An Overview of Your Love Horoscopes for the Weekend of Oct. 2 – 4

Weekend Love Horoscope

October 2 – 4: Thinking and feeling

Maria DeSimone

* Heart ratings are based on the lunar cycle. They range from low to full, with low indicating a rocky weekend for romance and full indicating plenty of passionate potential.

 

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The Balance of the Elements and the Signs for Friday, October 2nd

 

 

 

 

 

The Balance of the Elements and the Signs for Friday, October 2nd

 

GEMINI STRONG
Agile, versatile, inquisitive, flowing, conversational, airy, many ideas. Can be volatile, superficial, changeable, restless and inconsistent.
VIRGO STRONG
Meticulous, discriminating, pure, practical, health conscious, hard working. Can be hyper-critical, petty and perfectionistic.
LIBRA STRONG
Even-handed, harmonious, artistic, diplomatic, balancing, strong sense of fairness. Can be over- compromising, appeasing, judgmental.

 
BALANCE OF ELEMENTS
Scores: Fire 4; Earth 4; Air 8; Water 1
AIR STRONG
We tend to favor rational, objective thought over emotions, impulses, and feelings at this time. We are more intellectual, fair-minded, and logical in our approach, Ideas flow easily and quickly, we are more communicative and guided by principles, and also somewhat dispassionate or impersonal.
WATER WEAK
There may be some insensitivity or lack of empathy now. We may be out of touch with what we’re feeling or with our emotional needs. We may be tougher than usual now, and more inclined to follow mental or practical considerations than we are to listen to our intuition.

 
BALANCE OF MODES
Scores: Cardinal 7; Fixed 2; Mutable 8
FIXED WEAK
We may be open to change but may not have much follow-through.

 

 

Astrology of Today – October 2, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Astrology of Today – October 2, 2015

Summary:

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  • The Moon is in Gemini all day (until Saturday, October 3rd at 8:21 PM).
  • The Moon is waning and in its Waning Gibbous phase.
  • A Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse occurred in the sign of Aries on September 27th, and a Last Quarter Moon will occur on October 4th.
  • Venus turned direct on September 6th and is in its post-retrograde shadow until October 9th.
  • Mercury is retrograde (Mercury is retrograde from September 17-October 9 in Libra).

 

October 2015 Energy Forecast: Transformation at the Speed of Light

October 2015 Energy Forecast: Transformation at the Speed of Light

Embracing Your Multidimensionality

Hello and welcome to the Energy Forecast for October 2015.

Before we get started, let’s just take a few breaths together.

(Lee breathes deeply in and out)

Transformation at the speed of light: This is very much where we find ourselves right now, as individuals and as a collective.

One of the ongoing themes for you this month will be noticing how many things you are going through in one day, one week, one month. This can lead many of you, particularly after the intensity of this past summer, to an October that’s going to require you to take a little more space, a little more stillness.

You might want to sleep and rest more than you usually do. Some of you might find that your high-intensity exercise or physical routines need to just come down a notch or two—so that you can actually learn to balance everything that is pulsing through your system without necessarily stirring the pot some more.

The electrical energy field of the planet is continually changing and advancing, which means that sensitivity gets higher. Those of you who are going through deep awakenings are noticing sudden sensitivity shifts. You suddenly become a lot more open. You suddenly feel and sense things a great deal more. More and more, this is happening for everybody across the planet.

Now, these shifts don’t always look very, what you might call, spiritual. But then I would argue that spirituality and spiritual people don’t always look very spiritual either, especially if we try to label them as highly enlightened, ever-peaceful, or ever-loving—because we are human. And as humanity, we are all evolving and going through our stuff in our growth here on Earth.

Invoking Calm and Quiet

With these lightning speed transformations that are raising the sensitivity, some of you will notice that you need to be a lot more quiet (in addition to needing more rest and sleep) because the volume level of everything around you is a lot higher.

Some of you will notice that you just need to keep calming things down while you get used to how fast everything is going.

Setting Loving, Firm Boundaries

Regarding the people who I just mentioned—those who don’t look very spiritual—remember that there is an intensity of conflict and release energy going on for lots of people on the planet.

If you’re becoming more sensitive, what’s happening is you’re pulsing much more pure energy through your system—and that pure energy is affecting you at the levels of mind and emotions.

This is why people are acting out a little more in the everyday of humanity. They are more easily triggered, more easily irritated, more easily accusatory, more easily emotional.

So issues may arise with certain people in your life where you need to set loving, firm boundaries. There is no need for you to be on the receiving end of repetitive and abusive behavior from another person.

The Power of Being in Your Heart

In general, if you can, try and remember to stay in your heart as much as possible. It will make it easier to not get so tangled up in some of the dramas or the conflicts that you’re invited to.

And if you can’t be in your heart right now, know that you’re not doing it wrong. It’s a total practice for all of us because it’s not how we have been trained. We’ve been trained to be very opinion-based, mentally focused people.

And those of you who came in wired to be highly sensitive and have found your way through your healing path—you are now in a place where you’re ready to practice more vulnerable, open, and honest communication—these are wonderful, highly supportive times for all of that.

Freedom from “getting it right”

But don’t be surprised if, from the left or the right, something comes in from your past that you find yourself playing out with someone in the present.

This is an accelerated time, and it’s a very multidimensional time. It’s a time to discover that when we agree to open in a multidimensional way, and when we are being pushed by the universal energy and life force to do that, it’s going to be chaotic at times. Therefore, one of the greatest things you can remind yourself of is that there is no getting it right.

So, if any of you out there believe that you have to get it right in your yoga practice, you have to get it right with your mother-in-law, you have to get it right with that person down the road who needs your help—try and let go of this concept of right. It’s all perspective.

You don’t need to be thinking about what’s right and wrong when you’re able to live in your heart more often … because the heart always wants to give where giving can be received and where the human body has the energy to support that giving.

Recalibration for the “over-givers” among us

This is why those of you who are over-givers might be a little freaked out right now. You may not be wanting to give to everybody all the time. But that’s fantastic! That is exactly where you need to be for a period of time.

But don’t worry. This too shall pass. You can go back to over-giving as much as you want in the future, but you’ll be doing it with a clearer sense of what you need to sustain yourself when giving … and with the discernment to choose where you can carefully give your energy and see it multiplied.

Multidimensionality Loves Multiplicity … and Speed

When you open up to being your more multidimensional self, going back to a linear way of being can be quite boring. It might feel a little dulled down to try and have a more linear conversation again or, especially, to have a more linear life where you’re focusing on one thing at a time.

So those of you who are opening multidimensionality and perhaps examining certain aspects of yourself—for example, over-giving—recognize that our wounds AND strengths are coming up in equal measure at the moment.

So you might be learning how to say,

“Wow, I can really give at a high-capacity, and I’m going to value and honor that. At the same time, I recognize that because I haven’t always valued my ability to give, or even seen that in myself, right now I’m dealing with the wound of over-giving. It’s showing up with this friend who is yanking my chain because I’m not giving them as much as I used to. And that hurts and wounds me. They say, “Hey! Why aren’t you doing what you used to do? You’re not a very nice person.”

If, when any of those kinds of words come at you, you feel something in your body (if it feels like a hit to your body), try to not make it about the other person. Try instead to ask yourself, “Huh, what tender point did they touch in me?”

Inquiring about and noticing your own inner reactions will very quickly bring you back to the present. That is because these reactions are very past. They can be from this lifetime or they can be generational woundings that have been carried through your family line. But, in any case, it’s all leaving and moving out now at a rapid speed.

The linear mind used to be able to track everything. It used to have plenty of time to reflect, digest, and go, “Three months ago I had this great breakthrough and I’m still riding on it.” Now it’s like three hours have gone by and you’ve forgotten about it—because you haven’t got time to track everything. And that’s okay.

The more you get into your heart, the less you need to track everything.

Extraordinary New Energies Coming through You

To come full circle, remember…

  • Practice being in the heart.
  • There is no mental right or wrong in human conflict disagreements – there are perspectives.
  • You may find yourself going through transformational relationship issues with other people—which might be key for helping you to change things from the past or change how you feel about yourself in the now.

Certain people may help mirror new parts of you—parts that previously you weren’t able to bring forward or celebrate.

Coupled with all of that, there will also be these extraordinary new energies coming through you that you won’t have a roadmap for—because they are new. You’re the child learning to walk again. And as that happens it is a little chaotic, it is a little messy sometimes, and that’s okay – you’re new!

Release from the Bondage of Old Ideas

In your newness, this is a great opportunity for those of you who have an idea that you have to be a certain way all the time to let that go. Because if you stay in bondage to that idea, you help to keep others in bondage to limiting ideas of who they are. In other words, they stay bound to who they are because you won’t let go of who you are—even when you’re feeling the impulse to make changes in how you communicate, how you show up, and in what you do.

A Healing and Soothing Perspective

So, I may have confused you slightly because at the very beginning of this I talked about becoming slower and more still. But I’m also talking about acceleration and speed and all the details going on inside and around you.

What I’m trying to address in this video are the multidimensional layers of everything that are impacting and surrounding us at the moment. So if you feel like you’re going a bit crazy, you can see, “Oh, I’m not going crazy. This is just how fast everything is going. This is just how much I’m feeling everything. This is just how sensitive I am.”

Relief in an Instant

Remember you can always shut the door. You can shut the door by finding a room or space in your environment where it’s just you for a moment. And if you’re struggling with that because you don’t get those kinds of opportunities, here’s a way to shut the door.

(Lee breathes deeply and closes his eyes)

Close your eyes. Breathe deeply.

As I told people at a seminar a few years ago, this was one of my tricks when I was still learning my boundaries and needed some tricks to help me when I was among people and felt over-stimulated.

I would go to the bathroom—or the toilet, as we like to call it in England—and it wasn’t that I needed the facilities. It was more that in that moment I got to remove myself from the group and go by myself to a place where I’m supposed to be by myself. I would do a self-check:

“How am I right now? Where am I? Oh, I’m over-stimulated. Or my blood sugar feels low. Or that angry man is beginning to bother me, and I think I need to just have a break from him for a while.”

Do these regular checks of yourself more than ever at the moment. So whether you’re on the train, in a work meeting, out with friends and family, or anywhere else, just take a breath and check inside:

“How’s my inner world? Oh, it’s chaotic. Okay, so I shouldn’t take more stimulation right now. I should bring it down.”

Ironically, we’re in a world that offers us more external stimulation than ever before. But I think that’s perfect, because those external stimulators show us how the energy of everything has changed here on this planet. And it can also direct us back to stillness and to the beauties of nature…

Under The Magical Tree

I’m filming this month beneath this amazing tree here in Saint Helena … powerful land in California. The reason I wanted us to be under here together is because this tree really activated me when I first saw it. The ancient, magic energy it holds feels to me very much like what is moving through our planet right now – ancient, magic energy.

I realize that it doesn’t always look that way when you notice things you don’t like about the modern world. But if you can, try to remember the ancient, magic energy that we are all connected to, the energy that is now renewing in all of us and finding new circuits in our bodies.

The way to remember it if you’re stuck and stressed is to close your eyes and just for some minutes, breathe deeply. Use deep breathing as a little tool this month, and see how it goes for you.

Until next month, everybody, lots of love. Take really good care of yourselves in these lightning times … and see you soon.

X

Lee

Monthly Astro-Forecasts October 2015

Monthly Astro-Forecasts October 2015

Life has certainly been a rollercoaster of ups and downs over recent weeks and months, it’s hard to believe we are now entering October. Where have the last nine months gone? In some ways, time has moved slowly and every moment, every second has been felt acutely and intensely. However, at the same time, the last nine months have passed by in the blink of an eye, time has moved so quickly we’ve hardly been aware of the changing days, weeks and months. Externally, life is moving at a very different speed to whats happening internally, and these switch pace with each other at unpredictable moments.

Despite the powerful and intense oscillations, there is a deeper sense of shift and change occurring within each and every one of us. Of course change is a constant in life, but this change feels slightly different as it feels almost cellular; it’s as though we are beginning to hear a new tune or song in life as we awaken to a brand-new dawn. There are times when we can feel lost, isolated and overwhelmed, but there are also times when we feel vibrant and connected. Whilst this can create imbalance and inner discord, it feels necessary as we continue to evolve and develop.

This new song feels, and sounds, like something not of this earth, it’s as though our ears have opened up to new chords and notes, and we are now able to hear so much more than before. Sometimes when we hear something, something inside of us shifts, particularly when we are ready to hear it. It’s as though all of the atoms within us have changed alignment and we step from a space of denial or resistance into a space of acknowledgement and acceptance. Of course, things are rarely as simple as black and white, but there is a sense of deepening awakening now as each of us begins to not only hear but to truly listen as well.

Listening is an art, it’s not just about hearing, it’s about being present. Listening is an awareness on all levels: of words and emotions of essence. Listening is not particularly easy to articulate, but when we consciously choose to listen, we become aware of so much more as a result. It is as though every sound, every colour, every smell and every taste suddenly moves into sharper focus as we begin to truly hear, sense and feel: we feel connected and alive, awake and fully conscious.

October looks set to be a month for listening and a month for hearing the true beauty of this new song as we allow ourselves the time and space to feel each and every note as it resonates within every single one of our trillions of cells. In many ways, this feels like a process of unravelling as the complexities of life are stripped back, revealing a simpler way of living and being. If we try to overthink this, there is a chance we may begin to complicate things, but this is a time for simplicity; life doesn’t have to be complicated. This is a time to be present in the moment and to become one with the music as it stirs and moves our souls…

With love,

Sarah-Jane

Aries

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As you continue to live as consciously as possible, there is a sense that you are beginning to look at yourself and your life from a wider perspective. This isn’t about seeing the woods for the trees or the trees for the forest, more an awareness of the forest breathing and interacting with the universal whole. October is a month for inter-connection and unity as you open up your heart and soul towards living as vibrantly and as whole-heartedly as possible. Whole-hearted living takes courage and passion, and it takes self-belief, as well as a willingness to allow your true essence to flow freely by accepting your imperfections and quirks, but loving yourself anyway. There is no such thing as perfection in life, so striving for it can leave you with a constant sense of lack as your focus is always on where you want to be rather than where you are. Yet, by embracing imperfection, you are not somehow accepting ‘second best’, you are stepping even more consciously into the present moment and showing a willingness to live fully in the here and now as you choose to grab life with both hands and make the most of every single moment.

So, take some time to feel yourself connecting with everything around you, feel yourself breathing into life and allow it to breathe back into you. You are a vibrant bundle of cells, skin and bone dancing a unique dance but your soul is also an infinite expanse of consciousness; let this inspire and empower you, and feel your inner courage rising as you dance your own dance and set yourself free as you don’t give a damn who might be watching…

Taurus

♉

As you continue to stand on the threshold of change in your life, it seems you are slowly coming to a powerful realisation. This realisation is an acceptance of the inevitably of change and its constant presence in your life; it’s with you all the time, whether you want it or not. Change can be a force for new beginnings and fresh starts, but there are times when change feels anything other than positive and you fight it with all of your strength as it drags you along in its wake. However, whilst you intuitively accept the inevitably of change, intellectually it frustrates you as it means your life often feels precariously balanced on clay rather than carved out of solid rock; one strong rainfall and the clay could be washed away. Yet, you know you cannot change the role of change in your life as it’s really not negotiable: it just happens. So, what do you do?

You can be more flexible and bendy when it comes to dealing with change, but this irritates you as you want some stability and control! Yet, feeling like a victim of circumstance is not the only option here as you do not have to let the concept of change hang over you like a dark storm cloud. It’s going to happen, so the more you can breathe into it, the more strength you will find in the process. This isn’t to say you should just ‘give up’, but by gracefully allowing the tides of change to ebb and flow in your life, you can begin to feel less like a piece of driftwood and more like a majestic yacht riding the waves…

Gemini

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October looks set to be a month of intrigue and fascination as you continue to gaze deeply into the mirror of your soul, seeing your truth in all its glory and splendour. Yet, what is ‘your truth’? Is it something unique to you? Is it just another way of making sense of yourself and your life? Is it just an avoidance technique or a way to connect to the depths of all that you are? Well, the answer lies somewhere amongst these questions, you’ve just got to work out where! Frivolity aside, knowing yourself and knowing ‘your truth’ seems important at the current time as you are undergoing a period of intense shift and change so being in touch with the core of your being enables you to navigate through the ebb and flow of the currents with stealth, wisdom and curiosity.

However, there is an undeniably strong air of discontent within you as you feel frustrated with the apparent vagueness and fluffiness of ‘truth’; you want clarity, direction, meaning and purpose rather than wisps of insight and flashes of inspiration. This isn’t an easy imbalance to overcome as truth is a constantly shifting force as it’s a reflection of your ever-changing and ever-evolving self. Waiting for the moment where all the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle of life slot into perfect alignment could make for a very long wait but it’s hard when you want answers before making any big decisions. The way through this seems clear: stop beating yourself up for not knowing more and instead feel blessed for the opportunity to grow, thrive and blossom with every step you take. Live life in the moment and let your truth find its own way…

Cancer

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There’s an important distinction between having clear goals in terms of how you want to live your life and actually living your life. Knowing what you want, even down to the smallest detail, helps you to keep you focused and motivated, but it’s so often the way that when you get on with the business of living your life, your goals drift as you become distracted with the business of living your life. This isn’t particularly a Cancerian trait, it’s called being human, but it’s significant for you at the current time as there is a sense of growing restlessness within you as you become increasingly more aware of the difference between where you are and where you want to be. Of course, you know the importance of living in the present moment, but you also know just how life-affirming your goals and dreams are, and this can create a level of discontentment as you feel as though you are stuck between here and there, trying to be in both places at once, but struggling to maintain your focus fully on either as the business of living your life acts as a constant distraction.

Although there will always be things to do, people to see and places to go, it seems time for you to nurture and cultivate a deeper sense of inner peace in order to find a path of acceptance to enable you to thrive in the current moment, to consciously ride the waves of life (the business of living), and to continue to sharpen and hone your goals and dreams in order to switch from feeling like a powerless pawn in the game of life to a wiser and more empowered soul, making the most of each and every moment…

Leo

♌

As you continue to unpick and unravel the knots and tangles within, there is a sense that you are beginning to relish the opportunity to weave a brand new tapestry in your life. Everyone has knots and tangles, you are certainly not alone, but it’s been hard for you to acknowledge the ones within you as you feel that this somehow makes you ‘less than’ by failing to live up to the exacting standards you set for yourself. Yet, the only person truly judging this situation is you as no one else really seems to notice that you are not the super-human you think you should be. Being human isn’t easy and it can be frustrating at times when you realise you can’t be wonder-woman or superman, but why would you want to be? Do you really want to spend all your time in spandex trying to save everyone and everything? What about living your life, being you and loving yourself for it? This may sound rather dull in comparison to a life as a super-hero but your quest to be everything to everyone only leaves you feeling a deep sense of lack as you fail to meet up to your own expectations of perfection.

Perhaps the time has now come for you to realise that you don’t need to do more in order to be more? Perhaps the time has come for you to accept the fact that your knots and tangles make you human, interesting and authentic? Everyone has scars, everyone has quirks, so why not acknowledge them, love them, accept them and be inspired by them? Why not stop beating yourself up for not being ‘better’? Take a deep breath and re-centre, it’s time to be you…

Virgo

♍

October looks set to be a month of inspired vision as you begin to see your life from a different perspective. It’s as though you have temporarily stepped outside of yourself in order to look back at your bigger picture with fresh eyes. There is a sense that you may be a little surprised at what you find as you have meandered somewhat from the path you had intended to walk and are now in new terrain. Yet, your meandering feels inspired as it has brought you to a point of powerful and profound change as you have allowed yourself to naturally evolve; you have explored new avenues and pathways along the motorway of life, making informed decisions along the way rather than sticking rigidly to the beautifully crafted tarmac road you spent so long diligently planning and building. You have realised the value of the journey and the need to stop focusing quite so hard on reaching the destination, for, as you have discovered, the destination often changes as it can never be set in stone.

Allowing yourself the freedom to flourish and evolve naturally is a gift and one that will inspire you to continue to explore new terrain as you seek out new horizons in life. Yet, these horizons are not external goals, they are within you and come from finding a true sense of balance as you step more consciously into life and savour every step of the journey. So, don’t feel disappointed that you’ve drifted off course and don’t berate yourself for not sticking to your ‘grand plan’ or for spending so long on perfecting the details. Instead feel a deep sense of gratitude that you now find yourself on the verge of a brand new day…

Libra

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Your quest for meaning and purpose looks set to continue in earnest throughout October as you begin to find a truce between your ever-questioning mind and your deeply trusting and intuitive soul. Together they pack quite a punch, but it’s rare they get to move together as they are often pulling in different directions as your heart says one thing, your head another. The time has come to find a new dance in life, to create a fluid flow of movement that’s unique to you. Your dance is a reflection of the inner twisting and swirling constantly taking place in your depths; rather than fight it or try to fix it, you’ve realised the need to embrace it and become one with it. Denying your true essence freedom denies a piece of your soul leading to a deep sense of inner disconnection and discontentment as you struggle to establish balance in life; your head and heart are in constant battle which is exhausting. And it can leave you feeling dazed, overwhelmed and confused when it comes to living your life and being the best you, you can be.

When you become one with the swirling and beautiful maelstrom within, you realise your probing mind and your intuitive heart are perhaps your biggest gifts as together they make you, you. Don’t deny or resist your true essence, befriend it and work with it to inspire you to walk forwards now with passion in your soul and a richer sense of purpose. Although you may not, as yet, be clear about your destination, don’t fight yourself by digging your heels in and resisting the process. Instead, believe in yourself and trust your exquisite intuition to guide you forth.

Scorpio

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‘At some point we all look up and realise we are lost in a maze’. These words by John Green seem rather apt for you in October as there is a sense you are feeling slightly overwhelmed, lost and out of your depth at the current time. Although it’s not unusual for you to face a plethora of emotions, choices and paths at any moment in time and you thrive on riding the waves with your usual skill and creativity, this feels different as you seem slightly daunted by the intensity of life. Mazes are a common source of panic for many as the pulse intensifies and footsteps hasten trying to find the way out. Yet, are you trying to find your way out or are you trying to find your way in? Why are in you in the maze?

When life gets challenging it’s easy to feel the walls closing in and the exit slipping out of view, but if you pause and take a deep breath, the panic subsides and you can see clearly once again. Someone once said if you place one hand on the maze wall and keep it there, you will find your way out. However, first you need to decide if you’re trying to get out or go in. You seem on the brink of a big decision at the current time and the maze is a good analogy as the path is far from clear. Whilst there may not be towering hedges literally blocking your view, there is a slight sense of anticipatory foreboding as you really don’t know what’s around the corner. Remember to pause, take a deep breath, refocus on where you are now and reconnect to your formidable intuition to led you forwards…

Sagittarius

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The theme of doing nothing continues to take centre stage throughout October as you begin to see the value in taking some time out from being so busy with the business of life. You tend to give yourself such a hard time for not doing more, being more or achieving more, but you forget that life is not just about completing a tick list or bucket list. Life is about exploring the nooks and crannies, it’s about going ‘off-road’ and exploring new terrain as you evolve and grow with every new experience. As a result, by focusing so hard on the business of life, there are times when you run the risk of forgetting what you’re actually trying to achieve. What’s the point in being so busy when you have no time to enjoy it, to rest, to laugh or to do nothing? Sometimes, sitting and watching the view is more important than pushing on to the next destination as this helps to refocus you on the here and now, grounding you in the present moment.

Sometimes, it’s in the quiet moments where true inspiration resides but if you’re too busy, it’s usually the quiet moments that suffer as you push them away as there’s too much to do. At the same time, if your focus remains on where you want to be rather than on where you are now, you disconnect from the magic of the quiet moments. It therefore seems important that you begin to prioritise doing nothing, to appreciate its true value and to stop feeling guilty for not constantly pushing ahead with the business of life. Everything is a part of life, even resting! So, take some time out to step consciously into the quiet moments in order to step more consciously into you…

Capricorn

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As you continue to feel the winds of change gathering momentum in your life, there is a sense you are feeling slightly anxious at the prospect of further change; your solar plexus feels a bit jangly and unsettled as you try to make sense of what’s happening. Yet, at the same time, you seem more than ready to embark on a new chapter in your life. Of course, the saying ‘better the devil you know’ is something you’re all too familiar with, as there are times when sticking with what you know, even though it may not be the best thing for you, feels easier than stepping into uncharted terrain. However, you seem unsatisfied with treading water in a situation that doesn’t feel quite right to you; you have given it your all, tried to see things from all perspectives and explored your own motivations honestly and openly, but your ‘inner wobble’ remains.

Your inner wobble is that twisty feeling in your gut that tells you something is amiss; it has served you well over the years, so why not listen to it now? Well, it seems you are in the middle of a battle between your head and your heart. You want to push on and yet, you don’t want to upset the apple cart either. Maybe you need to think beyond the concept of ‘either/or’ and instead allow yourself to breathe deeply, steadying your inner wobble as it becomes your true guide. A new chapter doesn’t have to mean discarding the old, it might mean change but things are never as clear cut as black or white. Listen to your intuition and believe in your strength, passion and creativity to guide you now…

Aquarius

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There are many different ways to say: ‘I love you’ to show someone you care. Your compassion reaches far and wide as you think nothing of reaching out to others, making sure they are safe, loved, valued and appreciated. Yet, love is a two way flow and there is a sense that whilst you offer a great deal of love to others, you show far less to yourself. You may receive love from others, but this isn’t the same as loving and honouring yourself. October looks set to be a month for you to reset the balance in order to contemplate, in honesty, just how much you nourish, nurture and love yourself. Turning the mirror within and truthfully acknowledging the reflection isn’t easy but it’s important to do as your life is shifting out of kilter as you give so much to others but place yourself very firmly at the bottom of the heap.

Such a continual outward flow, whilst admirable, leads to exhaustion, disconnection and disenchantment as you lose touch with your inner magic and spark. Honouring yourself isn’t about becoming selfish or self-focused, and it certainly isn’t something to feel guilty about, this is about establishing a genuine sense of self-love to inspire you to live the best life possible. The happier and more authentic you become, the more freely your true essence flows enabling you to flourish and thrive, being the person you know yourself to be and inspiring you to achieve your dreams as you step beyond the boundaries of your life. This has a knock-on effect as you then feel so connected and energised, your ability to be compassionate amplifies and radiates exponentially. So, it’s a win, win situation! Love yourself, is it really so hard?

Pisces

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Discombobulation, disconnection, disengaged, disorganised, dis…well, you get the gist. It seems life has felt decidedly ‘dis-‘ recently as you have struggled to navigate through grey storm clouds and deep swells in your search for calmer seas. Yet, looking at your life from the outside, the storm is not overly apparent or obvious. It seems that the storm is actually within you, it’s residing in the core of your being as you wrestle with a lot of deep and profound questions and thoughts. There are times when you feel you are carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders, but you like to carry it with a smile, so unless someone takes a closer look within you it would be hard to notice you buckling under the strain. It seems that smiling is your way of coping, it’s your way of dealing with the maelstrom within you. It’s always been there and always will be, and whilst you are, on the whole, at peace with its presence within you, there are times, such as now, when you fight it and try to push it away as you long for terra firma.

Being a fluid and tumultuous being inspires and empowers you, it feeds your creativity and gives you the courage to seek out pastures new, but some days all you want is a cosy corner to curl up in for a little peace and quiet as you temporarily step beyond the maelstrom to regain your perspective. When this doesn’t happen, the ‘dis-‘ words surface as you struggle to stay afloat in the crashing waves. Yet, stop, take a breath, take another one and you’ll see balance is restored. Don’t underestimate your ability to ride the maelstrom, it is a part of you, after all…

The Witches Moon Phase for Friday, October 2nd is Waning Gibbous

October 2

Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 75%

The Moon today is in a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with a illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9am and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

 

Phase Details for – Friday, October 2, 2015
Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 75%
Moon Age: 19.72 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 374,482.85 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,714,497.45 km

Source:
MoonGiant.com

Magickal Activity for October 2nd, Guardian Angels’ Day

Magickal Activity for October 2nd, Guardian Angels’ Day

Items needed:
A sheet of paper
frankincense joss stick and holder
one white candle
a pendulum

Place the sheet of paper on a flat surface and inscribe the letters of the alphabet on it. Light the frankincense and the white candle. Hold a pendulum or crystal, on a chain, over the paper as you recite the following prayer:

Dear Divine Angel,
Through this candle flame
Guide my hand
To spell your holy name.

Allow the pendulum to swing freely so that it can spell out the name of your angel.

365 Days of Celebrating Legends, Folklore & Spirituality for Oct 2nd – Guardian Angel’s Day


October 2nd

Guardian Angel’s Day

This pre-Christian Roman holiday is still celebrated in Spain and Europe. In early Rome, every man led his Genius and every woman her Iuno. When the church writers had a dispute over which angels guarded a person, the day became linked with the feast of St. Michael (Sept. 29). However, in 1670, the two days became separate and Guardian Angels’ Day was moved to October 2.

Genius meaning “begetter,” was a man’s guardian spirit that also enabled him to beget children. For women the spirit was called Iuno (Juno). Each household also had a genius that was worshiped by the family members whose birthday coincided with that of the male head of the household. The genius was usually honored along with the household Lar, at the Lararium. So popular was the concept that it even extended to groups of people. Even the city itself had its own guardian genius.

Home & Hearth Magick for Friday, October 2

Home & Hearth Magick for Friday, October 2

On Fridays cast for love, luxury, pleasure and entertainment

Planetary Influence: Venus

Household Symbols: A sea shell, a fountain, fresh flowers, your wedding ring or wedding photo, red or pink paper hearts, apples and cherries.

Color: Pink and aqua green

Kitchen Spices: Thyme and sugar

Source:
Cottage Witchery
Natural Magick for Hearth and Home

Ellen Dugan

The Witches Correspondences for Friday, October 2nd

FRIDAY CORRESPONDENCES

Venus/Water/East/West/South/Dawn/Female/Libra/Taurus

Magickal Intentions: Love, Romance, Marriage, Sexual Matters, Physical Beauty, Friendship and Partnerships, Strangers, Heart

Color: aqua, blue, light blue, brown, green, pale green, magenta, peach, pink, rose, white, all pastels

Number: 5, 6

Metal: copper

Charm: green or white garments, scepter

Stone: alexandrite, amethyst, coral, diamond, emerald, jade, jet, black moonstone, peridot, smoky quartz, tiger’s-eye, pink tourmaline

Animal: camel, dove, elephant, goat, horse, pigeon, sparrow

Plant: apple, birch, cherry, clematis, clove, coriander, heather, hemlock, hibiscus, ivy, lotus, moss, myrtle, oats, pepperwort, peppermint, pinecone, quince, raspberry, rose, pink rose, red rose, rose hips, saffron, sage, savin, stephanotis, strawberry, thyme, vanilla, verbena, violet, water lily, yarrow, and all flowers

Incense: ambergris, camphor, mace, musk, myrrh, rose, saffron, sage, sandalwood, sweetgrass, vanilla, violet, all floral scents

Goddess: Aphrodite, Asherah, Baalith, Brigid, Erzulie, Freya (Passionate Queen), Frigg, Gefion, Harbor (Beautiful One), Hestia, Inanna, Ishtar (Lady of Passion and Desire), Lakshmi, Lilith, Mokosh, Nehalennia, Nerthus, Ostara, Pombagira, Sarasvati, Shakti, Shekinah, Sirtur, Al Uzza, Venus (Queen of Pleasure), Vesta

God: Allah, Bacchus, Bes, Cupid, the Dagda, Dionysus, El, Eros (God of Love), Freyr, Frit Ailek, Shukra

Evocation: Agrat Bat Mahalat, Anael, Hagiel, Mokosba, Rasbid, Sachiel, Uriel, Velas

Courtesy of Moonlight Musings

The Witches Almanac for Friday, October 2nd

The Witches Almanac for Friday, October 2nd

Friday (Venus): Love, friendship, reconciliation, and beauty.

Old Man’s Day (Virgin Islands)

 

Waning Moon
The Waning Moon (from the Full Moon to the New) is a time for study, meditation, and little magical work (except magic designed to banish harmful energies).

Moon phase: Third Quarter

Moon Sign: Gemini
Gemini: Things begun now are easily changed by outside influence. Time for shortcuts, communication, games, and fun.

Incense: Mint

Color: Rose

Must Do’s For Friday

Must Do’s For Friday

Fridays are days of loving enchantments and passionate emotions.

See how many ways you could add a little loving enchantment into your life and the lives of your loved ones. If you wish to explore the topic of love and romance witchery even further, then check out my book How to Enchant a Man: Spells to Bewitch, Bedazzle &Beguile. If cat magick has tickled your fancy, then for further study read my book The Enchanted Cat: Feline Fascinations, Spells & Magick.

In the meantime, try sharing red berries with your partner some enchanted evening. Work that meditation, and see what other mysteries Freya has to teach you. Wear a Venus planetary color and call on the Goddess for a little inner sparkle. Burn some floral incense, light up some rosy candles, and set a romantic mood. Try wearing a little copper jewelry, and see how it affects you and your Friday magick. Get those potpourri and philter recipes going, and see what you can conjure up.

Advancing your magickal skills takes drive, ambition, and passion. Work with Eros to discover just how much enthusiasm, inspiration, and drive he can bring into your days, for the imagination is a place where dreams flourish and ideas come to fruition.

Call on these fertile and romantic powers, and create your own unique spells and charms. Just think of all the magickal information that you can now add to your repertoire of witchery. Lastly, remember this: when you combine imagination and a loving heart with magick, you’ll succeed every time.

Book of Witchery – Spells, Charms & Correspondences For Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan

Friday’s Witchery

Friday’s Witchery

 

Love magick is a perennial popular topic. However, there is more to this topic than meets the eye. There are many enchanting layers here for us to explore on this day of the week. What about creating a loving home, or producing a loving and nurturing family? What about keeping your intimate relationships vital and on track? How about promoting happy, healthy, and enduring friendships? See, there is more to be considered than just the “You shall be mine…” type of fictional love spell.

Don’t forget that many of the deities associated with Fridays are also parents. So, yes, while this is the day to work on romance, sex, and love spells, there is additional magick to be considered here, which makes Fridays a more well-rounded and bigger opportunity for witchery than many folks ever truly realize. The truest, strongest magick always comes from the heart.


Book of Witchery – Spells, Charms & Correspondences For Every Day of the Week

Ellen Dugan

Friday

Friday

Friday: Is associated with Venus and the colors of – Green, Pink and White

Friday is the best time to deal with such matters as: Affection, Alliances, Architects, Artistic Ability, Artists, Balance, Beauticians, Beauty, Change , Chiropractors, Cosmetics, Courage, Courtship, Dancers, Dating, Decorating, Designers, Engineers, Entertainers, Fashion, Fertility , Friendship , Gardening, Gifts, Grace , Harmony, Herbal Magick, Household Improvements, Income, Luck, Luxury, Marriage, Material Things, Music, Painting, Partners, Peace, Physical Healing, Planning Parties, Poetry, Prosperity, Relationships, Romantic Love, Shopping, Social Activity, Soul-mates, Success

Practical Magick for the Penny Pinching Witch
Carol Moyer

What Is Wrong With This World

I have so many mixed emotions running through my head right now, I don’t even know where to begin. I heard the News about the shootings last evening and broke down in tears. For the life of me, I can’t even begin to imagine what these families must be going through. It absolutely has to be a living hell.

You get up in the morning with your family, eat breakfast, laugh, hug, kiss and tell everybody you love them and you are out the door. I would imagine that is how most of these families started their day today. They had no idea that it would be the last time they ever kissed or told their children they loved them. If they knew what was getting ready to happen they would have held on to their child with all their might, keeping them from the fate that waited for them only a few hours later. We all love our children. We watch them take their first steps, say their first words, start school. We have hopes and dreams for them and then for some monster to wipe that all away in a split second, what is wrong with this world?

One of the first school shootings that happened in this country happened ten miles down the road from where I now live. I will remember that day as long as I live. It was almost 11:00 in the morning and the News broke in reporting a local school shooting had occurred. We lived in the city and the school my children went to had a bad reputation. At the start of that school year, a new principal took over and he was turning the school around. Even knowing that, I still couldn’t help think it was at my kids’ school. My heart went up in my throat and tears rolled down my cheeks as I hurried threw my clothes on. I was about out the door when the News broke again and clarified what school it was, it wasn’t my kids’ school but it was a very fine high school in the county. I had several of my friends transfer their children out to that school so they wouldn’t have to attend the city school. My heart broke. I found out that one of my friend’s daughter had just left the area where the shooting had occurred. If she had stayed 4 or 5 minutes longer she would have probably gotten shot or worse. The shooter was the son of a lawyer. He killed three girls and wounded two. Everyone knew the shooter’s family. We all wondered why? Why would such a young boy from such a prominent family do something like that?

I use to wonder why a lot. I wonder why after the local shooting, I wondered why after Columbine, I wondered why after New Town, but I don’t anymore. There is no why to it. I see an angry President on the News calling for tighter gun control. Every time there is a shooting, tighter gun control is called for. It is called for but it is never done. I don’t believe we will ever be able to keep a gun out of the hands of cold-blooded monsters who wish to kill the innocent. They forget to mention there are more guns sold on the black market than there is legally in this country. We might as well face it, we live in a very violent world. I don’t believe guns are the problem, I believe the people that pull the triggers are. You know as well as I do, anyone who takes a life has to be mentally ill. We have to educate ourselves on how to spot these individuals, stop them before they have an opportunity to kill. They said this monster who shot these college students talked about it on social media. WHAT? What the hell is wrong with those people he talked to about it? Didn’t they take him seriously? Why didn’t they report it? If only one person had called the Police think of all the heart ache and tragedy they could have prevented.

It is sad to say but the government is all talk. It is time that we start looking out for each other. If you see someone acting strange, call the law. If you hear some idiot on one of the social media outlet talking crazy, report them. We are going to have to start looking out for these individuals, excuse me, monsters. We are going to have to learn how to spot them and perhaps we can prevent a tragedy from occurring. Nobody else is going to do it. We have got to learn to look out for each other, take a stand, make that phone call. Do whatever you have to do to prevent another person from having to bury their loved one due to an act of violence.

No family should ever have to bury a loved one due to an act of violence. It has to stop or Goddess help us all.

—Lady of the Abyss

Our Thoughts & Prayers Go Out To The Umpqua Students & Their Families

Divine Mother, Almighty Father to us all,
We stand before you today to ask that
you bless those that were taken from their
families and loved ones in such
a horrific act of violence.
We ask that you guide their souls home
to live with you in your Divine Grace and
Love.

Bless their families, friends and loved ones
that are left to cope and deal with their loss.
We ask that you comfort them and ease their
pain and heart ache as only you can.
Reassure them Divine Mother and Almighty
Father, that they will be reunited with their
loved ones in the next world to come.

Bless our nation as we grief with these parents
and loved ones.
Let them know they are not alone,
Our hearts, our prayers and our love
goes out to them.

We are tired and weary, Divine Mother.
We ask for your blessing on us and our
nation that no other family should ever
suffer a loss of a loved one from such
violence.

Bless us, your children,
Bless those who are grieving,
Shine your love, comfort and compassion
upon us once again.
Show us, teach us and guide us so
such tragedies never again face us.
Let not one more family bury a child
from any acts of violence.

We ask this in your Divine Name and Grace,

So Mote It Be.

—Lady Of The Abyss

“THINK on THESE THINGS” for October 1

“THINK on THESE THINGS”
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler

If you could remake your personal world, how would you want it? Very few can answer that question immediately. Many cannot answer after a great deal of consideration. Maybe we are drifters to a degree. There seems to be a certain amount of apprehension and fear about saying, or even thinking of what we want out of life. It may be that we feel some of it isn’t right to want, or that maybe we are asking more than should be our share.

Money is probably the first thing that most people think about, because of what they could do for themselves and for others. But what of health and peace and love? Without these all the fame and money in the world would be entirely meaningless. Without a spiritual foundation to one’s life, all our desires are built on sand. Without knowing where we’re going, we are drifters.

To know what we want with good is the first and most important step. As Carlyle wrote, “The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder – a waif, a nothing. Have a purpose in life, and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you.”

Tennyson wrote these beautiful words: “More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. What are men better than sheep or goats, that nourish a blind life within the brain, if, knowing God, they lift no hands of prayer both for themselves and those who call them friends!”

What on this earth could we possibly have of good that has not come from the Almighty? What inroads are made into disease and sickness, what light has focused more understandingly on mental illness and weaknesses, without having been revealed through something greater than we are?

And indeed, to what can we contribute the smallest or the greatest amounts of success, the love we share, the true joys, the peace, and our very breath. How presumptuous of us to believe we own one thing of lasting value that does not come from God.

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Elder’s Meditation of the Day – October 1

Elder’s Meditation of the Day – October 1

“So don’t be afraid. What we left behind, leave it back there. Try to do some good. Let’s try to take a step, try to think something good.”

–Wallace Black Elk, LAKOTA

Every day is a new day. Sometimes we make mistakes. We do not need to carry these mistakes along with us. Take the lessons and leave the mistakes behind. Look forward to today. Today we can do something good. Today we can have good thoughts. Today we can think kind, uplifting thoughts about ourselves. Today I will think good about …

My Creator, today I ask You to direct my thoughts.

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October 1 – Daily Feast

October 1 – Daily Feast

TEN
Ska’ hi

HARVEST MONTH
Duna Na Dee’

When the future historian writes the history of the red man of the forest and the prairie, the name of our great departed Sioux Chief, Sitting Bull, will appear among the noble characters.

What person does not hope for a spiritual experience that will connect him with the inevitable source of all good? What person does not hope for a touch to open his stoney heart to understand his own potential? Who has not fallen prey to a mountain of misinformation and to the belief that there is no justice in the world? While the world of events whirls and spins and shocks the rural soul, the sophisticated person of broader experience says that is the way it is, and they is why we act the way we do. But that very opinion propels a person headlong into the whirring teeth of absolute destruction. Who will hit the button? Who will stop this swift descent? It is a personal responsibility, a very personal responsibility, and who can do it?

~ You can dictate your terms. I am your prisoner, and must submit, but I am still a man, the same as you. ~

BLACK HAWK – SAC

‘A Cherokee Feast of Days, Volume II’ by Joyce Sequichie Hifler

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