"Encounter the past in many new and passing faces as the subconscious rewires those connections upgrading the relationship pattern."

 "We need to reconnect to our primal soul-memory of what it means to be in right relationship with spirit, ourselves and others."

"A clash of ideals and impulses, instincts and other urges guides us to find the middle ground."

"Aggressiveness or assertion is not power; developing this power is an all inclusive act of being not a performance of dominance."   

Soul Retrieval
& Igniting Your Purpose

Becoming a Caretaker
 of the Earth

by Roselyn Caiden, BA RAc CCP

Soul & Life Coach   

& Shamanic Practitioner

Do you feel the call to make a life change?

Are you afraid to let go of the restraints of your old life?

Are you longing to make a difference to the planet now?

If you have suffered trauma at some time in your life,a soul part or aspect of your vital essence will likely have become unavailable to you at the time of the trauma.

The phenomena of soul loss is often multi-generational causing us to re-create disempowering life contracts

that interfere with the igniting of our life purpose.

Symptoms of soul loss can include depression, lack of energy and motivation, a feeling of being disconnected from the earth and from your life purpose.

During the enormous shift that is occurring on the planet today, we are being called to remember why we are here and to recognize ourselves as the creators of our life dream.

Opening to our interconnection with the web of life gives us a direct experience with the flow of energy between ourselves and the earth and an awareness that every footstep we take makes a difference.

Signs of being in alignment with your life purpose include energy, joy, connection, wellness, peace, abundance and love.

Calling your soul home to become fully embodied and fully present is the greatest contribution you can make to the conscious awakening that is unfolding on the planet today.

Roselyn has a practice in Victoria helping people who are in transition navigate the waters of change through life and soul coaching and the Soul Retrieval Journey Program.

Phone sessions are also available.

Roselyn Caiden:   

www.sacredpath.ca     

250-889-8717

~ Free consultations in person or by phone ~ 

What feels like a big void and an inability to get your thoughts straight is part of a massive re-booting, re-wiring, re-setting and recalibration process that was triggered onto a whole new level by the recent Mercury Retrograde. As always, this process is happening on both a personal and global/collective level. Usually you can expect some clarity to emerge once Mercury goes direct again, but this time around it is more that the retrograde kick-started yet another stage of our ongoing vibration upgrade with that stage now setting the theme for the next couple of months leading into the June Solstice.

This stage is all about recalibration which opens the way for more clarity, but just like any renovation project the process itself can look and feel more like confusion. Ironically, by allowing all the myriad of thoughts, feelings and experiences that will come up at this time, and not expecting to be clear, you can relieve yourself of some of that confusion! Think of it like a bunch of stuff being thrown in the air, it gets re-organized up there, and then comes down in a new way. The more you resist with thoughts like "Why am I so unclear"? "Why does nothing make sense?" the more it feels like it is going in slow-motion and taking forever. The more you allow it with thoughts like "Everything is getting re-organised", "I'm about to become so much clearer/stronger/productive", "This is great!" the faster it happens.

Renovations are supposed to look and feel a little messy but they always involve an organised plan and so it is with this process. This organised plan is not usually evident until the end of a project. It's only when everything is finished that onlookers say "Oh wow, if you'd told me it was going to look like this a few months ago I never would have believed you, but now look, it's amazing!" The builder/architect/designer knew what it was going to look like, even in the midst of the renovation chaos, and we can learn from them with our approach to our current changes. We can get overwhelmed and anxious and think everything is falling to pieces, or we can trust that some higher part of us knows exactly what is going on and has their hands on the bigger picture/plan.

When some people read 'trust', they think it means to passively sit back and let things happen. Sometimes things magically do happen, usually after much inner vibrational work. Other times it is your inspired action that allows things to happen. So when we say trust here, we don't mean 'sit back and hand over responsibility' we mean trust that you have a very intelligent force inside you guiding you every step of the way toward manifesting and attracting the life you came here to create. This intelligent force is making it more and more clear these days whenever you are on or off track with your thoughts, words and actions. Trust in this intelligent force is energetically active, not passive.

If it makes you feel better, say to yourself "There's a plan here, show me the next step." Don't ask for what's going to happen ten steps down the track or how you're going to take those ten steps. Just ask for the next step.

Different people will respond to this time in different ways, depending on where you are at in your personal process. If you are feeling relief at the thought of all this re-wiring, you're doing great and you're right on track. You've done a lot of work on yourself, you're ready for a quantum leap and can feel it coming.

If you are feeling frustrated, you've done more than your fair share of toe-tapping, fingers drumming, waiting for something to change. You are among the group shouting at the universe show me something for goodness sake!! You fall into the category 'You are the one you are waiting for'. Ask "What part of me is waiting for me to own it? What part of me is waiting for me to catch up to it?" Own it. Catch up to it. Then grab it with both hands and run with it. No more waiting. This recalibration process for you is about realising you already are that which you are waiting to be, you just have to realise it.

There are lots of different energies co-existing this month - some harmoniously, some conflicting, some on one dimension, some on another. Some energies are leaving, others are incoming, nearly all are shifting and adjusting. Imagine a bunch of different coloured laser lights all crossing over each other, moving up and down, blinking off in one place, returning in another (or not), transformed (or not) .and you'll get the picture.

This can at times feel like a bustling central station with so much going on we don't know what to do with ourselves. When the different energies bump up against each other (eg two people who are living in different vibrational spaces) the result can be pretty unpleasant if one or both insist that their vibrational space/reality/viewpoint/perspective is the right one. Multiple vibrational spaces and thus perceptions of reality are existing right now (always have actually, only now it's becoming more obvious), and the more we keep that in mind the more harmonious our interactions with those around us will be. There is no one right vibrational space, there is only that which is right for you for right now. Sometimes it will feel like we're all becoming our own little vibrational island. Feeling a bit separated or disconnected from others for a bit is actually an important part of sorting out who you really are, as opposed to who you have thought you are based on the influences of others.

We are going to start seeing a lot of extreme clashes of opinion and polarizing played out as people start to gravitate to the vibrational spaces that are right for them, yet feel that everyone not in that space is wrong. Don't waste energy on any of this tug-o-war type thinking. We are also going to start seeing a lot of judgement and projection going on wherever people are resisting the ownership of any of their wholeness. For example, someone unhappy in their job might lash out at someone who has just left theirs saying "Who are you to think you have a right to be happy at work? Work isn't about being happy." Even if we're no longer attracting this type of stuff in our personal lives, we'll see it in the media, politics and social networks. While this might seem like we're going backward, it's actually a collective manifestation of what happens whenever we individually have a big breakthrough. You know how it is - just as you commit to a new behaviour, your old patterns rise up in your face. This happens as a kind of 'clearing the last speck of dust in the room' opportunity. Our soul's commitment to shift will feel relentless. Everyone is going to be increasingly pushed and triggered to remember and reclaim their wholeness. We can do it kicking and screaming, or we can do it gracefully. Our choice.

Some of us are feeling a big void where we feel nothing is happening nor do we even feel like doing anything. It's like the quiet time when all the buses at central station have left and the arrivals are yet to arrive. If you are feeling too quiet and unmotivated, you may be in the midst of a 'Passion upgrade'. The old things no longer interest you but you don't know what new things do interest you. This is an excellent time to start a new vision board, only this time try not to have any pre-conceived ideas about what you might want to put on there. If you see a picture or word that jumps out at you, cut it out or print it out. Let things come to you that may not make sense when applied to your 'old life' but for some reason keep whirring around in your head for attention. It could be a country, a course, a project, an ambition, a goal, a desire, a dream, an idea or even just a word. Follow a lead even if your logical mind says you are being silly. Ask for a brochure for that trip or course that's calling you, go inspect that car or house, even if you have no idea how you'd pay for it. Some call this wishful thinking, and it is. Those who know that our thoughts create our reality practice wishful thinking all the time. When we follow our thoughts like Hansel and Gretel cookie crumbs they guide the way to the manifestation of all sorts of impossible things.

Now more than ever we have to daily remind ourselves: WE create our own reality. WE collectively are going to determine what happens over the coming year and years. WE are responsible for what every aspect of our life looks like. Don't let yourself fall back into old victim mode habits (What if I never resolve this issue, What if the world never changes, What if I never become who I am here to become). If the best you can do right now is repeat to yourself I'm getting there, we're getting there, everything is getting clearer, then repeat that. Don't let yourself fall back into old apathy mode habits. Recalibration can feel a bit like everything is on pause or chaotic, so if you are prone to despondency (and who hasn't been sometimes, especially when you feel like you've waited for things to change for soooo long) then it is especially important to remind yourself "I'm getting there, we're getting there". Feel like you're lying to yourself? Ah, at the risk of talking in circles - now is the time to remind ourselves WE create our own reality. If you have a "But" at the end of that sentence then some part of you is still unplugged from some part of your power and authentic self - and ultimately that's what this recalibration process is all about. We are reconnecting to our power. We are reconnecting to all parts of our authentic self. We are reconfiguring all those aspects of us that made us think we were less than who we really are. Some intelligent force within is reminding us: you are more, much more than you can possibly imagine. We are remembering and we are re-membering.

The SUN is in Taurus until May 20th.

MERCURY is in Aries until May 8th when it enters Taurus.

VENUS is in Gemini and will turn retrograde May 15th.

MARS is in Virgo. Mars will enter Libra July 3rd.

JUNO is retrograde in Sagittarius. It will re-enter Scorpio May 16th. Turning direct July 30th Juno re-enters Sagittarius September 16th.

CERES is in Taurus.

PALLAS ATHENA is in Pisces until May 17th when it will enter Aries. Due to its retrograde July 30th by October 3rd Pallas regresses back into Pisces. Turning direct November 20th Pallas re-enters Aries January 10th, 2013

VESTA is in Aries until April 30th when it enters Taurus.

JUPITER is in Taurus until June 11th 2012 when it will enter Gemini.

SATURN is retrograde in Libra. June 25th Saturn turns direct. October 5th, 2012 it enters Scorpio.     

CHIRON is in Pisces. It enters Aries April 19th 2018 but it will regress back into Pisces September 27th and not re-enter Aries until February 19th 2019.

URANUS is in Aries where it will supercharge our reality with ultimate transcendence until May 15 2018 when it enters Taurus.

NEPTUNE is in Pisces. It enters Aries March 30th 2025.

PLUTO is in Capricorn. From March 23rd 2023 until November 19th 2024 Pluto will dance back and forth direct retrograde direct from Aquarius to Capricorn, Capricorn Aquarius before it finally enters Aquarius.

April 19TH In Taurus, the Sun is methodical, sensual, and receptive. We are inclined to accomplish what we think is worthwhile and are concerned with our physical resources. Our strongest desire is for personal security. Taurus is loyal to all that is familiar as it values longevity. This is a good time to prepare for things and plan an agenda. We reawaken to our love of nature and natural things and engage in our creative side through arts or music. As our self-determination strengthens we gain in patience, perseverance and the ability to keep on going, no matter what. Sun in Taurus is good for starting any project we are not absolutely certain we would otherwise finish. Activated to defend things we can be more resistant, stubborn, bull-headed or possessive. If we are disappointed we can act against our own interests. In Taurus we are prepared to sacrifice even the meaningful, enduring relationships we think we need if they fail to remain emotionally secure. Broken promises or the betrayal of others are abuses we cannot give another chance.

21ST This New Moon definitely signals it is the right time for planting early seeds. This can translate into seed ideas for those who are not gardeners. We have a good base or foundation for our projects. Most of us are stretching and growing, blossoming and expanding. But some are lost, wounded, hindered and unsure. This creates nervous energy that disturbs the ability to fathom the bigger picture which can make organising the smaller details easier. If we open to the cosmos, fate, the Great Spirit or destiny; whichever we prefer, we can be guided more favourably than by force, ambition, competitiveness and acrimony. Be very still in mind, body and soul. Listen to inner wisdom. Create the plan and evolve the structure; soon it will come to be.

Subtly reduced momentum helps us to increase our efficiency and sort out priorities. We need to take the time to be true to ourselves in a realistic way. We are considerably more interested in guidelines, boundaries, controls and limitations. Obligations and commitments put pressure on us. We want more self-authority. When suffering delays, frustrations, tedious or time-consuming tasks it robs us of our enthusiasm. Do not be surprised if someone backs out, renegotiates the current agreement or makes structural changes to everyday experience. Clean up the past and learn from previous mistakes. Relationships can be rocky. We tend to project onto our relationships in an adversarial way. For some this energy can be fracturing which interferes with discipline and perseverance. Many will address conflicts in their spiritual philosophies, beliefs, ideals and cultural traditions. Others will face their dichotomies through a projected reflection.

This is also a time of encounter. Standards of expectation are awkward to balance. Injustice is in focus. The needs of parents, spouse, children and extended family stress our ability to tend to ourselves. Conflicting pulls of loyalty make it difficult to be fair and equal. We need to reconnect to our primal soul-memory of what it means to be in right relationship with spirit, ourselves and others. The tensions will create new role models. New relationships need to acknowledge and honour each other's support system in order to work. People who are more traditional and those who are married to tradition will find themselves in a societal warp. Parents or the elderly may need care or attention. We are exploring intricate relationship patterns and soul-connections which will take finesse.

25TH We take action with regard to our relationships. Motivated to make things happen our way we are aggressively assertive. Getting to the nitty-gritty of our relationship faux pas' needs equality of regard for each other otherwise competitive drives vent anger unfairly. In the single realm this influence stirs us to action to seek a sexual relationship. Wherever we stand in disorder it should be in the middle. Avoid taking sides. In some instances things are moving apart in others they are adapting to come back together in a strongly stable way. Willpower is strong and may in some instances overshadow commitment. Some will stand alone with their pride. We have difficult decisions to make regarding relationship and we are looking deeply within ourselves for answers.

We have crossed the threshold into a new age on the Earth and our awakening consciousness is turned toward resourceful and ingenious expressions. We need to encourage the non-conformist within to invent and court new trends into society. New rules and roles are being innovatively revamped by the needs of our times. Still at the conceptual stage the public at large does not know this is happening. Government actions are a key to future trends. Unsettling, unexpected, sudden or upsetting events disturb composure. Children can be rebellious or mysteriously upset. These erratic and unreliable energies cause the most difficulty within emotional bonds.

With the emergence of the slim Crescent Moon we are drawn to our comforts. We seek to escape the rigors of everyday life through activities that enhance the mind. It could simply be an excellent book that takes us on a journey of discovery, or a shopping expedition that ends up in a museum. We seek value, worthiness, broader understanding and wish to resolve any mysteries we carry with us. If others are absent minded their words, actions and demeanour may cause misunderstandings, slights and hurts without intention. Family and friends are important. We can be restless for change but confused about what to change.

29TH Within a few days the First Quarter Moon forms putting some stress on us to put our actions where our words have indicated they would go. Sudden expenses are necessary. Consider them an investment. There will be an abundance of news from both near and far. Those who have been waiting for the go-ahead on career or another ambitious project will be pleased to move forward. Many are inspired to work on beautification jobs. Seek the help of others when unsure or confused. The right person will present themselves. Pull strength from the collective and once strong we will be the source of strength for others.

30TH Inconsistencies and contradictions become blatantly obvious. Duty, responsibility and practicality are in the way of our creative, intellectual or real interests. We expend considerable energy trying to achieve the impossible only to find that we must reset our boundaries and guidelines to reach satisfaction. While it feels quite dysfunctional and out of accord there is much personal growth accomplished and increased functionality created.

There is an influx of Earth Goddess energy. Healing the Earth and healing through the Earth comes when Vesta enters Taurus. This also helps us to perform with steady persistence and produce tangible results. Getting too focused can lead to tunnel vision but otherwise we get grounded and become anchored in a stable space. Metabolism slows down which makes stretching important and recommends time out to recharge periodically. We can work and play as a team. We need to feed ourselves with good heart food and leave out the foods that are bad. The temptation to indulge in sweets, rich and fine food is strong. Fitness routines can be undertaken with a slow but sure approach for two months before working into more vigorous activity. With a sensible and accepting sensuality we gain the comfort we need to work through sexual issues. It is possible to get in touch with our most natural instincts and organic essence to overcome traumatic experience and regain connection to our innocence.

May 1st It is very healing to get out into nature to sense our deep mystical connection to the Earth and all her creatures. This is a good time to actively listen and become attuned to the world around us. Doors will open if we do. A change in diet, meal schedules or health habits is easily implemented. Nurturing and nourishing ourselves helps to strengthen and deepen our bond to our mother. Parents experience a turning point with their infants, toddlers and kids. The new generations want extended privileges beyond their parent's childhood model. Parents adapt rather than enforce helping to create modified human archetypes.

2ND With the Gibbous Moon we have the endurance to get down to the nitty-gritty and dig deep into places we at other times do not wish to go. Major repairs may reveal themselves as imperative, they are long overdue anyway. We are feeling lazy otherwise, unless challenged and provoked. Immunity is low and we seem to need more sleep. At times the energies seem to be at a standstill. Many people get restless and take action just to stir things up. Get out of the rut and have some fun, go different places and meet different people; we need to stretch our mind as well as our bodies.

Do whatever necessary to make way for new beginnings. Positive endings and rebirth help us with our metamorphic experience. We can get beyond the illusion that holds us back. Best if we let go and be empowered. We can nurture ourselves back to wholesome health. Transform life through nurturing and abandon stress, pain and resentment. Get beyond inner blocks and earn empowerment. We can claim ownership over our deeper transformative needs. Nourish the stillness within and guide others by example to transform life through this inner sanctuary, our port in the storm.

3RD Creative projects get a boost of inspiration to which we wilfully apply our energy. We are validated in our developmental progress. Spiritual or artistic involvements are tested and refined. Expectations are modified as unrealistic definitions create difficult dilemmas but if we remain positive disillusionment leads to awareness. We cannot uphold our illusions. It is easy to see beyond the appearances of others. We can also see where we deceive our mind with false conceptions. Self-centred victim consciousness is an inappropriate escape for those who do not want to face the results their needs have created. Understanding the human condition, that we are all flawed, a work in progress, we can have more compassion for ourselves and others.

5TH The emotional distance and absence of intimacy between couples should not be taken personally. We are redefining our definition of relationship, spirituality, bonded relationship, ideals and personal integrity. Each individual has to resolve their personal paradox or dilemma. Many adjustments made frequently are expected. We need to be flexible and adaptable. We grow in understanding in whatever measure we earn. Not a good time to start up a new relationship as it runs the risk of being incompatible and preclusive. Guilt can be a powerful influence when it comes to children, or bargaining power in marriage.

At the Full Moon it can go really good, or really bad depending on how we handle it. The I as opposed to Thou could prevail if emotions are allowed to escalate and spiral out of control. They will most probably be based on misperception. So the flip side is a romantic, dreamy, playful experience of others. In this duality we can be solidly dependable with others or we can reject them outright based on our brand of judgement. It is best if we can keep our head above all this, explore our negative states for personal liability and try to understand others for who they are. So much is flooding to the surface that it may not make sense to others when blurted out in hindsight and out of context.

6TH Two very great influences are building. They provide us with inspiration, insight and imagination. This is excellent energy for art and science. Development of greater compassion and sensitivity will progressively help us to tune into the collective pool of future potential for mankind. Over time we answer the call to be true to our inner spirit, to live in harmony and detach from falsities. In the process, our dreams will be enhanced, visualizations of our future will form and with peacefulness we can achieve a very tangible clarity. As we move forward we can detach from disappointment, clear up repressed emotion, face the limitations of others and see the naked truth with less emotion.

7TH We are in a time of constant change shifting from one day to the next. We seek freedom, liberation and greater potential but we may move too quickly and impulsively to develop the right opportunity. It is best not to ruin our chances by being impetuous. Very little patience is actually required, just restraint. This is also a time of release. Our lucky chance can come out of the blue; a considerable change in fortune, or sudden opportunity. What disturbs the process is our restlessness, impatience, dislike of restriction. These states create major disturbances. We are negatively suggestible. We will stubbornly go in the exact opposite direction from applied pressure, suggestion or expectation. We can be hostile toward anything that tries to keep us in line. Under these conditions it is possible to have a relationship crisis.

During Mars Retrograde we experienced a rather hellish couple of weeks around the time that this planetary aspect formed. While we will be less befuddled this time we are still prone to rash, impulsive, sudden, and unexpected actions. This makes us accident prone. Events with electronics must not be taken for the norm. There are bound to be problems with computers, internet and other electronic devices, even telephones. We rush at things charging full speed ahead and do not take criticism. Easily challenged we are ready to fight to do things our own way. We want to change everything yesterday, for the sake of change and to get out of our rut. Physical exertion can be exhausting. We take on too much and other people will impose more if we let them. Realise that physically punishing impossible demands are unnecessary.

8TH The brain's pace will plod along slow but sure while Mercury is in Taurus out of whack with over-revving motor skills we are experiencing. The unhurried, careful methodical thinking processes and communications want plenty of space for alternatives to be integrated with fundamental values or practicalities. We want to be able to allow our ideas to take root and develop without haste. But alas we will struggle with that. Taurus is a great filtering field where information is accepted or discarded and resources are gathered. So it is important that we curb impetuousness. We have a wealth of common sense at our disposal and we learn by doing. Humming and whistling while we work lifts our spirit. Our sense of perception, smell, touch, feeling, colour, mood and taste will be increased. This increases the primal senses too, it is up to us to pick which ones we use. Thinking and sensing types, intuitive and feeling temperaments and creative or artistic aspirants will enjoy this upliftment. By diverting rashness we can sort out our priorities, make to do lists and let our instincts guide us to map out a plan to reach our goals. We just have to think before we act.

9TH We need to be careful what we spread around during the Disseminating Moon. A backlog of toxic emotion is threatening to spew. Many are dazed and confused, fearful, in pain and worried. Some are caught in their own slipstream of personal preference and indulgence. A few are making major snap judgement decisions about finances which is likely to be critical. There is too much autocracy, ego, inflated opinion and addictive malice. Take responsibility, control thoughts, words and actions, be objective. On the plus side this can be a time of accelerated growth, metamorphic achievement and karmic grace which sets us on our pathway of purpose. Even if it is rocky, the intent is the same. It depends how much work we have to do.

11TH Last summer we came up against this planetary combination of considerable merit. We are dealing with our woundedness when we will most likely hit another wall. The purpose of this is to face the stark reality of truth and acknowledge conflicts of interest. Patterns and repetitious experience, events or circumstances are looked at from as many angles as can be executed. We review the mainstays of our life to assess our complexities with a different approach. Ultimately we can build bridges, find the middle of the road and meet in the centre of differences. However we work on the separations between us and others we need to find acceptable solutions not simply persist in the dance. These forces are pulling apart and regrouping to start in a new direction. This can mean some situations have run their course.

12TH Our inner healing power is profoundly affective. Some have done a lot of inner core work and are ready to be productive. For others this is a time of awakening that healing power, sometimes this is through loss but mostly through other deep transformative peak experience. In one fashion or another we will explore the theories, assumptions and taboos about death, intimacy and transformation. Hidden subconscious forces have been building unseen and this planetary combination is like putting a match to tinder. Whatever we have repressed will release in a flash. We experience the duality of a domineering manner and a subconscious that is fearful, weak and helpless. There will be bullies and there will be victims. We need to claim our power by beginning the journey of self-healing or proceeding with our healing work on new levels. These shamanic energies help us to develop keys and methods that open doors. Even with potentially destructive emotions emerging we can claim our wholeness, release our grief and find healthier ways to express our power. Counsellors can help us create a conscious bridge between dimensional distortions. We are working toward fulfilment of these influences.

Considered a breaking point this Last Quarter Moon is involved in dissolving the impediments to personal progress, locating the old habitual tripping points and eliminating values at cross purposes to these ends. In this way we are definitely focused on working on our karma. At the same time we are also stretching our capacity to enjoy life and be grateful for all we have. Positive achievement boosts our self-respect. There will be communal activities, dining experiences and great entertainment opportunities. Some will be budgeting for their travel plans. Others are devoted to their spiritual development.

13TH We may experience some confusion in handling different levels of experience. It is possible to lose touch with the overall plan or be held back because of too much attention to detail. In some way our plans are difficult to manifest or concretise. Our brain and our willpower are in different camps. The way we plan things is different from the way we execute them. Due to this distortion we will learn to get things in proportion but coordination is difficult.

14TH Because old conditions, status quo and common standard are breaking down for rebirth we have immense potential to give birth to powerful creative ideas and perceptions. By channelling our procreative energy into mental, artistic or activist activity we develop the written word, art forms or social improvement. It is crucial that we acknowledge the positive possibilities that come with endings. It can open our psychic field to better intuitive guidance and inner resolution. Through all mediums of artistic or healing arts we will enhance our perception. This will help us to devise better plans. First clear away the mental and psychic debris so giftedness can be discovered and empathetic values nourished.

Over-identification with the father or a denied and rejected mother figure can play a psychological role in alienation from our feminine nature at this time. This would interfere with our ability to employ these influences wisely. We will become aware of the split between our intellectual and emotional sides and discover what blocks our creative or motivational abilities. Other conflicts that might arise are between family and career. Art therapy is recommended.

15TH The last Venus Retrograde we endured was in the fall of 2010. I remember that one too well. This is my least favourite of all retrogrades because it can make narcissistic people worse and others more selfishly self-indulgent. For some this is positive because we become aware we must take better care of ourselves. This is the planet of relationships so we will definitely be revisiting our choices and patterns and may have old friends and lovers re-enter our life. The deeper levels of Venus deal with values, finances and real worth so we will explore all parts of our quality of life. Because the retrograde is more fragile, vulnerable and unprotected we are too subjective and close to our situation. It is a time for evaluation of the little frictions and disagreements and assessment of the severity and learning lessons of real worth and value. Our discrimination is more effective because of a deepening sense of value. Financial affairs receive fresh strategy in planning and budgeting and there can be a change in income or cash flow. New relationships can form. New inspirations can change old projects sending them in a different direction. Matters of diplomacy, harmony and social interaction could become unstable and require re-negotiation. This can be a good time for negotiations, since the energy is already in a direction of reflection and exploration of the internal or unseen side of the situation.

Old judgements go by the wayside, they may no longer be socially acceptable or they simply need modernization. We are actively contemplating the reconstruction of our life structures and the social infrastructure continues to breakdown. We need to re-evaluate the old codes and agreements and create a new measuring stick. A new code of conduct is in the making while the old conventions are breaking down. The main battle is in the becoming. The future is formed by the actions we take. Be cautious and careful about making the correct decision. It is better than making the incorrect decision in hast or not acting at all. It would be good to consider all the ways that we fail to act on our own behalf. These usually end in frustration, anger and bitterness. Break through these fear based barriers. Trust will keep us from such paralysation. We are re-writing the meaning of duty.

16TH How we use our power will be very important. Are we using power for our own benefit and profit or for the greater existence? Those who are devoted to their spiritual path will be considering the right use of power. If we have reformed our motivations there can be some quality opportunities for gain and success. We all need to consider the social good as well as our own needs. Strong ambitiousness comes with this influx of energy and self-propulsion. Much depends upon the degree of reform that is integrated into our actions how we will do. Reconsider all long-range objectives in terms of the greater existence that is beyond our control. Witness what occurs with politics and government.

The Balsamic Moon is ripe with opportunity to re-create whatever we wish into a new image. We are grounded in our beliefs and plans. There is increased compassion for other people's faults and failings, dysfunction or evolutionary wounding. Everyone is serious minded about their finances and a few are nervous. We need to take charge of our reality, own our hopes and wishes and obsessively work on our self-realisation. Get out of the rut and into a groove. We can put ourselves first until someone else needs us more. Destiny will come by way of serendipity. All we need to do is be aware in the moment and be tuned into the now of existence.

Technological advances are no longer foreign to us. At this time we can actually work within a range of ease and comfort with the skills we have developed so far. There is a chance that some will experience changes in their work and career. It is easy to panic or be anxious about the potential for change but it is better to be excited. We take more space and freedom where we need it. But too much focus on the self wastes the potential for greater objectivity and perturbs our priorities. Some are rebellious and erratic, others are transformational and evolutionary. We are supposed to be building functional structures into a new order so of course we want to do things differently. These are transitional times, an era of reform.

Without the old strictures we are a little at loose ends when we are met with a great restless impulsive influx of overwhelming uneasiness. Those who remain repressed, closed in and structured by misadventure will be bursting at the seams to break free. The pace is too fast and loose, which makes us feel out of step with ourselves. Issues with authority rise above the respect and admiration we have for those we hold in high esteem. Resentment makes itself known. We do not want to be regulated by others so we learn to discipline ourselves and structure our activities with a minimum of conformity and a maximum of free will. The real problems that arise now are not in others they are within us.

Due to its retrograde Juno will regress back into Scorpio and put any relationship in question on a critical pinnacle. Growth and understanding will explore the union of hearts. The need for equality is intensely magnified and Scorpio possessiveness deepens the desire for exclusive control. No doubt there will be withdrawal, territorial issues and secrecy. The increased passion is in many cases channelled into a tool of battle. Magnetic attractions will be a strong sexual or karmic bond. Secret liaisons can develop. We meet people connected to our past lifetimes and revisit people we have known in the recent past. It is possible to bring to completion issues, attachments, agreements and convictions from our ancestral past. We can set ourselves free from a perpetual karmic dance.

We have been through quite a bit of late. We have worked to overcome fear and gained greater objectivity. With more self-regulation we have increased courage. After gruelling introspection we are more honest, trustworthy and strong. A degree of self-emergence will manifest. Conformity becomes variety so there are possibilities for a clash of ideals and values as we become what we believe. We will follow our impulses, take a risk and employ our competitive instincts. Some may want more than is reasonable. Others may be excessive in their moral or ethical principles. Simply find the middle ground. New regulations, rules or changes will be challenged, criticised and argued against in a healthy debate. Our interests are drawn toward education, information collection or dissemination, ideals and ethics, truth and meaning, travel, or anything which expands our physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual horizons.

17TH To reach a greater sense of inner harmony it would be good to consciously work on our relationship patterns, karmic attachments and soul-contracts. Yes we have been doing a lot of this lately but some of these can drop away from our energy field if we try. The polarities of yin and yang are trying to find balance through a field of androgynous energy. This actually helps us for we can acknowledge the impediments and interferences to achieving this synchronization. It is possible to identify the people who hold the upper hand over us because they are more obvious. Instead of pummelling down the funnel of abandonment, lack of equality and absence of mutual encouragement we need to cut the chords of connection and stand tall. If something or someone is inappropriate for us it is time to turn to more beneficial involvements. These relationships have been indiscriminately forged even if they are soul contracted. We can break the ties that bind us to old patterns, memories, fears, anxieties, hopes, expectations and inner resistances. In problematic situations we are meant to let go and move on.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. This is an opportunity rich in potential for those who are willing to face their metamorphic growth. It will not be an obvious option on the daily menu; it will be up to each individual to maintain a conscious awareness of their personal empowerment needs. We can focus our will, revisit whatever we have always viewed as our weaknesses and be more open and acknowledging of other people's values and points of view. Revaluating our foundations involves anyone in the family or within the base of our personal sphere.

Pallas Athena is entering Aries giving us the presence we need to fight for what we believe in. We can come up with some exciting new ideas and be happy to risk putting them into action. The impetus is to get things going, start more projects; develop innovative hobbies, careers and unusual handcrafts. This is great energy for a competition, battle or protest. Anything that needs quick, dynamic solutions we are ready to charge right in. The beauty of Pallas in Aries is we can see patterns more easily which will help with problem-solving. We can mobilize vital energy, whether it is for fighting, inspiration, artistic purposes or for healing. There will be brainstorms and sudden inspirations. This energy is excellent for athletics.

Happy Birthday wishes to my fellow Taureans. This is a good birthday to make a wish and do not be frivolous about it. Future wheels turn on the grease that ideas are given at this time. Sorting oneself out will involve many small tasks incorporated into one large project. There is much to do around the home catching up and getting organised. Encounters are awkward and make you feel like you are out of control. Take a step back to assess the situation past and present before stating your individual position. You are in step with new trends and the rules or roles forming around you. Setting new boundaries is happening in every facet of daily experience. Increased focus will help you to achieve success. These influences have powerful healing charms. An improved diet and investment in fitness exercise makes you more active. It will feel like you are on a roll of self-realisation, up to now it has been a bumpy ride of progress. With so many creative, artistic, musical or other projects of inspiration in mind it will make it difficult to decide which to do first. Your illusions about other people will become apparent. Do not be surprised if everyone takes a step back to re-evaluate. This is good because there will be increased insight and greater inspiration mixed with sensitivity and compassion. More harmonious interactions can evolve out of this. Restlessness stirs you to get others involved in activities you plan to do. There is a better chance than usual of gaining allegiance. Your zeal and excitement will gather great enthusiasm; just do not burst your bubble by rushing excitably too fast and furious which runs the risk of causing accident. The mind is geared up with Mercury entering Taurus and immediately gets seriously focused. You will definitely look at things from all possible angles and perspectives. Positive developments lessen financial worries. Healing powers reach a transformative peak which helps all the karmic ails that have surfaced of late. Make a wish and let your spirit move you. A momentary glitch in decision making will allow you to analyse and dissect to the core of possibility any resolution you are contemplating. What could hold you back is the status quo surrounding children, entanglements with standards of the past and hesitating in refusing the be the rejected mother or denied father. Venus, ruler of Taurus, yanks us back to reinforce these patches of self as it turns retrograde. The greater influence is on the unconscious out of which everything in our life forms. We can use this retrograde for re-creation. Old constructs are meant to be demolished to make way for a better life structure. A more positive use of power increases effectiveness. It transforms the way you are received in the marketplace of life. You find it easier to learn, develop new skills and understand electronic usage more fluently. While it is effortless to stretch the rules when they are in the process of change you soon find out what your misadventures are if you take that risk. Juno slides into Scorpio the polar opposite sign to Taurus. This can be both confrontational and objectifying. It is startling how many old ideas can pass away. Picking up the pieces and putting things back together again in an even better way comes easy with this energy. You are getting yourself synchronised and in efficient operational order which will be very positive for work and career. Mind you there are still many metamorphic and karmic visitations yet to come but you are in a good state to diffuse them. Pallas Athena enters Aries fuelling the subconscious with excellent strategy and instinctive planning. There will be inner guidance that will put you on an excellent footing.

The Sun moves into Taurus and brightens your mood and attitudes. Pleasant thoughts occupy your conscious mind. Old memories about your present relationship are stirred to warm the heart. Work to rule has never been your choice; you enjoy flexibility and self-determination if not then you will accept a minimum of supervision. It would feel like a great burden to be tied to a societal warp. Greater personal concern surrounds the health and safety of your parents. You will push to make things happen for them or with them and with your children too. It is possible to blend the old and new comfortably. Stretching into what was the territory of the impossible makes you feel good about yourself. Vesta enters Taurus sharpening your wit and wisdom, making you more methodical and thorough. There is achievement with work or career. Get out of doors, work in the garden and yard or take an excursion into nature. Fix something if you need to feel better. You are next in line for receiving gifts from the cosmos. There will be beneficial negotiations to move you forward. An increase in projects makes your work prospects very positive. You can count on people you have known in the past and distant past. The people you keep at bay will be those you are redefining your relationship with. Be inspired with insight into human dysfunction so your imagination can reach an understanding you can work with. Sorting out what chaos caused a couple of years ago releases a lucky break and exciting opportunities. Impetuousness will not work for you, however, organise an orderly and thoroughly executed plan of approach. Mercury entering Taurus feels like something blows the dust and cobwebs away from unused portions of your brain. With excellent brain power you are more thorough. To heal the wound to your self-respect you must over-ride the impressions made on you in formative relationships and take responsibility. The painful misperceptions dissolve allowing full function. If you are interested in past lives and soul retrieval this would be an excellent time to pursue them to achieve profound healing. You could be tormented with making a decision, one that is different than what is normally expected from family and your close circle. Not to worry, break new ground, set new benchmarks and expand upon what was. Venus turns retrograde while in your sign so there is a greater personal relevance to your focus on evolving values. This is a good time to do some inner work and heart opening. Letting go, surrendering, giving things to a higher power liberates you from some karmic dross. You will flex your power by being universally diligent, inventively ingenious and humorously high spirited. Computers and electronic aids become a positive interest. Boundless opportunity opens up for you which can make you feel uneasy because it is overwhelming. Juno regresses back into Scorpio putting the squeeze on your comfort zone and it must be shouldered. The answer to your question, the missing piece of the puzzle and important or key information reveals itself. Your yang or male energy has been predominant causing the yin or feminine energy within you to feel fractured. No doubt there are some tough spots on your journey but you are motivated and spurned to explore your options. Pallas enters Aries which makes other people more interesting and noticeable. You move forward in relationship.

The excitement of the season builds for you as the Sun enters Taurus. You are enthusiastic, eager and ready to take it all on. The passion, however, is quickly overtaken by the detail and scope of what is needed so you turn to others for help. It is very possible you are missing the point in your encounters with others because you are more focused on your own objective. A crossroads between you and others will come to a happy and successful arrangement. Everyone is changing in natural ways; there is always a phase of growth. It is easier to see individuality. You criticise yourself for your contradictions and inconsistencies or dysfunction and this changes you. A boost to your self esteem and competence comes as Vesta enters Taurus. Very positive, nourishing energies are flowing blessing you and your family. There is healing. Whatever karma was on your path that brought about endings it now promises positive transformation and rebirth. You are working to get beyond the blocks and now feel the force is beginning to muster. Creative ideas need to be tested, modified and refined. Let go of unrealistic expectations. Do not take it personal if people seem distant, go with your own flow and let them take the time they need. Inspiration does not always translate into marketable impact, relax your focus and breathe in new life force. There is a restlessness that provokes you but you are in a funnel of restraint that has its own time of release. Expend your energy with something you can do enthusiastically. Rash or sudden and unexpected actions can cause problems if not accidents. Your thoughts, words and actions need a steady hand and should not be presented until fully formed to avoid the unforeseen. If you hit a wall tell yourself it is good for there is magic awaiting the right timing. Creating wholeness is very powerful and it will have an impact on people in positions of authority to help you. There is some confusion about what is possible. Remove the impediments to mutual understanding and there will be positive possibilities. Venus turns retrograde which may cause artistic projects or finances to experience a setback due to situations over which there is no control and possibly no good purpose. For some special reason you seem ready and set to stonewall when necessary to get to a better alternative. You have very effective power and are conscious to make the right use of it. There will be progress involving technology which you may do differently than expected. Although conservative to your desired breadth of achievement your accomplishments are noteworthy. Juno entering Scorpio releases pent up energies, strong opinions of others and oppressed urges. Gruelling circumstances between you and others can find middle ground and a healthier state. Work and relationship can be harmonised as both parties work on their patterns of interim agreement. Great investment will produce opportunity rich in potential. Pallas Athena entering Aries stirs up strong willed ambitions that have their foundations well rooted.

With the Sun moving into Taurus there is some need for closure, completion, or settling which turns into a quest. The tedium of this time helps you to sort out your priorities but at the expense of delay and frustration. Clearing the past will address the karmic cleansing. While you feel you are coming from a stable place and there is a sense of direction; encounters with others continue to be awkward. The brunt of the matter may fall to your spouse, closest companion, siblings or children simply because it has nowhere else to go. You would have to tone down your hypervigilence to be able to hear and understand what is being shared with you. Others may have to get angry to be heard. Acutely aware of other's inconsistencies and contradictions it is a good time to see yourself in their reflection. As Vesta moves into Taurus you are moved by spiritual principles and drawn to healing. On the other hand you get slightly more stubborn because of the devotion of your focus. Healing can be found through artistic work, nature, philosophical immersion or time with family. Sweeping morphic experience gets you beyond the illusion that holds you back. Creativity on the other hand is enhanced and comes from deep within. There may feel like there are walls between you and others but these boundaries are temporarily purposeful and not personal. There will be greater growth in insightful compassion, refinement of sensitivity and an influx of inspiration and imagination. The stirring up of restless impatience may be directed toward acquiring work or generating clientèle to increase income. Being too rash when vexed can put you into a null and void so best to temper yourself. Mercury moves into Taurus giving you lots to think about, it can be overwhelming at first. You may hit a wall in your woundedness fashioned to present a stark reality of truth that will be healing. It centres on spirituality and friendship. The past, family issues or past life issues need to be healed or these hidden subconscious forces will contaminate your power and effectiveness. Actually you are not in the space to make a decision yet because of this. You are coming to realise the uncommon standards that are distributed amongst your friends, acquaintances and network that set each apart. Venus turns in her orbit and to us appears to be moving backward. At this time retrograde Venus can bring old souls and long ago friends back into your life to assist your inner work. Old standards and terms will need retrofitting to make a positive go of things. The power that is available is self-propelling but its manifestation is gauged by authentic self-worth or self-esteem and not awarded to egocentricity. The more objective you are the more help you are given by friends and this offers you greater potential. You cannot rely on the way things were. Better to rely on the way things can be. Juno regresses back into Scorpio making your relationships testy, prickly and difficult or the exact opposite toward passion and deep sharing depending on the terms and conditions you set for relationship. Out of all of this month's alchemy the self emerges in a more holistic form and you will have worked on resolving karmic attachments or entanglements, soul-contracts and relationship patterns. The secret to successful achievement is the willingness to face metamorphic growth and/or personal empowerment needs. Pallas enters Aries which can, if you will let it, open up many new doorways and adventures.

Even though the Sun has entered Taurus you do not look ready to come out of hibernation mode. There are reasons for being withdrawn yet to be revealed. Damage control is something to be considered. Take action to secure your investments and future earning potential. You will be at odds with the people in authority that you encounter. It is correct to take action to change things between you. Relationships can evolve to new levels. It is safe to say you will know when you have met your boundaries. As Vesta enters Taurus it is very stimulating for you. The change of energy gets you out of dormancy. Do not let work hold you back from the healing energies of nature and the world around you. Karma cleansing occurs whether you realise it or not, in fact it is better if you do not. You get the creative urge and the compulsion to pursue it is what you will know. Friends are a little more distant than usual mostly because of their own stuff. No matter, you are enthused enough for everyone. You want to explore the unknown, adventurous and enlightening. Change will occur within the scope of your work, take things in stride and roll with it, do not get hung up. Rash energies rush you forward increasing in acceleration so keep a close watch to avoid mistake, accident or mishap. Mercury enters Taurus which helps to ground you within this fast flowing pace. You are able to do what you can do and ovoid being overwhelmed. Great compassion is felt for other people's woundedness, pain and suffering but you cannot take responsibility for them all. Self-healing powers are powerfully productive. What you are witnessing is the process of deep transformation. It is hard to make a decision or judgement therefore because everyone is handling different levels of experience. Endings are beginnings, a status quo breaking down gives birth to a new common standard and your consciousness works on clearing away psychic or karmic debris, past memories and old scripts. Venus reverses direction retrograde which stirs up self-absorbed situations in your domestic sphere. New ways of dealing with old relational situations are formed. You modify old judgements, convention or opinion due to the enlightenment. A little power goes a long way making you more effective within the sphere of what is in your control. Transformational insights and awarenesses do not come easy, however, so the powers that be might have to use profound impact to get your attention. Economic turmoil is more apparent in daily living but your investments remain lucrative. Juno retrograde re-enters Scorpio which helps you to fix people problems and explore diplomacy. Overcome your fear of not being good enough and your tendency for self-reproach. Rework your relationship to your self-worth and build the self-esteem you deserve. Income will offset expense. Willingness brings reward, options, alternatives, new ventures and creatively inspired new ideas. Pallas enters Aries creating a headstrong impetus to stir up the old; the status quo or the settled and get things going.

The Sun has entered Taurus kicking off a fitness for appearances theme; time to get ready for summer clothes. Serious activities can turn into fun. Limitations are stretched as your focus is drawn to undertakings that are not your norm. You shy away from encounters with unfamiliar people but are open to meeting others through those you know. Relationship standards need to be malleable and adaptive so you do not segregate yourself from others. Innovation accompanies chaotic rumblings which will upset rigid expectation but will hold a greater purpose in store for a disturbed composure. However in the process, what you say and what you do will have to match or someone is going to call you on it. Vesta enters Taurus which raises havoc with your streaks of guilt. Let go of those old ones, their time has come. You will enjoy the beauty of a secluded place in nature or feel better alone than with others. An emotional responsibility for the earth and its natural resources is strengthened within you. Your mind becomes very imaginative and creative. These ideas can be realised. You feel somewhat withdrawn so you do not notice that others are distant and reserved. Old friends or someone you have not seen for some time can bring you out of your shell. Lucky chances can present themselves if you do. But the social marketplace of life is running on adrenaline according to your sensitivities and therefore hard to take. Sudden outbursts can take you by surprise, especially when they come from you. You may have to take charge due to the unexpected. It is a little tense and demanding as Mercury moves into Taurus; criticism is high. This rips opens wounds in your self-esteem and self-worth but nothing you cannot fix. You reject the power plays of others which restore your belief in yourself. Excited about the decisions and choices you have to make you will consider all angles and details. Those powerfully creative ideas you have conceived can now be acted on. Venus retrograde helps with projects that have already been devised by going back over things to give them form. Reconstruction of the life structure and the judgements based on these codes of agreement makes it better. Personal power is increased by rejecting limitations and blocks that others have put on you in the past. You are ready to make a change if it means an increase in income, prestige or position in a friendlier environment. Once the wheels of change are put in motion whatever it may be you will feel nervous in anticipation of the outcome. When Juno retrograde regresses back into Scorpio you will be saying goodbye to some relationships but staying in touch with others known to them. Gossip can be wounding to the self-image if you take it seriously. The way to correct this is to be a daily example of who you believe you are. Rise to the occasion, step up to the plate and be willing to maintain your empowerment while acknowledging other people's different points of view. Pallas enters Aries as aid in the nick of time. This brings strength, endurance and mind power that can face the unexpected without fear.

As the Sun enters your polar opposite sign Taurus you are feeling more in tune with yourself and have more objectivity. You work methodically on any project you have at hand; you just have to deal with a wandering focus that wants variety so build it into your method. Those you encounter will give you a leg-up toward your goals. You are meant to work flexibility and high standards into your relationships to achieve positive results. Shifting into non-conformity, innovation or other future trends sits on the back burner of your life and will have to come at another time. Just take baby steps. Contradiction, paradox and inconsistency stands out pointing to resets you need to make when functionality is out of accord. There will be greater ability to deal with what you must as Vesta slides into Taurus. You are rebirthing yourself in some important way which has an effect on your home. Friends, acquaintances and your network of contacts will boost your power source and nature will nurture. Torn between old and new concepts your creativity gets a boost to give you more to work with. Your significant other may be diligently focused on his/her task at hand when you are feeling emotionally needy. Consciousness receives a tremendous influx of inspiration, imagination, sensitivity, peacefulness, compassion and future insight. If something strikes a chord with you it is possible you will become hyper-excited. Due to this you can be prone to small accidental mishap, mistake or simply tripping over something. Now Mercury enters Taurus adding to the mix at your disposal. This adds diligence to the mind, creates new synapses if you engage, and helps the memory too. You hit your imaginary "wall" or confront a block maybe an old wound or conviction resultant from experience. This will happen during daily routine or when on an errand. Healing the self is very possible if you are willing to explore the flash of transformation. Warped in decisions, decisions, decisions, what a quandary they put you in until you think for yourself first. Positive possibilities come with endings for you and your significant others. Venus is turning retrograde which can make you feel guilty for no reason at all. Completion singular or plural forms the basis on which new conditions are recreated. Willpower needs to be used in a reformed way as motivation is reassessed. You value record keeping but have a mistrust of or insecurity with electronics and possibly the internet. When things are falling together they are coming apart elsewhere as it is meant to be. Juno re-enters Scorpio by retrograde bringing up the crucially important relationship issues for you to clear and set right. Face up to your dysfunctions head on, take responsibility for yourself and let things renovate. Karmic debris or issues of the past will come up for easy dismissal. Value yourself enough to accept growth in whatever shape or form arrives. Be open to other people's values and point of view. Pallas enters Aries which will give vent to any hidden, subjugated or repressed assertions as enraged consciousness must off-load.

The Sun enters Taurus triggering reminders of an abundance of chores, jobs, projects and organising you want to do. Good thing there are strong powers of focused application for they help you to do a variety of tasks simultaneously. You encounter people who have different values and take exception to yours. This helps you to identify which friends and acquaintances are on the same path and which are destructive or detrimental to your goals. You open up to greater change and orchestrate its enactment. Perhaps too headstrong you are not aware of your own contradictions and inconsistencies. Vesta enters Taurus causing you to compare yourself to others who are at cross-standard to you but whom you admire. People from your past connect you to a source of revenue. Mental scripts and actual physical encumbrances to your proceeding as you wish are karmic nuisances you are clearing from your energy field. Expectations are provoked to make you aware of where you are unrealistic. This especially involves family and significant others. People will distance themselves from you because they have their own problems to focus on. Because of the impact on your emotions you are inspired with greater insight and through your powers of imagination you develop greater sensitivity and compassion which alters your conditional expectations. While the changes you take on at this time are awkward for you to adapt to at first, they increase your opportunities and you hope for a lucky chance. Over the last month and a half with Mars, Mercury and Saturn retrograde there has been much turned topsy-turvy. Unlike Humpty Dumpty you will get the pieces put back together again. This is another stage in that process. Mercury in Taurus makes you feel bad for everything you have ever done that was incorrect, another part of the process. When you hit the wall, or otherwise encounter an obstacle, you know you are ready to build that bridge between what was and what is. Remember this has much to do with your conditional terms of conduct or performance expected by or of somebody. Being self-analytical and self-critical can feel a little nit-picky but it will reform your hidden subconscious forces and improve your relational experiences. Your decisions are crucial, they are creating your future karma; you must avoid self-indulgence. Venus retrograde will not cause you to be proactive, just the opposite so you must be well-organized. Letting go and detaching, allowing the end of circumstances will open up many new doors while also broadening your horizons. Aggressiveness or assertion is not power; developing this power is an all inclusive act of being not a performance of dominance. You are developing yourself to be this power. Due to many circumstances and happenstances you are thrown off kilter by thoroughly enjoyable adventures. You ride a little fast and loose but realise when you have gone too far. Juno re-enters Scorpio by retrograde which is crucial to you if you are looking for a mate or in the process of courting a significant person. You must modernise your expectations, old relationship outlooks are out of place. Make these adjustments to your mental concepts and you will be magnetic. Some of your hopes and wishes, ideals and fantasies can be the blocks in your way. Letting go of people from your past and their patterns of relating frees you up to experience others who resonate with your ever-evolving vibration. You will be facing your weaknesses and are open to considering another viewpoint. Opportunities arise if your path is clear. When Pallas enters Aries it can cause you to be too eager, a tad compulsive or enthusiastically impulsive; this makes other people nervous.  

You are in charge, possibly in a position of power as the Sun enters Taurus. There appears to be an intention for a gathering of friends and good food. Delays are frustrating as you are all primed up and ready to do. Time consuming tasks take all you have to give. Other people flex their right to be true to themselves and this creates some tension for you because it is beyond your control. Step back and avoid taking sides one way or the other. In the meantime reconcile similarities it brings to mind. The mind will respond vigorously with astounding realisations and inconsistent urges that are awakening. A new awareness about contradiction, hypocrisy or duality helps you to reset your boundaries with flexibility. A greater desire to work, focus on intricacies, get chores and projects done will come when Vesta enters Taurus. You feel rejuvenated by your time spent in nature or out of doors. Talking with others and playing games has healing powers too. You are getting beyond your evolutionary blocks and their corresponding life obstacles. You take charge and master whatever comes your way. Inspired, your creative side wants to renovate or at least beautify. If you need to hire anyone you feel resistant to those who are not comfortable to work with and will search for just the right person. Inspired and well armed with assistants you are able to create the look you intended. What other people have said and what you think yourself leads you to many profound changes. Be careful with the scissors, knife or any other sharp implement as hasty energies make little mishaps more possible. Mercury moves into Taurus setting up an easy flow of positive energy that you can put to good use with excellent management of your time. The only blocks that remain on your path are those that you put there yourself, or have agreed with others exist or through the standards you adopted will uphold as true. Otherwise profound restorative power makes you very influential with people in positions of respect and authority. You do not find it difficult to make a decision but you do take your time and consider all the angles. Mother comes up strongly so either there are mother issues you will deal with or you will be involved with your Mum in a good way. Venus retrogrades back into itself and you notice this through the changes in the people you relate to regularly. Be careful of forceful judgements because others may interpret this as intolerance. You want to build up your strength and physical system and may undertake an impressive new schedule, diet or exercise routine. One way or another, your peacefully passive existence is in for a vigorous shape up. Being very optimistic it helps to be disciplined. Juno regresses back into Scorpio which can make your perception of what you must do bigger than you should practically demand yourself to undertake. If your competitive instincts take over, however, there is every chance you will hit the wall of limitation and scale over it. Putting people in their proper places within your mind is an act that creates balance as it sorts. There are repairs to the home that done now will avoid a huge cost later. Pallas enters Aries and will direct you wisely through the creation of unique strategy, unanticipated manoeuvres and exciting winnings.

You will be stretched into shape with the Sun entering Taurus; definitely outside your usual box. It is not possible to go too far too fast which is tedious but the thorough focus is excellent for creating quality value. You encounter the past in many new and passing faces as the subconscious rewires those connections upgrading the relationship pattern. Realising your own embarrassing contributions to the inter-relating drama is a valuable lesson sometimes learned by venting pent up drives. You must upset in order to reset. Dichotomy is revealed so strategy must be re-tuned. Others are seen in quite a different light. Vesta moves in to occupy Taurus and in the process triggers ideals, virtuous values, higher philosophies and altruistic beliefs. People rally around these viewpoints. There is a grid of connectivity across and around the earth that you tap into in the hopes of achieving a turning point for all. You are mindful of the inheritance of generations of consumption of natural resources and profiteering. Co-creative commitment and fellowship will fix the problems. Everyone has their own pocket of personal interest but combined it is a powerful conglomerate. You are filled with great insight, inspiration and imagination and you are looking for a place to go with it and be effective. As you move forward you detach from disappointment, clear up repressed emotion, face the limitations of others and graduate to a new level of compassionate detachment. Your lucky chance comes from the most unexpected place. Too much physical exertion can be exhausting and potentially immobilising. Do things in stages rather than all at once. Mercury enters Taurus provoking your mind to create more to do. Delegation may be the key to achievement. Collision with the brick wall of your limitations and boundaries hurts your self-image and prompts reform. Your core essence is at peak performance so things happen in a flash. There are some decisions that will be held in suspension for better timing. Gather together on paper or link together in your mind all the stimulation, perception and discoveries as they occur for they will help you to make better plans. Venus reverse direction and retrograde it will cause you to have one foot stuck in primal emotions and dark psychology and the other firmly on an enlightened path. The conflict between family and self needs proactive revaluation because old terms and judgements have failed and so your personal agreement in such matters needs rewriting. The right use of personal power for others as well as yourself is part of your reconsideration. Where the ability to create a better image gets stuck is with regard to sifting and sorting personal needs and the elimination of selfish contaminants. You will break free of these old encumbrances. Juno reoccupies Scorpio by retrograde which will help to draw out impurities of your nature. You are unaware that this self-valuation is occurring. A clash of ideals and impulses, instincts and other urges guides you to find the middle ground. It is your continuing quest to find balance in all your relationships to people, places, things etc. Growth of the soul is expedited, accelerated and intensified for the purposes of your self-realisation. Pallas enters Aries which will help you to cultivate new strategies to mobilise your transformative opportunities more easily.

You feel like some unseen force is keeping you from getting where you need to go when the Sun enters Taurus which is not usual for this time of year. Time and money consuming tasks or repairs do not move quickly and these commitments put pressure on you. Fear is encountered in your home and from there it permeates like a bad weed that keeps reseeding itself. People have let you down, or not lived up to your standard. Perhaps you feel unready for this new age of cross-cultural-faith-belief immersion and the unconventional behaviours. You fear what you do not like, what is not in keeping with your principles. Vesta enters Taurus and draws to you people of like-mind to give you support. Get out of your home, out of your rut, away from work and absorb the healing powers of nature. Then do something else to nurture yourself back to wholesome health. Your problems will be waiting for you when you return to them. Morphic processes are working with you to overcome a sense of martyrdom. It takes other people to spirit you into action which stimulates the imagination to good use. You realise you have pulled away from people and involvements due to one thing after another calling your attention to yourself. Now that the imagination is getting focused you are feeling more together. Look up and look outward. Awakened to the outside world you are swept along a tide of happy-stance occurrences and lucky chances. As you think so you create. Learn something new about electronics, computers or the internet. Mercury enters Taurus and picks up your to do list which overwhelms the mind to a standstill. It is easy to say that you have met your limits of endurance. Appearances will melt away. You cannot compare yourself to any other standard. The mind, however, is cluttered with old paradigms which interfere with making the most beneficial decision. Many of the details of life are about preparing the way to give birth to what is now forming. The retrograde of Venus makes you self-conscious; even in dealings where you would be more boldly confident at other times. This is because you are hammering out some new armour; powers of deflection and have your shields down at present. If in dire need of it your ambition, power and force is at a moment's grasp. Electronic problems can occur due to maintenance issues; clean C drive and defragment. Ready to follow opportunity you are snagged on conventional expectation, obligation, duty or guilt. In reverse, retrograde, Juno re-enters Scorpio. If a contract was to be signed or an agreement formed you may have doubts about it no matter how much you want to get on with it. You have reached your outer limits which is a positive turning point. Others will not live up to what was expected but if they could tell you they would have good excuses. Understanding tolerance from the inside out and realising misapprehension are primary tasks in your fulfilment. Pallas enters Aries releasing you from its grips and allowing you to calm down. You will comprehend why you were being so protective of yourself.

With spring flourishing in this environment of climate change you may find that your plans for work go askew if they rely on the weather. You will get innovative and inspired with a quick recovery. Current events cause you to realise that you must sort out certain particulars and details of your work event area. This may come because of critics and criticism, opinions and complaints but on the positive side it raises your standards. You are impulsive toward forming relationship with the hope of continuance and mutual benefit but energies are merely flirtatious so nothing long lasting can come of your efforts. What does happen is you change your self-image and cultivate conversational fluidity. Trying over and over to achieve something that does not work wastes your time and resources; try something else. Vesta enters Taurus which may cause a bit of an imbalance as you are temporarily left at the mercy of superficial, frivolous and senseless inclinations. The upside is you make some new discoveries. There is concern for someone in your family who will reach a turning point. Other news can be emotionally disturbing take the time you need to get your bearings. Make way for new beginnings. Create change by investing in artistic projects or setting new standards. Do not be repressed by misperception. People pull away for their own reasons and you need only give them some space. Put your health first before all other requests. Get ready to be inspired and rocked out of old methodology to express a more imaginatively creative new you. How do you like chaos served? A quickening stirs things up. Look for lucky chances and sudden opportunities. It is too easy to rush around in circles full speed ahead tripping over your dog or cat. Annoying problems with cells phones, internet or other electronic devices are temporary. Mercury leaves Aries and enters Taurus which helps you to relax your mind. You benefit from the creative influx even though you feel like you have hit another wall. This could be a sudden expense but it might also be something karmic that needs clearing as it has run its course. Unusual or unconventional friends awaken you to achieve a deeply transformative release. There is no confusion about the awareness but there is probably mystery with regard to its larger purpose. Other people trigger instinctual flashes of inspiration that turn into concrete ideas and then plans. Venus turns around in her orbit and from the Earth's perspective is now retrograde. The conscience will bring to mind many situations from the past. You will learn something about yourself and how you have and continue to relate to people and things. It is stunning just how many of those memories are now politically incorrect. These impressions are lasting alterations to how you will use your mind in future. This in turn makes it easy to adjust your actions to use your power more wisely. There will be successful achievement come of this. If you have failed to back up your data or otherwise maintain your electronic systems there could be a learning curve in store for you. Juno regresses back into Scorpio and hooks you into the potential for control issues, territorial battles and any unresolved karmic connection to others. You have come a long way of late but you may not be ready for the diversified conformity that mixes beliefs, ideals and values into a homogeneous agreement. It would appear you need to balance your yin or female energy. If you are willing to face challenge head on and run with the bit between your teeth against all odds no matter how tough there is a lot of potential for opportunity. Pallas Athena enters Aries at the end of the lunar month and she is a power house of higher mentality and strategical skill. Since Pallas is usually on the winner's side this should be a good omen for Aries.