Greetings!
Welcome to the August 6 edition of the It's All Good Astrology News. This week we have the coming week's most important celestial energies, as well as:
- This Tuesday: More group invocations & shamanic healing at my house, by love offering
- Invocation contest winners,
- Michael Phelps and Snoop Dogg / Snoop Lion astrologized on the podcast, and
- Another chance to attend my "Ayahuasca Awakenings" presentation on Aug. 15
Enjoy the issue, and thanks as always for subscribing!
May the stars light your way,
Benjamin |
Winners of Invocation Contest Announced 
Congratulations to Christy Geary and Linda M., whose invocation testimonials won them two-hour sessions with Benjamin!
Thanks also to the other 13 people who sent in details of how Benjamin's invocations have helped them. They will add an important dimension to the invocation book he's working on!
Even though the contest is over, testimonials are still welcome! If you'd like your experience with Benjamin's invocations to be considered for inclusion in the book, you are welcome to email it to Benjamin. And you can either have your name used with your quote, or remain anonymous -- your choice! |
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Celestial Forecast: August 6-12
 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.
8/7, 4:05 pm - 8/8, 3:30 am (Taurus)
8/9, 2:56 pm - 8/10, 4:12 pm (Gemini)
8/12, 5:50 pm - 8/13, 4:29 am (Cancer)
8/7 (Tue). Venus enters Cancer today, where she will remain through 9/6. This is a good time to harmonize relationships with family, both the blood relatives you grew up with and your own spouse and kids (assuming you have some!).
8/8 (Wed). Mercury completes its retrograde today, turning direct at 1:41 AM. Rather than jumping into those new projects right away, consider waiting until after the New Moon on 8/17. New initiatives tend to fare better under a waxing Moon.
Relationships, creativity and finance could experience both stimulation and challenge, due to a T-square forming today. This dynamic aspect pattern, comprised of Venus, Pluto and Uranus, peaks on 8/15 and wraps up on 8/22. Stay open to revolutionary transformation in these three areas, and pay special attention to paradigm shifts and transformation in your dealings at home and with your birth family.
8/9 (Thu). Ready for an easy flow of divinely inspired creativity? How about a closer connection with the divine, or with the divine essence within someone or something here on earth? It's all available, thanks to a harmonious Venus-Neptune trine.
8/11 (Sat). Be sure you're communicating clearly: wires can get crossed when...
(Click here for the rest of this week's forecast, including a mighty Thor's Hammer aspect pattern, an amazingly enduring Uranus-Chiron semi-sextile, an intense Mars-Chiron sesquisquare, and more!)
For the complete detailed August forecast, click here. |
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 (Benjamin) or
828-777-6688 (Spiritsong)
www.ItsAllGoodAstrology.com
benjamin@ItsAllGoodAstrology.com
mary@SpiritsongOasis.com
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Group Invocations & Shamanic Healing event this Tuesday, August 7 from 7:30-9 pm. It will take place at his home in the Montford neighborhood, one block from downtown Asheville.
Admission is by love offering. Space is limited; please email Benjamin or call 828-338-9852 to RSVP and get directions.
For more information, click here. |
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Second "Ayahuasca Awakenings" Presentation Aug. 15
Benjamin will do another "Ayahuasca Awakenings" presentation at Crystal Visions on Wed., Aug. 15 at 7 pm. Admission is by love offering.
The interactive event will focus on the intense month-long shamanic immersion he underwent this spring in Peru. His focus will be on the spiritual awakenings that the plant spirit teacher Ayahuasca and master shaman Don Diego facilitated for him during his time in the jungle.
The first 90 minutes will be lecture and Q&A. The final half hour will have Benjamin transmitting spiritual energy to the audience and leading them in guided invocations. |
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August Birthday Discounts  We offer a 20% discount off our full rate to anyone booking a consultation during their birthday month!* So if your birthday falls in August, it's a great time to schedule a consultation, get a preview of your major opportunities and challenges during the coming 12 months (and beyond), and save some money!
To take advantage of this offer, email us or call 828-338-9852.
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* Cannot be combined with other price reduction or sliding scale offers |
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On This Week's Podcast...
This Week in AstrologyEpisode 271 -- 8/6/2012
One of iTunes' top astrology podcasts!
Mercury turns direct this week, and Uranus & Chiron make a semi-sextile that will last for years! Two aspect patterns begin, both incorporating the change-making Uranus-Pluto square: a T-square with Venus, and a Thor's Hammer with the Sun. Throw in Mars sesquisquare Chiron, two Venus events, and Mercury quincunx Neptune, and you've got one busy week!
We feature two celebrity charts this week. First, Michael Phelps, who just smashed the record for most Olympic medals ever earned by one athlete! We also look at the religious conversion of Snoop Dogg, now rechristened Snoop Lion -- he's gone from secular rapper to devout Rastafarian. We'll see how all this shows up in their transits, progressions, solar arcs and solar returns!
We round out the show with listener emails, plus an invocation testimonial that may inspire you to invoke your planetary allies every day. Plus we announce who won two-hour sessions with Benjamin in his testimonial contest! |
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