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Astrology July 3, 2014: When Saying “No” Really Means “Yes” – Pluto Aspects

03 Thursday Jul 2014

Posted by Patrice Thompson in Astrology July 2014

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astrology for july 3 2014, setting up boundaries, Sun opposite Pluto, values, Venus quinqunx Pluto

“Because after you’ve crossed some lines, you just keep crossing them.” Chuck Palahnuik

COSMIC WATCH:

Sometimes uttering a firm or polite “No” to others is the equivalent of saying a giant “Yes” to ourselves. “No” can serve as a trusty lifesaver for us as we learn to set or re-set appropriate limits or boundaries around us that are necessary for our own self-care and survival.

Also, with two notable “Pluto” aspects occurring, over the next couple of days, we may want to make sure that we have that “No” word ready to go, as needed, as part of our official behavioral toolkit, as thorny control or power (Pluto) issues may now gravitate to the forefront. Too, as we all know, relationships are always a two-way street, and that if we want others to kindly respect our boundaries, we must do the same with them.

Today, we have Venus in the travel and communication sign of Gemini quinqunx to Pluto in Capricorn, which rules business, government, and authority figures (4:15 pm EDT). The quinqunx is regarded as more of an adjustment aspect, meaning that something under the relationship (Venus) hood, be it in business or the personal realm, may need to be re-set or re-aligned, at this time, as something is likely not flowing quite right. It could just be that our own attitude or state of mind is what’s amiss, with Venus in the mental sign of Gemini, which rules our thoughts and ideas. In this case, we may also want to think about re-visiting our values, which Venus also governs, and see if we are still on track with them via living out our life as an honest expression of what we truly value or hold dear to us. Venus-Pluto may just be showing us that, indeed, our internals have changed and what we held as important to us, in the past, is no longer the case.

Too, with Venus also ruling our money and possessions, we may want to watch over our expenditures, more closely now; or perhaps closely examine what it is that we may want to suddenly purge or rid ourselves of. Pluto’s energy has more of a compulsive feel to it. We may feel that we must act on something now, that things can no longer wait!

Some other possible “shadow-type” manifestations with Venus-Pluto: greed, manipulation, intense jealousy; being overly possessive. On the positive side, Venus-Pluto can demand that we become absolutely honest with ourselves, and face the full truth of our situation or circumstances, which, in the end, can be very liberating and empowering for us, even though it may not be the easiest thing to do, in the moment.

Fortunately, the Moon is still also in logical, rational Virgo, for another day. This energy may help to diffuse some of the potential emotionalism or possible fall-out of the more heated Venus-Pluto configuration.

Meanwhile, on Friday, we also have the Sun in its annual opposition to Pluto. But, more on that next time.

Who would you like to say “No” to, and why?

Famous July 3 Birthdays: Tom Cruise, Julian Assange, Gloria Allred, Elizabeth Edwards.

“She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.” Elizabeth Edwards.

Enjoy your Thursday!

Patrice Thompson

Daisy Gerber

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Source Notes:

Daisy Gerber photo: http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1415550

Edwards: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6439373.Elizabeth_Edwards

Birthdays: http://www.astro.com/

Palahnuik: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/boundaries?page=3

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Astrology July 2, 2014: Getting Our Affairs In Order With The Virgo Moon

02 Wednesday Jul 2014

Posted by Patrice Thompson in Astrology July 2014

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astrology for july 2 2014, creating order, horoscope july 2 2014, Moon in Virgo, Moon sextile Pluto, solving mysteries

“We adore chaos because we love to produce order.” M. C. Escher

COSMIC WATCH:

While many of us may have a distinct preference for order over chaos, being able to actually design or decipher that order, in the face of challenging disarray, can often seem like a gargantuan task for some us to accomplish, at least initially, as we begin to sort through the mayhem to see exactly what we have going on under the heap.

Fortunately, today’s Moon in “logical, systematic” Virgo can serve as a jump-start to help us lay claim to the “natural order of things.” The Virgo energy, which symbolically governs the digestive system in the body, naturally has an affinity for breaking things down into manageable, bite-size parts. Too, once elements are dis-assembled or broken down, we are better able to see how all the individual pieces fit together to form the whole of something. We also simultaneously learn where things need to be sequenced or pieced together, in the future, so that we can have more of a flowing or proper order around us.

With intellectual Mercury, the ruler of today’s Virgo Moon, also now direct, as of yesterday, in “curious” Gemini, even though it’s still in its shadow phase for two more weeks, this forward motion of the “Winged Messenger” can further help us with our problem-solving faculties, as our thoughts and ideas take on greater clarity. Additionally, the Virgo Moon’s sextile to “investigative” Pluto, this evening (6:20 pm EDT), bodes well for our ability to solve mysteries, as it primes us to go below the surface of things and take a peak at what is hidden. This may also be a good time to attempt to locate lost or misplaced items. Moon-Pluto aspects can also be advantageous for healing applications or energy re-alignments, especially with the Moon positioned in Virgo, the sign of health and nutrition.

What one action could you take today to help get your assorted affairs in order?

Famous July 2 Birthdays: Richard Petty, Herman Hesse.

“We are sun and moon, dear friend; we are sea and land. It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other’s opposite and complement.” – Herman Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

Enjoy your Wednesday!

Close Up Photograph

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Source Notes:

Close Up Photograph: http://www.freeimages.com/photo/634324

Birthdays: http://www.astro.com/

Escher: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/order?page=4

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Astrology June 4, 2014 Venus Sextiles Neptune

04 Wednesday Jun 2014

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acceptance, astrology for june 4 2014, creative, Moon in Virgo, platonic relationships, Venus sextile Neptune June 4 2014

“I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.” Steve Maraboli

Luna enters evaluating Virgo at 10:20 am EDT. It sextiles articulate Mercury and opposes dissolving Neptune. Relationship Venus sextiles compassionate Neptune.

We all want to be accepted for who we are; yet, simultaneously, it seems that we’re always trying to remake others as we would like them to be, instead of simply embracing them as they are. Sadly, this dichotomy is probably the reason why so many of us tend to recoil from showing our true selves in the first place: we’re afraid that, if we do, others will reject us – because we’re always automatically rejecting or finding fault with other people!

Perhaps, however, if we stopped trying to change others from the get-go, and instead put the point of focus on helping them to realize their fullest potential, or the “greatest version of themselves,” as Steve Maraboli so eloquently puts forth, we would also find it much easier, in the process, to be the irresistible, suave, debonair creatures that we were originally intended to be. What do they say, what goes around, comes around? And to treat others as you, yourself, would like to be treated. In “The Little Book of Letting Go” by Hugh Prather, he also mentions: “Notice that the moment you become unhappy is usually the moment you attempt to control another person.”

Lovable Venus’s heavenly alignment with dreamy Neptune today can help us to see and bring out the very best in others now. It’s a wildly romantic and compassionate influence and can even spawn platonic relationships! Too, it’s very creative and excellent for anything using our imagination or involving the arts.

What do you wish others would see in you? Is this same trait or quality also something that you look for in other people?

Patrice Thompson

 

 

Copyright 2014

Source Notes:

Lotus:

Maraboli: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/relationships?page=4

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Cosmic Quote of the Day June 3, 2014: Sun Quincunx Pluto

03 Tuesday Jun 2014

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astrology june 3 2014, bending with the wind, flexibility, goal setting, Moon in Leo, Sun quinqunx Pluto

“An effective leader allows exceptions to the rule for exceptional results or when circumstance demands.” John Wooten

Cosmic Weather:

Luna is in “self-confident” Leo today and square to “exacting” Saturn. The “empowering” Sun is quincunx to “investigative” Pluto.

We should strive to be clear about what we want to achieve but also be ready to couple this clarity with a spirit of flexibility when conditions arise.

Too, when we demonstrate a willingness to bend, we are signaling to the universe that we are open to receiving further guidance or wisdom and also acknowledging that we are humbly aware that we do not have all the answers – just yet anyway! 🙂

Too, sometimes a path is only meant to be a starting point or launching pad for us and not designed to take us all the way to our destination. When we accept this fact, and do not resist, we often are placed on a trajectory that is even better than the one that we had originally intended for ourselves.

What would be your best advice to someone who is facing a major change?

Hope it’s a good one!

Patrice Thompson

 

Copyright 2014

Source Notes:

Wooten: http://www.quotationcollection.com/tag/flexibility/quotes

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Astrology June 2, 2014 – Luna is in Leo

02 Monday Jun 2014

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endorphins, George Bernard Shaw quote on aging, Moon in Leo, play, staying young

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw

(The Moon in playful Leo today encourages us to embrace our fun-loving, inner child.

As adults, many of us sense that we’ve got this whole “time management thing” wrong: We work too much and play too little and then wonder with great angst, at the end of the day, why it is that we feel so plum out of whack? Maybe the reason is largely because we’ve been taught to view work as virtuous behavior, while play is perceived as something less – a more frivolous pursuit that we mainly do on the side to unwind when we’re not busy counting beans at the office.

Studies have shown the value of playful activities not only for children, but also for grown-ups. One health benefit, for instance, from playing or having fun is that it stimulates the body’s release of endorphins, the “feel-good” chemicals. So maybe George Bernard Shaw was really onto something: Perhaps play is, indeed, the great miracle drug that we’ve all been searching for that can keep us forever young and a vibrant, energetic dance partner with life! And that it should also be put on equal par with work as something that we need to include in our daily life, especially as a way to help us stay creatively engaged in the moment.

What kind of work would be play to you?

Patrice Thompson

 

 

Copyright 2014

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Astrology June 1, 2014: Moon is in Cancer

01 Sunday Jun 2014

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astrology for june 1 2014, feeling protected, home, Maya Angelou quote about home, Moon in Cancer, safe haven

Cosmic Watch:

“The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” Maya Angelou

Having an actual brick and mortar place to call “home” is something that brings many of us a sense of joy and contentment, along with an enhanced feeling of physical safety. But, as Maya Angelou so eloquently reminds us, there is also another kind of home or haven that all of us long for: a place where we can go and be accepted exactly as we are. A place where the sheer power of our being is always enough, and fully celebrated and appreciated. A place where the preoccupation with “doing” is no longer deemed necessary as a way to justify or supplant us.

Luna is in the “nesting” sign of Cancer all day. It shifts into “rock star” Leo at 9:43 pm.

Hope it’s a good one!

Patrice Thompson

Copyright 2014

Source Notes:

Angelou: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/security

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Cosmic Quote of the Day – May 30, 2014 (Sensitive Cancer Moon)

30 Friday May 2014

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astrology for may 30 2014, feelings, heartstrings, inner wisdom, Moon in Cancer

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart” – Helen Keller.

While “living in our head,” or relying mainly on logic and reasoning, often seems to be an easier and safer strategy to employ as we go about the hustle and bustle of our everyday lives, in the end, it can also leave us feeling cut off or alienated, not only from ourselves, but also from others and the world at large. This more cerebral mode of living also does not really provide us with the deeper kind of guidance and connection that our inner spirit is longing for. However, when we decide to turn a serious ear to the music that is always gently emanating or pulsating from our own heartstrings, not only do we always get the true answers that we are seeking, we are also filled with a rich sense of our own oneness and purpose, as the disquieting fragmentation begins to pass away. “Follow your heart. It will always lead you home” Melody Beattie.

(The Moon is in caring Cancer today connecting us with our roots.)

Patrice Thompson

Love

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Source Notes:

Love heart photo: http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1418157

Keller: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/feelings

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Cosmic Quote of the Day – May 29, 2014 (Mercury Enters Cancer)

29 Thursday May 2014

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“You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.” Jane Austen

While our past is a potent filter or frame of reference for how we view today, we also have within us the power to choose, in the present moment, what memories we want to embrace, or another time, what memories we wish to lovingly let go of. Also, while we cannot go back and literally redo the past, as perhaps some of us would like to, as our consciousness and perceptions shift, we can go back in time, in our mind’s eye and, if we so desire, choose to attach more self-affirming significance to some of those prior experiences that have been shadowing us around, realizing that, at any moment in time, the particular meaning that any one memory has for us is exactly whatever we decide to give to it. No more, no less.

(Thinker Mercury enters “nostalgic” Cancer, 5:12 am EDT)

Patrice Thompson

Evening Skies 2

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evening skies 2: http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1443108

Austen: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/past

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Cosmic Quote Of The Day – May 27, 2014 (Dark-of-the-Moon)

27 Tuesday May 2014

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astrology for may 27 2014, awareness, consciousness, dark-of-the-moon, the monthly lunar cycle, waning moon

“If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.” Michel de Montaigne

Our daily experiences become the formidable building blocks of our life and the insights gleaned from them go on to decide the color, shape, and dimension of our being. Also, just as Luna above, wistfully waxes and wanes in her familiar monthly cycle, so it is with the manner of light that characteristically ebbs and flows from our ever-shifting consciousness.

(The reflective “dark-of-the-moon” period)

Patrice Thompson

Shiny Brain

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Source Notes:

Michel de Montaigne: https://www.google.com/#q=quotes+on+reflection

Shiny Brain: http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1254880

Cosmic Quote Of The Day – May 26 2014 (Moon Trine Pluto)

26 Monday May 2014

Posted by Patrice Thompson in Cosmic Quote of the Day May 2014

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astrology, butterfly, cosmic quote of the day, Moon trine Pluto, quote of the day, renewal, transformation

“We are all butterflies. Earth is our chrysalis.” LeeAnn Taylor

When we are doing something that we are passionate about, we will often experience a rich sense of our own renewal. Too, it is through this sublime process of self-renewal that we are presented a wondrous chance to spread our wings and grow a little larger upon the earth.

(The sensual Taurus Moon trines transformational Pluto 5:30 pm EDT)

Patrice Thompson

Butterfly

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butterfly: http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1437818

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