Venus Retrograde in *LEO*

a message from Kelly M. Beard

To read more of Kelly’s insight, visit her website, www.KarmicTools.com

Cultivating Your Authentic Self & Unique Contribution

June 5, 2015 -thru- October 8, 2015

Venus Rules ~ Your Love, Money & Magnetics
Venus ~ Retrograde July 25, 2015 / Direct Sept 6, 2015
Review, Reflect & Set Conscious Intentions for Release & Reclamation

ART & BEAUTY ~ the invisible essence which links all life and transcends language or species
CULTURE ~ what humanity contributes thru thoughts, feelings, words & deeds creates a culture
VALUES ~ what you spend your resources on reveals what you value and what your priorities are

Venus & Your Magnetics ~ Venus rules everything we truly care about and how we go about creating or acquiring it. Among other things, it rules love, art and beauty, all things that can be physical but the feeling they give us when we experience them is subtle, magnetic energy that draws us in and speaks directly to the heart. The heart is the only electro-magnetic organ in our bodies and directly links us to both the inner core as well as and the outer field which surrounds & protects Earth. When Earth or its atmosphere are zapped with intense energy, we definitely feel it too because we are eternally connected. The communication of the heart is *feeling*, and post-2012, we are learning how to feel at completely new levels and in radically new ways. Venus can help you, on a personal level, understand magnetics in a whole new way which will ultimately support you in co-creating a life based on what is most vital to your life and true to your heart. We are not creating the old way we used to, now it is much more about creating an inviting space to magnetize in the heart’s true desires.

Venus & Its Dual Nature ~It rules both earthy Taurus and breezy Libra. Taurus asks, “what is it worth?” and Libra asks, “where is the balance & harmony for all involved?” You can see how we swing from literal, material value to perceived value according to an individual’s preferences and priorities. When Venus is expressing Taurus values, it is all about the physical experience of beauty, while with Libra it is all about the essence. Either way, in your chart, Venus rules what you are magnetized to and what you are repelled by, naturally.

Venus Cycles – Past/Future ~ If we track the last few Venus cycles, one way to look at it is that we got a completely new identity activated when Venus Retrograded through *ARIES* (2009-2010) which was followed by cultivating new values & priorities, based on this “new identity” which opened up access to our innate power to co-create our lives. As Venus Retrograded through *SCORPIO* (2010-2011), we got to cleanse & clear any deeply buried karmic debris blocking full expression of clean, authentic power and true self-worth. As Venus Retrograded through *GEMINI* (2012), we got to explore the infinite ways we can express ourselves at this new level of consciousness and release out-dated thinking & obsolete processes.

As Venus Retrograded through *CAPRICORN* (2013-2014), we got to put a brand new structure in place that actually helps us make better decisions and create more fundamental stability, as well as personal security, based on the new values & priorities. If we’ve anchored the fundamentals in a secure way, then this new Venus Cycle thru *LEO* (2015) will be our final exam on working with magnetics for sure, with both rewards & revelations about what we magnetize & repel, naturally. 2017 will bring us full circle back to Aries Retro & we can rebirth yet again! Venus Retrogrades every 18-months, which means that our *Values & Priorities* shift, in small ways, on a fairly regular basis, but in huge ways every 8-years. Getting a rhythm to this, internally, will help you flow with your own personal evolution with far less fear or anxiety & much moretrust in the natural order of things, which includes your own natural evolution.

Venus in LEO ~ Consider this 4+ month period (June – Oct 2015) as an introduction to your newly Emergent Self! You have been through a full cycle of evolution since the last Venus Retro thru LEO (2007). Explore a little. Review the last 8-yrs of your life. How have you grown & evolved? How have your values & priorities shifted regarding love, sex, fun, creativity & how you express who you really are? What is all that ‘worth’ to you (then & now)? What is the difference in how you expressed your Self in 2007, and how you want to express in new ways NOW (2015)? What have you learned about your Self? What have you learned about your immediate friends, family & community, and your place (and preferences) within each connection?

It’s also a good time to look at the Houses & Planets with Leo energy activated to know what specifics are coming up for you personally. But in general, we are all going to have to deal with Venus’ extended stay in Leo, which will give you a chance to review any issues around expressing your Authentic Self and making your Unique Contribution. Like I said, Venus is all about your innate magnetics ~ what you naturally magnetize & repel ~ and Leo is all about being courageous & heart-centered and sharing your Light with others, with love, joy & detachment. As you are able to anchor this renewed sense of Self, that you’ve developed over the last 8-yrs, there will be new opportunities for new friends & new experiences … but you have to be brave! Remember, when you are centered in who you are, you give others permission to also operate from their center, and everyone has a more authentic exchange, which allows the vibration to remain high or rise even higher.

Essentially, it is time to own, activate & truly embody your Inner Artist ~ that part of you that expresses naturally, from the inside-out. It’s also a time deeply supported for re-connecting with your Inner Child/Innocent Child’s Heart within, that’s the part of you capable of being alive, happy & fully present in the moment and fully engaged with life, taking it all in, and then sharing your ideas, feelings & unique gifts. It’s time to share your Self with the world, get out & play, have fun and lighten up! We must lighten our hearts most of all. On some level, the mourning period is over and we are on the back-side of the Life/Death/Life cycle, rebirthing, coming alive, waking up. We’ve died to the Old Self (last 8-years minimum) and are taking the vital pieces left to re-assemble a more Authentic Self, at a Higher Level, here & now.

Venus Retro brings the necessary review of values & priorities (Venus) where your personal self-love, self-esteem & self-worth issues (Leo) are all concerned. More than ever, we have to operate from Heart-Center, you have to care to get engaged and so you must clear away all that you do not care about, so that what you do care about has more room to grow & evolve. One of my mantras is that my personal sanctuary is where everything I love, I get to do for *FUN*! That’s my hope for this Leo infusion of energy, light & renewal. The Retro period should afford you time to *Review* your personal self-care routines, as well as your primary Love or Work relationships and prepare to be your Self more fully and let the chips fall where they may. This Venus work is going to be very personal for those with Leo/Aquarius and Taurus/Scorpio activated in their charts. Things that were important to you 8-years ago are probably not so vital now, and things that were not even on your list of priorities may have moved to the top. In this case, Leo means your core essential nature & authentic self-expression has evolved over the last 8-years and adjustments to your personal presentation & current playmates should begin to reflect the *upgrade*.

Here is the other thing to consider. 2012 was a pivotal time and it seems our consciousness was, and continues to be, expanded since then. Venus’ Retro that year in Gemini introduced us to many expanded ideas, higher-level thoughts & wildly new concepts but it was difficult to ground any one, let alone all the ones that caught our attention. Since then, we’ve spent the last cycle in Capricorn creating *containers* for many of these new ideas, concepts & communities, as well as creating more structure to our lives. NOW ~ her Leo cycle will allow you to make it beautiful, flesh it out so that it radiates YOU! If you’ve done the work, gotten more grounded & taken care of your responsibilities, then it’s time to go out, play & have fun! Theoretically, we built core strength & stronger outer boundaries so that now we are free to be ourselves, secure in our center, grounded & connected to our Hearts, so playing with others ca be easy, free, fun & liberating, rather than draining or debilitating.

Venus Retrograde ~July 25, 2015 – September 6, 2015

Review, Reflect & Set Conscious Intentions for Release & Reclamation

~ June 5 – July 25, 2015 ~ Introduction to New You & Your New Priorities
~ July 25, 2015 – Sept 6, 2015 ~ Re-View, Re-Evaluate, Re-Vision, Re-Examine
~ Sept 6 – Oct 8, 2015 ~ Integration of the New You & Your New Priorities
~ October 2015–Forward ~ Anchoring the *LEO* Energy & Initiating *NEW* Cycle

Venus Retrograde ~ Review Your Core Essential Nature, Authentic Self-Expression & Connection to Your Heart …Venus is now covering the ground which will be reviewed between July 25th (retro) and Sept 6th (direct) and anchored during Oct/Nov/Dec 2015. The whole point of any planet going Retrograde is to bring up the issues of its domain, in Venus’ case, values, priorities & resources. It brings these issues to the surface, essentially getting your attention in a way that (hopefully) will prompt you to want to explore more deeply (retrograde) before charting the course of future forward movement (direct/out of shadow) when you will have acquired more clarity and sure-footedness. Venus has an 8-year Cycle, and last did this in 2007 (Retro in Leo), so how have your values evolved over the last 8-years where being your Authentic Self & expressing what’s truly in your Heart are concerned? How would you like to evolve over the next 8-years? Venus energy focuses your attention on what you deeply value or what you give your resources to, which tells the Universe what you truly value. How did you spend your time, energy and money over the last cycle? How will/must that change going forward so that it better expresses what’s truly in your Heart?

This Venus *Retrograde* Cycle is Time to …

Reconnect with all *6* of your senses

Assess your values & priorities on all levels

Renew your self-value / self-worth / self-esteem

Balance & Integrate your Divine Feminine nature

Renew your Spirit, your Faith, and your Commitment

Assess your relationships, partnerships and collaborations

Recreate your way of living – and – of living on Earth with others

Assess how you relate to your environment, people and circumstances

Review anything buried, suppressed or neglected over the last 8-years
Use your resources more consciously so you are more effective in your efforts

Try to connect with your own internal rhythm of shifting values & priorities and definitions of love, wealth and beauty, which evolve every 18-months on smaller scales, and every 8-years, on even larger scales. Things, people, circumstances ALL come and go and come back again; what/who is important yesterday may not be today or tomorrow. Once you establish the connection to your own internal rhythm, then try to get that in sync with the larger social/collective rhythms. That’s when co-creating gets really *juicy* and you get more effective, feel more beautiful and life’s more abundant all around!

Venus in *LEO* is About …

LIGHT

Adventure Inspiration Risk & Just for Fun

Strongly Value Love, Authenticity & Freedom

Self-Creation Sourced in Your Heart & Natural

Loving Your Inner Child/Innocent Child’s Heart

Inner Glow of Self-Worth, Self-Value & Self-Love

Love Passionately, Whole-Heartedly & Generously

Play Performance Art Story-Telling Theatre Games

Courage/Being Willing to Fight for the Greater Good

Joy & Generosity of Spirit that Radiates from Within

Comfortable w. Your Unique Beauty, Gifts & Talents

Leadership that Promotes Love, Light & Truth (in Both Work & Play)

SHADOW

EGO = Edging God/Goddess Out

Denial of Past Bad Romantic Decisions

Being Argumentative/Thinking Others Owe You

Seeking Un-Earned Status, Wealth or Reputation

Exiled from Others/No Fun, Play, Joy or Relaxation

Taking Things Personally, Self-Conscious & Insecure

No Self-Discipline/Must Have Others Push/Motivate

Wounded Ego Allows Others to Determine Your Worth

Playing a Role: Looking the Part but Not Being the Part

Need for Validation Appreciation Applause from Others

False Pride: Trying to Be Perceived as Someone You Are Not

Being Overly Dramatic & Manipulative to Get Your Way

Source:
SpiritLibrary.com

Tuesday’s Magickal Philter – Philter Recipe for Courage

Philter Recipe for Courage

• One small decorative glass bottle, red if you can find it
• Base oil, approximately Vs cup (sunflower or almond oil)
• Clean dropper
• 3 drops ginger oil
• z drops basil oil or 2 fresh basil leaves
• i drop black pepper oil
• i small fresh holly leaf
• Small red jasper chip
• 6 inches thin red or black satin ribbon
• i small metal protective charm or talisman of your choosing (such as a tiny pentagram, a star, or even the Eye of Horus)
• A label and a pen (to list the ingredients and to decorate and mark the bottle)

Pour the base oil into the bottle, enough to fill it three quarters of the way full. Add the essential oils one at a time. Next, add the crystal and the holly leaf. If you used basil leaves instead of oil, add those now. Close up the bottle with the lid, place your fingers over the lid, and carefully shake up the mixture. Hold up the mixture to the sunlight, and allow the light of Tuesday’s sun to illuminate the philter within.

Wipe off the outside of the bottle. Use the label to list the ingredients and the use of this potion. Decorate the bottle by drawing protective symbols on the label or whatever ever else you think would add to the magick. Attach the label to the glass bottle and finish up by threading the metal charm onto the ribbon and then tying the red or black ribbon around the neck of the bottle.

As you finish tying on the bow, hold the bottle in your hands and concentrate on the visualization that your aura is pulsing a deep red, filled with vitality, courage and protection. See it in your mind’s eye and feel it all over your body. Now send all that energy straight into the bottle you hold in your hands. Take a deep breath, hold it for three counts, and then blow it out slowly. Now, repeat the charm below:

Basil, holly, and ginger are associated with Mars

Tap into a warrior’s energy and you will go far

Red and black are the Martian hues of power

My spell begins in this enchanted hour

This Tuesday philter will add valor galore

I am courageous and strong forever more!

Set aside the bottle, and ground and center yourself. Clean up the supplies, then go for a quick walk and firmly reconnect yourself back to the earthly plane. Make sure to store the philter in a dark, dry place and out of the reach of young children.

—Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week

Ellen Dugan

The Witches Correspondences for Tuesday, June 23rd

Day: Tuesday (Tiw’s-day)

Planet: Mars

Colors: Red and Autumn Shades

Crystals: Bloodstone, Ruby, Garnet, Flint, Rhodonite, Iron and Steel

Aroma: Basil, Ginger, Black Pepper, Mars Oil, Dragon’s blood and patchouli

Herb: Basil

The day of Mars. This day could only ever symbolize the sheer power of the god of war! The ideal spells to be cast on this day are that of force, power war and protection. Dedicated to the powers of the planet Mars, personified as Ares, Tiwaz, Tiw, and Tyr.

Magical aspects: controlled power, energy, and endurance, passion, sex, courage, aggression, and protection.

This is the proper day of the week to perform spells and rituals involving courage, physical strength, revenge, military honours, surgery, the breaking of negative spells, dynamic energy, matrimony, war, enemies, prison, hunting, politics, contests, protection, victory, and athletics

The Witches Almanac for Tuesday, June 23rd

Tuesday(Mars): Passion, sex, courage, agression, and protection.

St. John’s Eve

Waxing Moon

The Waxing Moon is the ideal time for magick to draw things toward you.

Moon phase: First Quarter

Moon Sign: Virgo

Virgo: Favors accomplishment of details and commands from higher up. Focuses on health, hygiene, and daily schedules.

Incense: Ginger

Color: Black

Tuesday Must Dos

Tuesday is the day to work any magick that falls in the category of increasing strength, courage, bravery, and passion. All of these intense emotions are linked to this day’s energies, and spells designed around these themes will have extra punch when performed on this magickal day.

So, let’s add a little passion and conviction into your life! Break out the daring red pieces of your wardrobe, and put a little pizzazz into your day. Work with Lilith, and see what she has to teach you about personal power and sexuality. Meditate onTiw/Tyr and Mars, and see what those ancient warrior gods will show you about new tactics, strategies, and claiming personal victories in your life. Practice conjuring up that astral weapon from the meditation and use it wisely for protection and for courage.

Create a philter for courage and protection or handcraft your own Witch’s jar to remove negativity from your home. See what other Witch crafts you can conjure up with Tuesday’s magick. Create some kitchen magick on this Tuesday by whipping up a spicy stew-add in a few Mars-associated ingredients such as carrots, peppers, and garlic. Empower the stew for success, and then treat yourself and your family to a good, hearty meal. Try working with a little aromatherapy and burn some spicy or coffee-scented candles to increase your energy level.

Check the sky at night, and see if you can find the reddish planet Mars up in the heavens. Not sure where to look? Check an astronomy magazine or search the Web for more information. Become a magickal warrior and move forward in your life with strength, courage, and compassion. Embrace the side of yourself that loves a good challenge and that is passionate and daring! Banish fear, and face your future with strength and conviction. Believe in yourself and in your dreams, work hard, and you will win every time.

—-Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week

Ellen Dugan

Tuesday

Ruler: Mars

Colors: Red, rose or scarlet

Power Hours: Sunrise, and the eighth, sixteenth and twenty-fourth hours following

Keywords: Business, sex, hunting, energy

A god, goddess or planet governs each day of the week. It is usually easy to spot the ruled of the day by its name. The word Tuesday, however, is not so easy, but if we look at the word in Spanish, Martes, we clearly see it connections to Mars.

On Tuesdays the hour of sunrise and every eight hours after that are also ruled by Mars, and that makes these times of the day doubly blessed. The four hours are the strongest one to do ritual in. Check your local newspaper, astrological calendar or almanac to determine your local sunrise.

Source:

Gypsy Magic

Tasha’s Day by Day Astro Planner

Mon 15th Bouncy Gemini Moon keeps us on the go. Finish old business to prepare for New Moon tomorrow.

Tue 16th Brotherly New Moon in Gemini helps us see others in a different light, emphasizing our kinship. Begin projects involving communication today

Wed 17th Kindly Cancer Moon suggests loving care of others.

Thur 18th History loving Cancer Moon inclines us toward research, family archives

Fri 19th Playful Leo Moon says take time to have fun

Sat 20th Romantic Leo Moon generates hopes for a happy love match

Sun 21st Summer Solstice (1st Day of Summer) Begins June 21st 2015 (Fact Interesting Facts about Summer / Interesting Facts about Solstices) and Fathers Day (Fact The History of Fathers Day) – Luxury loving Leo Moon begins the day, changing to Practical Virgo Moon at 1 PM. Summer Solstice as Sun enters Cancer at 12:38 EDT. Enjoy the year’s longest day doing something new and different

Mon 22nd Efficient Virgo Moon gets the day off to a good start. Jupiter trining Uranus suggests unusual opportunities may emerge.

Tue 23rd Picky Virgo Moon could help generate undue criticism. Mercury square Neptune could mean misunderstandings. Think twice before commenting

Wed 24th Indecisive Libra Moon says wait and see before acting. Mars into Cancer could make for an emphasis on real estate, home repairs

Thur 25th Beauty Loving Libra Moon suggests we visit an art museum or concert

Fri 26th Justice seeking Libra Moon gives way to passionate Scorpio Moon at 2 PM EDT; have fun with a significant other tonight

Sat 27th Organizing Scorpio Moon means good energy for rearranging and reorganizing home and/or life

Sun 28th Paul Bunyan Day (Fact The History of Paul Bunyan) and Ramadan (begins at sundown in the Middle East/Europe but starts a day later in North America, see below for details) – Possessive Scorpio Moon wants to hold on. Venus Trining Uranus may bring unusual surprises.

Mon 29th Wisdom seeking Sagittarius Moon discovers new ways to perceive as the Venus Uranus energy continues

Tue 30th Fun Loving Sagittarius Moon craves adventures, try somewhere new for lunch.

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