| (May 21 through June 20, 2022) Gemini Okay, Geminis! It’s your month to shine. Look for ways to increase your income, especially through creativity, art, and beauty. This will help pay for that extra urge to spend money this month. Give some time reflecting on how you can serve the world just the way you are. If you need help giving this a shape, look toward authentic teachers and mentors for advice. Most important, add fuel to your fire by looking inward for answers. Cancer Change happens, Cancer folks, but just as a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, what you’re going through is made sweeter when you focus on work and your life plan. You are much, much more than who you think. This is a great month to become familiar with your God-given talents, and you have a bunch to offer. If you need help, look toward your community — volunteering for the charity of your choice without reward is a great way to discover your hidden talents. Leo Your roar may be keeping relationships a bit rough around the edges this month; better to spend your time hanging out with mystics, yogis, and borderline societal outcasts who nevertheless have your back. Work offers a chance for gain and promotion if you can do what you’ve been afraid to do. And that gloomy feeling that seems to be hanging around? Ever read The Cloud of Unknowing written by an anonymous 14th-century Christian monk? Not for the faint of heart. No worries: you have the heart of a lion. Virgo Take a break from personal ambition. Now’s not the time, I know; work seems so important. Embrace the passion you have for helping others then watch the waters of abundance wash over you like a healing salve. Be cautious about listening to false prophets — but remember, false prophets can only exist because of true prophets. Can you find the good apple amongst the bad? Do so and the door to what is possible becomes the door to personal experience — yours! Libra Feeling a bit tongue-tied this month? Embrace the uptick in loving relationships by becoming attentive to how you can be the jewel in someone’s life. Doing so, not only do you become a gift to the world, but your home and family life experience a boost from your increased ability to solve issues in creative ways. That sudden interest in secretive things and what lies in the shadows? It’s not a problem as long as you have a good purpose. Keep it light with a topping of humility. A guide you can trust can help. Scorpio Hard to get out of bed with a smile on your face? Stop dreaming about how relationships can be and make of them what you wish. Use that eloquent tongue of yours to communicate effectively. Come to think of it, you have an especially eloquent way to serve others this month. And guess what? It starts with knowing what makes you truly content in your life and to do this, you need to break down some of those emotional inhibitions. If you’re happy and you know it, why not show it? Sagittarius O my! Looks like you can get what you want this month, but only if you figure out how to express it. The universe is listening. Need help? Stop putting your creativity on the back burner. Don’t you realise it’s the secret to your happiness? We all know you want to help people, but charity begins at home. Why not put some money there? That’s right: I am giving you permission to spend money on yourself. In fact, I insist. Capricorn The power of your speech reminds me of working in the garden in the spring: not many fancy things to show, but the soil is mighty fertile. Why, I reckon you can grow just about anything in those words of yours. Good thing, too; there are opportunities to grow plenty this month. I should remind you, too, that the secret to getting what you want lies in the mysterious depths of who you really are. There is a wise ol’ owl within you urging you to discover your authentic self: Who? Who? You! You! Aquarius Love affairs do not make you a whole person; experiencing your creative side, does. Why not channel your increased emotional sensitivity into your creative side? Think out of the box: building wealth and income can become a creative pursuit or an obstacle. This month, become intimately acquainted with what you want, then notice how learning to communicate your wish is related. Better still is to look toward your community and discover a way to fit in that is true to you. Pisces You have always been willing to empathise with others; this month continues that willingness and offers a chance for you to discover that you are the source of amazing emotions, feelings, and experiences. Eloquence through communication helps you get along with colleagues and powers your sense of accomplishment. The fly in the ointment is an expanded yearning to fulfil deep-rooted desires. Raise the caution flag: not all desires will take you where you want to go. Bring into work and home more of the world that reflects who you really are. And who are you really? Follow the inner whispers you hear in the quiet of the night. Aries There is a Michelangelo awaking within you. Think not of Sistine Chapels but of a wish-fulfilling tree that sprouts from your creative mind. Warning; you may get what you wish for, so wish wisely. This may seem a bit esoteric and otherworldly, but I have faith in you. This month, you get a fine boost of otherworldly energy, and it will go well with that renewed capacity to roll up your sleeves and get to work. Taurus Yes, words are important; so is your ability to offer others words vital to their wellbeing. However, words are not at the centre of what makes you happy; it only seems this way. Central to YOUR wellbeing is knowing what makes YOU joyful and alive — and acting upon that discovery. Spend time in the garden; don’t worry about getting muddy — that’s the point! |
Author: David
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Your Sun-sign Forecast MAY/JUNE 2022
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Yogi’s Corner: Science Backs Meditation
Do you know that scientists from the University of Indiana and Rutgers University recently discovered that regular meditation can improve short-term and sustained mental health, improve the blood lipid profile, and reduce systemic inflammation (peer-reviewed study)? This follows a 2012 study from Stanley Medical College in India that found an improvement of cardiovascular health in regular meditation practitioners. To read a more user friendly breakdown of these studies and others, visit the Isha Yoga science page.
Though these studies were based upon Isha Yoga meditation practices, whatever path you follow, the important thing is to follow it consistently.
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Earth Day April 22, 2022
Never in the history of human life has humanity been at such a significant crossroad. With so many challenges facing us, we are tempted to throw up our hands in consternation and say, “What else could possibly go wrong?” In such a predicament, we don’t often know where to put our limited time and resources and so we look for distractions to help take our mind off the world’s problems. However, there is a new global campaign that seeks to resolve what many scientists consider is our most pressing concern, asking for nothing save our willingness to tell others.
Taurus is an earth sign and the campaign to save our soil makes this coming Earth Day especially relevant. With the sun in Taurus, now is the perfect time to raise awareness that will end soil degradation and desertification by becoming an “earth buddy”. Doing so has the potential to cause a cosmic shift in how governments approach the health of our planet and literally save humanity from running out of arable land, a possibility the United Nations has set at only 60 years in the future. This would have an absolutely devastating impact on geopolitics causing countries to go to war with each other simply to feed their hungry masses.
There is a solution and it’s not rocket science. This has been known since at least the 1930s. First, though, we all need to speak up.
Click the image below to learn more.
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Your Sun-sign Forecast MAY 2022
For the coming month
(April 20 through May 20, 2022)Taurus: home, family, emotional connection… these have always occupied a significant part of your identity and your search for happiness. This month take advantage of your expanding solar energy and look beyond family to yourself where the source of true contentment lies. Ask yourself, “What makes me happy? What brings a smile to my face each morning?” It is human nature to be joyful, loving, and blissful. This month, find yours.
Gemini: your task this month goes beyond chasing your desires and seeking to fulfil your personal ambitions. Acknowledge the natural stirring in your heart to offer yourself in service to the world and others. Though speech may seem an impediment, communication is not. There is more than one way to cook rice.
Cancer: opportunity has opened the door for you this month, but it is up to you to cross the threshold. Material gain happens through networking and networking depends upon good communication. Don’t overthink it and no need to pander. You are already in the limelight.
Leo: perhaps no other time of the year affords you such an opportunity to understand why you are in the work you are, why you chose the career path you did. Once you understand this, you will be in an enviable position to make your work a source of joy… or find new work that does.
Virgo: do you fancy a spiritual teacher who can help you “swim to the other side” as Pat Humphries sings in her song of the same name? This month, there is an uptick in your openness to find such a teacher. Feeling stuck? Look to the earth for answers: spend time in your garden or walk barefoot on the beach. It helps clear the cobwebs and sparks the fire of opportunity.
Libra: it’s not uncommon to shoot ourselves in the foot when it comes to making income. Pride is the culprit. This month, investigate the possibility of combining your goals with someone you trust. Business partnerships are percolating within you and can help get you over the hump. Need an extra push? Spend time with yogis and mystics. They tend to think “out of the box”.
Scorpio: this year has been a bit tough and I can’t really tell you the challenges are finished. Don’t despair! This month, your work and activity gets a boost through your capacity to bring out the best in people. This makes you feel good about yourself and just as the snowball gathers more snow as it rolls down the hill, so too, do you gather more authenticity.
Sagittarius: do you have any father-figures in your life, a teacher, perhaps, or a mentor or guru? Perhaps your birth father? Good. Everyone has something beautiful about them. Spend time with them this month and learn from their example. Selfless service brings untold rewards, most of which you have never considered.
Capricorn: this is an interesting and potentially exciting month for you. Your power of intuition and psychic ability is holding the hand of your creativity. Allow the mystical to inspire you whether it is to resolve an old issue or to paint a masterpiece like the Mona Lisa whose other-worldly smile has transfixed the hearts of millions.
Aquarius: you tend to give a lot of yourself in your relationships which has not always taken you where you wanted to go. This month, however, you get a boost from friends and family who help you discover that home and family is, indeed, more an experience than a place. Lucky you.
Pisces: O my! Your desires and what the world needs are sharing the same space this month. Good for you. Now you can roll up your sleeves and give the world your best. After all, you are a poet and you know it.
Aries: did you benefit from the sun in Aries last month and take a decisive step toward an authentic life uniquely yours? Great! Now turn your attention towards communicating with others. Don’t think in terms of words only. Creativity has entered the house of communication and always thinks outside the box. You should, too.
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Mars-Saturn Conjunction in Aquarius 2022
In astrology, in addition to the birth chart, we also consider the current movements of the planets within the zodiac. This helps bring awareness of opportunities to welcome and pitfalls to avoid. These movements are called transits. When two or more planets combine their energies because they are transiting certain signs in relation to one another, their combined effect can be profound.
In this post, we are focusing on one such transit occurring in Aquarius because of its strong potential to cause inner turmoil affecting outer circumstances. As challenging as it might be, however, there is an opportunity.
The aspect in question is the Mars Saturn conjunction presently going on through 15 April in the sign of Aquarius. Aquarius is the sign related to following the will of God, i.e., your higher Self, your authentic Self. In Capricorn, we learn to listen to God’s commands. In Aquarius, we follow them… at least that is the idea. Because we are evolving spiritual beings, being authentic is a learning process. When Mars and Saturn move through Aquarius together, that process is interrupted and challenged.
Mars-Saturn Conjunction: Inner Turmoil, Outer Conflict
Although recent studies indicate that in regard to world history we are living more peaceably with one another than ever before, a casual review of current affairs and the recent past and we find it hard to believe that human society is evolving. The truth is we all play a part in what goes on in the world and the current Mars Saturn conjunction in Aquarius illuminates how this begins with each of us. The inner turmoil caused by our unfulfilled desires creates outer conflict.
Mars represents action; Saturn is inaction. In its most mature form within a human being, Mars is the capacity to do the right thing at the right time. In eastern traditions, this is referred to as dharma. Saturn is the capacity to objectively engage life. Though emotions bring sweetness to our circumstances (moon), it is Saturn that provides the firm foundation upon which the emotions play. When we are ungrounded, our Saturn, i.e., when our capacity to stay rooted in the present is disturbed, our emotional nature can become unstable and we can suffer large mood swings.
The Nature of Mars-Saturn
Imagine you are making a pot of lobster bisque from an old family recipe. In this pot, you have all the finest ingredients: fresh lobster from Maine, tomato sauce from your own vine-ripened heirloom tomatoes, hand-picked forest mushrooms and cream from your local farmer. You add some chopped organic celery and chives, a touch of tarragon and thyme, fresh ground pepper and… where’s the hand-harvested sea salt from Île de Ré?? Not a pinch in the house! The local shop is closed and your guests arrive in ten minutes. There is only one thing to do; get mad! Get angry! So you give your grateful dog the bisque and yell at your spouse for using the last of the salt in their morning bath… ?
This is what the Mars-Saturn conjunction is like: we have a strong desire, but we meet a thick wall of resistance either from within or without. The result is unfulfilled desire which often leads to frustration, anger, loss of discrimination and, ultimately, destruction. Not a very joyful way to live, is it? Is there a better way?
Mars and Saturn are in Aquarius and indicate a need for us to be vigilant of our own tendencies to prevent destructive actions from taking place. Mars is our capacity to take right action at the right time. It is our warrior knight who knows what needs to be done and does it willingly. Saturn represents our objectivity and our capacity to persevere by embracing the necessary process. When we are methodical, we are accessing our Saturn.
When these two share the same space in a chart, the results are not pleasant UNLESS you know what is happening. Our impulse is to act without hesitation (Mars); our prudence seeks to commit only after a careful examination of the details (Saturn). When conjunct (together in the same sign), they create friction. Mars wants to go, Saturn wants to hold back. In the end, frustration happens. Frustration, of course, is a result of an unfulfilled desire. Unfulfilled desire leads to anger, either towards others or towards oneself (depression). Once anger establishes itself within us, we lose discrimination and this loss of discrimination can become destructive.
Helpful Hints
For Aries, Cancer, Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, or Pisces sun-signs, Mars is a ‘friend’ and Saturn an ‘enemy’. This means your Mars energy is more balanced than your Saturn energy. Therefore, action is a better policy than holding back. Obviously, you want to do your homework, but your basic tendency is to sabotage your goals through too much consideration and deliberation to the point you miss the opportunity.
For Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Libra, Capricorn, or Aquarius sun-signs, your Saturn energy is more balanced than your Mars energy. Therefore, be cautious of strong desires during this time. Use your Saturn to make sure what you are about to do is going to take you where you want to go. If your plans get delayed, reflect on whether that delay was a blessing in disguise.