Greetings!
Welcome to the August 22 edition of the It's All Good Astrology News. This week we have the coming week's most important celestial energies, as well as information about:
- My & Eric Meyers' "Big Change Now: Global Astrological Insight & Personal Shamanic Shift" Workshop a week from this Saturday in Asheville,
- The fast-approaching deadline to save $100 on the OPA Astrology Retreat,
Enjoy the issue, and thanks as always for subscribing!
May the stars light your way, Benjamin |
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"Big Change Now" Workshop Sat., Sep. 3 in Asheville
Global Astrological Insight & Personal Shamanic Shift
Benjamin Bernstein and astrologer
Eric Meyers will co-lead an experiential workshop on Sat., Sept. 3, 2-5pm, called, "Big Change Now: Global Astrological Insight; Personal Shamanic Shift." It will be held at the Homewood Event & Conference Center, 19 Zillicoa Street, Asheville, NC 28801.
Bernstein and Meyers will explain the revolutionary astrological energies shaping our tumultuous times, and how to use their high-side potential to empower your personal life. They will also lead participants in simple, powerful "Ask and Receive" shamanic invocations to accelerate their personal healing and awakening.
Everyone is welcome; no prior experience with astrology or invocations is necessary. $25 suggested donation; no one turned away for lack of funds. |
OPA Astrology Retreat Nov. 3-6
$100 Discount Expires Sept. 1!
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 $100 on your tuition!
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Celestial Forecast for August 22-28
by Benjamin Bernstein
Whatever your sun sign, this forecast will help you choose how to best use the current astrological energies! Events are most powerful on the dates listed. However, their influence will be active for at least several days before and after. All dates and times are in the U.S. eastern time zone.
While everyone is affected by these global transits, you will be most powerfully impacted when moving planets activate natal planets and other sensitive points in your birth chart.
VOID-OF-COURSE MOONS. It's best to avoid starting important new projects or making major purchases during these times. "Business as usual" is the best strategy for these periods, which occur when the Moon has made its last major Ptolemaic aspect but has not yet moved into the next sign. Learn more here. 8/24, 5:34 am - 6:32 am (Cancer)
8/25, 9:05 am - 8/26, 12:10 pm (Leo)
8/28, 1:12 pm - 2:15 pm (Virgo)
8/22 (Mon). The second paragraph of the 8/21 forecast, regarding the urge for altered states, applies just as much today with the Sun opposing Neptune. Click here for a refresher!
8/23 (Tue). The Sun transits Virgo today through 9/23, radiating the energy of precision, service, health and humility.
8/24 (Wed). Observe your relationships carefully today (Venus opposing Chiron and quincunxing Uranus) and tomorrow (Venus trine Pluto). If your buttons are getting pushed, invite Spirit in to heal the areas where you feel disharmony within yourself. With Venus in Virgo, it can be easier to see the details and patterns of your relationships now. What paradigm shifts and transformations would help them? Even in your best relationships, how can you experiment and shake up old patterns? You can apply this thinking to your finances and creativity too!
What obsolete structures in your life have outlived their usefulness? With Saturn sesquiquadrate Neptune, it's a good time to let them go. Saturn-Neptune aspects also empower the Law of Attraction.
8/25 (Thu). There can be a sense of struggling against a difficult obstacle with Mars square Saturn. With Mars in Cancer (family) and Saturn in Libra (relationships), this could be taking place in your home, or might involve relatives. Yesterday's advice on relationships might help. Mars-Saturn aspects can also be very productive, with lots of fuel for the long haul!
Mars also aspects Neptune today (a sesquiquadrate), further energizing any Law of Attraction work you might be doing.
Today's Venus-Pluto trine is discussed in yesterday's interpretation.
8/26 (Fri). Mercury, retrograde since 8/2, turns direct today at 6:03 pm. Ideally, wait at least until 8/29, after the New Moon, to begin important new undertakings.
Today's Sun-Chiron opposition is discussed in tomorrow's entry.
8/27 (Sat). The Sun is aspecting outer planets like clockwork right now! It opposed Chiron yesterday, quincunxes Uranus today and trines Plutotomorrow. This can manifest as transpersonal forces working on the ego. With the Chiron opposition, even the best relationships can stimulate old wounds: this technique can help release them quickly. Intuitive flashes stimulated by the Uranus quincunx may call for adjustments that the ego resists, but in my book intuition trumps ego every time. And tomorrow's Sun-Pluto trine, while calling for transformation, will also make change relatively easy to accomplish!
8/28 (Sun). August's New Moon occurs today at 11:04 PM (5°27' Virgo). The next two weeks are a good time for new beginnings in health, assisting others, revising systems and procedures and learning "sufficient perfectionism."
Additional themes include bringing healing to key relationships (the Moon conjuncts Venus and opposes Chiron) and opening to an easy flow of abundance (the Moon is in a grand trine configuration with expansive Jupiter and wealth-giving Pluto!). And connecting to Spirit more deeply is emphatically highlighted with the Moon opposing Neptune!
This New Moon's Sabian Symbol is, "A merry-go-round." To me, this symbol both acknowledges the "amusement park" nature of human existence in Maya's illusory realm, and points out that we can have a great time while we're here! Understanding that the physical plane is fundamentally a mirage, and that we are each a deathless spiritual being choosing to have this extraordinary human experience, can help us relax and put the "merry" back in merry-go-round!
Click here for the August forecast.
Click here for September forecast highlights.
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In Closing
Thanks for taking the time to read this, . Your comments are always welcome. May the stars light your way!
Be well,
Benjamin Bernstein & Spiritsong
Astrologers & Shamanic Healers
It's All Good Astrology
828-338-9852 / 800-461-3569 (Benjamin) or
828-777-6688 (Spiritsong)
www.ItsAllGoodAstrology.com
benjamin@ItsAllGoodAstrology.com
mary@SpiritsongOasis.com
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On This Week's Podcast...
This Week in Astrology Episode 225 -- 8/22/11
Click here to listen now!
Mercury retrograde ends this week, shortly before a heavily aspected New Moon in Virgo. The Sun and Venus make numerous aspects to outer planets, the Sun enters Virgo, and Mars squares Saturn. And that's just the highlights!
Our Part 1 listener chart features Anne's chart ruler Pluto being aspected by everything from Chiron thru Pluto. She's up for some serious personal transformation! |
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