Your Daily Tile
August 20, 2016

Orchid
Symbol: Refinement
The Orchid tile suggests there may be rare and refined experiences coming into your life. Enjoy them!

Your Ancient Symbol Card for Today

The Owl

The powerful Owl easily makes its way through the darkest night on muted wings. Often it is only their haunting call echoing across the land that lets us know The Owl is near. Because of its amazing night vision, many cultures have attributed wisdom and the ability to uncover even the deepest secrets to the enigmatic, noble Owl. The Owl’s nocturnal prowess has lead many to see them as a messenger between the material and spirit worlds. Cultures as distinct as the African Zulus and ancient Celtics have ascribed magical powers to The Owl made them a revered companion to shaman and wizards.

As a daily card, The Owl marks a moment when wise decisions and actions must be made based upon information known to only a few, or possibly only you. It marks a time when your vision is likely to be clearer, more acute than of those around you. Spiritual revelations may be made. Secrets may be revealed that demand decisive action.

Today’s Witches Rune

Woman

Meaning: The first meaning of this rune is quite obvious: it represents women. Any woman that is important in the question, whether you know her or not, will be represented by this rune. Mother, sister, aunt, grandma, a female boss, friend, lover or even enemy… all can be symbolized by the appearance of this rune.

In a more general sense, this rune is related to traditional female abilities and characteristics, such as giving birth, nurturing, comforting and healing. When this rune appears, you can count on the sympathy of others towards you or your situation. In its most negative aspects, the Woman rune can show over-protectiveness, a patronizing attitude or co-dependency. It often strives to maintain the status quo, refusing to change even if the situation is bad.

The Woman rune is connected to nurturing – nurturing a relationship, a person or a project. Like the Moon rune, it can be related to finding a safe place to rest and heal, but while the Moon implies a solitary retreat, the Woman often shows that you need to go back to the people you trust, the people you feel safe with.

Healing is another strong aspect of this symbol, as well as teaching. You can be both the patient/student or the healer/teacher when this rune appears. This rune is also connected to creativity, but in a way that is different from the Romance rune. While the latter is about the conception of a project – the initial stages of creation – the Woman is about the birth of this project. When your creation is brought out into the world, fully manifested.

In relationship readings, this rune isn’t bad, but rather weak. While it can indicate subtle ties between people, these are usually so, so subtle that the partners can easily drift away from each other. It can show that one of the partners sees the other as someone who needs to be protected and healed, rather than an equal. Usually, the romance is a bit stagnated when this rune appears, or very close to becoming a friendship.

Get A Jump on Tomorrow….

Your Daily Horoscopes for Sunday, August 21st

by Rick Levine

Part of the Daily Insight Group

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If Today is Your Birthday: August 20

You are a hard worker, yet you also enjoy the comforts of home and family. Striking a balance between these two passions is important for your all-around happiness. You don’t turn to others for advice or help very readily, simply because you find much satisfaction doing things on your own; yet you are also highly companionable. You enjoy conversation, friendly companionship, and a peaceful environment. You try to avoid discord as much as you can, and due to your graciousness and gentle manner, you usually succeed. You are excellent at strategy. You may cling to your lifestyle and don’t make changes as readily as others. An overall feeling of stability is important to you. You are a very ardent, charming lover, and you may be drawn to partners who are emotional and a tad dramatic. Famous people born today: Robert Plant, Fred Durst, Connie Chung, James Marsters, Andrew Garfield, Amy Adams, Demi Lovato, John Noble.

Your Birthday Year Forecast:

Your birthday falls shortly after a Full Moon this year, suggesting a period ahead of communication and teaching. You may be turned to for advice more frequently, and you are very willing to offer your help. This is a strong year for publicity and any other endeavors that involve spreading the word. As well, your ability to be objective–or to see the “big picture”–can be especially pronounced and rewarding this year.

Saturn harmonizes with your Sun, starting in March 2017, indicating benefits from keeping your feet on the ground and paying attention to, and honoring, tradition as well as tried-and-true methods. Work you have done in the past begins to pay off now – not necessarily in dramatic ways, but in small, measurable ways. You may be recognized or rewarded in some way for the efforts you put forth. When you project a more responsible and credible “you”, people in authority are more inclined to appreciate you and recognize your work. This is a time in which you put your life in order in some significant manner. The key to success under this influence is adopting a realistic, practical, disciplined, and orderly approach to your life. Having a strong sense for both tradition and innovation opens doors for you. You have a real sense of tomorrow now, so it’s easier for you to take the necessary steps to make all of your “tomorrows” better.

The opportunity to grow through your love and social connections this year is especially strong. You are seeking intensity in love, and you are especially aware of the importance of healthy relating and intimacy. You could renew and deepen love commitments or social connections. Strong and stimulating–even motivating–attractions to others are likely. Secret loves or attractions may develop and existing relationships tend to rise to a higher level of insight and understanding. Romantic relationships and attractions have a fated quality to them this year. This could be a year when you fall in love, and this could be with a person, an activity, or a cause! Meeting someone who transforms your life, and more specifically your values and attitude towards love, is possible. Strong existing relationships are likely to grow and transform in rewarding ways, as you are more open than usual to intensity and passion. Your finances could also improve dramatically this year, generally due to your increased ability to strategize and cut out frivolous expenses.

Your ability to express yourself and to solve problems is enhanced. You may have opportunities to travel this year, and matters related to publishing, teaching, and writing should go especially well. You may find that you have the right information at the right time this year. You could also have big ideas and plans. Work, especially in communications, goes well. You are able to visualize in broader terms and see the “big picture” now. Your optimism can help you to attract positive circumstances into your life. You are especially enthusiastic about your ideas, and expressing yourself comes easily. Public relations and negotiations tend to run especially smoothly. This is a time for making long-range plans, seeing the big picture, and thinking about what is really important to you in the long run.

There can be significant involvement in publishing, television, or other areas where sharing ideas with large groups is a theme.

With Mars conjunct Saturn in your Solar Return chart, you are more determined and hard-working than usual. This is an excellent time to get organized and to stick with projects through to the end. When you face obstacles to your goals, which is a likely scenario this year, you are likely to just keep on pushing. Progress may be slow, but it’s steady and solid. What you accomplish now will benefit you for years to come.

You are likely to attract growth-oriented relationships into your life. Your powers of negotiation are very strong.

You may win respect and recognition for your work or craft this year. There is a good balance between learning from tradition and seeing things progressively.

Transiting Uranus harmonizes with your Sun from June 2017 forward. Your personality is sparkling during this period, which is sure to attract new circumstances and people into your life. Exciting (not jarring) changes and new interests characterize the period. It’s easier than ever to express your unique individuality, and if this involves changing careers or jobs, a new love affair, or an entirely new hobby, it’s something that takes you forward into unexplored territory. You are more willing to adapt to new circumstances, ideas, and unfamiliar situations this year. It’s a good time to join organizations and groups and to attend meetings or social events. You can find especially creative solutions to problems.

You are better able to come to a good balance in attitude this year, and many life departments can benefit. You are more patient and willing to use strategy in your financial and romantic life. You’re in an exceptionally strong position for taking advantage of new opportunities while keeping your feet on the ground. There can be recognition for your work or talents. Relationships are in focus and you are likely to find yourself in big demand.

2016 is a Number One year for you. Ruled by the Sun. This is a year of action. The seeds you plant now, you will reap later. Others might find you less sociable, as you are busier than ever and you focus on your activities and your needs. Still, you are outgoing and your initiative is stronger than ever. Advice – Stand alone, take action, start fresh, express independence.

2017 will be a Number Two year for you. Ruled by the Moon. This is a year of potential companionship. It is a quiet, gentle, and mostly harmonious year that is less active than other years. Instead, you are more responsive to the needs of others. If you are patient and open yourself up in a gentle manner, you will attract both things and people. This is an excellent year in which to build and develop for the future. Advice – be patient, be receptive, enjoy the peace, collect.

Courtesy of Cafe Astrology

Your Daily Horoscopes for Saturday, August 20th

Aries

This can be a good time for creatively combining routine and more adventurous activities, dear Aries, as well as for thinking in big terms while attending to details. Socially, there can be some difficulty getting plans to come together, however, or you may encounter some resistance to some of your ideas and desires. The Moon continues to transit your solar house of hidden things until mid-afternoon when it enters your sign, and you crave more connection with others and to the world around you. Before then, you can be quite content to keep things on the down-low.

Taurus

Your needs for attachment and for keeping things casual can often clash these days, dear Taurus, leaving you wondering about your feelings and relationships. However, you may be able to reach a creative balance today and end up satisfying both needs quite expertly. There can be some difficulties balancing your responsibilities with quality time, however. The Moon moves into your solar twelfth house mid-afternoon when you may be craving more emotional space or even a little bit of anonymity.

Gemini

Life is a little easier to manage today than it has been, dear Gemini, and you might find that you settle in quite well now. There is good and creative cooperation in your private life, and this gives you a nice feeling of ease and flow. Family and partnerships are not always in agreement these days, but today, you’re more likely to manage satisfying attention to both. Plans and ideas may not come together as readily, as you could find that everyone has a different opinion on what to do and where to go. The Moon’s move into your friendship sector by mid-afternoon draws your attention to relaxing, pressure-free activities.

Cancer

You may have been struggling with balancing your responsibilities with personal interests these days, dear Cancer, but today, you can come up with clever ways to combine the two. You may be able to turn a chore into a pleasant pursuit, or turn a hobby into a practical money maker, for example. Ideas are especially enterprising today. Money matters can be difficult to agree upon, however, and you may very well find that going about pursuing your goals independently is favored over team efforts just for now. The Moon’s move to the top of your solar chart mid-afternoon increases your ambitions and your visibility as well.

Leo

You may be able to find a nice balance between sticking with tradition and trying out new things today, dear Leo. You may be taking small, educated risks that seem to pay off, particularly on creative levels. You may not easily come to an agreement with a partner or someone close to you this morning – at least, not without a lot of back and forth. You’ll find that you move from a relatively serious approach to the world to a more hands-on, spirited attitude by mid-afternoon.

Virgo

You might find that you do a great job of both attending to personal needs and paying attention to family or loved ones today, dear Virgo. People may support your desires, help you out, or step out of the way in order to let you pursue your heart’s desire. This can be a good day for cooperating with others towards a common goal. It may not be easy to get enough time to yourself or time and space to get your work or chores done this morning, however. You are especially likable today, which is particularly welcome after a couple of days of being in a spotlight you may not have wanted to be in!

Libra

You may have a difficult time coming to an agreement with a lover, friend, or child this morning, dear Libra. Ideas and plans can be at cross purposes now. However, there is very good energy for communicating about those things you normally may not know how to articulate. Conversations about the past can be encouraging, and they might even lead to the recycling of old ideas into fancy and exciting new ones. You can be very focused on handling the practical or business side of your life until mid-afternoon when your social needs come into sharper focus.

Scorpio

This is a good day for combining the positive elements of tradition and unconventionality, dear Scorpio. You can be especially resourceful and open to new approaches, yet also grounded in reality. This morning, there can be some challenge juggling responsibilities and quality time with family or down time for yourself. Not everyone is going to agree with your plans. There is a distinct move from a playful, creative approach to your day to a more practical focus from about the middle of the afternoon forward.

Sagittarius

Your enterprising nature is strong today, dear Sagittarius. You are resourceful and may come up with powerful ideas for career or far-reaching long-term plans and goals. Your ingenuity can be recognized or in demand now. This is a good time for taking the lead, guiding, and managing others. There can be some difficulty reaching agreements on more philosophical matters this morning, however, and perhaps even simpler topics such as navigation and directions. The Moon’s move to Aries mid-afternoon tends to pick up your spirits and turn your focus to more playful or relaxing pursuits.

Capricorn

You can find it rather easy to quench your thirst for more exciting or adventurous activities in your life today, dear Capricorn, while also getting in some much-needed relaxation or mental release. It’s an important time to let go of the tendency to overthink matters. The Moon’s move to your solar fourth house mid-afternoon reinforces the need for more emotional space and release from pressures, even if before that time you’re inclined to want to keep very busy and engaged. Seeing eye to eye on money, sharing, and ownership matters may not come as easily today. In fact, there can be a lot of back and forth before you’re ready to come to an agreement. However, it can be a good exercise in understanding.

Aquarius

Relationships can thrive today with a healthy balance between attachment and freedom, dear Aquarius. This balance is often quite tricky these days, but at least for now, you are getting the formula right, so take advantage! There can be some difficulty agreeing on what to do together or challenges making solid plans, however. You have a tendency to want to stay rooted and might even be on the inflexible side for a good portion of the day, but curiosity about the world around you picks up, and by mid-afternoon, you’re ready to diversify.

Pisces

This can be a strong day for working with someone towards a common goal, dear Pisces. You may not be entirely certain whether you want to go about pursuing your goals independently and making executive decisions today, or if you would prefer to share decisions and have some company. However, you may very well come up with creative ways to do both. You may come to a very enterprising and bright idea with a partner or through brainstorming. The Moon moves out of your sign by mid-afternoon and some of the urgency you may have been feeling to feed your emotional needs begins to subside.

The Balance of the Signs & the Elements for Saturday, August 20th

LEO STRONG
Self-confident, generous, warm-hearted, powerful leader, dramatic. Can be overly proud, vain, extravagant, arrogant.
VIRGO STRONG
Meticulous, discriminating, pure, practical, health conscious, hard working. Can be hyper-critical, petty and perfectionistic.
SAGITTARIUS STRONG
Inspiring, broad vision, enthusiastic, goal seeking, truthful, adventurous. Can be reckless, unrestrained, tactless.
PISCES STRONG
Compassionate, sensitive, self-sacrificing, gentle, intuitive. Can be escapist, impractical, hyper- sensitive, gullible.

BALANCE OF ELEMENTS

FIRE STRONG
Fire is enthusiastic, dynamic, and spontaneous, but lacks reflection. We are more courageous and adventurous now, with a tendency to act before thinking. There is little concern about what happened in the past. We are competitive and possibly impatient or bored easily.
AIR WEAK
We may have a difficult time being objective or detached. We may not be especially communicative.

BALANCE OF MODES

CARDINAL WEAK
This is not a time that we tend to naturally initiate actions. We may be stronger at following up than starting anew. Survival mechanisms may be weaker now.
MUTABLE STRONG
We are flexible, adaptable, willing, open to change, and possibly flighty or nervous.

Astrology of Today – August 20, 2016

• The Moon is in Pisces until 3:18 PM.
• The Moon is void from 8:20 AM to 3:18 PM.
• The Moon is in Aries from 3:18 PM forward.
• The Moon is waning and in its Full Moon phase.
• A Full Moon occurred on the 18th, and a Last Quarter Moon will occur on August 24th.
• Mars is direct and in its post-retrograde shadow until August 22nd.
• Mercury is in its pre-retrograde shadow (Mercury will be retrograde from August 30-September 22).

This Year of Time Asks To Get Down To The Business

a message from Gillian MacBeth-Louthan

To view more of Gillian’s insight, please visit her website, The Quantum Awakening

In the expansion of time, there is a contraction of time. In moving forward there is a simultaneous moving backward. At this particular time portal of 2016 getting to the destination of the future can only be accessed through doorways from the past.  All time runs hand in hand.  Moving forward is the same as moving backward, and moving backward is the same as moving forward.

In the time of the September eclipses, there will be a sequence of geometric encodings that etch themselves across the sky exchanging a common denominator with Earth. This is galactic movement and time moves in an unsure direction for each of us.  Sometimes backward movement is needed in order to re-calibrate the future.

As with the faux eclipse of August 18, theses energies will run hand in hand, parallel like an I Ching coin throw. At the time of the September eclipses, you will gain momentum in a shaded `time area. This time shade that you enter will keep you safe as the cogs of time are momentarily oiled. Time is pliable, moldable, stretchable, and contract-able.  Each person creates Time according to their personal wants and needs. You sculpt time it in accordance with your energetic requirements.

You are now becoming Masters of Time.  The energy your world is created upon is holographic of nature, which means it is imaginary and can be manipulated.  Your imagination and thoughts can sculpt the outcome of your life.  Each of you is working with a different grade of rock and sculpting tool. As these Time doors are momentarily stopped previously sealed secrets of earth will be revealed, and uncovered.

Times has shifted and quickens its pace.  Longitudes and latitudes dance to a new beat. Leylines and time markers are off line, sacred geometries are reset. An actual cog in time will be  been felt as the worlds awaken.

We still biologically walk to the beat of the old drum but the band plays on, in a different octave of time. Our perceptions are enhanced and we see in and out of time but are still not sure where to place each thought. Seeing between the worlds is not a place for those weak of purpose. One must hold tightly to the tight wire as time doors are opened and possibilities present themselves in a new array of colors. The unexpected is to be expected on a daily basis. People do there best to hide what ails them but actions are louder than any words.

This year of time asks one to get down to the business of picking up the shattered glass and like Alice, going into all fractures of self.  The Mayans were the first to use mirrors as a portal of transport to places that could not be seen with the naked eye. The place of mirrors comes to reflect what needs to be seen as one crosses the timelines of the multi-verse and unties the string theory.

That which has been emptied now becomes full. Freeing itself from definition there is nothing to do there is nothing to let go of, you are simply free to explore all that you are. A shift of realm awakens from a long sleep to escort you into the nexus cornerstone where time and space meet and embrace you. All limitations are transformed in this expanded version of reality.