You are a popular, interesting, and sociable person who truly loves people, but who also values down time and privacy. You are congenial but nobody can push you to do anything! You work on your own instincts, and you have to feel something from inside before you decide what to do next. You enjoy traveling and learning, and you intuitively know that there are so many things to discover and learn in life than what meets the eye. You have a distinct and particular sense of style. Famous people born today: Charles Dickens, Chris Rock, Ashton Kutcher, Earl King, Garth Brooks, Laura Wilder.
Your Birthday Year Forecast:
Your birthday occurs around a Third Quarter Moon this year, and you are reaching an important turning point in terms of personal growth. You may be more emotional this year, and should watch for unnecessary conflicts and making hasty decisions as a result. Otherwise, this is a year of greater understanding and a strong desire to take care of business. This should be a busy, dynamic period in your life.
Especially good energy is with you for debate or energetic mental work. You benefit from an active and clear mind this year. This can be a good year to eliminate wasteful activities. You may be involved in frequent lectures, debates, and discussions during the year. You can convey your ideas more powerfully than usual. You are quick to take the initiative and to put your thoughts into action. Adventuresome travel may be part of the picture. You may be more actively involved with young people.
You are willing to put in the effort for a mental interest or project, and you can feel pleasantly dedicated to your work or ideas. You are more able to focus on what you’re doing and communicating and are more inclined to notice and consider details.
This is a time when you feel confident and supported enough to pursue your desires. It’s a good period for making yourself feel more secure and safe, as well as for family or domestic activities. This is also a period when you more readily support or defend others.
You are seeking out equal, fair, and balanced relationships. There can be a stronger inclination towards togetherness and sharing, creating harmony, and sharing power now. You may gain an advantage in business or finances or by promoting harmony and beauty.
You’re in a particularly good position for social meetings and events this year. You’re inclined to happily embrace all that is new, unusual, and out-of-the-ordinary with regards to romantic involvements as well as financial undertakings. This could be a good year for financial undertakings involving electronics, technology, the internet, metaphysics, and the arts, as well as group activities. You have a taste for the offbeat this year, and this energy can bring sudden or unexpected romance into your life, perhaps a scenario that feels like love at first sight.
You have a stronger ability to direct your energies into meaningful activities. In some ways, you can be quite self-contained as you pursue passion projects.
The Sun conjuncts the South Node in your Solar Return chart, indicating that you are likely to be dealing with karma in your personal relationships. You may be feeling hesitant about pursuing your goals or “taking” what you want from life at times. Relationships always mirror our own inner conflicts, but this year, you are bound to find particular meaning in your relationship dynamics in terms of your own life path.
This is an excellent period for enterprising endeavors and new interests. You’re drawn instinctively to certain projects that have long-term value. It can be an especially creative, tuned-in year for self-expression, not only verbally but through hobbies, games, or sports. Even so, you’re especially charming and diplomatic, investing much in your relationships.
2018 is 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 generally not as 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 what–and who–you want into your life now. This is an excellent year in which to build and develop for the future. Advice – be patient, be receptive, enjoy the peace, collect, develop, build, and attract.
2019 will be a Number Three year for you. Ruled by Jupiter. This is a year of sociability. It is a friendly time when you find it natural and easy to enjoy life and other people. The focus is on personal freedom, reaching out to others, making new friends, and exploration. You are more enthusiastic and ready for adventure than you are in other years. It’s likely to be a rather lighthearted year when opportunities for “play” time are greater than usual. It’s also a favorable year for expressing your creativity. Advice – reach out and connect but avoid scattering your energies.
ARIES (March 21st-April 20th)
Change your words and you’ll change your feelings. You have been going the wrong way about getting answers from those around you. Keeping manners to the fore today really can work a miracle.
TAURUS (April 21st-May 21st)
Don’t push matters which you know could be better left to time to solve. Knowing how others may react will be half the battle today. Your ruing planet the Moon makes you nostalgic and may see you planning to see people or places you’ve missed.
GEMINI (May 22nd-June 21st)
What you plant now, you will harvest later. You may feel as if you are getting nowhere but you are wrong. The home is highlighted and you start to realise what needs to be done to bring peace in your abode.
CANCER (June 22nd-July 23rd)
Mix ups of communication may have made it hard for you to feel you can talk to certain people around you. The sooner you make the effort to make things feel and appear normal, the happier life will be.
LEO (July 24th-August 23rd)
It is never too late to set new goal or dream. Take no notice of those who are setting limitations for you and make your own rules. Media links can bring luck to both your career and your personal life.
VIRGO (August 24th-September 23rd)
Your stars tell me that you are using excuses to stop you from doing something which would actually make you very happy. A lack of energy has stopped you from doing much this year. Re work your schedule to make it one that works for you.
LIBRA (September 24th-October 23rd)
Give that little bit extra to your close ones today and you will soon see that it opens up a whole new chapter of communication for you both. Forms you sign at this time begin one of your most fulfilling chapters yet.
SCORPIO (October 24th-November 22nd)
You need some time dedicated to getting ready for what’s ahead. You have big decisions to make, but speak from the heart then I know you will make all the right choices my friend.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd-December 21st)
Others want to get you involved in their battles but you’re looking for a quieter option today, aren’t you my friend? Stand up to bullies today and don’t be dragged into dramas others are enjoying making.
CAPRICORN (December 22nd-January 20th)
Your loyalty seems to be divided and you don’t know who you want to choose. By not choosing you will see who is really on your side. Those who really care won’t try and force you into a corner my friend.
AQUARIUS (January 21st-February 19th)
You start to think outside the box as to what your options are in life. Last year you found it impossible to dream big due to the influence of negative faces. That is no longer the case though is it? Watch out world.
PISCES (February 20th-March 20th)
I know you’re not happy with a close one, but at least give them a chance to explain before you embark on any needless angry confrontations. You’ll soon learn that you have more reason to thank them than to shout at them.
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The Karmic Tools Weekly Forecast covers the current planetary transits which affect people in different ways and to various degrees of intensity. Take notice when it is a Personal planet (Sun / Moon / Mercury / Venus / Mars) interacting with a Social (Jupiter/Saturn) or Collective planet (Uranus / Neptune/Pluto). And pay extremely close attention when it is a Social planet interacting with a Collective planet because that means something *big* is brewing that will move large groups of people along their evolutionary paths. Tuning in to the energy and rhythm of the planets can serve as a useful *guide* as you move along your Individual Path. It also helps to understand your place within the context of the larger Social & Collective Story. Below, you will find out how these energies tend to manifest, as well as guidance and direction.
*NOTE* There are some days when there are NO CONTACTS (besides the Moon), please note that there are no missing entries, we just list the actual Activations of each week + the day they happen.
This energy is a happy-go-lucky kind of energy that doesn’t really want to be bothered with the mundane, however, you must not allow that passing energy to get you so off track that it costs you more than it is worth. If you don’t have any pressing obligations, then this will be a fun, relaxing time, possibly with friends having some fun. However, if you have work to do, make sure it gets done first so you can truly enjoy yourself without the worry of the pile being bigger when you return. Watch the excesses as well, food, drink and/or spending. On a deeper level, you may have to make some adjustments in your relationships or finances. Jupiter always reveals the excess or where we make things ‘bigger’ (consciously or not). This activation usually helps us realign our true priorities with our grandest vision for the future.
This energy, thanks to Uranus, activates a certain spark of electricity in the air. New relationships will have an unusual aspect to them and old ones can break-to-realign in a positive, even fun way with this energy. No monotonous routine, humdrum people or boring collaborations with this one. Use it to access your unique genius and the deep well of creativity and then share if you can, with other like-hearted Souls. Take advantage of this energy to tap into areas you may not have realized were available to you before. Keep it light and upbeat; socialize and enjoy the experience of different people or new activities. Keep in mind, however, any relationships begun this week may not be based on qualities needed for long-term survival. It is more a time to enjoy the people and experiences that pass through at this time and accept this gift!
This is a powerful energy and with that comes the necessity of discernment – it provokes you to get lots of things accomplished and that’s a good thing, however, beware of taking on more than you can actually handle. Having said that now, if you need that little “push” to get some things done, this is just the energy for you. It carries with it the optimism necessary to allow you to go beyond your norm and stretch in new ways. Sometimes there can be a tendency toward self-righteousness with this energy, but try to make it “self-directed” and you will benefit greatly. Walk your talk, embody your Truth. However, if you turn it on others, demanding they believe what you believe, you may have some difficulties. Be open & receptive, have a don’t-know mind because you never know what you may learn along the way that could really help you, now or in the future.
I have never been one to use graphics like the one above. Lady A left some of the sites open when she got up and left. I have watched her enough to know she always ends the day with a graphic or saying. I have no saying, perhaps as I get better at this I will.
We have an ice storm that has been forecast for our area. Lady Abyss is out of some of her medicine so we are leaving now to go to the Pharmacy and get them. If we have an ice storm hit, I am not being frozen in with her in her current mood. I do love her don’t get me wrong. In case you do not hear from us tomorrow, you will know that the ice has taken down the power lines and we have no internet or power. They are not predicting that much ice but I have seen how these weather people’s forecast work. They don’t. The last snow storm we were suppose to have flurries and we ended up with a foot of snow. That made me realize how much I really missed my mossy trees and gators. I grew up here but left early in my childhood, I don’t really remember the weather here. I am a very warm blooded creature.
I do hope you have enjoyed today’s posts. I know they are a little different from what you are use too but I do not know what you know or what you don’t. We have to leave you now and if the ice doesn’t pull the power lines down, we will be back tomorrow.
Select a colored candle that corresponds with the desired outcome. Cast a circle then consecrate the candle with suitable oil. While you are dressing the candle say
“Upon this candle I will write What I require of thee tonight May the runes of magick flow.
By mind and spell And flame aglow. I trust that You will grant this boon Oh Lovely Goddess of the Moon”
Now take up your blade and carve a rune or symbol that represents the goal of the spell. Place the candle on the center of the altar and light it while proclaiming;
“As my will, so mode it be!”
Now allow the candle to burn itself out with out being disturbed.
To help speed a recovery from illness, write the sick person’s name upon a white human-shaped candle of the appropriate gender. As you anoint it with three drops of myrrh or mint oil, visualize healing energy in the form of white light flowing from your hands into the candle and say: In the divine name of the Goddess Who breathes life into us all I consecrate and charge this candle As a magical tool for healing.
Place the candle on top of a photograph of the sick person and then light the wick.
As the candle burns down, concentrate upon the person in the photograph, willing him
or her to be well again, and chant the following incantation:
Magick mend and candle burn,
Sickness end; good health return
Take a black candle which has been ritually cleansed and some anointing oil which has also been ritually blessed. Do not use anything for this which has not been cleansed or blesed already.
Depending on the desired result, you should choose an oil which corresponds to this end.
At the time of the new moon, or when it first begins to wane, cast a circle or use your 9′ cord to create a sacred space.
Place the black candle (preferable a taper) on the altar with the oil.
Have no unblessed/uncleansed tools in this ritual.
Cast the circle.
Call the Goddess and her consort.
Use a burin to engrave the candle with the spell you wish to cast.
Now, anoint the candle using the oil. While you anoint the candle with the oil, speak these words out loud or silently
“Tonight no moon, tomorrow the first one.
Let this be eroded til my will be done.
Candle burn down to remove all ill.
Let this spell be cast by the power of my will.”
And once you have anointed the candle, place it in a safe place to burn down completely.
1. Chose type and color of candle appropriate for ritual.
2. Cleanse the candle of prior energies: you may use water, salt, pure soap, or baby oil (all previously blessed and consecrated.)
3. Bless and consecrate oil to be used, appropriate to ritual.
4. State and engrave (if you wish) what the candle is to represent.
5. Anoint the candle with oil and focus on desire (purpose of ritual.)
a. For ritual of achievement: anoint oil from the top of the candle to the middle in a downward motion, then from the bottom of the candle to the middle in an upward motion.
b. For ritual of banishment: anoint oil from the middle of the candle to the top in an upward motion, then middle to bottom of the candle in a downward motion.
Do this 5 nights in a row, at dusk – as the sun dies and darkness descends.
Light 2 Black candles and as they burn, speak this invocation: |
In the name of the Gods and all ye spirits, In the name of Kernunnos, and the light and the dark and the Gods of the Netherworld, Remove thy curse and sting from my heart and mine. And whosoever shall be casting a curse against me, Let he or she suffer their own curse. Let these candles be their candles, This burning be their burning, This curse be their curse. Let the pain they have caused me and mine Fall upon themselves.
There are many reasons to shield. When practicing the craft or even just exercising your psychic gifts you will come across those who will drain your energy or unintentionally send out harmful energies.
Emotions are a powerful energy. Anger and Fear are two of the most powerful emotions. That wave of negative energy projected out from a person can effect or drain you.
Sickness.. When someone is sick, they can unknowingly drain someone close to them. They don’t intend on doing so. It just happens.
Magick attack. Well, this is very rarely done. But it is also a possibility. When we shield ourselves properly, it protects us from others harming via magick.
Exercise in Shielding
When someone surrounds themselves in white light without grounding they run the mistake of doing what I call “Flaring the Aura” This is not a good thing. Not only does it use your own energies to “power” the shield around you but makes for a bright target on the astral planes for any nasties that are drawn to bright beings. If anything hits your shield you will be drained anyway in the reflection of the attack because you used your own energies to power it. In other words…. not good at all!
Do a grounding exercise that you are familiar with..
After you have completed the grounding exercise do not let go of the earth.
See yourself in a dark room.
Hold your hands out and visualize a bright ball of energy drawn up from the earth. Do not discard it if you don’t get white. Each person’s energy that they draw from the earth is different and resonates with them. Allow it to grow in your hands till it is too heavy to hold. Let it drop and grow till it is big enough to walk into.
Walk into the energy. Feel it surround you.
See it seal around you and become an unbreakable sphere around you.
Getting Rid of the Magickal Leftover from our Workings & Keeping Them Out
Warding
Warding is keeping out unwanted influences.
This is trickier than the previous two techniques because you’ll require certain powers to assist you. You would not do any of thes techniques as a beginner, anyway, so you’ll have had pleny of time to accumulate the requirements of Warding. They are certain talismans that you’ll have gathered from the wild places, like bird skulls, feathers, bones, spiders webs, the discarded bits of animals that have moved from whtever form they inhabited before the died to that form, certain stone entities and wood entities, specific shells, and symbolic amulets. All of these kinds of things will call you, and you will collect them. They will be part f your company of entities and are like familiars but are not the same, for their powers are dormant until they ar fomed as Wards.
You will also need to acquire sealing wax.
Before a Warding, prepare as you would for a Banishing. You will also need to choose whichever of your company of entities you require to create the Ward.
A Ward is an intelligent, elemental entity (and could be considered a Witch’s medicine bundle with a specific purpose). A Ward is always to come back to you ( it is to be left to do its work for a limited cycle only (one lunar month, more or less). You are to tell no one of what you are doing, as the Ward, once it is placed, is to remain undisturbed.
You are to bless and consecrate all things that make up the Ward ( you won’t need much; keep it simple), wrap it in cloth or leather, and seal the way into the package with sealing wax. The Ward will remain active until you break the seal yourself.
You will also require a small piece of meat. This will be buried on the property and the ward will remain active while the meat decomposes. It will feed the Ward.
You are to ascertain that you scent is on both the package and the meat, so rub them both with your hands before you leave them at the site.
You will create the Ward beforehand in your own home, within a cast circle. On the night of the Warding, cleanse with intent of purification and seal your orifices with consecrated water. Take your athame and a bottle of consecrated water, as well as a packet of ordinary table salt. You will also require a small hand trowel (or a stout shovel if the ground is presumed hard!).
You will go once around the property or the area casting a circle of protection. You will repeat the encircling with the consecrated water, and go around a third time sprinkling a fine circle of salt.
All is to be done with focus and intent. You are to be really clear about who you want to keep out!
You will summon the entity, that is, the accumulative of all things within the Ward, to come out into the area of protection (these entities, once released, are never small, I warn you, but they are lovely; they are your creatures!). You will then bury the Ward very well and very secretively, placing a rock over the spot if possible to dissuade any passing beastie from digging it up. You’ll bury its food close by ( ditto with another rock).
Then cut a zone into the circle with your athame allowing those in alliance with the person you are assisting to come and to, but you will seal it with a Banishing Pentagram of Earth.
Then you leave. You are to tell the person you are assisting that you have set up protections for a certain duration only, and that you will return to remove them when the allotted time is up. They are to understand this and to agree to do whatever they must, in that time sequence, to prevent further dysfunction.
At the appointed time, you are to return to the site and dig up your Ward, summoning the entity back to you. You will then return home, break the seal, and put the bits back in their usual places, where they will remain dormant (which is their current, natural state).
Getting Rid of the Magickal Leftover from our Workings
Banishing
Whether it is your place or someone else’s you are to banish, you are to understand beforehand that there are not to be any form of dispute in the place, or to fill it with resentful or bitter emotions for the cycle of one Moon after your work. More often than not, the behavior would have been empathetic with whatever entity was causing the discomfort. Things are attracted to strong blasts of emotion as much as they are attracted to psychic activity. You need to be aware of this phenomenon in association with all your magickal practices, but especially where protections and enchantments are concerned.
Your Banishing is irreversible. It matters not whether the entity is a living person or an energetic agent. Banishing is about getting rid of, but “getting rid of” requires full Reaving of a property and encirclement of its boundaries, as well as the correct placing of pentagram seals when you are warding..
Before you go near the place that the banishing is to be done, you will seal off all orifices, psychic and actual, of your own body. A man has twelve, a woman has thirteen. For both: eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, nipples, umbilicus, anus (eleven). For a man: penis (twelve). For a woman: vagina and urethra (thirteen). Secondly, you will take with you your boline, just in case you encounter the need for self-defense.
You will work the same process as reaving, but you will seal each portal of the house with a Banishing pentagram of Earth. You will keep the intent of Banishing clearly in focus at all times (words or no words).
You will work from a central point in the house to the outer most part of the property. You will conclude by encircling the entire property and laying seals on the ground at all entrances and exits.
Thank you, Ms. D*v*s, you did something I couldn’t do. Lady of the Abyss got so angry after she saw what you had took from our site, that she got up out of the wheelchair. She then hollered for me and asked me if I would bring her crutches to her. She put them under her arm, stood up and walked out the door. She asked one of the Ladies to call Lord Myst to take her down to the warehouse. She needed to pick up a few things, wonder what.
It is amazing what a witch can accomplish when madder than hell. One thing I do know, Lady Abyss is a very laid back individual until she is crossed. She has a very bad temper and once you have made an enemy of her, it is for life. Of course, I consider her enemies, my enemies. Her goals are my goals. She is right when she said her disposition and personality has changed, this is the old Lady of the Abyss. She is the one we all depended upon to fight and bring the Craft back to mainstream religion. Unfortunate circumstances had to occur for her to come back to us but she is back that is all that matters.
I can tell you from talking to her, she loves everyone of you here. There is nothing she wouldn’t do for you. She will love you, protect you, and comfort you. She is very serious when she tells you, you are her brothers & sisters. Lady A has no family of her own, they have all passed on. That is why she feels the way she does about you. And this thief that came amongst us, Lady A feels she has violated all of us.
I just wanted to tell the thief, thank you for giving Lady A an excuse to get up out of that wheel chair and walk. Now since Lady A and Lord M have gone to the warehouse to collect a few things, you are stuck with me. You lucky, gators. Do you want to do the same old same old, horoscopes, tarot, runes and all that or would you rather do some spells. Personally, I am in the mood for some spells. I have been looking and there hasn’t been any put on here in a while……..so how about some spells?
Ever since we heard about the shooting at the Marshall County High School in Kentucky, we haven’t done anything except to try to find out more information. Finally, the Law Enforcement Agencies and the Governor gave a press conference about 20 minutes ago. The shooting was much worse than what the local News station was releasing or known. There were two 15 year old students killed, one was a girl who passed at the scene. The other was a 15 year old boy who passed away at the hospital. The shooter wounded 14 others, who are now being treated for gunshot wounds. Two of those have been air-lifted out. There are 5 others being treated for non-gunshot wounds. The shooter is in custody and is going to be charged with murder and attempted murder. I believe if an animal can kill young teen-agers with no regard for their life, then he should be charged as an adult and face the death penalty.
You now know why we are not on the internet today. This is a very horrible and horrific day for everyone in this area. It is especially hard on those who lived through the Heath High School shooting twenty years ago. Most of the ladies here lived through that shooting. It brought back some very painful memories. You never imagine such a tragedy happening but to happen twice to the same community is unbearable and unthinkable.
Lady A asked you earlier to pray for us all. I repeat her request, pray for Western Kentucky at this darkest of darkest times. Remember us in your prayers today. Remember those two young people who needless lost their lives today. Remember those wounded and pray they not only make a quick recovery but with time their emotional scars heal. Pray for the families, the friends and all who suffer this day.
The Moon today is in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2018
Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 6%
Moon Age: 27.21 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,092.74 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,147,764.25 km
The continuing story of Saturn and Uranus having a special influence on us all, personally, nationally and globally, becomes more interesting every day.
Last year these two potent planets made their way through fire signs, giving rise to much of the heightened activity, over-optimism and misspent energy that we witnessed. So what happens when they are making their way through earth signs?
Saturn has just moved into business-like Capricorn. And in mid-May, Uranus, the planet of the unexpected, enters the solid and stable sign of Taurus. Just as fire signs produce energy and impetuosity, the earth signs encourage discipline, certainty and reality. We can only wait to see whether Saturn and Uranus can influence us all in a positive way, resulting in success, innovation and care and consideration for those around us.
While Saturn is in Capricorn, the sign it rules, we should be able to look forward to commonsensical shifts in terms of government, construction, industry and institutions. Meanwhile Uranus should be encouraging technological advances – especially in money management – but also innovation in terms of fashion, agriculture, music and self-care. See what happens when these moves being made by Saturn and Uranus dominate our astrological charts and the direction in which we’re heading over the coming year.
ARIES
Love
Late January’s Lunar Eclipse shines new light on relationships. However, don’t believe everything you’re told, especially in March, in case you’re being deliberately misled. From late July you’ll be the one calling the shots so that by the time Uranus reverses into your sign on 6 November you respond positively to surprises sprung on you by someone trying to impress. You’ll feel your popularity soar.
Wellness
Trying too hard to impress could bring on stress early in the year. So pace yourself properly. Summer should find you benefiting from greater self-care. From October new thinking in terms of your psychological well-being will make you feel more stable in several areas of your life. Take care, however, in late November and early December when retrograde Mercury leaves you doubting a mentor’s reliability.
Personal Breakthroughs
Rigorous Saturn occupying a potent point in your chart for the whole of 2018 will up your game at work or home. And in May cosmic shifts will set you thinking about inventive ways to manage your money. August’s Solar Eclipse will force you to reassess an intimate relationship. In November look carefully at travel or an intellectual pursuit that has appealed for some while.
TAURUS
Love
Put dark thoughts about someone close down to retrograde Mercury disrupting your peace of mind in early Spring. Study meaningful messages arriving in mid-April. And don’t let a Jupiter-Neptune link convince you all your dreams are coming true around 25 May – and again in August. Somebody may be over-promising. Pluto will help you uncover the truth during September. December finds your hopes soaring, quite justifiably.
Wellness
Over-thinking could hold you back regarding health regimes you’re tempted to try until Uranus entering your sign in mid-May makes you more daring. During Summer you won’t let inhibitions hamper inventive ways of developing mind, body and spirit. Extreme exercise or cycling could be on the cards, although by September you’ll enter a self-reflective phase. In mid-November you’ll stop questioning the value of something beneficial.
Personal Breakthroughs
Confusion in the family should be clarified by the time of the Lunar Eclipse on 31 January. Professional or financial rewards will arrive with the Solar Eclipse in mid-February. In May you’ll see how a relationship can be enhanced, provided you do your share of the work. And in late Summer you’ll solve long-ongoing problems. Jupiter in Sagittarius from November highlights property or financial deals.
GEMINI
Love
The more energy you put into romance the better, especially after late January when Mars enters Sagittarius. Good outcomes are likely before Easter and you’ll be aware of a different kind of love from early August with gentle Venus in Libra. By November you’ll regain hope in a situation which has sometimes seemed unsalvageable. Somebody’s uncharacteristic behaviour could take your breath away around 20 December.
Wellness
Optimistic Jupiter dominates the health section of your chart for most of 2018. But your mind and body cannot take care of themselves. A Jupiter-Mars link in January makes this the year for innovative means of remaining fit, strong and happy. Explore hot yoga or mindfulness in April, May and August. In September you’ll make a major investment in yourself. Encouraging news arrives around 2 December.
Personal Breakthroughs
Joint projects flourish from early January with positive ways of handling everyday work or financial matters appearing in mid-April. Rewards arrive in May with the Jupiter-Neptune link. And money-related or family negotiations will succeed due to two Solar Eclipses, one in July, the other in August. During autumn you’ll see that much of what’s good about your life stems from the support of somebody special.
CANCER
Love
Jupiter in a light-hearted sector of your chart should produce high spirits for much of the year. But avoid over-promising as the Sun confronts Saturn in March. You’ll discover a great deal about yourself and someone close under the glare of the Full Moon on 28 June. Long-awaited news warms your heart in mid-August. Save some energy for fun-filled escapades from Autumn to the end of the year.
Wellness
Start taking better care of yourself when the Solar Eclipse occurs on 15 February. And be wary of someone’s secret agenda while Mercury’s retrograde for three weeks from 23 March. A quick-fix concerning health and fitness will fall short in May or August. Avoid excess in November and around 20 December with the Sun allied to Uranus try robust pursuits such as Zumba or skateboarding.
Personal Breakthroughs
Inventive ways to capitalise on your resources will be highlighted by the Lunar Eclipse in late January. In April speak your mind about relationship issues. And a Solar Eclipse in your sign on 13 July highlights special talents going to waste. Enjoy professional or financial rewards arriving on 25 September and whatever manifests once Uranus returns to the highest point in your chart in November.
LEO
Love
Doubts about a romantic relationship will ease in mid-February. And you must make light of minor tiffs occurring in July when the Sun challenges Mars. The situation isn’t nearly as threatening as it seems. Your confidence in your closest relationship is restored in September. And someone saying all the wrong things in late Autumn will compensate for it by December when Mercury’s no longer retrograde.
Wellness
Up-tight feelings will fade once you’re used to sober Saturn occupying the fitness section of your chart for the whole of 2018. Seek creative ways to relax (try Headspace.com). Energy levels should soar when Mars changes sign in mid-March. Health supplements or inspirational fitness classes boost your morale in April and again September brought about by powerful Pluto. In November refuse to abandon a challenging regime.
Personal Breakthroughs
Revelations about your own behaviour will encourage you to treat others differently as a result of two Eclipses – one in January, the other in February. Your progress will become obvious when two further Eclipses occur during the Summer. Professional or personal misunderstandings will be ironed out around 19 August. And remember you deserve to play hard as well as work hard. Seize travel opportunities in December.
VIRGO
Love
Nothing should inhibit you in your dealings with someone special. Being flirtatious pays off in February when the Sun befriends Saturn. And in mid-April Jupiter and Pluto persuade you to be even more daring. In early Summer a long-held dream comes true. Developments in August will be even more heart-warming than anticipated. Unexpected discoveries in November and a robust heart-to-heart in mid-December boost your spirits.
Wellness
Indifference towards exercise will be highlighted in mid-February when you’re forced to change your ways. If your enthusiasm dips accept help from those offering support. And by the time of the Lunar Eclipse in July you’ll look and feel quite different. Someone’s competitive streak will mean you strive even harder to remain strong and stable, especially from September to November when Mars provides an extra push.
Personal Breakthroughs
Unfounded fears will fade by late January. Springtime should find you approaching life in a more light-hearted way, especially when Jupiter collaborates with Pluto on 14 April. Close relationships will become less intense in mid-May. In July re-assess how much support others need from you. By September communications flow freely. And in November with Uranus and Jupiter changing signs partnership or family problems are eased.
LIBRA
Love
Clarification regarding an intensely personal relationship will arrive with the Solar Eclipse in mid-February but don’t burn the midnight oil too often. Meaningful discussions arise about a romance or marriage during Spring. Someone will light up your life in late July. However a calmer phase ends when Uranus shakes things up while entering Aries in November. Around 20 December put life back into something waning.
Wellness
Discouraging words from rivals mustn’t prevent you enhancing your appearance and fitness levels during Spring. And by 25 May a Jupiter-Neptune link proves it’s worth spending money on how you look and feel. You’ll suffer from excesses in the Summer and by 19 August you should use running and Pilates – plus massage – to get back into shape. Mars helps you combat a lazy streak from mid-November.
Personal Breakthroughs
Give in and enjoy a light-hearted distraction in mid-February and you’ll never regret it. And by the time of the Solar Eclipse in July you’ll be told that you are ahead of the game by somebody influential. Financially you could do well in September when a Jupiter-Pluto alliance highlights investments or property. Expect unusual and exciting developments in terms of one powerful relationship in November.
SCORPIO
Love
Don’t be disappointed if, romance-wise, the year starts slowly. Heightened planetary activity during February and March will compensate. And you’ll adopt a liberated approach to relationships with Uranus in Taurus from mid-May to November. Neptune will spice things up even more. But don’t believe everything you’re told in early August. And refuse to have your head turned by someone or something unfamiliar before the year ends.
Wellness
Stop resisting alternative ways of keeping well and strong. Early in 2018 you’ll need to do some work on yourself. And you mustn’t let retrograde Mercury dampen your spirits in March and April. Slightly unusual interests – spinning or homeopathy – should help. A Uranus-Neptune connection impacting the well-being section of your chart will ensure that goals are achieved around 15 December with the help of someone intriguing.
Personal Breakthroughs
Misinformation about long-term goals will be clarified when a Lunar Eclipse occurs in a powerful sector of your chart in late January. By expressing your creativity in May and again in August you’ll draw a crowd. Dig deep and you’ll find whatever’s required to heal a rift with neighbours or relatives in Autumn. A windfall arriving in November when Jupiter enters Sagittarius could be a life-changer.
SAGITTARIUS
Love
Disruption within a relationship should cease around mid-January. But retrograde Mercury might shake things up again during the first half of April. You must take some surprising news in your stride around mid-summer. In November Uranus reversing into a romantic section of your chart reminds you why one particular person or situation excites you so much. In December a fantasy becomes a reality – or does it?
Wellness
Shake off the winter gloom with a detox diet and gentle exercise. By late March the positive outcomes will be indisputable. Between May and November, Uranus will help you decide to seek support from a personal trainer or some form of counselling in order to address an issue that’s bothered you for a while. Aim for a sense of achievement by the end of the year.
Personal Breakthroughs
Follow your instincts regarding money-making schemes early in the year and a Jupiter-Pluto link will enhance your profits. You should be proud of a joint project bringing out the best in you and a partner around 13 July. A journey or get-together that’s been delayed will get under way in August. Personal triumphs in November when Jupiter enters your sign give rise to a celebration.
CAPRICORN
Love
If love and romance go through dull patches early in 2018 Uranus changing signs in May will spice things up. Embrace exciting new ideas so that the Eclipse on 13 July helps you prove you’re not hide-bound by convention. Be wary of someone’s sudden change of attitude later in Summer. And if the on-off nature of this person’s behaviour becomes too disconcerting in November, tackle it.
Wellness
You’re getting used to having your ruler, Saturn, in your sign. So anything structured or formal should appeal – say, gym memberships or a personal trainer. By late April, when Venus enters Gemini, your investment will pay off. In early September something overheard or misinterpreted mustn’t derail a commitment you intend to make. Late November finds you or somebody else assessing your physical or emotional well-being.
Personal Breakthroughs
Eclipses in January and February open your eyes to professional or money-related areas. You’ll start to reflect on home, property or family matters from mid-April and by August you’ll realise that you’ve made all the right moves. You’ll be hit with some kind of group gathering in September when Jupiter is positively aligned to Pluto. An enlightened approach to domesticity will becomes apparent in November.
AQUARIUS
Love
New light will be shone on a marriage or romance late in January. Spring and early Summer find you going through frivolous phrases, occasionally. However, by July you’ll have to face subtle questions about what’s going on. The Solar Eclipse on 11 August offers resolutions. If having to assert yourself over a complex relationship try to do so before mid-November when power-packed Mars leaves your sign.
Wellness
Let the Full Moon in early 2018 set the tone for a year that’s about how you are rather than who you are. In mid-May expect a wake-up call regarding self-care. And by July you’ll see the results of your efforts. Attend to an age-old insecurity resurfacing due to a Sun-Pluto clash in October. Around 22 December you’ll decide you’ve been doing all the right things.
Personal Breakthroughs
Early in 2018 you’ll understand what somebody’s really about. With help from a Jupiter-Pluto connection in April you’ll put a long-held fear of being seen in public to one side. And Uranus in the bricks and mortar sign of Taurus from May to November will enable you to re-think a family or property set-up. Messages from someone in authority will make you feel valued in December.
PISCES
Love
Somebody’s selfishness will make you angry. Don’t take things so personally that in February and April minor spats become major battles. Venus entering a sentimental section of your chart in May will soften your attitude. During the following weeks you’ll become more receptive to the feelings of whoever is involved. Be ready to speak from the heart around the time of early November’s New Moon.
Wellness
Two Eclipses – Lunar in January, Solar in August – energise the well-being section of your chart. This defines a period during which you should tackle lifestyle issues. Promise yourself that by the time Summer arrives you’ll be A1 fit and healthier than ever before. Ignore someone suggesting you’ve become self-obsessed when the Sun clashes with Uranus in Autumn and, again, in early December when Mercury’s playing tricks.
Personal Breakthroughs
Enjoy a sense of liberation now that Saturn’s left an influential part of your chart. You can achieve great things, personally and professionally throughout the year, turning a financial hiccup to your advantage in mid-April. Your sudden urge to travel far and wide in August will be prompted by Jupiter and Neptune, planet of dreams. November’s news encourages big spending before 2018 comes to a close.
Your Love Horoscopes For The Week beginning 14th January)
With Venus now moving on into laid-back Aquarius, we should all be welcoming new romance if single, and just feeling the joys of love if attached.
However, with Jupiter’s cautious influence in Scorpio, it will come as no surprise that any suggestions of future commitment will be met with hesitation. Just make sure you stay light-hearted and ready for positive change in the weeks to come.
ARIES
If single, it feels like there is a chapter closing, or maybe a new one beginning? If attached, maybe just a realisation that it’s time to welcome change, or evolve together rather than apart. This week, relationship wounds are dumped, but more importantly, you can free yourself from your attachment to those very injuries.
TAURUS
It’s a time when, if you don’t accept you need to rethink about the way you love, you will simply end up sabotaging your feelings. Similarly, you might deny your desire for someone, saying ‘no, of course I don’t feel that, who me?’ That ‘feeling’ is something you’ve got to now acknowledge and express.
GEMINI
Thanks to Venus moving into Aquarius, you have the charm factor, diplomatic skills and relationships are light-hearted and creative. This week your face in the mirror is more self-aware. If single, you draw intelligent characters into your life. In fact, you are natural, seductive, authoritative and balanced again.
CANCER
If you can be less worried about staying in control of a romantic situation, and more open to what may be, you will discover better communication with someone too. On offer is sexual honesty, tolerance, space and acceptance of your differences. Try it all out and see how vitalizing it can be
LEO
Now no-one likes to be emotionally blackmailed. But there does seem to be someone who’s intent on profiting from your generous heart right now. This week, you really have no choice but to break free from the chains of those who are taking advantage, and show that you have the courage to be a little selfish too.
VIRGO
It’s time to stop telling yourself you’re not good enough to be loved. Also, give up on that distorted thinking where you pick out something negative about your admirer and dwell on it to the exclusion of anything else. Welcome the positive, and you welcome true love into your world.
LIBRA
You’re either falling in love with someone new or tangled up in a love knot. Of course, you might simply obey the ‘rules’ of the love game and play safe. But can you honestly say that you will ‘obey’ anyone apart from yourself? Do whatever it is you have to do your own way, but at least honour your independence.
SCORPIO
It’s time to listen, appreciate and open your heart to what you truly want. If you are loving your partner because of their talents, then please remember that you have those gifts too. The planets simply confirm to you that it’s never too late to be as ambitious in love as you are for your future.
SAGITTARIUS
This week, you have every opportunity to achieve great personal happiness in any new venture. But remember, there will be times when you feel like you’re having to battle a lover or partner to be heard. So enjoy a little light-hearted banter and some intriguing fun.
CAPRICORN
There’s really no choice but to open up about your true values. Consider whether you feel under some obligation from others, from your partner if attached, or if single, just from your own sense of self-doubt? Knock them all, metaphorically, on the head, and get on and live.
AQUARIUS
A sudden realisation is that you’re about to embark on a course of romantic bliss. This week, you discover exactly the truth about your own feelings and someone else’s. So let love work its magic for you – it’s now or never to make a commitment to your happiness.
PISCES
Admirers or partners are probably more worried about their own self-development than about any spiritual affinity with you right now. But behind any hard-edged ego is also another lonely child who has a soul like your own. This week you can start to make romantic tracks again towards the merger of true soul-mates.
For The Singles: Your Daring Dating Horoscopes for the Week Beginning 13th January
There’s nothing wrong with fancying a something a little unusual, said with tongue in cheek. Venus’s move into Aquarius, Thursday, brings an eclectic mix to your love life, brings you to a place where all your usual rules go out the window. Good!
TAURUS (April 21st-May 21st)
You know what you’d like to see, you know how someone should approach you, but that doesn’t mean to say that’s what you get? Put aside how you think things should go and get ready from some unexpected romantic advances Taurus.
GEMINI (May 22nd-June 21st)
Even though things could move from intense to mayhem and back again, a new romance could be worth hanging onto if you’re prepared to put the effort in? It’s not going to be plain sailing Gemini, but it could all lead to a greater understanding that leads to happier shores than ever before.
CANCER (June 22nd-July 23rd)
You may not know who is sending the flowers, but in your head the attention is clearly coming from you know who, smile and wave, smile and wave. It’s not. Love has some surprises for you this week Cancer, not a bad thing at all, in fact it could be rather lovely.
LEO (July 24th-August 23rd)
As Venus moves into your relationship sky from Thursday, you might want to think about how much you flirting you do with anyone you’re only half interested in. Half interested isn’t enough Leo, Venus will demand all or nothing at all.
VIRGO (August 24th-September 23rd)
With a new Moon in your new romance sky, guess what you could be getting this week? It’s not rocket science Virgo, and given there’s some many planets waiting to support the Moon’s effort it also won’t take you long to get into orbit over someone new.
LIBRA (September 24th-October 23rd)
Sometimes you feel as if nothing is going your way, it’s all promises and nothing happens, but things are changing and even though it’s later this week those changes are for the best. At last you’re on your ruler’s to-do list, take that any way you want. And you will.
SCORPIO (October 24th-November 22nd)
With Mars moving away from Jupiter in your sign you could be calming yourself, considering if that approach from Shirley in sales is what you really want or whether Tom in packing does it for you? Don’t rush Scorpio, not for Tom, Dick or Harriet.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd-December 21st)
You can’t be the only one who has noticed someone flirting with you, surely others can see that too? Flirting? Brushing up against you in a tank-top may have been an accident Saggi? Before you go hiring the co-op hall for the reception, make sure there’s good reason.
CAPRICORN (December 22nd-January 20th)
If you’re in the mood for some come hither you could be in luck, but you’re going to have to act fast. The Moon is in your sign, new, on the 17th and that’s one day before Venus leaves you. There’s a very small window to really make an impression. Smile.
AQUARIUS (January 21st-February 19th)
Venus is in your sign from Thursday. Until then she’s reminding you of all those things that so-called partner of yours did, what he or she didn’t do and how you’ve sworn off seeing anyone else ever again. Hello Sailor. Out with the old, in with the new.
PISCES (February 20th-March 20th)
When you get to the end of the day and discover you’ve had two texts, one like and an offer of a late-night sherry from Wanderlust of Wolverhampton and realise you can’t be bothered with any of it. Park it, give yourself some you time.
ARIES (March 21st-April 20th)
Being on time even if it’s a Sunday, is imperative to you keeping the peace this weekend. Listen when younger faces speak today. There is much you can and will learnt about what’s been going on.
TAURUS (April 21st-May 21st)
You’re tired and feel that you’ve lost your direction. I also see that those you thought had your best interests at heart let you down and left you feeling unsure who you can trust.
GEMINI (May 22nd-June 21st)
Friends may let you down, but what they will be doing in the long run is proving to you how well you can manage on your own. A new flirtation reminds you of an old one, but actually couldn’t be more different.
CANCER (June 22nd-July 23rd)
If you don’t like something, then change it Cancer. If you can’t change it, then try changing your attitude. By being honest about what you want from your future you will find out who can and will travel with you to your future.
LEO (July 24th-August 23rd)
Every day in every way you are getting better and better Leo. You no longer rely on those who let you down because you know they will do so again. Bingo, the penny has dropped.
VIRGO (August 24th-September 23rd)
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent Virgo, so keep eyes forward and stop looking over your shoulder to your past. A better mood in the home awaits if you are willing to meet an older person halfway.
LIBRA (September 24th-October 23rd)
You say you want help, but then you turn your back on close ones when they offer it. Say what’s in your heart, not the half-truths which have been on your lips. New arrangements need rethinking.
SCORPIO (October 24th-November 22nd)
Do you need to tell tales on friends, or do you want to? There’s a big difference and this is a question you must ask yourself sooner rather than later. Of course, you could always put your energies into sorting out your own needs. .
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd-December 21st)
Never give up on a dream, just because of the length of time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway my friend. You learn much about your past you did not know this month and it makes you a better person.
CAPRICORN (December 22nd-January 20th)
If you think you can you will and if you think you can’t you won’t. These are words which rang true with you in the past and which will also make your present an easier path to follow.
AQUARIUS (January 21st-February 19th)
No one can drive you crazy unless you give them the keys. Don’t bite to negative comments today, but instead try to focus on the many new and positive influences who are waiting to adore you.
PISCES (February 20th-March 20th)
Although things will not go to plan, what does happen will tell you a lot about how far close one’s are willing to go for you. Playing games in love tonight is not an option worth considering.
If You Were Born Today, Sunday, January 14th
You are success-oriented and generally good with money. Your character is strong and you are especially noticeable. You are aware that you can’t please everyone, and this is something you accept. In fact, there will always be some people who are intimidated by your strong personality and one-track focus, but this doesn’t concern you as much as it might others. You are organized and somewhat conservative. Highly attractive, in love, however, you can be a little contradictory and challenging to understand! Famous people born today: Faye Dunaway, Emily Watson, LL Cool J, Andy Rooney, Jason Bateman.
Your Birthday Year Forecast:
Jupiter transits in harmony with your Sun this year, and you have a stronger than usual desire to improve, grow, and learn. This is a fortunate aspect that helps boost optimism and confidence, and you are able to attract fortunate circumstances into your life as a result. Problems are easier to resolve. Matters related to universities, higher education, organized religion, publishing, legal affairs, and foreign interests can be especially strong. It’s a strong time to further your education. You are likely to enjoy a larger perspective on matters that keeps you from getting lost in details or overly frustrated by everyday stresses.
Personal magnetism is tremendous this year. You are playfully competitive and might win a major competition, if applicable. This is a good period for creative projects and joining with others in pursuing a common goal.
You have tremendous enterprising spirit this year, attracting strong opportunities on both professional and personal levels. You are able to see the “big picture”, which helps you plan effectively. You have significantly more courage and gumption, making the year ahead a standout one in which you are ready to try new things and take on challenges.
Your ability to concentrate and focus is enhanced this year with Mercury conjunct Saturn in the Solar Return chart. This sometimes suggests a need for solitude when you work or a year in which you often retreat to work on specific tasks on your own. You might be required to travel for business purposes. It can also indicate that young people in your life are more mature or serious in their approach to life. Thinking in realistic and practical terms is your best bet, and the need for tangible results for your efforts is strong.
You have a stronger than usual desire to improve and learn this year, with opportunities emerging to match. Optimism and confidence are with you, and you are able to attract fortunate circumstances into your life as a result. Problems are easier to resolve. Your social life will likely increase and bring you in contact with helpful people. Travel opportunities are likely. Pinnacle successes can occur during this period – for example, publishing an important project, graduating, marrying, having a child, getting a promotion, and so forth. Matters related to universities, higher education, organized religion, publishing, legal affairs, and foreign interests proceed smoothly. It’s a good time to seek out advanced training or to further your education. You are likely to enjoy good humor, optimism, and a larger perspective on matters that keeps you from getting lost in details or overly frustrated by everyday stresses and strains.
Some disruptions in your friendships and attachments are possible with Venus in hard aspect to Uranus in your Solar Return. Unusual attractions (to people and things) can have you acting on a whim. You may deal with freedom versus closeness issues in your relationships. This Uranian energy may play out on other levels related to socializing, spending, and pleasure. For example, vacation plans may go awry or agreements could be broken. Impulsive spending is something to watch for.
This can be a year in which you are bolder, more assertive, and energetic. You are especially interested in setting goals and challenges for yourself this year, and taking the necessary action to meet them. You may meet or interact with others who encourage or inspire you in some way to have more confidence in yourself.
Your passions and enthusiasm run high in the period ahead, and you find it natural to channel this extra energy constructively. This is an excellent year for enterprising endeavors and new interests, but equally as potent for relationships and creativity. You’re drawn instinctively to certain projects that have long-term value. It can be an especially creative, tuned-in year for self-expression, not only verbally but through hobbies, games, or sports.
2018 is a Number Eight year for you. Ruled by Saturn. This is a year of power and accomplishment. Actively seeking to expand, taking educated risks, and moving forward are highlighted. This is a year of opportunity, particularly in the material and business world, and opportunities need to be seized. It’s generally not a year to find a new love partner, simply because the focus is on the material world and your place in the world. This is a problem-solving year in which you can expect real, tangible results. Advice – take action, plan ahead, seize opportunities.
2019 will be a Number Nine year for you. Ruled by Mars. This is a year of completion and transition. It is a time when we need to let go of things that no longer serve their purpose, and hold on to things that have a future. It is a time of cleaning out dead wood, not necessarily for new beginnings. It can be a time when a burden has been taken off your shoulders, and it can be a year of giving of yourself. Advice – let go of things that are holding you back, give of yourself and express your sympathetic, compassionate side.
ARIES (March 21st-April 20th)
To fall in love with yourself is the first key to happiness Aries. I know recent events led to you over analyzing your bad points, but you have since learnt from them and built on your positive attributes.
TAURUS (April 21st-May 21st)
Don’t lead on those you know you are not really interested in. You will only end up feeling frustrated if you do. Put your time into those you do like. You’ll soon see you’re not worlds apart but words away from a connection.
GEMINI (May 22nd-June 21st)
You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving. You see this by the actions you are willing to take for those around you today. Good news is headed your way concerning legal or professional documentation.
CANCER (June 22nd-July 23rd)
Don’t go back to something or someone which didn’t work the first-time round It would be an even worse ride the second time. Knowing what you really want can help attract the right suitors to your life.
LEO (July 24th-August 23rd)
Staying silent about what you are unhappy about is only going to lead to a build-up of stress and tension. Be honest with yourself and others. It will ensure you get the respect I know is so important to a sign such as you.
VIRGO (August 24th-September 23rd)
True friends are like diamonds, precious and rare. False friends are like the autumn leaves, found everywhere. Today you understand what it takes to be happy. This will mean major changes and a happier future than you’d dreamed!
LIBRA (September 24th-October 23rd)
I can see your patience is wearing thin over an event you thought you had control of but which you now realise is running away with you. Be strong today, be bold and above all say no when you mean no.
SCORPIO (October 24th-November 22nd)
You think you know what lies ahead in a personal matter, but you are wrong. What your future holds is some pleasant surprises. You may get to have your faith restored in human nature.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd-December 21st)
Try not to cancel arrangements you have made just because you are nervous. It would be far better for you to throw yourself into what lies ahead with your whole heart. You’ll prove to others how serious your intentions are if you do.
CAPRICORN (December 22nd-January 20th)
Baby steps are the way to walk towards your future. They will also ensure that you get to the bottom of what has been going on behind closed doors in recent days and weeks.
AQUARIUS (January 21st-February 19th)
I know you think you have messed up with some of the decisions you have made this week. However, you have learnt some valuable lessons on how not to do things, so you are richer in experience.
PISCES (February 20th-March 20th)
The most beautiful discovery true friends make, is that they can grow separately without growing apart. You don’t have to do the same things as those you love all the time. Recognize this and you will be rich in understanding.
Tarot Card of the Day
Five of Cups
The Five of this suit traditionally portrays the mess that is left after an emotional upheaval, such as a tantrum or fit of rage. Consequences run the gamut from a hangover and lost wages, to abuse and ruined relationships.
This card is also sometimes called Inheritance, suggesting the cross-generational legacy of such tragedies. Violent family patterns magnified to a much larger scale can become war.
Your Personal Love Tarot Card
The Chariot
The Chariot is the representation of Victory and the personality traits required to attain victory. The Chariot indicates self-awareness and control. Courage—the ability to overcome fear and confront the unknown head on–is a primary ingredient of any victorious campaign and is denoted by the Chariot. So too is force of will. Often success is as much the product of will power and a refusal to surrender as it is anything else. The Chariot also represents the healthy personality of someone who believes in themselves; someone who can take control of the situation and bring events to a positive end. His successes come in competition with others.
Your Daily Rune for
Kenaz
Literally: “Torch” – Esoteric ‘Ken’ or Knowledge
Key Concepts: torch as a symbol of knowledge and intellect, illumination, searching for enlightenment, shedding light on matters, quest for truth, skills and abilities, creativity, art, craftsmanship, cunning, acquisition and application of knowledge, occult female secrets, intuition, enthusiasm in teaching/learning, study, kin-fire, opportunity, playfulness
Psi: observation, clarity of thought, cognitive faculties, humility
Energy: Controlled energy, transformation (pheonix fire), teaching/learning dynamic, illumination
Mundane: art, technique, improvement of skills, school, the stars
Divinations: Artistic or technical ability, craft, transformation, offspring, new information; or disease, decay, breakup, inability, lack of creativity, ignorance, arrogance, elitism, over-conceptualization
Governs:
Illumination (torchlight) when exploring transpersonal pathways
Creative inspiration, enthusiasm for learning
Exploration of paradigms in the search for truth
Exposing the hidden to gain new knowledge, esp. through study, reflection and new information
Strengthening of abilities in all realms
Female occult secrets
The light within, the observer
Your Animal Spirit Guide for Today
Crack the Cookie
The Wisdom of Buddha
The mind is everything. What you think you become.
If you have forgotten, I am from Louisiana. What does that have to do with anything? Plenty! This damn weather sucks. I am not use to having seven inches of snow outside on my front porch. Nor am I use to having three sheets of ice on the road. This weather sucks! I am not going to say sorry for bitching because I love too. I do know some of you have it a lot rougher than we do, maybe. Our power has been out for almost two days. Lynette just had to rent a house in the opposite ends of the sticks to where we use to be located. We are the last ones they think about reconnecting or trying to get their power back on. We have lived by kerosene lamp and heaters. Cozy, not!
When the power did come back on, we turned on the News to see what was going on in the rest of the world. They were giving the local road reports and I swear you would think people knew how to drive on ice especially truck drivers. On the interstate there was five tractor trailers that had rear ended each other and caused a pile up that lasted for about 4 hours. One running right into the other, one jack-knifing and who knows what the hell the other one did. They had to take one of them to the hospital. Then down the road from here, there was cars off the road everywhere. The open fields on both side of the road blew a huge snow drift in the middle of the road. You would think people seeing a drift taller than their car wouldn’t try to go through it, wrong! There were about 8 cars off the road, then the tow trucks trying to help got stuck. The farmers finally saved the day, they came out with their tractors and pulled everyone out of the drift. They eventually closed the road down. I absolutely hate this weather. Now I remember why I moved to Louisiana.
I did not write this post for you to listen to me bitch, I know all of us are probably bitching about something today. Before the power went out we did receive good news about Lady A. As you know, we went to the doctor and he had several scans and X-rays run on Lady A’s hand. Remember the hand with the gross wire sticking out of her middle finger, yeah that hand. Man, you talking about sick looking but that is not the point here. The point is the scans and the X-rays indicated that everything was sitting back in its proper place. The doctor called to let us know that her hand will have to remain in the case for a few more weeks but he can now remove that awful wire. When he removed the wire, hopefully she can start to move the rest of her fingers better and get her mobility back in them. He has schedule the quick surgery for Monday.
That means we are getting back on the site for a day just to have to take another day off, tomorrow. Since it means Lady A is getting the wire out of her finger and hand, we figure it is worth it. To me, it means she is making good progress and actually doing what she is suppose too, for a change. The surgery to remove the wire is suppose to be brief and I know she will be glad to get rid of it. I believe she has hung it on everything and screamed every time she has. It was a necessity at the time but now it is time for it to go.
So today you see us, tomorrow you don’t. We will be at the hospital, hopefully. We have another snow coming in tomorrow. I know Lord Myst will get us there one way or another, either by car or dog sled. Or else it could snow while we were at the hospital and get snowed in there. That is an awful thought especially since the flu is raging around here. Never the mind, Lady A told me she always let you know what was going on when they/we weren’t on the net. I figured I would do the same. If we don’t get snowed in at the hospital, we will see you Tuesday (and have power).
Celebrate! You made it through an extremely tumultuous year upon your planet earth! It was a year of extreme movement upon your planet. It was a year of birthing selves and souls. It was a year when everyone and everything came uncorked and love was attempting to flow more freely than ever before.
There was movement in human hearts! No longer can you easily stuff your feelings or keep your words to yourself. There was movement in the electromagnetic field of your planet earth, causing earth changes – earthquakes, fires, floods, and more. There was movement in the spinning and gravitation field of the earth that caused a bit of a wobble as old patterns are being shaken off, making room for new and higher order to emerge.
There is movement in the sense that your soul is rising up within you wanting more than ever before to express and experience the love that you are! There was movement in the masses who left your earth either because they wanted to help in the heavens or they simply didn’t want to stick around for these exciting times. It is becoming extremely difficult to remain stagnant upon your earth. As we see it, that is good news indeed!
You may find yourself craving big change. You may find yourself suddenly content where you thought you had to change before. You may find yourself looking around at your life saying, “Who’s life is this? Where is my real life?” You may want to clean out and clear out what no longer serves – things, activities, relationships, you name it! You do not want anything inauthentic in your lives anymore. You don’t want stuff that represents the “old you.” You can no longer deny your own hearts.
As you move into 2018, ask yourself, “Who do I want to be at the end of this year?”
To help you answer that question, ask yourself, “How would I like my life to look at the end of 2018?”
Then ask, “What kind of person has that life? How do they act? How do they speak? How do they treat others? How do they treat their finances, their stuff? How do they treat themselves?”
Resolve then, to BE the person you want to BECOME, because who you are BEing now will dictate what COMES to you in the future.
If you are BEing a person who experiences an abundant reality no matter what the circumstances around you, then abundance must come!
If you are BEing a person who is grateful for love in every form it is found, then more love must come.
If you are BEing the kind of person who gives generously from your own heart, the ability to give more will come.
If you are BEing the kind of person who receives and acknowledges even the smallest kindness, more gifts will come.
If you are BEing the person who does what you love – art, music, cooking, birdwatching – even in small ways, then larger opportunities will come.
You see dear ones, if you BE the person you want to BEcome, then the reality in your outer world must COME to match your BEing!
Who do you want to be in 2018? Start adjusting your character to embody that reality. Start behaving that way now… and you will soon BE attuning your spirit to the life you truly want to Come!
Happy New Year! Happy New You!! We support all you want to BEcome!
God Bless You! We love you so very much.
— The Angels
Message From Ann
Hi Everyone,
Woo hoo! It was a wild ride this year. I spoke at two conferences, worked full time, visited my family, got shingles, learned to heal myself quickly, deepened my ability to gaze and channel energy, and perhaps most importantly, made huge strides in learning to master my thoughts.
I’m playing with new techniques to help us all quickly shift realities, and am in discussions about possibly being in a documentary within the next year or so! More on that when I know more!
I’ve scheduled two more classes in Sedona for 2018, and learned that the one in the fall will be live streamed. I was taken out of body to work with the angels in natural disasters, gave a dying friend a “sneak preview” of heaven, and did my utmost to help thousands of people with their life challenges while doing my utmost to maintain my own balance.
So who do I want to be? The angels got me thinking. I want to be a woman who loves unconditionally. I want to be a beacon of light and inspiration. I want to live in balance, be vibrantly healthy, and have time for creativity. I want to surrender so profoundly to Divine love in the gaze that I allow that love to catalyze miracles and transformations for all who wish.
How can I become more of that? I can practice loving even while running errands. I can love those who challenge me more. I can act like a person who values my heath by meal planning and making a point to keep exercising every day. I can surrender more deeply in my gaze practice each night on behalf of those who ask me to send energy. I can imagine I am already the woman I want to be.
I want to finish my website too and resume my writing... Ah now I’m sliding into what I want to do… Who would that woman be whose website is finished and who is a writer once again? How do I become that person now? I can feel it. I can remember what it feels like to write and journal more often. I can imagine myself already there.
When I have had physical challenges I ask myself, “What does it feel like to be a healthy woman?” When I get concerned about money I ask myself, “What does it feel like to be abundant?” When I am flustered with the mountain of work, I ask myself, “What would a calm, collected woman act like?” Then I make myself BE that woman, right her, right now. Sure enough, the outer reality around me begins to readjust!
Here are a few tips to help you BE the person you want to BEcome:
1. Fake it till you make it…
If you had the perfect relationship, a full bank account, and lived joyously, how would you act? Would you be more gracious, more confident? Would you try on clothes you can’t even look at now? Would you do something you’ve put off. Would you declutter your closets because you know you could get more if you miss something you gave away? Would you be gracious and loving because you feel loved? Would you walk with your head held high and speak more strongly? Be that man or woman now.
2. Seek out role models
Seek out people who have what you want already, ones you can admire. Study them. How do they act? What do they believe? What resonates with you as authentic. Learn from your role models.
3. Try out the situations you long for…
Maybe if you had the money you want you’d buy a nice house. Go look at houses. Maybe if you were loved you’d be more confident? Do what you would do if you were confident! Maybe if you were organized you’d have nice closets. Go to an organizational store or website and get ideas. Maybe if you were healthy you’d engage in activities you can’t quite now. Imagine every day that you are. You can always dance in your own mind. And when you do you send your body healthy signals that say, “Yes I can!”
I have a little mantra for next year…
No more waiting.
Start Creating.
Dreams come True in 2018!
They will… if we all chose to BE who we want to BEcome!
Love you all!
Ann
Your Astrology of the Day for Wednesday, January 10th
The Moon is in Scorpio.
The Moon is waning and in its Last Quarter phase.
The Last Quarter Moon occurred on the 8th and the New Moon will occur on January 16th.
Mercury ends its post-retrograde shadow today.
Today’s Love Horoscopes
FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN 10TH, 2018
General Horoscope
The cosmic plot veers off course today as complicated aspects open portals to other levels of reality. Romantic relationships are entangled with unexpressed assumptions and expectations. Financial pressures highlight uncomfortable dynamics that must be addressed. Although we might find ourselves entrenched in a discussion about a difficult topic, the transformational Scorpio Moon requires us to stick with it until the energy feels resolved.
Aries Horoscope MAR 21 – APR 19
You’re not sure which way to turn because there are too many variables in the equation. Perhaps you thought that everything would fall into place, but instead, those things that were already handled yesterday may need additional attention today. The good news is that you have greater freedom of movement now, which is something you like. Nevertheless, if your behavior is too drastic your friends may abandon the ship before you actually need their help. Wield your power lightly for the best results.
Taurus Horoscope APR 20 – MAY 20
You may be caught up in a net of fantastic illusions today, but they are so convincing that you can’t discern your dreams from reality. Just as you start to make progress and think you have a handle on your world, something might go awry. But it’s hard to tell whether your concern is justified now. Many people would take this uncertainty in stride, but you are not happy when your senses are unreliable. Instead of working yourself into a state of anxiety, rest assured you’ll be back in the real world tomorrow.
Gemini Horoscope MAY 21 – JUN 20
You are not ready to set aside unrealized personal goals in order to concentrate on growing responsibilities. But you’re getting tired of fighting against the inevitable, especially if others are expecting you to show up and do your fair share of the work. Fortunately, you can turn this into a win-win situation once you realize that you don’t have to shut down your fantasy world to be a success in the real world. Meeting your obligations gives you a foundation from which to grow into the person of your dreams.
Cancer Horoscope JUN 21 – JUL 22
You could be fighting an uphill battle today as you try to keep your attention on the present moment. But each time you settle into a relaxing state of mind, you drift off into the future where your dreams have already come true. Ironically, you have more potential than ever to achieve the success you imagine, but it requires you to put in a one-hundred-and-ten percent effort on whatever you’re doing now. You must decide if you will be satisfied living in your fantasies or if you want to manifest them in your real life. Anything is possible once you realize that the choice is yours.
Leo Horoscope JUL 23 – AUG 22
You might feel stuck in a routine that is limiting your true expression of happiness. Although there may be many reasons to keep you in your present situation, you’re not as trapped as you think. You have a choice to make today that will influence your future. You can resign yourself to your fate, suppress your frustration, grit your teeth and get back to work. Or, you can joyfully fulfill your commitments while imagining your perfect life and all the steps required to make it happen. You’re not restrained by your circumstances, only by your thoughts.
Virgo Horoscope AUG 23 – SEP 22
You are torn between being the practical person others think you are or shocking your friends with your wildest dreams. You long to live a life where you can show up as you are, rather than as you’re supposed to be. Nevertheless, there is a vast gulf between your inner and outer worlds now. Fortunately, your adaptable nature allows you to keep one foot in each of them. Don’t worry about bridging the gap yet; your chance to do that will come. It may take a while to see progress, but your future self will thank you for feeding your dreams with the attention they deserve.
Libra Horoscope SEP 23 – OCT 22
You may appear to be supportive as ever to those around you. You can put on a happy face and move through your day without stirring any suspicion that something is awry. Meanwhile, you are fed up with others who aren’t as nice to you as you are to them. Instead of amplifying your unexpressed annoyance or anger, honor your inner voice. Explore your desires for a more balanced life and paint mental pictures of what that might look like. Harboring your fantasies is not an escape. Instead, you are setting the stage for the next act in your play.
Scorpio Horoscope OCT 23 – NOV 21
You could be so attuned to your emotions today that they flow into your environment without having to say a word. Those close to you will probably know what you are feeling, but just in case they are in denial, you tell them in no uncertain terms. You’re not one to sugarcoat your message; for you, it’s either all or nothing. Nevertheless, speaking your piece while being kind doesn’t cost anything extra, plus it improves your chances of resolving an existing problem and getting what you want. Linda Poindexter wrote, “Never mince words, for everyone deserves the whole truth.”
Sagittarius Horoscope NOV 22 – DEC 21
Your creativity might not be obvious to anyone else today, but that’s fine with you. You’re not seeking attention now because you have important goals to focus on. Your innovative approach to tasks as mundane as finances will probably meet resistance and you don’t want to waste time defending your strategy. Your unorthodox ideas confuse others and their advice won’t be constructive. Plus, it’s better to show your work once it’s further along. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote, “Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.”
Capricorn Horoscope DEC 22 – JAN 19
The weight of the recent cosmic shift may finally be dawning on you. Your drive to make an impact on your world is not just a fleeting thought. Your desire to reexamine your goals, establish priorities and achieve success is part of the new you. But today might bring you a very short holiday that encourages you to temporarily set aside your real-world ambitions. Cut the ties to rational thought. Do something just for the fun of it. Ultimately, a brief escape now is not wasted energy. Jaime Lyn Beatty wrote, “Jobs fill your pocket, adventures fill your soul.”
Aquarius Horoscope JAN 20 – FEB 18
You are not one to be trifled with at work today. In fact, if someone gets on your case now, they might wish they never disturbed the hornet’s nest. Unfortunately, you may not possess as much self-control as you wish, especially if a sensitive button is pushed. It doesn’t matter if the offender is a friend or your boss; your emotional rant will send them packing. Thankfully, there is a comfortable halfway point if you are cognizant of your feelings. Your response doesn’t need to be an all-or-nothing one. Gandhi said, “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
Pisces Horoscope FEB 19 – MAR 20
You are at home in the cosmos today while the planets draw your attention to your all-too-familiar dream world. Fortunately, you have little problem loosening your ties to logic as you drift through the distant reaches of inner-galactic space. Your imagination is the source of your creative power, and this is a chance to recharge your batteries. Don’t stop to explain your process to others now unless you can do it in a few words. The less distracted you are from your visit to the magical realms, the more inspired you will be upon your return.
The Moon spends the day in your intimacy sector, dear Aries, and you feel the need to connect more deeply to your innermost feelings, to a person, or to a project. It’s a time of the lunar cycle for pouring concentrated energy into something relevant or meaningful to you. You’re in a particularly good position to see a project or relationship more clearly today. You’re likely to get news on a matter that pushes things forward after a long wait.
Taurus
Taurus
This can be a particularly relationship-focused day for you, Taurus, and those things that have come out of balance can be set right, as you see them more clearly. You are inclined to seek out harmony and peace now, and you’ll go to great lengths to achieve these things. This is also a time for catching up on matters related to loans, debts, and relationships, as new information comes in or blocks are released. Thinking is clear.
Gemini
Gemini
You’re inclined to want to put things into order today, dear Gemini. It’s a good time to deal with the details of your plans or the daily routines that keep your life in smooth working order! Also today, there is good energy for seeing a relationship matter more clearly. You may get word or a clear sign that things are moving forward now. Conversations can also clear the air or bring better definition to current affairs in your life.
Cancer
Cancer
This is a good time to feel confident about your plans or to have a sense that things are moving forward, dear Cancer. Decisions that were a long time coming might be made now with a clearer mind or all the right information. Delays on a matter, mainly related to work or health, may finally lift. The Moon spends the day in your fun and creativity zone, however, and this transit encourages a playful approach to the day. You’re in an excellent position to create something unique or simply to enjoy some extra leisure time. You’re likely to feel more decided than usual now.
Leo
Leo
You’re taking your duties and chores a little more seriously today, dear Leo, making it quite excellent for straightening out an area of your life that needs attention or for setting goals for health and wellness. Today’s thinking is unusually clear and realistic, and a matter related to fun, romance, or children may be clarified. Decisions feel easier to make than usual now. The Moon spends the day in your home and family sector, and this inclines you to play it safe and familiar, in a good way!
Virgo
Virgo
You’re in a good position to harmonize with someone special or to feel good about your relationship choices or situation, dear Virgo. You’re also communicating exceptionally well now, and thinking on a home or family matter is much brighter or clearer than it has been. In fact, you may finally have the information you need to make an informed decision, or an endeavor moves forward, and you no longer feel stuck in a place of limbo. This is also an excellent day for clarifying or defining your feelings about a person or project.
Libra
Libra
The Moon in your resources sector all day can have the effect of steadying you and your emotions, dear Libra. You’re in a good position to see your life in a clear, realistic way, and this is especially the case when it comes to money, resources, talents, capability, family, and home affairs. A communication block or a delay is likely to lift, and this may involve communications or transportation equipment as Mercury returns to its position in the zodiac where it turned retrograde back in early December. You may be working with more information that aids decision-making now.
Scorpio
Scorpio
The Moon entered your sign yesterday and spends the day in Scorpio today, dear Scorpio, and this can serve to excite your emotions and senses. You tend to play things by ear today, and you’re more inclined than usual to trust your intuition. Even so, there is some serious energy surrounding your projects, interests, or studies today, and this may mean you have a conversation that helps you define things or aids in decision-making. Your thinking is practical and realistic today. Finances or a business matter are likely to move forward after a delay or a period of uncertainty.
Sagittarius
Sagittarius
The Moon spends the day in your privacy sector, and you need a break from the usual, dear Sagittarius. This can be an anonymous time in some manner – you’re operating under the radar, and this is good for you at this point in the lunar cycle. Activities that refresh and heal are the most satisfying and useful right now. Even so, today is excellent for your practical affairs, especially for seeing the true value of things. Your judgment with money is particularly sound.
Capricorn
Capricorn
The Moon spends the day in your friends and wishes zone, dear Capricorn. While the day holds lighter astrological traffic than the past several days overall, you’re still in a good position to connect with others and with your own needs, desires, and wishes. This is a particularly good time for seeing yourself and your capabilities more clearly. Judgment is excellent now, and others tend to find you valuable and mature.
Aquarius
Aquarius
The Moon spends the day at the top of your solar chart, dear Aquarius, and it’s a more visible time of the lunar month for you. Even so, generally speaking, you’re in a more retiring or quiet, low-key mood as you gear up for your new birthday year. Today feels a little lighter than recent days, but you’re taking something quite seriously nevertheless. In fact, it’s an excellent time to set goals and make plans, as your vision is crystal clear.
Pisces
Pisces
The Moon spends the day in your sector of growth, spirit, and expansion, dear Pisces, and you’re in an excellent mood for gaining perspective on your life. You’re not inclined to worry too much about the details or practical side of your life just for now, and instead, you think about the bigger picture, which is helpful. Today is particularly strong for seeing matters clearly, particularly those related to long-term goals, career, and education.
You are exceptionally hard working, organized, intelligent, and efficient.Some of you can be accused of being workaholics, and sometimes this comes from a fear of being poor or needy. You are a friendly person and you carry yourself especially well so that others easily and readily respect you. People generally appreciate your straightforward approach to life, as well as your practical and sound mind. You don’t always make a lot of fuss, but your personal presence is undeniable. Famous people born today: Rod Stewart, Linda Lovelace, Pat Benatar, Ronnie Hawkins, George Foreman.
Your Birthday Year Forecast:
With the Sun and Moon in harmony in your Solar Return chart, the year ahead should be satisfying and balanced overall. You are in comfortable demand and personally popular, and you are able to achieve a decent balance between work and play; personal and professional life. For the most part, you are on top of your game this year, and positive connections with others can be made fairly easily. With the ability to handle your emotions successfully, there is less stress on both your mind and body. Your self-confidence and positive attitude will reward you!
Transiting Pluto transits in conjunction with your Sun this year, marking a period in which you are redefining your basic personality and life path. Your personal goals come up for evaluation, and you may find that you are becoming a “new” person in many ways. There may be some event that leads you to uncover a stronger “you.” Frustrations on the job or in your personal life are likely to enforce some kind of positive change. This is an extremely creative and dynamic period in your life when you should expect to make some significant changes in your life. Some struggles are more than likely as you forge a new identity and life path. Something has to change, and change it will! Your best bet is to avoid resisting change, simply because resistance tends to attract chaos.
Jupiter transits in harmony with your Sun this year, and you have a stronger than usual desire to improve, grow, and learn. This is a fortunate aspect that helps boost optimism and confidence, and you are able to attract fortunate circumstances into your life as a result. Problems are easier to resolve. Matters related to universities, higher education, organized religion, publishing, legal affairs, and foreign interests can be especially strong. It’s a strong time to further your education. You are likely to enjoy a larger perspective on matters that keeps you from getting lost in details or overly frustrated by everyday stresses.
You have tremendous enterprising spirit this year, attracting strong opportunities on both professional and personal levels. You are able to see the “big picture”, which helps you plan effectively. You have significantly more courage and gumption, making the year ahead a standout one in which you are ready to try new things and take on challenges.
You’re also quite driven to make improvements and effect positive change in the year ahead. This positively impacts many areas of your life beyond the personal, including relationships and work.
This can be a good time for updating your electronics and technology in ways that open up new avenues for communication or ease. Wonderfully creative ideas can fill your head this year.
You have a stronger than usual desire to improve and learn this year, with opportunities emerging to match. Optimism and confidence are with you, and you are able to attract fortunate circumstances into your life as a result. Problems are easier to resolve this year. Your social life will likely increase and bring you in contact with helpful people. Travel opportunities are likely. Pinnacle successes can occur during this period – for example, publishing an important project, graduating, marrying, having a child, getting a promotion, and so forth. Matters related to universities, higher education, organized religion, publishing, legal affairs, and foreign interests proceed smoothly. It’s a good time to seek out advanced training or to further your education. You are likely to enjoy good humor, optimism, and a larger perspective on matters that keeps you from getting lost in details or overly frustrated by everyday stresses and strains.
Personal magnetism is tremendous this year. You are playfully competitive and might win a major competition, if applicable. This is a good period for creative projects and joining with others in the pursuit of a common goal.
This can be a year in which you are bolder, more assertive, and energetic. You are especially interested in setting goals and challenges for yourself this year, and taking the necessary action to meet them. You may meet or interact with others who encourage or inspire you in some way to have more confidence in yourself.
Your passions and enthusiasm run high in the period ahead, and you find it natural to channel this extra energy constructively. This is an excellent year for enterprising endeavors and new interests, but equally as potent for relationships and creativity. You’re drawn instinctively to certain projects that have long-term value. It can be an especially creative, tuned-in year for self-expression, not only verbally but through hobbies, games, or sports.
2018 is a Number Four year for you. Ruled by Uranus. This is a year of work and development. It’s “nose to the grindstone” time. It’s a time to pay special attention to practical matters, and it’s not a time to be lazy or especially gregarious. Sometimes, it can be a year that feels hard, monotonous and routine, and/or lonely. Positive new relationships are often not formed in a Four personal year. However, it can be a wonderful year for building, development, and laying a solid foundation for future successes. Advice – get yourself organized, work to build your resources, keep busy.
2019 will be a Number Five year for you. Ruled by Mercury. This is a year of discovery and freedom. It’s a time when exploration and reaching out to others brings opportunities. It’s a good time to advertise, promote, and sell. Surprises are in store, and the routine is broken for the better. This is a year when exciting relationships can be formed; or, if you are already in a partnership, new life is breathed into the relationship. Advice – explore, look for adventure, keep your eyes open for opportunities, diversify, mingle.
Mercury moves to the top of your solar chart early today where it will transit until the last day of the month, dear Aries. This cycle stimulates a lot of mental energy and increased involvement with career, reputation, and goal-setting activities. You already have a lot of planetary action in this area of your solar chart, and Mercury here now can help you make a lot of sense of it all. Communications are a little more studied or guarded during this cycle, and this can be necessarily so as you’re taken more seriously than usual. Your thinking is especially goal-oriented and practical under the influence of this transit. There may be decisions to make about your life direction, major life transitions, business, or career path. There is much information to absorb, learn, and take in that will assist you in making choices and furthering your goals, and it makes sense to pay close attention, but going too far with this can lead to fretting. Also today, you’re in a good position to uncover a resource you didn’t know about or to dig deep and come up with a fabulous strategy. You may be particularly drawn to understanding a relationship, a mystery, or a subject at a deeper level with the Moon meeting Mars in your intimacy sector. This can be a continued good time for success professionally as a bit of competition can motivate you to do your best.
Taurus
Taurus
Mercury enters your solar ninth house early today, dear Taurus, and will transit this sector of your chart until the 31st. You already have a lot going on in this area, and Mercury brings a need to make sense of everything. You might frequently think about ways to enjoy a change of pace and experiences beyond the ordinary and mundane during this cycle. There is a greater hunger for learning, but not of the rote kind. You want instead to expand your knowledge. This transit stimulates your curiosity, or mental restlessness if you’re not feeding your curiosity. You’re less interested in details than you are the overall picture, which, of course, can lead to problems from time to time, but it’s also excellent as a refresher. Today, the Moon spends another day in your partnership sector, this time activating all the themes you’ve had in your life in recent days. A partner or special someone can help stir up your enthusiasm and build your confidence. Your desire to unite or pair up is stronger than usual.
Gemini
Gemini
Mercury enters your solar eighth house early today, dear Gemini, and will influence this area of your chart until the last day of January. Currently, this is a very active area of your solar chart. This transit places further emphasis on your intimate life, mysteries, psychology, investigations, long-term strategies, and an attraction to all that is taboo or hidden. You’re looking for deeper meanings or the hidden agenda now. Mercury here helps bring more objectivity and rationality to complicated and deep-rooted emotions and circumstances. Discussions can intensify quickly, yet you can detach yourself from topics enough to keep things rational, logical, and fair. You have a lot of thinking to do in the few weeks ahead, and you may very well engage in some intense talks. Today, the pace is quick but engaging. You feel strongly about getting things done, and while you should avoid rushing things, do take advantage of your motivation to resolve problems and make improvements.
Cancer
Cancer
Talking and making decisions with a close partner appeals most with Mercury now transiting your partnership sector, dear Cancer. This transit lasts until the 31st and offers up opportunities to learn much through your interactions with others. It also encourages you to look at crucial areas of your life from a different perspective, through the eyes of another. You may experience increased popularity on a mental level or in intellectual circles. This position could also mean others have a lot to say, or a lot of input, in your life at this stage. Today, there is continued daring and spontaneity in your life, primarily related to your relationships. The Moon spends another day in your creative, romantic, expressive solar fifth house, and you have a compelling desire to enjoy yourself now, with plenty of channels to do so.
Leo
Leo
Mercury enters your solar sixth house early today, dear Leo, where you already have a strong showing. During this cycle that lasts until the 31st, you are very focused on, or caught up in, the details of your everyday life. You may be dissecting problems, working on solving tricky matters, and finding solutions to practical problems. Although Mercury performs well in this sector of the chart, there can be a little too much in the way of mercurial characteristics now, and this can produce some nervous inclinations, possibly digestive problems, and a tendency to excesses, especially on mental levels (over-thinking and over-analyzing situations). However, it’s a great time for putting effort into organizing your work and workspace, and for seeking out information that helps you improve your health, habits, and daily routines. Today brings good and animated energy surrounding family or home life. There can be the desire to rearrange or reorganize your setup or living arrangements in some way.
Virgo
Virgo
Mercury enters your solar fifth house early today, dear Virgo, and will continue its transit here until January 31st. This is a busy, active area of your solar chart, and Mercury’s energies here add a stronger desire to make sense of your feelings. You may be going out on a limb with self-expression, but not so far that it’s unnatural. You may be analyzing your love life, verbalizing your affections, or pouring more mental energy into games and creative pursuits. It’s easier than usual to get others on board with your ideas and plans, not to mention getting your message across clearly without disclaimers. Today can be particularly active on mental planes. You’re more courageous and have a stronger voice now. This can also be a time of great excitement about your ideas, studies, and projects. For some, updating technology or new equipment can open up channels of communication and transportation now.
Libra
Libra
Mercury enters your solar fourth house early today, dear Libra, and will continue to influence this busy area of your chart until January 31st. This transit brings further interest to family, domestic life, support systems, your roots, and the past. Conversations and thoughts more often revolve around these things now. Activity increases in your home for many of you, and this can include work, learning or studying. Today, the Moon continues its transit of your resources sector, meeting Mars and Jupiter there, and stimulating your desire to take action on business or financial matters. Your desire to come out on top is strong and is likely to motivate you to make improvements or go after what you want. You may be moved to defend someone or something now.
Scorpio
Scorpio
Mercury enters your solar third house early today, dear Scorpio, and it will stay in this busy, active area of your chart until the 31st. This extends and ramps up a theme of a mentally busy time when you’re inclined to do a lot of connecting, calling, writing, and sharing. This can be a good time for picking up all sorts of information, although it’s not an ideal time for in-depth study. Frequent outings and short trips can figure strongly now. You have a greater need for movement and variety. There can be more fluency when writing and speaking. You’re putting out feelers and learning a lot of diverse but useful things this month. Today, you are eager to handle a matter or take action that gets results. You are taking the lead and embracing your feelings and desires bravely. Your enterprising spirit is in full force today, and you’re inclined to attract quite a bit of attention.
Sagittarius
Sagittarius
Mercury enters your solar second house early today, dear Sagittarius, where you already have a lot of activity. This cycle lasts until the last day of January, and during it, your thinking often centers around practical affairs and matters of security and comfort. It’s a great time for focusing on priorities as you are less likely to be distracted. In fact, this is an excellent cycle for focus, deliberation, and concentration. You are drawn more to concrete facts and certainties than dreams and visions just for now. This simplifies your life on some levels, although you could be missing critical spiritual considerations when making decisions and drawing conclusions. Today, the Moon spends another day in your privacy sector, and your imagination is powerful and very active as the Moon aligns with Mars and Jupiter. Emotionally speaking, you tend to want to withdraw or to be in your own little world.
Capricorn
Capricorn
Mercury moves into your sign today, dear Capricorn, and will stay in Capricorn until the last day of January. You more readily express your ideas and talk about yourself or your plans during this cycle. You are communicating your personal experiences more often, and your thoughts and opinions tend to be more interesting to others. However, you’re also making your choices and decisions independently, seldom bouncing ideas off others. You might benefit from doing some self-teaching during this period. In fact, you may not find it easy to listen to others these days, and reading or investigating on your own can be the best use of your time during this cycle. Today, continued good energy is with you for pursuing a dream or enjoying friendships. Be open and willing to look at matters from an honest and positive perspective today.
Aquarius
Aquarius
Mercury moves into your solar twelfth house early today, dear Aquarius and will transit there until the last day of the month. You’ve had a lot of activity in this area of your chart, and now Mercury can help you sort everything out. While this can be a cycle of limbo when it comes to certain decisions, this is a good time for reflection. Your thoughts might often turn to the past when you seek answers to current problems, or even when your mind is merely drifting. Sorting through recent experiences is likely. Ideas are in fact in the developmental stage, and you intuitively sense that you shouldn’t share them until they–and you–are ready. Today, you continue to feel more ambitious or driven. You are bound to bring out strong feelings and reactions in others whether or not you intend to. You quite naturally take the lead or act independently today.
Pisces
Pisces
Mercury moves into your solar eleventh house today, dear Pisces, where it will transit until the last day of January. You already have a significant showing of cosmic activity in this area of your chart, and Mercury’s appearance here brings more attention to teams, friendships, networking, groups, community, and causes, particularly on mental levels. It also serves to extend the whole theme a little longer, as the Sun and Venus will leave this sector in about a week and Mercury will stay until the 31st. This is an inventive period for ideas, although it’s not always the most practical time. You are particularly interested in enjoying yourself, fulfilling happiness goals, making contact, and reaching out to like-minded people. Group activities and friendships can be more involving. You’re likely to keep abreast of current affairs and the goings-on with friends or in your community and networks. Feedback from others or your own explorations of others’ work and activities may inspire you. Today brings continued energy for competitive play as well as for exploring new ideas and subjects.
Seeing the world in terms of elements is a tradition that goes back thousands of years throughout many cultures. The elements represent the basic principles of life, and different systems have delineated the elements in various ways. Western Astrology uses four elements — Fire, Earth, Air and Water — and each of the 12 zodiac signs falls into one of these categories. (Chinese Astrology and Feng Shui, on the other hand, work with five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.)
In your birth chart, the elements represent your fundamental qualities and temperament — the “stuff” you are made of. The element of your Sun sign will certainly be a big part of who you are, but it’s the whole chart — the Moon, Ascendant and other planets — that reveals your elemental emphasis.
While all four elements come into play to some degree for each individual, often two are predominant, while the other two require more effort to express.
For example, let’s say an individual has an elemental emphasis in Earth and Air. This person might be very adept at taking care of pragmatic, material-world tasks (Earth) and have a gift for thinking logically and viewing situations objectively (Air). However, she might find it challenging to get in touch with and feel her emotions (Water) and could struggle with summoning the initiative and courage to take action (Fire).
Because all four elements are necessary to live a balanced and fulfilling life, we are compelled to compensate for those elements we are naturally lacking in our birth chart. We often attract people into our lives who are strong in our weak elements, and vice versa. Of course, these partnerships work out best when, instead of relying on the other person to make up for what we’re lacking, we learn to develop these qualities, inspired by the other person’s example.
Just by understanding one’s elemental make-up you can learn a lot about a person. If you only know your (or someone else’s) Sun sign, that’s an excellent place to start. Even without knowing the rest of your birth chart, you’ll probably have a sense of which elements are stronger or weaker for you. As you’ll see, no element is “good” or “bad” in itself — they are neutral energies that can be expressed in positive or negative ways, depending on an individual’s level of awareness.
Fire signs: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Fire has traditionally been associated with Spirit — the primal force of animation. Fire represents the desire for life, the will to be and become. It’s no mistake that a Fire sign — Aries — launches the cycle of the Zodiac, as Fire signs often embody leadership, initiative and courage. People with a fiery emphasis tend to be impulsive, spontaneous, creative and enthusiastic. Ideally, Fire signs serve as an inspiration to others, stimulating creative action based on high ideals.
When negatively expressed, there can be an over-emphasis on self-expression without consideration for others’ feelings, resulting in selfishness, egotism or fanaticism. Fire can “burn itself out” when it lacks a practical outlet for its high-voltage energy. If someone is lacking in Fire, they may need to cultivate self-confidence, vitality, courage and passion.
Earth signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Earth represents manifestation in the physical world. With their feet firmly planted on terra firma, Earth people are the builders and producers of the zodiac, possessing the gift of bringing dreams into reality. Earth signs provide the physical necessities of life and establish structures and systems to increase security and comfort. Pragmatism, endurance, ambition and sensuality are typical Earth-sign qualities.
In its negative expression, an unbalanced Earth emphasis can lead to materialism, greed, over-indulgence, stagnation and fear. The Earth signs get in trouble when they forget that there is more to life than the five senses, and that the inner world is as “real” as the physical plane. People lacking in Earth may have to work hard at bringing their ideas into form and dealing with the everyday tasks of life.
Air signs: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Air signifies the mind and communication. Individuals with an airy emphasis are the connectors of the zodiac, linking up diverse people with each other and with new ideas and information. Air signs are typically intellectual, objective, curious, socially-oriented, cooperative and communicative. Air signs bring the gift of detachment and perspective — the ability to step back from a situation and see it from different points of view, with neutrality.
When negatively expressed, Air signs take impartiality to the extreme and become cold and aloof. There can also be the “all talk, no action” phenomenon — a lot of words without meaning or substance to back them up. When Air is lacking in a person’s chart, they are challenged to develop a greater awareness of other people’s perceptions and the ability to think logically.
Water signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Water, representing the realm of emotions, is perhaps the least understood element. Watery individuals are the feelers of the zodiac — a role that is generally not held in high regard in our contemporary culture. Extremely sensitive to their environment, Water signs are in touch not only with their own deep feelings, but with everyone else’s as well, and may even be psychic. Typical Water signs are intuitive, nurturing, compassionate, resourceful, creative and imaginative.
The down side to this sensitivity is the potential for absorbing other people’s emotions to the point of feeling overwhelmed — this is why Water people need time alone to recharge. Excess Water in a person’s chart can also lead to emotional over-reaction, paranoia and escapism. People lacking in Water may have a hard time accessing their emotions, and be insensitive to others’ feelings. They are learning to develop compassion and intuition.
Keywords: choice, decision, love, communication, inspiration (ideas from above)!
Astrological Correspondence: Gemini
The Lovers card is representative not only of crucial life choices, but also of lovers, couples, and other partnerships, like business partners, siblings, and friends. The angel between a woman and a man, depicted on this card, symbolizes the struggle of deciding to follow one’s heart versus one’s temptation or obligation. The Lovers card symbolizes the choices that must be made to progress toward higher self-awareness; choices also reflect emotional values, indecisiveness, hesitation, and our fears about making wrong choices. This applies not only to love relationships – it is applicable to any relationship in which people are drawn together, even a casual one. It’s the card of uncertainty!
Daily Love Tarot for the Day
The Emperor
The Emperor card has selected you to let you know that you sow seeds of better things and more fulfilling times ahead. Give yourself permission to reach out for more, especially if you are dissatisfied. You create a solid foundation, built on a sense of higher purpose. If your current relationship suffers from stress, today let tender actions reveal what you may be unable to put into words. Rebuild, from the ground up.
Your Daily Erotic Tarot
The Judgement
The Judgement card indicates that you’ve had some sexual hang-ups in the past, but you’re working toward getting over them. This is a period of transition, and although you’re doing the work, you may not be getting the exact results you desire. Forgive yourself for past missteps in order to take a sexual step forward today. Being afraid to express your true erotic self can even effect other areas of your life, so getting beyond your sexual inhibitions translates into a happier overall existence.
Your Daily Rune for Today
Hagalaz
“Hag-all-az” – Literally: “Hail” or “Hailstone” – Esoteric: Crisis or Radical Change
Key Concepts: hailstones, crisis and catastrophe, disruption, radical change, destructive elements of nature, severe weather, the uncontrollable, unavoidable unpleasantness, Jungian shadow, psychoanalysis, regression, acceptance of the unalterable
Psi: disruption, change, personal past
Energy: power beyond human ability to harness, perfect pattern, seed formation, objective confrontation, destructive natural forces, chaos
Mundane: bad weather, obstacles, surprises, shelter
Divinations: Change according to ideals, changes for the long-term good, controlled crisis, corrections, completion, inner harmony; or catastrophe, crisis, stagnation, loss of power, loss of property, short-term disappointment, victim-consciousness, obsession with the past, blame.
Governs:
Completeness and balance of power, integration of unconscious shadow elements
The inevitability of Fate, Wyrd, Orlog
Evolutionary progress and operations of becoming
The outworking of a perfect pattern
Protection through banishing or exorcising disharmonious patterns, protection
Awareness of the unconscious ideas for eventual processing
Causing discomfort in others by awakening their own subconscious ‘garbage’
Your Daily Influences for, JAN 10TH, 2018
Tarot Influence
Six of Coins
Material gain, charity and justice are at the forefront. That which is earned will be given.
Astrological Influence
Gemini Reversed
Gemini reversed denotes vacillation. Decisions are not made, because all side of the issue pull with the same strength.
Element Influence
Air
Air denotes freedom and the ability to transcent the mundane. You may be, or may soon experience a spiritual or secular liberation.
Your Animal Spirit for Today
The Words of Confucius
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Six of Coins
Gemini Reversed
Air
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