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Are you living life on YOUR terms or on society’s terms?

 

If you are living your life on society’s terms, then I would not be surprised to find that right now you are depressed, upset, anxious, and feeling rather rotten.

 

There are many things happening right now which are horrendous – corporate crime, political games, global economic crises, unemployment and more. That is all on top of the murder, rape, and child abuse that occurs daily.

 

But you can make the choice to live above all this. Not ignore that it is happening or exists. No, I mean you can choose to rise above it and be successful at work, home and in your relationships and finances.

 

You can be like Teflon, that material that things do not cling to, no matter what happens. You can be utterly free, utterly complete, utterly happy.

 

How can you do this? How can you be different from the other struggling under the heavy weight of the world?

 

It’all in the mind!

 

King Solomon says, "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he."

 

James Allen wrote a very famous (and public domain/free) book called *As a Man Thinketh” based on this Hebrew scripture. Read it!

 

If you have not done it before, begin envisioning the life you desire, not the life you have. If you began and stopped, re-start yourself and get back on track with a focus that is above the muck and mire of what is on the television and radio, in the newspapers and coming from the mouths of those around you.

 

It’s all in the mind!

 

Get out those subliminal and hypnosis MP3s, video and audio tapes that can help you change your thinking! Listen to uplifting music. Take a break from the television and radio. Start with one week, the  try two weeks, or maybe jump right in and start with a one month break from TV. Go to the bookstore or library and get one or two thick novels and read something that takes your mind away to far-off places.

 

It’s all in the mind!

 

Sure, you need to know what happens in the world but guess what? The world will carry on just fine if you take a one week or one month vacation from it and do not pay attention to it.

 

Use this time to write down the life you desire and then begin small steps to achieving it. Realize the Universe will support you in whatever it is you focus on mentally. If it is a focus on what you do not have, you will get more of nothing, more poverty, more struggle, more pain. If it is a focus on how much love you have, the friends and family you enjoy, the good life you desire, the Universe will give you more of that and doors will begin to open for that to happen.

 

It’s all in the mind!

 

Make your present reality. Create life on your terms. Set the agenda and follow the plan. Dream of it. Speak of it. Daydream of it. Sing about it. Write about it.

 

It’s all in the mind!

 

This is outrageous living! This is living life on YOUR terms and living it well!

 

Be well, my friends!

 

 


Please contact me if you have any questions about changing and im proving your life and would like some assistance. You can start coaching with me to make the most of your life!

Copyright ©  2008 Healing Universe

Your Hermit Year was likely a very solitary time, and possibly lonely. Your social life shrunk. Your spiritual life likely underwent a revolution, if evne a small one, as you eplored avenues you previously ignored or avoided. You learned about yourself nad about the world. Now it is time for you to put that knowledge to use and re-enter the world. If you are not jumping cycle, you are moving onto the Wheel of Fortune Year, represented by the number 10.
Our years are represented by Tarot archetypes. You calculate your year by adding your month of birth+day of birth+the current year. For example, a person born March 15 would calculate this year to be a 9 year. (3+15=18, 18+2008=2026, 2+0+2+6=10).

In the year that comes down to 10, you have reached your Wheel of Fortune year – and a fortunate year it is, if you are ready for roll with the changes.

Remember the Chariot Year with the Wheel? This is somewhat similar - changes in residence, job, and relationship can take place. The difference is that whereas in the Chariot Year it was likely very painful and traumatic, as well as shocking and without any time to adjust (you got that a year later), this time it is likely to be pleasurable, rewarding and welcome.

This is because the Wheel of Fortune year is the year when prosperity, luck, abundance and expansion are your key words. The Roman Goddess Fortuna is associated with this archetype, as is also the planet Jupiter. Big fat jolly Jupiter!

This is the year when if you are open to creating opportunities, taking risks and being flexible, you will reap a great harvest. Did you do some studying on a topic or two in your Hermit year that now enables you to make money in a new way or to understand something that is of value to someone else? This is the year you will be able to reap the benefits of that study.

There are a few warnings here – do not be inflexible and critical. Do not be opinionated and fixed upon doing things only the way you have always done them or “the way it should be”. Do not return to old patterns. On the other hand, do not take foolhardy risks and go overboard - as Jupiter can lead us to bloat, be gluttonous and epand until we implode or explode. It is a time to take risks and expand, but also to plan for the future.

For quite a few this is a time when a wonderful life partner or marriage partner appears on the scene and marriage proposals are not uncommon. Go ahead – get married!! There are quite a few wedding in people’s Wheel of Fortune years.

Last but not least – money. Yes, this is the year when you can see an expansion – no an explosion – in your finances as it appears that money is raining from the sky. You could go from making $20K to making $75 K in one year. Save the money, invest the money and find ways to continue the flow. This year will bring more abundance than in previous years and if you plan well it can be more than a one-time 12-month coincidence – it can be the foundation for future prosperity.

You can take advantage of this Wheel of Fortune year by getting together with a coach who can guide you in dealing with prosperity and abundance – i.e. Law of Attraction and success coaching. This abundance covers not only money, but relationships, career, family and spirituality.

Please contact me if you have any questions about your Wheel of Fortune year and would like a full Tarot consultation or would like to start coaching with me to make the most of your life!

Copyright ©  2008 Healing Universe

Completion. Resolutions. Spiritual growth and gurus. Leadership opportunities. Teaching. These are all part of the Hermit Year.

You calculate your year by adding your month of birth+day of birth+the current year. For example, a person born March 14 would calculate this year to be an 9 year. (3+14=17, 17+2008=2025, 2+0+2+4=9).

The 9 year is the Hermit Year. The Hermit Year is symbolized by Virgo and is a time when Virgo people (born August 23-September 23) will become important to you. This can be a partner/mate, business associate, relative, friend or teacher. You will want to bring things into full bloom with Virgo people in your life so you can both reap the harvest of your relationship. New opportunities from older people in your life and/or Virgo people will present themselves in some form.

In the Hermit Year, you will feel an urge to bring resolution and complete unresolved situations from the past. This may be done through Virgoans methods such as meditation, prayer, retreats, and quiet contemplations. You will sort in your mind how to organize things and arrange the little details.

This is the year when you will find yourself called to mature leadership -- particularly in the form of teaching or making presentations. It may be quiet and subtle, but it will be there. You will be asked to inspire and motivate people. Have you wanted to be a teacher? Now you will likely find the opportunities to fulfill that dream!

Be aware that you may also find that if you are a naturally extroverted person who thrives from being with friends and being very sociable, this may be a frustrating year: it commonly happens that in this year people find that no matter how hard they try, they cannot get their social life going full steam. People break dates more than usual and/or are too busy with their own lives to get together with you. This reuslts in you finding yourself "forced" to spend time alone, thinking and focusng on your home, your partner, your mental development, and in particular, your spiritual life.

If you need assistance in working through your Hermit Year or any other year, purchase an email reading and I will do a Tarot consultation for you or you can email me about life coaching.

Next: The Wheel of Fortune Year

Copyright ©  2008 Healing Universe

After the tumultuous rollercoaster ride you experience during the Chariot Year, most people are quite glad for what follows; that is, the Adjustment/Justice Year. This is an 8 year, when your month and day of birth, added to the year, equal 8. This is a year of balance and power where your life can stabilize.

You calculate your year by adding your month of birth+day of birth+the current year. For example, February 14, 1981 would caculate this year to be an 8 year. (2+14=16, 16+2008=2024, 2+0+2+4=8. The 8 year is the Adjustment/Justice Year.

The Adjustment/Justice Year is symbolized by Libra and is a time when Libran people (born September 24-October 24) will become signficant to your world. This can be a partner/mate, business associate, relative, friend or teacher.

It is a time of bringing balance back into your life -- particularly in financial, legal, health and relationship matters.

This will involve simplifying your life and throwing away what is no longer necessary and what is unused.

Truth, honesty and clarity become important in your relationships -- but you will not even be able to tolerate deceptions and delusions in yourself because you will learn how such things cause longterm problems in your life. One lie spawns another and another etc. One deceptive act backfires and causes more problems than ever imagined.

Spending time in nature becomes especially satisfying in this year. You will likely want to get out there to the vacation cabin in the woods and spend more than two weeks!

This is a year of learning to communicate directly and taking swift action; of making and keeping commitments, of being truthful with others and in difficult situations, and of using prudence and wisdom.

You will likely find yourself called to make a relationship commitment and follwo through on it; it will require you to connect honestly to another human being and to journey interdependently together as individuals. It is a step forward to maturity.

Not telling the truth in this year could envelop you in a bad position within rocky situations involving ethics and/or the law! Do not put yourself in that position -- tell the truth from the start. Why should someone need to confront you about a lack of telling the truth? Confront yourself first! You may even find that lying and hiding will cause health problems for you -- notice that rash, or how you cannot stop picking at your face or arm until you bleed? Notice that nervous eye tic or that shaking? Heh heh.

You or someone around you could also simply have a health issue that will need to get taken care of in this year to bring your life back into balance.

When you bring your life into balance, you gain power! You can do so much more when yo are living in truth and simplicity. You have few, if any, obstacles preventing you from achieving your goals. If you find you are not able to achieve your goals, examine where you are in terms of

  1. truth and honesty,
  2. commitment to a relationship,
  3. simplicity,
  4. finances,
  5. and balance in general.

If you are lacking - now you know where to make changes and get on track. Get your balance, gain your power!

If you need assistance in working through your Adjustment/Justice Year or any other year, purchase an email reading and I will do a Tarot consultation for you or you can email me about life coaching.

Next: The Hermit Year

Copyright ©  2008 Healing Universe

When we reach the year that adds up to 7, we have reached our Chariot Year. This is a challenging and fast-paced time when life will have so many changes it may be hard to keep up!

You calculate your year by adding your month of birth+day of birth+the current year. For example, February 14, 1981 would caculate this year to be an 8 year. (2+14=16, 16+2008=2024, 2+0+2+4=8. The 8 year is the Adjustment/Justice Year.

In the Chariot year you are asked to integrate reflection and action. Think about the changes you need to make and then make them. This is not a year where you will be able to sit on your butt hoping things will pass by or waiting for things to pass by. You will not be able to passively resist and ignore the Universe's call for change. You will often find yourself propelled out of your seat - or your job, relationship or home.

The changes are typically ones where you must change jobs or professions, move to another location or deal with the breakup of a relationship.

The harder and longer you hold on, the more painful the experience will be and the more you will lose. You must ask yourself -- "Is what I am trying to hold onto worth what I am losing?".

Holding on in your heart or mind to a relationship that the other person does not want only causes loss of peace within you and can have material costs as well when you think about all that you spend money on out of pain, resentment, anger and attempts to take revenge. It costs less money, time and pain to walk away and prepare for your next relationship.

The job you are fired from or are facing lay-off from -- this is now your opportunity to move into something better!

Use the Chariot Year to make changes. Roll with it and don't complain about what you must release. The more willingly you go with the changes, the sooner you will see the positive outcome.

The Chariot Year is also the year when you could find yourself doing more travel than usual, which is temporary relocation; conversely you may stay in the same place all year and then in the last month of that year decide to buy a new home and move.

From the outside, you and/or your life may appear very unstable to people.

This is also the year that Cancerian people (born between June 21-July 22) will be important to your life. This could be a teacher, friend, partner/mate, business associate or relative).

If you need assistance in working through your Chariot Year or any other year, purchase an email reading and I will do a Tarot consultation for you or you can email me about life coaching.

Next: The Adjustment/Justice Year

 

Copyright ©  2008 Healing Universe

(This post from my Healing Universe website blog is one of my favorites. So many changes are coming, fast and loose, for those with Sun in Aquarius or or significant Aquarius placements  -- and significant Leo placements for that matter. We as a human community are facing some dramatic changes that will move us along te evolutionary line in ways we had not imagined!)
 
Aquarians, and those with Leo Ascendants are emerging this year with stories about emotional and sexual breakthroughs and outpourings and more are to come with the lunar eclipse in Aquarius on August 16, 2008.

Is your birthday anywhere between February 10 and February 16? Aquarians with birthdays on or within 3 days of February 13 are especially revealing stories of almost explosive emotional and sexual expression and release. In fact for many of these typically cool, casually witty and flirty Aquarians, it is as though someone dynamited the dam of their sexual and emotional inhibitions and fears and released a shocking yet satisfying torrent of emotions and sexual expression.

Looking at Aquarius for 2008 this was destined to be and will continue to be a year of permanently altering changes and experiences regarding dating, sex and love – because your emotions will be deeply and irrevocably involved. Your intimacy needs and sexual desires will have opportunity and almost compulsion to be expressed.

While you had some hopes for a new sexual year in the first few days of 2008, the year started off with some Saturnian restriction when it came to intimacy. Did you find yourself putting business, competition, control and self-imposed rules ahead of entering into a new relationship or enjoying your sex life with your partner? Saturn is about rules and restrictions and it may have put a damper on your sex life while you tried to decide mentally where you wanted to go sexually and intimately.

But no fear – 2008 is the year for you to conquer sex. Think back to the solar eclipse in Aquarius one of February 6, 2008. You made and/or had a date with someone within a week of that date. Whether you realized it or not, you embarked on a journey with that person that was marked by another interaction at the August 1, 2008 solar eclipse, and you will have opportunity to further blossom at the August 16, 2008 lunar eclipse in Aquarius. This lunation is likely to be the most emotionally and intimately intense period of 2008 because your physical, sexual AND emotional needs in a partnership will be thrown to the surface. The man or woman you are living with, dating, married to etc on August 16 is right where you need to be. You will not be able to ignore the emotional and sexual needs any more. It is time to shed the old skin, the old ways of being and embark on a new and exciting journey with a partner.

This is all quite shocking and disturbing to the Aquarius soul, which is cool and aloof on the outside and can talk up a witty, chatty storm, but on the inside is extremely sensitive.

The lunar eclipse in Aquarius on Saturday August 16 is conjunct Neptune so the tendency to drown these sexual urgings and emotional intimacy needs in alcohol (or some other form of drug/mind-altering substance) at a party will be very tempting. How many will get drunk to avoid the uncomfortable feelings? Drunken sex is not good sex.

The positive solution, dear Aquarian, is, with clear eyes, to take your woman or man by the hand on that date, and share some good love-making. Start on Saturday August 16 and continue for at least the next two weeks into September! Get down to business and let the electric waters of pleasure flow between you! This is an emotionally cathartic time for you when you will best serve yourself, and best mature, by connecting body and soul to another human who is ready to journey alongside you and has simply been waiting for you to open yourself to the sweetness.

Copyright ©  2008 Healing Universe

Most people, whether they are into astrology or not, know that we are having a total solar eclipse on August 1, 2008.

A solar eclipse is an astronomical phenomenon like a New Moon, with the Sun and Moon in the same sign. We are dealing with conjunctions and oppositions. This one coming on August 1 will be quite a dramatic one as it is at 9 Leo. People with angels or planets between 6-12 Leo (conjunction) will feel it most strongly. Those who have angles or planets between 6-12 Aquarius (opposition) will also feel the shock.

So how, when, and where will this eclipse affect you? We could predict some things...but eclipses are Uranian in nature so what we think will happen may well not!

Watching Ahead: There are three sets of dates to mark on your calendar. First, you will get a clearer picture of the eclipse message for you within or by a month afterwards -- so stop and look at the impact around September 1 and September 16. Secondly, you will see the impact even more fully 3 months later (November 1 and November 16) and the third and mostclear insights will be laid before you next year (February 1 and February 16).

Going with Flow: Life transitions are something we all experience. Eclipses are powerful catalysts which speed up these transitions. Stand your ground, do not run in fear, and roll with the changes they bring to your life. The things you and people you do not need on your path of growth get burned away and blown off. The good things that are refined by the eclipses remain.

If you are tired or unsure of what to do around the eclipse time, do nothing and get some rest alone. One thing we all can tend to do in our lives is trigger events during significant times. Do not choose the eclipse time to have important discussions or make extreme moves!

Share Your Eclipse Story: Let's document what happens for we humans during eclipses. They affect more than national incidents or natural events. They affect the personal lives of people. Please write and share YOUR story of what happens in your life aroudn the August 1 and August 16 eclipses. Post something and let me hear from you!


 

Copyright ©  2008 Healing Universe

From my coaching blog.....

Law of Attraction -- It's Wicked!!

We already know that the Law of Attraction (LOA) involves changing from the inside. To do that we need to change how we view things.

"Wicked" by Gregory Maguire is a book and Broadway play that is a truly inspiring example - and a stunning one - of how looking at things from another perspective produces a different reality

It is a retelling of "The Wizard of Oz" now told from the viewpoint of the Wicked Witch of the West. The original is shown through the eyes of Dorothy of Kanzas. Now we get to hear the events unfold by Elphaba’s (the witch’s first name) and the perspective is shocking!

In this version, our favorite green Witch isn’t the villain, but rather the heroine. Dorothy is the villiain -- she is the instrusive foreigner who endangers the entire social, econiomic and political milieu of Oz.

In Maguire's tale, it is no wonder Elphaba pulled out all her weapons, including flying monkeys, to chase Dorothy out of her world, and said "I'll let you Dorothy...and your little dog, too!"

After reading this fable or seeing the play, you may find it easy to identify with this unlikely heroine,

If you can change your mind about the Wicked Witch of the West, you can change your perspective about anything or anyone or any situation.

You can begin to view what seems like a desperate, dead-end situation as one of new and unique possibilities! Having no income for five months month; no money for food and no food in the cupboards except oatmeal, flour and ricecakes and buillion cubes; and having no friends or family to help you financially means you have the opportunity to make some new choices, do some new things and get some new results. You can choose to be depressed, anxious and expect things to get worse. Or you can decide things will change - TODAY.

Keep your attitude in the positive as you search for and implement new ideas. Your attitude will affect how you feel and how you feel is manifested as reality.

What new ways can you earn money, even temporarily? Can you get someone to pay you immediately for work you do? Can you change your pricing structure (if you are self-employed)? Are there some other sources of money and food? Is is time to to investigate a new career path?

You can do anything and be anything and changing your perspective is a surefire way of starting on that path.

Do you have a successful story about how changing perspective changed your life? Please share it!

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Would you like to improve your life in one or more areas, and have advice and encouragement while you do it? Coachng is the way to get that support, so email me today and get started on your program.

 

Copyright ©  2008 L. Barrett Powell

From my coaching blog:

Detachment – The Key to Getting What You Desire

Emotions. We all have them. They can cover a wide range. We can choose to hide them or express them. But the most important thing you can do is detach from them if you want to achieve what we desire.

In order to successfully attract something, you must be detached to the outcome. If you are attached to the outcome of something you desire, you project the negative emotions of panic, disbelief, distrust, pessimism, fear or yearning which actually attracts the opposite of your goal. When you project these negative emotions you are functioning from a position of fear, anxiety, and doubt instead of confidence, trust, belief, trust and peace.

Attachment

What is attachment?

Attachment is being POWERLESS. When you devote all or most of your energy and time to something, you are attached to it. When you look to the external, to outside sources, to complete you, to make you whole, to provide your happiness and fulfillment, you are attached and powerless. You have abandoned your source, your core, your self. You have enslaved yourself to a situation or to another person.

Attachment creates insecurity. You spend your time worrying if you will get what you want and if you get some of it you worry about how you will maintain it and whether you will lose it. You worry about whether you will get a relationship you want with the person you desire and if you do get a relationship you then spend your time worrying about whether and when it will end. Insecurity replaces enjoyment.

Attachment occurs when you demand that everything be known to you. It is an attachment to the known. You demand, fret and get angry over not knowing how something will be achieved. You lack trust and have no faith.

Attachment sets you up for days and nights of crying, worrying, raging, feeling jealous, overeating and feeling sorry for yourself.


Detachment

What is detachment?

Detachment is being POWERFUL. It is when you let go and let God (or the Universe or whatever you want to call it). It is when you step back and decide that whatever the outcome – and the journey to that outcome – you will grow, learn and in the end, have something good. Yes, you may get exactly what you want or no, you may not but instead you will get something quite satisfying. Detachment is deciding that either way, you will be pleased with the outcome.

Have you noticed that sometimes the harder you try to work out something the worse the situation gets? That is when you are being told to detach. When you use force you create new problems. When you allow God/the Universe to work, achievement is effortless. The best thing for you to do is to take control when and where you can and when you meet the wall of resistance (the sign telling you to release) – release!! The situation will work out and you can sit back and reap the fruits/profits etc. , whatever they may be.

Being detached permits you to change your focus and shift to something new if necessary. It means you can go with the flow, without giving up on your intention.

You do not need a rigid, inflexible, detailed plan laid before about how you will get what you want. When you surf the waves of the unknown and let uncertainty wash around you, you become flexible, spontaneous, and open to a wide range of opportunities that can be blessings to you. You have experiences you might not have had otherwise and meet people you would not have otherwise encountered.

Detachment means realizing that God/the Universe is delivering good things to you and doing good things through other persons and you. It means realizing there is nothing you need to force. It’s all good.

With this in mind, do you realize you can have anything through detachment?

A home. A car. A mate. A job.

Embrace your desire and intentions but do not cling to them. State your intentions and desires and rest knowing they will be accomplished.

The Law of Attraction tells us that what we experience is a result of what we feel; it is a result of our attitude. If we are detached from the outcome, feeling calm and know that the outcome will be a good one, we will get a good outcome. You may not get the specific job or boyfriend you wanted, but you will get a fantastic job or a boyfriend who loves you so deeply you, and you him, that you cannot imagine life without him!

Remember, whatever you detach from has no power over you, rather you have absolute power over it.

For example, if you desire a loving and intimate relationship with a particular man who makes himself emotionally and physically unavailable, right now, detach. State your intention and desire to have a loving, intimate relationship with this man, but detach knowing that you will either get a loving and intimate relationship with this man or he will be replaced with someone wonderful who will make you forget all about this emotionally unavailable man. In that case, that unavailable man is the loser in this situation if he does not awaken and see you value; you are have lost nothing of value if he does not! Along the journey you can be open and flexible enough to learn about yourself and why you were attracted to an emotionally unavailable man. See? You grow emotionally and spiritually and you get a great relationship – all by practicing detachment.

Achieve your intentions from a position of power. Detach and let it all work out.

It’s all good!

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Copyright ©  2008 L. Barrett Powell

Be yourself.

I think that is the best way to live. I am hearing from a number of Leo Rising folks about how these last three years and this last year in particular has been rather challenging in terms of relationships with others.

The culprit here, I think, is Chiron in Aquarius going through their 7th house of open enemies. I know I have had an unusual share of complaints, issues and criticisms during this time.

(You can read more about Chiron in Aquarius in a two-part series I wrote in 2005. YOu can find it under "Chiron in Aquarius" on the side topic links)

Remember Chiron is about wounding and healing. Perhaps there is a lesson here about checking in with others more about how they are receiving your brilliant sunshine of leadership. Perhaps there is a lesson here about being yourself and not hiding away because of others' jealousy. Perhaps there is a lesson here about learning to truly love yourself.

Sometimes there is nothing wrong with hermiting yourself away (lol, a Virgo would know about that) and re-emerging when you have ahd a chance to nurture and nourish yourself, regain your composure and give your enemies time to move on to some other interest than criticizing, antagonizing and picking fights with you out of jealousy.

You know you are a good person and good at whatever it is you do. Let them snipe at you; you do not need to roar or snipe in return. Just throw your regal head back, but your dignified chin in the air, smile warmly, laugh and walk by them with your mind focused on you and your next moves in life. You will have taken back your power and they have lost whatever they hoped to gain in trying to extinguish your brilliant Leo Rising light. When you were born, the constellation of Leo was on the horizon, flooding the world with sunshine and light. You were destined to be out front and out front you shall be.

Yes, you have flair, style, drama and, like Aquarius, are at your best when surrounded by a crowd of people. With a Leo Rising you do not hide who you are behind a cool and aloof mask like Aquarius does. (Both Leo and Aquarius are insecure, but the way you mask it is different; Leo shows emotion and Aquarius withholds it). You love people and enjoy seing them be happy; you are bold about what you want at times because what you want is for your loved friends and family to have the best.

The key right now is to lead fomr behind. Do not seek a titled leadership position; rahter do the job from behind the scenes and give lots of verbal support to others. Instead of being the Chair or Vice Chair, be a regular committee member and do the Chair's job...because most likely you are the most qualified one to do it and the person who is Chair or Vice Chair may even know how to do the job. But shhhhhh! Don't say that aloud. When March 2011 arrives and Chiron enters Pisces and the 8th house (depending on your chart), you will be in position to be back on top and you can breathe a sign of relief.

Think Celine Dion, Muhammed Ali, Donald Trump, Elton John, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Parish Hilton, Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Marilyn Monroe. (Did you know Zsa Zsa and Paris are related? Zsa Zsa was once married to Conrad Hilton and is Paris' great-aunt)

Copyright ©  2008 Healing Universe

With Saturn transiting Virgo, there is a tendency for people (whether Virgo or not) to be negaive, critical, complaining and pessimistic. Some people are finding that they are carrying a tremendous amount of negative energy inside that they are  vicious criticism, gossip, complaints and blockage from others as they try to achieve their goals. They are allowing their thoughts and the words and actions of others kill their initiative, their spirit and their dreams. But this can be avoided and prevented.

Here is an article sent to me by email that I think will benefit many of you. If you want to make a difference in your life after reading it, contact me!

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The Saboteur Within:
Why You Don't Have What You Really Want

By Dr. Robert Anthony

Lets face it, most of us from time to time feel that life is just one big struggle with a series of never ending problems. Yet the truth is that life does not have to be that way. In fact, it can be just the opposite.

Life is not about struggle and overcoming problems. Life is about pursuing and creating what we truly desire in an easy, stress-free manner.

Is there something in your life that you want, but it seems to elude you?

Why is it such a struggle to create the things we want?

In short, if you don't have what you want (you name it) your subconscious holds some contradictory intentions for you.

To put it simply, you want something and it doesn't.

For example you may say, "I want more money.", but your dominant subconscious belief may be, "Earning the amount of money I want is very difficult".

Notice anything different about these two statements?

They are going in different directions. So after years of frustrating and contradictory messages you still don't have what you want.

What is really happening is that your conscious and subconscious are almost always in conflict. You consciously say, "I want more money" and then after listening, your subconscious says, "No matter what you do, it is too difficult to create that amount of money". As a result there is no agreement between your conscious and subconscious. When this happens they cancel each other out and give up on assisting you to create what you would like to have in your life.

What is critical to understand is the competition, conflicting agendas, and disharmony between your conscious and subconscious is keeping what you from having what you desire.

Why?

Because when your conscious and subconscious are not in agreement they produce negative emotion. And it is that negative emotion or negative energy that attracts the things you don't want.

Let me explain to you what is really happening.

Every thought is received by the brain, which is the organ of the conscious mind. It is here that it is subjected to our power of reasoning. When the conscious or objective mind has been satisfied that the thought is true, it is sent to the subconscious mind to be brought into the world of reality through quantum physics or the law of attraction.

It is no longer susceptible to any argument whatsoever. The subconscious mind cannot argue. It only acts. It accepts the conclusions of the conscious mind as final. This is the point at which the uncreated becomes the created, the universal becomes individualized, and the invisible becomes visible.

Put simply, every thought that you think has its own energetic vibrational frequency. That thought is impressed into your subconscious mind. Then, through the Law of Attraction it will energetically attract another person, place, thing or circumstance that has a vibrational match or is vibrating at the same frequency.

Your subconscious mind cooperates complete with your conscious mind when it understands and agrees with what you consciously want. In other words, when you conscious and subconscious are not in conflict.

Notice when you are feeling any negative emotion or conflict. That is you "inner guidance system" telling you that you are not in harmony with your desire. This is your first clue.

So, if you do nothing else, remember that you MUST correct and STOP the negative attraction IN THE MOMENT IT HAPPENS if you are serious about getting rid of the "Saboteur Within." That will clear the way for your conscious and subconscious to work in harmony to bring your desire.

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Full Moon in Scorpio
May 20, 2008
4:11am CEDT
May 19, 2008 7:11pm PDT
29º Scorpio 27’


This Full Moon is a Blue Moon, the second one in Scorpio for the year. It is because of this Blue Moon that we are about to hear some rare truths!

Scorpio has as one of its archetypes The Snake. Snakes shed their old skin periodically, revealing a shiny new one. It is time to shed your old, dead skin and let the newness come to the surface.

This Full Moon occurs as part of a Grand Square between the South Node in Leo, Neptune in Aquarius and Sun/Venus in Taurus. In this configuration, Neptune in Aquarius is playing a strong role, calling for spiritual awakening and for the layers of deceit and delusion to be ripped off. It is time to reject false claims and people who say they want change or are bringing change but do nothing of the sort.

Saturn in Virgo is now direct and we are still being demanded to get our affairs in order and to work hard to do it. Such hard work and organization will bring healing to ourselves, others and the planet. Rules and regulations are actually NOT a bad thing. Structure is not a bad thing. Saturn is comfortable in Virgo because of this, as Saturn rules and likes hard work and perseverance. It is time to take responsibility for your role in relationships with other human beings, projects at work, and your larger community.

With Jupiter in Capricorn (Capricorn is ruled by Saturn), we have the opportunity to see some positive and joyful fruits of our labor even now, rather than having to wait until the transit of Saturn in Virgo is done in mid June 2010.

The South node is karmic, revealing the pull from and to the past. It represents the old ideas that and habits that we must shed in order to grow. This Leo South Node is about clinging to old desires for selfish amounts of attention, instant gratification and over-emotionalism. Now is the time to head toward the Aquarius North Node and it is a call for cool, rational thinking, concern for humanity, and willingness to try new and innovative methods of handling everything from personal relationships to politics and the environment.

Scorpio has as one of its archetypes The Phoenix. In the mythological story this creature burns to ashes but rises again. Burn off your old karma under this Full Moon. Literally light a candle and release the old ideas and thoughts, behaviors, relationships and ways of relating. Then step forth into new (and yes, scary!!) ways of being.

How much longer can you blame someone else for being lonely if you, out of fear and naïveté about relationships, reject those who are interested in you? It is time to learn intimacy and you only learn it by doing. How much longer will you complain about the environment but not join an organization that is doing something to make changes? How much longer can you take the position of powerless victim instead of releasing the past, standing in your strength and being yourself, no matter what others may think?

The Scorpio Moon urges you to bring the painful things to the surface and heal them once and for all. Take responsibility for growing spiritually, emotionally, in your relationship life, and with your family, friends and co-workers.

Copyright ©  2008 Healing Universe

As the planet Saturn traverses through the constellation of Virgo health issues are coming up for introduction and review. Rules and regulations (Saturn) about health (Virgo), especially the health of women and by association their children, are in the news. Since September 2, 2007 we have heard about reviews of drugs and hormones used to treat menopausal women. Now the federal government in the USA has used the time under Saturn retrograde to prepare and now that Saturn stationed direct (May 2) is has released a report in which is it proclaiming a message it sent in 1936 under the polar transit of Saturn in Pisces: marijuana among teens causes depression and mental illness. It is

Reefer Madness!!!

 

It was financed by a church group, produced and released in late 1936 under Saturn in Pisces. The original titled was "Tell Your Children". Shortly thereafter in 1937, still under Saturn in Pisces it was retitled "Reefer Madness".

If you have never seen it, it is in the public domain and you and get a copy of the black and white film for about $1-$5. It shows teenagers getting involved in murder, becoming depressed, committing suicide, having (horrrors) pre-marital sex and getting raped and quickly becoming mentally ill....all because of marujuana.

There is one memorable scene where a girl who has smoked it become crazed while playing the piano...faster and faster and faster. I used to show this film at church as an icebreaker to talking about drug use in our senior high group. It never fails to get laughs and start conversation.

A film called "Cocaine Madness" was produced shortly after this. These two and some other films on marijuana and drugs in general were mass produced by the US federal government at that time as propaganda in the drug war of that time. Here is a link to the article about it: Reefer Madness.

How much effect do you think this old/new claim of marijuana and mental illness will have?

 

Copyright ©  2008 Healing Universe

New Moon in Taurus
15º Taurus 22’
May 5, 2008
2:18pm CEST /5:18am PST/8:15am EST

Family. Home. Community. Love, Good sex. Good food. Money. Comfortable surroundings. Responsibility. Order and Organization.

These are all in play with this lunation in Taurus on May 5. Venus-ruled Taurus governs our commitment to be steady providers for those we love and care about, such as our families and communities. This lunation has not just the Moon but Sun and Venus in Taurus and that calls us to connection with Mother Earth. There is also a grand trine between Pluto in Capricorn, Venus in Taurus, and Saturn in Virgo (which has just returned to forward/direct motion on May 2) make it feel natural that we are bringing the world of organics and environmentally-friendly ways of living into mainstream. Saturn in Virgo is all about organizing ourselves and taking responsibility to heal ourselves and then, using what we have learned, the larger community or world. Pluto in Capricorn is all about being realistic in our transforming of our relationships and the world, especially around issue of business and finances. Venus in Taurus gives us the incentive to plant some flowers and be gentle we go, making showing that order, organization, healing and responsibility can also be beautiful, especially as reflected in our relationships.

Chiron in Aquarius and Neptune in Aquarius are playing strong roles in this New Moon, squaring Taurus and asking us to be real about the wounds that keep us from getting new starts; the wounds that keep us from being radical, original and progressive; the wounds that separate us from the local and larger community. In order to grow and live healthily we must be open and honest about letting everyone express their opinion and offer their gifts and talents. We cannot oppress and suppress others in order to put ourselves first – even if we do it in covert ways and even if we try to present the façade of being humble behind-the-scenes persons. Our ego is seen!

What can you do from May 5 until the Full Moon on May 19? There are many things you can do to get real about your world, to deal with your finances, to enjoy the good things in life, and to transform your work life:

Taurus likes what is real. Do things in a real way. Neptune in Aquarius can bring out the higher spiritual instinct in you or you may struggle with delusions, drugs, too much daydreaming, denial of reality etc and thereby obscure reality and all the positive ways in which you could be contributing to the world. A major delusion we are now undergoing is one in which focusing on the negative, aspects of the world (the problems) instead of the positive (the solutions) is becoming commonplace.
 
Instead of contributing to the negativity of the world regarding relationships, politics, the environment and business, do something positive:
  1. join a peace rally
  2. support the candidate you like by passing out flyers or making phone calls
  3. find ways to compliment your partner and bring her/him a fresh plant or flowers
  4. spend more time wit your lover learning to be a better sexual partner
  5. volunteer to help people in debt create budgets and improve their finances.

In fact, with Saturn in Virgo in motion, it could be that you may responsibly serve someone well not only by helping them with their budgeting, but in other ways:

Case study: A few years ago, a pre-Saturn Return male client of mine had a woman friend he dated but to whom he never committed despite thinking she was pretty, sexy, caring and intelligent and enjoying her company and thier conversations. It was under the influence of a New Moon in Taurus that May, that he finally committed emotionally and sexually to this woman he cared for. He was tired of the haphazard world of dating and irregular one-night stands and realized he wanted some stability. However, he was still fearful of committing to another person and any responsibility that would entail. He decided to approach it both emotionally and "practically" by telling her he wanted to take their relationship further and asking her to move into his home, so that she would no longer need to spend money on rent and could use it instead to pay off her bills. She moved in with him a month later in June. She was able to pay off her debts and significantly add to her retirement savings (which impressed him), and to create the beautiful home she always wanted to create (which meant he benefited from her decorating, cooking and stable organization of their social life) and he became noticeably happier. During this time he opened up to her emotionally and allowed himself to admit his love for her and to be loved by her. Their living together thus became more than a benevolent financial arrangement. They became engaged nearly a year after she moved in and set a wedding date for the following summer. She was then able to contribute to a joint fund for their wedding and her secret wedding gift to him was to pay for a surprise side-trip during their honeymoon to a place she knew he always wanted to visit (which he really enjoyed!).


Speaking of finances, this New Moon in Taurus is a prime time to get your finances in order using a realistic plan. Examine how you meet your daily needs and look at the lifestyle you desire to live. Decide what makes you happy and what you can do to achieve it that is responsible. Make practical financial goals, commit to a budget (meaning live within your budget!) and create a savings/investment plan. Taurus calls for a moderate, even approach to finances so that when there are lean times, one is not affected and can still enjoy luxuries. Like the lesson of the fable of the ant and the grasshopper, be moderate and save during the abundant times and sit back and enjoy during the lean times.

Venusian Taurus is all about enjoyment and it a good thing to enjoy working at what you love – and it helps you fund the budget you have made! If you are not doing work you love, brush off the CV and apply for new jobs under this New Moon. You should hear a promising response by May 19. (But be cautious about starting any new job between May 26-June 19, the next Mercury Retrograde).

And finally, but not in the least, use this New Moon in Taurus to indulge in sensuality and sexuality as only Taurus can do! Take that luxurious bubble bath, spend an afternoon getting a manicure and pedicure, enjoy some loving, fun, and intense sex with your partner, eat a delicious meal, drink some good wine.

Copyright ©  2008 Healing Universe

What follows is an excerpt from the book "Black Leather Boots: Sex and Business", which you can purchase online at Lulu or Amazon if you wish to read further.


 

 

"Sex. In America, an obsession. In other parts of the world, a fact."

- Marlene Dietrich

 

Sex.

 

By simply writing or saying that word, one can draw the attention of everyone within hearing or visual distance.

 

Sex is powerful

 

Power.

 

Sex and power go hand in hand

 

Powerful men and women exude sex appeal. Sex appeal conveys power.

 

The other day I had a meeting with a potential client. I dressed as I normally do, in a warm turtleneck top and business pants. Brushed my hair. Scrubbed my nails. Then I put on the new 4-inch heel black leather boots I bought myself for Christmas. They go just above my ankles and I call them my magic booties. The meeting went well and I turned him from a potential client into an actual client. Did the boots do it? Hmmm, well I cannot say they did or did not but I know I feel quite sexy in those boots and it shows in my aura.

 

As men and women work together, socialize together, and network together, sex is always there. It is an undeniable underlying current. It is an unspoken game that is played with participants who generally know the rules quite well. The men whether married or not, implicitly know they will attract attention if they portray themselves as leaders, financially comfortable and confident. The women implicitly know that they will attract attention if they play up their femininity, where through their appearance or through being "all-business" and emotionally distant ("hard to get").

 

Men and women are drawn to those who exude power, as there is something about the attribute that makes a person attractive. Look at celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington, David Beckham. Even the deceased but famous, such as Marlene Dietrich, attract people.  Both males and females desire to be in her/his presence or show some kind of affiliation to her/him. The idea is that if the are seen around Oprah, Brad, Denzel, or David…or have an association with Marlene's sexually haunting legacy they will automatically be considered as powerful by association and will benefit from that person's power.

 

When we are networking, selling, advertising or making deals, we play a sensual game and the better player walks away with the best part of the deal. Among the better participants it goes something like this: One person has something the other person wants or they both want something from each other. They know not to simply dive right in and demand what they want. They know how to finesse it.

 

I once had a first date with a man from a major international accounting firm. We were eating dinner when he casually looked over at me and said "Can't wait to get my hands on those tits. They're so big." That was a man who had to wait and never got what he wanted (I left the restaurant).

 

The wiser, more skilled participants make themselves and/or what they are offering as appealing as possible and then begin the foreplay. Back and forth they give and take, make promises, and give hints of how good a final union could be. Finally,  the delicious tension ends in either an orgasmically profitable deal or a dissatisfying ending ("Well it's an okay deal but not what I really wanted") or, worse yet, coitus interruptus ("Whoops, sorry I can't or won't do this").

 

Men, how much do you think this underlying current of sex plays in the social business networking we do (whatever your sexual orientation)? In the work we do? In the deals we make? In our job-hunting? How strong is the appeal of associating with powerful men so as to be regarded as powerful? What makes a man or woman powerful, in your view?

 

How many of you women admit to being drawn to powerful men (or women, if your orientation is homosexual) in the same arenas of social business networking, work, job-hunting (but not necessarily for the explicit purpose of a romantic/sexual relationship)? What makes a woman or man powerful, in your view?

 

Would you say you are skilled in this tete-a-tete? Would/will you admit to even participating? Any observations about those you have seen successfully or not so successfully do the power/sex dance?

 

Do you of would you (male or female) bask in someone paying you attention because of the image you know you are giving off of being a leader, and/or powerful? Be honest!

 

Are there any other thoughts about sex and power in the arenas of social business networking and work?

 


The above is an excerpt from the book "Black Leather Boots: Sex and Business", which you can purchase online at Lulu or Amazon if you wish to read further.

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