January New Moon: What Do You Need to Be Successful?

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)

This year I decided to get serious about my goals. Not that I wasn't serious about them in the past, but like some people I'd do what I could and hope for the best. This year I wanted it to be different; and just at the right moment towards the end of 2009 I stumbled upon a blog post about the benefits of having a personal board of directors.

A personal board of directors is a small group of trusted friends or colleagues with whom you share your goals for the purpose of creating accountability and considering other perspectives. I thought it was a great idea and I knew it could really help me to achieve more in 2010, so I emailed four close friends asking for their participation.

Each one of them enthusiastically agreed to be a part of my board and this past week we had our first monthly conference call. In it I outlined my high level goals for the year and some of the steps I think I should take to reach them. It was a really great call with input from everyone and my expectations around feeling heard, affirmed, and encouraged were definitely met. I believe, that for me, to be successful I need to be accountable and encouraged and so I'm hoping this structure will work for me.

I share this with you because this month's new moon is in Capricorn- the sign of achievement, ambition, and perseverance. This month offers all of us an opportunity to take that first step towards achieving our goals. Let's take a look at the astrology of the new moon so that you can determine how to take advantage of this new monthly cycle.

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Website Update for Miami Astrology

I'm happy to announce a subtle update to the Miami Astrology website. I use WordPress to run the website and over the holidays spent time updating the site's theme- tightening up some of the graphics and adding some new places for content. And speaking of content...I've opened the website up to readers' comments. If you would like to share your comments on the articles you can do so once you register.

Another small change you may notice is that at the top of each article you'll see the "Share/Save" button. You can use this to post things directly to Facebook, Twitter, or other social networking or bookmarking sites. You can also email the articles directly from here too.

I'm pleased to announce that I'm getting ready to launch a series of articles entitled Astrologer's Across America, where I'll interview an astrologer from each state. I just completed my first interview and I'm really excited to introduce you to the diverse and passionate people who call themselves astrologers.

The response to the Ask the Astrologer, column was overwhelming- literally! I received so many questions that I wasn't able to keep up. In 2010 I'll be relaunching this as a monthly column with a prize for the question that's selected.

And if you have any suggestions for content you'd like to see on the website just respond to this email with your comment.