102 posts tagged “weekly horoscope” (page 2)

First off, I totally second this:

If there were a single 'issue' I'm most motivated to 'work on' in this ceaseless quest for self-development (and let's not discard that the very sense of needing to 'work on' myself feeds right into this anxious need for control), it would be this wasteful expenditure of mental effort made toward entertaining anxious thoughts. As I see it, this behavior is, pure and simple, a difficulty with enjoying life in the moment. A terror that, should I only stop planning and fussing for too long a moment, I will thwart my delicate balancing act of 'keeping it all together' and some catastrophe will strike, which will surely be my fault for not having foreseen its possibility and wisely headed it off at the pass. A pessimistic lack of faith in my ability to handle the twists and turns of life as they arise. An uncomfortable relationship with spontaneity.

Yeah, been there, been doing this. Am trying to stop. Clearly, all my worrying is still not producing A Plan for me, and after years of worry, if I can't figure it out now, I guess I'm not gonna any time soon or far. Might as well stop and live in the moment. If disaster strikes, either I manage a miraculous ass pull, I go home to Mommy, or I can't save myself and I guess I drown because I'm unable to do it. What else can I say?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If I had to elect one member of the zodiac tribe to make the big speech or deliver the important message this week, I'd cast my vote for you, Taurus. This blend of astro-factors virtually ensures you would serve as the most dynamic, magnetic and entertaining feature-presenter—that is, as long as whatever's being publicly promoted isn't a self-serving appeal for more money, greater responsibility or some other goodies that'll line your pockets or bolster your banked balance. What spurs me to throw in this add-on, incidentally, is the 2nd-to-5th-house square between Mars and Saturn that's currently forming… an inhibiting influence over any assertive attempts to personally profit (in real dollars-and-cents or in enhanced esteem), due to possible misreadings of your perceived confidence (as either an insincere act to help you get what you want or as out-and-out arrogant self-importance). Count any immediate self-serving profit out of the equation, however, and you merely come across as a passionate believer in whatever cause has led you to the podium, with the inimitable ability to win over casual allies and complete strangers alike, simply because you know just how to talk to 'em with that salt-of-the-earth realness. Tone down any concern with what you'll gain for yourself. Amp up your investment in 'the right thing' being accomplished. Everything should transpire swimmingly.

SCORPIO (October 23-November 21): Let's say a jury of your peers was watching. Would you still go for the proverbial jugular, though it's clearly the most efficient and effective place to head if you're hoping to score a surefire checkmate? Would you be willing to face their scornful eyes, their dispassionate sentencing (in the name of supposed 'justice'), their righteous imaginings of themselves as so much more ethically sound and superior than someone as momentarily ruthless or unconscionable as you? For the record, Scorpio, I think such a hypothetical jury would find it much easier to wax morally high-brow in the contrived context of a courtroom than to actually proceed down any 'higher' road than the one you'd take, were they to find themselves in your position. Ought you sit on your hands and let whoever represents 'the other side' waltz right in and take advantage of you? Not in the slightest. I only phrase your week's horoscope in these judicial terms to point out there's more to a favorable verdict than merely disarming your apparent adversary. For the absolute best results (i.e., you get what you want, and there are no loose strings left hanging), you've also got to keep in mind a parallel consideration: how you'd most smartly explain yourself to folks outside the heated center of the situation, so they would retain their respect in you. Forget, for a second, about the fact that there may actually be people who are indeed observing (perhaps from an invisible vantage-point on the sidelines) what is transpiring with you and You-Know-Who. For simplicity's sake, use the hypothetical jury as your testing-ground, rehearsing the right words to sympathetically detail why you might've needed to take a relatively harsh approach to defending your ground. By following this exercise, you'll ensure you've got your story down straight.

Planet Waves:

Tonight’s total eclipse (Wednesday in many zones outside the United States) of the Sun in the last degree of Cancer represents a point of demarcation in our lives. It’s one of those rare points in time where we will be able to say, “Before this, things were one way, and after this, they are the new way.” I think this will work even if we’re not ‘consciously’ aware of the process; we’re standing in a doorway, a portal, and the past is on one side and the present is on the other.

Today is a day where it would make sense to look at your life and decide what you want to move on from. Based on the possibilities you see in the world, some of which may have just presented themselves to you recently, it is a day when you can take a step toward what you want to move on to: what circumstances, ideas, people, places and modes of self-expression you want to embrace.

The biggest secret in the universe is not that it’s your life; it’s where to find the tools to make it so. Really there is only one: the power of decision. Every small move means a lot.

Oh, and uh, my horoscope there:

Scorpio (Oct. 23- Nov. 22)
Imagine that the hang-ups you are processing are not your own. They feel like your own, but I’m proposing a psychic or psychological maneuver to give you a little distance and to assess things in a way that is fairer to yourself. Here is the issue as I see it. You are still drowning in your mother’s insecurities. She overcompensated for those insecurities by trying to control the entire universe, including you. I would not be surprised if this made her sick, mentally or physically. The vector of control was a mixture of emotional manipulation and applied ignorance. The remedy is to ask for what you want, state your goals honestly and make sure you take responsibility for knowing what you’re supposed to know, and for putting that information to work. You keep telling yourself you have actual goals, one of which has recently come back into focus. These three simple techniques will get you a lot closer to them.

Hah. Well, duh.

Examiner general forecast:

For the next three years, this eclipse will make you more aware of the bass notes of your life. The subwoofer of reality will sound a strong note of echoing belief systems programmed into you from your heritage, family of birth, and consensus reality brain washing.

There will be a deleting process in the beginning, then a defragmenting, and eventually a cleaned up hard-drive (only the programs that work will run) to face the new vistas, new worlds to explore, and a new start on life. Don’t resist what falls away and clatters out of your life at this time. What falls apart now, was broken to begin with and what issues are in your face these days are those injured in the past, painful points in our psyches we guard and protect from harm, that have drained all our energy.

This is one last painful press on those “buttons” to release them forever.

The energy released will be phenomenal and you will be surprised how much creative genius is let loose. Long-standing problems will find solutions, your mind will function clearly and no longer will you be so willing to follow consensus reality like a sheep to slaughter, but create a renaissance of creativity and invention.

And the horoscope:

Scorpio

The bass note sounding over the next three years is: “I’ve confirmed I have a great gut instinct, intuition and knew the truth about reality the day I was born, I dipped my toe hesitantly in the waters of social reality for years, sometimes engaged, sometimes bored stiff with the stupidity around me and now I’m ready to come out in full force and take on the world”

You’ve got the answer, you always had. Your silent glare always contained the truth, if only someone could have the guts to look you straight in the eye without turning to dust. You didn’t waste a lot of energy all these years –correction- you didn’t use all your energy all these years, because you knew, if it came out full force, the world would be a desert.

In any case, the critical lesson was that some last tweaks of the bomb you’re going to drop on the world were just what were needed. You knew that, but then again you don’t like wasting time with fools. So, you waited, smiled, everyone thought you were the sweetest thing. Well, no, I’m lying. They were afraid of you and especially afraid when you were nice. Your presence in a room was like how the platform feels right before the train arrives. You rumble when you walk.

Behind the scenes of this Solar Eclipse, the Sun is going to send a blast of creative force and like a Solar Flare beam down your magnetic power to Earth. You will become a magnet for “moving the masses.” They won’t know what hit them and like a fly to a spider’s web be hypnotized by your truth. No ifs, ands, or buts, no calling you enigmatic or strange. The truth will hit them speechless and you no longer have to hide behind your enigmatic silence or forceful controlling tirades.

Whatever you do over the next three years will be recognized for its depth. Doors open, freedom to pursue anything you want is there and some cool successful people have your back. Just don’t get pulled into over-inflated schemes and let go of the stories that limited your perception of what is possible in this world. You were right about this being a world of blind fools, but you were wrong that this world wouldn’t eventually embrace you. Just go large, big crowds, mass media, personal creations that take the world by storm, the next 1 million hit YouTube video, the next photo that travelled the world, the performance that blew them all away. You know what and where you have to do it.

This is scary freaking accurate.

Seven remedies for eclipse season.

If the eclipse takes a shot at your planet.

Scorpio (Oct. 23- Nov. 22)
Open your heart and mind to a gentle Universe beckoning you to explore the unknown. Rather than any physical space this is about you feeling at home in this world regardless of where you are. If home is where the heart is, yours seems to be calling you beyond your comfort zone. Have faith in your own dedication to a mission as you turn a corner within a financial or intimate situation. You may fear falling into an abyss but your ability to face your fears is a tale of courage for a world starved for truth. Be bold and honest, as you dive into a divine mystery. You will find it only swirls you right back up to the top, unveiling to you your rightful place in the world.

Expect more questions than answers this week. We're still in a liminal realm, caught between a Lunar and Solar Eclipse, and this "land of in between" continues to produce a strange psychic stress that exacerbates survival issues. Of course, there is nothing new about survival issues. Here, on Planet Earth, most of us wrestle every day with how to survive. But this week, and for the next several weeks, those concerns take on a heightened intensity as they expand to include existential as well as financial concerns. So don't be surprised if you're wrestling with choices about how to live in a world whose old structures seem to be dissolving before new ones can replace them. The good news is that this liminal space, while transitional, is also highly creative; the struggle to make sense of and adjust to our current situation provides plenty of opportunities to break free from what enslaves, whether those chains are physical, psychological, or spiritual. The best way to use this time is to notice your reactions. Are they habitual? Motivated by anxiety? How do you handle the fear? While it may be uncomfortable probing your personal pattern, if you underscore your investigation with an intention to grow, your capacity to transform unconscious reactions into aware responses will increase.

This week's horoscope...

TAURUS The Solar Eclipse facilitates a catharsis; so don't be surprised if you find yourself blurting out previously withheld opinions. Because others may be experiencing the same need to "share," you may need to listen as intensely as you speak.

SCORPIO The Solar Eclipse offers opportunities to deepen your devotion to the divine. But this process is not as simple as it sounds; it will require a renewed commitment, as well as diligent discipline.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Nervous energy is not a good reason to fill silent moments with more words, some of which might prove to be so beside the point as to come off oddly obtrusive. Leave such silences in their naturally strained state, Taurus, and forget about coming to the social rescue. Taking responsibility for smoothing out social floundering or bumbling is unnecessary… and, though I can't pinpoint exactly why this might be the case, I sense it could actually work against your public reputation. Perhaps assuming the obligation for others' conversational momentum is too unnecessarily presumptuous? Perhaps you might say something strangely sensitive in a nervous moment? I know I'm being somewhat cryptic here, and I apologize for that, though I think it's better that I share with you what strikes me even if I can't make heads or tails of it myself. I wonder if the real core of the message rests somewhere in the notion of worrying about your personal comfort levels first, rather than stepping needlessly over the boundary into someone else's mind-space in a (faulty?) demonstration of how solidly you can care for everyone's comfort. After a recent spell of being so very much involved in what's going on 'out there with them', maybe this is the start of concerning yourself more directly with what's going on in here with you?

Note to self: DO NOT TALK.

Scorpio (Oct. 23- Nov. 22)
What has a back has a front — in this dimension. If you expand your awareness to include a wider array of possibilities, everything can change. True, it’s simpler to think in binary terms; in linear concepts; but you would be missing most of the story if you do. You are about to enter a world of possibilities, and that world may seem like a hall of mirrors, where it’s unclear whose feelings belong to whom and what results will come from certain actions. It would help to remember that many more possibilities exist than you can currently observe, both personal and professional. You may not be able to see them right away, but you will be able to feel them: in the form of tension with people you encounter. If you notice any form of polarity, or a pull toward someone, or even a negative sentiment like resentment or jealousy, explore it; look right at it, and speak to it clearly.

Getting involved    
This influence favors love relationships and the formation of friendships. It indicates a balance in your life between self-assertion and the need to relate to others. In a sexual relationship this balance is manifested by your ability to give and receive equally. In friendships you can be yourself without difficulty. Creative activities are also favored by this influence. If you are not artistic, you may spend the day working to beautify your immediate surroundings. This influence may bring about financial opportunities, particularly for investment in a new and unique venture. Your own individuality is best expressed by getting involved, financially or emotionally, in projects that are different and innovative.
Venus Sextile Mars, ,
activity period from 9 July 2009 to 10 July 2009

Sounds good for working on crafts today. Too bad there's no shot on the relationships factor, eh?

A bit wild    
Weak, transient effect: Today during the day the quality of time arouses an independent and rebellious spirit in you. You are inclined to do exactly the opposite of what someone suggests and to reject whatever others say simply because they said it. For the same reasons you are impatient with restraints, duties and responsibilities. There is a great need to be free and to do something very different, maybe even a little bit wild. You have a strong craving for excitement with this influence, and you may act in ways that you would never consider in a more sober mood. This could be either good or bad, of course, depending on how conservative you usually are and how unusual or outrageous the action. For some people this can be a very liberating influence. For others it is a bit too much.
Moon Square Uranus, , exact at 14:08
activity period from 9 July 2009 to 10 July 2009

A serious mood    
Weak, transient effect: Today during the day your feelings and emotions are much more intense, but at the same time your sensitivity is stimulated. You feel everything much more powerfully than usual, and you are not likely to take your feelings or anyone else's lightly. It puts you in a serious mood and makes you seek the most powerful and intimate encounters with another. Sexual relationships may be considerably enriched, because this influence enables you to get past the superficial levels of communication that may have been driving you and your loved one apart. In this way you can again feel as one. In general, life will call you to approach it with some passion and feeling. And if you can respond, it can be a very rich and rewarding experience in which you learn much about your feelings.
Moon Trine Pluto, , exact at 14:05
activity period from 9 July 2009 to 10 July 2009

Problem. I am pretty much about to blow UP today and am trying to avoid other human beings as much as possible (see below). This may not be possible though. Better odds during the day if I don't move around much, impossible at night.

A close look    
This is a good time to retire by yourself to your own private place. You seek and need comfort from the demands of the outside world, and having a pleasant relaxing time at home is probably the best way to accomplish this. Also this is a good time to go inside yourself and look at your attitudes, feelings and emotional orientation toward the world around you. You could do this by trying to bring out into the open those elements of yourself that usually remain hidden within you. But you could possibly become so overwhelmed by these elements that nothing of value will be accomplished. This is not so likely to happen, however, if you make the effort to look inside yourself consciously.
Moon in the 4th House,  4, from 01:53 
activity period from 9 July 2009 to 11 July 2009

Problem: I'd love to do this, but I have to work all day and night on Thursdays. No home for me, no refuge from the demands of the outside world. I am getting little to no weekdays off all summer (yesterday should have been one, but wasn't) and ARGH. Why do I do this to myself?

Tempo increase    
Weak, transient effect: Today during the day this influence is likely to increase the tempo of your social intercourse for a few hours. You find it relatively easy to verbalize your feelings. If you have a problem or situation that you cannot handle, this is a good time to take it to a sympathetic friend. Getting another viewpoint will help you. And, of course, you may do the same for someone else. Often this time is filled with news from friends or with letters and phone calls. Actually you are attracting communication from every conceivable corner of your life. This is a good time to write letters to the people you feel strongly about. But some people under this influence become so passive that it is difficult to take such an initiative. Their tendency is to allow others to take the initiative.
Moon Sextile Mercury, , exact at 14:13
activity period from 9 July 2009 to 10 July 2009

Well, I e-mailed my shrink...

Selflessness    
Weak, transient effect: This influence makes you very sensitive to other people's moods, and if you are at all psychic you will be more sensitive in this regard as well. But with this sensitivity, you have to be careful about the people you are with. On the other hand, it is good to be with friends whom you are devoted to. This quality of time can signify selflessness and genuinely caring for others without regard for your own needs, and this is not done in a martyred spirit. You feel great sympathy and compassion for those who are in need, and are willing to help either personally or through working with a charitable group. This influence may also arouse your daydreaming tendencies. Tonight you may wish to be by yourself and retire into your own private inner world, or you may wish to talk about your daydreams with friends.
Moon Sextile Neptune, , exact at 20:34
activity period from 9 July 2009 to 10 July 2009

*sigh*

Subjective concerns    
Weak, transient effect: This morning you would like to be at home with your immediate family. It is not a good time to have to put yourself on display, show off a talent or make a presentation to others. But if you can bring someone into your immediate circle, that is, into your most intimate environment, you will feel that it is easier to deal with him or her. You feel a strong need to be on "your own turf." However, this influence does present an opportunity for you to be alone and to decide how you really feel about various matters. Your own feelings will be so strong and will influence your perception so much that it will be hard for you to escape them. Obviously your subjective concerns will take precedence over the demands of the outside world now, but this is as it should be.
Moon Opposition Med.Coeli, , exact at 01:53
activity period from 8 July 2009 to 9 July 2009

Note how it all ties together? Crazy wacky emotional day, YOU SHOULD STAY IN THE HOUSE...can't. Whee.

Same Lunar Phase as in the Natal Chart    
The day on which the Sun and Moon make the same angle as in your natal chart is considered by some astrologers as especially fertile and favourable for conception. The exact time of this Lunar phase as well as the preceding 24 hours are considered the most fertile. But even during the 3 days leading up to the exact time women should be especially receptive to conception.
According to this theory it is possible not only to find the ideal day for conception, but also to predict the child's gender. If the Moon is in a 'masculine' sign at this time (i.e. in Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius or Aquarius), it is more likely that a boy will be conceived. The Moon in a 'feminine' sign (Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn or Pisces) makes it more likely that a girl will be conceived.
Same lunar phase as natal (Aquarius), , exact at 11:35
active only on 9 July 2009

Oh HELL NO. On second thought, it's a good thing I have no opportunities for action today.

How it ought to be     ***
Valid during many months: This influence will make you drive yourself and others around you to attain success, excellence or preeminence in some way. It represents the drive to actualize an ideal you hold about how the world ought to be. The danger of this influence is that you may become arrogant and domineering toward those around you, as if you were a kind of superwoman, above all morality and law except your own.
Before you try to improve everyone around you, strive to improve yourself, which you can do under this influence. Gain a greater understanding of truth in your world, but do not try to force your views on others. And in pursuing your own conception of excellence, don't try to prevent others from attaining theirs.
In particular, avoid any behavior that could get you into trouble with the law. If you decide to become a law unto yourself, the law of society may have to stop you. Even civil suits should be avoided, if possible, because it will be difficult for you to present a winning case at this time.
You may have a strong desire to manipulate others, not because you want to convince them of your belief in an ideal state of being, but simply because you don't have enough respect for their rights as individuals. Don't proceed as if you had a superiority complex, for that will only cause others to gang up on you and try to destroy you.
It would be a pity to waste this influence on any of its negative manifestations, because it really does give you an opportunity to make yourself over according to your ideals. You can undergo a total spiritual regeneration and achieve a greater understanding of yourself and your place in the universe. And your relations with others will be an integral part of the process. Each new meeting and even encounters with old friends and loved ones will show you more about the path of development that you should take.
Pluto Opposition Jupiter, ,
activity period from middle of March 2008 until middle of October 2010

Huh?

Keep it simple     ***
Valid during many months: This influence signifies a time of great uncertainty and possible confusion. Your objectives are unclear, and you may feel incapable of coping with even the ordinary details of your everyday life.

Pretty much.

One of the best ways to cope with this influence is to make your everyday life as simple as possible, because you are so easily overwhelmed at this time.

See above for how well that's going.

This is not a time of robust confidence. You are questioning almost every aspect of your life, particularly your goals and ambitions, your ability to attain them and even whether you are worthy of attaining them.
At the same time you may feel that your universe is constructed in such a way that you cannot ever live up to your ideals. Disappointment, discouragement and pessimism are all likely effects of this influence.

Yup.

The danger is that this kind of negative thinking may actually undermine your effectiveness in your work or other important activities. Feeling insecure often creates circumstances in which you really are insecure. Do not take things so seriously! Your negative state of mind is probably not justified by the facts of your life. This is just one of those times when your spirits seem to sag.
You should try to hang on without making any permanent decisions or commitments on the basis of your current pessimistic views. In a short time, you will understand that right now your view of reality is changing in a way that ultimately should be very constructive, although it does not seem so now. About two years from now, you will be able to make constructive changes in your life based upon your new understanding. This is probably not the best time to make changes.

Probably not, but I'm afraid that if I don't start working on it, I'm doomed. Then again, I already feel doomed. Fuckola, I don't know.

Saturn Square Neptune, ,
activity period from middle of October 2008 until end of July 2009

Clearing the air     *
Valid during several weeks: During this time there is tension in your life, but it can be used creatively if you are conscious of what you are doing. If you are not, this influence can signify a time of conflicts, especially with those closest to you, such as your partner and others whom you must cooperate with. Even your intimate, positive relationships may suffer at this time. The problem is that you will find it difficult to give in and compromise as necessary to proper cooperation. In any close relationship, there is often too much compromise, so that the real complaints and grievances are not aired, which in the long run tends to weaken even a fine relationship. Now is the time when these repressed grievances can be brought out into the open, which should result in a real clearing of the air between you.
Mars in the 7th House,  7,
activity period from beginning of June 2009 until 14 July 2009

Also a problem. Hence the yelling.

Taurus (April 19- May 20)
You may be wondering if you would have the acceptance of the public if you actually followed your creative instincts. The public can be as small as your immediate circle of friends, to the people you would meet at a party, to a much wider audience. Will they accept you as you are, with your core idea intact? Or do you fear any potential judgment from them? Are you as skilled or knowledgeable as you need to be, to pursue a certain project? This fear in particular could be damaging. It's best not to keep that kind of fear in the shadows; bring it out where you can see it, and deal with it consciously. Both your talent and your calling have the ability to change the world. That's really what you're feeling; the shadow has nothing to do with ethics, per se. It's about whether you trust yourself with power.

Scorpio (Oct. 23- Nov. 22)
It's one thing to say that Agatha Christie sold more books than anyone or anything besides the Bible; it's another to acknowledge that people love a mystery. For some time a situation has been developing that has perplexed your mind and your feelings, and continues to do so. Over the next 24 hours, look for a clue. It will come in the form of someone acting 'out of character', which will in fact reveal their true character. This may be someone you've known for a long time, even a sibling, a cousin or a neighbor. Trust that your intuition is guiding you, and if you get the feeling that the idea would make a good book, start writing.

"For the last several months, every time I sit down to write this column I am perplexed about what to write. I have the format down: Identify the themes, describe how they play out, and then offer up practical advice about how to handle the news. Or, as a good friend once said, "Ralfee's column: First paragraph — life sucks; second paragraph, life sucks; and so forth until the end, which reads, 'Here's what you can do about it. And be nice.'

Okay, on to the weekly horoscopes...

TAURUS External uncertainty could trigger internal angst, especially if you're looking for guarantees about your future. Rather than worry, stay present. If you show up in integrity, the future will take care of itself.

SCORPIO You can call your current situation a crisis of faith or you can consider it an opportunity to shift out of old mental patterns and into a new mindset. This is a no-brainer: Give up what doesn't work.

Also, this week's Psychic Dream:

TAURUS

If you get your ass in gear and delve into your rough inner currents, you will not only be rewarded with a more crystalline sense of self, but also the foundation for taking your relationships to the next level. Know who you are so you don't misrepresent yourself, then be clear so you don't have to backtrack.

SCORPIO

It's anxiety versus TLC in Scorpio-Ville, and my money is on the tender lovin' care. Your knee-jerk reactions to the unknown are in high gear this week, and you need to nurture them into submission. Instead of bullying yourself when the going gets rough, shower kindness and patience on your fraidy parts. It'll help.

Taurus (April 19- May 20)
You're entering mysterious territory that may at once feel dreamy, lonely, fulfilling and empty. You may be wondering how one cluster of experience can have so many different properties. Let go of any doubt that there's something off within your own perception -- this is indeed a strange dimension you're at the edges of, and you're not going to come out the same person. What will mainly be challenged is your notion of stability, which on most days tends to be wound up a little too tight to do you much good. You'll feel better, learn more and be more productive if you allow yourself to be a different person every day and perhaps from hour to hour: with a changeable concept of what you want and need, of what hurts you, and what will heal your soul. Or simply, a mutable concept of who you really are inside.

Scorpio (Oct. 23- Nov. 22)
Move carefully through the relationship territory of the next week or two. A partner may seem more willing to experiment, to dare or to be thrown wide open than you are. This may be unsettling, particularly if you are in the mood to be cautious, to weigh every emotion and to doubt your right to feel passion. If you're not fully conscious (which is an abundant possibility), the differences between you and others could result in an actual fracture or split. You can help by maintaining your flexibility, and knowing when you're reacting instead of responding (that is easy -- reactions are fast and responses are more gradual). Take the opportunity to follow instead of lead.