"There are as many incarnations as the pathways to them." 
The Planetary Alchemist
Andromeda Astrology Newsletter                                    
© 2015 Samantha Kane-Kennedy              
The Month of Gemini 2015
May 21 to June 21
In This Issue
Gemini Inspiration
Samantha Kane-Kennedy
Happy Father's Day
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Discovery


"We discover in ourselves what others hide from us and we recognise in others what we hide from ourselves."

 ~ Vauvenargues
The Thyroid Gland

Our thyroids do so much for us.

 

The thyroid is one of the main centers of control in our body... we have so many parts that help coordinate and regulate our organism as a whole... the brain, the heart, the pineal gland, the thyroid... all of these organs work for our entire body... maintaining the health of our body as a complete organism.

Unlike the big toe, who is maintaining health for itself, the big toe, and indirectly for the organism, as it wishes to walk... these organs maintain their own health and DIRECTLY coordinate efforts of the entire body. If any of these control centers feel dis-ease, the effects are felt throughout the entire body... not localized to any one body part, but instead, can make our entire organism feel dis-eased.

The thyroid is often compared to a thermostat... regulating temperature control over the body. This is true, but the thyroid does so very much more. Indeed, I feel that the thyroid is like the entire engine of a car that we are driving. If you can picture your thyroid as the engine of your vehicle, you can really appreciate everything your thyroid does for you and how it may affect you if it is malfunctioning.

Like the engine of a car, the thyroid keeps you going, maintaining your energy levels as you truck along down your path of life. If you are constantly keeping your foot on the gas pedal, the engine starts to overheat... as the engine gets pushed and pushed, the entire dashboard, steering wheel, and car itself may tremble under the great roar of the revving engine... shaking and raging and overheating... this is a thyroid storm.

Working up to a thyroid storm is just like this... a car engine whose owner was leaning full on the gas pedal, unable to cool down or slow, trembling and sweating with the mind racing and eyes bulging being unable to find peace.

Taken in the extreme opposite directions, if you ease your foot off the pedal and start slowing down... going too slow to keep up with the flow of traffic... the engine cools, the zest for driving is gone, the journey moves in slow motion, and with it, so do you.

Cold skin, cold hands, brittle hair, constipation... clogging up traffic, if you will. This is the classic feeling of hypothyroid.

If you slow down so much that your engine idles on the side of the road, you pull over and remain sitting in an unmoving vehicle, whose engine is still on... it's just the same as hypothyroid in its most extreme form. Living in a body whose is alive (engine still running) but moving nowhere allows the toxic fumes of carbon monoxide from the engine to seep up into the car itself... potentially killing the driver.

Loss of energy, memory loss, lethargy, coma... these are the extreme forms of hypothyroid, and are as unwelcome as sitting in a closed garage with a car running... eventually the toxicity of the car itself, with no fresh air and covering no new ground... is toxic to the driver.
In life, you have to keep moving.

In life, there is no staying still. There is no stationary.  Even as you are sitting and meditating in the moment of the *now*, the moment is always evolving.  Every single moment is something new, and just as it is impossible to take the same breath of air twice, walk on the same patch of earth twice, and be the same person in each moment... it is impossible to drive down the same road twice.

Each time, there will be a new blade of grass on the edge of the road, a new butterfly flying through the air... a new car cruising by you in the opposite lane... a different cloud in the sky... you just can NOT have the same experience twice.

Even those who commute down the same road to work every day, twice a day, have never had the same commute twice. Never. Different breaths of air, different food digesting in your stomach, different socks on your feet... you've never repeated a moment of your life and you never will.

Each moment is in its entirety, unique. Special. Blessed. Once-in-a-lifetime.

So really, to sit in an idle car with its engine running, hour after hour, day after day... you cannot survive like this.

To be alive is to invite change.

Likewise, running full speed and stepping full on the gas pedal is something you cannot survive as well... Flying through intersections, red lights, running so fast you cannot keep up with the scenery along the way, engine overheating and smoking and trembling... is not a sustainable condition either.

So how does the thyroid become either hyper or hypo in its functioning? If the energy of the thyroid is the energy of moving through your life... the energy of driving down your path... I think imbalances of the thyroid arise from imbalances in how you are perceiving and expressing your journey.

The thyroid sits in your neck, lovingly wrapped around your throat and encasing your voice box and vocal chords.

What better place for the command center of your driving force to sit.

It stretches around your voice and feels, breaths, literally soaks in the energy of what you are saying, all day, every day. It *lives* in the energy of your voice.

It feels acutely when you are not speaking your heart song. It mourns for the words you do not say. It withers when you do not speak up on your own behalf. If you are not singing your own heart song, you are taking your own foot off the gas pedal of your car and your engine is responding by slowing down.

In reverse, if you are speaking words that are not your heart song... if you are angry because you are not being allowed the time to express your own inner knowing... if you are upset at nobody hearing *your truth*... your thyroid intuitively feels this, knows this, revs up on your behalf... tries to sing out your song for you. It tries to call out the words that are not being heard. It will run itself into the ground; it will run you into the ground... giving everything it has and more. Too much. In unhealthy ways.


What your thyroid wants and needs from you, is to listen to you say your heart song in joy. In peace.  Not fighting or competing to say it. Not getting angry because you aren't heard, or because you haven't carved enough time out of your day for yourself, or because you give everything you have to everyone else.

Your thyroid is a control center, a place of *knowing*, and it maintains its health through expressing this verbally.

This has nothing to do with if anyone else is listening. It has nothing to do with if you are being heard. You just say what you need to say... for yourself.

Because being *you* is what you do best.  Because you, releasing your truths, bring joy and creation into the world. Because what you can create... the thoughts you can think, the joys you can feel, the ideas you can share, the space you can occupy, the car that *you* drive... no one else can ever do it. No one else will ever be in your shoes.

If you don't sing your song, who will?

You are the one and only you that the world has ever, or will ever, EVER see. Your thyroid knows this, even if you don't.

Your thyroid is poised right between your heart and your brain... it feels the communication between the two... the thoughts you are thinking in your brain and the emotions you are feeling in your heart.

It holds them both and then it demands that you sing. Not in anger or frustration or to get others to do something for you... it demands that YOU SING!

You sing whether your children are watching or the world is watching or you are utterly and completely alone. You sing not because you care at all what the reaction is going to be, or that you are even interested in the reaction... you sing because it is YOUR SONG! It's what you do!

You do not want all that knowledge, all the thoughts of your brain and all the feelings of your heart, to get stuck in your thyroid.

If you are not singing your heart song, and it depresses you, your thyroid will slow down. You will be effectively taking your foot off the pedal... what's the point of driving, right? If no one is witnessing your journey?... and then you become hypothyroid.   Cold. Tired. Listless.  Feeling less like yourself... as you gain weight and your hair falls out and you start to forget little things... and you begin to feel less motivation to get back on the road.

If you are not singing your heart song and it angers you, your thyroid will speed up. Try to get noticed. Try to outpace, out run, outperform the other cars on the road. No one is listening to you, your thyroid thinks? Then I'll just rev the engine louder and get people to notice. And louder still. Feeling unheard and unappreciated, you begin to feel jittery and angry and your heart pounds and your thoughts race. Your eyes bulge as you try to capture the scenery that is whizzing endlessly by. And in the end, you are wearing yourself out and losing touch with the joyful song you wanted to sing.

 So how to restore and maintain health to your thyroid engine?

Treat your thyroid like you would a beautiful drive that you are enjoying.

Knowing every second that passes as you drive down the road is unique, never going to happen again, precious. Driving with gratitude, knowing what a blessing it is to be going down the road at all... listening to your heart song on the radio.

When you drive, it doesn't matter what the other cars are doing. It's not personal.

Sometimes, there are crazy drivers out there and you might slow down and let them pass... you might chose to take a turn down an unexpected street so that you can get a little space... you might crank the music up louder and crack yourself up at your own voice as you sing along.

And if the road is empty, and you are trucking along enjoying the solitude... it doesn't make the journey any less worthwhile.

You are still keeping your radio tuned to your favorite station, whether the road is crowded with traffic or empty.

You don't change your tune just because there is another car on the street. You proceed with awareness... with appreciation... you might give a smile or a wave, you might let them go first in front of you or it might be your turn to go first... but you don't change your song with every car that passes.

You drive from a point of being centered in your own lane.

If you can tune your radio to the song that you want to be singing right at this moment... the song you can feel welling up in your heart, or the song that your brain is humming in your head... you can enjoy the drive no matter who else is on the road. And you bring peace and harmony to your thyroid.

If you make your journey about being heard, about how other people react to you, you are going to wind up with your foot pressed hard on the pedal (hyperthyroid) or pulled over on the side of the road, giving up (hypothyroid.)

Just drive drive drive. This is your journey. This is your truth. Crank up the radio and sing! xoxo

 

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Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.
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I'm Okay...but I'm not okay...and that's okay

 

"I am still walking on Jupiter where the gravity of grief is great. The air is thin and my tears fall as generously as spring rains. Yes, I have moments of sweet relief and happiness is returning - but grief and sorrow linger. I cannot run from sorrow any more than I can run from my shadow on a sunny day. I must learn to live with love and sorrow - there seems no other way. I'm okay ... but I'm not okay ... and that's okay. That is part of being human."

 

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Resilience


Finding our Way

Remember this journey is Unique. The Path is narrow and the answers are within.

 

Hydrogen Peroxide


Hydrogen peroxide is the only antiseptic agent composed only of water and oxygen. It is considered a safe substance, capable of killing harmful micro-organisms through oxidation, which is simply a controlled burning process.


Many people often have oxygenated water at home as part of the first aid kit, and use it to disinfect minor cuts and sores on the skin. However, it is also a powerful disinfectant non-toxic and can be used with several different purposes. After all, it is an inexpensive substance, so we will list 12 reasons to have hydrogen peroxide at home, using it in different ways in the day-to-day in our home.


Sanitize wooden boards

The wooden boards we use for cutting food is the perfect place for the growth of bacteria. Instead of using chemicals that may endanger the health and food, clean it with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and vinegar.


Wash fruits and vegetables
As a non-toxic product, hydrogen peroxide can be used to disinfect fruits and vegetables by removing any dirt and bacteria. Use a solution of 3% hydrogen peroxide and wash the food to sanitize them easily and safely.

Sanitize sponges
Sponges are an ideal place for bacteria build-up, so it's important to sanitize them using a mixture that combines equal parts hydrogen peroxide and warm water. Dip the sponge in the solution for 15 minutes, then rinse thoroughly with water.


Take clothing stains
Hydrogen peroxide acts as an extremely effective stain removers. To take out wine stains, combine equal parts of hydrogen peroxide and liquid detergent and apply directly on the stain. Dry with a towel, wash with hot water and let dry.
Another tip is to use it to take yellow spots that appear in the armpit, mainly in white shirts. Prepare a solution of 1 part liquid detergent and two parts of hydrogen peroxide and apply to the desired area. Let stand for an hour and rinse with cold water.

 

Lighten your hair
Hydrogen peroxide is a bleaching agent that can be safely used in hair. To apply a solution wet the hairs with equal parts of water and hydrogen peroxide and comb to spread throughout the hair. This mixture will provide more natural strands rather than an overly light hair. In addition, it lets you lighten the hairs gradually, without causing a drastic change.   

Sanitizing toothbrush with hydrogen peroxide
The toothbrush is another place where they can accumulate germs and bacteria that live in our bathrooms. Soak it in hydrogen peroxide to sanitize it and kill these micro-organisms.


Treat fungal foot
Use equal parts hydrogen peroxide and water for a home remedy against the fungi present on the feet. Spray the solution in the desired area at night, especially in the fingers, and let dry. This mixture is able to prevent fungal development.


Whiten teeth
Mix hydrogen peroxide and baking soda for homemade paste able to gradually whiten your teeth, and mitigate stains if used daily. Apply the teeth, leave it for a few minutes and rinse with water.


Clean the refrigerator and dishwasher
Being a non-toxic substance, hydrogen peroxide can be used in places that are in contact with food. Apply a little when cleaning the fridge and the dishwasher, let it dry and wipe with a cloth with water to remove.


Remove dirt pans
Sometimes, removing dirt from pots and pans is an extremely difficult task. To facilitate the work, combine hydrogen peroxide with baking soda to form a paste. Apply to the pan and leave it for a while. Then remove using a sponge with warm water and you will see that the dirt will come out more easily.


Fight disease and infection
Amazingly, the white blood cells present in our body produce hydrogen peroxide to combat parasites, viruses and bacteria, so this substance can be a powerful weapon in the fight against some types of infections.


Immerse the infection in a solution of 3% hydrogen peroxide for 5 to 10 minutes, several times a day, to obtain a significant improvement. This substance can even help heal gangrene.


Against ear infections, put in between 6 to 8 drops of hydrogen peroxide to ease the symptoms and fight the infection. To treat sinusitis, combines oxygenated water with a tablespoon of non-chlorinated water cup and use as a nasal spray.


Keeping the mold away from the plants
The next time you sprinkle water on house plants, add a little hydrogen peroxide to spray to protect them and ward off fungi. The measure is half a cup of hydrogen peroxide to 3.8 litres of water.


Usefulness


"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another."
- Charles Dickens
 
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Service and Sacrifice

The great thing when you have this knowledge is never to allow shadows in earthly life to appear so strong that you are engulfed in darkness. They are only shadows; they are not reality. The reality is the spirit.

  

~ Silver Birch 


Over the years, many mediums attended the Hannen Swaffer home circle to meet its guide Silver Birch and hear his wonderful trance teachings. Amongst them was famous clairvoyant Doris Collins (pictured left), who was also a gifted spiritual healer.

 

Doris attended with her stockbroker husband Philip and fellow medium Marjorie Osborn. Silver Birch began by greeting Doris.

 

YOU are aware of the band of evolved beings who surround you and constantly help the work you are doing. If I, in any way, can reinforce or confirm what you have been told is your mission on earth, then I am happy.

 

The reason for my functioning through this instrument is to repeat what is given

to me from other beings. If I succeed, then more knowledge of eternal verities

is conveyed and we are able to help people who are ready to be helped.

 

I do not have to tell you that the path of those who are endowed with gifts of the

spirit is a difficult one. If you want a bed of roses or to eat the lotus, then do not

be a medium.

 

But this is a compliment. It means that the powers that be, those who are charged with playing a part in the divine plan and whose whole efforts are directed towards teaching people how they should live in your world, work through you because you have your contribution to make.

 

It is one that only those endowed as you are can make. When all the wise ones of your world can do nothing to aid the mourner, the sick, the perplexed and those who have lost their way, you can help to provide the answers.

 

As a channel for the sublime power of the spirit, you can stimulate their spirit so that they can begin to function as they should. This is something that clergymen,

priests, rabbis, scientists and philosophers cannot do, but only mediums.

 

You have the great privilege of serving the Great Spirit by serving His children.

To fulfil yourself means sacrifice be - cause there is a tremendous power to be

expressed. It is infinite and can never be fully manifested in your world.

 

As you serve and sacrifice, so more and more of the gold of the spirit emerges. You become a better instrument and are able to help more than you have done before. It is not an easy path, but the prizes of the spirit have to be earned: they have to be gained, they have to be won. All the difficulties you encounter, even the obstacles provided by those sometimes who should know better, have to be faced and conquered.

 

In doing so you emerge stronger in spirit, purified, refined, able to effect a greater attunement and to be the recipient of that rich spirit power that none can analyse, but can be felt for all its beauty and its wonder.

 

You know what I am talking about. If I can encourage you just to go on, do the best you can, serve wherever you can and help wherever you can, then I am fulfilling myself and you will be fulfilling yourself.

 

The guide asked her husband, "Are you listening to all this?" He answered, "Yes, every word."

 

Here Doris commented: "I do realise the work I have to do. I thank God for that and that He has given me a partner who will help me. I will try to do the best

I can." The guide continued: This is all that can be expected of you. All of us here are part of a great plan. We are brought together so that we can help in what I call the processes of eternal creation.

 

How wonderful it is that we can help the evolution of the human race. We can show people what they truly are, spiritual beings expressing themselves through physical bodies. If they get their priorities right and allow spiritual principles to govern their lives, then they will derive as an automatic result a richness of living that they have never experienced before.

 

The whole trouble is that too many people in your world worship the golden calf instead of the Great Spirit. When greed dominates, the spirit cannot ex - press itself.

 

We have to teach as many as we can that the spirit must be paramount, the spirit must dominate. All earthly possessions are temporal; they cannot be held for eternity.

 

Gradually the light drives out the darkness as knowledge replaces ignorance and superstition has to retreat as truth advances. You are privileged, as we are, to be part of the tremendous army of spiritual liberation waging its war in the battlefield of materialism.

 

Spirit will triumph over matter because spirit is master and matter is servant. It is foolish to allow the servant to dominate the master. When wisdom prevails all falls into its proper place. Then the people in your world will live in harmony with themselves and one another.

 

They will drive out the sickness and disease which alas are too rampant. And they will end all the terrible results of selfishness as they learn that spiritually they are one.

 

Go your way. Help whoever is brought to you. If you cannot help, be sorry for them. You can only do your best. No more is expected of you.

 

You are surrounded by love, not only from your own, with which you are familiar, but that which emanates from beings who have no tie of blood with you. Theirs is the much stronger tie of the spirit.

 

They will continue to help and sustain, to guard and guide, and to ensure that whatever problems you encounter, with their help you will overcome them.

 

Turning to Marjorie Osborn the guide asked, "Do you think this applies to you?" - "Practically the whole lot," she replied. Silver Birch added:

 

I was wondering whether I could combine it. I think I have succeeded. The

path cannot be easy for the servants of the spirit. If it were their gifts would not achieve their full flowering. It is not in ease and comfort that the divinity within can be expressed at its fullest. You must experience the difficulties, the obstacles, the handicaps and the problems to test and temper the steel.

 

Diamonds are made and known for their brilliance only through the process of crushing. Without it their hidden beauty would not be available.

 

There is nothing in your world that is stronger than that power which came to your aid when it seemed as if no help was possible.

If there is any doubt, and being human there always will be, cast your mind back to the times when it seemed there was not a glimmer in the darkness around you. Then the gleam appeared the golden gleam of the spirit. The way was shown and human and divine love was revealed to you. You found yourself when you were lost. Spiritually you will never be lost again.

 

I have lived much longer than any of you here. Always I marvel at the perfection of the divine law, at the infinite wisdom of the power that created it and by so doing made provision for everything and everybody in the vast universe. None of you can ever be overlooked or outside its scope.

 

If you are gifted spiritually, then it must be expressed. This is the service that must be rendered. You have to make up your mind that, come what may, you will fulfil yourself because of the privilege conferred on you by the bestowal of a divine gift. As you do so everything else will fall into line.

 

Worry is a bad counsellor. Worry and fear are your foes, not your friends. Resolution, calmness, confidence and determination: these are the attributes of the soul that knows.

 

You have been guided; you will be guided. When there are doubts, pause, withdraw and let the spirit show the way. In this great battle all officers must be able to stand at their posts untroubled when the conflict rages. To do so they must have been tried and tested. Hold your head high.

 

For the last visitor, a woman the guide regarded as an old friend, Silver Birch had this message:

 

The great thing when you have this knowledge is never to allow shadows in earthly life to appear so strong that you are engulfed in darkness. They are only shadows; they are not reality. The reality is the spirit.

 

The spirit is the divine within you. The spirit is what gives you life. The spirit is the most potent force that you have within you and within your reach as well. I know you are all human and so must fall by the wayside. But if only you could pause and remember as the shadows come closer that they cannot obscure the real light, which is the light of the spirit, then you can be radiant, unmoved and strong in your complete confidence that you must come through.

It is a hard lesson to learn. If it were easy, it would not be worthwhile. You cannot have it both ways. If you want mastery, you have to discipline yourself. If it were too easy you would not fulfil yourself. Daily life in your world is a challenge to be accepted and, whatever its nature, to triumph. If you allow the spirit to express itself then nothing can stand in the way.

 

It sounds easy, but it happens to be true as well. I do not make the laws. I can only tell you how they operate. Each morn when you awake is the herald of a new day with possibilities for greater spiritual equipment.

 

Greet it so that when the day ends you can feel you have helped your spiritual growth, that your stature has increased and that as the result you are better equipped for what the morrow will bring.

 

You must live for the day, for the hour, for the minute, for the second. Have no anxiety for the morrow and do the best you can.

 

The Great Spirit is aware of the fact that you are all very human beings and imperfect. This is why you are on earth. If you were perfect you would not be where you are now. The function of your earthly life is simply to outwork the imperfections.

 

For a full list of Silver Birch books which are available, please go to www.silverbirchpublishing.co.uk/ They are kept in print by the Spiritual Truth

Foundation, a registered Spiritualist charity, whose website is at www.spirit

ualtruthfoundation.org/



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Happy Summer Solstice

Then followed that beautiful season...SUMMER...Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light and the landscape lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
~ Henry Wordsworth Longfellow

Gemini Inpsiration



The month of Gemini is a kind of mental exercise. Gemini resilience is what we need as we continue to reconstruct ourselves in a new image. There is no new issue, pressure or crisis just the aftermath of 2012-2015 and its riddles, incompatibilities, frustrations, paradoxes and adjustments to navigate. The existing conditions are giving way to a preferred state. The powers of the Sun-Moon phase initiating this month are lending themselves to healing, dissolving pain, strife, discord and broadening our narrow apertures and conditional expectations. If we need something to change, it will. Fate has a strategy; we just need to keep out of its way. Our core is molten, liquid and in motion as it aggregates, conglomerates and erects new intellectual structures. Alternative measures find the way forward. We move at an accelerated pace. Couples need to be mutually supportive of each other's expanding awareness, ever evolving expression of ideals and alternating dimensional insights. New relationships formed at this time will incorporate openness into their commitment with each person doing their own thing and going their own way.

 

There is plenty of energy; maybe too much. Venus puts on a very dramatic performance in Leo making us all feel special. Future development goes well. There are lucky emanations, timing is good, opportunities and favourable circumstances come unbidden. Favourable conditions for conception are available too. It is not necessary to know that we are accessing very important insight and input. It will accumulate to natural worthy conclusions and resourceful understanding. If circumstances present a dualistic dilemma it is a loop and we need to look for the fork in the road and make a turn at the next crossroads.

 

In Aries, Vesta finds the power within to establish the self and does not require as much help from others. In this sign it is very helpful in working toward a reorganisation of self. Emotional issues surround the father image; we need to see our fathers, males and the patriarchy more objectively, as people not as job descriptions. Weed the relationship patch so that all that remains is mutual encouragement and support.Our will is in league with our evolutionary curriculum.Very high energy is extremely innovative, unconventional, unusual, challenging and even revolutionary but in a positive way.

 

The Last Quarter Moon crunch will be a highly creative phase that will support our hopes and wishes.Mercury resumes direct motion as straight and direct as it can in Gemini where the inclination is to meander and wander. A lot of wobbling at first can lead to great swings in our state of mind. However, intent listening can cause a breakthrough to a new level of awareness. Every dimension of the soul is accessible to healing, cleansing and redesigning. Be conscious of free will and personal evolution.

 

Neptune Retrograde offers us an inner peace that comes with surrender to the transcendent side of life. Stronger faith helps us to circumvent harshness. The retrograde of Saturn back into Scorpio will build intense compassion and dedication into real power. Our future revolves around an amended self; healed, restored, empowered, resolved, inspired and well established in our self worth. Relationships will nurture this quest.We are negotiating better terms of agreement in our lives. Improved philosophical humour inspires broader agreement. There is a return to faith in society, for some there will be a restored faith in a higher power.

 

Globally there is more mutual understanding with cultural differences. Progress will be made with political strife or international powers.Humankind is learning unintentionally. Accelerated rapid growth is occurring in our lives as we chase after it pulling ourselves together again.We will integrate the intense transformative parts of reality with the conservative and cautious parts to arrive at a controlled and stable change. All parts have to be integrated in a way that denies neither. It would be a remarkably strong, responsible and yet progressive world to live in if even some of us are successful. Happy Summer Solstice ~ Happy Father's Day. What a lovely combination. All hearts will shine bright enough to make it a grand day.

 

Life is so short

Precious and fragile too
Each day is a gift
That's been given to you
And I hope that each one is blessed
With love and good times
Smiles and happiness

May family and friends
Fill your world with goodness and peace
And may each morning you wake
May you know what it means
To have a little more time
To laugh and to love
To make a difference in life

May blessings be many,
And may they be yours, my friend
Because I wish you nothing but

A lifetime of happiness

 

Daily Journal

21ST The Sun hop scotches into Gemini and begins its annual game of hide and seek. Analysis becomes a kind of mental exercise. Contrariness is a part of Gemini's curiosity, scepticism and humour. Everything morphs into a multi-faceted dimension that must be looked at from many different angles requiring a multitude of opinions to reach a simple decision. Fickle, restless and superficially engaged; new friendships are formed, love is initiated and ever-changing interests are distracting. Adaptation is the survival mechanism of this sign and its playfulness keeps our minds engaged. We can think too much perplexing ourselves with dithering details. Resilience is what we need as we reconstruct ourselves in a new image. Dialogue, information gathering-sharing and repetitive communications, if not gossiping, goes along with being more talkative and quick witted under the influence of this sign.

 

The mastermind of karma and trauma is retrograde therefore it is not creating more issue, pressure or crisis. There are complications still arising like aftershocks of the 2012-2015 periods. What got stirred up, whether it was geological or human, it is now creating a clash that needs to be harmonised. The existing conditions will give way to the preferred state but we must make our way through the riddles, incompatibilities, frustrations, paradoxes and adjustments to get there. It is kind of like cleaning up after a hurricane. There is no avoiding this process. There are choices. These are transformative and highly creative. Irony makes way for what is meant to be.

 

We begin the month on a note of promise. The Crescent Moon phase is like a delicate rosebud. We are anticipating its blossoming. We create warmth in our life by generating unconditional or universal love. The powers of this phase are lending themselves to healing, dissolving pain, strife, discord and broadening our narrow apertures and conditional expectations. The seriousness of our responsibilities tends to constrict perception but these resonations want to explore what exists beyond that narrowness if we will let ourselves. Emotional intensities are destructive and we are all too ready to do battle. The path of purpose lies elsewhere. We can get lost in the maze of our feelings or become a larger than life Amazonian Warrior-Warrioress. It would be better to soothe the rosebud and put it in a precious bud vase to let it bloom. Make decisions that bring positive consequences.

 

24TH Be a role model for others to follow. Tap into the feel-good nurturing influences that are being sent to boost our spirit. We want to feel nurtured and we will nurture everything. It is spring, it is natural. Take heed that we can gush our attentiveness on others whether they want it or not. Just as we want to give care to our children and they may want to pull away toward more self-determination. Allowing that in itself is caring and nurturing of the highest order. Self worth will build at this time, especially if our relations are comfortable, supportive, confident and protective. Our energy craves a healthy outlet, perhaps some adventure or martial arts action. Independence provides growth.

 

25TH The first mini-challenge to crop up in our becoming someone different is outlined by the First Quarter Moon. It relates to our sense of authority and self-worth. This can affect our work to a greater degree than our personal life. Other people's needs are an important consideration. We cannot be so consumed and overwhelmed by our own convictions, injustices or outrage that we engulf everyone else. Pain is a relevant thing, we all have some and sometimes the very quiet people have the greatest. Be sure to check on any friend or family member you know to be reclusive and listen rather than speak. If something needs to change, it will. Fate has a strategy; we just need to keep out of its way.

 

Preoccupied with internal or patriarchal problems we will think and rethink to make our way according to our own image. Clinging to the masculine way, all genders sort between commitment and need. This is not the realm of awareness rather a place to work out differences and create strong partnerships. Let go of misappropriated disapproval, especially if it is imagined around father issues. Self-imposed limitation that is inaccurately ascertained by the apparent values of someone else is inappropriate co-creation. We are not protecting ourselves or defending ourselves if we are not true to ourselves. Artistic expression or cultural participation satisfies multi-level needs. Weave co-commitment, co-creation and inclusivity into involvements with other people.

 

Launching ourselves in the rarefied atmosphere of a dimensionally shifted 2015 is proving to be more difficult than we could ever have thought. It reminds me of stepping on gum on the sidewalk in the heat of summer. Energy seems to dissipate, drain away leaving us feeling low but unable to relax or rest. Nothing can be forced, it only adds to the feelings of doubt, discouragement and inadequacy. There are consequences we have to face and that can be demoralising at the same time as being edifying.

 

Remember to signal when changing lanes and make sure the path is clear. In a bit of a fog we are not on top of the action. If navigating by extrasensory perception we will be better directed. Fear can choke our energy too. Beware of the deceit in others or in our own motive. Avoid confrontation or physical strain. Immune defences are down, conserve the health and protect it from minor infection, chill or conditions that would contribute to fever. Allergies can be a problem. Artistic expression is excellent.

 

29TH The Sun-Moon Angle forms the Gibbous Phase. We are certainly gathering information, valuable information. It can be emotional, material, intellectual or spiritual; any denomination is currency of the moment. Many illuminations brighten and broaden the subconscious mind even while it operates parallel to the rational mind maintaining its everyday functions. Our core is molten, liquid and in motion as it aggregates, conglomerates and erects new intellectual structures. Alternative measures find the way forward. The death grip of trauma, distress and crisis is letting go inch by inch. We are dealing with the fallout and healing our core as well as our most important relationships.

 

30TH Great distortion and lack of proportion help things to get out of hand quickly. Too many personal issues are bound up in this web of contortion. Sharp and to the point we say things too quickly. A misconnect between the mind and the right words is compounded by the presets of the people receiving our communication. Conflictive energies jangle us but they can be weaved into an artistic creation. This is a good time for art therapy.

 

Emotional disturbances and turbulences unsettle our immune functions. We are permeable, vulnerable and subjective. Diminishing the self is a past time symptomatic of the reconsidering process. Self-approval must be fair to be indomitable for the normal person. The person who thinks a lot of themselves might be hard to take. The rest of us can think the way we want to become until we become who we want to become. Old plans fall by the wayside as wiser winning strategies are developed. Do not hinge too much on the approval of others. If it does not fit, do not wear it. This is true when it comes to legal issues, contracts or involvements alike. Most importantly we must make our own path rather than follow the illusive dreams of others.

 

31ST We are weaving our new reality into place and we are fanatical about having enough of our own space. These vibrations encourage very strong individualism that requires personal freedom. Excursions and experiences will transcend time. Individual insights keep relationships exciting and ever growing. The conformist will find this energy field a bit odd. Couples need to be mutually supportive of each other's expanding awareness, ever evolving expression of ideals and alternating dimensional insights. New relationships formed at this time will incorporate openness into their commitment with each person doing their own thing and going their own way. Reform is an integral part of our format at present. We will move at an accelerated pace.

 

2ND The subconscious will experience quite a bit of creative tension between now and July 15th. What will surface are causes deeper urges and talents. Dreams, visions, inspirations and meditations help us navigate the subconscious. Be tough, persistent and endure on the right side of the equation. There is pressure but we are unable to identify it. Work hard and things will turn out right. There is plenty of energy; maybe too much. Even if everything seems to be going wrong, the change is growth producing. It is necessary for full development. The vultures and power hungry become more aggressive and alienating. Their strong will wants at all costs and their forcefulness can victimise others. Those who crave power can be brutal physically and psychologically. The vultures come out. Be careful, they pick your bones clean.

 

The Full Moon is intense. Energies are way up and people are headstrong if not spoiling for an argument. It may only be a friendly debate but nonetheless we want to toss things about and look at them from all sides. So many questions come to mind. We are drawn to acquiring the information that we need to develop in our broader understandings. The pressure on our physicality seems great. We need to be careful, not take any chances or risks, take it easy, watch where we go and do not be reckless or abandon caution in any way. In fact, stay home if you do not have to go anywhere. You will have a better time.

 

Ceres will turnaround in its orbit and begin its retrograde period. This planet deals with the earth, our ecology, our children and animals, the things we nurture, what we grow and what we eat to name a few things. During a retrograde we become introspective about the things the planet that is retrograde is involved with. Our sympathies turn inward, we give ourselves more understanding and unconditional love and in turn are better able to love others. We get passionately involved in what feeds and comforts us. There can be a desire to get back to the land, to garden, to grow food or to enjoy green space. Children need more freedom. Parental controls can be loosened so they are not held back. Mother issues can act up so we can work them out. Eating disorders, food issues, digestion, oral-gratification, protection and other taken-care-of concerns can be troublesome if we are not taking care of these needs. This would be the time to work with them.

 

5TH Venus is about to put on a very dramatic performance. This planet can get really loud in a flashy, flirty, stylish splash of colour and warmth while in Leo. Enjoy the performance. The drama queens will want rose petals strewn about them, they want attention and their egos are easily bruised if not embarrassed if let down in public. They do not easily compromise and want their own way. Give and take can get out of balance. We can spend big and get carried away with putting on a show. This is a good vibration for partying, entertaining and romance. We get together with people who make us look good, are well-known, or popular. We like to know the people who are at the centre of what's happening. Our childish romantic fairytale side comes out in this sign. Being in love with giving love can make us feel worthy.

Approval can be a bit snobbish, we think too highly of our own opinion. Respect and pride are important.

 

Future development goes well. We effectively make favourable connections. It is possible to expand our range of occupation. These are lucky emanations, timing is good, opportunities and favourable circumstances come unbidden. We can make new proposals and blaze new trails. It is a busy and productive time when work goes by fast. We are happy. We cooperate more easily. People are willing to help. We get a break. Friends and neighbours are involved in projects or activities. Outdoor activities and sporting events fill our schedule. Major involvements may wind down to make way for new business. Commerce, negotiating, dealing with authorities and legalities will go well. Our powers of persuasion are enhanced by our good spirit and high physical energy. This is good for health improvement, athletics, muscle development or conception.

 

This month the Disseminating Moon disburses more on the subconscious level than on the rational and intellectual levels. We pick up what we need to know by osmosis. It is absorbed by the unconscious mind almost through the air we breathe like the clam takes in filaments of food by filter feeding. Observation and deduction play a large part in how we assimilate information. We are also cross-referencing faster than the speed of our computer. The mind is on a much higher order of operation. It is not necessary to know that we are accessing very important insight and input. It will accumulate to worthy conclusions and resourceful understanding. Obliterating this ethereal process is easy, let the ego dominate. This is not something that is given by force or available to the forceful.

 

6TH We cannot commit ourselves to situations, relationships or actions that are not in keeping with our values. Circumstances present a dualistic dilemma. It is a loop. We need to look for the fork in the road and make a turn at the next crossroads. How we associate with the world will be redefined and refined. We need to fix ourselves. Stop being a part of the dilemma. An increase in competitiveness, differing viewpoints, moral conflicts, ethical dilemmas as well as grand expectations makes this a fractured experience. We can change nothing else but ourselves. Keep moving forward, do not give up. Issues involve ideals, ethics, fair play, equality and social justice. We cannot let things get in our way.

 

Vesta levitates out of Pisces into the rapid stream of Aries. I have Vesta in Aries in my birth chart so I am happy that this is occurring. I am quite sure it will transform how I use Vesta in my life and in my chart sessions from here on. With Uranus in Aries an evolutionary shift is bound to occur. In Aries, Vesta finds the power within to establish the self and does not require as much help from others. Self-contained and fiercely independent we focus on ourselves and are motivated to take direct action. We are concerned with home, hearth, safety, protection and securing the borders of our territory. Increased commitment, dedication, devotion, focus, passion and ambition sets a fast pace. Aries wants to win so Vesta will be very focused on any task we undertake. Imagining that people challenge when they do not, being too one-pointed or drifting away from our initiatives are the pitfalls of this combustible sign. High action-packed sports or warlike games of strategy as in chess would appeal to us more when Vesta is in this motivated sign.

 

7TH We are working toward a reorganisation of self. It is not necessary to hold on tightly, rigidly or with restraint. Sacred ideals, traditional beliefs and spiritual teachings are given practical expression. We can let these truths flow through us. By developing better method, guideline and policy we renegotiate frustrations and build more self-authority. We gain respect as we refine our self-respect. We uphold our responsibilities, self-discipline and self-control in a much more organised fashion. At the same time we review the physical and psychological supports in our life. Historical references are understood in a new way. Work, career or business involvements are a high priority. There are obstacles to surmount, rules to follow, deadlines to meet and timing problems that interfere with completion. Emotional issues surround the father image; we need to see our fathers more objectively, as people not a job description.

 

For a brief while the universe will hold the gender balance in neutral. We can tap into an androgynous source of energy. Our yin and yang will be what it inherently is but we will not have the added interference of additional influences. Straddling the great divide we are more cooperative, however, if we disapprove or suspect a hidden agenda there will be massive discord. We face conflicts involving negative expectation and compromising situation. Enhance and make inner harmony greater. Let go of the fear of abandonment. It gives others the upper hand. Weed the relationship patch so that all that remains is mutual encouragement and support. Relationship work will encourage beneficial joint plans, marriage with equality and communal respect and reciprocity.

 

9TH Our will is in league with our evolutionary curriculum. The fragmented soul will feel; disrupted, disconnected, and full of friction. But everything is not pointless. It all depends on what we have learned from our experiences. Original thinking is highly motivated and cannot remain still. We thrive on excitement outside our normal routine. Change will manifest itself in a progressive way. Very high energy is extremely innovative, unconventional, unusual, challenging and even revolutionary but in a positive way. We throw the mold away as it no longer fits. Remarkable breakthroughs and insights move us toward new initiatives.

 

This is a good time for the Last Quarter Moon crunch. If we have to give up something it will be easy. If we have to amend what we are doing the way will be found. Should we be faced with creating a whole new set of circumstances they will be invented. This highly creative phase will support our hopes and wishes. Changes in career occur if we are on the wrong path. The fears and worries of old are being dissolved away, dissipated under the laser of future potential. Health breakdowns are possible if we have been overstressed and giving too much out with not putting enough back.

 

Strong inner dialogue revolves around our intellectual originality. Wounds to our uniqueness are the places where we feel different or unaccepted. When stubbornness rises to the occasion there will be an unusual display of defiance. We need to reinforce our protection shield and shore up our defences. Hidden agendas will be an outrage. It is just the incentive we need to make better choices. Issues of acceptance and/or approval will be triggered. Neither is worthwhile. Harmonise the intellect with the intuition to access the greatest source of strength; a union of the intellectual and ethereal mind. People who cannot evolve act selfishly and try to stifle others. Conflicts are meant to expand their perceptions.

 

10TH Problem solving energy provides rightful strategies and objective plans. We combine action with activism feeling confident everything will align. Winning wisdom helps us to achieve victory. Inner strength and courage will facilitate this process. Do not hesitate to back out of losing propositions and swerve to miss hidden agendas. Frustration and feelings of inadequacy arise out of feeling blocked at this time. Confusion and inability to actualise our ideas is the universe interfering because it will not let the wrong plan proceed. A rush to judgement will be checked and double checked. Inner work must be done.

 

11TH Mercury resumes direct motion as straight and direct as it can in Gemini where the inclination is to meander and wander. A lot of wobbling at first can lead to great swings in our state of mind. This sign is never resolute. It likes to investigate, going back and forth over a wide spectrum of reconsideration to get to a simple decision. The mind is open and scanning for whatever rings true as relevant. So we must get grounded and objective to resourcefully manage our time. Measure everything fully before taking the leap. Our ears are turned outward; we are listening outside of the self and curious about how other people weave the same experiences as we have into a higher understanding of life.

 

We need to listen and make a greater effort at reflecting on what others say if we want to get out of a rut. We need to fix what is broken, unblock, heal, resolve and express ourselves in unconventional ways. If events are triggered to cause discomfort it is to help us get on with life, get certain things done and make decisions. We can breakthrough to a new level of awareness. The more we are progressively aware of ourselves the more likely this is. People with some inner darkness can become sick or unmotivated. Deep within the subconscious there are unresolved issues that create reactions or cause blocks. Temper, violence and aggression is expressed without understanding why. Every dimension of the soul is accessible to healing, cleansing and redesigning. Be conscious of free will and personal evolution. Transmuting the pockets of unmanifested growth into evolutionary growth is like going to the dentist for some people.

 

12TH Inner peace comes with surrender to the transcendent side of life. In touch with our intuition our dreams can be vivid. Stronger faith and/or fantasy help us to circumvent the harsher sides of life. We are able to access inspiration beyond limiting labels. Artistic expression is sensitive and receptive to inspiration. Inner vision is profound. Heightened sensitivity can cause overload. Avoid addictive personalities, psychic vampires and overwhelming people who drain energy. We are picking up from our environment and that can be confusing. Two potential problems with Neptune Retrograde are escape and delusion. Illusions, denials, fears, hang-ups are all an escape from reality. There are many physical ailments to consider; depression, low body temperature, the thyroid, a past injury affecting the spine and food allergies.

 

The Balsamic phase of the Sun-Moon angle comes at a good time. We can penetrate the multitude of layers of any given situation with dexterity and skill. Diamond point accuracy is provided to the querent. What we see with our senses is what we get. Through the fuel of nurturance we generate a well researched and properly developed plan of action and retain the support we need from others in the process. We take responsibility for ourselves in a way that leaves no mistake of dependency in the minds of others. Personal creativity is at a high. Digging deep into our own psychology offers a wealth of reliable opportunity.

 

14TH The retrograde of Saturn is taking it back into Scorpio. We are very familiar with the rewards, karma and loss that can come with it. There is the potential for major blessings too. Good work and a solid foundation can create something long lasting. There may have been losses already, no sense obsessing over them. There have been betrayals, it happens with humanity. Also grudges, manipulations, control freaks, stalking, abandonment, powerlessness and fear have in the recent past been the catalysts of profound change and focused transformation. Now we can build intense compassion and dedication into real power. Accept what cannot be changed, it is blocking power. Do not push, it will hurt. This is only brief; Saturn will turn around again early August and will be back out of Scorpio by mid-September.

 

15TH We pull in like a turtle, detach, take our space and keep our distance. We need to be more unto ourselves so we can do our own thing. There is a rightful purpose to this internalisation. Indomitable attention to ourselves resolves, defends and strengthens. With a chance to be unfettered the superfluous gets dislodged. A free-thinking multi-dimensional adventure is born of focused curiosity and interests in metaphysical and spiritual matters, science and technology, new invention or improved methodology take your pick. Strong inner dialogue puts things in perspective. We rethink legal matters, contractual negotiations, agreements or other communications and end losing propositions. So by tuning in and tuning out the intellect becomes keen, insightful, inspired and futuristic. Keenly aware of equality and justice and opposed to oppression we are inclined to help the disadvantaged help themselves.

 

Themes around being pampered or nurtured will surface. Our sympathies are directed toward ourselves. We need to get back to ourselves; all else is superfluous. We have not got time for frivolities. Feeling our way through new directions and motivations needs all of our core essence to be focused on sorting out our intentions. To get back to our own nature and sense of self we will walk through some temporary confusion. More passionate about our independence we can become easily irritated or defensive if we feel criticised or inhibited. By giving it very much thought we will come to know what we need for ourselves and what needs we must meet for others. The issues behind eating disorders can be troublesome.

 

16TH The New Moon is operating on a prophetic level as it initiates a new lunar month. We are still in Gemini which means the intuitive transmissions will be disjointed and disconnected but nonetheless relevant. The vision quest we seek asks for all facets of priority to be included, no details excluded. Our future revolves around an amended self; healed, restored, empowered, resolved, inspired and well established in our self worth. Relationships will nurture this quest. For those feeling comfortable in their niche there are travel plans for some time in the future. For now, we need to find solid footing and wherever that exists it is likely to lead us to self-mastery.

 

Incidental issue can come up over the costs of services and labour, price, billing or accounts. We may awaken to the fact that we are caught in a male bubble. With so much emphasis on masculine characteristics it is easy to notice if we are sublimating to them. With each of us having so much more independent self-interest it is a challenge to cooperation within a relationship, marriage or partnership. This is a good time to study relationship, to observe the impact of different energy levels, different interests and activities and the manner in which anger is expressed. We can adapt and adjust our relationship model according to our findings because we want to "do" relationship. Some bonds can drift apart if the perception of the relationship is unfair to our self-interests. New relationships are formed to fill a vacant space. The types that will be attracted by this dynamic energy are those that tend to be active, assertive even aggressive, intensely passionate in their interests and very productive.

 

17TH We have been finding ourselves for years now. Whether we wanted to or not our truth has been actualised and we are now beginning to have faith in ourselves. We are negotiating better terms of agreement in our lives. Improved philosophical humour inspires broader agreement. There is a return to faith in society, for some restored faith in a higher power. Globally there is more mutual understanding with cultural differences. Progress will be made with political strife or international powers. Disparity for the downtrodden and defeated has increased but charity and good will are increasing. Humankind is learning unintentionally. Accelerated rapid growth is occurring in our lives as we chase after it pulling ourselves together again. Whether we want to improve our lifestyle or fight for justice this influence will assist.

 

20TH The Crescent Moon will be striking this month. It is accompanied by Jupiter and Venus, two planets you can easily see in the night sky, one on either side of the slim sickle of reflected Sun's light coming from the Moon. It is not only a pleasant sight but it should make for some pleasant experiences. We are activated; therefore busy being out and about. It would be too bad to have too many chores lined up with this pleasure-centred emanation in tow. Creativity is maximised with strong powers of imagination and self-therapeutic inspiration. Fun with children, a family day or social event is interesting and entertaining. It does not have to be expensive. Good food and an innovative menu will make the event a feast.

 

Be strong, be responsible, be integrative and be remarkable. We face ourselves to see what part control plays in our dynamic. Do we control, are we controlled or is there some illusiveness within us that escapes restriction by its nature. How do we define power? Has our state of power been decided long ago by the conditioning of others? Is it a societal condition that sets our power? Are there power struggles with authority or father figure? Does power overwhelm and unnerve? Where do we sit with our power? Do not listen to rumour, global power struggles are a long ways off. We have five to nine years to work on localised restructuring to remedy the problems before anything could build up. Unfortunately it may take this long to help regions devastated by natural disasters. In the interim we will integrate the intense transformative parts of reality with the conservative and cautious parts to arrive at controlled and stable change. All parts have to be integrated in a way that denies neither. It would be a remarkably strong, responsible and yet progressive world to live in if even some of us are successful.

 

21ST Happy Summer Solstice ~ Happy Father's Day. What a lovely combination. All hearts will shine bright enough to make it a grand day. There are a lot of people eagerly awaiting this benchmark. It signals the unfettered excitement of being out of the house; so many have been cooped up during this winter's endurance test. We are still mending fences but we do not seem to mind as much. There are other distractions. We have our minds set on travel; summer recreation, exciting changes in diet, a break from work, a chance to get away and most of all the restoring and refreshing of ourselves. We are eliminating the past, rewiring our brains and getting on with making things work. Happy Birthday to all Cancerians this month.


 

Gemini Monthly Forecast 
Happy Birthday to All Gemini's this month! It looks like a good year, active and productive but fun and enjoyable. Money is easy come easy go unless you choose otherwise. Irony will make way for what is meant to be. You will pop through to the other side of things somewhat unexpectedly. What a great role model you are for just the right person. It will happen naturally. You teach by example and learn too. At present you are very ready to let go of third party disapproval or paternal and patriarchal misappropriations as restraints to your character. Energy is draining away leaving you feeling low but it is not possible to relax. This can be a psychic dissipation too, with someone somewhere energetically siphoning energy from you by their thoughts. Deceiving ways, projected fear, confusion and distortion scramble appearances and this warped reality is compounded by people's presets. You know you do not know but as old plans fall by the wayside their wiser winning arrangements will be developed. Take your space, you need freedom to move. Liberate yourself from stasis. The deep stirring of your subconscious will take you on an inspirational journey. Ceres retrograde focuses its attention on your health, specifically digestion and diet. You need to have practice being both mother and father to yourself. Venus makes a splash when it arrives in Leo. You gain in the dramatic intrigue. All facets of your personality will dance in rhythm. Do not spoil your luck by casting it in unfertile directions. Be wary of opportunists and puppeteers. This is a very lucky and potentially prosperous influence. Keep some of the winnings in your pocket. If faced with a dualistic dilemma, stop. Nothing will change. Take the next turn and get out of the loop. Vesta enters Aries to introduce a different kind of fun experience along with the potential for exploration. You blaze new trails always looking for more. Health is flashing again, teeth and bones this time. If a check-up is needed get on with it! Both can be degenerative situations if not maintained. You need to find balance, the middle path, and harmonise the health of body mind and soul to that objective. Evolution happens quickly and without notice for you. It is as if the past is swept under the carpet and disappears down the cracks of the floorboards. In the current situation if someone inadvertently wounds your sense of uniqueness, capability and achievement however you will react. Hidden agendas make you angry. If not careful this event could become part of your devolution. Family is particularly susceptible to stifling originality. Do not make problems make solutions. Mercury resumes direct motion and the drag on the consciousness is lifted. The brakes come off your cosmic wagon so you can boogie. Be careful not to plunge headlong into temptation. Listening is a psychic art. Pay attention to what is spoken, engage with others and express yourself fully as well. Neptune's retrograde is a flow of passivity. You are cradled in the sublime supernal-worry of ecstatic bliss. In other words it means enjoyment. Saturn's retrograde really lets school out for summer. In some way you get to do what you do not normally get to do and you feel like you are getting away with it. Like the first day off school in summer. Your reaction to someone trying to engage you in something you have not chosen yourself will be immediate and direct. You pull back. You are happy to be involved and active but need to be liberated and self-determining. If anyone wants to pamper you however you are all theirs. It will be very noticeable that the price and cost of things is increasing. While it is said in passing the impact is evident. You are beginning to have faith in yourself, however, and realise you need to negotiate better terms of fiscal exchange. You can be invincible, even as a person of authority. In charge of your personal power you rock. Happy Summer Solstice! You are in good shape for this hot season. Work is good and social involvement is great, enjoy the summer of 2015. 

 

Cancer Monthly Forecast
It is Gemini Time; the Sun enters the sign that houses your soul consciousness. This month is your pre-birthday primer; a time to recreate yourself and prophesize a "future plan in ready" to launch your new year. There are loose ends to clear up, complications from previous situations, a clash, riddle or paradox to adjust and perhaps incompatibility or frustration. Think of who you want to be and become it throughout the fuss. Focus on internal issues that need attention and psychological self-therapy. Strife that involves patriarchal or paternal issues; these are male oriented maladjustments, will show you where you need to let go and be a true person. Consider planning many trips to escape the city, to forage into the country or vice versa. Getaways will nourish you and keep your mind clear and bright. When things get distorted and disproportionate; when personal issues cause you to misconnect do not act on the conflictive energies or impulses. Immunity is disturbed by emotional turbulence; let things fall by the wayside to avoid illness. Doing things your own way or having your own space will become very important. You are weaving a new design into your reality and putting things in place. Alchemical tension affects your subconscious in a way that generates visions, inspirations or dreams that have a lot to do with your identity. Ceres, when retrograde, dredges up your woes, insufficiencies and any mother issues you might have. Venus scooting out of your sign and into Leo helps you with a little objective instruction. A bigger ego may try to compromise you. Concentrate on future developments and favourable connections. Focus on the positive, be productive and carve out new trails. Non-committal you hold out for better options until just the right fit offers you the best conditions. Vesta slides into Aries which activates your work button. You are happiest when you are doing. Ambition sets a fast pace. Reordering yourself takes a lot of time, effort and application. Respect for organisation causes you to be disturbed by disorder. Everything adds to your to do list. A temporary balance between opposing conditions and increased willingness for cooperation allows an androgynous harmony to exist in all relations. Your willpower is flexible and open to suggestion. You will entertain the unconventional. A health program will appeal to you. When necessary, defiance, defensiveness, stubbornness and protectiveness will alternate with your overall tendency toward acceptance and approval. Expect very strong inner dialogue and constructive self-criticism. You will solve your problems. Mercury stations and prepares to resume direct motion. It is a relief and a release of pent up energies. You can use these for fun and frolic or productivity and advancement. Listen with greater effort. You can easily miss the subtle nuances and minute details that make a large difference in grasping the whole situation. Neptune will station to retrograde you away from any pain, illness or impediment. Saturn retrograding back into Scorpio puts an emphasis on seeing the broader perspective and taking personal responsibility where ever necessary. Pull in, pull out, withdraw, detach and keep your distance to make a clean break and fresh start in your free thinking multi-dimensional adventure. You want to pamper and nurture what feels comfortable to you and what fits. The only thing that holds you back are the costs. It is upsetting to you how prices have risen. You realise you need to negotiate better terms of agreement with life and your activities to liberate yourself from any gouging. Be remarkable, be your authentic self and feel empowered by your self-expression. Value yourself and others will find value in you too. Happy Summer Solstice and Happy Birthday month to all Cancerians; have a safe and happy summer. Be adventurous and carve out new trails. 

 

Leo Monthly Forecast 
Leo Welcome to the many possibilities of the month of Gemini. The Sun passing through this lively sign will activate ambitious goals. The master minds of karma suggest that you are holding yourself back. It is something to do with rigidity that interrupts the flow of agreement and results in power struggle. Look to your role models for the inside message and your friends for alternatives. You are perplexed and kafuffled with internal problems, issues with the masculine way and contrasts between your upbringing and the upbringing of others.   Energy drains are to be avoided at all costs. Keep your energies contained and self-replenishing. It is too easy to go off track, get caught up in fear or become prone to excessive imagination. Self-centred subjectivity causes distortion and lack of proportion. Contortions get compounded by presets or mind sets. A typhoon of passion affects your emotions. Your relationship bears the brunt of your neediness. It is stormy so things get exaggerated and blown out of proportion. Both of you have needs; it is normal to be more concerned with your own and others with their own. It is crucial to meet in the middle. Very strong individualities can tear at the fabric of the other. As a couple you need to be mutually supportive of each other's expansiveness and ever evolving sense of self. Identity and self-worth are tied up in your subconscious tension. Be tough, steer straight and own your power rather than prove your power to others. When Ceres retrogrades you can be tortured by desire and obsession. A brighter more philosophical and open minded approach would accelerate the achievement of your goals. Venus enters Leo to improve your mood and attitude. You will want to purchase some eye catching apparel and accessories. Very favourable energies will start to percolate for you. It will help you to succeed with your business, educational, legal and residential plans. Too much dualism can disturb your peaceful existence. If you are contemplating too many issues with dual possibilities it will stretch your mind out of shape. Vesta moving into Aries brings dedicated sister types into your conundrum. They are bound to help you sort yourself out with their clear and concise perspective. Navigate toward neutral, it is the holding position of the universe. It is possible to collect old debts. You are on the fast track spiral of evolution and speeding quickly forward moving beyond your partner's ability to keep pace. Let it be what it is till it can assemble. Strong inner dialogue and the advice of friends are the support systems that you will find your way with. Great problem solving energy facilitates actualisation of your plans through rightful strategy. Mercury stations and turns direct in motion once again. Uncluttered by the dithering of retrograde Mercury in Gemini, the pieces of the ideas you have are less disjointed. The mind is still overloaded with the perplexities of a multitude of considerations that you feel you have to sort through. Such is the nature of Gemini. You are a poor listener under its spell. The mind jumps ahead and relates to its own image rather than perceive what is being spoken. It takes commitment to follow through. Neptune stations in readiness for its retrograde period. Stronger faith, surrender and inner peace have much creative and restorative power in their influence. Saturn retrograding back into Scorpio tests your ability to resign yourself to what is without overthrowing the lot. Step back and analyse the bigger picture, get the objections out of the way so you can sense and feel or intuit more strongly. Self-centredness has its positives and negatives. People are a reflection of you. If you think something of someone at this time consider where it resides in you. You will get along much better with others and especially your significant other. Together you will analyse the cost of doing what you want to do and the feasibility of several plans. You find yourself but it is not back where you started. You are on better terms with yourself and trusting within safe limits. Be a foundation of strength; integrate your intellect with your emotions and intuition so you can be the remarkable person you are. The Summer Solstice focuses on manifesting the initiatives you hope for. Opportunities will open up for you and the important people in your life. Trust that it will happen when all things align. 

 

Virgo Monthly Forecast
The Sun slips into Gemini, the month of greater springtime activity that leads to summer. Your relationship to things, by association, and your relationships with others are of greater importance to your future. You are unclear and unsure as you fathom the mysteries you are facing. Aftershocks or hindsight observations contain ironic messages that make way for what is meant to be. Stay true to your organic essence, your true self or soulfulness and be a master model of what you believe is correct. Problems with men, paternal issues or differences with patriarchal cling-on will disturb your peace of mind. Over-analysing because of an obsessive focus does not offer any rational resolution. Leave it to the intuition as you go on with other things. The multi-dimensional shifts causing many lane changes and roundabout confusions continue to present problems in your path. Avoid physical strain. Immune defences are low, take some booster supplements. Misperceptions, disproportionate responses, distorted or contorted points of view and personal issues cause things to misconnect because everyone has their individual mind sets and are focused on their dot; including you. Do not let anything get under your skin. If it does it will try to diminish you through emotional disturbance and turbulence. This is not good for immune function either. Disallow permeation, stay resilient and detached. The old you is dissolving before your eyes and in its place is a envisioned self-mastery taking shape. Positive contractual revision takes place. Underneath the surface, in the deeper recesses of the subconscious there is unidentifiable pressure that has no clear course of expression or manifestation. It is your power. Ceres stations retrograde. In this slack tide of its affairs there are moments of mirth and entertaining madness. It is the lack of engagement that liberates. Venus is strutting its stuff into Leo, a valuable resource for Virgo. It takes some of the mystery out of issues dealing with material goods or assets. Future opportunities, new proposals and productive projects brighten your prospects. Commerce, negotiating, dealing with authorities and legalities will go well. Let go of people and situations that are not in keeping with your values, integrity and ethics. The compromise is too disturbing. Vesta is very reverent as it enters the up-tempo resonance of Aries. All portals are open and ready for new associations. More clear and concise definitions, interpretations and understandings will evolve. As you reorganise yourself you will be freer, less restrained and clearly open to suggestion. A homogenous balance pervades the solar system. It renders gender androgynous. The condition of your nature's gender balance will stand out from the pastel background. Evolutionary will is your will; you have a strong relationship with these unknown factors. It operates by intuition. Intellectual ownership, originality or uniqueness provides greater incentive. It can be easily wounded by callous selfish people who desire to stifle others. Strong inner dialogue revolves around other people. Never mind the current line up just use this as incentive to make better choices about people in the future. Problem solving energies provide winning confidence. Mercury will station in readiness for direct motion. It scrambles the airwaves a bit and causes the mind to be disjointed in its thoughts. Once fully direct the inrush of mental stimulation will be abundant. Listen with all your senses, especially at work or with career matters. Leave nothing to chance, speculation or vagueness. Neptune stands still preparing to turn retrograde. In reverse you can ponder more deeply, analyse more broadly and fashion some appropriate resolutions. Saturn retrogrades back into Scorpio where karma is once again first hand and obvious. Accept what cannot be changed, betrayal happens with humanity and its grudges, manipulations, need for control, tendency to stalk, abandon, fear or be powerless. Take your leave, step back, and remove yourself from anything disrespectful or offensive. Be inspired, be insightful and be futuristic. Justice needs to prevail. Take care of the important things. Be good to yourself. Feed, nourish and pamper your body, mind and soul. Get a fix on costs, labour, materials or expenses before you commit to anything. Do not trust. Be alert. The truth is not what you want it to be. Not very many are 150% honest. Realise how strong you are and how long you have been this way. It is time to give yourself credit for how remarkable you are. Be strong, be integrative, be responsible and be successfully progressive. Happy Summer Solstice, you will achieve quite a bit this summer season. You rebuild yourself from the foundations up with enough strength mixed with flexibility for endurance. 

 

Libra Monthly Forecast 

The Sun enters the zone of a fellow air sign; Gemini. This livens up the airwaves a little and goodness knows you could use the break. Find some humour and indulge your laughter with comedy. Not all karma is traumatic. Sometimes a lot of little things can add up to one large point to prove. Hopefully it is not the consequences of ignoring your health. You can be too busy, distracted or otherwise craving for excitement. Be a feel-good nurturing role model for yourself, your children and everyone else. Set a precedent for taking care of yourself. It is startling to realise that certain male persons cannot be and should never have been trusted. Subconsciously you are struggling with paternal images or patriarchal limitations. At times labours seem futile, like casting good effort down the drain. You must keep the faith that this is just a mirage. The distorted perspective causes you to contort or bend out of shape any rightful thinking. Steer around these or tread water waiting patiently for the way ahead to clear. Personal issues distort and cloud the clearer reflection of detached objectivity. You do need to have your own head, be your own boss and express your individuality with self-determination. Dreams can be disturbed by deeply buried psychological issues, forgotten injustices, betrayals or other intolerances. Ceres stations and while standing still turns in its orbit and begins its annual retrograde. This is why taking care of the self will take on new meaning, additional dimensions and greater priority. Take care of yourself so you are fit enough to help others if need arises. Venus makes quite an entrance into Leo. You cannot hide; it calls attention to itself and to you along with it. Know that you cannot build tomorrow on the ruins of yesterday. First you must create a sound foundation. It will not do you any good if you are hiding when opportunity, advancement and the potential for success comes knocking. There is a calling, answer it. Break away from those who contravene your values, boundaries and worthiness. Get yourself aligned with a pay increase. Vesta makes its regal entrance into Aries, your polar opposite shadow sign. It will try to bring things to your attention, get you to focus on priorities and bring the finer details of your circumstances to light. Reorganise yourself, give yourself more freedoms and with them more opportunity to expand your horizons. Are you being expansive or contractive? Are you open or bound by an unseen fate? The polarity that is the male-female gender ratio will hold itself in neutral and maintain a balanced energetic atmosphere. Overlaid upon this will be your own footprint, fingerprints and indelible impression so you can identify your yin and yang or masculine and feminine proportions. Whatever the mix you are in league with your evolutionary intentions and ready to pull out the stops once your rational mind agrees and is no longer paranoid. Your inner voice will not be quieted if you are selling yourself short. Solve your problems do not make any more in the wake of what flusters you. Mercury will station again and this time is ready to turn direct. This last stand will be the pause that gets you rolling, hopefully. Listen, listen, listen, listen and listen. Your mind is too busy. Even when you actively listen you do not hear. You must hear. You will miss out something very important if you do not. Neptune stations and twists around to start its retrograde period. You are worn thin because of the many occurrences that have raised your compassion, sympathy and grief. You are not sure you can take very many more tugs on your vitality. Saturn retrogrades back into Scorpio to remind you that this is just life. The purpose of it eludes you but it is the way the world is. You feel assured you will find your way. You want to be unperturbed, unfettered and unleashed from that which wants to you to do its bidding. Your true core essence of self has never been more important, it is the nucleus around which you need to be orbiting. The expenses of life are unbearable, you need to economise but find it very difficult to do so. There is a way to streamline your budget and perhaps sacrifice some pleasures to get a step ahead. Old philosophies, beliefs and agreements need to be revised; faith needs to be restored and you have to to get yourself out of a rut. You must to stand out rather than blend into the crowd. What can you do to be more dynamic, more responsible, stronger and more remarkable? Be the spark plug you are. The Sun crosses the Solstice point and moves into Cancer. Happy Summer Solstice, the summer looks great, rewarding and very active.


Scorpio Monthly Forecast
It is Gemini time! The Sun crosses the cusp and activates the effervescent qualities of this sign. There are a lot of things to puzzle over, find the pieces and put them back together in a new way. A desire to kick back, procrastinate and be distracted or entertained elsewhere makes it more difficult to endure to the finish line. No matter what is being instigated, create harmony, be harmony and find a way to make lemonade. There is victory in maintaining an unperturbed state. Be the role model for others. This means checking and double checking your behaviour, actions, words, intentions and values. Your children do not expect, they might want or desire but they do not understand the way of finance. Economy is something they will need to learn. You are so very caught up in your personal problems; it spins your life when other more stable internal strength needs to prevail. Issues with the masculine way, the paternal influence or alpha energies sort out differences. The conflict is cerebral. It is not your fault that doubts swell up inside of you and an outside voice of authority critically deflates you, even if that voice is just in your head. It is your responsibility to sort these distortions out, get things in proportion and override any misconnects or conflicts. Your family needs you to be wholly and completely in your body and mind. These emotional disturbances and turbulences unsettle. Throw them off like soaking wet clothes. Do not disapprove of yourself. Very strong individual freedom of expression is trying to liberate you from the chains of old redundant, post traumatic stress thinking. Make commitments to the bright shiny new tomorrows. The more disturbing your dreams become the more likely you are to receive a message from your subconscious. The message will be the key to unlocking what impedes your accelerated freedom and creative motivation. It can come through inspired thought, intuition or meditation too. Ceres stationing retrograde will increase self-sympathy in a way that offers alternative turnarounds; options, choices and opportunities. Venus waltzes into Leo all flashy and dashy, stylish and flirty which will put a spring in your walk and overwhelm memories of recent difficulties with pleasantries. You can promote yourself very well, favourable connections are formed, your occupation or career is developed, timing is excellent and you draw favourable circumstances. Make new proposals, blaze new trails, be productive and cooperative filling life with all manner of positive enhancement. In a good mood with good energies around you it is easier to tell which situations, relationships or actions are not in keeping with your true values, core essence or integrity. As Vesta leaves her sanctuary in Pisces for the more raucous hands on missionary work in Aries you get focused on your intentions and income producing activities. Put your mind to reorganisation, not just within your sphere of work but in all areas of activity. The Yin-Yang balance of the solar system is temporarily held in balance to allow you to identify which side of your personality is dominant regardless of your gender. You are processing your evolutionary curriculum at a very fast pace and learning extremely quick even though you do not like all that you learn. Your inner voice is loud and clear, it speaks to you in a way you cannot deny. There should be no question about what is best. Problems get solved radically and enthusiastically, you feel strong, courageous and do not hesitate. Mercury resumes direct motion scattering its frenzied eager chomping at the bit energies far and wide. What a blast of unpredictable but entertaining happenstance. In your eagerness to act please do not forget to listen. Listen with all the senses; penetrate the truth with your listening. Try not to engage reactions, impulses or compulsions. Neptune's retrograde heightens psychic sensitivity and allows you to see into the psychology of others. Do not try to escape the truth or cover it with illusion. Saturn retrogrades back into Scorpio for a short time. It is not going to kick up too much trouble, just clean up a few lose ends. Things you overlooked because there was so much going on at the time. You will take your leave of any impediment, shake loose from bindings and step back from negotiations, contracts or communications for a rightful purpose. Take responsibility for pampering yourself especially because your responsibilities have worn you thin and you need to regenerate. The cost of travel or entertainment that you would like to do is postponed due to the need for austerity. There are other priorities and there will be other opportunities. You will negotiate better terms for yourself. Your sense of humour will restore your faith. Judicial involvement with lottery or speculation; like slot machines rather than the roulette wheel can bring you a win. With a little help you will realise how remarkable you are. Where you sit now compared to what you have come through will prove to you how awesome you are. The Sun crosses the solstice cusp and enters into Cancer, Happy Summer Solstice. You are concentrating on the home turf and immediate family this summer, with determined plans that you will persist with until you succeed. 

 

Sagittarius Monthly Forecast 
Across the zodiac in the sign that is your polar opposite and represents the shadow side of your personality you know the least the Sun will enter Gemini. This is activating. It generates great energy and determination with persistence to endure. You are busy. Karma and trauma is out of the way and good luck, opportunity and good fortune sits in the foreground. Relationships are steady. You share in depth strategies with others. Your ability to be a role model is overshadowed by your idiosyncrasies; absent minded inclinations and unrestrained enthusiasms. You are having fun. If there are any problems at all they are minor, immature and they need to be viewed from a variation of perspectives. Do not get confused with your projections; what you see in others is a mirror image of what you need to see. Righteous indignation and constructive criticism may deflect the reflection to avoid seeing itself. If things get distorted between you and others, wait till they are no longer jangled. Icy cold emotions and steely confrontations would affect you on all levels if you engage. The purpose is to know yourself better. Very much an individual you may be slow to respond to seeing yourself in a new way or in the way others see you. The self-realising and actualising combination is the creative tension you are sensing. It is best to avoid getting hooked on power issues. The subconscious has more to offer if you can get around being rigid about your self-image. Ceres in retreat can represent a grievous sense of loss. It need not manifest in the real world but the sense of it is very poignant. Your job is to let go and let wisdom guide your emotions. Venus in Leo is full of razzed dazzle which can translate into a lot of fun, social engagement, romantic events and time spent with friends. Pay special attention to what is presented or overheard as future opportunities are conceived at this time. New propositions, work experience, career shifts and change of residence can be in the mix. Now very reverend Vesta leaves her spiritual retreat in Pisces and heads for the raucous common market of Aries. Everyone starts to share information, their journey, their beliefs, their plans and who they have become. A massive reorganizational shift has you cleaning out closets, putting disorder into order and structuring systems that will run your daily experience. If not that you are putting your health in order. The solar system is colluding to balance the male-female energies so as to give neither gender the edge. This is excellent resonance to sort out identity issues, self-realisation or actualisation, differences between friends and health matters. Your evolutionary curriculum comes in two semesters. At first you know and are sure of how to spiral up, feeling good about your achievements. Then you become overwhelmed with how far you wish to go which prepares you for the upward climb. Your inner voice is intuitive. It is constructive, productive and achievement oriented. You could do worse things than follow it. Problems are resolved, easily, fairly, justly and in common. Mercury resumes its direct motion but first it will stand perfectly still on its dot, yes pounding on its drum. What message are you receiving? Listen with intention, hear with all your senses, value the disclosure and ponder it deeply before responding. People need to be heard and what they have to say you need to hear. Neptune stations and in its stillness prepares to retrograde. It puts distance between pain, doubt, fear, worry and self-criticism. Saturn leaves your sign and retrogrades back into Scorpio. You are relieved of duty and you are given time to prepare for when Saturn returns to Sagittarius with your next tasks. You will extract yourself from entangling circumstances so you can pursue your own pleasures and deal with work. Words will nurture you. This is a good time to read, watch a documentary or a long movie, and go to a play, recital or book reading. Consider recorded versions of a book for your listening pleasure and practice. You must give a lot of thought to the expense of living and working as it continues to rise. The external self is not all of who you are, you will find yourself within yourself where all the answers lie. One element to sort out is your use of control. Are you someone who likes to have everything under their control or are you someone who acquiesces to the guidelines of control from others? This is a facet of being that needs to be transformed and restructured. Let others be remarkable. Be strong and responsible. Happy Summer Solstice. The Sun crosses the Solstice cusp of Cancer and summer begins in earnest. You may not stray too far away from home, domestic travel only, but there will be a lot of fun activities to keep you busy. 

 

Capricorn Monthly Forecast
The Sun makes its way into Gemini. It is a lively sign, a little less conservative than you but very entertaining. Interesting friends and activities should fill the month. Karma is the pressure of complication that leads to major transformative ordeal. It is not always something that happens to you but it can have an effect on you when it happens to someone in your vicinity or family. It is a reminder. Human beings are all one in their psychology; it is your choices that make the difference. Choice is not a common privilege; understand when someone has no choice - at the moment. Be a good role model that speaks volumes without saying a word. Your past will speak for you but not if the people you are dealing with do not know your past. Ages old issues with men, be it a father, teacher, boss, spouse or boyfriend will surface now. The patriarchal content in society is of particular concern. There is a little bit of ozone mentality; being in la-la land leaves the moment open to the unforeseen. Be careful when driving or operating machinery and sharp implements. Words do not come out right but they make an impact, what you intend is not what comes to mind, people get the wrong impression. The inner turbulence that results unsettles the emotions leaving you discombobulated and sinking into the whole affair pretty quickly. Universal language will come to your rescue. Everyone understands if you admit yourself. By disclosing what you would have preferred not to have shared you set yourself up with a dose of creative tension to work out. This works in your favour in the end. Capricorn, you do not do well with making a mistake, being wrong or not being proper. It is good to learn how to do these things well; it is a sign of intelligence. Ceres will retrograde after it stands very still. A sense of loss may be real if something expensive breaks down. Venus in Leo makes you aware of your appearance and you take steps to alter your diet and beauty routine to change the impact. You will be developing future opportunities, creating the potential for success and good luck can follow you as well. Cut your ties with any person, activity or group involvement that is not in keeping with your sense of justice, fair play, ethics, beliefs and values. Vesta in Aries is a real boost for self-realisation and self-actualisation. It gets you going and makes you stand firm. Wherever necessary reorganise. It will make you feel more empowered, more together and resourceful. A sense of equality descends upon the gender balance. The equilibrium reveals where your alpha side may be a little more developed. Your evolutionary curriculum just diversified in a big way. Your inner voice serenades you softly, sweetly and encouragingly, urging you toward uncommon attitudes. Problems solved through ingenuity will not have to be dealt with again. Mercury stands motionless ready to begin its direct orbit. It is a little dithering, discombobulating and confusing as this happens. Do not expect to have your normal composure. The important aspect of this is to listen not speak. In speaking you miss an opportunity to hear something you need to know. Even if the preamble is familiar, be patient and hear them out. Neptune stands still preparing to retrograde. This is a happy event, it brings more security and stability by taking away the fear, doubt and disbelief that robs your faith. Saturn retrogrades back into Scorpio to clean up any leftover karmic debris and to help clean up from any previous strain. It sets things right. You may have an out of the blue cause to pull in like a turtle to protect yourself. It may be a simple incident or a brazen scandal, just be prepared if it occurs. Independence and liberty accompany free thinking so be unfettered. Nurturing plays a big role in your work and with your family, friends, neighbours and loved ones. It is the job of a caring and kind person. It seems as if prices shoot up right before your eyes. It is startling to you how profound the change in the cost of normal everyday expense has become. It tends to price refurbishing and redecoration out of the market. You will negotiate better terms of agreement wherever possible and change your relationship to anything else that will assist austerity or project funding. If a situation presents itself as necessary let your light shine under a bushel in order to give someone else the limelight because it will boost their self-worth. Be remarkable, be strong and let someone else have control. As the Sun crosses into Cancer, entering your shadow sign it is celebration of the Summer Solstice. With all the activity slipping into your polar opposite sign you get the opportunity to become more objective, detached and increase your self-understanding. Spend a little time coming to know thyself. 

 

Aquarius Monthly Forecast 
The Sun moves into Gemini a fellow air sign and lively contributor to the humdrum experience of life. The upswing in energy gets you out of a place of lethargy. It makes you more ready for action. Clashing conditions on the job, in your business or with your work are the result of previous waves of life pressure and their after the fact reverberations. Setting a good example and being a good role model comes easily to you. It is winning strategy. Children can have issues with their father. Flashbacks of paternal involvement highlight events. It can also be the gold old - old boy system that is up to its 'old' tricks and throwing their monkey wrench into the affairs. There is a flat spot in the month where energy seems to drain away and you are left feeling deflated. In that state work overwhelms and commitments seem onerous. It is passing. The mind gets perturbed, confused, disoriented and contorted but you will not blurt out anything untoward. Emotions can kick in unsettling your coordination and presentation if you get caught up in turbulent conditions. Get back to your centre point, pull in and get grounded in your individualism. You just passed through a gravitational warp. Subconscious tension will not let you rest. The people who pester you will be a part of the plan to fulfil the purpose of the creative tension meant for you. It is growth producing. Ceres stations in order to turnaround in its orbit and start its retrograde period. You give yourself more understanding, sympathy, unconditional love and get eagerly involved with what feeds and comforts you. Venus crosses the cusp into Leo, your shadow side in the polar opposite sign. It is connective. It will ink you to people, places and things that are especially designed for you. Future possibilities will start to manifest out of the old conditions. Prospects are very fortunate. Constructive self-criticism reveals if you have involved yourself with things that are not in league with you. Vesta is pleased to bring her services to task when entering the sign Aries. You feel like you can tackle anything. You have great gusto. Most areas of your life would benefit from a reorganisation but most especially your financial arrangements, investments or retirement and debt management. The balance of yin and yang in the solar system provides a harmonious backdrop over which each individual stands out in their persuasion or instincts. It looks like you are swaying toward the yin side. Your feminine expression is stronger. Evolution is revolutionary because you are in tune with your curriculum. You like other original thinkers thrive on this highly motivated energy. Listen to the dialogue running through your mind. There is constructive content to be pondered and absorbed. Problems are solved in reflection, meditation, and ponderance in the quiet of solitude. Mercury stands still in its orbit this time to turn around and go forward. It unleashes sporadic currents of frenzied escaping energy which can scramble the busier mind. Listen with intention, digest what is said and be open to considering creative and expansive ideas. Neptune stands still and proceeds retrograde. While it blurs the edges of harshness for you it also lends itself to enhancing your creative spirit. Saturn retrogrades back into Scorpio. It puts a little pressure on you to make things happen in a meaningful way. It draws you out. In some circles you can pull way back, drop out, retire or quit. There is nothing else left for you to do. Take care of yourself through your activities, social engagements, the groups you belong to, surrounding yourself with children and becoming more of yourself. Alert to the cost of things you are aware of where you can get the best opportunity and the best deal. You seek value for less. Renegotiating mortgages, loans, investments, trusts, life insurance and other such financial matters is opportunistic good timing. Power and control are issues that affect everyone. You witness it in the world around you, within family lineage and especially at work. Getting it right for you should not mean taking something away from others even if they sacrifice themselves. You do your best to keep an even score. Happy Summer Solstice. The Sun crosses the cusp of Cancer and brings its health giving rays to everyday enjoyment. It is important you are taking care of your health, getting enough rest and watching your diet. Appearance is not as important as inner radiance. 

 

Pisces Monthly Forecast
Welcome to Gemini and its trickster energy. The Sun crosses over the cusp and activates an already busy sign. You are sensitive and still healing but focused and moving forward. There are many aftershocks from the previous fall-winter-spring episodes that will subside to tremors and then need to be harmonised. Consider the example you set by your behaviour, manner, words and actions. Are you a good role model? It affects future prospects. Internal problems fill your mind with many details, some emotional, some valid and others confused. You may need help to get sorted. Issues with men or patriarchy can be an annoyance. If you give into despondency and become demoralised or discouraged you choke your energy. Navigate by extrasensory perception, enlist your artistic expression and believe in a miracle. But when you are driving or using sharp implements - be focused. Out of proportion thinking is not good for making important decisions. If you begin to doubt do not. Emotional disturbance and turbulence upsets your sense of self-worth and self-image. Shake free of these atmospheric pressures and enjoy a dimensionally expanding openness. The subconscious is tense. It is ready to spring. What it really needs is a project to use up the abundance of creativity. Ceres will stand very still and then will proceed backward or retrograde. In Aquarius it is in a good position for Pisces. You can nurture yourself from the inside out and come to terms with your core essence. This will help you to make relevant decisions. Venus dashes into flashy dashy Leo. What a show some people will put on. You hide your light under a bushel in that way but you enjoy a wider experience with other people. The future is being created before your eyes. All you need to do is pay attention and let your intuition guide you to what will fix your reality and bring it under greater self-mastery. Major involvements may wind down, come to an end but you make way for new projects, business or other improvements. Vesta leaves Pisces and you will miss this planet when it leaves. Its dedicated focus moves onto Aries and that is a help to everyone. It helps you to get on top of things. In the end it also continues to help you because it helps others. You must put some time and attention into reorganising yourself. Out of sight and out of mind these things can come back to haunt you or impede you just when you want momentum. The solar system is aligning in a gender neutral way and this too provides an opening for circumstances to change, be pulled together and mended if necessary. You are more yang than yin at this time. You are on the path toward your evolutionary growth and are first in your class when it comes to finding your way. Your inner dialogue will revolve around many people. Certainly those who have disappointed you, those who have hurt you and those who have made you feel something you cannot forget. Problems are solved because you get angry, or rather assertive and that makes you make it happen. Mercury pivots in its orbit while standing on one foot. It is a bit tottery being that it is in Gemini. A little off balance it will disrupt your flow. Listen to the silence. Be very still and quiet and just listen. Make silence and listen until all you hear is your heart beat. Then be still. The intuition guides the imagination and inspiration happens. You are extremely sensitive to the extrasensory vibrations that will be very strong as Neptune turns retrograde. Then Saturn retrogrades back into Scorpio a water sign like you. It has been there for a couple of years and it makes life very serious. This visit is brief. It will help you seal the past. Withdraw, retract, pull back or start somewhere else. End losing propositions welcome insightful and futuristic agreements. You need to pamper yourself in silence, meditation, retreat and by fulfilling some dream. The cost of doing things is prohibitive but you can find a way and you will. Improvements, better terms, agreements and a return to faith will improve life. Ascertain where you sit with your power, if it is on the back burner bring it forward, if it is on the shelf put it on the table, activate your sense of personal empowerment. The Sun slips over the Solstice cusp of Cancer and you are reborn in the healing rays of summer. Happy Summer Solstice. Do not take a chance on people you do not know. Put them through a trial run to see if you can put your trust and faith in them. Avoid being hurt, betrayed or taken advantage of by people who are not what they appear to be. 

 

Aries Monthly Forecast 
The Sun moves onto Gemini, a very busy air sign known for being the trickster. The less reliable trickster energy can surround your finances. Make sure of any purchases you make. Best not to do any spur of the moment retail therapy. Although karma has left the building, during its last visit it left behind a lot of homework for you to catch up with. You want to be a good example of what you say or believe. If you are not keeping up your own standards then others will let you know. You cannot fault them if you are not being a squeaky clean role model yourself. Father issues will creep into your internal thought processes. You are meant to grow beyond his image not be bound by it. It was a stepping stone not a destination. A nebulous subconscious is faulty. It lends itself to misappropriated thoughts, delusion and depression or tends to attract deceit. Turn on the intuition and avoid the unforeseen. The mind definitely needs sorting, organising and a lot of elimination. Your thoughts are not constructed properly. Distortion and lack of proportion is also caused by unsettling emotion, issues surrounding approval and possible due to some legal matter. You need to clear yourself to be effective in weaving your new reality into place, forming new relationships and evolving through experiences that will transcend time. Your subconscious is intense. Intensely unsure is not a good thing. The pressure suggests you need to be intensely tough, persistent and endure on the right side of the equation. Ceres comes to a full stop, turns on her dot and proceeds retrograde. This will shake up your habitual complacency. Routine will be disrupted. Venus crossing over into Leo, another fire sign, raises your energy levels distinctively. You will get unwanted attention at work and circumstances will change. Opportunities for the future are developing. You will pull the details together over time. It is important to have everything in place. You know where you need to de-commit; break it off, it is torture to continue so just let it end well. Vesta crosses over the cusp into Aries. It is a good companion to have between now and early March 2016. It will give you the power to establish yourself in any way you need it to happen. People will help you get where you want to go. You can never tell who, the people you least expect probably. It is an eye opener. Reorganise your thoughts, mind sets, way of communicating or storing information and most of all get centred on an evolved set of beliefs. The gender neutral condition of the solar system puts you in a good position for making unperturbed changes. They are not pressured, definitely volunteered. Evolutionary escalation makes everything of more importance to your unfolding purpose. Self-realisation is not as easy as looking in the mirror. Knowing yourself as you have been your whole life is not enough. You have to dig deep into the subterranean depths of yourself to discover who you were meant to become. Strong inner dialogue is hard on you. Problem solving energy will help you whether you are aware of it or not. Make better plans when it comes to finances, investments and preparing for retirement. Mercury stands still again, pirouettes and starts motoring forward in Gemini, well sometimes sideways, diagonally or perpendicular to what is meant in this merry contrary sign. It will not be organised and orderly. Do not pretend to listen. Do not listen with one ear while your mind wildly races ahead in the other. Pay attention to the details not the vague rendering. Listen like you have never listened before. Neptune reaches its still point and turns round to move retrograde. In the realm of your subconscious it brings you more inner peace, heightened sensitivity, artistic expression. It can also bring the psychic vampire; people who overwhelm and drain your energy. Saturn retrogrades back into Scorpio, a sign that is ruled by the same two planets as Aries. The commonality is interesting. The expression of it is different. Nonetheless there will be a special karmic message relayed at this time. When the taskmaster and karmic teacher interact with your ruling planets you cannot help but stand up and pay attention. This means much more to you than you realise. It is responsibility, personal responsibility to absolutely everything; consequences and fate revolve around it. In the light of what is right, run for the hills if a situation is not in keeping with your rightful purpose. You are a free thinking individual who does not need to be subjugated. End losing propositions. Pamper yourself and other people who are important to you. Show that you are mastering yourself in all that you do. The cost of everything is constantly increasing. You have given up and pared down as much as you think is possible but there probably is more you can do and changes you can make to your spending habits. Your faith will be restored during this time. You need to assimilate greater global understanding of cultural differences, politics and international diplomacy. You like all of human kind is learning unintentionally. Empowering yourself does not mean holding all the power and dictating to others, being influential to the point where others bow to you. Be a remarkable and responsible example of owning your power in a well integrated and transformed way. It controls no one. Happy Summer Solstice. The Sun crosses the cusp into Cancer bringing the first day of summer. You are in for many good times but you do need to watch your money. 

 

Taurus Monthly Forecast
The Sun moves on. It is now in Gemini. This is not the calm strength we have become used to; the Sun transmits with more improvisation. The script is thrown out with the agenda as impromptu changes are generated. If you want a continuum, stay close to home. You have regrets for the times when you did not live up to the role model you believe you should be. You have learned from the experience and you have grown. This sets a good example. Perturbed by an inner struggle over an authority figure in particular or all males in general you wrestle with the paternal or patriarchal image. Guilt plays a role in making you feel bad about something you can do nothing about. What you do not know can hurt you, especially if someone in particular uses it against you. Your thinking is not in line with your core self. An emotional tilt has put you into a spin. You will make the most of this by seeing things in many ways. Personal issues create subjective emotions which unsettle you to the point where immune functions are interfered with. Reforming your relationship to life model comes from great psychological reflection over a lifetime. In some way a summary of where you are at given to you at this time puts you in a positive and enlightened space. The alchemical tension of the subconscious is very creative in its end result. It has a purpose and it is constructive. Stimulation of the brain is felt and well used. Ceres stands still in its orbit then it turns and moves backward in retrograde. For you it will be a very self-nurturing experience. Self-realisation will be fostered by the natural processes you experience between now and the Fall Equinox. When Venus enters Leo it puts more creative pressure on Taurus, again for a worthy cause. You will better yourself and gain recognition with your work. Opportunities for the future lie dormant until you shower them with intention. Successful plans can be gestated. If you break a commitment or back out of a responsibility it will be due to differing viewpoints and a moral dilemma. Increased competitiveness is a sign of where this will occur. Vesta moves into the realm of your subconscious, in Aries it will work with dedication to refine and improve the internal functions of your awareness. It cleans house and makes the mind squeaky clean. Apply yourself to reorganising all those areas that you have been setting your mind to doing. The time is now. Inner balance can be used for many constructive reasons. You are neither forceful nor passive rather strongly founded in yourself. You eagerly step up to the plate of your evolutionary curriculum. There is always something to learn and you are enthusiastic about knowledge. Your inner voices are talking to each other with intellectual originality and unique intuitive insight. Productivity is the result. Problems are solved to your satisfaction. You make it happen. Mercury stands motionless briefly before it turns direct. It will in both conditions kick up a stink. Gemini does not do anything quietly, trickster energy is afoot.The trickster can also be teacher, survivor and spiritual fool. In this case faith leaps into the abyss knowing it will land on its feet. At this time do not just listen to what others say, try to wrap your mind around their whole idea and see it from their perspective. It will be worthwhile. Neptune will station and while standing still it will prepare to go retrograde. What you see and hear with your senses is what you get. Penetration into the deeper layers of everything enriches your understanding. You may not like all you come to know but it is only for you to know. Saturn will retrograde back into your shadow sign. Polar opposite Scorpio is a point of objectivity through which you understand what you come to know right down to its finer points. The knowledge gives you the reason to leave something behind. You will end a situation you were very enthusiastic about if it is not in keeping with your integrity. Pamper and nurture yourself and your loved ones regardless of the cost because it creates emotional bonds that are sustaining. The cost of material goods is certainly an issue. It has you thinking more carefully before making purchases and factors in your long range planning. Accelerated rapid growth improves your life and gives you back your faith, hope and enthusiasm. The devastation that is occurring around the globe has infiltrated your power centre. Sometimes another tug at your heart or head and gut overwhelms and unnerves you. It is hard to be a compassionate person in times of turmoil and natural disaster. Take something of value out of the experience. The Earth is a schoolroom. What can you learn to improve your standing? The Sun crosses the Solstice point at the cusp of Cancer. Happy Summer Solstice. You have worked hard during this past year and earned a good rest sometime over this summer. Your hard work and diligence will pay off in many ways. You will reap your harvest come summer's end. 

 

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"Just like the stars...We are Beings of Light."
Sincerely,
 

Samantha Kane-Kennedy
Andromeda Astrology
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