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Cancer Full Moon, January 12th | Finding LOVE

On January 12th, we have a Full Moon in Cancer at 22 degrees. This is especially powerful because it forms a Cardinal Cross in the heavens. 

The Moon is strong in Cancer. It’s important to take care of your need for nourishment and nurturing. Are you eating well? Are you sleeping well? Do you feel loved? Are you loving yourself? What can you do to feel safe and secure? These are all issues that may come to the surface. 

Opposite the Moon is the Sun in Capricorn in a wide conjunction to Pluto. This is reminding you that you cannot stay at home in your comfort zone forever. There’s a time to nest and a time to fly. What new structures do you need to put in place for the New Year? How would you like to organise your time? Do you have a plan? What are your New Year resolutions?

The best part of this Full Moon is the fact that Uranus is opposite to Jupiter, which is known as the ‘Thank the Lord’ aspect. 

This aspect gives you the opportunity for sudden success, windfalls, a release of tension, fated encounters, and massive breakthroughs. 

In 2017, we may see massive advances in medicine, technology, science, engineering, space travel, our understanding of ET’s and a general awakening of consciousness on our planet. 

It was exact on December 27th, 2016, and will be again on March 7th and again on September 27th 2017. This means that this energy is with us throughout 2017 giving you an opportunity to take your life onto a whole new and exciting level. 

Where does it fall in your chart? Which houses of life experience will be triggered? It might be your finances, your relationships, your career, your health, your home and family. Whichever area it blesses, you may experience a huge change in your fortune. 

This aspect gives you the opportunity to make great progress in a very short space of time. It’s can bring spontaneous remission of a life-threatening disease, a change in your financial luck, sudden recognition and fame, just about anything that has a magical and inspirational twist. 

If you’ve been having trouble finding a partner, your soul-mate or twin flame, this could be the year you find that special person. If you haven’t been clear about your direction in life, this is the time when you could be catapulted into something completely new and exciting. 

The key phrase to remember is:

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!

This aspect is encouraging you to believe in miracles and magic!

New Moon in Leo, August 2nd, 2016 | Loving You

On August 2nd we have a New Moon at 10 degrees Leo with many planets in Fire signs.
FIRE is ACTION, EXCITEMENT, INSPIRATION!
This quote by Jay Griffiths, author, aptly describes the energy of Leo the LION:
‘All humans are essentially wild creatures and hate confinement. We need what is wild, and we thrill to it, our wildness bubbling over with an anarchic joie de vivre….The more suffocatingly enclosed we are – tamed by television, controlled by mortgages and bureaucracy – the louder our wild genes scream in aggression, anger and depression.
 
With no planets in AIR signs, how about ignoring that voice in your head that keeps telling you that you cannot do it and going with your wild side??
Each zodiac sign rules a particular body part and Leo rules the heart. 
Recent research shows the heart as the most powerful electrical and magnetic field generator in the human body. Although the brain does hold its own electromagnetic field, it pales in comparison to the field strength of the heart. Studies show that the heart is 100,000 times electrically stronger and 5,000 times magnetically stronger than the brain.

The heart is the first organ to function after conception. Within about 20 days after conception, the heart starts to function, but the brain does not function until after roughly 90 days. This information tells us that the brain is possibly secondary to the heart.

What can you do to open your heart at the time of this New Moon?
Saturn is square to Neptune bringing up issues of boundaries. Are your boundaries clear or are they fuzzy? Are people stepping over your boundaries? If so, how can you communicate from your heart while at the same time being clear about what works for you?
This is the challenge of the New Moon in Leo.
New Moons always give you an opportunity to do something new. The Fire signs are bold, daring and courageous. What can you do to add spice to your life?
I took a risk by publishing a video of Summer Bacon, my wonderful channeling teacher and myself having a conversation that we weren’t aware was being recorded! 
At first, we both wanted to edit out the parts we felt made us look silly, but in the end, we decided that if we were discussing channeling – which is all about being vulnerable and surrendering – we had to set the example and not shy away from people possibly rejecting or turning away from us.
Why is it that OUTTAKES are so fascinating? Because it’s when we make mistakes that shows our humanity. We are always trying to hold things together, keep the status quo. How about allowing yourself to be SEEN this month?
Uranus is trine to Venus bringing surprise encounters, exciting new liaisons, sudden meetings with interesting people.
What can you do that brings some FIRE and COLOUR into your life?
Feeling FREE and having a certain ‘joie de vivre’ is the key to good health and happiness.
I am reminded of my beautiful osteopath who was born before the war and who still practices her profession with great passion and joy. I asked her what is the secret to her youth and her strength. She said she derives JOY from the SIMPLEST things in life. Where can you find JOY today??

New Moon in Leo | August 2nd | Loving You

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Lunar Eclipse in Libra – Do You Love Me?

On March 23rd, we have a powerful Full Moon Lunar Eclipse at 3 degrees 17 minutes Libra. With the Sun opposite the Moon, this is an important time to look at your relationships.

Libra is the sign of marriage, partnerships and relationships in general. With several planets in Aries, this Lunar Eclipse encourages you to look at the relationship you have with yourself. 

‘You’ve got to love yourself first. You’ve got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else.’ – Jennifer Lopez 

Many of you have commented about my new hairdo, most in a positive way. However, one person said that it made me ‘look like an old lesbian.’ This shows me that I am never ever going to please everyone.

Libra is always seeking balance and tends to contort itself in order to keep the peace and to make other people happy, often leaving themselves out of the equation.

With the Sun, Mercury and Uranus in Aries, it’s time to wake up to who you are, to learn how to be comfortable in your own skin.

I had some professional photos done last week and the photographer wanted to whiten my teeth, take out my wrinkles and make me look like a younger Barbara. I told him NO! I am happy the way I am.

Are you happy and thankful for the way you are?

After colouring my hair for many years, keeping it at shoulder length because ‘other people’ thought that was best for me, wearing ‘proper’ clothes to present my videos, Uranus in Aries gave me the wake-up call to do what I want to do, what works for me.

Is there anything about the way you present yourself that you want to change? With all this Aries energy in the heavens, this is the perfect time to throw caution to the wind, to take a risk and to break out of old patterns that have had you pleasing others and not yourself.

With Venus square to Saturn at the time of this Lunar Eclipse, there can be a tendency to find fault with yourself. For example, ‘I’m not good enough, ‘I should have done it differently’ etc.

If Venus is conjunct, square or opposite Saturn in your natal chart, chances are you didn’t feel very nurtured and you have had disappointments in love.

This eclipse gives you the opportunity to nurture and to love yourself. 

LIBRA whose ruler is Venus, is all about beauty.

Can you see your own beauty, regardless of the odd wrinkle, blemish or scar?  


‘Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It’s about knowing and accepting who you are.’
Ellen DeGeneres

Judi Dench, world-renowned actress who I greatly admire, is now in her 80’s, and to me, she looks beautiful.

Here’s the video I did about her:

Don’t forget that old things can be very valuable and  beautiful. For example, a Stradivarius violin made in the 17th century can fetch millions of dollars in auction.

Can you come up with at least three things that you find beautiful about yourself?

‘Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. Lucille Ball.
Libra tends to look for other people’s approval. Since I have become less and less attached to wanting others to like me, Wayne Dyer’s quote comes to mind:

‘People who want the most approval get the least and the people who need approval the least get the most.’

In education we are constantly comparing ourselves to others. She beat me in Maths, I did better than him at History………but really, you are unique. There will never be anyone like you again. So can you love yourself exactly the way you are?

Libra New Moon – Love is all you need

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Venus Retrograde in Capricorn – Love, Money and Happiness

Venus rules your money, your relationships and above all, what makes you happy. One of the best things you can do during a Venus retrograde is to think carefully about what makes you happy, what brings love and joy into your life.

It’s a great time to complete any unfinished business you have around finances and relationships. For example, you may come up with a new plan for getting out of debt, you may be in an unhealthy business partnership that needs to be redefined or ended, you might have a great new business idea that needs more planning and structure before you can proceed.

In your relationships, people from the past may come back into your life so that you can resolve any unfinished business that might be preventing you from moving on with your life. Have you learned the lessons associated with this relationship? If you have been having challenges in a relationship, this could be a good time for a reconciliation.

Venus retrograde tends to slow everything connected with money and love giving you enough time to think about things and to see the bigger picture more clearly.

With Venus retrograde in Capricorn, it’s likely to be focused on money and business as Capricorn rules big business, debts, financial institutions, banking and insurance. Capricorn is also ruled by Saturn so you may need to restructure your finances and your relationships or anything that is not working for you in these areas. There could be endings and completions in order to make way for something new and more satisfying to come into your life.

Do you have enough balance in your relationships? Are you giving too much? Are you taking too much?

It is a good time to examine your spending habits, and with Venus retrograde in Capricorn, you may have to tighten your belt and only spend on what you need rather than what you want.

As this retrograde occurs over the holidays and the New Year, I would suggest waiting until after 20th December before buying any luxury or large items because you will probably find that there are huge price reductions and bargains galore to be had once Venus goes retrograde. I anticipate finding lots of great deals in the majority of the retail stores.

If you do buy anything during this time, make sure you keep all the receipts, warranties and guarantees as things can get lost during a retrograde. I once bought a coat during the Venus retrograde for$150.00 and I returned it to the store as it didn’t fit very well. Instead of refunding $150.00 onto my credit card, they refunded just $15.00! It took me months to get the rest of the money out of them.

On the personal front, you may meet someone and you may feel as though you are falling in love with them. Try to go slowly during the retrograde, take your time, because when Venus goes direct on January 31st 2014, this person may not be quite who you thought they were and you could end up being very disappointed. As long as you have gone slowly and you haven’t gotten yourself too emotionally embroiled, then you are not going to feel devastated if things don’t turn out as well as you had hoped.

Venus also rules the currency of a country, its money.

Around the world our economy is changing and crumbling and during this retrograde I wouldn’t be surprised if we see even more bankruptcies on a global scale and also on a personal level where people have just overloaded themselves with financial commitments that they are unable to keep.

If you have been working hard, you have no debts and your relationships are healthy and are founded on integrity and trust, then this Venus retrograde in Capricorn won’t affect you adversely. If however, you have been overspending and your relationships are toxic, then this may be a time of disruption giving you the opportunity to get your finances and relationships into balance once more.