Get through Venus Retrograde

Gahl Sasson, the Cosmic Navigator, regularly shares valuable information through his newsletters and website about astrology, kabbalah and tarot. I love how he is able to pull together these three areas and tie them together. 

He recently shared a post about Retrograde in Venus, which happens December 21 - January 31st (as he writes, 40 days and 40 nights). We view retrogrades as negative periods where we can't get anything done, technology and communication breaks down (Mercury Retrograde - I'm looking at YOU), and things generally just don't go well. But if you think of retrogrades as a time to re-evaluate and make changes in your life, retrogrades can be invaluable periods of reflection.

Here are some great guidelines from Gahl about what you should do and avoid during Venus Retrograde (read the full article at http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=29caaeae0d13471b1035629c9&id=78876eb9d7)

What to do? 

• Great time to sell things (there are many who don't believe in astrology, let them buy it from you).
• Redefine and renegotiate partnership agreements. 
• File divorce. 
• Change lawyers. 
• Buy second-hand objects, go on a garage-sale hunt or on craigslist, antiques shop, flea markets.  
• Great time to refinance.
• Redesign your office, house, bedroom. 
• Redefine and reevaluate what and who you value. Who do you need around? Who you do not? 
• Reconnect to people in the past. Ask forgiveness and forgive. Time for peace and reconciliation. 
• Create budgets, financial plans. 

What not to do? 

• However tempting, try to avoid starting a new partnership or a new relationship. Not the most auspicious time to sign a partnership agreement.
• Refrain from buying luxurious items.  
• Avoid temptations (Capricorn's tarot card is the Devil). You will be seduced by chocolate cakes, extramarital affairs, shopping therapy and the like. Like Jesus who said "no!" to the Devil in his 40 days in the desert, so will you have to say "no!" to desserts for the same amount of time. 
• Plastic surgeries. Nose jobs, botox and other mischief.  
• Organizing big parties, cocktail parties, fashion shows and events. 
• Buy a car or a house or anything too expensive. 
• Get engaged. 
• Planting.
• Buy art, unless it is from Banksy for 60$ in Central Park, NY. 
• Make investments. 

Final words:

There is no good or bad, above or below, true or false. What I am trying to say is that Venus retrograde should not be feared but welcomed. It can help unbind negativity in relationships, it can undo artistic or creative blocks. It can unclog stagnated relationships and help us push forward what was going backward for a while. So be nice to each other and yourself during this period and you will be surprised with the gifts that you will receive.

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The Star of Your Own Show by Angel Lopez

I feel so fortunate to open Facebook each day and read inspiring messages from friends like Angel Lopez! 

His blog "Astrology Realness" is just that! It is a place where he shares his hopes, dreams, fears, challenges and relates them back to what is going on astrologically at that period of time. His courage to share his personal journey with everyone was one of the reasons I started this blog. I find his posts so insightful that I wanted to share information that I find so helpful as I navigate this thing called life.

This post is about how it is time for action. The fire sign Aries has arrived, Spring has sprung, and it is time for new beginnings and change. This relates to me on so many levels - like my finally sitting down and starting a blog that I have been talking about for at least 6 months!

For Angel's thoughts on each individual sun sign visit the site at http://astrologyrealness.com/2013/04/10/its-time-to-be-the-star-of-your-own-show/

To learn more about Angel or to schedule a personal reading, visit his website at http://astrologyrealness.com/about/

And be sure to like his Astrology Realness Facebook Page for updates!

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It’s Time To Be the Star of Your Own Show

10APR

Are you ready for the spotlight of your soulful awakening?

Like most of you, I am looking for a new beginning.  But what I have realized is that it’s not going to come in the form of a new job, a move, or a lottery ticket.  It is going to come from the inside out, so I must start by shifting how I think and feel about myself.  You see, I have been clinging on to pieces of outdated fiction that have structured my internal story, and I am finally able to see them for just that – stories.  Simply remnants from the young me that are unwilling to be left behind.  Old mentalities.  Wicked fears.  Childhood regrets and insecurities.  I have known of their existence for some time now, but my mind just could not detach.  They created a sense of safety, as they had been all I knew.  So even when I told myself it was time to let them go, it was just the old me creating a moment of self sabotage.  I knew I wouldn’t really be strong enough to detach.  Until now.

Given all the intense astrological business that’s been going on these last few months, I have crafted some new habits for myself.  They are allowing me to get some distance from the outdated thinking that was holding on for dear life.  Sure, there’s always a chance I’ll slip and end up eating a whole chocolate cake to myself, metaphorically speaking.  (Mine would be a carrot cake.)  But I have to believe that a new beginning is possible, one that I can cease and own.  I have to believe in myself.  For only from honest self-belief can one be inspired to birth his or her greatness.

Spring is here and the planets want us to move into action in a big way

The Aries new moon is here to illuminate the essence of our truest potential so that we can bring a soul-felt new beginning into existence for ourselves.  These last couple of months have been a lot of “who am I?” and “What do I need right now?” moments.  Lots of starts that have gotten us closer to our dreams, but then some stops too, which has made it all rather frustrating at times.  What we must realize is that there were some much-needed tweaks to our internal selves that needed to occur before we could manifest our goals.  Now hopefully you have been doing the internal work to get you more in touch with those necessary shifts you must make.  If not, stop reading and get to work.  Or just make this new moon all about initiating a more honest relationship with you.

A new cycle is upon us.  Spring is here and the planets want us to move into action in a big way.  No more daydreaming.  As some would say, it’s time to shit or get off the pot.  Either we are taking responsibility for the soul transformation into our new unique selves that wants to occur, or we are running away, perhaps never to be heard from again.  And you wouldn’t do that, right?

Let this Aries new moon be your opening number

I hear a lot of you feeling this shift – this urge to break out of old patterns (relationships, careers, ways of being) and really bring the real you to light.  Well now is “make it or break it” time.  And I want to see you succeed.  Think of it as if you have been working behind the scenes on the play of your life this whole time, and now it’s time to take center stage.  Are you ready for the spotlight of your soulful awakening?  Is it time to get out there and give it all you got?  Let this Aries new moon be your opening number.