astral meanders 13-19 Feb 2013

 

In general: Mars and Pluto will be growing our confidence and perhaps our determination this week. Their influence also affects Valentine’s Day on the 14^th making for some seductive and steamy energy!! From the weekend of February 15^th Saturn adds its energy to the mix. This will make a great weekend of comfortable, lazy socialising. The Sun will enter soft and emotional Pisces and Saturn will be at Retrograde Station on February 18th. It can be a confusing time. If you celebrate a birthday this week then you can expect a year ahead filled with drive and energy, others will be helpful and life seems to easily fall into place. On the world scene we might see some determined protest action across the globe as well as its concerted counterpart! Locally prepare to truly enjoy your weekend folks!

Thought for the week: At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. ~Plato

Aries

The 15-16 are significant days for taking charge of intimate, business and money matters. Venus invigorates your friendships and group relations. You are more peace-loving than usual. It's not the time to push ahead with brand new projects. It’s a time for reflection, dreaming, and refreshing your batteries.

Taurus

A number of you could buy or receive something that you've always wanted this week. Others are apt to to particularly like your chats and you are willing to listen as well. Your capacity to grasp unfamiliar subject matter and to instinctively understand what others are trying to say could earn you some praise!

Gemini

It's an outstanding period for observing your life from a changed perspective. Whether you start this process or you make contact with others who provoke you to think about your circumstances differently, this process will serve you well. Your energy is strong, open, and friendly right now.

Cancer

Plans may not run as smoothly as hoped, so stay as bendable in your expectations as possible. You are more intense in your mood and temperament, and possibly even secretive, at this time of year. You are more in touch with the deeper and more primal essentials of your own personality.

Leo

There could be some competitive feelings between you and a partner. Focus on understanding, forming or strengthening bonds, tact, discussion, one-on-one interactions, and dialogues. Just how well you are handling your life comes up for inspection. This is a time of year when you are eager for change on a deep level.

 

Virgo

This is a good time for dealing with health issues and making better choices. You’re more comfortable when you’re with someone else right now, and you want to focus more on them than yourself. A loved one could be in the spotlight or acknowledged for something they’ve done.

Libra

This week you’re more of a perfectionist, critical, and analytical than usual. You’re not as imaginative and feel best when you’re being realistic, getting tasks done, and tackling your to-do list. A health issue could return, you could try a health regiment that you’ve tried before, or revisit a health plan.

Scorpio

This week you can’t do all of the things you want to do because you have to deal with the things that you have to do, and it keeps you feeling stuck for the time being. You’re probably taking on too much and need to give yourself some space. In personal relationships, you may have more misunderstandings.

Sagittarius

Try not to run yourself ragged this week. While the wish to act is strong, emotionally and physically, you can feel a tad drained, overtired, or disordered right now. It’s an especially eventful, hectic, period on the domestic scene. You might also take home work or find that people drop by your home often.

Capricorn

You are more competent at attracting the things you want and need right now. You can come up with new ideas easily, make plans, and get through small jobs quickly. You may however, feel constrained by the responsibilities of your dreams and the causes that you’ve tied yourself to.

Aquarius

You come across as more charming and beautiful, and people are attracted to you now. You appear more grounded and calm. You don’t get irked about anything. You are however, unsure of the path your life is going in, and you worry that it’s not going in the right direction.

Pisces

At this phase you may decide that it’s time to let go of something big, making room for the fresh things that will come into your life. You could let out a secret and it’s freeing for you. You may seem far less shy than usual. You come across as more light-hearted, less dramatic, and more fun.

Astral Peeks: Year of the water Snake

On Feb. 10, we celebrated the Chinese Lunar Year. This year it is a Yin Water Snake year! It may not be the most harmonious of years, but we can be sure that whatever mess will come along, conflicts can still be soothed. Snake is a thinker. That means we’re likely to see significant developments in the area of science and technology. Study and development will flourish. It’ll be an abundant time to be in academia. This year we are challenged to let go of all attachments—emotional, mental, physical, financial, and spiritual- that may be holding us back. Change them, like the Water Snake, into something of value that will help you move ahead to the next level. As with anything, you must research your past to detect patterns and behaviors that no longer work for you in order to adjust the course of the future. Get ready to shed old skin and birth something new. Lucky colours for this year are white, gold, silver and sky blue.

Meditation moments: Meditating in the year of the snake!

Meditation is also an important aspect for the snake year, as meditation returns one to themselves and allows greater lucidity about their life and surroundings. In the snake year, it is said one should remain alert, meditation as a practice of mindfulness, is an alertness of a higher level which allows greater perception of events going on, and as a result more carefully measured responses instead of ‘reactions.’ It also brings greater connection to one’s own intuitive talents which allow you to respond in the most effective way with better wisdom. This makes turning tricky or difficult situations into prosperous ones far easier and more graceful, and snake is most graceful in its movements habitually. This year think transformation, gracefulness and responsiveness and you can’t go wrong!