| Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. |
 |
Happy Birthday Libra!
Lectures & Workshops
The South Florida Astrological Association, the largest astrology club in Florida, will hold its next meeting on Thursday October 1st and Saturday October 3rd at the Fort Lauderdale Airport Hilton. This month Agnes Moscrip will lecture on the financial forecast. For more information please visit the SFAA website. Interested in Compatibility?
Consultation Gift Certificates
|
The September New Moon in Virgo: Act Like a Boyscout and Be Prepared"Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better." -Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)
In those articles I talked about the qualities of leadership and how we're called to be leaders in our own lives. And as Harry puts forth in the above quotation, leaders seize opportunities to make things better. However, this particular new moon isn't about seizing opportunties for change, but about becoming skillful enough to be able to seize them. The Astrology of the New MoonThe new moon occurs at 25 degrees of Virgo on Friday, September 18, 2009 at 2:44 PM. There are five planets in earth signs and five planets in mutable signs- meaning this month will be about adjusting and adapting our skills and analytical abilities to meet the changing and, at times surprising, circumstances. Do we have the dexterity to accept change? Have our skills matured enough to help us through times of uncertainty?
Mercury Retrograde: Don't Forget to Remember!"The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers." -Thich Nhat Hanh It's Saturday morning and I just completed my "weekly review." For those not familiar with the popular "Getting Things Done" book and methodolgy, the weekly review is part of an overall system for managing projects and tasks. David Allen, who created this system, also practices karate. At the beginning of the book David uses a phrase from martial arts: "mind like water." He says to imagine throwing a pebble into a still pond. The water ripples appropriately to the weight and mass of the pebble, and then returns to calm. David advocates his GTD system so that we too can have a mind like water- calm, responding to inputs appropriately- not overreacting or underreacting- and then returning to a state of calm. It's really about developing a state of mindfulness. Wikipedia defines mindfulness as: Mindfulness is calm awareness of one's body functions, feelings, content of consciousness, or consciousness itself. Mindfulness plays a central role in the teaching of the Buddha where it is affirmed that "correct" or "right" mindfulness is the critical factor in the path to liberation and subsequent enlightenment.In astrology the planet Mercury is a symbol for our mind, ideas, and communication and learning styles. Mercury is never more than 28 degrees away from the Sun, symbolizng how closely our mind relfects our true inner selves.
The effects of this phenomena include minor mishaps with communication, transportation, and paperwork- all things that are under Mercury's domain. For example, losing your keys, dealing with a computer crash, or misreading important contracts are more likely during the retrograde periods. All of these annoyances are really symptoms of a mind that's moving too fast and in too many directions. When Mercury turns retrograde it's time to do all of the "re-" words: reconsider, review, rehearse, and remind. It's a time to revisit where we've been, realign with our goals, and recommit to what's important. Mercury will be retrograde from September 7, 2009 to September 30, 2009. During that time it will move from 6 degrees Libra back to 21 degrees Virgo, where it was in mid-August. Think back (re-member!) to mid-August. It's time to review what was happening then, re-engage with something that was left unfinished, and revitalize it. |
John Lennon (October 9), Barbara Walters (Sept 25), Truman Capote (Sept 30), Susan Sarandon (Oct 4), Sting (Oct 13), Oscar Wilde (Oct 16) 
Join me on Wednesday, October 14 at 7:30 pm for my monthly new moon workshop at Shin Wellness (4500 Biscayne Blvd Ste 202). The Libra new moon is social, fair, and balanced. Join us as we explore this new monthly cycles and relate it to our own natal charts. 
Do you want to understand yourself and your relationships better? Have you ever wondered about the basics of compatibility? Check out my new ebook 
Need a unique gift for someone special? Give the gift of foresight. Consider an astrology 
Consultations are now available in 30, 60, and 90 minute packages. Recorded and written natal analysis is also available. 
I chose the above quote while I was writing this because it uses the words skillful and change- two themes I see in this month's new moon. But after I pasted it into my document I also noticed the word "leadership" - a topic that I wrote about over the past two months as it related to the lessons of the lunar cycle.