General Astrology

New Moon in Taurus May 3rd 2011

During this New Moon:

  • Do things that make you feel good about yourself
  • Take time out to relax and be grateful for what you have in your life
  • Give yourself time to think and don’t allow yourself to be rushed
  • Think about ways in which you can generate more income
  • Come up with ideas for making a passive income
  • Make the very best use of the resources you have around you
  • Enjoy a wonderful meal made from healthy ingredients
  • Connect with your five senses and give each one a treat e.g. a massage for touch, something delicious to eat for taste, a beautiful painting for sight, the smell of coffee for smell and some soothing music for sound.
  • Listen to what your body is telling you
  • List the things that make you feel secure
  • Start lifting some weights and becoming physically strong
  • Take voice or singing lessons
  • Appreciate the simple things in life such as the flowers, the sunshine etc.
  • Listen to your body and give it what it is asking for. If you are feeling tired, allow yourself the luxury of a nap.
  • Think about something that gives you a feeling of security
  • Go to a concert, the opera, the ballet, visit an art gallery, an exhibition,
  • Plant something in the garden
  • Make a list of all the resources that are available to you from your physical body, to your mind, your friends, your family, your country, the world. Feel the abundance that is around you and focus on it.
  • Take care of what you own and fix anything that is not in perfect order
  • Have a heart to heart talk with someone you love
  • It’s a great time for new beginnings with your love life and your finances especially if you lay your groundwork slowly and carefully

 

Here are some things to think about during this New Moon:

  • What do you value about yourself?
  • What are your talents? What do you most enjoy doing?
  • What are you good at that seems to come naturally to you?
  • Look at your values and what is important to you – are you living your life according to your values?
  • Is your current attitude towards money serving you?
  • Are you stingy, generous, too extravagant, are you living within your means?
  • What do you do with the money you earn? Do you need to make any changes concerning your finances?
  • Would you like to get into a new relationship or to rekindle and existing one? Think about ways in which you can inject new life into the way you see romance and be prepared to allow love to grow in its own time and not to rush it.

Appreciation, gratitude, being close to nature and feeling contented are all Taurus energies. Taurus likes to build solid foundations, it doesn’t give up easily and likes to progress step by step in a methodical way being thorough and persistent.

Check out where this New Moon falls in your chart and you will see which life area is being stimulated. For me, it falls in my 11th house of dreams and wishes and friendships. It could mean a new friend coming into my life, someone with whom I share an emotional bond. It may be an opportunity to meet someone who shares some of my interests. I’m going to be doing some building work and it’s no accident that I am meeting up with lots of builders, carpenters, plumbers, electricians…all practical people (ruled by Taurus) who can help me to build the house of my dreams. Taurus is all about living within your means, so I will have to be very careful with the spending and not go into any debt to achieve what I want. 

Remember that each New Moon’s effects can be felt for up to two weeks beyond the New Moon.

Full Moon in Aquarius AND rare Star of David coming up!

This is the second full Moon in Aquarius – we had one last month on July 22nd, and now another which is quite unusual. It’s accentuating everything Aquarian and leading us further into the Age of Aquarius.

On August 25th we have a very powerful configuration in the heavens: A Grand Square, A Grand Sextile and a Star of David. This is a unique opportunity to transform all the tension of the Grand Square (e.g. unrest and violence in Egypt and Syria,) and to bring peace and harmony to our planet. It’s a wonderful time to connect with others of like mind who want to raise the vibrations on our earth.

Scientific studies have shown that groups of people meditating have reduced crime rates in major cities in various parts of the world. Despite the conflicts, with these favourable aspects, if enough of us can come together and pray for peace and for the caring of people and our planet, we can truly change our world for the better.

During this Full Moon in Aquarius, it’s important to be the individual that you are. No one on this earth is like you. You are absolutely unique and it’s time to shine a light on your special qualities. Dare to be different and to stand out from the rest! We have a tendency to want to conform and to try to “fit in” but the more you try to do that, the unhappier you’ll probably become. When you are ready to take the risk to just be yourself, not worry about pleasing anyone, you’ll feel more comfortable in your own skin and you’ll attract people into your life who will like you just the way you are. It can be quite a challenging transition for those of you who are new to this, but the more you get into it, the easier life becomes.

I can certainly identify with this as I spent a lifetime trying to please other people, and it never ever worked. I contorted myself and tied myself in knots and they still didn’t love me in the way I wanted to be loved.

When I first started out making videos for YouTube, if there was one mildly negative comment, I would be devastated for days. Oh dear, that person didn’t love me, what do I need to change in order to be loved by everyone?? If someone didn’t like a video, again, I would be so upset. I have to confess that at the beginning, I used to remove all negative comments because I couldn’t bear seeing them.

Sometimes I would have over 100 likes on a video and just one dislike, and I’d be crying again because one person who I never knew and had never met disliked my video!

Gradually, as I realised that I would never ever please everyone all of the time, I decided to keep on going. It was a slow process. Sometimes the comments were really hostile and I would be quite upset, but then I had to separate the comments that were meant to be rude, from the negative comments that were meant to help me improve my performance and improve my abilities as an astrologer. As long as the negative comments are helpful, I welcome them. But as anyone who is in the public eye can tell you, the comments that are designed just to hurt you or because they are having a bad day and are taking it out on the person who is either writing or videoing, serve no useful purpose and those really should be ignored. And they also act as a nice balance for the hundreds of positive comments that I get, all of which are deeply appreciated. 

And that brings me back to this Full Moon in Aquarius. Dare to displease someone!! Take a risk!! Do what you really want to do, what speaks to you from your heart and to hell with the rest!! You might be pleasantly surprised at the consequences.

Aquarius is all about finding new solutions to problems and thinking outside the box. One of the definitions of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and hoping for a different result. Aquarians often have the ability to detach themselves emotionally from a situation and are able to come up with a new perspective. Wherever this Full Moon falls in your chart is where you need to come up with new ideas. For example, if it falls in your 2nd house of money, maybe it’s time to look at your financial situation in a new way. Maybe it’s time to look at new ways of making money. Maybe it’s falling in your 7th house of relationships and you need to have a new perspective on a relationship that has been bothering you. Maybe it’s falling in your 10th house of career and it’s time for a change in direction of your career.

In my chart, it falls in my first house, so I’m looking at new ways in which I can present myself, how I can make myself more interesting and different. I’m forcing myself to try to learn something new every single day.

Because so many of you have asked me to improve the sound on my videos, I have just ordered a new camera and microphone. I am a little nervous about the steep learning curve I will have to undergo to be able to use it, but again, it’s a great Aquarian adventure to learn new technology and to be forced out of my comfort zone. Every time I have done this in the past, I have grown and been able to do more and share more of value with others.

So fingers crossed I won’t be tearing my hair out with learning all this new technology and that you will all benefit from beautiful sound and picture quality of my future videos.

I wish you a different, unique and exciting Full Moon in Aquarius, and a peaceful and harmonious Star of David. See what you can do to connect with people in your community, either in person or online. Together we can make a difference!