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Under the Moonbeams
The Lunar Light
The Moon Position Presently Indicates:
Your mood is boisterous, pushy ... and you are ready to make some tracks -- to get further down the road ASAP. But fundamental changes in your direction and ultimate destination interfere with these exuberant plans, may keep you stalled a while -- and add to your impatience. But a false start will only delay your progress more. To know where you're heading in the first place is a fundamental piece of getting somewhere in anybody's book.
Where is the Moon Today?
The Moon represents your emotional self, your inner self, your instincts, habits, and automatic reactions. The sign it occupies in the Zodiac at any given time will color your reactions, feelings and "personal responses" according to the issues and characteristics represented by the sign involved.
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Racing with the Moon
Our continuously running online class for Premium Members that tracks the progress of the Moon through its phases each month, and advises on how to align your life with the flow of ongoing Lunar energy through the cycle.
Racing with the Moon
The text of our exclusive online class and audio presentations on Moon Phases is now available from Amazon as a Kindle / Ebook. Read it on your Kindle reader, or on your computer as an Ebook. Learn a more conscious way of pacing your life. Work with the natural rhythms of ebb and flow that are an integral part of our world. Get your copy of Racing with the Moon today!
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Where Are They Now?
Sun in Taurus til 5/20 | Mercury in Taurus til 5/24 | Venus in Gemini til 8/7 | Mars in Virgo til 7/3 | Jupiter in Taurus til 6/11 | Saturn in Libra til 10/5 | Uranus in Aries | Neptune in Aquarius | Pluto in Capricorn
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Catweasel's Toys
Here is the page on the site where your most recent Ezines are archived in case they go missing in your regular Email. We only keep the two most recent issues of Ezine content here, so if you're looking for What's in the Cards?, you'll have to get to this page pretty much straight away when you realize yours has gone astray.
The others though hang around until they're replaced, and some of the Specialty EZines (like Star Trax and Talking Tarot) are being transitioned to site / webpage based content rather than Email content since we control real estate on our site from start to finish ... which is not at all true of Email. This link is contained in all the Ezines we send out, so you can find it again if you need it, from any older Ezines you've still got stashed in your Inbox.
The View from Venus
From this almost casual time of review and reverie, Venus energy itself being notoriously gentle, interested in comfort and "taking it easy," will come new ideas, new visions, and new directions, changes, and additions you think you might want to make when things start moving forward again.
Venus represents your important personal relationships, your important personal values, and the way you handle the things you value, especially the material resources - like money and possessions – you need to support yourself. When Venus is retrograde, these things, in their broadest sense, receive special attention from everyone because retrograde energy is the symbolic indicator that the time has come for humankind to back up and re-evaluate these vital areas of concern.
Transition
What to expect and emphasize in 9 different areas of life during the coming month ... information to use ... important issues to consider. Concise and precise notes based on Real Contemporary Astrology not the silliness that masquerades as "horoscopes" in most newspapers and on other websites.
Venus Retrograde
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Venus has turned retrograde until June 27. It paused at 24° of Gemini and will travel back to 7° of Gemini. It moves out of its own shadow on August 1. Until then we'll all review themes regarding things of value -- particularly relationships and money -- and how we attract, participate in and use these important assets in our lives.
Sparkles
Is Your Natal Moon in Aries?
People with a Natal Moon in Aries are emotionally fueled by a heaping truckload of Cardinal Fire energy. All Fire Signs are self-assertive and self-expressive. No surprise there. The Cardinal Signs are all proactive and powerful, but when it comes to feelings ... they all show them differently.
Clearly Aries, with its Cardinal Fire components, doubles down on traits that invite it to show exactly how it feels, right this red-hot minute and make no bones about it. If you know one of these people -- or meet one of these people -- you'll see exactly what I mean.
Moonglow
Today's Astro Advice based on
The Moon's Sign, Position and Aspects
The Moon is in Aries all day. The Moon goes void-of-course in Aries at 3:44 PM (MT) Thursday afternoon. It moves into Taurus at 4:03 AM (MT) Friday morning. This makes the late afternoon and evening a good time to tidy up any loose ends on things you've begun the past few days ... and get ready for the down-time that comes with the Dark of the Moon ... beginning around midnight tonight ... Mountain Time.
Yesterday
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Wednesday's Words of Wisdom
Creating Space
Whole Life Balance is an elusive state for many of us, myself included. Part of the reason lies in not knowing what that balance should be. Deciding which aspects of our lives need the most balancing is a very personal decision"and very necessary if we hope to bring any glimmer of balance into our lives.
A Recipe for Alchemy
Grandma has a scrumptious, old-family recipe for chocolate pecan pie that melts in your mouth. Uncle Bert whips up a killer BBQ sauce for ribs (or grilled tofu). I've discovered a more direct route to happiness -- a tantalizing recipe for alchemy!
In the Spotlight for Taurus
Blessing the Money You Spend
A young girl opens a birthday card from her grand mother and folded inside the card is a crisp $100 bill along with congratulations and sincere wishes and hopes for happiness. A successful store rewards its customers who spend more than $20 with a bonus service or gift. A woman I know writes hearts on her cheques and blesses her creditors each time she makes a payment on a loan.
Our Featured Premium Members Tarot Presentation
At its most superficial level, the Tarot contains cards which when randomly selected with a question, problem or request in mind and laid out in a pre-arranged pattern will tell a story to someone who knows how to "read" the cards.
The text of the story is usually a blend of what the reader knows intellectually about the meaning associated with each of the cards ... the energy and tiny piece of the grand story of life that card depicts, and the intuitive messages the reader receives as he or she contemplates the situation, question, or problem being examined.
What Is the Tarot?
This is a very complex question -- whose answer is often controversial. I will keep this answer brief, simple and factually correct, but I invite those who are interested in more information on the history of the Tarot to research it either in libraries or online yourself.
The Day Before
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Talking Tarot
There are many ways to use -- and approach -- the Tarot, many attitudes to take in your work with it both in learning to interact with its special talents and what to do with what you gain in the time you spend with it. Treat the Tarot like an intelligent, sentient entity, and I promise you, it will respond in kind -- and behave like one.
Signs of the Times
We all have Taurus energy expressing somewhere in our lives. True, if you don't have a planet in Taurus or a major placement, like Taurus Rising, your Taurus energy is indirect, possibly confined only to the affairs of the house that has Taurus on the cusp.
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Pluto -- Ruler of Scorpio
Symbol of Your Transformative, Regenerative Self
Pluto, with its bizarre, irregular orbit, is the last of the discovered planets in this Solar System which the basic metaphorical language of astrology contains. Occasionally it is the outermost of the known planets, although during part of its journey around the Sun it moves inside the orbit of Neptune.
Spirituality
What to expect and emphasize in 9 different areas of life during the coming month ... information to use ... important issues to consider. Concise and precise notes based on Real Contemporary Astrology not the silliness that masquerades as "horoscopes" in most newspapers and on other websites.
Mercury in Taurus Sextile Neptune in Pisces
Trine Mars in Virgo Trine Pluto in Capricorn
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
If this looks like deja vu, it is. Mercury -- metaphor for ideas, opinions, information and intellect -- has stepped quickly into the same sweet spot the Sun occupied a few days ago ... once again filling out this Grand Earth Trine ... with a little extra whipped cream and chocolate syrup, courtesy of that sextile with Neptune. It's an ice cream sundae designed to make anyone smile!
How to Grow Your Very Own Money Tree
Okay. So money doesn't really grow on trees. Unless you plant your own Mighty Money Tree, that is! Imagine that only a few moments ago you planted a young sapling in your back yard. You gave it just enough water to ensure a good start. Not too much, not too little. You even propped it up with a stake. You'll continue to nurture it, feed it, water it.
Yesterday's News
(Entries from Several Days Ago)
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Magical Mondays
The Truth About Life's Challenges
Living by Zen
In the midst of our lives, hungry, thirsty and often weary, there comes a moment when we stop and wonder, "Is this all there is? Is there another way to live my life that will bring the joy and contentment that eludes me?"
3 Steps to Manifesting Your Ideal Life
Over the past several weeks I've received dozens of email solicitations for books, CDs and videos that promise to reveal newly discovered techniques to improve my life. These emails promise a wide variety of benefits: how to get rich, lose weight, meet the woman of my dreams and buy a million dollar mansion with no money down. In some cases the salesman will throw in a "Ginzu knife" or "pocket fisherman" if I order immediately!
Life Is
From the Panhala List
(Panhala is Hindi and roughly translates as "source of fresh water")
I do love beautiful art -- whether captured on film, done with paint, rendered in music or written in words. So, from time to time, pieces of that will appear here to share with you ... for those kindred souls who feel the same.
On the Astrology Playbill
Taurus on one side ... Scorpio on the other
The Taurus / Scorpio dilemma is the basic pull between your sovereign control over your personal possessions and income ... and your investment of capital in joint ventures and community property -- your responsibility to contribute to partnership wealth.
It's a common phenomenon ... or a common problem, depending on your view. People attract the same type of person into their lives, into their relationships, over and over again.
Some women, for instance, will go from one abusive man to another ... as if they were cursed with magnetic attraction for such people, as if they literally had a psychic sense about who will wind up hitting, berating, insulting, or belittling them ... and who won't.
Can Astrology Tell the Future?
Can Astrology tell the future? Well, yes, actually it can. But not in the cut-and-dried way many people would like to use it. It won't tell you when you're going to win the lottery. (Let's face it. The almost-certain answer to that one is "Never." Not never, not no how ... put it from your mind, save your money. There are reasons why people joke that the lottery is a tax on people who are really, really, really bad at math.)
Affirming Money
Creating abundance is probably the hottest topic across the internet. Whether you're looking to start a business from your home computer or trying to payoff your mortgage in time to retire with comfort, everyone seems interested in how to get more money. There are personal growth and spiritual growth lessons involved in creating wealth that have been oversimplified.
Your Place in the Major Arcana
As a Taurus, The Empress card -- associated with Venus, your ruling planet -- is an additional source of wisdom and strength, a piece of power for you to use -- and certainly keep in mind, as you work through this life to the fulfillment of your destiny. Most Tarot decks show The Empress as pregnant queen in a beautiful garden, the complete picture of fertility, material comfort, and maternal affection.
This reading deals with the constructive use of Taurus energy -- an underlying concern of life for everyone at this time. It answers the request -- Please offer insight and advice on how to increase my resources and nourish my financial life over the next twelve months.
Print-friendly page for your individual reading -- Lady Madonna
Surf the Wave of Abundance
Bank account bare? Bedroom barren? Body running on empty? Buddha not showing up? Why? Maybe because your beat is off! You're out of step with the AbunDance. It's a dance that requires flexibility, fluidity and, above all, the willingness to flow with life's changing rhythms.
Abundance Is A Life Style
Abundance is a life style, a way of living your life. It isn't something you buy now and then or pull down from the cupboard, dust off and use once or twice, and then return to the cupboard.
Saving Money on Your Power Bill
As temperatures rise across the country, power bills rise across the country. By following some easy energy-saving tips, you can save money on your power bills to spend on summer fun.
Signs of the Times
Taurus is Fixed Earth. His personality emphasizes practical accomplishment, the manipulation or acquisition of tangible property, the effective use of energy and other resources, making and nurturing investments, enjoying the physical side of life, and having something "real" to show for his efforts.
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Tarot for Real Life
Friday, May 11, 2012
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Find your readings on Life, Love and Money. Watch the cards from your daily What's in the Cards? Ezines form a weekly assessment of the life you're experiencing now ... and forecast the trends of your upcoming future. Every six days the progression advances as what was once the Future becomes the Present. The accuracy of this feature is often breath-taking as your story assembles itself from the sum of its parts in a summary of where you are now ... and what's happening soon.
Feng Shui Friday
Feng Shui Money Tips
Do you know where your financial "power spots" are? The contemporary methods of feng shui associate prosperity issues with the back left corner of any space. Stand at your front door facing into the house; your wealth area is at the back of the house on the left-hand side.
Clutter-Clearing Tips that Work
Coping with clutter is rarely easy. There's more involved than just catching up on overdue housework, and staying focused and motivated over the weeks or months it may take to get the job done can be one of the biggest challenges. Here are some tips to help you stick with it until it's done,
Hey There, What's Your Money Personality?
Since statistics reveal that couples fight over money more than any other issue, maybe a better question to start off a potential relationship is to first find out the other person's money personality.
Ladybugs, Ladybugs, Come to My Garden
Ladybugs, also called lady beetles or ladybirds, can be a gardener's best friend. The ladybug's bright coloring brings welcomed cheer to the garden, as well as helping with pest control. Since medieval times, ladybugs have been valued by farmers all over the world.
Mercury Memos
Zodiac Sign Forecasts for Mercury in Taurus
Where are the Cosmic Citizens in the sky right now ... and what does this mean to you? Find clear, accurate predictions and advice to help you work with the energy of this planet-in-sign combination.
The Virtues and the Downside of Mercury in Taurus
Mercury represents your rational mind; your intellectual self; your interests and mental abilities, your study and language skills, your capacity to work with ideas and information, and the way you approach and apply knowledge.
Astrology for Real Life
Work with the invitations and energy of Mercury in this Zodiac sign. Sample its interests. Develop its strengths. Experience life from its particular vantage point. This is an education in itself. Be aware of its benefits, and use them to get more out of your work, your life and your enjoyment.
Astrology for Real Life
There's a plus side and a minus side to everything. Energy that is perfectly delightful when it's free to be itself can turn difficult and upsetting under stress. Learn how this set of traits behaves when it's pressured, blocked or unhappy -- and how to recognize the signs before they turn into serious problems.
Family Matters
The Five Best Gifts To Give Your Family
When we think of giving gifts, we usually think of things to buy for people. Yet if you think back on gifts you've been given, it might not be the material gifts you received that are foremost in your mind " it might be the kind of gifts that deeply touched your heart and soul. It might be various ways, other than material things, that people expressed their love to you.
This 'n' That Thursdays
Sleep and Stress Management
Ways to Get a Good Night's Sleep
The simplest way to tell if you're getting enough sleep is by noticing every morning -- do you feel rested? Do you wake up without an alarm clock and feel ready to get right out of bed and start your day?
The Mid-Sign Tarot Readings
For the time of Taurus
Each month, Stepping Stones examines an issue pertinent to the interests of the current Zodiac sign. A question or request to the Tarot focuses attention ... and asks for comment on ... a personal quality pivotal to the proper use of this sign's energy in your life. (We all use all the signs every day to operate at prime strength and efficiency!!)
The Virtues and the Downside of The Sun in Taurus
When the Sun is in Taurus, Life invites you to become more involved with the material world. This is the energy of the money mogul, the financial planner, the conservationist, the farmer. You are encouraged to work on your income sources, review your spending patterns, set some long-term economic plans in place. It's also a time to pamper yourself, indulge in some special treats, enjoy the physical side of life ... and live a little. The energy available while the Sun is in Taurus is pleasant, hedonistic, materialistic and stable.
7 Wake-Up Calls to Avoid Self Sabotage
It's an almost unbelievable thought, but could you be getting intangible value from having less money than you'd like? Is there something holding you back from attracting all the money you deserve but you can't figure out what it is?
Simple Ways to Honor Your Uniqueness
One message we hear from the time we are children is that it is better to give than receive. It is best to be humble. It is best to not shine a light on ourselves. True, and not so true. We also need to recognize that until we honor ourselves with love and compassion that we will not be able to give fully to another, or shine the light on another nor will we truly understand humility.
Add Abundance To Your Life
Abundance is intangible, spiritual and attracts energy. To attract this type of energy you need to define it, for when you name it, you can claim it. Your definition of abundance is as personal as your DNA.
Signs of the Times
Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Earth Signs are concerned with issues of supplying, investing, building, or creating the practical substance and support systems needed to nourish the inspirations and new beginnings produced by Fire Sign energy. A terrific ambition or worthy goal is a wonderful gift, but without money, materials, durable support, and labor invested to realize it ... it's probably going nowhere.
Reasons People Don't Live A Prosperous Life
If it were easy, everyone would do it; everyone would have it. That "IT" is prosperity and we're all trying to achieve that stage in our lives where wealth, health, success are a daily part of our lives. So what's the problem? Why aren't some of us living a prosperous life?
What Does Mercury Represent in Your Natal Chart?
What is it ... and why is it important?
In Astrology, Mercury represents your conscious, rational mind; your intellectual self; your ability to study, learn, analyze, communicate and work with information; your capacity to form ideas and opinions; the way you deal with facts; and the way you process data. It shows the kinds of things that interest you ... and what you do with what you know.
When Mercury is in Taurus
Astrology for Real Life
Mercury represents your conscious, rational mind; your intellectual self; your capacity to use mental energy; your ability to study, learn, analyze and communicate information; your capacity to form ideas and opinions; the way you deal with facts; and the way you process data.
Independence
What to expect and emphasize in 9 different areas of life during the coming month ... information to use ... important issues to consider. Concise and precise notes based on Real Contemporary Astrology not the silliness that masquerades as "horoscopes" in most newspapers and on other websites.
Mercury in Taurus
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
When Mercury is in Taurus, ideas and attitudes are stable, pleasant, patient and concerned with long-range planning. Thinking shows affection, compassion, dependability, devotion, loyalty, generosity and is concerned with "being nice." This energy is composed, calm, placid, and highly opinionated.
Love Your Self, Love Your Money
We develop our beliefs about money as early as five years old. They become "underlying beliefs" meaning that we may not even be aware of them, but they are there, in the background, having an impact on us as adults.
Offering counseling and comment through the ages
The Tarot operates on many different levels. Its timeless wisdom speaks to the mind and heart, the soul and spirit, the mundane self and the Higher Self, the rational waking consciousness and the profound depths of the wise subconscious. It moves easily across the boundaries of time, mirroring the present, reflecting the consequences of the past, projecting the events of the future. Its universality is awesome. For that alone it deserves attention and respect.
The History and Mystery of the Tarot
Much of the early history of the Tarot remains unclear and is often controversial. Stories associated with the origins of the Tarot are often fanciful, romantic ... and wrong -- or at least unprovable. In my travels I've seen the usual references to gypsies ... which the Tarot's pop culture reputation certainly keeps alive.
But I've also seen speculation about possible origins in ancient Egypt ... or in the help-me-keep-my-sanity project of a snowbound monk, trapped and alone in the Italian Alps.
Taurus
The Sign of the Money Manager
Taurus is the Fixed Earth sign. Earth signs are pragmatic, grounded, conservative, and materialistic. Fixed signs are associated with determination, reliability, and willpower. They deal with life's problems by digging in, holding firm, and "staying the course." Thus Taurus brings a firm resolve (which a lot of folks call "stubbornness") to the lifestyle it creates.
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Dealing with Achievement, Structure, and Respect
A Saturn Return is literally a time when Saturn returns (hence the name) to the place it occupied in the sky when you were born. Saturn takes about two and a quarter to two and a half years to make a trip through one sign of the Zodiac ... and since there are twelve of them before it returns to the place of its beginnings, Saturn returns occur about every 28 to 30 years. This is another way in which cultural milestones and developmental astrological milestones are out of synch with one another.
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It's Elementary
The personalities of the Fire Signs -- Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius -- are indeed like the nature of fire itself. Dramatic, heated, passionate. Intense, active, vital, full of energy ... and quick-moving. Always on the go.
How is Your Water?
"How is Your Water?" This friendly greeting is common to every ancient and indigenous culture on Earth. Western scientists are now discovering what sustainable ancient civilizations and native peoples have always known -- that water is a living being.
Wireless Meditation
Top Five Tips for Wherever-Whenever Mindfulness
The problem with meditation is attachment. We get in the habit of needing our altar, favorite cushion, incense, CD, certain time of day, necessary length of time, or particular style of sitting. If we can't do it the "right" way, we tend to skip it altogether. We get so attached to the trappings that we get a little testy if we don't have everything just so.
Passing Thoughts
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."
~ Don Juan ~
Journey to Ixtlan -- Carlos Casteneda
Taurus
The Sign of the Money Manager
In mundane matters, Taurus is associated with having enough money to support yourself, arranging a comfortable and beautiful physical environment, planning your next moves to achieve your ambitions.
10 Ways to Stop Procrastinating
If you have a tendency to push things off, chances are you do it in your professional AND your social life. Best not to let it become a habit. Schedule your time appropriately. Have a calendar and mark down all important events and dates. Make daily schedules and to-do lists, but make sure you stick to them, or they become self-defeating, e.g., just something else to ignore.
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Your Place in the Major Arcana
Most Tarot decks show The Hierophant as a commanding, authoritative, capable figure of church authority, the "High Priest" of ecclesiastical power and position, worthy of the respect of those he leads and to whom he ministers ... and wise in his use of the influence he wields. If you are a Taurus, this figure is your mentor, the target of what you are aiming to become and understand. This archetype deals with the maintenance of established tradition and fulfilling your assigned social role.
This reading deals with the constructive use of Taurus energy -- an underlying concern of life for everyone at this time. It answers the request -- How can I use the assets I have to create the conditions / lifestyle / circumstances I want?
Print-friendly page for your individual reading -- On the One Hand ... and on the Other
Astrology for Real Life
Advice and Predictions from the Lunation in Taurus
Good grief! So far the opening days of Taurus have been a minefield of dead zones and doldrums. Long stretches of the Dark of the Moon, the Moon void of course. Sometimes both at once. And the beat continues for the next several weeks with the Moon void almost every other day for 8 - 15 hours at a clip -- most of the time affecting large parts of normal waking hours in the U.S.
Structure
What to expect and emphasize in 9 different areas of life during the coming month ... information to use ... important issues to consider. Concise and precise notes based on Real Contemporary Astrology not the silliness that masquerades as "horoscopes" in most newspapers and on other websites.
The Full Moon in Scorpio
Opposing The Sun in Taurus
Sunday, May 6th, 2012
The opposition between the Taurus Sun and the Scorpio Moon represents the basic division between "what's mine" and "what's ours." The energy of the Taurus Sun can be exceedingly possessive, money-conscious, materialistic, and jealous. Some issue of possession and ownership, your authority over your material assets, the control you have over your financial support may be front-and-center for a while.
Shadows in the Moonlight
The Full Moon and its Testy Temper
The aspect of the Sun opposing the Moon is the classic celestial phenomenon the rest of the world calls the Full Moon. The Full Moon symbolically highlights tension between two conflicting desires, ambitions, requirements, or sets of values -- each a respected and necessary part of life, and each somehow problematic for the other.
Expansion
What to expect and emphasize in 9 different areas of life during the coming month ... information to use ... important issues to consider. Concise and precise notes based on Real Contemporary Astrology not the silliness that masquerades as "horoscopes" in most newspapers and on other websites.
Mercury in Aries Sextile Venus in Gemini
Opposing Saturn in Libra
Sunday, May 6th, 2012
Well, Mercury will be bounding out of Aries near midnight on Tuesday ... so it needs to tidy up the last of its Cardinal Sign contacts ... and get ready for the easier, more productive work that awaits it in Taurus this year. These last two contacts are interesting.
What Your Garden Can Teach You About Your Life
It's spring and my thoughts turn to gardening. I have a vision of transforming my small deck into a flower garden. As the gardener, it's up to me to determine what kind of garden it will be. Will it be a lush, bountiful, fully blossoming garden or will it be scrawny, sparse and barely surviving? That will depend on the kind of environment I am willing to create for it.
Enjoy the Magic of Prosperity
Why does the money run out? Why doesn't passion stay around? Why doesn't health last? Perhaps because we're not playing. Instead, we're analyzing and strategizing. By not being innocent, open, willing, spontaneous and flexible, we kill the magic of natural prosperity.
Your Priorities Are Showing!
Everybody's heard the phrase, "get your priorities straight". But what does that mean? Often I've found, it means that whoever is saying it doesn't think you have HIS priorities at the top of your list.
6 amazing sights to see in the May night sky
Take a look at the night sky this month, and you'll see lots of amazing things. Venus is exceptionally easy to spot, and you can get a look at Vega, the second brightest star in the northern hemisphere. Mark your calendars for the afternoon of Sunday, May 20, when an annular eclipse zooms across the United States. It's an event you won't want to miss!
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How Will You Use the Tarot Today?
The Tarot has many different uses. The applications for its magic are limited only by the circumstances human life can encompass and whatever possibilities the human imagination can contain. I think you'll agree, that's quite a range. Most people know the Tarot as a forecasting tool ... often used "for fun" -- to tell the future
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Asking the Right Question
Getting the Best Answers from Your Tarot Reading
There's kind of an old half-joke philosophical saying that states ... sometimes getting the right answer means asking the right question. That's true in life and it's doubly true in working with the Tarot.
A Tarot reading is a reflection of life, a tool for handling life, a living breathing instrument that thrives on the energy of life, and if you treat it with respect, and communicate with it as it is best designed to understand ... and answer back, the Tarot can be as reliable and intelligent a counselor as any human friend.
Feng Shui Tips for Your Home Office
Choosing Your Work Space
Many home offices are set up in whatever space is available: in a corner of the bedroom, on the dining room table, down in the basement, or upstairs in the attic or in the guest bedroom. Some of these locations are fine places for a home office; others are not so great. Here are some guidelines to keep in mind when deciding where to set up your in-home workspace.
More Feng Shui Tips for Your Home Office
Setting up Your Work Space
The furnishings you choose for your home office - especially your desk and chair - can have a powerful influence on your ability to succeed and prosper. When setting up a home office, it can be tempting to use whatever extra furniture is on hand around the house or to economize with second-hand furnishings. Neither of these is a very good idea.
From the Panhala List
(Panhala is Hindi and roughly translates as "source of fresh water")
I do love beautiful art -- whether captured on film, done with paint, rendered in music or written in words. So, from time to time, pieces of that will appear here to share with you ... for those kindred souls who feel the same.
Taurus
The Sign of the Money Manager
Taurus is the second sign of the Zodiac. It follows Aries in the Zodiacal line-up. As a rule, the range of Taurus covers the time from April 20th until May 20th. It is a time of year that emphasizes growth and establishing physical support sources. It is associated with earning and spending income, acquiring possessions, and using material resources wisely.
Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Yard or Garden
Hummingbirds are a gardener's best friend. They are quiet, peaceful visitors to your garden, and their work is extremely important. As they drink the nectar from your flowers, they pick up small quantities of pollen and carry it to the next flower, thus performing the important task of pollination.
Astrology Encore
Twice the Complications
Sometimes we love people because they are like us. The relationship is easy. We understand each other. We seem to be in accord on our values about what's important in life ... and how to get our goals satisfied. We automatically "get" the other person. We see life through a similar enough lens that we mostly know where the other person is "focused" ... and what we can expect from him from one situation to the next.
How to Grow Wildflowers
n the past few years I've read about, and have seen more interest in wildflowers, so I figure it's about time I jump in and add my two cents ....
Steps to Extraordinary Personal Wealth
I recently came across startling figures about the average American's finances. Only 4% of us have significant savings when we hit age 65, and a majority of Americans have less than $1000 in savings.
Signs of the Times
Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius
Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius are the Fixed signs. Fixed signs ... as the name implies ... dig in and endure as their way of meeting challenge. They rely on their resourcefulness, their stamina, their stubbornness, their ability to withstand siege and simply outlast the opposition.
From the Panhala List
(Panhala is Hindi and roughly translates as "source of fresh water")
I do love beautiful art -- whether captured on film, done with paint, rendered in music or written in words. So, from time to time, pieces of that will appear here to share with you ... for those kindred souls who feel the same.
What's Not OK and Will Make YOU Not OK
If you want to do it, say yes. If you don't say no. It will save you tremendous energy over time, as resentment is one of the most draining, low-boil anger-generating things there is.
10 Things Never to Buy Again
We all know there are some products out there that were solely created for their convenience, no matter what the price the environment must pay. Here is a useful list of 10 commonly found household items that are bad for the environment and some alternative options so you can take action to make a better choice.
Ancient History
(This Stuff will be Gone Soon)
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Signs of the Times
The Virtues and the Downside of Taurus
Taurus is a good good money manager. This energy is stable, determined and faithful. It is also patient, practical and it loves creature comforts.
5 Ways to Get the Most From Your Outdoor Space at Night
I love to take visitors to my home for an afternoon stroll through my backyard. There is so much to see and hear, to smell and even taste! I grow a little bit of a lot of things, and the variety in my garden and landscape beds usually gets people curious and asking questions.
Ten Ways to Add Abundance
To Your Mind, Your Life and Your World
Abundance isn't something you find from the outside. Abundance begins within and radiates outward. Find the ways that increase your abundance inside. Add time to your day, simplify, or make a difference in the world. Gratitude multiplies. Find something in these ten ways to add abundance to your life and enjoy the positive results it will attract.
Steps to Becoming a Millionaire
As many people have observed, "Success leaves clues." If you want to achieve extraordinary success in the coming year, study the experts, do what they do, and modify their techniques to suit your particular situation. It's easy!
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Your Moon Sign
What is it ... and why is it important?
In Astrology, the Moon represents your emotions, your inner self, your instincts, habits, and reactions. The sign it occupied when you were born is your Moon Sign in your horoscope. Your Moon Sign describes character traits, feelings, and personal responses that are very familiar to you.
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What's It Worth to You?
When I first began to study Astrology, discussions of things like the Elements and Qualities, and the masculine and feminine signs, didn't interest me much. The stuff they talked about sounded too esoteric and abstract to hold my attention for any length of time. As a cut-to-the-chase Aries, I wanted a heaping helping of meat on my plate so I could dig in and learn something useful. Something useful to me, that is ... and this stuff wasn't it.
Steps to Becoming a Millionaire
There is perhaps no more important decision than to take charge of your own financial future. We live in a world of opportunity, and yet most Americans are buried in credit card and other debt.
Eve Still Lives in Eden
The Empress Card in the Tarot
The companion card for The Hierophant is The Empress, associated with Venus, a card that's easy to relate to in terms of loving, supportive, compassionate, nurturing energy. Just as The Emperor combines all the powers and virtues of the Kings of the Minor Arcana, so does the Empress depict the archetype of positive mothering energy ... and combine the powers and virtues of the Queens of the Minor Arcana.
This reading deals with the constructive use of Taurus energy -- an underlying concern of life for everyone at this time. It answers the request -- What can I do immediately to increase my income? Visit this link to review your personal Page 2 Tarot Reading on this question.
Our Featured Premium Members Tarot Presentation
There are probably as many ways to read Tarot cards as there are readers. And the lack of standards -- and consistency -- bothers me. In fact, the fact that this bothers me ... bothers me. I can't think of many other things in my life about which I feel such ambivalence -- and affection, all wrapped in a single issue.
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That Deck of Tarot Cards
Tarot cards can, indeed, reveal hidden truths and probabilities about an issue or a problem and forecast unfolding events and experiences, often with eerie accuracy. But they are not some bizarre bit of sorcery or weird fortune-telling device.
Signs of the Times
Sun, Moon or Ascendant in Taurus
Traditional Astrology associates Taurus energy with money. It's easy to see why. Taurus is possessive, acquisitive and practical. It loves its physical pleasures. It loves the things money can buy. No other sign in the Zodiac appreciates material reality with the gusto and joy of Taurus!! Taurus loves to make money. It loves to spend money. It loves to own stuff!!
Action
What to expect and emphasize in 9 different areas of life during the coming month ... information to use ... important issues to consider. Concise and precise notes based on Real Contemporary Astrology ... not the silliness that masquerades as "horoscopes" in most newspapers and on other websites.
Mercury Conjunct Uranus in Aries
Square Pluto in Capricorn
Sunday, April 29th, 2012
I have mixed feelings about this chart. As an Astrologer, I know how uncomfortable this Uranus / Pluto square will be, and here's Mercury stirring it up for a little while. As an intuitive though, I think this looks exciting ... because I'm looking beyond the chaos to the better days it will bring.
Deciding For Abundance
You're facing a tough decision. Leave a comfortable career, where money falls effortlessly into your savings account. Maybe you buy a new car every two years, enjoy a splurge-filled vacation each year, or give generously to your favorite charities.
The Two Things People Do That Create Financial Lack
And How To Stop Doing Them
You have a relationship with money that YOU are creating. Money is a neutral resource to which you give power. Your patterns with money are dictated by your beliefs, feelings and language about money.
Making the Most of The Sun in Taurus
The energy of the Sun in Taurus is steady, determined, and sensible. It encourages you to be calm, gentle, and kind. It brings extra focus to your financial habits, your possessions and the way you earn income.
Relationships, Partnerships, and Money
What to expect and emphasize in 9 different areas of life during the coming month ... information to use ... important issues to consider. Concise and precise notes based on Real Contemporary Astrology ... not the silliness that masquerades as "horoscopes" in most newspapers and on other websites.
The Sun in Taurus Sextile Neptune in Pisces
Trine Mars in Virgo Trine Pluto in Capricorn
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
Well, today is good for making progress. So is tomorrow. Yesterday ... not so much. So let me settle in and see what the fingers want to say about this lovely Grand Earth Trine ... with an extra sextile to Neptune as a bonus.
Stop Procrastinating
Most of us procrastinate at one time or another. There are many reasons why people procrastinate, but one of the reasons is that we find it harder to start something new than to maintain what we are already doing. Implement the strategies discussed in this issue to help you make progress on the things you would rather put off indefinitely.
Advice and Predictions from the Lunation in Taurus
Good grief! So far the opening days of Taurus have been a minefield of dead zones and doldrums. Long stretches of the Dark of the Moon, the Moon void of course. Sometimes both at once. And the beat continues for the next several weeks with the Moon void almost every other day for 8 - 15 hours at a clip -- most of the time affecting large parts of normal waking hours in the U.S.
The Enchanted Sprite
Our Online New Age Ezine
The Taurus Issue is ready!
The Enchanted Sprite is an online new age self-improvement ezine featuring articles on astrology, tarot, alternative health, self-improvement, mysticism, inspirational stories, and humor. It is published in conjunction with each change in the Zodiac Sun Sign. This is the new age ezine where new age thought and new age lifestyles thrive. This is a constant work-in-progress, with new additions, articles and features added throughout the thirty some-odd days of each astrology sign. Check back often to see what's new.
Got Abundance? (Want It?)
5 Essential Habits You Must Achieve to Create It
When we focus upon lack, we actually see more and more lack around us, and we actually feel that that is all that there is. On the other hand, when we focus upon abundance, we see more and more abundance, and we truly feel that that is what shows up in our lives.
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The Monthly Tarot Readings
For the time of Taurus
Eight to ten exclusive Tarot layouts ready to render advice on a question you choose for the interests and concerns of the current Zodiac sign. Let your intuition guide you as you ask this ancient oracle what the future has in store.
April 21 through April 25
The gracious, devoted, loyal, "stubborn and stable" Taurus-from-Aries person will have a quicker flashpoint to his temper, and be much more active than most Taureans, willing to seize the initiative and create the changes and results he wants to have right this very minute.
Forecast for the New Moon in Taurus
April 21, 2012 through May 20, 2012
A detailed monthly horoscope from Enchanted Spirit for your Sun Sign, written by a real astrologer, providing substantial and accurate information on the real life issues you will find and the prevailing attitudes you will meet in the upcoming month.
On the Horizon
Our monthly Astrology Ezine
Containing commentary, advice and predictions
for the month ahead
A detailed monthly horoscope from Enchanted Spirit for your Sun Sign, On the Horizon is written by a real astrologer, and provides substantial and accurate information on the real life issues you will find and the prevailing attitudes you will meet in the upcoming month.
It includes information on your intellectual interests and "what's on your mind," your social and financial concerns, and your best course of action to take to support your life's goals. This publication contains more than ten times the amount of information available on the free site. Join our Premium Membership today!!
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When it's time to stop blaming ...
Unfortunately, Astrology offers people looking for quick answers to the question of self-identity, superficial explanations for why they are the way they are, and something else to blame their problems on a whole lot of grist for the mill. I've watched this happen a lot in my time, including in my work with and attempt to educate and motivate one of my relatives.
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Different Strokes for Different Folks
"Different strokes for different folks" became a cliche catch-phrase back in the late '60's and '70's. Yes, there was a kernel of truth in it ... and maybe it was supposed to be tolerant and light-hearted. But for some reason it always rubbed me wrong, as if the often serious differences between people (and there were a bunch of painful examples in those days) could be solved with a silly sentence, tossed off by someone as he headed off in another direction.
The Bastion of Tradition
The Hierophant Card in the Tarot
The Hierophant (sometimes called The High Priest or The Pope) is card number 5 in the Major Arcana. Its correspondence to Taurus energy is obvious when you consider that this card represents social convention, conforming to group rules and traditions, and maintaining the status quo. Like the energy of Taurus, this is not a card -- or concept -- that deals well with upsets, surprises, change, departures from the norm ... or anybody rocking the boat.
This reading deals with the constructive use of Taurus energy -- an underlying concern of life for everyone at this time. It answers the request -- Please forecast the themes, trends, and experiences that lie ahead here in this time of Taurus 2012. Visit this link to review your personal Page 2 Tarot Reading on this question.
Intellectual Interests
What to expect and emphasize in 9 different areas of life during the coming month ... information to use ... important issues to consider. Concise and precise notes based on Real Contemporary Astrology ... not the silliness that masquerades as "horoscopes" in most newspapers and on other websites.
The New Moon in Taurus
Saturday, April 21st, 2012
The New Moon in Taurus is a double dose of stability, grounding, and focus on the practical use of material resources. The predominant energy now shifts from starting new projects and ventures ... to finding the money and other supporting elements these efforts will need to flourish ... or at least sustain themselves.
Million Dollar Gift Giving
So you just barely survived Christmas and Valentine's Day, and now Mother's Day and Father's Day are right around the corner. Every time you turn around, it seems that another gift-giving occasion is looming on the horizon. Birthdays, weddings, baby showers, anniversaries, graduations-whew! Just thinking about it is enough to send you and your budget into a tailspin.
Building Dependability
What does dependability mean to you? How does it feel when someone does not return your call or e-mail? What happens when someone tells you they'll do something and they fail to deliver? Can you depend upon yourself to deliver?
Seven Tips For Negotiating Your Next Raise
Know what's important to the company and to your boss. I once heard a story about a person who was hired to promote a line of products. He was super-successful! Then he found out that the company just kept those products as a loss-leader for image. They had no desire to expand that product line.
Astrology for Real Life
The New Moon in Taurus is a double dose of stability, grounding, and focus on the practical use of material resources. The predominant energy now shifts from starting new projects and ventures ... to finding the money and other support these efforts will need in order to flourish.
Horoscopes for when the Sun is in Taurus
April 19 - May 20
Learn what's in store for your Sun Sign this month -- what to expect, where to put your attention, how to get more done and get more out of life!
Everyday Astrology
The Celestial Event of the New Moon
In both astronomy and astrology, the celestial phenomenon known as the New Moon occurs at the exact moment the Sun and the Moon occupy precisely the same point in the sky-map of the Zodiac -- the same degree and minute of arc in a particular sign. In Astrology, this aspect of alignment is known as a conjunction.
The New Moon in Taurus
Taurus Energy in the Creative Process
As the Moon in Aries wanes and moves steadily toward renewal by joining again with the Sun, now in Taurus, there is a corresponding shift in the focus of energy on earth away from the initiations, new beginnings, pioneering efforts, "planting seeds" that dominated last month's experiences. Astrology Sign Taurus energy is the next step in the year-long creative process of growth and evolution. The New Moon in Taurus is the next increment of development after the exuberant declaration of existence.
The text of our exclusive online class and audio presentations on Moon Phases is now available from Amazon as a Kindle / Ebook. Read it on your Kindle reader, or on your computer as an Ebook. Learn a more conscious way of pacing your life. Work with the natural rhythms of ebb and flow that are an integral part of our world. Get your copy of Racing with the Moon today!
Financial Fitness
Are You Exercising the Right Muscles to become Financially Fit?
Are your financial muscles well toned and healthy or flabby and weak? Do you want to change your relationship with money so you can have control over your financial future or do you want to continue to complain that you don't have enough? Exercise these 10 muscles to achieve Financial Fitness.
Zodiac Sign Forecasts for Mercury in Aries
Where are the Cosmic Citizens in the sky right now ... and what does this mean to you? Find clear, accurate predictions and advice to help you work with the energy of this planet-in-sign combination.
The Virtues and The Downside of Mercury in Aries
When Mercury is in Aries, ideas are assertive, and enthusiastic. Thinking shows independence, initiative, and pioneering spirit. All by itself, this energy is decidedly adventurous, and encourages bold, candid opinions.
The Sun and Moon conjunct in Taurus
Imagine yourself walking through a lush, green field of tall grass ... a meadow surrounded by trees in the full leaf of spring or early summer. The day is comfortably warm. The sun is welcoming. Wildflowers are sprinkled like tiny colored jewels in the grass. You decide to sit beneath a huge shade tree for a few minutes and rejoice in the natural beauty all around you.
Oracles at Enchanted Spirit
Yearly Forecast for Taurus
(But readings for all others signs are here, too!)
Welcome to a special piece of mystical magic!! The new readings for Aries are ready and waiting. Get advice for the coming year from our terrific Numerology / Tarot Oracle. Other signs, review your reading as you watch the future unfold! All you need is your birthday to learn what's in store for you!
The Circle of Life
The Zodiac Signs and the New Moon's Journey
Our Happy Birthday and New Moon audio presentations are now available from Amazon in a Kindle / Ebook. Read it on your Kindle reader, or on your computer as an Ebook. The Circle of Life is an entertaining journey through the Zodiac signs.
Twelve different chapters discuss how the Sun in each sign describes the different personalities of the natives born under each sign, and twelve companion chapters trace the travels of each New Moon as the annual cycle of Life's great creative scheme unfolds. Get your copy of The Circle of Life today!
Home, Family, and Private Life
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The Sun in Taurus
Friday, April 20th, 2012
The Sun in Taurus brings a calmer pace and more interest in easy livin'. When the Sun is in Taurus, people are unusually persistent, practical, purposeful, and determined. Their actions and attitudes are steady, powerful, dependable, and "conserving of energy and resources" -- especially their own.
Solar Flares
Your Sun Sign
What is it ... and why is it important?
In Astrology, the Sun represents your basic personality, the central cluster of traits and interests, strengths and personal issues that color and influence the various other parts of your character -- the inner selves and different roles described by the nine other planets in your horoscope. The Sun is an important component in Astrology, but as you see ... it is only one player among many.
When the Sun is in Taurus
The Sun represents your ego, your self-image. The sign it occupied in the Zodiac when you were born is your Sun Sign. The traits of that sign will help define the basic qualities of your character. The Zodiac sign the Sun occupies in the sky at any given time will focus you and your interests on certain "generic matters" ... again defined by the sign itself. Learn more about real life attitudes and experiences when The Sun is in Taurus.
Happy Birthday, Taurus!!
Happy Birthday, Taurus!! You are the birthday child this month. So settle back in your easy chair. Arrange some comfy pillows all around you. Get your remote control where you can reach it easily when you're done with this. Got something to drink? A snack or two close at hand? How 'bout some background music? How about a bit of incense, or a scented candle to freshen the air? You do love your sensory pleasures, after all. And you don't need something as special as a birthday for an excuse to indulge yourself, but it helps.
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