Asral meanders Oct 31-Nov 6 2012

 

In general: The energy of the 31^st is moody and difficult, but as we move into November this will lighten somewhat. With the Moon in Gemini for the first few days of this week folk should be feeling a little talkative yet misunderstood and restless, adventurous yet blocked from too much movement. This is because Mercury slows down this week as it is about to retrograde on the 6^th. This will keep frustrations level quite high. It’s a time when energy is best spent tidying up unfinished business, as opposed to beginning anything new. If you have a birthday this week then you can expect to spend this year focusing on getting things in order. Restlessness could be a problem. On the world scene it is frustrating time with some travel and transport delays brewing and miscommunications for those in the public eye. Locally focus on getting old issues resolved.

Thought for the week: Let your inner sunshine overcome the passing haze of discontent. ~Dodinsky

Aries

You seem to be able to assert yourself now with less complications and reaction than most! You are however feeling quite unusually introspective. This time of thinking will help you to uncover your hidden strengths and talents. You may find yourself giving some extra attention to a significant other now!

Taurus

Personal and relationship issues are coming to a head now and need your attention! Any relationships that are work based particularly demand your time and energy this week. Your focus will be on creating a more harmonious and helpful environment for yourself. You have a great team spirit at this time.

Gemini

Your thinking is somewhat muddled and your communication is difficult at this time. However you take great pride in your work and a good deal of your energy will be focussed in this area. It is also an excellent period in which to get organised and prioritise your life. You are able to see what you need to get rid for a smoother journey.

Cancer

You need to work independently, at your pace now. At home you are striving for a peaceful and harmonious environment and will do your best to create it! Some personal tensions from misread communications can put you off track, but only if you let them! Try not to let over-worry scatter your energy.

Leo

Companionship, sharing, communicating and generally being sociable is high on the agenda now. Short trips, communication or benefit through family and verbal rapport with others are also highlighted. Lots of stimulating intellectual conversation attracts you this week as well as a sense of the spontaneous.

Virgo

This week is a very stable phase for love and relationship matters. You will particularly value family and close friendships now. It can however be a very busy and even hectic phase on the domestic front! It’s quite likely that folk will drop by more often than is usual during this week. It’s wise to be prepared.

Libra

A softer and more receptive you, is emerging now! You can also be a tad more self-indulgent than usual! You are much more likely to pay attention to you appearance and how others receive and perceive you. You are gracious, well behaved, agreeable and tolerant! Others will find this a very charismatic mix!

Scorpio

You may find yourself feeling more secretive than usual. There is a certain wistfulness about you. You are reworking your financial status now and the energy favours financial transactions and a more rational approach to money matters. Any unresolved relationship issues will come to the fore and should be dealt with.

Sagittarius

Being overly confident or arrogant can be a trouble to you this week. However harmonious and warm friendships can be formed at this time too. You will initiate discussions within the family or close friendships in order to reorganise and clear up any confusion that has been building. Use words wisely.

Capricorn

Someone is helping you to see things from a different perspective this week! Sweet talking your superiors and being generally charming to all you meet can aide you in moving forward with a project. You can accomplish a good deal with the minimum of stress at this time. Some sort of adventure comes your way.

Aquarius

You need to expand your horizons now, both physically and mentally, and of course romantically! You have a taste for adventure and anything different or unique. Travel could be more than usually important to you now. Your mind is active and original and this week you are apt to come up with some very interesting ideas.

Pisces

A financial gain of some sort is very likely this week. You are also apt to be thinking a great deal about career, fiscal matters and education. Over worrying will not help but acting in an orderly manner on some of your ideas and goals would be favoured. You want to smooth over differences with others.

 

Astral Peeks: Beltane

October 31^st is actually Beltane in the southern Hemisphere and not Halloween as the media would have us believe! Halloween celebrates our entry into winter; Beltane celebrates the height of spring. Those of us in sympathy with the environment appear to be agreed that we need to return to observing the natural cycles, and not allow our lives to be completely ordered by an arbitrarily constructed calendar. Beltane celebrates the flowering of life! It's a time to welcome the abundance of the fertile earth, and the word literally means brilliant fire or bel’s fire after the Celtic sun God. Beltane is a time to rejoice in being alive!! In Ancient days folk danced around a fire and jumped high over broomsticks to help their crops grow tall and strong and rid them of any disease!

Meditation Moments:  Meditating on the Earth and Sun

Evoke in your mind and heart the knowledge that the Earth is your mother, nurturing you and providing for all your needs. Like every living creature on this planet, you are a child of the Earth, you are a part of the Earth, sharing in its bountiful kindness.

Now focus directly below you, deep down into the Earth. Let your attention form a channel to the depths of the Earth. Open that channel to allow the Earth’s energy to flow right into you. Do this repeatedly. Let the energy merge with your body and consciousness.

When your body is saturated, stop. Evoke a feeling of gratitude toward the Earth. Rest in awareness.

Evoke in your mind and heart the idea that all lives on the Earth, including your own, depend on the sustained beneficence of the Sun. While the Sun isn’t the Divine, it serves as a model or token of the Divine outpouring that produces and sustains this universe.

Now turn your consideration toward the Sun. Send your attention out toward and into the Sun, to form a channel to the Sun’s immense reservoir of a very powerful energy. Allow this energy to flow into you, letting it merge with the sensation in your body. Do this repeatedly.

When your body is saturated, stop. Evoke a feeling of gratitude toward the Sun. Rest in awareness.