Everything is on track for me to close the sale of my home this week and move into a lovely rental house (see picture) in Asheville's historic Montford neighborhood. My new home, just four miles from my current residence, is only half a block from downtown Asheville!
     I'm excited about this transition, and am happy that my new central location will make client visits even more convenient!

Because my old land line phone number is not available at my new home, I had to get a new number. But this seeming inconvenience turned out to be a blessing in disguise!
     I've never been so excited about a new phone number before. Then again, I've never had a phone number that did so much!

     The number is 828-338-9852, and it's my land line and cell number. That's right, it rings both at the same time, making it easier to reach me with a single call! This is just one of the amazing new features I now enjoy by using Google Voice.

     This free service is really amazing. It can be set to notify you by email and/or text when you miss a call or receive a voicemail. You can listen to voicemails online, start talking to someone while they're leaving a message, and even receive automatic voicemail transcriptions. And those are just a few of its many features!

     You can check out Google Voice here. (I am not benefitting from this recommendation, except for the pleasure of turning you on to something so cool!) But first, please take a moment to note my new phone number -- 828-338-9852 -- in your records. It's active now, so please use this number to call me from now on. Thanks!

The whopping $200 early registration discount for the 2011 OPA Astrology Retreat is about to expire. May 31 is your last day to save 40% on tuition!

OPA - the Organization for Professional Astrology - will host its 8th Annual Professional Astrology Retreat November 3-6 at Ocean Creek Resort in beautiful Myrtle Beach, SC. There's something for everyone, from beginning students to advanced professionals.

You can choose from 11 outstanding specialty tracks, including the "Shamanic Astrology" track Benjamin is teaching.

For more information on this year's OPA Retreat - a truly unique astrological event -- click here. And click now to save $200 on your tuition before time runs out!

Many thanks to all 21 people who emailed their testimonial entries for this drawing, and special congratulations to Cheryl! She has won a FREE Extended Session Reading with International Psychic Consultant Charley Castex.

Her testimonial was chosen from the qualifying entries by my favorite internet random sequence generator. She wrote:

"I greatly enjoyed my astrological consultation with Benjamin.  His insight has helped me move forward with more confidence and understanding knowing that I am mostly on the right path. I also appreciated the relocation astrology and will be able to make that part of our decision making.  Thank you Benjamin for your warmth and insight."

Kind Regards,  

Cheryl

 We'll be running more contests of various kinds in the future, in addition to the free consultations we give away every three months. Just maintain your subscription to this newsletter for your chance to win more great prizes! 

5/24, 3:41 am - 8:25 am (Pisces)
5/25, 2:15 pm - 5/26, 8:38 pm (Aries)
5/29, 6:28 am - 9:03 am (Taurus) 

5/23 (Mon). With Venus and Mars conjunct in Taurus, giving energy to your important relationships will help solidify their foundations. If touch or sensuality are appropriate, be sure to include them. A "Steady Eddie" approach to money and creativity is also supported.

        At the same time, a Mercury-Saturn quincunx has the potential to bollix communication, so make sure that you're both understanding and being understood.

5/24 (Tue). Are there any unsound structures in your important relationships? With a Venus-Saturn quincunx, any that exist may come to your attention - providing wonderful opportunities to repair and strengthen worthwhile partnerships. If old psychological or emotional wounds are surfacing, are you calling on the divine to heal them for you?

5/25 (Wed). Intuitive flashes may be heating up with the Sun sextile Uranus, as well as an urge to individuate and serve the collective.
        If you feel your vitality waning, a simple adjustment may be all it takes to get a Mars-Saturn quincunx to energize you instead!

5/26 (Thu). Major creative inspiration is flooding the ethers, with Taurean Venus quintile Piscean Neptune. Extraordinarily, everything involved here - the planets, signs and aspect - support your muse! Connecting with your divine source, and feeling the divine glow in others, is also easier with this aspect.
        Perhaps your creative process will have a cathartic component, with a Sun-Chiron square potentially bringing up old emotional baggage.

5/28 (Sat). Thoughts, not circumstances, cause suffering: which habitual ways of thinking are causing you the most dis-ease? With the Geminian Sun quincunx Pluto, it's a great time to identify and adjust them!
        Ready to manifest some of your dreams and visions into reality? With Taurean Mars quintile Neptune, the time is right!

Click here for the complete detailed May forecast.

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Benjamin offers shamanic astrology consultations (experience your planets!) and shamanic healing to both local and long-distance clients.