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Today’s New Moon is in Taurus. Right in the middle of Taurus at 15 degrees, 22 minutes.

The New Moon is exact on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 8:18:07 am edt.

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Taking the Bull by the Horn.

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Hi,
Here’s the chart for the Full Moon Sunday morning (6:25:20 am edt). The Newsletter was sent to all subscribers Saturday evening. It wil be posted here asap — translation– when i get a moment to do it!

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When you look at an astrology chart, first you note the individual aspects. Yet, the aspects interact. And as they interact, the way they work changes and gains new meaning. The coming Full Moon features a Grand Trine with a Kite formation to the Moon. There’s a blog on this configuration (scroll down), and since it’s part of the Full Moon, i gave it more perspective in the Newsletter.

Hope you’re having a fabulous Full Moon!
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Spring Equinox + Full Moon in Libra

[Sun enters Aries: Spring Equinox on Thursday, March 20 @ 1:49 am edt]

[Full Moon in Libra-Aries on Friday, March 21 @ 2:40 pm est]
[Moon at 01'31" Libra : Sun at 01'31" Aries]

Spring Equinox is on March 20 @ 1:49 am edt. The Full Moon is on March 21 @ 2:40 pm edt.

Happy Spring!

No doubt about it. This is a tough moment. There is a lot going on, and not all of it feels good. Let’s look at the charts.

Spring is overnight Thursday, the Full Moon is Friday afternoon.

The Full Moon is in Libra, at 1 degree Libra 31 minutes, with the Sun opposing at 1 Aries 31. Pluto is square the Sun at 01 Capricorn, and Mars is opposing Pluto, also squaring the Sun-Moon opposition– and creating a Cardinal Grand Square conjunct the Aries point (0 degrees of the Cardinal signs) on Spring Equinox. This is GO time. But where?

You can be busy initiating projects and agendas, yet get nothing done. Or, you can feel so frustrated by all the things you “should” be doing, that your limiting beliefs keep you from doing anything and increasing feelings of frustration.

Or, you can take a breath, allow some calming awareness of the situation, and try to find a compromise.

The Moon in Libra is the star of the Full Moon, and the Sun in Aries (opposing) is the star of Spring Equinox. Mars and Venus, the planetary rulers of the Sun in Aries and Moon in LIbra, are making a trine aspect, while Venus is conjunct Mercury (for about 2 months) — discussion and negotiation CAN lead to a compromise.

So what’s the problem?

The Full Moon is squaring the current Mars-Pluto opposition increases this opposition’s influence. And since this occurs on Spring Equinox, it sets the tone for the season.

At Equinox, the Sun enters Aries. Aries is ruled by Mars. Mars is opposing Pluto and due to its recent Retrograde, this opposition has been in effect since Fall 2007. What is usually a transit that lasts a week or 2 lasted over 6 months.

At the Full Moon, the Sun and the Moon are square Pluto in early Capricorn, how do you pursue your goals? A Cardinal Grand Square including Mars opposing Pluto at Spring Equinox suggests personal agendas can be so compelling, we can justify using excessive force. Mars in early Cancer is defensive and protective, making it seem necessary to defend home and livelihood at any cost. Although the high-powered energy you may use to force issues and get your way can make you feel in control, results can be short-lived or not carried out.

Pluto square the Sun and Moon (at Equinox and Full Moon) can reveal tendencies that were well-hidden until recently. You may not see it in yourself. Current oppositions suggest you may see it more easily in others and point to them as “the problem,” overlooking your faults and undermining your contributions.

You may not be the one who overextends their power. Someone can push all your buttons, exposing raw emotions that you can usually keep a lid on. Good or bad is a value judgment. But withdrawing your participation due to possible judgments of others can prevent you from showing up or accomplishing something important. The more you can share without your ego needing to either be #1 or flip out, the more effortlessly you can feel and share your true essence.

The Sun, representing the essential self in the chart, is squaring both Pluto and Mars. Pluto is exalted in Aries and Mars rules Aries, so the intense challenges and emotions you may be facing now are about how much force you use when you feel resistance– and how quickly you use it. Victory by overreacting and threatening drama, humiliation, manipulation, or even violence, uses too much energy to be sustainable and creates more problems immediately. The friends or allies you make with threats may not be loyal or trustworthy.

How you approach life, moment-by-moment, is how life treats you back. The current trine from Venus to Mars shows that being more friendly to life can be your most effective strategy for peaceful solutions. If you can approach life and even conflict and remain open to compromise, you may even make some friends and achieve a peaceful agreement that is mutually beneficial. The more you force a situation by using threats of control, humiliation, and fear, the more resistance you are likely to encounter– especially this Spring. So if you are meeting continuous resistance during this Cardinal Grand Square, that’s a clue you are pushing so hard you are creating resistance to the very thing you want so much. Remember, the planetary oppositions are happening to create awareness and the awareness itself can change things, in an instant. NOW.

So what’s wrong with venting, complaining, and getting upset about bad things? Because how you react to what happens “out there” is a choice. Over reacting or not reacting due to fear or anger can build up tension in your body that becomes real. Getting caught up in intensifying drama to make a point can throw you out of the present moment and keep you stuck re-living the past or feeling apprehensive about the future. Either way, you’re not here NOW, which makes it hard to be effective and make helpful choices.

While this week’s Full Moon can be challenging, next Friday, March 28, Jupiter sextiles Uranus exactly, also Venus as she conjuncts Uranus. This is a great time to publicize, market, and expand your sphere of influence for fun, profit, and self-fulfillment.

As you can see from today’s Gibbous Moon, the Full Moon is coming! And so is SPRING!

And what a chart! If you thought the last New Moon with Mars opposing Pluto blew the lid off some dirty laundry, it’s about to get even more personal as we enter SPRING 2008 with a Full Moon that elevates the Mars-Pluto opposition to an IMMEDIATE PRIORITY.

I’ll save something for the Newsletter, coming later this week.

Cheers!
Lauren
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[ArtCharts] Inspired Astrology Newsletter: Leo Full Moon

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Leo Full Moon: reversals

[Full Moon @ 01 Leo 54 on Tuesday, January 22 @ 8:35 am est]
[Pluto enters Capricorn on Friday, January 25 @ 11:35 pm est]
[Mercury stations Retrograde @ 23 Aquarius 53 - Monday, January 28 - Monday, February 18]
[Mars stations Direct @ 24 Gemini 05 on Wednesday, January 30 @ 5:33 pm est]

The energy of the Leo Full Moon is “reversal”. There’s a Full Moon (Moon opposes Sun and Moon) while Mercury stations Retrograde and Mars stations Direct.

Meanwhile, we just entered Aquarius, the New Year isn’t brand new anymore. So what happened to the excitement and resolutions that were going to make this a great year!?

The Leo Full Moon reminds us of love. And all love starts with self love.

Self love fills us with pride and gives us the WILLPOWER to push past obstacles and keep the faith that good things are going to happen. You can set and meet goals because you KNOW you are going to succeed.

But what happens when you don’t meet your goals or get what you want. And worse, when you don’t get what you KNOW you deserve. If your goals aren’t met quickly, relying only on WILLPOWER alone can start to get exhausting over time. And less productive. And now you have another goal that seems unattainable, another reason “it can’t work.”

This is reversal. It happens when your energy is literally running backwards through your meridians, causing you to achieve the OPPOSITE of what you thought you intended! And the harder you try, the farther you seem to get. Somehow, your subconscious is getting a message that is the OPPOSITE of what you want. There are several reasons this can happen. And there is NO blame because they are all subconscious and likely originate from incidents in the past. And they are being revealed (and hopefully healed) by the current Full Moon that occurs as Mercury stations Retrograde while Mars stations Direct.

Here’s the good news. The energy reversal that started during Mars Retrograde can get re-wired and re-connected while Mercury is Retrograde in Aquarius.

Your energy can get reversed when you are not really ready to achieve your goals. And there can be good reasons for hesitating or procrastinating. Succeeding at something can mean having to give up something else. And this can set off inner conflicts. Maybe you’re not ready to make a sacrifice, go the extra distance, make a change or a binding commitment– if it means giving up something that gives you comfort and makes you feel safe.

Since the New Year, like many of you, I’ve received countless emails promising me a new life if I sign up for a program, costing me $ per month. I’m sure many of these emails, pdfs, podcasts, books, eBooks, videos, DVDs, and teleseminars will get me motivated to achieve and succeed, but the sheer number of them is overwhelming. Yet, they have a timely message.

We are entering an era when more of us can learn how to succeed professionally, as long as we’re willing to concentrate and commit. This is the year of Jupiter in Capricorn, so we have an abundance of business gurus, wealth mentors, and life coaches to teach us the steps to success. It’s a growing field and will eventually bubble, although this year, telling people you can help them make big bucks can make YOU big bucks– if you’re truly an expert. If you’re not, Jupiter can help you expand your confidence, education, and professional reach until you become an expert.

Defining the cultural trends and limits are the “social planets” Jupiter and Saturn. They are currently trine, or capable of working harmoniously together. And the Jupiter-Saturn trine is also trine Asteroid Goddess Ceres, creating a Grand Trine in Earth. (Check out the inspiredastrology blog for the discussion on the Jupiter-Saturn-Ceres Earth Grand Trine.) If you have a goal in mind, but achieving it has started to seem unrealistic, you can start to feel like giving up is the only realistic thing to do. Still, that does NOT mean your goal is unattainable! But it may mean that manifesting it may be more complicated or challenging than you thought. And this can bring you face-to-face with inner blocks and conflicts that make you feel wrong or undeserving– just for having a goal. And if that’s true, no matter how well you hide it, that internal conflict will come up every time you think about your goal, making it hard to just get started. Your subconscious can find a way to sabotage every attempt you make to manifest your goals. It’s not out of cruelty, your subconscious is trying to give you more of what gives you energy. There is only one message you can give your subconscious to override its habitual beliefs. And that’s self-love– accepting and loving yourself no matter what happened in the past. We need to extend to ourselves the universal, unconditional love we would like to radiate and extend to others. And radiating love comes from connecting to your own inner source of love. We are kicking off a season of getting back to that source.

This (almost ending) Mars Retrograde included 2 oppositions to Pluto, with 1 more opposition to come after Mars starts moving forward (March 7 in Cancer). Your energy can get diverted or disrupted by holding on to resentment, feelings of betrayal and broken promises. Subconsciously, you may want to deny or punish someone for not living up to a promise or filling a need. Focusing on negative emotions is yet another way to divert energy and hold yourself back from achieving your goals. Letting go of the past, including past resentments, can mean changing. You may start to look and act differently, and that can seem false to your history, your identity. And what if you disappoint people who rely on you for being a certain way? This feeling that changing will disappoint others lowers and/or reverses your energy enough to lose any enthusiasm you start to build. Not only does this make it more challenging to do the things you want to do, it makes it very difficult to know and attract what you want. And you can easily sabotage anything you want, and blame someone else for the situation.

In general, when you blame or compare, your energy gets reversed, which means it runs backwards. And when your energy is reversed, you get the OPPOSITE results of what you say and think you want.

Perhaps it’s just mind over matter. But before assuming that, check out some scans of brains experiencing negative feelings, and those experiencing positive feelings. The brain produces chemicals than cause electric charges and chain reactions. Those chemical and electrical reactions continue to cause chain reactions of energy that move throughout the body, either carrying healing or toxic energy to every part of the body. Including the mind.

Blaming yourself can be an “automatic” or learned reaction, but it clouds your ability to see what’s really going on so you can react appropriately. This Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius is about taking the next step to greater awareness. And during the Leo Full Moon, that awareness needs to highlight the power of self-love to open your heart and accept yourself as you are. Even though you may feel anger, resentment, and a list of other negative emotions, you can still love and accept yourself. And at this Full Leo Moon with Mercury stationing Retrograde in Aquarius, feeling your self-love and acceptance will give your inner self the message that a positive change is possible. Sure, there are conflicts, but a solution is also possible! And– you can even re-wire your belief systems so negative feelings no longer have the hold over your future that they held in the past.

Getting angry at the person who made a mistake or disappointed you only serves to keep your energy in reverse. You can move forward anytime you take responsibility (power) for your choices. Knowing that, why isn’t it easy to change our habits and behavior? Maybe there are secondary benefits we get that we enjoy and are not ready or willing to give up

Whether or not we consciously realize it, we make choices all the time. Pluto in Capricorn, the sign ruled by Saturn, INSISTS that we take responsibility for how we use our power to choose, which includes our money, individually and collectively. And if we don’t, Pluto in the sign of Saturn will make corrections. It’s already shown us this can and will happen. The more aware you can be of your choices, the more you can reclaim your personal, and financial power.

Before you blame and drain your energy, let Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius give you the time and opportunities to re-think your expectations. As Mercury stations Retrograde in Aquarius over the next few weeks, are your expectations realistic? Sustainable realism is important now as Jupiter and Pluto enter Earth-sign Capricorn and ruler Saturn trines them both from Virgo. Also, this Mercury Retrograde station is defined by the Mercury-Neptune conjunction (Jan 22, Feb 2, Mar 9), a time when ideas can filter into your consciousness from your subconscious. What happens if your expectations are not met to your satisfaction? What happen if they ARE? Are your expectations reasonable, sustainable? Are you demanding something from someone that you are capable of giving to yourself? If so, ask yourself why you think you need that other person to do it for you. This is yet another self-restricting attitude that blocks your flow of self-love and drains your energy. And disruption of energy blocks your happiness, which can lead to dis-ease, bad attitudes, lowered expectations, less energy, negative vibrations, and the inability to manifest your dreamlife. But you can manifest your joy and abundance when you feel connected to your essential self. And this Full Moon in Leo reminds us that love starts within and has the power to set us fre*e.

Watch the [inspiredastrology] blog for my article on Pluto’s entrance into Capricorn.

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[ArtCharts] Inspired Astrology Newsletter: Full Moon&Winter Solstice edition: Happy Holidays!

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Wishing you & yours a Happy Healthy & Abundant Holiday Season. May your lives be forever filled with blessings and joy.

At Winter Solstice, the Sun enters Capricorn. This is the time the Sun is at its most extreme Northern declination (which is the Tropic of Cancer). Western Astrology is based on the movement of the Sun and the Earth.

At every Winter Solstice, the Sun enters Capricorn. But this year, not only the Sun— Mercury and Jupiter are also entering Capricorn at Winter Solstice. And Pluto is in the last degrees of Sagittarius and will enter Capricorn on January 25, 2008. That is significant movement into Capricorn. And it is all being opposed by the Moon (it’s a Full Moon) and Mars. It’s not “just” Mars opposing Pluto on Christmas, it’s Mars opposing the entire stellium in Capricorn from December 24 through January 2.

Jupiter in Capricorn is a year of being concise. Make your check list and start working towards your goals. Jupiter shows what’s BIG, what people are interested in pursuing. In Capricorn, expect a rise in prosperity gurus and abundance counselors. Sure, they’re online and have many books already, but it’s about to explode. You can learn to create wealth and abundance, step by step. In 2008, effectively managing your business for profitable returns will be TOP priority.

It’s the very end of 2007. 2008 is approaching quickly. This is the time of year to reflect on the past year and set your intentions for next year. With so many planets in EARTH signs, it’s time to manifest. And to manifest, you have to get practical and professional, or you may get left in the dust (dispersed earth). What are you going to do to create a better life in 2008?

2008 is NOT the year to drift and “hope for the best.” If that’s your plan, you may wind up broke and even farther from your dreams. This IS the year to take INSPIRED ACTION!

2008 can be your biggest year of manifestation. But you have to TAKE ACTION. You have to set your intentions and ACT. Just thinking good thoughts is a great start, but it will not change anything unless you ACT on your good thoughts.

Mars, planet of ACTION, is conjunct the MOON at the FULL MOON. And together, the Moon and Mars oppose the entire stellium of planets just entering Capricorn. Not only is Mars conjunct the Moon and opposing most of the other planets, Mars is currently Retrograde in early Cancer (headed back into Gemini on January 8). How is your ego holding back your progress. How can you challenge yourself in ways that will insure your growth instead of getting stuck in fears, anxiety, anger, and hostile thoughts?

Cancer (Mars and the Moon are in Cancer, the Moon rules Cancer), the clue is to stop engaging your emotional stories because they are keeping you from fulfilling your dreams. Enjoy your ego, but don’t let it rule your life. If your ego RULES your life, you won’t do anything because, oh my goodness, someone may not approve. You may look silly or stupid. And it’s true. The more you do, the greater the chances that you might make a mistake. People WILL think you’re nuts, or greedy, or wrong. They WILL judge you. But if you let their judgments (egos) win, you don’t get your work done. And that’s not really a problem either, because no one ever gets everything done! We are all a work-in-progress. With Mars opposing Pluto, Jupiter, and the Sun, you can SEE how you give your power away to protect yourself. Being defensive can seem “only natural.” Yet, it is what keeps you separated from living your true purpose and highest abundance. If you want to reclaim your energy and get going, it’s time to think beyond the usual deeply rutted pathways. It’s time to extend gratitude instead of fear and anger.

The point is not to focus on your enemies or detrators until you feel defensive and withdrawn (all possible with Mars Retrograde in Cancer). The point is to feel your GRATITUDE for the people who validate and encourage you. Focus on the people you CAN serve, the people who DO support and honor you, the people you CAN interact with, the people who make you feel good about yourself and positive about what you can accomplish. We all have detractors. Yet, focusing on them, living your life to try and please them, will keep you feeling agitated and too distracted to focus on your goals. And in 2008, your goals may be your most important consideration.

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[ArtCharts] Inspired Astrology Newsletter: Full Moon edition

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SUPER Full Moon: Saturday, November 24 @ 9:30 am est
Uranus stations Direct: November 24 @ 5:16 am est

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Gemini SUPER Full Moon and Uranus stations Direct: stretch your mind

Happy Full Moon in Gemini!

This isn’t just another Full Moon, this is a SUPER Full Moon.

SUPER Full Moons occur when the Moon is closest in orbit to the Earth (perigee). This makes the Moon appear larger than a normal Full Moon. Tides are higher at all New and Full Moon, but at a SUPER Full Moon, high tides are stepped up. Effects can include stronger tides, more intense weather, earthquakes, tidal waves, and other meterological and geophysical disturbances. A Super Full Moon also draws our personal emotions to the surface. Instead of being hidden, events can occur that bring your feelings out in the open.

The Sun entered Sagittarius on Thanksgiving Day. As the Sun moves from Scorpio to Sagittarius and the greenery shrinks back into the Earth, you realize how often you hide in your “shadow” self. And this awareness helps you to see the shadow for whatever it is. And then you can let it go. And as you release the hidden fear that has become a burden, you can start to feel lighter, more lively and happy as the Sun enters Sagittarius.

When the Sun and Moon oppose in early Sagittarius-Gemini [Sun at 1 Sagittarius 55; Moon at 1 Gemini 55] they are squared by the Lunar Nodes [North Node is at 2 Pisces 27; the South Node is at 2 Virgo 27].

The Lunar Nodes are points, not actual planets. As such, some astrologers include them in aspect patterns, and some do not. Yet, the Lunar Nodes square the Sun-Moon opposition, creating a MUTABLE Grand Square..

This can be a time of accelerated learning– or it can become information overload. You can find workshops, seminars, teleseminars, webinars, eclasses, webclasses, blogs, newsgroups, and mentorships where you can learn more about anything. And with so many choices and information, you can learn for entertainment or you can make a commitment and set clear goals.

If you have clear goals, you can find information that can expand your range of knowledge and professional skills. The next step in your education — whether it’s a book, class, teacher, or degree — can become apparent around the Gemini Super Full Moon. “When the pupil is ready the teacher will appear” is an image for this Full Moon. Or, if your criteria is that information must be fre*e, you can access more information than you can read, most of it giving you a piece of the puzzle while advertising a product that will actually give you the answers you hoped to find.

In the last newsletter i said “if there is no way to vent emotions, they can come unglued at the wrong time, and with tidal-wave force.” At the Super Full Moon, not only Mars but the Moon is out-of-bounds (OOB) by declination, and at perigee (closest to the Earth), and square the Lunar Nodes. There can be an aggressive edge to emotions that is out of normal bounds. And unless you can catch an impulse before it becomes an action, you can act in ways that are out of character or beyond the bound of “normal”.

This is about learning to speak your mind in a way that CONNECTS positively to others. What DO you think? What IS your opinion? What ARE your goals? Write them down. Speak to someone who can really help you get clear and grounded, not just someone who will agree and circulate your story as more gossip.

The ruler of the Gemini Full Moon is Mercury. And Mercury is in Scorpio– whatever is lurking below the surface is what is interfering in your ability to communicate, or truly CONNECT. Are you connecting with the real you, or with a pretend you— and wondering why you’re not really connecting? This can be subtle and subconscious. And there’s NO BLAME! If you are secretly angry, resentful, panicked, hurt, anxious, scared, it’s a sign that you need to communicate your feelings if you want them to change. OR– they can fester and limit your progress, do you harm. Not only today or next week, but slowly, over time.

The ruler of the Gemini Full Moon, Mercury, is part of a (separating) WATER Grand Trine that includes Mercury-Mars-Uranus. And this astrological pattern can make us feel like we “should” be in a hurry, that we don’t have time to stop, reflect, meditate, think. We can have or create additional busywork and get obsessed in the details. We have a hard time just being still enough to know the next step. We can’t tolerate temporary indecision or confusion, so we can’t be open to our possibilities. When you’re busy all the time, you don’t have to listen to your intuition before you JUMP into the next project that is not really YOUR path.

At this Super Full Moon squares the Nodes, we have yet another Mutable Grand Square. What patterns do you repeat, over and over, because you think it’s your role, job, archetype. We don’t only get stuck in roles, we get stuck thinking we “should” do something other than what we feel is our path. The strong MUTABLE influence of the Full Moon chart shows that moving forward is not necessarily a straight path. We may need to make adjustments and be flexible if and when situations change. Yet, this can feel ungrounded, which can make you feel unstable and anxious.

The light of this Super Full Moon can show us what happens when our emotions are dependent on the moods and thoughts of others. It’s like having an immune-system leak in your emotional body; you never feel fully energized and happy. Focusing YOUR attention on watching for any changes in others doesn’t give you peace-of-mind to focus on much for long, so you fly from this to that, unable to concentrate or stick with anything. After all, you have to keep an eye on THEM so you can stay a step ahead. But in keeping your eye on THEM, you aren’t making a commitment to yourself, so it’s hard to find the right commitment to make, or the time to make it and keep it going. And it’s really because you don’t want to take your focus off the action.

Instead of feeling supported by your friends and family, your need to anticipate their every need, emotion, craving, or mood can leave you feeling exhausted, alienated, and unsupported. Yet, it was your “choice” (or early training) to anticipate any fluctuations in the moods of those around you. And that takes constant monitoring, or attention.

To have healthy relationships– with yourself and others— you need to more than talk, you need to LISTEN. If you are not getting honest guidance or feedback, perhaps you are so busy anticipating, you are not willing to listen.

The point in SEEING your imbalances is NOT to guilt-trip yourself or feel bad or alienated or wrong. The point is to USE the information being revealed so you know what you DO and DO NOT want. Pick and choose– and then commit.

There are some spots around the world where the Full Moon effects are likely to be stronger. SUPER Full Moon effects can be from 3 days before to 3 days after the Full Moon is exact. In the US, the east coast may experience a Nor-easter, or some extreme weather coming up the coast. Las Vegas sits in a very hot spot, as does Rio de Janiero and Tokyo.

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SECTION 2. Using Astrology for Your Greatest Benefit
Sagittarius is the time of year to expand your horizons. The BIG picture view can show you patterns you may not normally see clearly, and this OVERVIEW can help you to understand this experience we call LIFE. Travel, study, religion, philosophy, and reading can help us to understand how the world “works” and how we all interconnect.

Sagittarius gives us perspective. In Sagittarius we find our faith in the future, and even our sense of humor.

Next issue:
Mega trends: New Moon in Sagittarius (Dec 9) + Jupiter conjunct Pluto (Dec 11)
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Hi–
The next issue of [ArtCharts] Inspired Astrology Newsletter is in queue.

Your Key to Mars Retrograde & the New Moon in Scorpio.

Since you’re a human concerned about the state-of-the-world, this is a MUST READ!

Me too.

So i will post it here tomorrow.

in Love&Light,
Lauren

Venus is changing signs today, while Mars is stationing Retrograde. Change is in the air! What’s happening?

Venus is about giving. Mars is about taking. We don’t give because we think giving is an intrusion. Sounds like an excuse to cover a fear. What if our gifts give the other person a BIG HEAD. Showing appreciation for what others do for you can make them feel superior and make you feel weak.

So we struggle on, not giving and not being able to take either. Venus in balanced Libra reminds us: there needs to be balance between giving and taking. If you only take, you stop being able to “take it in”. So you need to take more, but because you aren’t really receiving what you are taking, you just keep wanting more. This is why so many people become physically large or addicted to a substance or behavior. We take in as much as we can, and we keep needing more because we’re not really getting anything. But we can change that!

What if giving back isn’t a weak act, but a strengthening act that makes you and everyone around you feel better. What if showing appreciation for someone doing something wonderful for you is a spiritual act that strengthens your soul?

Perhaps being spiritual is about honoring the amazing uniqueness that is YOU and honoring that same amazing spirit that animates everyone in the world.

in Love&Light,
Lauren

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