Spiritual Business

Still blogging

2008-09-10T10:02:00.003+10:00

I am still blogging to the people who have emailed me, but I am now blogging at my new wonderful, super duper site. My new home. Click here to visit Spiritual Business.

New post on Moon in Capricorn - tricky little sucker!

It's alive!

2008-09-08T21:29:00.001+10:00

Reverse

2008-09-06T10:57:00.003+10:00

Fish Girl and I shared lunch and thoughts yesterday.

We talked about her early learning of that which cannot be reversed.
We all learn at some moment in our life that here are things that happen or are said that you cannot reverse.
For some it happens too young. The death of a loved one. An accident that changes everything. I pondered on this subject this morning and I thought of people I know who learned this lesson too early. People who have grown with the legacy of 'final' in their hearts forever.
I know some folks who have not yet been introduced to this harsh and heavy realisation. It is coming. It comes for all of us. Noone is exempt.

I learned mine at 18. I have a friend who learned hers at 6. Another friend at 7. My daughter learned hers at 3.
It is an important lesson though. One which you cannot avoid so accept it is coming if it is not yet come for you. There are somethings that you cannot take back, cannot change and cannot undo.
I know there is not a thing I could have done differently for my lesson. Except maybe spent a few minutes longer on the phone that night the last time I spoke to her. Told her I loved her, what an amazing friend she was. How there were few others that accepted and loved me, foibles and all.
But I didn't know those words to tell till after she was gone. In learning the lesson, I understood her importance in my life. How her decision would shape my path and sit quietly in my heart forever. There is not really a week that she doesn't pop in my head. Most days she comes back to remind me, tell me off, comfort me and love me.

But I cannot reverse it.

It cannot be undone.

Now the lesson is to accept.

555 the number of love

2008-09-04T21:39:00.001+10:00

Yesterday it was the number 444 casing me, today it is 555. The number of balance and harmony. Interesting as I move towards the end of one of the biggest experiences in my life, beside having children and making a commitment to my Gandalf. I am beyond freaking myself out now. I trust. The energy at work at the moment is gorgeous. The best ever in the history of the business. It is warm and loving and so, so very funny. Now, I just have to pull the work in for these talented and amazing people. i will do it. It always comes through. I have to finish this project first and clear the energy highways. Sometimes the universe clears your plate for you and whilst it may seem difficult at the times, the more you trust the more it makes sense. There is no way we could have hit our deadline with a crazy amount of other work on. It stopped and went on hold so we could finish. We are close. the website launches next week and I will start to sell my books online. They are already in some stores, with it being launched into major stores next week. Wow, wow, wow!

From Here to Quaternity

2008-09-03T17:39:00.003+10:00

Jupiter and Pluto both go direct this week and next after nearly 6 months of contraction from these two planets.
Hallelujah! I felt the shift today. Amazing times!

For the last 8 weeks I have been followed by the number 4.
I see 4's on everything. 4.44pm is a usual time for me to look at the clock. The amount of syncro I have had with 4's is crazy and disturbing. It is beyond a pattern. I was so afraid of the 4.
I would panic whenever I saw it. I asked the universe what it meant. No meaning until today. The message came as my books came up the stairs.

It was so clear I couldn't even believe that I was ever afraid. Jung was fascinated with the number 4. In fact, some folks claim he did to the number 4 what Freud did for sex.

Jung belived the number 4 to be an ordering number. a number that puts everything in its place.
It is the number of completion. Four is the number of creations. Everything comes from the number 4. It is the number of manifestation. Idea + Believe + Create + See.
There are 4 elements in astrology, four seasons, four directions on a compass, it is the only number in the English language for which the letters in its name is equal to the number itself and 4 nobles truths in buddhism.

Jung likened the number 4 to the mandala. Moving from individualtion to whole. The four segments that make up the mandala.
Interestingly the front of my book has a mandala on it. It has come together. It is complete.

Final note: I was watching a show about Nostrodamus tonight. I googled him and learnt his predictions were over a 444 year period.

And so it goes.

What a hoot

2008-09-02T13:58:00.006+10:00

These are the owls I saw in a 30 minute period this morning after a successful Spiritual Business meeting this morning. The owls never fail me. They show me I am on my yellow brick road.

Owls show you your way through the dark. Their night vision goggles work a treat for those who seems a little lost in the woods. Owls bring symbols and messages. Owls are my friend.

Here are my pictures of the owls I saw this morning.

The owl is my totem and for that I am protected.

Allegory for August

2008-08-29T21:24:00.006+10:00

I am about to launch the fabulous book. It looks amazing and I am immensely proud of it. Everyone who touched it has left their impression on it and for that, it is better than I ever imagined.
The website through which I'll sell the book is special also. It is filled with all the things I want to have at work each day. Daily inspiration, humor and beauty. I will mail all who have registered for their copy of the book, once it is ready to send out. Should be in about one week. Exciting and humbling.

This, however, is tempered by difficult times at work. I am comforted by the fact it is not anything we could have predicted. It is not a staff issues. I have the best team I have ever had.
It is entirely a situation that is out of my control and more a global economic issue. I am careful to not fall into scarcity mindset. There are timing delays, that is all and we will, as we always do, catch up.

It is so, so important that you release the fear. When you release the stress and the worry and fear then you can hook back into what you it is you desire. Releasing the fear clears the path.
Of recent times I have not been able to see the path from the amount of vines and undergrowth that has overwhelmed it.

My job is to respect and honour what has or hasn't come my way lately. I have to learn from it so I can clear the path. How, why and when did these choking vines grow, I ask myself ?

I let them grow because I was spending all my time fearing the path ahead. Worrying about the bears (real or imagined) in the forest. I was so busy looking around me I stopped to keeping my eye on the path in front of me. The yellow brick road that leads me to my own Emerald City - enlightenment.

It is so important we stay on the path. The experiences, people, challenges and opportunities that you meet on this path are there to teach and give you something that will enable you as you head towards your own Oz. The secret is to stay on the bloody path!

So, tonight I am back on the path. A little worn, a little dusty and dirty but I have my scythe and I am clearing the vines. My path is my life's journey. I have been disconnected as I have wandered into the forest.

Tonight on the phone, my lovely Gandalf guided me home. Bringing me back to the safety of the yellow bricks and I now I am headed in the right direction. The only tools I need are my courage, wisdom and heart.

Thank you and goodnight. See on the yellow brick road.

Moon is in Leo

2008-08-29T15:14:00.002+10:00

Moon in Leo can bring out your inner child.
My inner child is raring today with some virus and a case of me wanting to call a 'waahbulance.'
Weekend has been given away to 3 events, none of which I am truly thrilled about. A work function, a breakfast and a dinner at which I could get burned at the stake for my beliefs. In the very least, I will be spoken badly of behind my back. Ah yes, good times ahead. Must remember to wear garlic or other strong perfume.

And the beat goes on.

Open wide

2008-08-28T07:59:00.003+10:00

Sometimes when things are tough and seem not to be going your way this is because the Universe is shifting things to be able to bring you what you want. Sometimes, the Universe will bring you things that you didn't even know that you wanted until they land in your lap.
I think of it like getting braces. The tiny adjustments can be painful and but the tightening is actually straightening it all out.

Looking back on my life so far, there is nothing that I hasn't eventually worked out. There is no bad times, just hard times and the hard times come with pushing for a better life.
There is only ever one things I would change in my life and it is not about me, it is for my daughter. I want things to be different and easier for her and that thought is with me often, not everyday, but often it is with me throughout the week. Her hard times are always with her and noone but her and I know how hard is is for her at times, throughout her growing up.

Perspective of what is hard and what is just transitional is vital.

Bitch pleaz!

2008-08-26T14:16:00.002+10:00

Changed my new sunglasses to different ones as dreamed last night that Gandalf told me the new ones made me look like Elvis in his latter years. Was served by Scott, who had a wall eye and a complex about said eye. He sighed after I had tried on one pair! 'One pair Scott', is what I said. Get over yourself and your outlook on life cut me some slack bitch! Then I tried on as many as possible as I am a pedant and wanted Scott to know he had not got the better of me.

Scott and I became friends. Once we were on enemy lines. Now we love. He caved when I choose the ones he recommended. Scotts my main 'mo now. Snaps Scottie!

Tried to coax Blessed into wagging with me after said eyeshades incident. No dice. She was always more studious than moi at school. I stood in the centre of the movie complex and thought about what movie I wanted to see.

Saw nothing but guilt.
Hauled my arse back to work.

Feeling poorly.
Gonna go home.

A new kind of thrill

2008-08-25T09:32:00.002+10:00

Having spent the weekend interstate, I am feeling a little displaced this morning at work. My weekends are vital to my recharging, so today I am showing a low fuel gauge.

As I get older, I am more aware of how much I need structure in my life, almost like a baby.
For me, now, it's all taking care of myself. When did I become a fuddy duddy grown up? I cannot remember a time or place when this event occurred. I only know now that I cannot get on the 'tear' without making myself and all around me suffer beyond belief.
It is not that I judge those who do get on the 'tear' around me, its just that I can longer do it. The thought me having to spend this week recovering and thus holding me from doing all the things I want and have to do, with grace and enthusiasm is enough of a personal preventative.

Talking with the Witty Art Connisseur at the airport yesterday, she told me of her decision to abstain as she knew she had so much work to do this week. Ah yes, I share that decision also.
Now, so much less makes me thrilled.
A clean house. An empty washing basket. Bills paid. Friends at a dinner table. Healthy children. Sleeping children. Holding hands. Kind words. A good book. My lemon tree filled with new growth. Loyalty. Love.

I may be boring to some but I am happy with the little moments and god knows its taken me a long time to get here!

Me - woman

2008-08-22T19:27:00.004+10:00

I think it is so easy to become disconnected. When we are in the everyday, feeding children, washing, running households, we easily can get unplugged from the Source. The Source within and around us.
Our intuitive wild selves are always reignited when women spend time with each other.
The best and only way for women to reconnect to the Source is through each other. The energy connection lights the fires within us and we suddenly have perspective and context for our anxieties and worries.
I often pray at the Altar of Worry and it is always the women who get me though.
I have wonderful women friends and last night I spent some much needed hours with a few of them.
I defy any group to laugh as we did last night. Sure, there was wine. There was antipasto and Chris Rock jokes. There were memory lapses of events attended in the years past, only to be howled down that I was in fact there. (I still don't remember btw!)
Conversation swung from raising children to the distant horizon of personal freedom.
Glasses touched over the exciting news of my books progress and squeals as the precious copy handed round. Joy and magic as my cards were pulled giving me joy. I felt so incredibly grateful for the love and support I received from the ladies. Yes, I am recharged.
I am.

Do ya wanna dance?

2008-08-19T12:20:00.004+10:00

So, we get all prepared for this big ol' meeting. Massive. We spent 2 weeks on the presentation. I wore makeup and a new knit. The Fire-Starter had her sexy shoes on. Gandalf was rocking a pink shirt.
The only trouble is we were not expected. Yep. crickets were singing in the background. Tumbleweeds rolling through the board room. It was like our prom date had not turned up and we were desperate and dateless. (Their diary had not been updated correctly or something like that!)

I tried hard not to be shitty. Finally we were seen. I spoke upfront and asked if we were wasting peoples time, mostly ourselves. Nope, apparently it was all good. After that the meeting went swimmingly. Honest and upfront. Keeping it real. Keeping it like us.

If they want us after that then we have a chance of making it work. Sometimes the best relationship start out with a spanner thrown in the works. I think it is the universe testing what we would be like together under duress? How we would behave on Survivor Island together?

I don't know the answer to that yet. If they ask us to dance then at least we will know each others groove. If they don't then best want to dance with us, we know it is because we will step on each others toes.

Anyway, in the very least, I got a new knit out of it.

Thorn in the paw

2008-08-15T22:44:00.004+10:00

The Lunar Eclipse is asking us to leave something behind. I urge you to let go of something, because if you don't, then the eclipse will make you let go of something and when the stars interfere then it is always brutal. It's the thorn in the paw of the Lion (Remember we are in a Leo Sun.) See above.

Eclipse is partial and on Sunday at 7.19am.

Sun is in Leo
Moon is in Aquarius
It's the war of Ego vs Detachment.
It is up to you who wins.

In my tired grump at lunchtime today I took myself off for a think about what I needed to let go out of my sweaty, emotional grasp. So many things. Really!
I will be shell of my former self if I let all my special/nutty features go but I decided to lose 3 things that are giving me the shits about myself. My lucky number 3.
I will cement these tomorrow when I can remember what I thought about. They seemed so clear this arvo.

Ah, well. Maybe I let go of my memory.

Fight the brave fight my peeps.

Emo Chaser!

2008-08-14T21:12:00.004+10:00

The energy has shifted so dramatically at work, I cannot believe it. The drought of this first part of the year, which has drained our spirits have suddenly been replenished and the manna from heaven is starting to fall. Well, in the very least the smell of manna is in the air. Fresh baked mannaloaf waiting to come down and fill our table.

I am always so impressed by the people I work with. Today the energy and intention was so positive and excited and supportive I could barely contain myself and I wanted to jump up and yell, "Group Hug." But that would have been shameful and they may have beaten me down and then resigned. In fact, I nearly called for my own resignation at my lame-arsed, Emo management style!

Blessed told me I was an 'Emo Chaser' for my obsession with the Olympics. She is right of course. She usually is right when it comes to her opinion of me. That's why I love her and hate her in equal part at different times. That's what makes us such good friends, we say it like it is and have to eat it up as it's dished out.
I AM a massive Emo Chaser. It's how I recharge. I blame my Moon in Pisces.
I love to see/watch/listen to people feel.
I am creepy.
I like to feel.

Waiting again

2008-08-12T16:49:00.004+10:00

Mercury and Mars have moved into my 2nd house and it was all go, go , go and now its waiting!
Opportunities everywhere and I have to be zen and see which ones come my way. I am patient. I have waited this long, so I will wait some more.

I don't mind waiting sometimes. It is nice to have hope in the wait, but detached hope, if that makes sense. The possibilities in the waiting are wonderful. This could be the moment, the time it all comes together and everything falls into place. Who knows?

I know people say we should attack and make it happen but you cannot change freewill when other people make decisions. When you have done all you can and are happy with your performance you have to let go. Be in the gap. Be present and let go of what you want to happen and accept that the Universe has your back.
It will take care of you.

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.' Carl Sagan

Twinkle, twinkle little quantum cell particle

2008-08-09T15:50:00.004+10:00

I am all about writing the content for my new website for the Spiritual Business book at the moment. It is SO the website I want to visit everyday. I wrote the book and built the website simply because they did not exist yet and I wanted them to. Why? Because I was supposed to bring them into existence.
We all have this ability. Be it through art or sport or finding money for people who are in need.
We create because we can.
Now, quantum physics is hard to understand. I read a great quote from a scientists once who said that if anyone tell you they understand quantum physics probably doesn't understand a damn thing about it. Such is the complexity and everchanging nature of it, but this much I understand.
In quantum physics, particles are always manifesting something, somewhere. There is a teeny tiny little particle of energy waiting for you to attach your intention to it like a wagon to a train engine. The potential for this little 'quantum train-ride' is unlimited, as unlimited as your dreams.

So for a moment allow youself to go into the field and wait for the particle to attach itself to you.
Come back and nurse the particle, the hope, the dream the glimpse of potentialthat you know is yours to create and fulfill.

Happy manifesting my darlings.

Manifesting tip 1 from Yoda

2008-08-07T12:01:00.002+10:00

Get off the couch!
Do something!

It always makes me think of someone Blessed knew years ago who wanted to be one of those retire by 40 years of age types. One particular day she walked past his bedroom and he was in bed reading a 'Ten Steps to Retiring Young and Rich' at 1pm on a weekday.
She stood in his doorway and yelled, 'Step one - get out of bed!'
Good point, she should be a life coach. Telling it like it is!

It is not enough to want, one must do.

Yoda and Out!

Mandy?

2008-08-06T18:05:00.002+10:00

Still no movement on The Manilow Code.

Waiting for Godot

2008-08-05T10:12:00.003+10:00

For weeks I have been waiting for good news. Anything will do. Any sort of good news.
I have spent too long waiting or news that has not come. Today, while I walked the dog, I decided to let go of the waiting. I cannot hasten good news. Perhaps there is none for me in the Good News bank at the moment.
This is the paradox of spirituality and creating your own life. Do I have to create my own good news?
Have I received good news and not recognised it as I did not believe it first?
Ah, the questions are endless and I find it puzzling, deeply puzzling.
This is why I have decided to be all about the manifesting. I create the good things in my life. I am the source of all that is wonderful and amazing. I am making good news happen baby!

P.S Still trying to bust The Manilow Code, thought I had it last night but not so sure today.

The Manilow Code

2008-08-04T16:27:00.003+10:00

How's the manifesting?
Today I had a syncro moment with Barry Manilows ballad - Mandy. Not sure what that's about.
Also asked for a star park at Borders so Changeling could buy her newly released Vampire book and suddenly a women ran out and jumped into her car, which I was next to and left. STARPARK!
I am making miracles happen baby!

Small steps, but am waiting for big ones soon.
Still trying to understand wtf Barr Manilow means in my life.

Bippity, boppity, boo!

2008-08-03T22:45:00.005+10:00

Time to dust of your manifestation wand my friends. For the entire month of August I am going to be focusing on manifesting, wanna join me?
I did some spectacular work last Wednesday night and since then things have been going well. I had forgotten to plug in my manifesting wand. It needed charging and it seems to be better than ever.

So to get things started.

1) Write down everything that is shitting you about your own life. What is giving you the pip right now? e.g. I am always a stress bunny!

2) Now write out in present tense what your life looks like as if you have conquered these bugbears. e.g. I am chilling like a snow cone!
Make the description snazzy! You want this life, don't hold back.

3) Get rid of the depressing list. Throw it away, tear it into little pieces and let the winds carry it away, burn it and let the air transmute the energy into something great. Do anything, just get rid of it.

4) Read your fabulous life list twice a day or even more. Whenever you freak out or freak in, then read your future. You create it lovelies.

5) Speak positively about your direction and life. Even if you tell no one of your secret manifesting plans then at least be positive. You get more bees with honey. Don't send away great things with negative energy.

6) Believe in your list and the way you want your life to be. Don't limit yourself, others are only too happy to do that for you!

7) Say thank you. To anyone. The latte wench in the morning. The bus dude. Your mum. Your partner. Your pet. The person who created Project Runway (my obsession). Whomever who makes a difference to you life.

This is Augusts theme. Let me know how you go and happy manifesting my friends!

Perfect Eclipse in Leo Metaphor = Letting Go!

2008-07-31T09:15:00.002+10:00

Check it out

2008-07-30T10:57:00.001+10:00

I made cards to go with the book.
Go here to look at how pretty they are.

http://www.spiritualbusiness.com.au

Sign up if you want some. The card will only be available through the website and I have printed a limited number, so get in quick my fellow seekers.

Here's the thing

2008-07-28T14:11:00.002+10:00

I am tired of negative astrology talk! There is ALWAYS a positive part to any placement or transit. That is what is brilliant about astrology, there is good and hard. Notice I did not say bad, only hard. The hard transit is what forces us to change, be more truthful and honest.
This is why I love Robert Wilkinson. He keeps it real. Astrology for the evolved.
I think it is irresponsible to think of astrology anyway but as an opportunity to grow ointo the person we are supposed to be.

This afternoon I wrote a tender. I swear it was all I could do to not play with the stars. Lots going on at the moment in the skies.

There is a Solar eclipse on the 1st of August. A sexy, craxy eclipse that falls in the sign of Leo. A new moon and an eclipse.
Have a look at where Leo falls in your chart and ask for celestial assistance in this area of you life. Expect movement, letting go, endings and transformation.

Bring it on bring it on, bring it on.

Hey you up there!

2008-07-22T17:43:00.002+10:00

Sometimes you can feel the engine whirring and the cogs turning at a metaphysical level. You know there are things happening out there for you but you are not yet ready to know about them.
I feel that way at the moment. I can feel things happening in the ether yet I do not know what they are. I know they are good. I am know I am excited. I know.

Meanwhile, I sit and I trust.
I surrendered yesterday with a few tears to the Goddess Bookkeeper. Tired and detoxing from everything bad in my life, I was clearly at a low point. No judgment, no shame. I just needed a quick weep with the Goddess and I was right as rain today. In fact, I had a great day. I laughed.
I worked on good things. My new Spiritual Business website is nearly ready to launch and I tell ya it looks the biz! It's 'dead posh' and I frankly could not be a happier little human.

Of course dear ones, I will let you know if anything eventuates. Just thinking about the possibilities makes my head tingle. The thing about expectation is to NEVER imagine what it will look like. Why? Because it will look nothing like you imagined. Kinda like love.
If you think you know what is coming and only look for that then you will deny yourself other opportunities and wonderful things. The best days have been when I happenstanced across something or someone.
My Gandalf came to me that way. One minute dropping of a video (yes, it was the 90's) and next minute meeting the man who was The One!
I think that is why we are better are seeing opportunities when we are younger. We have fewer expectations.
Expect nothing and you will never be disappointed.

Right time to climb off my high horse.

Later.

Heave, ho!

2008-07-17T09:42:00.003+10:00

Balance at work is important. I think of the business like a boat.
You need people to make sure that the vessel is moving forward with the right weight on the right side, so as to not get maximum speed and momentum and not capsize and sink!
I have struggled to get the right balance for a while. I was wondering yesterday why it seems so hard, and realised it was because we were dragging and plodding through the water, not churning it up and riding the waves. Why? Because the balance wasn't right!
The balance seems right now, so we are sailing into new seas.
Wish us luck!

Listen up peeps

2008-07-06T20:57:00.001+10:00

A week off. Thus I will be blogging here instead.
My blog about transforming a house into a home.

Later.

Get up lazy head!

2008-07-03T18:50:00.003+10:00

Today was my last day doing 3 jobs of late. It took all I had to crawl to work this morning, I didn't want to go. So much for being Spiritual, huh?
I wonder if great leaders ever feel that? (Not, BTW, that I consider myself a great leader!)
No, really. Does Nelson Mandela ever say- 'Nah I'm going to take a doona day'.
Did Marie Curie ever say, 'No work for me today! I am going to eat brioche and paint my toenails.'
Do captains of industry have a sick day?
Well, this Captain of a small industry wanted to wag so badly it hurt. Gandalf pushed me out the door wth one stern look. I snarled at him and ended up having a pretty good day. In my heart, I knew I had to go. I had to finish what I started and put a full stop on the last few weeks.

Today was historic in a number of ways. Clarity came to visit on the back of the new moon. Calmness, perspective and lots and lots of laughter again at work!

I am happy I worked today.

No more drama

2008-07-02T20:07:00.003+10:00

So here's the thing. What you focus on is what you get. Today I made the conscious choice to only focus on what we have, not what we have lost.
I feel good. I am good. It's all good. Good.

Turning down the drama dial takes courage and no better time to take arms and fight the drama than now with the New Moon in Cancer. No more drama and create some emotional boundaries, goddamit.

Today I have the loveliest interactions with women all day. From all the gorgeous Goddesses I work with, to dear friends who called me or rang me for no particular reason: The Contessa, The Scribe, Fishgirl, The Grecian Goddess, The Good Doctor and a surprise phonecall from a lovely Sydney friend of a friend. So special.
Sometimes it is the women in our lives who are the icing.
They all made me feel much loved.
I love it when peeps contact me for no reason other than 'Wat up?' I don't trust chicks with no friends. Women are the reason.

No more drama in our lives!

Greenlights ahead

2008-06-27T18:52:00.004+10:00

Hilarious day. This morning started with beyond crazy. Puppies pooing in bedrooms, lost sports uniforms and a car that would not start. I just stood and laughed at the chaos. Moved to the office for an early morning work session, where I fought with a network cable and got a nasty paper cut and a bump on the head for my troubles. All through it, I laughed.

Next was a staff 'love in', with Chinese massages and a banquet at the best Chinese restaurant in town as a celebration of how bloody fabulous we are!

We left early to take the Piscean Son to a party, Gandalf lost his credit card, I lost the car. We picked up the 'Pooing Puppy' who has lost his mind from being alone all day. Went back to the restaurant to pick up the credit card, pick up the Pisces Son and came home for some valium. I swear, it is crazy.

Days like this can make you feel like the world is against you unless you know it is change in motion. I have been asking to get into the 'green light' mode all year. To be into the flow. Finally it is shifting. I know the crazy in my day today is due to our world turning. Turning so slowly, things are a little all over the place. I know we are heading in the right direction, every sign tells me so. My laughter reminds me that none of it is to be taken seriously. We are merging into the fast flow lane and we its green lights ahead.

Blow me down

2008-06-26T19:12:00.002+10:00

The wind blew and kept me awake all night. Awake at 5am, I decided to stop lying in bed thinking about all I had to do and just get up and get to it. The day though, started anxiously and went straight to crazy, with two stops at dramasville.
Tough transits today, which has made many of us feel lost in transit. Fire signs in particular seemed to have water thrown on them trying to dampen their spirits. Although Water signs too have copped it today. Ah shit, maybe all the elements copped it.
Ended the day on good news. Had some lovely news yesterday also.
Two days of good news takes some of the pain away. Some but not all. Massages and divine Peking Duck tomorrow with the team should ease the rest of the pain away.

Later.

Soulstice Music

2008-06-20T17:24:00.003+10:00

I have a new computer, as I have stated before. I have named her Juno. I like that name, I wanted to name my daughter Juno, now it is associated with a pregnant teenager. I am glad I didn't.
Juno is the Roman Goddess of Marriage. I did an invocation to Juno at Blessed and Ram-Beaus wedding.

Tonight I merged all the photos I cold find on disc or hard drive. A perfect Winter Solstice project. All my music also has come across. I love pictures and music. Such a Taurus.

The magic was thick in the air today. I saw mystery and sparks of brilliance with people all day.
The Solstice brings us magic and wonderment.
It is time to honor the solar year and walk into light. Not surprisingly the 'biz' was doing major cleanup and changes today. Perfectly perfect. Letting go of what did not work and walking towards our future.

Monday it all culminates towards the best year ever for our business. I feel it in my heart. We know where we are going. We have the right team. We have let go of what did not work and what was never going to work and instead are focused on our blindingly bright future.

So mote it be, peeps!

Full Moon Awareness

2008-06-19T22:19:00.002+10:00

The Moon was full in Sagittarius today.
A great time to do something different. anything. Give yourself a challenge, take a risk or die, is the theme of the day.
I managed to stop the chattering monkey talk and get some work done. The Sag moon helped me to complete some seriously big tasks today. Well done me!

I wrote the Firestarter and Gandalf a missive tonight about the top ten things that have shifted over the last 2 weeks. I Meant every one of them

Meanwhile, I have a new computer which is exciting, but I shall wait till the weekend to play and upload, until Mercury is really going forward.

I had a fascinating lunch with Fishgirl yesterday, which has given me food for thought.
Great conversations, as usual, things that make you go hmmmm.

More later, when the busy gets ordered.

Shut the hell up!

2008-06-16T17:52:00.002+10:00

The book went to the printer on Friday and I promptly lost my voice. I am done. Nothing more to say on that one. Quite symbolic and wretched, since I had The Good Doctor to say and we could talk under setting concrete. Ah well, we just had to talk via our Jedi mind powers. Perfect.
At least it was the Good Doctor and I did not feel I had to entertain. I wore my tracksuit all weekend except for a pleasant interlude at Blessed and Ram-Beaus, from which I went back into my tracksuit again.
I did spend 2 hours online with the divine Fishgirl who talked with me via messenger about all sorts on the weekend. Amazing conversation. Gotta love a water sign. They are my fave elements.

Meanwhile, interesting conversation with The Good Doctor about keeping our thoughts in the middle. Somewhere between optimism and pessimism. It shall be hereafter known as 'reality'. The test is whether you apply positive or negative thinking to the reality you are experiencing.
Your thoughts are like a boomerang, whatever you send out comes right back into your reality.

Might as well make them positive thoughts, huh?

Advice from a caterpillar

2008-06-12T14:13:00.004+10:00

* Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some
days you're the statue.

* Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in
case you have to eat them.

* Always read stuff that will make you look good if
you die in the middle of it.

* If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to
be vague.

* If you lend someone $20 and never see that person
again, it was probably worth it.

* It may be that your sole purpose in life is
simply to be kind to others.

* Never put both feet in your mouth at the same
time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on.

* Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up
and dance.

* Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the
bird, sleep late.

* The second mouse gets the cheese.

* When everything's coming your way, you're in the
wrong lane.

* Birthdays are good for you. The more you have,
the longer you live.

* You may be only one person in the world, but you
may also be the world to one person.

* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

* We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are
sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names,
and all are different colours, but they all have to live in the same box.

*A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the
scenery on a detour.

Lemonade anyone?

2008-06-12T13:38:00.003+10:00

Today I am grateful for:

My daughter, who is safely tucked up on the couch
Being able to come home and take care of her
My husband ,who holds the fort
My son, who is safe at school
My business, that always helps me learn and looks after me
My health
Opportunities, realised and still coming
Love
Loving
My cardigan
My slippers (yes, I sound 100 and today i feel every year of it!)
The colour of the pear trees leaves as they turn.
My brain with which I can plan and solve
My book being close
The Good Doctor winging her way towards me.

Coasting

2008-06-06T18:20:00.002+10:00

I have been out of the flow all year at work. There are many reasons why, they are not important to this post but, now I am not. It is green lights ahead for me and the business.
All day, 'syncromoments' with Eagles. Now I find out that the symbolic meaning of eagles is connection and raising your level of consciousness. Spiritual vision. Nice one!

I am beyond busy at work but so happy as I can see what I always hoped for the business this week. Small things are making large differences. Finally the business is in the flow, in every sense of the word.

Soar on.

Neptune sux in Uranus

2008-06-04T20:52:00.004+10:00

Mercury is retrograde, hence crazy arse techie dramas. Neptune, the planet of illusion and magic went retrograde at the end of May. For those who don't know, this means that the energy is kinda reversed. Illusion going backwards.
Magic can turn on you and basically things are not what they seem. Its the ol' Wizard of Oz- "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain "scenario.
Uranus went retrograde also. Uranus the planet of Power. Uranus going backwards gives us lesson on how to live an authentic life.
As a perfect lesson for Neptune Mercury and Uranus going backwards, on Sunday night, I wiped 11 years of photos from my computer, never to be seen again. All my childrens' pictures, my friends children, wedding, parties, anything!
The grief was palpable. Yes, I cried. I cried at my own stupidity and my lack of backing up. I cried for all the times I thought I should have backed up and didn't. Neptune teaches us to not attach to anything we see, material things. Mercury made my computer go haywire and Uranus? Well, Uranus is just a shit.
The planets were trying to teach me that memories are the real photos. The feelings, the love not the pieces of paper with images burned on them.

Still....I should have backed them up!
Neptune sux in Uranus!

Looming Moon

2008-06-02T19:40:00.004+10:00

The Dark Moon hung over the biz this morning, like a thunder cloud. It was hard to rein in the disappointment and the murky perspective. 'Time to refocus', I called in the morning meeting. 'Time to be robust. Time to be resilient. Time to learn. Time to let go'. All perfect for a balsamic moon period. I was born under a balsamic moon, so the concept of surrender is easily understood. There is only so far you can push before you have to let go. Hence, the Gary Larson cartoon above.

Thankfully a meeting with the Divine Mrs Underhill, took some of the pressure off. God, she makes me laugh. A perfect friend in every way. Interested in everyone, funny, kind and always with a snazzy accessory. I spent a lovely birthday lunch with her and Blessed. Finer company you could not find, than with the two funniest women I know.

There is a new Moon in Gemini on Wednesday. A great time to commit to new plans, particularly creative plans. Also, personal plans are supported by Gemini, so dust of your action plan and wish list. What was it you wanted to do? Paint? Write? Sing? Decoupage? Embroider? Learn to play the harp? Felting anyone?

Geminis are the most the creative of all the signs. So harness your creative spirit to the Moon and see where it takes you. We are capable of amazing things, if we allow ourselves to find out what they are.

Rules of the Game

2008-05-30T18:17:00.004+10:00

Today we lost a game. Losing hurts sure, but I was damn proud of how we played. A new team, new ideas and a new level of skills have been required.
Everyone put in 100%, so I am proud of the score. We lost by only a one point, we will win next time.
I spoke at length to the fire starter about the practise required. These small pitches have only been the pre-season games. The real season starts on the 1st July and we will be ready!

Moon is in Aries, thus the fire in the belly.

Bring it on, bring it on, bring it on!

Last call from the Moon Goddess

2008-05-27T19:59:00.004+10:00

Last quarter moon. Time to let go. What is it you need to release?
If you are into casting magic, then now is the time to do you banishment spells. ( If you are getting rid of unwanted house guests, for example, always try to send them somewhere nice).

This is a perfect time in business to look at the last few weeks and see what is working. Think about where you want to put your attention and energy when the new moon come to light.
Look over your action plans, did you get done what you hoped over this last cycle ?
Now is not the time to start new projects, particularly with the Mercury Retrograde energy. Instead look at old projects that you have not finished. Use this energy to gently revisit, without guilt or shame and see your plans are still relevant to you now.

P.S A candle meditation is always lovely during this phase of the moon.
( Also a glass of wine or other relaxer of choice. No judgment , no praise, whatever gets you through the night.)

Mercury Retrograde sux in the Uranus

2008-05-27T08:06:00.002+10:00

Too funny. I swear Mercury retro throws things up when we need to get the hell on with it, forcing us to reflect and process and wait.
Yesterday, I tried to get my digital/connective issues at home sorted. Another month, the little techie hobbit told me. Of course, why would I even try to do this before then? Mercury is taking care of it for me.
Word from the skies is, don't make any serious decisions right now. No, really. If you have to make one then cross your fingers.
I having trouble with what to write about. Neptune is giving a me a serious case of the illusions.
I have nothing to say and everything going on.

More later if something brilliant comes.

Merc alert

2008-05-26T11:48:00.001+10:00

No, I do not mean the car, I mean the planet. Mercury is going backwards on the very day I am trying to negotiate a contract. I should just stall. I wonder if I can do anything to offset it ?

Meanwhile, in the thick of it at HQ! Looking for a rock star at work! Hard to get but great when we do! Then we will be ready to tour the world!

Pop on your party hat!

2008-05-20T09:10:00.003+10:00

It is my birthday and Full Moon in Scorpio to boot. My Moon is opposing Saturn, which requires me to do nothing. Stay protected and have a good long think as to why every year I feel lonely and isolated on my birthday.
Why? Because every year bloody Saturn opposes my Moon.
Ha!
I used to be envious of those who could have a festival for a week on their birthday.
Now I know that this is not for me in my chart. My birthdays are about lessons. About shining a light on what I have learned over the past year.
My astrological birthday was actually yesterday, when my sun conjunct my sun. So today is actually only my calendar birthday. This makes it easier. I felt like I got away with my birthday and no one knew. Now I get to work on my book and lunch with The Contessa and Blessed. Perfect!

The Full Moon today is in Scorpio. Usually a notoriously hard times for Taureans.
Scorpios are about own their merde. They never blame, instead probably self blame a little too much.
Using this energy, this is a great time to look at what you want to change about yourself?
Perfect, if you are having a birthday!
There are lots of people using the phoenix rising from the ashes as a metaphor. I think of it has losing everything you own and possess in a fire. Who would you be? What would you wear? Are you being true to yourself ? Give yourself a chance to start again.

The Scorpio Full Moon gives you an opportunity to be this person. Even if you make one change, one truth.

Let the Scorpio Moon set you free.

I am going to think on this. Where am I not living my truth?
I may or may not get back to you on this. Depending how ugly the Scorpio truth!

Playing nice in the sandpit

2008-05-19T11:07:00.003+10:00

Venus ( love and good times) is doing wonderful things in our skies, making it a super, duper time to have meetings. Venus is sharing some gorgeous energy with Jupiter (luck) and Uranus
(power).

If you are planning to talk turkey with someone or shake your money maker then hop to it peeps. Now is the time to make it happen!
Think group hugs without the awkward silence after the release.

I have so many things to do I am laughing at the ridiculousness of it all. I have piles of papers around me in a quasi-managed state. What I have to next is write my list of priorities. One of them was to blog, of course. No, I do not have time to do this post but without it I would be chasing my tail all day. This is like a promise to myself.
I want to walk out of today satisfied that I am on top of my worklife.

So I embrace the challenge and with the power of the planets on my side, I cannot fail.
So I will, in this order:

Get a coffee
Write a list of what I have to do
Write next to them the dates I want them done by
Get a move on!

That old devil Chiron

2008-05-16T18:58:00.003+10:00

Chiron is a shit. No, really!

Chiron was a centaur ( half man- half horse), who, unlike the other centaurs was a righteous dude. He knew all sort of things about medicine and astrology and was also a parttime soothsayer.
Chiron and the other half horsies were wounded in the leg with a poisoned arrow during a battle over raw foods and organic wine. (This is my version and I am sticking to it!)
Chiron gave up immortality so he could save the god Prometheus, the god of fire. This is celebrated in astrology with the constellation of Sagittarius.
Yadayadayada.

Chiron in astrology symbolises the wound that we come to this lifetime with. Depending on where it is placed in your chart. In which house, which aspect and which signs, Chiron can make you hurt in places you didn't even know you had!
Today my Moon opposed my Chiron. Of course it did. My Sun, Saturn and Chiron are all holding hands and stirring up shit. So all the old wounds reopened and every little crappy thought, fear and nagging voice, came up and said "Hi!"
Good times huh?
My chart said it was half the day. I got through this morning with ease, thinking I had waited it out in my lovely home. But no! It was the second half of the afternoon when Chiron came and bit me in my Moon!
Seriously you name it, I went there this afternoon!
And then suddenly it stopped. There was peace. And the birds sung again.

Chiron is our greatest wound. The void that remains unfulfilled within us. The half man half horse who represents the human and animal that dwells within us. It is through these voids that we seek out the values that define our lives. These values are what fuels our drive towards our destiny. Once we live that destiny then we are living on purpose and doing the Plan right!
So in fact, without these Chiron wounds inflicted on us then we would not push ourselves to heal. When we heal, we make our unconscious conscious and then we get onto our path in life.
I could crap on about Chiron being the dichotomy between senses and heart, time and space and unconscious and conscious. But what I really want to say is...

Chiron is a shit.

Chop wood, carry water

2008-05-14T13:49:00.003+10:00

Seriously, before enlightenment chop wood and carry water. after enlightenment, chop wood and carry water.
I thought about this yesterday, while I lay in an operating suite waiting for a minor procedure to get underway. As I stared at the rows of tapes and gauzes and wondered about enlightenment. Enlightenment did not stop me from under the knife. Enlightenment was not currently topping up my bank balance. Enlightenment was not going make a dinner when I got home and put the washing in the dryer. So, Enlightenment means what, exactly?
Bliss?
Understanding we are all part of the microcosm and together we are amazing?
A collection of cells in a petri dish thinking we are better than all the other cells out there in other petri dishes?

Choosing to be conscious of our experience can be tiring. Always trying to put together the signs and the 'accidents'. Trying to remember what we did last time when in hard times and trying to process it faster , so as to get through the experience better.
I mentioned recently to someone that there is a part of me that was envious of those who never questioned. Those who lived unconsciously. Accepted the news and the TV. Accepted less than they deserved and accepted living with their fears, day in and day out.
Yet, I know I would rather be as I am. Questioning. Out of line. Stirring the pot and setting my own bottom line.

Buddha says that the greatest gift we can give to others is our enlightenment. This is what I try to do with this blog. Share with my readers my small steps towards my bliss. Each step I take,
I move towards something amazing inside me. Unveiling part of myself and popping it like a house plant, into the sunshine. Shining the light on my darkest self has been enlightenment.

As I sit in my study, staring out at the glorious day. I am thankful for health, love and laughter and most of all I am thankful for the chopping wood and carrying water. The Vietmanese activist and Monk wrote that 'There is no enlightenment outside of daily life.'
He is right. He is a monk. Who am I to argue? Just lying on the table yesterday gave me time to ponder. Pondering has bought me to this post. This post has bought me to understanding this - I am always learning. I am always trying to do better wherever I can. I am flawed. I am perfect.
I am.

So are you.

Off to chop wood and carry water.

The New Moon

2008-05-13T20:01:00.003+10:00

The New Moon has washed onto shore new challenges and new opportunities on our shore. This is why I have been off the radar for a few days. I have many, many things happening at the moment, all of it wonderful and crazy.
I read a quote today from Michael Gerber, author of The E-Myth that inspired me,

"The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next. The difference between the two is the difference between living fully and just existing."

No chance of that happening to me anytime soon. When we had a large opportunity taken from us earlier this year, that thew all our plans into array, we chose to face it down and take action. There was no way that this moment was going to define who we are and what we wanted to achieve as company.

So now, here we are in the middle of the all the hard work from us staring down the drama of the beginning of 2008. Naturally, all the work has come in at once and this is a contest in itself. So we have taken the dare, placed our bets and rolled the dice.

Let the cards fall where they may.

Support

2008-05-07T19:59:00.003+10:00

Conversations with The Archer at work about how we only exist as a unit. We are much more powerful as a company, when we all pull together. This togetherness allows us to be able to move forward as a collective in the desired direction. Working together requires understanding and trust. I always happy for independent initiative but not with the exclusion of thinking about others in the team.

The Archer and I wondered if it was immaturity as he, Gandalf and I are the old people in the building. Maturity cannot be forced. Sometimes people are not ready and the readiness can only come with age.

Maturity is what makes you react with the appropriate emotion or behaviour to what is happening around you. We all have lapses when we revert. Certain emotions can force reverting and the inner child reappears. Nothing triggers old childhood wounds and shitty behaviours like workmates who drive us potty. I suppose because we cannot always choose who we work with. Workmates can have as much as an affect on us as our family can have, another set of relationships we can't choose.

Maturity comes in different ways and in different guises. Anytime you are responsible for something, someone, then you begin to mature. Especially if things do not always go according to plan.

I am off to mother as Gandalf is at the coalface.

What did you say?

2008-05-06T20:35:00.004+10:00

Embrace the Moon in Gemini and talk your way out of it.
The Moon in Gemini enables you to communicate. What is it you want to talk about? Is there a conversation that you need to have? Want to have? Should have?
Draw down the Gemini moon and speak your truth.

Side effects of a Gemini Moon are: Swinging wildly from conversation to conversation. Flirting. Lack of direction. Ants in your pants.

The Moon is in Pisces and all through the Genie bottle......

2008-05-01T14:37:00.004+10:00

Whenever the Moon is in Pisces the dreams are more potent. Last night I dreamed Blessed was a fully functioning, out of the broom closet witch. Blessed wrote me a spell and she told me that the way to bring magic into your life is to ask the energy to stand by your side. Not to have it behind you or in front of you but to invite it to walk with you on your journey.

Then Blessed got into her giant oyster shell, closed it and I woke up.
There also seemed to be many special FX in the dream, like a Stevie Nicks video clip and Blessed was wearing a green 'I Dream of Jeannie' outfit, like Jeannies naughty sister. It made sense in the dream. It always make sense in the middle of the dream.

Makes sense as I think about it. Will hold run it up Blesseds' flagpole and see what flies.

Hello, is it me you're looking for?

2008-04-29T20:53:00.004+10:00

I spent time with the Fire Starter at a new business pitch today. Interesting. We were relaxed and fabulous. I realised when we left that it was not actually as to whether we could do the work for the client but in fact whether we would enjoy working with each other doing the project.
Everything in business is built on relationships. We can find anyone that can provide a particular service but we want the relationship that leaves the least marks. The connection where feel understood and taken care of. That is what we want in any relationship, business or personal. To be protected.

I also wouldn't mind a clay sculpture of myself, like Lionel received from his blind
potential lover/student. I wonder if he told her that she made him look like a character from the Harlem Globetrotter cartoon. Probably not, then he wouldn't be able to dance on the ceiling with her or whatever metaphor Lionel has for 'relationship connection'.

Meanwhile, Venus enter Taurus tomorrow. Venus is the natural home of Taurus so expect all relationships to become easier and more special. Taureans desire harmony and stability so do something to honour the skies.

Tell someone you love them, spend time in art galleries or in nature - somewhere that surrounds you with your idea of beauty or make someone a clay sculpture of themselves like Lionels girlfriend did for him.

Hello and goodbye.

Being a leader can be a bitch

2008-04-26T07:48:00.004+10:00

The new puppy has had a session with a dog trainer. I was a little distracted at the beginning as he reminded me of Harlan Pepper from 'Best in Show', so for the purposes of this post, I will hereafter refer to the trainer as 'Mr Pepper.'

What I liked about Mr Pepper, was his no nonsense approach to training dogs and his theory and understanding of wolf pack behaviour. Mr Pepper explained to me that a dog will naturally step up top the leaders podium if no one else in the house takes the position.
However, being a leader is stressful and a leader with no real responsibilities becomes a stressed out dog with crazy arse behaviors. This is what happened to my last dog. Sure we loved her but we let her be the boss and then created and continued outrageous dog neurosis.

In the pack, the Alpha dog, who becomes the leader is not the biggest or the strongest, but in fact the calmest and the most alert. The strongest one is usually the Beta dog, the wingman of the Alpha dog. I was thinking about this in relation to leading a business or being in a leadership position in a company. Often, the ones who are the worst leaders are the ones who can't handle the responisbility. Or those who don't have any real power to be responsible, so they act out and chase their tail and snap and growl at others in the pack.

The lowest in the pack is the Omega dog, the court jester of the pack, the one we all laugh at and who we allow to eat last. I hope there are no Omegas in my company. I know of Omegas in other organisations, though. Omegas are important, they keep the team spirit us, hence my need to hire people with a sense of humour!

Mr Pepper explained that being the Alpha is hard and the whole survival of the entire pack depends on the Alphas knowledge and cunning. It's future forward thinking and protection from outside dangers. I understand this feeling. It is hard being the leader at times. Sometimes I feel weighed under from the responsibility to keep the cogs turning, the running on the mouse wheel can be very, very tiring.

When times are good and the caribous are running then we can play but when the famine comes then the leader has to make hard decisions. The weakest and most vulnerable must be left behind. The strong eat first and there are no new puppies to join till the grass is green again. Exactly the same in business. We have made some hard decisions over the last 12 months, but we know now that the caribou and moose are running again and so I am confident for a comfortable winter.

I am off to howl at the moon.

Ordinary Brillance

2008-04-25T14:09:00.003+10:00

The Healer and I spoke early this morning. I had made this session a while ago. Perfect timing as ever.

We spoke of Greatness and how it is often disguised as Ordinary. All that glitters is not gold and all that jazz. Too often we wait for the strike of lightening, the rainbow and the orchestra. It doesn't come that way. It comes in sunny days, a perfect coffee. Friends, shared meals and roses. Cats sitting in morning sun, on stone walls and trains running on time. Chance meetings that are actually coordinated by the Stars. Music that takes you away. Beauty in old wrinkled faces and young chubby legs.

Transformation is the same. Before and after, you still have to chop the wood and carry the water.

I am the same but different, as you are too. Moving towards who we were when we were born. Once we were perfect. Our whole life we are trying to get back to that place, that state of being. being the knowing, without praise or judgment. Just being.

I am.

Looking forward

2008-04-22T09:19:00.005+10:00

Discussing with The Good Doctor yesterday our ability to predict peoples pregnancies through dreams. Interesting concept. I thought I was mad for years but now I just accept it. It's what I do and now The Good Doctor does too.
It is a nice dream to have, better than predicting world events that end in tragedy. The trauma of seeing a plane crash or fly into buildings but not being able to do a damm thing about it would be almost too much to bear. What is the point of such a gift, you would wonder?

I dream about lovely things, mostly. Orange trees in fruit the night before my sister got the all clear from her cancer. Last night I dreamed I sold 300,000 books! Wow!
I will let you know if that happens.

Meanwhile, nice little article on precognitive dreamers guilt here.

P.S Grand Trine completes this morning. So use it to finish some tasks that are still waiting for your attention.
I will be writing the strategic plan with Gandalf for the biz this morning and being all about the future.

'Precognitive planning' of sorts.

Happy hour

2008-04-21T14:26:00.003+10:00

Why on earth would anyone start a project that 1) requires funds and 2) buy a house when Saturn is squaring Jupiter for 9 months. Well, this is what I did! I have 2 projects that require money and time and with this transit, it is as easy as climbing Mt Everest with a can of coke and a big stick as my only supplies.
I think this transit is all about time delays.
I have the ideas, the text, the confidence and self esteem. The Universe has not yet caught up with my beliefs that anything is possible.

On one hand I have Jupiter, the Lord of all expansion and possibilities, and on the other hand Saturn, Commander of the Fun Police. Right now, I am juggling the balance between faith and secularism. Optimisms and realism.

It also does not help that Saturn is Square Neptune as well, so I have no idea as to what is real and what is imagined. Not my best transit of late.

I am trying not to whine, instead see I would like to see it differently. What am I supposed to learn from these transits? Astrology is a tool that is best looked at with your hindsight spectacles planted firmly on your nose.

I suppose I will have some wise persepctive on it when its all over, meanwhile. I ask myself, 'Can I have some cheese with my wine?'

Anyone for Cluedo?

2008-04-20T08:59:00.004+10:00

Full moon in Scorpio this weekend. Great for workings around self promotion 101, work, secrets and sex. Great for a working to try and get pregnant, if not trying, then be a safety officer and practise safe sex.

Full Moons are all about wishes. The Full Moon in Scorpio is all about secrets. Here's an idea! what about you drop an emotional net into your heart and drag up the long held, secret, the one thing you have longed for. Admit it!

I am sitting here writing, while my littlest changleing shows me his marble collection. I have to stop every few words and hold the little glass balls up to the light. I have the small puppy on my other side asleep and life is pretty dammed peaceful. So, I can't think of any dark secret I want in my life, beside a little light from Lakshmi on the business at the moment, to help us into the flow. However, I trust that things will work out the way they are Meant to. They always have in the past.

Looking deep into yourself to see what it is that you really, really want can be confronting. I recently heard a tragic tale of an emotional and violent act directed at the self by someone who spent too long denying what was inside them. Denial is like a volcano bubbling inside you, one day its gonna blow and the mop up will not be easy. Trust.

Scorpio Moons, new or full are times for reflection and admission. Last night I gave a dinner party and with the light of the moon, I freely admitted to the table that I did not cook at thing at the table. It was all bought. Instead of slaving over a stove, I spent the afternoon playing in my new garden. Nobody cared, everyone ate and I was happy. As an earth sign, who is a pretty good cook, I was surprised by my lack of guilt over not nourshing my guests with my own food. I didn't care a whit. I didn't need adolation or acclaimation for my food, people came to see us and our new house. In fact, I enjoyed the dinner more. It was yummy, Syrian chicken and rice and salad. Sticky date pudding, icecream and a lovely Róse from one of the guests.

Then cups of tea and Zoolander on the couch.

Admit it Dreamweaver, I am a lazy hostess. And I loved it!

Grand times

2008-04-18T19:06:00.005+10:00

I am deciding to decide that I am moving forward as though all my wishes will be fulfilled.
We need a few things to fall into place at work, so instead of freaking out about it, I am determined to act as if everything already is. It is beyond positive thinking. It is putting myself in the future. Positive Futuristic Summoning or PFS. I made that up, I know, it's a bit lame but its what I am working on. What I am really trying to do is bring the 'greenlight' flow into my work.

All of this activity is supported by the Grand Trine. The Grand Trine is when 3 planets can easily flow the energy between each other. The Trine at the moment is between Mercury, Pluto and Saturn. The rockin' thing about Trines are that they don't need you to do much to activate the energy. But...... if you know about the energy then you can get it to work with you. That is what I love about astrology, knowing the energy, the tone for the day, so to speak.
I wished there was an astro report along with the weather every morning. Imagine the weather girl said, "Today, there is a Grand Trine which will enable all sorts of fabulousness to happen. Stay alert, say yes to everything and do something out of the ordinary."

My out of the ordinary was to buy my changelings a tiny little puppy. A phonecall to Fishgirl gave me the perspective I sorely needed and when I saw the little fellas face I knew he was the one (see above).

The Grand Trinefecta of sorts. A new dog, a new house and a new attitude.

The magic continues, finishing end of Monday with new intentions and supported by the Sun entering Taurus, a fertile ground indeed, for turning blueprints into concrete.

Make the most of it Grand Poobahs and have a Grand Trine of a weekend.

Cleaning the windows

2008-04-16T18:52:00.002+10:00

I have been in and out of the business for a few weeks, with school holidays and moving etc. I came back Monday and struggled with the ball of string that needed to be untangled.
Then a day off yesterday with a sick changeling. Back to it today. I pushed through the fog and when I left, I had some clarity. I know where I stand, what the score is, where I need to be. Now I can get down to work.
Nothing like a Moon in Virgo to get you into looking at the detail.
Errant blogger will back soon when the fog clears a little more,

Smile for the paparazzi!

2008-04-14T10:01:00.003+10:00

In at work, Moon is in Leo and I am struggling to keep my head in the game. I keep reminding myself to remain present. It is hard not to bring your personal into work. Almost impossible in my case!
I have lots to do, some interesting, some not.
I will leave the fun things to do this afternoon, do the boring/difficult things to do this morning.
Leo is a fire sign, thus major masculine energy.
The animal magnatism of the Leo combined with the fertile feminine energy of the Moon can make a powerful forces. Literally Yin and Yang coming together to make a big bang, so to speak. The shadow side of the Moon being in Leo is that we can become self indulgent, manipulative and perhaps even cause an uprising. The light side of the Moon in Leo is hooking into out leadership skills and owning our fabulousness! Wearing our badge of courage proudly and smiling nicely for the paparazzi.

I feel out of the groove work wise, I trust in the flow, though.
I am in the flow right now in my personal life. Just gotta get into the flow in my work-life.

I will am going to do a little working tonight to get the business balance flow working. The trick to remember about business magic is that you have to be patient. Since the reach is larger than other more personal spells, then it can take longer.
A simple mixing a of a few choice herbs- I like lavender, rosemary, ginger and then writing your three goals onto a piece of paper and burning all the herbs and paper together to go into the air to start doing your work for you is great.

And remember to smile for the Moon in Leo peeps!

So mote it be

2008-04-13T08:15:00.003+10:00

I am in my new house. It is gorgeous. better than I ever imagined. Of course I had imagined the worst, considering we had looked at the house for a total of 7 minutes before we bought it.
Not the best decision but still it has all worked out best. I am writing this in my new study. Divine light, a few into the garden and a new rug on my floorboards. A prosperous life, indeed.
Of course I want to do everything right away. Gandalf and I have quote a list building of what we would like to do. All I have done so far is plant some Japanese windflowers. One of my fave flowers, that make me incredibly happy.

I would play all day at home, doing small jobs and then reading or writing in the study, though I know that it is time to reenter my responsibilities. Back to work tomorrow, to attack my plans and goals. I have a new spring in my step though and a gorgeous nest to come to.
I will buy a few candles today and rub my house blessing oil that I bought in honor of this moment. I already have saged the house.

A little working to get rid of negativity in the home and keep it away.
Mix cumin and sea salt together and scatter clockwise around your property. This keeps the dark energy at bay.

Out damm spot, out!

So close

2008-04-08T20:07:00.002+10:00

I have been inching things over to our new house today.
Body and mind sore.
It is momentous.
Maybe off line for a few days.
Wish me well.

Rumi says it best

2008-04-07T21:06:00.001+10:00

These spiritual window-shoppers,
who idly ask, 'How much is that?' Oh, I'm just looking.
They handle a hundred items and put them down,
shadows with no capital.

What is spent is love and two eyes wet with weeping.
But these walk into a shop,
and their whole lives pass suddenly in that moment,
in that shop.

Where did you go? "Nowhere."
What did you have to eat? "Nothing much."

Even if you don't know what you want,
buy _something,_ to be part of the exchanging flow.

Start a huge, foolish project,
like Noah.

It makes absolutely no difference
what people think of you.

Rumi

I am

2008-04-06T19:07:00.003+10:00

I saw in the New Moon today, with a lengthy walk around my neighborhood. It was restorative in every sense of the word. The last few months for me have been tough, stressful and required me to give more than I had in me. Today I lingered at times, admiring beautiful gardens and then lurched forward with new spirit as I set off down the roads with a spring in my step.
I mentioned to Gandalf that there was new moon this afternoon in Aries, one of the changelings, eavesdropping, asked me 'What happens to the old moons?'
Bless.

This New Moon in Aries gives us the opportunity to start again. As Aries is the youngest sign in the zodiac, the energy from the childlike Aries gives us hope and fresh eyes.
Maybe it's just me, but I thought last week was tough. Pluto going retrograde gave us wind storms, death and for many, from the rise of the red dust in the storms, a nasty case of pink eye.

I love the New Moon in any sign. I love the idea of being able to start again. The yoga breath. Every time you breathe in you are confirming that you are here to stay. With this comes the responsibility to make it count.

Drink in the new moon energy my friends. Make your new moon wishes and make a vow to start again, every moment.

Breathe.

Sleep Interrupted

2008-04-04T01:06:00.005+11:00

I have a necklace that I have had inscribed on the front that says, 'somnium', which means 'dreaming' in Latin.
I should get it inscribed instead with 'insomnia', which means 'monkey-chatter' in my language.

Now, I have no excuse for my 'monkey-chatter', a phrase I stole from the Blessed Seraph.
Everything is coming together in my life as it should, I now in the habit of not getting back to sleep once I am awake. I have felt this week, like one does with a new baby. Sort of foggy and in twilight.

I have decided to accept it. What other choice do I have? I, like the new born baby, will eventually train myself to get through a whole night asleep, in the meantime, I think and I write.

Louise Hay writes that metaphysical reason for insomnia is not trusting the process of life. Fear and guilt. The affirmation is, 'I lovingly release the day and slip into peaceful sleep, knowing tomorrow will take care of itself.'

I blame my dreams. With a Pisces moon, I am a prolific dreamer. I get tired from dreaming sometimes. I had dreams tonight that woke me, not sure what about, but enough to get me up. As soon as I awake, my mind is whirling again and so here I am. Awake. Blogging. Awake.

My phone has been ringing at night, late at night. 12.30am-1.00am. Just silence on the end of the phone. I was awake when they rang tonight. Scared the shit out of me. Never good when the phone rings at night. Bad news comes when the phone or the doorbell rings at night.
My heart raced. I wonder what message I am being sent. Lucky I was up to answer it and not have to wake the whole household.

Years ago, I was trying to have an appointment with a healer that Goddess Bookkeeper had recommended. These would take place by phone. The first time we tried to contact each other for the session, the time we had organised got messed up. I sat at home waiting but she never rang at the designated time. I rang her and we had totally confused the times we had booked. We made a time for later in the day. When we started the session in the late afternoon, my doorbell rang and there was policeman at the door who came to see of I had heard anything as the house next door had been robbed. The healer wondered if there was not some difficult energy that was stopping us from connecting.
I wonder now if the Universe had made me stay at home to protect my house that day and that is why the times got confused.

I wonder all sorts of things at 2 in the morning.

Nigh Night Lovers.

Sweet and Sour

2008-04-03T08:17:00.003+11:00

Monsieur Pluto has gone retrograde in Capricorn, which basically means, 'Stop denying the transformation!'
Too bad, so sad and suck it up my friends. Whatever is changing in your life or deep within you, then own it. Get a slogan on -t-shirt and tell people where you are going. Remember, it's for your own good. Don't freak out though, Mercury has gone into Aries, which means everything we do we will be infused with the energy of enthusiasm and creativity.
Thats nice huh? Plutos sourness, offset by the full flavoured sweetness of Mercurys.
I finally slept last night after 5 nights of insomnia. I wrote a lists of all the was worring me then wrote the flip side of the catastrophe and what would be the best outcome if ever.
Did the trick. Changed my thinking, worth a try is Pluto is busting your hump today.

Dreams and plans

2008-04-01T09:16:00.003+11:00

Last night I dreamed of swimming pools and movie stars. Literally.
I have dreamed of swimming pools a few times in the last few weeks.
Swimming pools represent the way we experience relationships or connect with other people. They also represent our inner pools of magic and fantasy.
I am living a halfway life at the moment. Not at work but not truly at home. The changelings are on holidays, hence me trying to do what I can, when I can.
Not in either home, surrounded by boxes in this house and staring forlornly through the gate of my new home, waiting, waiting, waiting for permission to hang my hat.

I have decided to solve my haphazard existence by writing a fairly detailed and extensive personal action plan.
The best year I ever had was when I wrote and followed a plan for a year. I managed to do all those pesky little things that you can easily put off and achieve a few big goals.

So by the time my life has moved from the foggy into the focussed, I will be ready to hit the ground running and will know exactly what I want to do and how to do it.

I am a student of Domonique the Wonderful, who taught me these valuable skills. She too loves an action plan, I can't say enough about how great they are. Try one for a month and see what happens. It can't hurt.

A nice link here for the uninitiated to the ways of the action plan.

The sun is so in Aries, can you feel it? Ergo, the action plan.

Praise Venus and Fortuna

2008-03-31T19:30:00.004+11:00

April Fools Day was a celebration by ancient Romans to celebrate the combo festival of Fortuna Virilis, one of the many aspects of the Roman Goddess of Luck and Chance, Fortuna. Her title means "Manly" or "Virile", and it can be supposed that she made boys into men by making them strong and robust, and watching over them through the difficulties of puberty. She was connected with the Love-Goddes Venus(who also "makes boys into men", albeit in a rather different way), and She was worshipped with Venus at the festival of the Veneralia. and Venus Venticordia.

The Veneralia was a holiday of Venus Verticordia ("Venus the Changer of Hearts") held on April the 1st, the date of the founding of Her temple on the Aventine Hill, in which rites to Fortuna Virilis seem to have played a part. Perhaps the two taken together were meant to inspire and protect young men as they began to take an interest in sex and/or girls as they grew; and further evidence of a link between the two Goddesses is found in the fact that a shrine of Fortuna Virilis was located besides an altar to Venus of the Basket, though exactly where in Rome they were located is unknown.

Basically, the Romans would play tricks and muck around with their high jinks. Wearing their clothes backwards, a lá Kriss Kross, was quite popular and they would generally crack themselves up with their Roman style gags and laughs.

Aprils 1st is also the start of the celebration of Ceres - the Goddess of Harvest. This goes on for 10 days finishing with chariot races and releasing of foxes into the Circus arena with flaming brands attached to their tails. Those whacky Romans! Bunch of jokers, the lot of them.

The drink of celebration was milk and honey with the poppy flower pounded into it, trippy, I am sure.

I am the walrus, I am the eggman.

A happy day to you, whatever you are celebrating.

Getting positive

2008-03-30T17:49:00.005+11:00

I have a lot of 'stuff' in my life. Since I am about to move house in 9 days, I am letting go of my 'stuff'. Setting myself the goal to only taking with me, what I truly love and need.
This is proving to be cathartic. In letting go of my 'stuff', I am also letting go of the emotions that wrap them.
I have made a choice that I am only going to live in the positive in my new home.
We are often in the negative in our lives. Negative habits, negative relationships and negative thoughts. I was watching the news while I started this post and realised how much of the information we receive throughout our day is focussed on what is wrong and must be righted. The heavy assignment for fixing the world, is placed on our shoulders, 'Stop watering your garden, turn your lights out, don't drive your car. And if possible, stop breathing.'
Enough.
I cannot and will not, live in the frame of mind that we are all doomed and it's all my fault.

The moon is moving from Capricorn and into Aquarius tomorrow, just after midnight. The energy from the Moon in Aquarius can make us selfish, caught up in our own airhead thoughts. It can also encourage to use our brilliance for good, not evil.
For those of you who practise pagan ritual or cast magic then this is a good time for sorting out any issues you may be having in your coven. Always good to deal with any small niggles such as not washing out the cauldron out properly and making sure there are nice biscuits to have with the ambrosial wine or the post magic cup of tea and catchup.

Positive thoughts peeps, positive choices, positive lives.

Later.

The Yin and the Yang of it

2008-03-27T17:59:00.003+11:00

I listened to a man in a doctors surgery today, trying to placate his 3 year old by explaining exactly what the doctor was going to do to her when she went in for her appointment. Eeeekkk! He thought by explaining what was going to happen, he was lessening the fear. It was not working for this scared, tiny little person.
As a mother I wouldn't have gone with the explanation. I would have talked about what we were going to do afterwards. Perhaps tell her the little known secret, that the best toys are not in the waiting room but are, in fact, in the doctors office.

It made me think about the fundamental differences with men and women communication. Men are Yang, like the Sun. Women are Yin, like the Moon.
The key is to maintain the balance. We all have Yin and Yang inside us, we just need to learn which energy to plug into at the right time.

In astrology, every sign is either Yin or Yang.

Aries: Yang
Taurus: Yin
Gemini: Yang
Cancer: Yin
Leo: Yang
Virgo: Yin
Libra: Yang
Scorpio: Yin
Sagittarius: Yang
Capricorn: Yin
Aquarius: Yang
Pisces: Yin

Look at your Sun, Moon and Ascendant sign and see whether it is Yin or Yang. The combination of these elements give you an indication of how you express yourself in the world.

I am all Yin, through and through. Which means that I am über expressive, perceptive and depressive at times. I am a card carrying member of the 'Sensa', the society for the abnormally sensitive. I am a pin cushion for human emotions, due to the high levels of Yin in my life.

I need more Yang in my life. Apparently it is best to connect to Yang energy and eat yang foods in the 3 days before a new moon. Yin foods are fish and chicken, Yang foods are red meats, grains, steamed veg.

Balancing the polarities is the quest. Through balancing evenly between the Yin and the Yang, then we become whole.

So Yang on, here I come!

Moon in Scorpio

2008-03-26T20:37:00.003+11:00

The moon is in Scorpio, hence the guilt, the dark thoughts and thunderclouds on my side of the world. I always have a hard time when the Moon is posing my Taurus Sun. The Yin and Yang and all that jazz.
Moon in Scorp is always intense and today was no exception. And did I finish anything? Nope! A veritable horses tail of lose ends is waiting back at the office. So back to it tomorrow with even less hours as I am on the road picking up changelings from the scary country town. I swear the town does not have any young people in it all. Spooky beyond belief. Like an Arthur Rackham picture. See above.

Thoughts while driving under the lunar influence

2008-03-24T15:17:00.003+11:00

Moon is still in Libra and I spent 4 hours on the road home from Le Pagan Festival of Eastre, spent with the parents and changelings. Driving home was interesting, when the Moon is in Libra people struggle with making decisions. Not such a great influence while on the horrific accident zone, that is the Hume Highway.

I discussed with Gandalf the wise words of Deb Cox from the The Age - Sunday Magazine this weekend. She mentioned how she loves to spend time with 'women who are beyond pretending.'
I loved this phrase. I only want to spend time with women who don't pretend. Women who keep it real and tell you when its worth celebrating and when to bring out the box of tissues.
I can't pretend. People who 'talk it up' as Blessed says will always be found out. I think we all are guilty of talking it up at points in our life. The less you do it though, the more life throws wonderful things at you.
I think its important to keep things real with your friends. You have a responsibility to tell it like it is. This is where womens wisdom comes from. The information that generations of women has passed on to younger ones, by the firesides and in huts.
Se keep it real my friends, you never know when your words may help someone.

Anais Nin says that,' When one is pretending the entire body revolts.' I think it goes further than that. I think your entire Universe revolts. Your friends, your intimate relationship, your work, everything. The world wants you to connect to what is real, it forces you to stop pretending and face the facts.

I like to keep it real. Not pessimistic but real. Sure, you can have anything and everything but real life comes with stuff. Stuff that hurts and makes you tired. Stuff that makes you worry and anxious. My life, like yours, has all of this gorgeously heavy and velvety texture, as well as the sunshiney lace and the voile. I like all the fabrics in my life but I never wear them all at once. Some moments and moods are made for silks, some for sturdy cottons and denims. Choosing the right fabrics with the right moment comes with age and experience.

I have friends who are older and younger than me. I love that wherever I am in my life, I have someone who has the right words, recipe or flashlight and map to help put me on my path again. The ones who risk to keep it real.

Garder mes vrais amis!

A bunch of Pagans, the lot of you!

2008-03-21T15:37:00.003+11:00

I headed out early on a quest for Hot Cross Buns, to celebrate the Astrological New Year with a Full Moon, the Christian Easter and the Jewish Festival of Purim.
A big weekend for all. I had a hankering for Hot cross Buns though, whatever the festival, and I had to have them.

Here is some lovely information on the Hot Cross Bun. I love reading about the origin and evolution of tradition.

The origin of hot-cross buns is said to be pagan. The Saxons supposedly ate a similar kind of bun in the spring, at the time of the vernal equinox, to honor the goddess of light, Eastre, as she was named for the direction from which the first light of the day first comes.

The goddess eventually gave her name to the Christian holiday. The term bun may have evolved from the Greek word for ox; in ancient Greece a dome of bread, like the head of an ox, came to replace the actual animal for sacrificial ceremonies. At first there were horns decorating the bread. But over time the horns disappeared, leaving only what is now familiar as a bun.

Hot-cross buns first became popular in England as a Good Friday specialty after the Reformation, in the late 16th century at the time of the Tudors.

A decree issued by the London clerk of markets during the reign of Elizabeth I in 1592 prohibited the baking and sale by commercial bakers of "any spice cakes, buns, biscuits or other spice bread except it be at burials, or on Friday before Easter, or at Christmas, upon pain of forfeiture of all such spiced bread to the poor."

In those days spices were rare and precious commodities.

In the early 17th century, during the reign of James I, of King James Bible fame, this decree became unenforceable and spice buns started to be sold throughout the year.

A hot-cross bun is essentially what the English call a Chelsea bun, a confection sold all year. The difference is that for Good Friday, a cross is traced on the top of the bun. English bakers create the cross by slashing the dough or by laying strips of pastry across the top of the bun. There is a theory that the cross was slashed in the top of the buns as a vestige of pagan belief, to ward off any evil spirits that might jinx the dough and prevent it from rising.

Happy Buns, my peeps!

Full Moon In Libra

2008-03-19T19:48:00.003+11:00

A full moon in Libra on Friday. A terrific time to try and find the balance in your life.
For those who like to cast spells and burn magic, this is an excellent moon to bring justice to fruition. In business, it is a good time to cement partnerships. In fact, partnerships of all sorts are blessed under this moon. A lovely time to be married under a Libran moon. My marriage has its Sun in Libra, Moon in Gemini and Ascendant in Pisces.
So partnership, creativity and spirituality. Perfecto!

Strange dreams indeed

2008-03-19T11:45:00.003+11:00

I dreamed about being a part of Jewish celebrations last night. I was in a synagogue and was dancing and singing with the Jewish people. Then some friends from my past came in and started to do a comedy act that was very insensitive and offensive to the religion and people in the synagogue.

To dream of Judasim in a dream is symbolic of friends who help you to move forward to your goals. These friends no longer in my life, my friends now only want the best for me and are always helping me to move forward, never back.

A perfect dream for where I am in my life right now. The subconscious is a powerful thing.

Blessed Cherub

2008-03-18T16:37:00.004+11:00

I had the pleasure of spending time with a lively little lady today, the angel of Blessed Seraph. This Capricornian Babe knew exactly what was going on. Although only 9 weeks, she has wise eyes and was already cooing at her mother. Most of her planets are in the 8th, 9th and 10th houses. So, an extrovert to say the least.

With her Sun in Capricorn she does not take to people laughing at her, very wel., Capricorns take themselves quite seriously, but she does have an advanced and bizarre sense of humour. Having a Moon In Aquarius means that anything unusual makes these little goats laugh. The siller the better. She is probably destined to be someone who laughs at bizarre Italian TV talent shows and Japanese game shows.

With Venus in Sagittarius in her 8th house, this is the house of the entrepreneur, like her Dad. Lots of fire in her belly. With her Sun in Capricorn, always a good sign to handle money, Moon in Aquarius thus a great handle of the future and Taurus ascendant, flawless taste, this little kid can clib any rocky mountain.

Her Moon is also in 10th house, which signifies her Mum will influence her deeply. Mostly around getting her to understand her own feelings and how they relate to the world around her. Learning and trusting her intuition. This will help her tremendously when she has a career because she will work out what people want before they even know!

I love to read childrens charts, its all there, waiting for them to grow and fulfill their destiny.
Carl Jung wrote, "My studies in astrology are fascinating...I have come to the firm conclusion that at the moment of birth an individual takes on the characteristic state of the Universe for that moment in time."

I concur Mr Jung, I concur.

My studies in astrology have deepened my own understanding of my children. My daughters chart is so spot on. It was written by an independent astrologer who has never met her, but it reads like she spend a week in our house doing a home study of her.

If anything helps you to even for a moment to understand your child, your partner or even yourself then it is not wasted. I am wiser and kinder as a result of my study of astrology. My tolerance for signs has improved and I 'get' people at a more celluar level.

So in saying that, I am off to do some charting to see what I can learn.

Process and serenity

2008-03-17T09:44:00.003+11:00

I spend the weekend processing some heavy shit, packing my house up and doing a weeks worth of proposal writing in 12 hours. Hideous.
This mornings Soul Coaching card asked me to stay serene in the face of change and turmoil.
So far I have failed. Good times, huh?
The Moon moves from emotional Cancer into ambitious Leo at midday today. The crab roars and all that jazz.

On Friday I mentioned to someone that I would like to be Zen and never react. She told me to pack my things into a cave where nothing ever happens. If nothing happens then I can't react.

Anyone know of a cave to rent?

No point crying

2008-03-13T12:41:00.005+11:00

Man, the hits keep coming today. It's almost funny. Almost.... but not quite.
I am supposed to go to a big shindig tomorrow, have even bought a new outfit. Instead I want to stay home and watch Frasier reruns, which is the only thing keeping me sane at the moment. Thank god for the two Dr Cranes.

Mantra for the day: Negative people and negative thoughts have no influence on me.Negative people and negative thoughts have no influence on me. Negative people and negative thoughts have no influence on me. Negative people and negative thoughts have no influence on me. Negative people and negative thoughts have no influence on me. Negative people and negative thoughts have no influence on me. Negative people and negative thoughts have no influence on me. Negative people and negative thoughts have no influence on me. Negative people and negative thoughts have no influence on me. Negative people and negative thoughts have no influence on me. Negative people and negative thoughts have no influence on me. Negative people and negative thoughts have no influence on me.

Contraction

2008-03-12T14:44:00.002+11:00

I noticed the contraction yesterday. I am feeling it today. Firestarter is down sick at home, banned from the building until her sparks lights up again. Love and light to you special one.
Bad news from a dear friend regarding employment. And I have just been told at work that I have a 'tone' in my voice! Too funny. I think I always have a 'tone' to be honest. I will blame the Moon which is conjuncting Saturn. A negative transit at best.
Nothing doing till tomorrow as I have Mercury square Saturn in my chart today. Delays, delays, delays. (Insert big sigh)

"Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals." Buddha

Climbing the stairs

2008-03-11T16:59:00.002+11:00

I have been back at work with my head down and bum up. No rest for the wicked and I have NEVER worked harder. The business has always been with me, night and day, but we acted quickly and sensibly to unexpected delays and disappointment and we are starting to see some of the work pay off now.

Interestingly, I have some major activity happening in the work sector of my chart during this time. The trasnit finished on Friday. Today I had non work related jobs to do, places to go and people to see. Perfectly pleasant with a little dash of my favorite things thrown in to add spice to my day.

As I walked up the stairs from my favorite bookshop, I passed the Theosophical Society. A long forgotten memory where I once considering studying Theology after doing Biblical Studies in Year 12 flooded. Biblical studies at school was considered notoriously easy and I just did to boost my HSC score. Yet, something in me spoke deeply when I studied the stories in the bible that year. I loved them, the history and the symbolism, the hypocrisy and the illusion.

So I took myself off and visited the Theology school at a university, where I was met by a monk in full robes, including a belt fashioned from rope. I wasn't easy with it, it was all a little bit Friar Tuck for my liking.

I realised that if I wanted to study theology then there was every chance I would be asked to become a full card carrying born again Christian. This was not an option for me, still isn't. My past life memories at being burnt at the stake, live within me. I didn't want the religion, I wanted the understanding. I had an overwhelming need to digest the text and the stories and the history. I wanted to look at Spirituality from all angles. Instead I went into a completely different stream of consciousness and while I took the tarot and astro on this journey, I left all my other interests behind.

As I wandered down the stairs today, I thought how we cannot deny destiny. My younger self knew where I would be happiest and yet my ego got in the way. How different my life would have been if I had studied theology? I can't even imagine it.

So here I am now, with my own understanding of Spirituality. My reading lists are whatever takes my fancy, my university is down the hallway in my study and the only passing mark I need is a witty remark from one of my clever and insightful sorority members, who are also my friends and family.

In hindsight, I needed to live my life for a while without spirit so I would then learn to live my life with spirit.

It's all perfect in the end.
Just keep climbing.

Ramblings after too little sleep

2008-03-08T20:45:00.005+11:00

I was trying to remember today when my fascination started with the astro.
It started innocently with me stealing my mothers copy of Linda Goodmans sunsigns at the age of 12. It stayed with me through my teen years. I remember at 15 visiting my sisters who was modeling at a store at Figgins Diorama, a short lived luxury shopping destination. I would wander around the silent store filled with divine couture, I remember coveting a Karl Lagerfeld black velvet dress with matching bolero jacket ( it was the '80's after all) covered in crystal astrological star constellations sewn on by hand.
I spend weeks visiting this lovely garment. It never entered my mind that I would buy it, that was never an option.
I realise now it was the astrological symbols, not the dress that appealed to me so much. Although a girl can never have enough Lagerfeld in her life.

Tonight I have been reading about Urania, the Greek muse of astrology. Urania is often pictured as having a globe in her left hand and a peg in the right, and her foot on a turtle, the symbol of silence. She is able to foretell the future by the position of the stars. She is often associated with Universal Love and the Holy Spirit. She is dressed in a cloak embroidered with stars and keeps her eyes and attention focused on the Heavens.

Perhaps the Lagerfeld dress spoke to unconsciousness Urania inside me. The dress was like Uranias' cloak made of stars. I wanted to wear her Uranias cloak, even for a moment and I still do.

I often speak to Domonique the Wonderful that I needed to learn how to wear the cloak at work. To stand up straight and be strong and own my power.
Now I am aim to earn Uranias lovely cloak made of stars.

It's all about wearing the cloak, whether is is made of stars or a super protective bulletproof material. Stand tall and let the wind lift up your hem.

A few thoughts

2008-03-08T17:35:00.004+11:00

A new moon in Pisces came in at 4.15 am.
This explains why my Scorp daughters, Cancerian house guest, was creeping our hallway at 4am. I explained to her this morning that the reason she is terrified of sleepovers is planetary, and there is not something wrong with her as people think, so she should stop feeling bad, pronto!
Over chocolate crossiants from Phillipas, I explained that she can't help the fact that as a crab, her bond to home is stronger than most. I said the reason she was up was at 4am in fact her connecting to her ruling planet, the moon, and she was merely seeing in a new one. Her gentle smile reminded me that it is so important to see our quirks as only that. We live in a society too quick to judge people as deficient or abnormal when they do not fit in to our sense of what is socially appropriate.
Her little shell and the family around her mean more than to others. A Cancerians sense of abandonment is so strong, that without family they are literally without a rudder. Death is the ultimate abandonment and can spiral the cancercian into a hard shell that can be almost impossible to crack. Many Cancerians I know have had serious abandonment and death experinces- adopted, lost and forgotten, the cancer crab feels deeply.

It makes me think of the Jung quote, 'Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.'
If Cancerians realise that the abandonment issues will come into their personal realm at some stage then they can hopefully avoid this becoming their defining life experience.
Easy for me to say I know, but we all have our astrological lessons to learn.
As a Taurus, our motto is 'I have.' My lesson has been about material wealth versus intellectual wealth. The more I let go of my attachment to ojects the more I find I have in my life.

So I give you the astro mottos and the basic lessons for each of the star signs.

Aries- 'I am'- Think through your plan before you push your way in and have all your ducks lined up before you start shooting. Much less stress this way! Rams rush because they want to be first at everything and damn the fallout!

Taurus- 'I have' - Let go of the attachment to money and objects. These do not define you. True beauty is in nature not in a shop. A Taurus lesson is to understand that what they cannot see or touch does actually exist. Trusting in the metaphysical world, not just the physical world.

Gemini - 'I think'- Focus, focus, focus. Too much procrastination and sometimes not enough doing. A big one for Geminis is creativity. If they do not allow their creativity to flow then then they self harm. Put down the razor and pick up the paintbrush or the pen and stop overthinking everything!

Cancer- 'I feel' - See above. They feel so they understand the human experience. Without a proper reason to feel though, they can create drama and get hooked to addictions that help them to feel. Learning how to nurture and protect their own sensitive souls is the lesson for the Cancer. Selfcare 101.
Leo- ' I want'- A Leo lesson is about power. They can have anything if they roar loudly enough but have they thought the possible consequences of that fearsome sound ? Fear can keep people away and as Kings of the Forest, the Leo often finds that even with all that power, it's lonely at the top.
Virgo - 'I scrutinise'- Always looking always perfecting that the moment often goes by for the Virgo and they don't realise it till the bitter end. Life seems like a dress rehearsal for them, always fussing and refinishing the scene. But no, you don't always get a second chance and the Virgo needs to see the moment through and know that this is the final curtain.

Libra - 'I balance'- Ha, I have yet to meet a Libran who makes decisions easily and does not second guess themselves. Debating over the tiniest pixel, they are need to trust that they know the right thing to do and then just do it!!

Scorpio- 'I wish' - Scorpios and their dark arts can sometimes undo themselves. Scorps are so powerful, two witches I know are Scorps and can manifest faster than anyone I know. The saying, 'Be careful what you wish' for was written for Scorpios and Scoprios alone.

Sagittarius - 'I see' - A Saggs lesson is often that they see the issue only from their own perspective. They do not always realise that everyone has a view and that sometimes it is good to ask others opinions. also, looking ahead for Saggs can be difficult. Look ahead and ask around.

Capricorns -'I use'- Fathers, fathers and more fathers. capricorns have issues with father and father figures. Often not goats but the black sheeps of their own families, their lessons can occurs in the form of family inheritance or success issues.

Aquarius- 'I know'- Is there nothing more pompous than an unaware Aquaperson droning on about some new theory or idea that nobody else wants to care about. Aquarians greatest lesson will come from working on their empathy skills and have a connection with emotion not theory.

Pisces- 'I believe' - The Pisces lesson is often around self protection. They have to learn how to help people, which they do very well, without taking on the dark emotional energy of others. Pisceans are emotional sponges so they need to watch who they spend their time with and put up the emotional shield.

Getting away from it all

2008-03-06T08:38:00.003+11:00

After my dream about letting go, I traveled yesterday to regional Victoria for a job. Nothing like a good sing-along, some Radio National and a roadside sandwich to help you defrag.

I tell ya, it was the BEST thing I could have done. On the way up, I won a big, big job and on the way back the Goddess Bookkeeper found an anomaly that was a lifesaving financial catch.
Perhaps in leaving town, I let the Gods go to work for us.
In the recent challenges that the business has faced, I have made the mistake of feeling that I needed to be at work every moment.
Just being here made me feel like I was doing something.
I was watching the pot boil, instead I needed to let go and let the changes happen with out my added pressure.

Take the pressure down baby and let it all just happen naturally.

There was an old woman who lived inside me...

2008-03-05T09:56:00.004+11:00

Last night I dreamed I bought a handbag in a vintage shop, only to find upon opening it, that is was my grandmothers bag. It was filled with her letters, envelopes, cards, photos and hairbrush. In the dream, the style of bag was named the 'Freeman' bag. Ha!

A bag represents what I carry with me.
My grandmother symbolises the innate wisdom that we have inside us.
The contents of the bag represent my current challenge. Letting go of old memories to take in this life as fully as possible. Self care and emotional grooming through pushing and challenging myself to be better and do better. To take myself out of moments that make me anxious and contain and conduct myself in a more positive way.

It is never easy to grow as a person but I would rather growth, however hard, than stagnation and emotional stunting.

So, my dream tells me to trust my wisdom. To let go of worry and fear, to trust and move forward confidently in all the decisions I have recently made in my life.

The last few weeks have offered up challenge after challenge. I see now that this is to push me forward as quickly as possible, to help me be ready for the growth that is about to occur in my life. My house, my relationships, the book, the business. I have been asked to climb the ladder with the crocodiles snapping at my heels. So climb I have. One rung after another.
I still have a few more to clamber up but I see where I was and where I am going now.

And I carry my bag of wisdom with me.

Capricorn dancer

2008-03-03T09:40:00.002+11:00

La Luna is in Capricorn, which is a fabulous time to be doing business. I have donned the tracksuit and have retired to the study at home to write a proposal. I hope this stubborn goat moon energy is on my side and I will be filled with brilliant insight. Enough brilliance that the proposal convinces the recipient of my companies capabilities to do the project.

Meanwhile, I write this blog to settle into my space. It has been so long since I have written in my study, months in fact, and how I have missed it. I love this little room, 'a room of ones own' as Virginia Wolf says is so important as a woman. A space to be yourself, not just someones wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend, lover, cook, cleaner and peace keeper. In a space of our own we get to be our true selves. I cannot imagine life without my space. I have considering giving up the study when I move to my new house but my feelings of peace this morning tell me otherwise.

Off to weave magic with the keyboard, my friends.
Have a beautiful Moon in Capricorn Day and may it be blessed with lots of opportunity and cleverness.

Perfect Sunday

2008-03-02T14:38:00.007+11:00

Sundays in the city of Melbourne can be perfect. Rain or shine, there is always something to do, see, eat and to ponder over. Melbourne is a thinking city and I think our Lady Melbourne has a brain and is not afraid to use it.

There is conjecture of the sun sign of Melbourne, I like to think of the Melbourne we know now as a Gemini, when John Batman signed a questionable 'treaty' with the Wurundjeri Tribe on June 6th.
Before it was named Melbourne, it was known as Batmania. Imagine that, it really would be our own Gotham City.

This morning, and a perfect one at that, I have traipsed though Carlton, Brunswick and the City. The skies are blue, the air has a slight chill, which is easily remedied by walking on the sunny side of the street and there is a sense of possibility in the air.

I treated this morning in our fair city with a silk scarf jauntily tied around my neck and this effort was rewarded with a multitude of compliments. Melbournians appreciate any fashionable endeavour or attempt, so incredibly Gemini, always one the classiest in the room. You know the sort, Diane Von Furstenburg wrap dress, Clergerie shoes and terribly modern jewelery from some new cool designer about to be bought by Browns or Harvey Nicks in London. They do it better than anyone, maybe even Taureans, who opt for the heirloom pearls over the modern jewels.

San Francisco is also a Gemini city, which, those of you who read this blog, would know is one of my fave cities other than Lady Melbourne. London is also a Gemini, theatre, art, music and food. There are similarities between all three Grand Dames.

Gemini's motto is "I think". Quick thinking, quick witted and with an endless creative well to draw upon, Geminis in any form embrace change and variety.
As an air sign Melbourne as a city is logical and make sense. This is evidenced by the design of the inner city with all major roads following a traditional north, south, east west system.
The city is divided by the Yarra river, which reflects the duality of the Gemini nature.

Geminis can be snobs and I am afraid Lady Melbourne can dish out a type of bourgeois intellectualism that makes out-of-towners laugh at her try hard affectations. But in true Gemini style, she dismisses any criticism and focuses on the writing, the coffee and great design.

Geminis are also a little moralistic, perhaps at times puritanical, and this is never more proved by the way Melbournians look down at their racy, sexy cousin Sydney, I think secretly Melbournians like to party in Sydney but are happy to come back to their knits and penguin paperbacks. What happens in Sydney stays in Sydney to a Melbournian. They will never mention the great views, seafood and the fact they wore a singlet without a cardigan in public, only Sydney has the power to truly corrupt a Melbournians values and fashion sense.

Ah, Lady Melbourne, you make me proud and happy to be a part of your fickle, elegant and classy city.

I love this town.

Bring it on, bring it on, bring it on

2008-02-29T08:58:00.003+11:00

Wearing my lucky scarf from Blessed Seraph. Makes me feel fabulous. I swear it has special powers. I am sick and have 2 pitches today. he 'gorgessity' of the scarf makes me feel better.
Bring on Dr Footlights. Dr Footlights is a legend of the theatre. No matter how sick you are, you call on Dr Footlights and his quick shot of adrenalin will push you through the performance.
Today, the Fire Starter and I have been hit by a bug and we just have to get through till the curtains close.

Act One. Curtain rises.

Dreamweaver enters stage left.

How will it end?

2008-02-28T20:03:00.000+11:00

Random thoughts throughout my day

2008-02-25T19:31:00.008+11:00

• At 8.30am, I set myself a goal to not complain for 21 days.
I had failed by 9.35am.

• Spinning around my office I wondered if a recent comment on my personality was true, is anxiety my fuel with which I get things done?
Perhaps, but I do get a hell of a lot done, anxiously.

• Never complain, never explain is the motto of the day. No whining, no excuses. Just channel your energy into something worthwhile. Quit your bitchin' and do something, anything for gods sakes.

• Hiring for grownups at the moment. Maturity and self evolved people are so hot right now.

• Looking at old photos on my computer, I realise I have had a lot of haircuts over the years and not all of them were good.

Cleaning up

2008-02-22T13:30:00.002+11:00

Surprisingly the debris was minimal at work today. In fact it was surprisingly upbeat and fun. Pizzas delivered for lunch, Duran Duran and a collective philosophical attitude.
I am home and revisiting old posts on the blog upon advice from Fish Girl. Amazing the repeat performance that some themes get in my life. Even though it seemed like the end of the world then it was not, I got through it and I will again.
There once was a Chinese Emperor who wanted his wise men to create a saying that would be applicable to both good and bad moments. They came up with. 'Remember, this too will pass.'

The day after the eclipse is alway eerily quiet. Like the world has a hangover. The peace is welcome relief after the heat and intensity of the past 24 hours.

Relax.

Cry for the change

2008-02-21T19:50:00.004+11:00

The lunar eclipse reached its zenith today with one fucking thinking after another. It was almost farcial, almost, but not quite.

Eclipses always brings crisis. We have been between a pair of eclipses for 2 weeks.
Crisis is not always horrific, it can stimulate change and force you to make decisions that hurt temporarily but allow you to personally grow. Eclipses, especially lunar, brings pain, but in the pain is a gift. Find the gift and you are on your path of success.

Gandalf mentioned that we are at the end of a full cleanout, a 'metaphysical enema' I called it.
Always important to see the funny side.
So tomorrow we are back through the doors, good things are coming and we are ready to receive them.

“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.” Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Wake up sleepy head

2008-02-17T21:01:00.002+11:00

You know that groggy feeling that comes after a deep slumber. A sleep so deep that you are not sure what was a dream and what is reality.
Yes my friends, Mercury pulls into the 'Direct Station' tomorrow. Time to makes sense of all the whack attack plans and ideas that have filled your head. I know that you are all wise enough to not pay any attention to the shadowy drama and alarm bells that have being ringing over the last 3 weeks.
Now is the time to get clear on any decision you needs to make for your lives, your business and your future.
But......

DO NOT DO ANYTHING!

Do not take action for another 10 days until Mercury gets comfortable and settles. It needs to rest in its direct position, like a roast. Let it sit for a while till the juices soak up the flavor.

Monday: Write your list of everything that has become clear to you, good and bad and just observations.
Tuesday: Sun sextile Pluto. A great time for converting your Mercury Retrograde list into your 2008 strategic plan. This transit loves its some sexy, luvin' research so get on it. The key is to shut the hell up about your plans. Keep your cards close to your chest and don't share it with anyone. Seriously, the plans can be shattered with the wrong energy at it.
don;t get over excited and boast about it at the gym, chances are that the low vibrational sucker on the treadmill in the spandex will jump off and take your ideas and make them their own. Silent like the wind my darlings.

Hush.

Coming down like the proverbial.......

2008-02-14T13:08:00.005+11:00

There is a lunar eclipse next week. 20/21st February.
Whatever you put into play now will cement in eclipse. So the goal is to put as many things into play as possible. I am doing a K.Rudd (great article link) and being a workaholic then resting under the eclipse and watching all the chaos reorder itself. The fates come into play so get moving. Whatever you have thought about doing, or have started to do, take action!

Big shout out for birthday wishes and magic to The Contessa, Gandalf and Holly Hobbie!
xoxoxoxo

Me Tarzan, You Change

2008-02-12T21:18:00.000+11:00

A serious excavation of my scope tonight explains so much. Sometimes things are whack and you don't know why. The 7 planets transiting my 7th house explain so much.

I recently lost a big job. It hurts. To have it would have made all of Gandalf and my dreams so easy to fulfill. Now I am behind, with the some of the half actioned plans breathing down my neck.
We lost the job on the eclipse. Of course it was the eclipse. Change is afoot and there is nothing you can do to stop that horse once its bolted.

So I trust in the change. change has only ever been good for us at work. It forces you to stop being careful or lazy. It pushes you to make calls, think, go to Plan B!

Now, I am hanging onto my hat, swinging from tree to tree looking for bananas and I have decided to have fun while I navigate the jungle.

No doubt we will all soon be at the top of the jungles canopy, where I will rest in the sun, laughing with the team and think about all the new tricks we have learned.

Happy New Lunar Cycle

2008-02-07T16:47:00.000+11:00

Rats are not my favorite animal. In fact, I loathe them, so it makes sense that I process my fear of them during this Chinese New Year, which is reported to be quite a positive year.
The rat is the sign at the beginnning of the Chinese zodiac, so this year is all about new beginnings. Fresh starts and new plans is the theme.
Rat is also a 1 animal, which ties in beautifully with 2008 being a 1 year in numerology.

Read here to see how you will fare in this Year of the Earth Rat.

Play it for me, DJ Krishna

2008-02-06T16:26:00.000+11:00

Made it through a dark eclipse day, a highlight was a blissful hour spent with Blessed Seraph and her little cherub. So cute, I nearly got a spoon and ate the little doll.
Returned to work to some dark arts being performed by the Goddess bookkeeper to keep things moving till the money plug becomes unstuck.
I also spent a hilarious 10 minutes at a bakery while 6 people tried to work the cash register which had an attack of the Mercury Retrogrades. They kept apologising while I laughed at their vain attempts at getting it to work. I said to them that they needed to work out the money I owed them manually, as the register would only work when it felt like it.
Technology is energy and like people, sometimes it gets huffy. It tells you when it wants to perform. Once you accept this then life gets much, much easier.

New Moon tomorrow at 2.46 pm.

Wish for brilliant ideas, goals for life, excitement, friend and getting rid of any varicose veins.

Eclipse is tomorrow at 5.44 pm.

Weave magic for universal compassion and revealing your destiny.
Whatever you cast now will stay in power until the next solar eclipse in August.
Also a few old skool Hindu traditions for an eclipse.

Some say, don't eat for 12 hours before a solar eclipse but drink water.
Bathe with your clothes straight after an eclipse for cleansing.
Don't eat any leftovers after the eclipse (easy for me, as there never are any in my house.)

I think meditating is a great eclipse ritual, as is bathing. I will be taking my clothes off though.

The Sadhana, from the Hindu and Buddhist traditions, recommends wishing the following order for -

1. If you are facing monetary problems and there is no source of income, then to be financially well off.

2. To get rid of diseases.

3. To gain fame, respect, laurels and prosperity.

4. If someone is against you and he is likely to harm you, then to render him unhostile.

5. To make someone favourable and getting something done through him.

6. To gain success in a Sadhana in which one has been repeatedly facing failure.

In fact this Sadhana can be tried to fulfill any wish, for accomplishing it during the eclipse is sure to bring success.

Right on, Happy New Moon and Eclipse for tomorrow peeps.

Go to the light

2008-02-05T16:54:00.001+11:00

The eclipse has plunged us into darkness and peeps all over town are acting whack. I have had some oddities since my return to work but nothing I can't handle. All I can make out in the dark is the shape of things to come. And from where I sit, they look good. I will wait till the light shines on the 7th to make certain, but I am very optimistic.

A woman I know has the words "Learning to live with uncertainty" stuck to her fridge.
A bold statement indeed but a reminder that life does not go according to your plans, so shut up and Trust.

Right now, transition is occurring and transition can be depressing. Your minds ticks over,"What am I letting go off and what if I may need it again? " Eeek!

Breathe, let go of control, embrace uncertainty and wait till the Universe turns the lights on. Then you can move the furniture, don't do it in the dark. It's dangerous and difficult and you are bound to stub your toe.

Dream

2008-02-03T19:48:00.000+11:00

Back into work mode tomorrow, after a blissful and enlightening holiday period. I had 8 weeks off and I did not take one day for granted.
I honored my final week with some of my favorite activities. Fun times with the changelings, long lunches with old friends and philosophical cups of tea with new friends. Walks along the beach and organising my life and everything in it.

Tomorrow I am back into our business. I did not want to go back till the voice inside me said that it was time to go back to work. Till I yearned to be part of something again. Till the dreams inside my heart begged me to start to fulfill them.

I was fresh out of dreams and hope at the end of last year. That is what stress and no holidays for 2 years does to you. Now, I am better.
I have been followed by the word dream, of late. As a Pisces Moonie, I am acutely aware of the power of the dream. I plan on spending my first week at work reconnecting to the hopes and dreams for the business and for myself.

Dreams require attention. They need to be nourished and nurtured. It is so easy to start to stress about the small details that do not go the way you want. You cannot always change the outcome, only your reaction to the issues at hand. Trusting that things work out the way they are Meant to, providing you are doing all you can, is the key to business survival.

So dream on dreamers and go inside your heart to make them a reality.

Wise up peeps.

2008-02-02T17:52:00.000+11:00

The new moon falls next week and there is a eclipse as the Sun and the Moon conjunct in Aquarius. There is a stellium or group of planets all in Aquarius next week. Chiron, Neptune and Mercury [retrograde] are all in Aquarius, plus the Sun and Moon, as I mentioned.
Think - ego, emotions, healing, magic, and revisiting past communications to make way for you to live your destiny.
Not too much pressure is it?

Depending on where Aquarius is in your chart, this is the area that will be highlighted.
Click here to read more about the effect of the eclipse on your natal house.

Fascinating. If you don't know where Aquarius is in your chart, email me you birthday, time and place and I will sort for you.