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Andromeda Astrology                                             Planetary Alchemist Newsletter 
The Month of Capricorn 2014-2015
© 2014-2015 Samantha Kane-Kennedy
December 21, 2014 - January 19, 2015
In This Issue
Please Have a Safe Holiday Season
Quick Links
Enter any moment devoid of agenda
Jingle Bells Original Tune
Humour and Rumour
Ten Immune Boosting Foods
Daily Calendar
Capricorn Monthly Forecast
Aquarius Monthly Forecast
Pisces Monthly Forecast
Aries Monthly Forecast
Taurus Monthly Forecast
Gemini Monthly Forecast
Cancer Monthly Forecast
Leo Monthly Forecast
Virgo Monthly Forecast
Libra Monthly Forecast
Scorpio Monthly Forecast
Sagittarius Monthly Forecast
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Quick Links... 







Dreams of Toyland (1908) ~ Arthur Melbourne Cooper


Festive Festivus ~ Sienfeld



Dickens was an outspoken critic of slavery and wrote extensively against social inequality

 

 

Six Things Charles Dickens Gave the Modern World

 

 

Death of Poor Joe ~ Earliest Dickens Movie


Scrooge or Marley's Ghost (1901)



Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.


Peace Quotes








New Understanding of Time Changes the Way We See the World






Historic Images of Prairie Towns





Under Your Skin - A Thai forest monk explains why a healthy body image is not what you think it is.





12 Cancer Symptoms That Most Women Ignore


No Lifeguard on Duty


Who Is Making Money Off The War on Drugs?



To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Lao Tzu

 

 

The Narcissist and the Difficult Mother



Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without
~ Buddha


What are the Signs of a Narcissistic Sister?





Kelly Clarkson performing Walk Away 
 

 

 

 

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"Enter any moment devoid of agenda, with an absence of posturing, and with your only intention being to send love to everyone you meet or even think of... 
Happiness, miracles and inner peace will follow."

~ Marianne Williamson




{A drinking song}

The 1857 lyrics differed slightly from those we know today. It is unknown who replaced the words with those of the modern version.

 

Dashing thro' the snow,

In a one-horse open sleigh,

O'er the hills we go,

Laughing all the way;

Bells on bobtail ring,

Making spirits bright,

Oh what sport to ride and sing

A sleighing song tonight.

 

|: chorus :|

Jingle bells, jingle bells,

Jingle all the way;

Oh! what joy it is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh.

 

A day or two ago

I tho't I'd take a ride

And soon Miss Fannie Bright

Was seated by my side.

The horse was lean and lank

Misfortune seemed his lot

He got into a drifted bank

And we-we got upsot.

|: chorus :|

 

A day or two ago,

The story I must tell

I went out on the snow

And on my back I fell;

A gent was riding by

In a one-horse open sleigh,

He laughed as there I sprawling lie,

But quickly drove away,

|: chorus :|

 

Now the ground is white

Go it while you're young,

Take the girls tonight

And sing this sleighing song;

Just get a bob-tailed bay

Two forty is his speed

Hitch him to an open sleigh

And crack, you'll take the lead.

|: chorus :|

 















Humour and Rumour

Simpsons do Fleetwood Mac.


A humorous story conceals the facts in a string of incongruities and absurdities wandering in a sometimes purposeless way seeming innocent and unaware it is creating a rumour on purpose.





Ten Immune Boosting Foods

 

 


With cold and flu season ramping up, a healthy diet matters more than ever. Here's a list of 10 foods and common kitchen ingredients to help supercharge immunity and boost overall wellness in the process.

 

Chicken soup {if you are not Vegan}: Studies show that chicken soup, even store-bought, can reduce symptoms of cold and flu, and support the function of immune cells. Add fresh vegetables and herbs for extra nutrients.

 

Broccoli: Cruciferous vegetables, including broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and Brussels sprouts, are potent sources of powerful immune supporting nutrients such as vitamin C, beta-carotene, trace minerals zinc and selenium, and others to bolster immunity and support overall health.

 

Green tea: EGCG (Epigallocatechin gallate) and L-Theanine are two powerful compounds found in green tea that support immunity and protect long-term health. L-Theanine in particular supports the immune system's fight against foreign invaders, while ECGC protect cells against damage and offers numerous additional health benefits.

 

Mushrooms: Culinary medicinal mushrooms such as shiitake and maitake are high in beta glucans, vitamin D and other powerful compounds that help support immune cells, promote healthy digestion and maintain numerous other areas of health.

 

Chia seeds: These tiny seeds are nutritional powerhouses, high in antioxidants, nutrients and protein. They also contain a healthy balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, and they support glucose metabolism. Chia seeds offer a significant boost to vital energy. Because of their extremely high nutritional content, they support numerous aspects of immunity and overall health.

 

Garlic: Used medicinally for millennia, garlic is rich in powerful beneficial components, including allicin, a sulfur containing compound that helps fight foreign invaders. Garlic offers potent antimicrobial and immune support. It benefits cardiovascular health as well.

 

Yogurt, kefir and kim chee: These cultured foods are high in probiotics (beneficial bacteria) that maintain immunity in the gastrointestinal tract and support digestive and overall health.

 

Sweet potatoes: Approximately ½ cup of sweet potatoes provides up to 40 percent of the recommended daily allowance for vitamin A, in the form of beta carotene. Vitamin A, an important immune-supporting nutrient, helps protect mucus membranes while maintaining immune response in these sensitive tissues.

 

Pumpkin seeds: These seeds contain approximately 10 mg of zinc per 100 grams of seeds. Zinc is a trace mineral that provides critical support to immune cells.

 

Burdock root: This hearty root is high in a compound called inulin that helps to promote strong immunity, balance blood sugar and support organs and tissues. Commonly prepared in soups, salads or as a tea.

Immune Health Supplements

 

Along with immune-boosting foods, there are a number of botanical and nutritional supplements that safely and effectively offer natural immune support. When combined with a healthy diet, proper stress relief and regular exercise, natural immune aids can help elevate your vitality give you the upper hand against occasional colds and flus.* Here are some recommendations:

 

Mushroom formulas: Numerous species of beneficial mushrooms offer targeted support for immunity, as well as other areas of health.

 

PectaSol-C® Modified Citrus Pectin: Derived from citrus peels, this special form of citrus pectin has been shown to support the immune system and safely remove heavy metals from the body. It is also the most-researched agent capable of blocking the effects of elevated galectin-3 levels throughout the body, thereby providing long-term support for numerous areas of health.

 

The Healthy Difference

 

As this year's cold and flu season escalates, what you eat (and what you avoid) might mean the difference between staying healthy or staying home. So remember to choose immune-supporting foods, reduce stress, exercise your body and supplement with natural ingredients that help promote healthy immunity and overall wellness.

 

Be Merry Be Bright
Joy ~ Peace ~ Good Will to all


"Céad míle fáilte."

"One hundred thousand welcomes."

 

Happy Winter Solstice

Blissful Bodhi Day

Cheerful Maunajiyaras

Happy Holidays

Happy Hanukkah

 

Merry Christmas

Joyous Kwanzaa

Feliz natal

Wonderful Festival of Lights

Festive Festivus

Joyful Canadian Boxing Day

 

Kickn' "Tet"

Happy New Year

 

And all things nice

Forgive me if I have forgotten anyone or anything

Happy Merry Joyous blessings all round.

 

Beleaguered, tired, weary or worn? Last month's discomfort created this month's growth. It was a hard fought contest after the battering of the previous month. But as the second-to-last square between Uranus and Pluto formed there was a release. We only have one more square to come in March before this configuration moves away.

 

This month Saturn shifts out of the doom and gloom of Scorpio and into the optimistic light of Sagittarius for the next couple of years. Pallas Athena joins Saturn in Sagittarius from now until April and guides us past that last crunch in March. Every month until then begins with a New Moon; like a processional that will guide us to the enlightenment of this new paradigm. These are good signs of better times to come. Be of good cheer.

 

The planets leave us alone this Christmas and let us have a pleasant celebration. As the New Year begins we will move onto very positive vibrations. We can see the light. Leave behind the darkness of what has been. We have to come to this New Year clean to get in the creative flow of our accessional shift. Close the books on the past and set sights for a major life change.

 

Venus and Mercury will tickle our fancy as they dash through Aquarius. Ceres will enter Capricorn to care for and cultivate healthy humans. This planet is good for creating order and assisting with the discipline and perseverance needed for survival. Pallas Athena and Saturn are beginning a new constructive cycle of much needed social activism to fix the problems of our country and world. Then Mars enters Pisces and we get the opportunity to walk the middle path, retreat introspectively and enjoy the arts or simple natural pleasures. Intuition is a strong guidance system.

 

 

Go raibh maith agaibh.

"May you have a thousand good things."

 

Sincerest hearfelt wishes for excellent health, peaceful coexistence, thriving prosperity and good will.

Sam 

Daily Calendar
Golden Compass

21ST Happy Winter Solstice We have reached the shortest day and longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere. The Sun has entered Capricorn and is skirting the borderline between the northern and southern latitudes; the equator. In the northern hemisphere nature is stripped of its colours and fragrances; vegetation is hibernating in the depths of the earth's womb. There is still great beauty in the winter landscape alive with bird song. It is worth celebrating that the Sun is returning, every day from here forward we will gain a very small increment of extra daylight.

 

Happy Birthday to all Capricorns We embrace the social traditions, duties, obligations and responsibilities that come with this time of year and celebrate these character traits in our Capricorn friends. Honour, respect and ambition are also strong callings when this zone is activated. Successfully achieving our aims whether they are big or small feels even better now. If our expectations are disappointed we might feel this undermines our sense of authority. We are susceptible to the usual Capricornian reactions of irritation or guilt. The inherent determination to get ahead makes us extremely competitive and at times cynical. The seriousness of this energy field can be converted into unexpected humour that makes light of the onerous facets of life. Make fun! The extra push that comes with this sign will help many people get to the finish line that is called Christmas.

 

Repetitive behavioural patterns become increasingly more disturbing. We recognise them in ourselves and want to do something to change them. Instinctively we search for the truth of the matter. Great curiosity infuses a restless desire to work on areas where we are blinded. Between now and the end of January much of what we are drawn to will be channelled by our evolution. We can thrive on a challenge and we crave enlightening infusion. It should help our physical wellness and mental quickness. We must turn away from those who do not wish to consider anything except their own terms. They try to convince if not convert us.

 

22ND This is good problem-solving energy. The natural yin and yang are in balance. Previous efforts pay off. If we need funding, a mortgage, loan or investment opportunity it can come. With a depth of mind that is not easily satisfied we notice what is usually left unseen. We detect human psychology, its motivation and behavioural pattern through our keener powers of observation and deduction. This influence has to be used for the good of all and not for personal gain. If it is used to make others powerless there is a karmic attachment to that intention. It is in some people's nature to spy on others due to their suspiciousness. As always it is up to each individual to choose to use the higher nature of these emanations.

 

23RD Every two to two and a half years Saturn changes signs. Father Time, our karmic taskmaster, changes its cloak of authority, policy making and standard procedure. These transitions are often accompanied by a transitional period. The planet enters the new sign briefly and then wanders back out by retrograde. Saturn will be in Sagittarius for its indoctrination to the sign until June 16, 2015. When it slides back into Scorpio we can feel the pinch. That will be between June 16 and September 18. So our initial exposure to this Sagittarius will give us a taste of what is to come then we have to cool our jets to clear up what we wanted to leave behind in a hurry.

 

What we have to look forward to is a period of enlightenment that is sparked by a search for a higher truth. Sagittarius likes to stretch things and Saturn rules boundaries, structure, rules, government and religion. Saturn likes control and propriety and Sagittarius does not. There will be paradigm shifts. Ideas will change and grow in our individual lives as well in the world. However, as I have mentioned this is the zone of religion and Saturn can be extreme. We will be dealing with that element, as if we did not know that. Our biggest lesson is spiritual growth.

 

25TH May you spend Christmas with someone you love. New traditions will replace the old as families grow into line with the times and the stages of their family's life. We will give an old holiday, the symbolic birth of Christ and hope, new value in our lives. It is the Crescent Moon Phase today the aspect of promise. That is part of what this celebration is about, the promise of renewal come spring after a long winter and its hardships. The passion of Christ's beliefs undiminished by his tormentors is a strong message. We must be strong and persevere believing in ourselves. There should be good times shared with those of like mind and open hearts. Warm family gatherings and shared love are a port in the storm of life where we feel safe and secure. May everyone be blessed. If anyone finds themselves without the home and hearth acquainted with Christmas do not be discouraged. As with many family days it only hurts if dwelling on things not being as they should. If we knew what God wanted us to do we would be happy doing it. Be happy. Be loved. Be cherished. Be remembered.

 

26TH  The self-centredness of these vibrations make the atmosphere charged with competitiveness and power struggle. It is an insensitive egocentric and masculine energy that wilfully asserts itself with no value for another person. A mean streak with no humanity, these can be abusive, defiant or even violent inclinations. Where there are people like this present others have to give up too much of themselves. There is no equality, no cooperation, no union and no harmony when this type of person is present.

 

For the rest of us we waiver with whether we should commit to something or not. We have to double check our projections, convictions, demands or opinions before we pin them on others. Agreements, contracts, relationships, memberships or, partnerships are realigned. There is also the likelihood we struggle with forming an acceptable compromise. Misaligned facets of our inner self show themselves to be sorted. Co-creating new agreements; while cutting chords to the old agreements, will keep the storminess of frustration and other inner demons away.

 

Hyperaware of contradiction, dichotomy, hypocrisy, incongruity, duplicity, double standards, insincerity and two-facedness we must process these things in a universally correct way to depersonalise the situation. The tension and stress created by prolonged flux gives us x-ray vision. We can spot redundancy and are prepared to explore, experiment, discover alternatives and innovations to reinvent ourselves. If a change of focus is appropriate there is training or involvement with technology involved. Discussions present conflicting intellectual or devotional beliefs in an interesting exchange of information. We are more open to other points of view. We want to do something different.

 

27TH WhenPallas Athena is in Sagittarius our conceptual perception is more free and useful. It enhances our ability to evaluate the true worth of anything and use resources in advantageous ways. The luck of good timing and a universal approach will forge links of unification. We find the unifying thread between what we thought was different. We bring the parts together to complete the whole. Laughter and humour are easily expressed. Healing comes through spiritual knowledge or mental attunement. These energies have a political expression in the idealistic defender of truth and righteousness. The duality within this core group is depicted in the sage, guru and adviser versus religious warriors such as the jihad.

 

Wherever focused concentration is aimed we will effect a major life change for social good or self-empowerment. In this process it is wise to keep the world out of our thoughts. We need to work with what we have in focus and keep it very close to our core until we are one with it. Once we are wise enough, our inner fire is lit and burning brightly we can empower the change. Truly touched on a spiritual level we can be a light in the world. Whether we seek it out or it finds us, we have to answer the call. It may be a haunting whisper that drives us to where our true passion lies or some white-hot form of concentration that leads us to the self-perpetrating path. Intensely obsessive or intensely passionate we are drawn to penetrate the secret of our most inner core self. For some the search can take them beyond the boundaries and rules of common sense. If we ignore our passion, if we do not meet it halfway, we end up living an inauthentic life, lost in the shadows. The intensity of this vibration is designed to infiltrate such a numb state. In the wrong hands, say the extremely religious and power hungry, this expression of energy can be destructive.

 

28TH Energies are extremely intense during this First Quarter Moon phase. What we normally expect at this turning, is magnified tenfold. If there is a message we have to get we will receive the brunt of it without a doubt. A confusing preamble leads to the sorting of incongruent suggestions which eventually resolve into a clear picture. We are presented with a challenge or crisis, a dilemma or choice and it sets us apart from what we thought we were going to do. New information or even new contacts and agents bring a more dimensional perspective. We try to channel a magnitude of sensation into a narrow precondition that needs reengineering.

 

This is an important time in our history. We are setting new benchmarks. Our evolution is fascinating to the objective. The political trends should get our attention. We are beginning a new constructive cycle of social activism. The seriousness of our situation gives us enormous discipline, patience and perseverance. We turn our thoughts toward lasting concrete achievement. We try to correct imbalances and injustices more creatively. Our urges and abilities translate into a practical outcome. We re-appreciate the value of pre-owned, used or antique objects.

 

The current book of life and all its chapters are coming to a close. It is time to crack open a change of focus and make new discoveries in a whole new volume. Renewal for the sake of wholeness and self-healing requires that we do what is right and important. We cannot just go along or get along as expected. Being our true self does not equate into exclusivity, to be wholesome we must be inclusive of others regardless. When establishing our own uniqueness we need to be aware of the uniqueness in others to keep things in balance. This is ground-breaking energy but we have to work at it.

 

31ST Nothing auspicious to today; we have a clean slate on which to write our 2015 resolutions. Watch out for road checks. New Year's Day is perfect to catch the 24 hour partier. Get a designated driver or call a cab. Positive vibrations are forming for New Year's Day J

 

1st Happy New Year 2015 It starts out on a positive note. With an abundance of energy and exceedingly good luck we can take some courageous first steps and entertain opportunity enthusiastically. This is good energy for speculation. There can be significant progress. Just do not pitch expectations too high, use common sense. These expansive energies push us so much we can be reckless. If we overestimate our abilities we will feel overwhelmed by what we take on. This is the kind of energy that is good for sports or physical activity but controversies get blown out of proportion. Some people get pushy or try to block, oppose or obscure our path and otherwise work at cross purposes to our goals. Hang tough if this happens.

 

The Gibbous Moon is sober and reflective. We scan 2014 for its legacy and remind ourselves of how much we have strengthened. It is the innovative unexpected idea that gives us a sense of direction about where we want to go. Unconsciously we are setting up the powers of attraction for the year. It is a very positive day for most. With a freshly renewed commitment we can regenerate our energies and come back into circulation with more optimism.

 

2ND We are assessing and analysing all our relationships, agreements and commitments so we will definitely notice a degree of emotional distance and an absence of intimacy between people. If there is a dilemma inherent in our relationship, partnership or contract it can create a lot of subsidiary tension. The singular perspective is not meant to be taken personally. Each individual is wrapped around their subjective goals, ideals or integrity for the moment. Whether we are juggling an unintegrated character of our personality, an unresolved pattern or misaligned aspect of the soul all manner of memories flood the thoughts. An incompatible relationship need not be precluded if adjustments can be made. Karmic tests can intervene. Please do not play the guilt card; it is unfair at this time.

 

Too much work or responsibility can be a drudge. The need to focus on work seems unbearable. The demands of career, social standing and cultural tradition or authority figure seem oppressive. We have to deny ourselves and repress the need to confront. Taking disapproval or the suggestion of disapproval too seriously can spoil the situation. Responsibility outweighs personal ideals. We are experiencing great pressure to perform. If we are able to maintain our ideals at the same time it will strengthen our character and expand our awareness.

 

3RD Venus in Aquarius could be the reason for many a contrary twist or turn in people's conduct. Individualism comes to the forefront and any unconventional leanings too. We may see eccentricities and flip behaviour in people we had thought were quite reserved. Unpredictable and unsettled, everything is alternatives and possibilities. At the very least we are surrounded by the unconventional. Social activities are sure to increase. People are easier to connect with. We are open to thinking differently.

 

4TH Mercury in Aquarius revels in logical deduction. Mental excitement, unconventional behaviour, offbeat opinions and originality are the characteristic of this influence. We enjoy being contrary. Educators and entertainers will like this vibe. The eccentricities of human nature should be entertaining. These Aquarian energies offer a higher profile for science and mathematics, culture or literature. We are drawn to odd attractions and unusual viewpoints that will build character of mind. Memory is improved along with intellect. Our set beliefs get infused with what we have overlooked. Social success is aided. Excitement attracts people together. This zone is less adaptable to emotionalisms. It is a little stubborn, and tends toward conviction of opinion.

 

The Full Moon is again more intense than usual. The stress we feel has a vice grip like quality to it. We need to be creative with how we handle these things. An obsessive focus blots out everything but the object of its intentions. An abundance of energy nitpicks and critically devours what it does not align with. Our minds are overflowing, over stimulated and unable to filter the details in the moment. People can steamroller us, blindside or get the better of us because we are so overwhelmed.

 

8TH We are reworking civilisation creating new paradigms, archetypes and role models. While it seems so many people are resisting, choosing a single minded stubbornness and acting out rebelliously, the transition involves mutual agreement in creating new boundaries and stereotyping. We might just weed those people out voluntarily or involuntarily. We should look at how we project onto others first. After all we will be working on unravelling our own emotional or psychological knots too. These knots are formed by getting caught on a hook. Each of us has our unique issues that have snagged us habitually throughout life. Our conditional agreements and the commitments formed of expectation or demand need to be dissolved. We need to get to the root of our own bad weed. The most affected by what is happening is usually family and marriage. We cannot remain locked in those old programs and their clashing and conflicting perceptions of what constitutes love and nurturance. It will not do.

 

Ceres will take its first bold steps into Capricorn knowing it will face the formidable one in residence there. Already we have food shortages, drought and other climate issues affecting the food in the world, how much worse can it get? Anyway, back to what it means for us. Capricorn is all about getting organised, creating order, accomplishing, achieving and surviving. Ceres is about nurturance, caring and cultivating healthy humans. It is about family and Capricorn is about structure. We are bound to work on old programs running our perceptions of love and nurturance. With an exceptional sense of responsibility we have more discipline and perseverance available. We feed our inert sense of authority, leadership and sponsorship. We nurture ourselves by enjoying the beautiful things our hard work has brought us; by being thankful and grateful no matter how little we have.

 

At the Disseminating Moon we can make sense of what we have taken in previously. We can get out of our own way to see and sense more than our personal perspective would allow. Intuitive understanding will guide us well. Happy revelations and shared information helps everyone to connect to their next step.

 

9TH Stress disrupts in unexpected ways. Upset, frustration, restlessness, impulsiveness and for some sacrifice are all around us. Wherever possible give stress back to the perpetrator, the originator of the stress. We need to break away from whatever holds us back while keeping in mind that our thoughts, projections and communications can keep us back too. It is time to reinvent ourselves, find new solutions, change our mannerisms, redefine our terms of commitment, release the binds of the past and be future oriented. If we have been bottling anything up it can release destructively or through accident if a conscious release is not sought.

 

10TH Ouch it continues intense, confrontive and challenging. We are tested. Our egos stand on the precipice of temptation. It would be so easy to give into ruthlessness, underhandedness, deception or illegal means. Karma is important now. We must ask ourselves what our actions will do for our soul. Using these energies for personal power over others creates karma, or future repercussion. If we tempt fate some form of enforcement may be necessary. We need to see beyond our triggers. Old power struggles resurface in memory or an echo of similar experience

 

There is acute sensitivity plus the feeling that we are very special and very privileged. Oh dear, what a mess we can make of ourselves with this mix. The increased access to extrasensory perception can create dilemmas when dimensional awareness warps beliefs that validate us. We see the appearances others put forward and know it is a front for a back. What is really going on is in the back while what others want us to see is what appears up front. We are caught in a script that has suddenly gone into improvisation. In this rarefied state people try to take advantage or victimise others while they remain totally unaware. It is hard to put our finger on things, to prove what we feel or know, suspect or perceive. Evasiveness, pretence, deception and other illusions can set the trap. It takes devoted transcendence to overshadow the fragmentation of what we sense and what we know to be true.

 

For some there is a tendency to wear rose coloured glasses. We see what we want to see. We bury our head in the sand to avoid what we cannot face. The ability to keep the status quo in tact is dissipating. Many people will not know what to do when faced with reality breaking down. Extreme sensitivity toward other people's behaviour makes us want to hide. This is a passive-indecisive instability, it is not emotional. Disillusionment and escapism are rampant. Great disappointment causes much confusion. We cannot focus, everything is blurred. However, for those firmly rooted on their spiritual path of evolution or those who have already had their lives rocked and are adapting, the experience is totally different. Universal awareness and universal truths will deepen our compassion and empathy. Turn to the uplifting vibrations of art and music to help sustain a sense of well being. There are endings that have to come before beginnings. Dig deep into the well of trust and faith.

 

11TH A snag, a snare, a paradox, riddle or contradiction and anything of the sort will entangle us in some sort of limitation. We cannot rely on anyone else, we have to be self-reliant. It is not possible to maintain everything; focus is narrowed and confined for a purpose. We need to unblock our path in an untraditional way. Having to discard may be relevant but there will also be an effort to find workable ways to be productive. Find the middle path of understanding and create new resolutions. Examine the incomplete to decide what requires too much energy. What we hold as truth, wisdom and faith is challenged. It is difficult to maintain an old focus. Hope and optimism remain available. We will find a way to keep growing and achieving.

 

We have come round circle. Back to the point of duality we need to fix in ourselves. This is part of the dilemma. We cannot get passed this fork in the road until we do. It is a loop that requires great effort to bridge into the new path at the crossroads. What issue of idealism, ethics, fair play, equality or social justice is causing that run around the Mulberry Bush? How we associate with the world needs to be fixed. Relationships incompatible with our beliefs may end or be redefined. We change if nothing else. This vibration will increase competitiveness, differing viewpoints, moral conflicts, ethical dilemmas or grand expectations. There is a way to keep moving, do not give up.

 

12TH Pisces is a place of great nebulosity and Mars is the planet of fiery action. When Mars first enters Pisces it is like walking on marshmallows. Mars is aggressive and Pisces is passive so the resulting confusion and restlessness may be expressed as passive-aggression. Passionately sensitive, moody, changeable, emotionally intense and unpredictable we will hang behind the scenes. On the plus side we get the opportunity to walk the middle path, retreat introspectively or attend a retreat of choice. The arts will bring quiet natural pleasures. Sensitivity to colour, tone and rhythm can be nurturing. Fantasy is greatly enhanced for the writer or artist. We are beyond empathy in this sign; we sense other people's true feelings and thoughts. This has both an upside we can benefit from and a down side we cannot confront. Understanding another person's psychology must be treated with respect.

 

It depends how self-integrated we are. It is too easy to take things personal. Other people's approval means too much. It is emotionally disturbing. We diminish what we can be instead of standing our own ground. Self-approval is the goal in developing a new way to interact with another person that upholds our self-authority. All we need to do is to keep taking steps toward becoming it. Most of all we must not go chasing someone else's carrot dangling on a stick intended for us.

 

13TH We need to pick up the pieces of what can be done or let go and move on at the Last Quarter Moon. If something cannot stand on its own foundation it will dissolve so that something better than replace it. Where only a few minor adjustments will make us more successful there is great opportunity. We are excited or we are nervous, one way or the other definitely emotionally stimulated. Good decisions can be made. We find a creative fix for whatever is broken. Fluctuation of any kind can undermine the immune system, take extra precaution.

 

We enable our awareness of being disciplined. It is encouraging to apply a little with ourselves or our children and get immediate results. It is the way to survival, being strong and supportive. Loving discipline strengthens family systems and emotional bonds. When understood as part of the maternal and paternal role model we keep an eye to improving the backdrop of our own example. Self-reliance and independence are great strengths to let our children develop. It is good to let them do more for themselves. Tenderness is not always the best teacher but it has its place. Tough love fosters self-responsibility and when it is backed up by tenderness our children can go far. We may have to learn to love our self and others this way.

 

14TH Conditional agreement, commitment, partnership and relationship will experience some degree of breakdown in order to sort out equality and propriety. Give due consideration to projections, by either party. Issues of trust are vulnerable. Any deep-seated resentment, intense jealousy, sexual difficulty, destructive attitude or behaviour will be revealed. Inappropriate attachment that has been prolonged for destructive reasons will implode/explode. There are riddles to solve and non-disclosure to hurdle. Maintain genuine personal power to avoid the power struggle. Forgiveness brings healing when karmic intervention tests relationship.

 

Frustrations build as more and more pressure is applied and there are blocks to hurdle at every turn. We must persist beyond the minor irritations and annoying conflicts. What we think ~ we will create. Imaginary fears and feelings of inadequacy substantiate our inner doubts. Emotional and nervous inhibitions cloud our perspective. Previous use of free will is the reason for karma to manifest. What we do not need is negative reinforcement. Our efforts are tested so we prove our self to our self.

 

16TH People want to feel nurtured by what they do. Many will experience this through physical activity, adventure and even debate. A lot of drive and energy is channelled into caring for or defending others. Increased activity with children and family will bring everyone together. Parental allowance encourages children to follow their inclinations without hesitation. Self-determination is instinctive when enough love, comfort and support are provided. Independence, confidence and self-worth will grow in them. We teach by example and learn by watching and observing. What we learn now will get locked into our memory bank.

 

The Balsamic Moon phase is a good one for thinking, envisioning and magic. The magic comes from our thoughts that bloom into opportunities to be sought. As we think so we can create because the ideas have a solid footing. We have our facts together and have attended to the details. This is a very creative flow. Our body, mind and soul are operating as a unit. We are drawn to what is meant for us or we are called in that direction.

 

17TH Moving forward requires cleaning off the chaff. We have to come clean to make our accessional shift. Address any dark side issues. An upsurge in stressful anxiety will cause an intensity that will interfere with sleep. It is like trying to float on a pillow of popping corn. It makes us restless, itchy for something, keen for excitement and open to adventure. At the same time we are too self-possessed and convicted. How this will affect us will depend upon how much individualism is built into our life structure. We are very much seeing our own point of view. To have to adhere to the status quo will turn people into fussbudgets.

 

19TH For some, feelings of irritability and discouragement cause them to feel incapable, weak or inferior. Ill-thought-out actions, personal delusions, secret and selfish aims will take the perpetrator on quite a ride. Low energy is easily exhausted which brings on illness. Acting on fear-based assertions will lead many of us down the wrong path. We need to be inspired, stimulated and fascinated so we can view the unknown as an adventure. Drawn to the fine arts, artists, musicians, dancers, writers, actors or others on the fringe of society; we dance with the powers of creation. Feelings of irritability, discouragement, incapability, weakness and inferiority will plague those who cannot reach out to the next level of consciousness. For most of us it is time to pursue our passions, dreams and ideals so we can realise them.

 

20TH The Sun and Moon enter Aquarius forming the New Moon.


 

Capricorn Monthly Forecast 
Capricorn Merry Berry Birthday to all Capricorns. With so many planets in your court the year ahead is bound to be fruitful. You are in your element while also enjoying new explorations and forming new relationships. The Sun warms you at the Winter Solstice and the New Moon recommends that you start a fresh health regimen. Habitual repetition has you in a rut. You are committed to restructuring your lifestyle to be healthier. With good problem solving skills you are quick to detect what is needed. Saturn moves into Sagittarius calling your subconscious to attention. You will learn much over the next two and a half years. A karmic planet in a karmic placement means watch your karmic p's and q's. Lessons will be learned, karmic debts can come due but there will also be cosmic cookies or rewards earned. Try not to trip over your first steps. Super charged with competitiveness and self-centredness double check your projections, convictions, demands or opinions. Contradiction, dichotomy, duplicity and insincerity cause you to become focused on other points of view. Pallas Athena entering Sagittarius is very commanding. With enough objectivity and indifference you will see alternatives others miss. Major life changes are already in the works before the end of 2014. The end of this year is a very important turning point. You are not just turning a page; you are starting a whole new composition. On a roll as 2015 dawns there is abundance, opportunity and good luck written in the stars. There will be a lot of analysing and assessing as you sort through the old and new integrating or disentangling as needs be. Get out and play a little too because too much attention on anything can make it a drudge. Venus is the first to leave Capricorn for Aquarius but it is good to have variety and possibilities to choose from. Mercury is next to join Venus in Aquarius. Light and lively you enjoy pleasant conversations and intense activities with others. You refuse to be involved with people who just want to command, control or dominate. Ceres will join you in Capricorn activating your sense of order and organisation. Your hard work nurtures you. Sudden and unexpected breakdowns can cost you some money and time. If maintenance has not been kept up there can be fatigued structures or objects to restore. When feeling worthy within yourself it is easier to deal with difficulty. Increased sensitivity and sympathy may cause you to see what you want to see or at best motivate you to attend arts and cultural events. It is costly to maintain everything as it has always been but life can be good with some budgetary considerations. If you find yourself on a repetitive loop of any kind in any area of life you have your work cut out for you to get off the conveyor belt. To you, Mars entering into Pisces is like trying to get traction on shifting sand. You may take things more personal than you usually do. With a little self-discipline you will shake it off. It may be necessary to end partnerships or commitments where trust is vulnerable. This can be a very frustrating time for no apparent reason, a little irritating and perhaps disappointing. Give yourself some nurturing tender care, pamper yourself, and love yourself. Getting on with the future takes a lot of self-worth, self-esteem and self-authority. Other people may disappoint you but you must not disappoint yourself. 

 

Aquarius Monthly Forecast
Aquarius The Winter Solstice puts the Sun in Capricorn which is within your sensitive reach. Long forgotten memories are revisited because you are in touch with your innermost core. It is strengthening and sustaining to have the light shine into your consciousness. Something old will end out of which something new will begin. If an involvement is not making a creative contribution to your lifestyle you will reconsider what you are doing. Old problems find new solutions; trust the test of time to culminate a long sought quest. Saturn entering Sagittarius loosens up the stronghold of tension. It can make money flow for you as well. What you learn over the next couple of years will be of great value. Currently you can be swept up into a faulty agreement, a situation involving competition; or find yourself an unwilling participant in a struggle for power. In the darkness of a negative situation you are detached enough to be hyperaware of all sides. You can see beyond appearances. Pallas Athena is also entering Sagittarius which will be of some relief to your busily engaged mind. You get more mileage out of your body and mind. Harness your energies toward a concentrated focus and you will effect a major achievement. What you do now can be included in your memoires. Then you will prepare to engage a new journey, explore new territory, form different relationships and upgrade your associations. Make your wishes come true this New Year's eve. Set your powers of attraction on the opportunities you would like to create. Coming from a universal core you can bridge the gaps between you and others, old friends or new. For now you seek out those who want to have fun so you can have time away from the drudgery of every day routine. Venus and Mercury will enter Aquarius and liven up the tone and tenure of simple pleasures. Venus brings gifts, money, a windfall or rise in earnings. Mercury increases communications, visitations and social interactions with special people. Family is a concept that you wished had a broader spectrum of possibilities. Nonetheless you are altering your concepts, role models and paradigms in a slowly evolving process. Ceres entering Capricorn feeds your soul, your inner self feels nourished by these rays. But a blimp of stress enters your radar zone and gives you a slight case of indigestion. A bit of a test of fate comes when someone asks for a hand with their needs; it is in your best interest to pass. The agitated situation leaves you open and vulnerable on your blind side. Other than that the rough edges will just smooth back over. Do not stick your head in the sand if any health issues arise, tend to them. There will be other things to get stuck on. Most probably it will be something like a riddle or contradiction, the words to a song, a forgotten fact or part of a story. There is a dualistic quality to any consideration eluding you so it is not easy to grasp. Mars leaving Aquarius is easy to notice. Your overdrive has moved on to Pisces. The sponginess of this zone gives you less traction. Without Mars you are back to generating your own power. Even if someone tries to make something personal you will feel clear about shrugging it off. It is almost a discipline that you willingly apply to multi-faceted situations when faced with an either/or ultimatum. What you will need to sort out will be the inappropriate habits or projections in the area of family dynamics, within the circle of old friends, or with neighbours and school chums. Situations can hide in the shadows beyond immediate attention. Over the years acceptance covers them over but once acknowledged it can no longer be what it was. You are cleaning off the barnacles that keep you from gaining greater acceleration. Removing resistances so you can go farther using less energy. Less drag and more speed with less effort is worth the effort it takes to hurdle the obstacles. You will make a point to help other people feel better by the way you interact with them. Taking it to another level you do not want to ruin anyone else's day. Trying to escape the inevitable will cost you money. Do not take any discouragement seriously, cheer yourself up too. 

 

Pisces Monthly Forecast 
Pisces Happiest Winter Solstice blessings! Be uplifted by the seasonal practices and beliefs that sustain you. Your spiritual involvements will be refreshing. But it is not a repetitive experience you are seeking you want one that has deep meaning and shared charity. The problems of the past are fading into a new methodology and resolutions are easier to find. Saturn moves into Sagittarius and will tend to challenge your reality perhaps revealing solid choices that usually remain beyond your scope. The roughness and crudeness that you run into in everyday transactions roughs you up and makes you want to withdraw. The unpredictable is all too often a possibility and you feel you must protect yourself. Pallas Athena in Sagittarius pushes you to strengthen your fortress of safety and security while also maintaining enough liberty and freedom to keep you happy. Even if you do not want to change anything about your life major life changes seem to find you. Stay at home, they knock on your door. You set a new standard for yourself that allows you to operate within a constructive set of guidelines. With the end of 2014, the door to the previous stage of life is closing. You are breaking new ground. It will suit your uniqueness. The New Year brings in such positive energy it seeps through into your subconscious cheering you up on all levels. In this positive state you are better able to wrap your mind about the analysing and assessing that you have been so pessimistic about. There is still a bit of a grind going on but its burden is lifted somewhat. Venus in Aquarius sweetens your mind, brings creative possibilities and social activities. Mercury in Aquarius gets stimulating and exciting energies circulating through your circuitry. You are better able to dissolve the hard edges of your childhood and reach a more peaceful understanding or c'est la vie. When Ceres moves into Capricorn you will get many things that have eluded you and come to inner resolution on some levels. Increased energy is somewhat scattered, impulsive and therefore stressful in small but annoying ways. Energies are intense so it is easy to be testy. Acutely sensitive, everything seems to pinch. Wanting to see what you want to see will upset your relationships. You can get ensnarled in someone else's stuff. Realise you have come full circle with this and it is time to veer off the loop. Mars joins you in Pisces, giving you fuel, energy, drive, stamina and staying power. It is not as important to be one of the crowd or group but it is important to be self-integrated and reliant on your own authority. Do not sacrifice yourself to be accepted or to gain approval. A little self-discipline sheds a whole new light on how you interact with others. Rewrite your inner dialogue and conditional agreements to give yourself more permission, privilege and ownership. You will dissect yourself, self-analyse and criticise yourself with the least little negative reinforcement or suggestion. The important issue is to be nurtured by all that you are involved with. Moving forward means shaking loose from the cling-on or residue, inappropriate belief and accidental karma. Increased intuitive input gives you a broader consideration so you can choose to see the optimistic rather than the pessimistic. 

 

Aries Monthly Forecast
Aries The Sun has cross the Solstice point; Happy Winter Solstice. In Capricorn the sun offers you good friendship and successful networking. You may initiate something new with your career, business or job. Not willing to repeat any past performances you will be selective about which relationships you maintain or pursue. If you have a problem someone will come along and help you to solve it. Saturn takes its introductory tour of Sagittarius, another fire sign. You gain the benefit of this element being activated by a serious contender of achievement. Make plans to circulate awareness of what you have to offer but do not launch them yet. Wait till you feel they can engage. You are too self-centred to do a good job. Double check your projections, convictions, opinions or demands and make acceptable compromises. Looks like you unplug after Christmas and take some time maybe with family. Pallas Athena entering Sagittarius gives you more ideas for the plans you are developing, they are gathering pre-launch momentum. You are hatching a major life change and it is creating itself in the moment. Setting new benchmarks, trends and practical expectations this is an important time. As the year draws to and end you are closing the books from past endeavours and focusing on renewing and re-establishing yourself in a unique way. The New Year will sweep you up in its flow toward abundance, opportunity and all things positive. You just might relieve yourself of relationships that are a drudge to maintain, unbearable or disapproving in nature. Simply put you want to be with people who are a reflection of who you want to be not a reminder of what used to be. Venus and Mercury cross over into Aquarius which is an air sign. This tends to fan your flames, get you burning brighter and hotter. Good time to launch your plans, get out and about, visit, communicate and spread the word. It is good for business. If you were looking to rebrand yourself this would be a good time to change your stripes. At the same time you are working on unravelling your emotional and psychological knots caused by getting caught on a hook. Ceres moving into Capricorn is more than a strong suggestion that you need to get going on your plans. Stress or frustration will unnerve you if you are too impulsive. Energies are intense so you have to be still to know how to be in rhythm with possibility. Your sensitivity will serve you. It helps you to know where the comfort zone is. It would be to your own jeopardy to continue to believe what you want, to ignore what is and to wear those rose coloured glasses. It could be family or just someone from your past, but something sets you on a journey to find the truth, the way or the answer. Everywhere you turn, you will find yourself, there is no alluding the inevitable. Mars moving into Pisces is the shot in the consciousness that you need. You will feel better equipped to handle the details with an inner sense of knowing. Stand your own ground, uphold self-approval and leave others to chase the brass ring. A greater ability to discipline yourself will teach you some new tricks. It helps you to write good contracts, form beneficial agreements and to enter into positive relations. Some people can be very frustrating; they keep throwing hurdles in your way. Take extra care of yourself to withhold from reacting to them. There are many changes you want to make around your home, things that need to be changed in order to move forward. Please do not put your faith and trust in what you think should be a sure thing, the professional guarantee or the reportedly best person at the job.

 

Taurus Monthly Forecast 
Taurus Many blessings to you for this Winter Solstice which occurs as the Sun crosses the cusp into the earth sign Capricorn. There is some degree of hibernation surrounding you; perhaps you are quieter than usual or maybe lucky enough to be able to go south. Contemplate your wishes and save toward their manifestation. You are breaking from the hereditary pattern of debt or cost that is associated with celebrating at this time of year. The changes you and others make will solve the problems you have and pay off for all concerned. Saturn is moving out of opposition to Taurus, that is a relief. It will be transiting through Sagittarius creating alchemical tension that transmutes situations aroused over the past two years. Dealing with self-centred people, someone who is competitive or getting drawn into a power struggle exposes you to the mean streak in humanity. Keep yourself clean. Hypocrisy is everywhere, do not get whiplash trying to track it all. Be the steady force that you want others to be, steering through this tension, stress and flux. Just keep on going! Pallas Athena joins Saturn in Sagittarius which means serious business is mixed with some luck, laughter and humour. Your powers of evaluation are sharp. Your focus of intention will attract a major life change and set you on a new course. This is a pivotal point, an important epoch. As the year draws to a close, it is the end of things and the beginning of all things unique to you. Great positive strides forward and favourable financial trends promise you a stronger sense of self. In some areas however you will pull back, reassess, maintain distance and acknowledge the unacknowledged truth of others. Certain Taureans may not want to work come the beginning of the year, if near retirement, plans could be made. Venus and Mercury entering Aquarius is not all that comfortable. These two planets do not let you lay back and take it easy. You must make an effort and stretch yourself in the process. Due to core relationships changing form and format the ripples pass through all relationships giving you a new perspective on other people. It helps you to gauge your involvement. Ceres moving into Capricorn sets you straight if you had any romantic delusions about your family, ancestors or background. You will be thankful to be in the know. If anything stressful happens at this time you can succumb to illness like a cold or flu. Everyone is intense and confrontive so tread carefully through the jungle. Use your sensitivity in creative ways. Rearrange a room or create the perfect card for someone. You may see what you want to see because you are interpreting input in your own image. Be sure to clarify what is meant. You are meant to puzzle over something, to mull over it for hours like a good jig saw puzzle. It brings you back to a starting point you have revisited many times. The well worn path will only loop back, take the path less chosen. Mars bumbles into Pisces and gets swallowed up like a tiny child in an overstuffed puffy couch. It can leave you saying what happened? Everything and everyone goes soft. You need to be well integrated to keep a cohesive fix on what you want to achieve. A little more discipline is needed to get traction and momentum. You can be effective but you will not be able to remain unaware of what exists beyond the appearance of things. If any jealousy exists within your associations it can affect your major relations. It reveals itself and becomes known. This can be a very frustrating circumstance as such people have tried to influence as many people as they can of their opinion. Nurture yourself by turning to people who do nurture you if you are not too wounded. Think about them to restore your faith. At this time on the earth to move forward you need to clean up your act, deal with your karma, address what you need to address. You are not comfortable with the status quo anyway. Wholesomeness is a prized goal. The insights, no matter how painful, are meant to help you reinvent yourself. 

 

Gemini Monthly Forecast
Gemini Happy Winter Solstice! The Sun has entered the sign Capricorn and you feel on top of the hill. It is a good time to promote you. There is brief cessation of work for the season but you are back to it before the end of the year. Currently you are dealing with repetitive behaviour that has run amuck in your affairs and possibly home. It may be a nasty bit of business but with the help of some excellent problem-solving energy you get through it successfully. Break the habit. Saturn is entering your shadow sign, Sagittarius. In opposition to you it is actually a steadying force. It will be there for two and a half years. Make use of it to establish and accomplish yourself. Unfortunately it can strengthen your convictions, projections and opinions at first causing you to stress your own point of view. For the moment people can be mean and hyper-reactive, you probably want to spend some time alone after Christmas. Pallas Athena enters Sagittarius now and that can cause you to react strongly to disapproval but mostly it gives you a good sense of timing and strategy. Major life changes should improve your financial situation. Gifts or talents are profuse. The end of 2014 is an important juncture; it is a time of rebirth. All accounts are balanced as you enter into a phase of preparation. You finish writing the epilogue of your journey so far and close the books to enter a new direction. 2015 starts out on a positive note that is sure to improve your financial prospects as well as your daily enjoyment. Partnerships or contracts tend to be lucrative where mutual agreement is easily reached. Your significant other has been working too hard and is rightfully exhausted. Working relationships will be prosperous. Venus and Mercury entering air sign Aquarius will be refreshing. Venus enhances your relationships of all kinds. Mercury puts you in touch with many interesting people. You will change the role the idea of debt plays in your life. Whatever its nature is in your predisposition it will be upgraded to a new definition. Appropriately Ceres will enter Capricorn cultivating proficiency giving you an encyclopaedia of information to work with. Even the minutest amount of stress is disruptful to relationship. The intensity is too acute so it is hard to gauge. Sensitivity is also high. It is very easy for things to go sideways. The icing on the cake is that you as well as the other person may be wearing rose coloured glasses. Check that all out before you snag yourself on a tricky hook. You are going to get caught on other people's stuff, keep it to a minimum. That can spin you round in circles. The trick is to keep moving. Mars is entering Pisces. It does not help you with traction. In fact you may feel like you are sinking but it is just the differencet between hard pavement and soft gravel; there is no quicksand. This is excellent creative energy. It is very unhealthy for you to take things personally because you will tend to grow them out of proportion. Value yourself more than that, apply a little of the ample discipline available in the ethers to keep your thinking straight. Agreements, contracts or partnerships can breakdown in order to expand, regroup, sort out priority and propriety and become more beneficial to all. Frustrations centre on work, the job, a business or responsibility. You are being tested. It feels like you are not being taken care of by the people who matter. This is a perception born of a sense of neediness. Purge yourself of such entanglements. Free yourself from thinking this way. This projection is an idea that comes from deep within you. Dissolve the delusions, fear-based assertions and subjective thinking. Pursue new found dreams.

 

Cancer Monthly Forecast 
Cancer

Salute the Sun; it sits directly opposite you in Capricorn, Happy Winter Solstice! Dancing in your shadow sign the Sun offers you good luck and many rewards. It will help a sagging ego find it true self in the swirl of life. You are in a gestation phase, recreating yourself into your inner image. Old patterns are like road blocks, they are negative representations of a misaligned self. It is your work to rework your pattern starting with a daily routine change. It will help you solve your problems by creating new synaptic connections in the brain. These form new ideas. Saturn is shifting its expression to resonate with Sagittarius for the next two and a half years. The karmic tension will make you uncomfortable in areas where you need to evolve. Otherwise it frees you up to explore a different more broadened relationship to life. Self-centredness can result in strong and mean competitiveness if you get into a struggle with others. You stew over contradictions and double meanings trying to find a way to depersonalise the situation. When Pallas Athena moves in to occupy Sagittarius she opens up a whole new array of thought processes that are designed to delight. They are intensely profound and personally applicable. These answers will change your life. By the end of the year you are ready to set new boundaries and eliminate toxic situations. You are re-writing your manual of life and everyone is going to enjoy their experience with you more. Spending the New Year at home has a special quality. Coming home from a New Year's party is a pleasure. It does not matter which one you decide to do; they are equally capable of setting a positive note to the beginning of your year. As the New Year dawns you are assessing and analysing your time wasters hoping to streamline your operations. Too much work can get you down after the holidays are over. Schedule yourself accordingly. Venus and Mercury both enter Aquarius and from their angle to you there is an alchemical transference. They help each other affect a positive turn of events. You understand the motivation and intention of others and can extract successful negotiations from a meeting. Giving yourself and others more scope makes everyday dealings easier. Perhaps you have chosen to give yourself a holiday in the south. Ceres will move in to occupy Capricorn activating your shadow personality and making you more aware of yourself. This is a nurturing influence that fixes and repairs you and your relations. The least little amount of stress can be very disturbing. Wherever possible give stress back to the perpetrator, the originator of the stress. You need to confront yourself about doing this, turn the intensity around. Being a sensitive sign, distortions to the normal calm tends to fragment you. You can wax poetic, gloss over the details, embellish the highlights but in the quiet of your aloneness you know the truth that others can easily deduct. Your dilemma is an easy riddle to solve if you are ready to face the challenge to what you think. One way or another you have come full circle back to square one. Before taking another step in the same old direction, check out the alternative pathways. Mars enters the watery sign Pisces, augmenting its emotional conveyance. It fills you will the spirit of charitable understanding which smoothes the ruffles between people and calms the tsunami. This allows you to feel more integrated and effective, more objective and accepting. The act of discipline will bring things into line, achieve what seemed impossible and set a good example. The old structure of family, home, work and business needs a redo. Destructive power struggles need to be binned. Do you want to build these frustrations into your future or do you want to leave them behind? It is your karma to create or dissipate. Some entertainment would be very nurturing to your senses. Pick a good book a movie, a play or something lively and upbeat to do to make you smile. Coming clean or cleaning off the chaff means addressing your dark side and shedding light on it. Turn up the comedy or humour and let in the light. On the more serious side, this is an important time for your soul, a cleanse will do you good.


Leo Monthly Forecast
Leo The shortest day and longest night has you running for the cover of sunshine no doubt. Have a Happy Winter Solstice. The joys of family are obvious and you work hard to keep the family together. While the expense of the celebrations weighs heavily on the pocket book you feel generous. What happens now is a repeat; it is something that keeps happening but now you have noticed and you can make it go away. You solve ages old problems with a single leap. It is onwards and upwards once you do. Saturn switches modes. It enters Sagittarius and becomes more light and lively. It is a relief for Leo; it was too narrowly focused for your tastes. Now you can stretch and breathe. One thing you are self-centred about, you do not want to be around people with no humanity. That is mean uptight disagreeable types who propagate frustration. Or is this a projection? You will not compromise something that is important to you but you may contradict it. It is something to think about. Pallas Athena entering into Sagittarius joining up with Saturn offers you a university education in diplomacy, tact, lawfulness, statesmanship and discretion. The next four months is an awkward learning curve. What you may also entertain is a change of your country of residence for career purposes. You may choose instead to answer the call of other major life changes. Important and significant events are at the hub of an important time in your life. As the year comes to a close you feel that you are closing the book and starting chapter one of a new series. The New Year's positive vibe rubs off on you. There can be some luck if you buy your lottery tickets or just spontaneous good fortune. You will contemplate all the friends you have ever known in the process of coming to certain understandings about the part people play in your life. It is karmically important. Work that was supposed to be fun turns out to be a drudge. Venus and Mercury will enter your shadow sign Aquarius. This should brighten your mind and senses. Venus will bring you out of a dark place. Mercury will reveal worthy lessons from the darkness. Working backwards you will rework the "stitches" that hold your patchwork together. Deconstructing and reconstructing with an enlightened perspective. When Ceres enters Capricorn your appetite will increase and many cravings will occur for you. Sometimes it will be your body telling you what it needs. Other times it will be a temptation. Stress bursts a bubble or two. The enthusiasm that is lost need not be compounded. It is just as well. The more attached you are the more painful this karmic juncture can be. Your receptors will work for you if you listen with your psychic ears. In a crisis the right idea will come to mind. Or you can stick your head in the sand and refuse to hear or see what you do not want to speak. There will be many points to get stuck on if you start out in the wrong direction and need to be led to the right end result. If you are not making progress on your journey of self-realisation you will find yourself back where you started. Mars entering into Pisces takes some of your energy and inverts it, internalises it and makes it less actively assertive and more passively playful. Knowing how special you are means not being dependent on others to say so. Applying a little self-restraint is a good discipline for social survival. Issues of trust are vulnerable to each person's interpretation of correctness. Work situations in particular. Pressure will be applied if you are heading in the wrong direction. Minor interferences can be frustrating but they serve a purpose. Feed your centres with faith-based concentrations. Jettison the excess load, abandon or discard extraneous attachments to clean up your karma. Disappointment or discouragement can be a problem if your expectations are too demanding. 

 

Virgo Monthly Forecast 
Virgo Welcome to the shortest day and longest night of the year, Happy Winter Solstice. It is a time of hibernation that you are comfortable with. The Sun dips into Capricorn, as far south as it goes. People are very important to you now. The younger person and longer relationship is dearer. You will hear news about a new start. During this contemplative time you are reviewing your patterns of behaviour as they have repeated themselves over the years. In reflection you are very good at solving imaginary problems. The exercise enhances who you are. Friends come to you with their problems. Saturn will enter into Sagittarius which is a significant shift in its influence. The intensity that was melds into a more free-flowing growth. It will take a while for you to catch up to this incoming levitation. The less self-centred you are the quicker you will be to relax into asymmetry. In this state you bend with the flux and accept contradictions as the way of life. Pallas Athena will enter Sagittarius also. This is mind-building in a unique and accelerated way. Your focus can be profoundly shifted to answer a quest or follow a belief. If you are paying attention you will notice a new constructive cycle of serious intent is beginning. You balance the books of the past and look forward to prosperity in the future. The luckiest part of 2015 will be that your health is improved and sustained. Generally people will not get beyond your scrutiny. Concentrated powers of focus hone in your skills of perception and accumulation of detail. Buried in your work, there will be great accomplishments. Venus enters Aquarius first and brings joyous enthusiasm. Mercury is next to wander into the aliveness that is Aquarius. You are revived and replenished. By loosening up your definitions you get more flexibility out of your days. Ceres enters earthy Capricorn whose vibrations nourish and regenerate. Move into them. A change of pace accelerates the momentum of day to day events. It blindsides you out of the blue for a brief while. Then a global sensitivity arises within, you are acutely aware of all that plagues our Earth and its inhabitants. You can bury your head in this kind of situation and it can become much of what you are about for a time. Many curiosities lure you into expanding your knowledge base. When you are done many of your beliefs may end or be redefined. Mars will move into Pisces, your polar opposite shadow sign. This can give you balance and stability as you get in touch with the lesser acknowledged parts of yourself. You will integrate a diverse array of choices into your way of being. Discipline mixed with innovation will work the best. Friendships can breakdown as your path seems to diverge from what can be shared. It is a little frustrating until you realise it is for the best. You nurture others through your work; they need a lot of tender loving care. If you are aiming for an accessional shift then you need to clean out the cache. If you cannot figure out what or how, serendipity will help you. Your powers of intuition are very much enhanced however your imagination may expound upon them. 

 

Libra Monthly Forecast
Libra The Sun dips as far south as it goes, enters Capricorn and announces Happy Winter Solstice. The shortest day and longest night will now turn around and daylight will increase just a little every day. That should make you feel better. No sooner we hit complete darkness and the light starts to return. You are learning about this balance in all things and will be guided by what you need to know. New root shoots are growing out of you and a greater sense of stability and grounding comes with this rootedness. You are your most important resource. Your evolution is channelling the experience you need. Just keep in step with what comes. Problems will be solved through quiet contemplation that allows the mind to search. Saturn now enters Sagittarius which distributes its karmic influences in a more homogenous style. The next two and a half years will be very enlightening for you. The karmic taskmaster is going to connect you to what you need, who you need and how you need it. All you have to do is whatever is brought your way. This is not meant to be a struggle to see who has the power, you or karma. You do not have it. Arguing with it will get you nowhere. You need to surrender. Having too many contradictory impulses creates more flux, tension and stress. Pallas Athena enters Sagittarius with all her wit and wisdom and you are in a prime position for receiving the benefits of her abilities. Your focus needs to be on your health because without good health nothing else is possible. The grand learning curve that lies ahead cannot happen if you are not healthy. This important juncture calls everything you have ever done into task and asks you to make stone soup out of it. As the year is drawing to and end the cosmos is indicating that you need to close the books on the past by bringing all its affairs to a conclusion so you can have half a chance at having something different. As 2015 begins be ready for the next step to make itself known. The beneficial energies that give birth to the New Year have something special in mind for you. You just have to be in position to catch the ball. While you must be centred on your priorities this is not the time to be single minded. Other people will play an important role in your success. Maybe you are going about this work thing all wrong...there is a better way. Venus takes the escalator to Aquarius going from straight and narrow to curvy and oblique. The ripples from the change of energy field loosen up the up tightness left behind by Capricorn. Mercury will join Venus in Aquarius allowing the air to flow through your mind and giving you space and time to think. Both these planets are meant to initiate a transformation within you that touches your soul. You have to answer the call. When Ceres makes its entrance into Capricorn you are a.w.o.l. because you are off treating yourself. It is ironic because Ceres is about healthy organic nurturance and a treat is not always good for you. It may be stressful when your plans are upset but your detour will have a special purpose. People can be intensely confrontive, you find out who your friends really are. Due to increased sensitivity you take what others say and magnify it out of proportion. When pushed to consider someone else's idea you can feel threatened. It is true reality as you know it is threatened by what they have to say but you cannot hide from it. Responsibility, duty, obligation, expectation, tradition and those kinds of regimented things are what snag you; stop you in your tracks. If you notice, now that you have come to a halt, you are going round in circles. Maybe if you listen to what others have to suggest you can stop chasing your tail. Mars entering Pisces does help to make you more aware of subtleties, things you would normally miss. You find you cannot act without conscience. This is a good time to get integrated; smooth out the wrinkles in your self-interaction. The art of being disciplined will get you what you need. Focus on self-reliance. The people you frequent have an influence over how much you are true to your conscience. In the end however there is only one person to pay for what you do. Frustrating circumstances can prove this point. When a conflict arises you realise you cannot go down that road. Be with friends who make you feel good for who you are not who you have to be with them. This is one of the most profound calls to clean up your act before the ascension train leaves the station. Will excitement and escape lure you into their clutches? Will you stand alone and answer the needs of your spirit? Who decides? 

 

Scorpio Monthly Forecast 
Scorpio The darkest day of the year seems to stand still and pivot in its tilt. Welcome to the Winter Solstice, the Sun in Capricorn is at its most southern elongation from the northern hemisphere. It is, however, turning around so the days will lengthen little by little. This should cheer you up. During these early winter days you must take extra good care of your health; the back, bones, teeth and anything to do with the head especially. The next in importance are your children, they need quality attention and unrushed time. Negotiations are difficult because the people you are dealing with will not consider anything except their own terms. Can you see yourself in them? By thinking this way you will harness good problem solving energy that will pay off financially. Celebrate long and hard as Saturn leaves Scorpio and begins its journey through Sagittarius. It has been a long inflexible two and a half years dealing with the serious business of this planet. {I have to warn those of you at the very end of the sign or those of you with planets in this position, Saturn will dip back into the last two degrees (days) of Scorpio mid June to mid September 2015. Not all Scorpio's will feel this pinch.} Sagittarius deals with responsibility in a whole different way so you are going to enjoy the vibrational change. You may however find yourself right in the line of fire with competitiveness involving a power struggle. Now we all know you have the power but you do not always want to bring out the big guns when it is only a small skirmish. You are dead to rights about the contradiction but making someone admit to it is another story. Pallas Athena joins Saturn in Sagittarius and you enjoy the freedom. Pallas is another taskmaster that has been in Scorpio. Now you can think beyond the critical mass. It is possible to get on with making new plans. An intense focus is relentlessly successful when you follow your passion. You are passing a milestone and beginning a new constructive cycle. Come the end of the year close the books on the past, put it to rest, let memories fade and old issues die. 2015 starts out on such a positive note you do not want to bring any excess baggage along to slow you down. The emphasis is on relationships, everything and anything about them; enjoy them while you can. Consider the quality and the quantities of time spent with each person in your life and dedicate yourself to improving the mutual exchange. You do not feel like working, not that you can get out of it, you are not in the mood. It is possible to crank you up for periods at a time but it does not sustain itself. You never like something that is just out of sight and that is where Venus and Mercury will be now, just at the edge of your peripheral vision. It makes you uneasy, sometimes suspicious at least nervous when these two planets are in Aquarius. Remind yourself that this is where excitement and adventure can be found too. Fluctuations will tax the immune system; keep balanced and moderate. You are reworking your relationship to money, costs, living expenses and choices. It is better that no one is telling you to do this; you are voluntarily taking up these considerations and looking at them in a new way. Ceres moving into Capricorn is good for you. You get a sense of being supported, protected and secure. Even when a little bit of stress, tension or frustration bubbles up you are able to thrive through it. That is until someone confronts you with a challenge ninja warrior. It probably pushes a sensitive button releasing the authoritarian in you. Be very careful. The mirror reflection of what you think is your projection not the other person. Keep your head. If someone wants to provoke you out of your reverie they will get more than they bargained for. Otherwise you are happy in your complacency. Do not brood over anything, it is not worth the time and energy. Mars moving into watery Pisces enhances your vibrations. It deepens your senses and gives you many healthy urges. The more together you are the better this experience will be. A strong sense of discipline enhances your productivity. It also puts you in touch with people you need to see. Old friendships can endure an upgrade to a new agreement because everyone needs to upgrade their considerations from time to time. Money becomes a roadblock between you and something you desire. You probably decide to nourish yourself with the expense. Clear the air of any clutter, debris and chuff. Your intuition is sharp and clear as the month draws to a close. It will be harder to keep secrets from you. 

 

Sagittarius Monthly Forecast
Sagittarius Happy Winter Solstice celebrations! The Sun enters Capricorn maintaining its warming and brightening rays in your consciousness. You light up at this time of year. Relationships are nurturing and renewing. The urge to begin a winter health program should be followed through. When everyone you know says the same thing and it does not satisfy you, you need to ask someone who does not know you. How you think can become habitual and repetitive. That is when you need fresh input. Good problem solving energies dig deep for resolution. Saturn the karmic taskmaster enters your sign and will transit through it for a couple of years. Earn cosmic cookies and karmic grace by the paradigm shifts you engineer. One firm message is to let go, detach, scale back and eliminate where necessary. At present, wilfully-centred energies can instigate opinionated competitiveness. Avoid the power struggle that accomplishes nothing. Be true to what you believe even when others are duplicitous. Your children have some interesting beliefs to share. When Pallas Athena moves into Sagittarius you may explore some of these ideas further on your own or open to a wide range of other subjects of interest. This planet is advantageous in many ways, useful in others and lucky to some degree because of good timing. At present a white hot concentrated focus is beaming in on establishing a stable relationship. You are intensely passionate about effecting a major life change through a relationship that resonates with you on all levels. It is like a heat seeking missile, bound to find its object of desire. This is or will be a historic time in your life story. You will make much progress with your self-realisation. Putting the past behind you is important when hoping to break new ground. Make this a resolution as the year draws to a close. As 2015 dawns it reveals good opportunities and financial advantages are available. When it comes to finances, be selective about who you transact or negotiate with. Shop around before you commit. You are engaged in responsibility that affects your social standing and has some cultural value. Venus and Mercury moving into Aquarius cranks up the vibe as both planets are sources of entertainment and novel interest. Young or old, new friend or long lost, other people will be a source of curiosity. Where you are really working on changing your pattern is with money and self worth. You are making a serious effort to develop better outcomes in both areas. Ceres leaves your sign for Capricorn perhaps making you more aware of the starkness of the winter season. You draw friends close to keep you warm. But in certain circumstances your impulsiveness can bring stress onto yourself and cause upset in unexpected ways. Avoid temptation, ruthlessness or deception; it is in the air and too easy an influence. Ultra sensory perception will guide you more easily toward a valid conclusion. It will be divisive for you to persist in seeing things the way you want to see them so do not clutch the status quo. You become puzzled about something that turns into the stepping stone to the next goal. But you will not go far if duality splits your intentions. Mars in Pisces can pull you into battle by way of blind faith and personal conviction. It can also help you turn a profit. Pull things together, pick up the pieces, make a few minor adjustments and learn from your mistakes. The value of discipline cannot be measured. It is a means to survival and to maintaining the bonds of relationship. Conditional expectations of either party in relationship need to be sorted out equally. Persist beyond doubts, minor irritations and annoyances. Nurture and care for others the way you want others to care for you. Address any dark side characteristics that emerge; the self-convicted or self-possessed states of being. Your point of view may need modification. You need to be inspired, stimulated and fascinated to get beyond fear-based assertions. 

 



 

Samantha Kane-Kennedy
Andromeda Astrology