It’s been a huge week astrologically!  First, Neptune went Direct on Wed, activating the energy of Oneness for humanity and supporting you in taking steps toward manifesting your dreams.

Yesterday we had a Full Moon on the Taurus/Scorpio axis, which rules money, values, and transformation. It’s time for you to decide what really matters to you and where you want to spend your time, energy and money.

These are big decisions, so be thoughtful in examining your life and your choices – you want your choices to be conscious!

Chiron (the wounded Healer) turned Direct on Thursay as well, and all the above mentioned energy, combined with the 11-11-11 portal, brings to a head the ultimate choice you have to make: do you operate in Unity consciousness or do you believe in separation?

Whatever you choose will dictate the quality of your life! You will get whatever you believe in, whether it’s Unity and a feeling of connection or separation and lack.

The energy is red hot now, time to move forward with projects before Mercury goes Retrograde on Nov 24th.

Mars (action and will) is connecting with Pluto (power) providing you with the ability to generate tremendous momentum that will serve you well.

Take good care of yourself during this time of high energy,  transformation, and evolution. Time is escalating and we are moving along quickly. Your efforts will be rewarded if you focus on taking steps toward what is authentic and real for you.

By the way, this is a good time to consider scheduling your astrological reading with me so that you know what’s in store for you in 2012.

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Take good care of yourself and for a beautiful experience, choose to see the world through compassionate eyes.

New Moon in Scorpio – Oct 26, ’11 

12:56 pm PT ~ 3:56 pm ET

The New Moon is the time for new beginnings, so start something – whether you pursue a dream, goal, idea, plan or project.

Set your intention and then put attention on what you want to grow or create and ride the wave as you allow the Lunar energy to support you. Utilize the energy of regeneration to create a breakthrough!

The New Moon is in the deep, passionate sign of Scorpio which rules issues around power, control and transformation – what to release and what to keep in your life.

Scorpio rules metamorphosis by deconstructing what’s no longer viable and then the rebirth creates a “cosmic upgrade.” The ultimate result is transcendence over old, stale non-working patterns, structures and relationships.

Emotions are intensified and your desires are strong, so check your motives before you act: are you in integrity seeking to contribute to the greater good – or are you operating from ego-driven, fear-based or selfish desires?

Watch for obsessive thinking, which can blind you to the big picture. Examine your current choices and make decisions with consciousness from your Higher Self. This is real empowerment.

What can you release in order to create emotional balance so you step into your power?

Projection is a Scorpio domain, ruled by the unconscious. Know that behaviors that bother you in others are for you to explore within yourself.

Please don’t miss the opportunity to evolve, awaken and integrate unconscious beliefs that block your heart, often created by living in judgment of others, no matter how it’s disguised (caring, analysis, etc.).

Remember, those who are in their power have no need to dominate or control – they feel safe and secure knowing that they are operating in integrity, aligned with the greater good.

It takes courage to let go of the familiar and step into the void until the next step or way of being is revealed – and this is part of the process of transformation.

Trust in the cycles of life, knowing that whatever comes up that is uncomfortable or dark has come up to be recognized and healed, released or integrated.

Check in with yourself and examine the ways in which you give up your power and then commit to releasing behaviors and old ways of being that don’t serve you.  It is time!

As you make your New Moon Intentions, remember that Scorpio also rules hidden talents and you never know what wonderful gifts may appear!

“Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, you must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life.” ~ Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey

Creating New Moon Intentions
New Moon in Scorpio – Oct 26, ’11
12:56 pm PDT ~ 3:56 pm EDT

New Moon Intentions are a concrete way of stating what you want in your life. Because Spirit is within you and flows through you, this is the place from which you create.

Creativity is a “Divine download” and creative expression is your unique expression of channeling Spirit. You have the power to manifest your desires and you call in what you focus on, so choose your thoughts wisely!

Some intentions take time to manifest and others will show up quickly. Enjoy!

Creating Intentions

• Create your list on the day of the New Moon if possible

• Review your previous list and delete anything received

• Eliminate items that are no longer relevant

• Place your list on your altar or in a private place

• Review your list each morning or evening to keep your intentions conscious

How To Create Intentions

• List no more than ten intentions, so you don’t dilute the energy

• Start each intention with the words “I” or “I create”

• Make intentions present tense (not “I will” as in the future)

• Only write what you intend to create (you can’t create for someone else)

New Moon Abundance Check

• On the day of the New Moon write a check to yourself

• Write your name in the section labeled “Pay to order of”

• Write “Paid in Full” in the $$ section

• Write “What I allow myself to receive” in the word amount section

• Sign the check with the words “Spiritual Law”

Place the check on your altar or put it in a special place and prepare to receive!

“Intentions: I am responsible for what I see. I choose the feelings I experience. I set the goals that I achieve. And everything that seems to happen to me I ask for and receive as I have asked.”  ~ Malikka Chopra 

We also continue in the energy of Chiron (Wounded Healer/ Master Teacher), as it turns to go retrograde, providing you with the opportunity to release the trauma and dis-identify with your wounds in order to heal on a deep, deep level.Yes, it’s time to move on and release those old, non-working patterns. Your wounds (and the behaviors that arise from them) are NOT who you are! Please seek the support you need to heal that which you can’t let go of on your own.

Again, who would you be without your story – what “they” did to you or what went wrong? When you are able to separate from your false beliefs you will have achieved true liberation!

Saturn Direct – June 12th, ’11

Saturn turns to go Direct on Sunday, allowing projects that may have been stalled or revised to move forward with new upgraded structures.

Relationships (the mirror) call for greater understanding in order to create balance, connection and compromise.

Know that you call in your personal “messengers” via all the relationships  you attract into your life, so receive the info being offered! Allow everything to be useful.

This is an invitation to tap into your evolved inner authority and recommit to yourself and path on a whole, new level

Lunar Eclispe – June 15th, ’11

The Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius on Wed, June 15th asks you to release old beliefs and broaden your horizons and perspective so that you can evolve to an even higher vibration.

A Lunar Eclipse is about endings or the culmination of things, and this one sits on the North Node of Destiny.

This indicates that what you release will allow you to rise to a  higher level of consciousness and being by creating space for new ideas, beliefs and experiences to come in.

I heard an old-timer once say, “The older I get, the less I know.”  He meant that with along with age, came wisdom (another Sagittarius theme) – and part of his path was not being so rigid in his beliefs. Sage advice…

Remember, a Lunar Eclipse is a Full Moon, which is emotionally loaded all by itself – and to have an Eclipse on top of it ups the ante exponentially! Please, please, easy does it next week in particular.

Stay conscious, give yourself extra time to accomplish your tasks, stay hydrated if you’re in the heat and get lots of rest and quiet time.

If you’re an “orchid,”  you need special care so take particularly good care of yourself this week as the literal and emotional thermostat rises.

Changes will happen so be prepared to be proactive and flexible.  You can feel empowered and clear  – even if you’re in the hallway.

All is in Divine order. All is well. And you are important!

“When people ask us how long does it take for something to manifest, we say, as long as it takes you to release the resistance.” ~ Abraham

We have a New Moon/Solar Eclipse in the friendly, curious, highly active sign of Gemini on Wed, June 1st – talk about starting the month off with bang!

The New Moon is always the time for new beginnings so be prepared to take  action directed toward what you want to create more of in your life. A Solar Eclipse is like a New Moon on steroids so take advantage of this energy!

Gemini rules information, all forms of communication, networking, education, classes (as teacher or student), workshops, community, the media, contracts, email, your iPad, iPhone, your Blackberry and ground transportation.

Is there a conversation you need to have, a communication you’ve been avoiding or a class you’ve wanted to register for?  Is it time to create or update your website or is there information you need to obtain in order to make a decision?

Are you ready to sign a contract or enter into an agreement? This is a stellar day to take an action that will enable you to move forward (pun intended!).

Do you need to network for business, join a meet-up group to  expand your horizons (business or social), or are you ready for online dating? Are there songs you want to download or are you ready to pursue public speaking?

These are all Gemini activities: networking, multi-tasking, blogging, and social media (Facebook, Linked In, Twitter).

This is the Internet era and you tech-phobic people need to get with the program! Take baby steps and let people  help you learn how to maneuver so that you can participate in the activity – this is how business is done and how we communicate now, so it’s time to get in the game!

The Eclipse Period

We have three Eclipses in the coming month:

June 1st – Solar Eclipse @ 11 degrees of Gemini

June 15th – Lunar Eclipse @ 24 degrees of Sagittarius

July 1st – Solar Eclipse @ 9 degrees of Cancer

Emotions run high around eclipses and you can expect the unexpected as well as fated events, so be prepared to be flexible. Eclipses can either clear huge obstacles or manifest potential challenges and things usually happen quickly.

If you’re confronted with an unexpected situation or event, take a moment to assess where you are and let the dust settle, if possible.

There’s a saying, “Don’t just do something, sit there!”  Use that guidance when anxiety triggers you to act prematurely or reactively, which doesn’t serve your highest good.

Please don’t judge events that happen around an Eclipse as “good” or “bad” because you don’t know what the big picture is and know that more will be revealed.

Here is general info about Eclipses so that you’ll recognize the ways they can manifest and how you can work with the energy.

* The energy lasts for about six weeks – you feel it two weeks before the 1st Eclipse (in this case, Solar) and two weeks between the Eclipses, and then two weeks after the last Eclipse (in this case again, Solar)

* Eclipses have a “Uranian” quality – expect sudden changes, unpredictable events, moments of fate and fated events

* Eclipses indicate “unnatural acts” (check the news) – and you may feel unnatural around an Eclipse

* Things may seem out of proportion during an Eclipse

* The story that opened up during the last set of eclipses is in effect until the next one (the last set was in late Dec ’10/early Jan ’11 – what was going on for you then?)

* Themes and issues will be revisited – what has been suppressed or denied in your life for the last six months?  Time to address it!

* Eclipses can bring important contacts into your life – or take people out of your life

* Solar eclipses are about beginnings (New Moons)

* Lunar eclipses are about endings or the culmination of things (Full Moons)

* People may overreact, be overly emotional, tense, and are often controlling due to feelings of powerlessness

* On the day of an eclipse you are “in the dark,” so relax into “easy does it” mode as much as possible

Changes will happen so be prepared to be proactive and flexible.  You can feel empowered and clear  – even if you’re in the hallway. (Register for my free telecall for more about that.)

All is in Divine order. All is well. And you are important!

“We decide what we want to see before we see it. We receive what we request. Projection makes perception. We can find – and in fact, will find – whatever it is we’re looking for in life. We see a brother’s innocence when that’s all we want to see.”  ~ Marianne Williamson

The Sun in Taurus is joined by Mars, providing stamina to work more diligently. It will be joined by Venus and Mercury in Taurus next week, creating even greater stability and grounding.

Venus in Mars connects you to the physical comforts of life and enhances love, affection and $$. This is a good time to make major purchases or renegotiate terms if you need to, so take advantage of this financially supportive energy.

By Monday we have a stellium (4 or more planets in one sign) in Taurus, which creates grounding and steady persistence – and from the 18th until next weekend the stellium trines Pluto, allowing for powerful energy to transform your circumstances. Yay!

Full Moon in Scorpio – May 17, ’11

4:09 am PDT ~ 7:09 am EDT

The Full Moon in Scorpio is on Tuesday, May 17th early in the morning in the U.S.  This is a sacred and profound Full Moon, known as the “Wesak Festival,” which honors the birth, awakening and death of the Buddha.

It is an optimal time for prayer and meditation as you open to messages that want to come through for you. Just so you know, Taurus is a “yin” sign of fertility, and Scorpio is the sign of transformation, so allow for whatever is within you that is ready to be birthed or reborn to come through.

With Pluto trining the stellium in Taurus, take time to focus on what you want to create and then take advantage of this phenomenal energy by taking deliberate actions! Taurus and Scorpio are both financially friendly signs with great power to manifest and transform circumstances and resources.

Commit to yourself and your creations, as you tap into the energy of these two powerful signs during this time of pre-Eclipse stability.

Yes, the Eclipse period is coming in a few weeks (June – July ’11) and dramatic changes will be taking place. Consider this the calm period before the shifts occur. Get your ducks in a row for this next leg of the journey…

All is in Divine order. All is well. And YOU are important!

“Unification creates peace and prosperity. Separation creates chaos. What a concept.” ~ Kryon, channeled by Lee Carroll

This New Moon in strong-willed Aries on April 3rd will be combustible. Six planets in Aries wanting to take off and go, with Saturn in opposition and Pluto squaring the bunch.

Authority and relationship issues feature prominently, as well as potential power struggles and control issues. Easy does it and don’t engage if communications get heated. Just let it go for now… step out and reconnect if necessary when everyone calms down.

You may be impatient to move forward but you will likely encounter obstacles or speed bumps that slow you down. If you become annoyed or frustrated as plans are delayed, practice restraint and flexibility for best results and fewer problems to rectify later.

Mercury is Retrograde  so your patterns of thinking, communicating, your learning and everything about the way you move through life are up for review during this three week period. Make good use of this opportunity to fine tune and uplevel your expression in the world.

Jupiter, planet of expansion connects with the Sun/Moon combo, urging you to jump into the next big idea or to take on MORE but be mindful, as the Great Teacher, Saturn, is opposing those three planets making you accountable for every move you make. Consciousness is key in order to avoid drama.

And, since Mercury is Retrograde, none of the new plans are going to fall into place without constant tweaking and extra work, so don’t overdo it in your enthusiasm.

The Aries New Moon is the traditional time to make your Treasure Map – or Vision Board of what you want to create this year.  If you want an activity to focus your nonlinear energy on this weekend, create your vision for the year either by making art, music, playing in nature or by journaling.

Dream big – we’re headed into 2012!

Uranus arrived in fiery Aries today, in conjunction with the earthquake/tsunami in Japan.  What an entrance!

This energy of change, innovation and the unexpected is sure to make a splash in all of our lives one way or another. As Uraunus leaves Pisces, it can bring up old emotional patterns that you were sure you’d already worked through – as if you are having some kind of regression.

No worries… old patterns may resurface for one more go-round, giving you an opportunity to recognize that you don’t react the way you used to – that you have evolved to a new way of responding that is  more honoring and empowering.

We’re almost a week away from the Spring Equinox, which is the astrological New Year and our mission is to get organized and take action before Mercury goes Retrograde at the end of the month.

This coming week, Mercury interacts with Pluto, Jupiter and Saturn, one by one, and all kinds of information will be revealed, ideas will be born, plans will be made and you will have to take responsibility for all that you encounter.

It can be expansive, productive and transforming – and you may find yourself involved in intense communications that demand explanation and accountability. So whatever you create or communicate, be conscious – and be prepared to take responsibility for your words and actions.

If you find yourself in a power struggle, don’t engage – rather, step back and give it some space. If the action speeds up and your “to do” list is more than you can handle, decide what you can release or delegate and then do it.

The guidance is to deal with “what is” in the most grounded, conscious, self-honoring way.

Here’s the scenario for the rest of this month:

March 11 – Uranus enters Aries until ’19 (blast off, watch the changes appear!)

March 13 - Mercury square Pluto (hidden truths/info revealed, confronted with new reality)

March 15 – Mercury conjunct Jupiter (big ideas, good news or grandiosity, over-doing it)

March 18 – Mercury opposition Saturn (accountability required)

March 19 - Full Moon in Pisces (the culmination of things)

March 20 – Spring Equinox, Sun in Aries (Astrological New Year, MAJOR new beginning)

March 28 - Jupiter opposition Saturn (expansion vs. security)

March 30 – Mercury Retrograde (until April 23rd)

Know that by the end of the week, we will be approaching the Full Moon in Virgo and the emotional energy will be increasing, so easy does it…

The Universe is conspiring for your highest good!

“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.”  ~ Deepak Chopra

12:46pm PT ~ 3:46pm ET

We have the last New Moon of the astrological year in mystical, intuitive Pisces. I call this “Orchid” energy – very delicate and beautiful, requiring extra special care.

The New Moon is   an opportunity to begin again, so in Pisces, tap into the Oneness of All That Is and envision your dreams.

This is the time to take action to begin any new projects you have planned, as the energy will be accelerating in the next few weeks. Do something within the next 24 hours to initiate actions for new beginnings.

With seven of ten planets in the emotional waters of Pisces, it’s important to go with the flow and allow for clearings that need to take place in preparation for the high energy arrivals that are coming as the month progresses.

By next Friday (March 11th), Uranus enters Aries and watch the changes begin! This can either be pioneering-type innovations or rebellious acts of will (in your personal life  or in the world), so move consciously.

This is fabulous energy for creating a personal breakthrough, so set your intention to release or create whatever is called for your life and take action towards that.

You need to stay as grounded and connected to your Self as possible during times of change, so as to maintain your balance. Think of surfing a wave – you have to be flexible and awake! Regular doses of solitude are nurturing in order to decompress and reconnect to your inner vitality.

Here’s the scenario for this action-packed month:

March 3 – Nodes in Sagittarius/Gemini until Sept ’12 (question old beliefs, release cynicism)

March 4 – New Moon in Pisces (emotional energy, tune into Higher Self for peace)

March 9 – Mercury conjunct Uranus (breakthroughs or radical info appears)

March 11 – Uranus enters Aries until ’19 (blast off and watch the changes appear!)

March 13 – Mercury square Pluto (hidden truths/info revealed, confronted with new reality)

March 15 – Mercury conjunct Jupiter (big ideas, good news or grandiosity, over-doing it)

March 18 – Mercury opposition Saturn (accountability required)

March 19 – Full Moon in Pisces (the culmination of things)

March 20 – Spring Equinox, Sun in Aries (Astrological New Year, MAJOR new beginning)

March 28 – Jupiter opposition Saturn (expansion vs. security)

March 30 – Mercury Retrograde (until April 23rd)

Remember to go within and connect to your Higher Self when making decisions. It’s your job to take impeccable care of yourself, knowing that you will be led to the right and perfect people, places and things when you are in alignment.

The Universe is conspiring for your highest good!

“When you want only love, you will see nothing else.” ~ A Course In Miracles

As we approach Valentine’s Day,  it’s a fabulous opportunity to focus on love – not just romantic love, but all matters of the heart.

I don’t know how you plan to celebrate Valentine’s Day, but I have an idea. Before you shower your love on others, be your own Valentine!

What does this mean? Focus on the relationship you have with your Self and take inventory of your habits for self-care and attention.

Get in alignment with yourself and fill your well – then share your light with others from that place of fullness.

Connect with Spirit, nature, music, art, children or animals to experience the wonder of unconditional love, innocence, and pure bliss.

Soften and open your heart. Be loving, be lovable, be the love you wish to see in the world.

Give people the benefit of the doubt and remember that everyone’s doing the best they can – even when it’s not so good. Generosity of spirit is an great act of love!

Seek out happy, open-hearted people to model lovingkindness for you – and bask in the energy of their Light. It is contagious! You can raise your vibration by choosing your company thoughtfully.

May you celebrate the beauty of your heart and its capacity for love, compassion and connection to others on this Valentine’s Day.

Be grateful for all those you love. I will be blessing the many extraordinary people I love who make my life rich and my heart overflow with joy!

“True love is not what you get, it’s what you give.” ~ Michael Lutin