, now direct in Leo. This often affords you courage or one ally who stands by you as you face these challenges. On the Full Moon, Saturn forms the point of a Yod with Venus in Aries and a point of conjunction with Neptune and Chiron in Aquarius! Issues surrounding your health in the workplace as well as your home space will arise! Adjustments are part of a process that will complete itself after your ruler goes direct in late May.

AQUARIUS JAN 20 - FEB 19 Your ruler, Uranus, is in Pisces this New Moon and part of a spectacular line up of heavenly bodies including Mercury and the Lights! It will seem very natural to blend your intellect with your intuitive gifts. Expect flashes of inspiration accompanied by a bright awakening to your inner observer! Your artistic and technical creativity is also profound as your ruler is in trine to Mars in Leo. Humility will be a tight fit! At Full Moon, Uranus is still in trine to Mars as it opposes retrograde Saturn in Libra. This is an excellent time to consider an application for promotion or increasing your skill level through higher education. The best of the best!

PISCES FEB 19 - MAR 20

This New Moon, your ruler, Neptune, is kissing Chiron in Aquarius and forms no exact angles with the Lights or the planets. It is, however, active with Vesta and Pallas Athena, two of the asteroids in retrograde. This is an excellent time for an inner review of your health and overall well being. Introspection can bear fruit for you in this cycle as you consider your past and that of others. On the Full Moon, Neptune and Chiron are still traveling very close together in the heavens forming a Yod with retrograde Saturn in Libra and Mercury conjoined with Venus in Aries. Look to form healthy and honest relationships both on the intimate level and in groups that share your interest or vision! You are overdue!

Febuary Horoscopes by J.Dicarlo

February 2010 Horoscopes
By Jacqueline

With Mercury completing its’ run through Capricorn as goes into Aquarius, it affords us the ability to look towards the future once again! No more worries about the past, no more worries about the future let us hold our heads high and welcome this new relief! Guiding us as we move forward we feel Venus going into Pisces on the 11th, and the new Moons arrival on the 13th allowing us to intuitively know who and see who and what we love just in time for Valentines Day. Finishing off this month with the full Moon in Virgo on the 28th permitting us to transform our emotions towards what is truly destined.

Aries March 23 - April 22
Your Aries fire gives you the feeling of restlessness and a sense for adventure. However instead of wasting time on needless thoughts, take this time to reevaluate what you set into motion in the fall. Realize what adjustments you need to make, then sit back and relax, have some fun. Next months you can make the alterations needed.

Taurus April 23 – May 22
A feeling of restlessness and boredom fills your day however, work must be done. Since you can’t take a
vacation, let the party begin at home. Know when you have to show up to what is obligatory and be your best, but take the time in between to celebrate life with friends and loved ones.

Gemini May 23 – June 22
Get out of the doldrums and let your spirit speak! Take this time to formulate your ideas and put them to paper. Do the research and take the initiative to make your dreams become realities. You have the ability to make it happen and get it done. With Saturn’s energy trining you, it’s time to put your ideas into physical form and then you will see it is you.

Cancer June 23 – July 22
“… If you teach a man to fish, he can feed himself.” Now is the time to reflect on your generosity towards others. Stop doing for those who aren’t doing for you or themselves. This month is a time for you to clean up not only your house but how you deal with those around you. The universe is telling you to let go of the past and move into your new future. The question is; are you listening?

Leo July 23 – August 22
You’ve reached the midpoint of your physical year and have reached your turning point. Now is the time organize and refine the details as you prepare for the forthcoming changes. Rely not on others, as they will not give you the benefit of the doubt; you’re going to have to come up with the physical proof. Next month is when all will start to fall into place.



Virgo August 23 – September 22
Timing is your anchor and now is not the time for you to make grandiose plans or obligations that you can’t keep. Instead use this time to take care of yourself. A massage would be a good idea. This is your calm before storm as Mars goes direct and time will accelerate at a rapid pace.

Libra September 23 – October 22
The fuddled lines of communication are open for you this month, take this opportunity to ask more questions of those you know the least about and define yourself with those close to you. You’ll find it will not only deepen and strengthen them but also open your eyes to new avenues you haven’t thought of.

Scorpio October 23 – November 22
Patience is a virtue and your motto this month. With Jupiter and Uranus trining you, you will be given the ability to see what you truly love and the avenues to get it. Remember that these are slow moving planets, and all will come to those who wait.

Sagittarius November 23 – December 22
The Mars retrograde is still affecting you. Now is the time to ask questions and gather information as well as reviewing the decisions you made in the fall. Next month Mars goes direct and you can act upon what you have learned.




Capricorn December 23 – January 22
Like any artist, there comes a time to put on the finishing touches and this month is your time to do so. So wrap up those projects that are almost completed. Finish your responsibilities to others, clean up your financial matters and get rid of what is from the past. You’ll find comfort in those who are water signs now.

Aquarius January 23 – February 22
Happy Solar Return! It’s party time for you! Enjoy the excitement of this month. However don’t get caught up in the drama of others. Do it at your pace and don’t feel forced to do anything. Nothing is urgent and with some additional investigation, you can find a way that works for you.

Pisces February 23 – March 22
This is the time for you to speak your truth. Those who will respect you are going to draw closer and those who you come in conflict with will go away. You are being guided by a guardian angel now, sit back and allow her to guide you. You’ll be pleasantly surprised at what she brings.

For those who want to know:
The Moon is the fastest moving planet in our solar system. It changes signs approximately every 2 ½ days and moves through all 12 signs in 28 days. It governs our emotions or how we feel about things as well as the tides in our oceans. The Moons energy is what nurtures us and is known to rule the mother. Since it is the most changeable planet, know when you’re emotionally down that it will change within a couple of days and act like our oceans and go with the flow.