Hi,
The Lunar Eclipse Newsletter was sent to all subscribers this morning. I hope everyone is enjoying it. I'm getting lots of positive email, thanks:-)
A few clarifications on this hazy Pisces Full Moon--
Free stuff is fun. I collect plenty of it. If you sift through the bytes and pieces, you will start to see a pattern emerging. Many people seem to be having the same revelations and are trying to share, as well as profit.
Yet, as the planets, including slow-moving Saturn enters Virgo, we are at the doorway of a new phase, a time for new experiences. And these experiences will require more focus and discipline. The big brush strokes need more definition.
Dream a big future!
in Love&Light,
Lauren
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
Total Lunar Eclipse
Hi,
It's Monday morning.
Overnight, just before sunrise on the East Coast, there is a Total Lunar Eclipse.
The next ArtCharts Express Newsletter is all about the Lunar Eclipse. If you would like to read and understand more about the themes that this Eclipse energizes, please sign up for the Newsletter. It's free-- there is no charge to you!
Here's a link to sign up for the ArtCharts Express Newsletter.
Hope to "see" you there!
in Love&Light,
Lauren
ps, the Newsletter will be sent to subscribers later today, so sign up now:-)!
It's Monday morning.
Overnight, just before sunrise on the East Coast, there is a Total Lunar Eclipse.
The next ArtCharts Express Newsletter is all about the Lunar Eclipse. If you would like to read and understand more about the themes that this Eclipse energizes, please sign up for the Newsletter. It's free-- there is no charge to you!
Here's a link to sign up for the ArtCharts Express Newsletter.
Hope to "see" you there!
in Love&Light,
Lauren
ps, the Newsletter will be sent to subscribers later today, so sign up now:-)!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Very Virgo
It's Virgo.
The Sun is leading the planets into Virgo this year. Saturn and Mercury follow next week.
Virgo is the season to purify. It's been fun to enjoy everything, yet personal preferences begin to return. This is just your personal process unfolding.
To get organized, you will need to make decisions-- what will you need and what can you discard? What is YOU and what is NOT really you? This will be the stuff you cannot continue to carry.
Virgo is the time to take a closer look at what you're doing. Practice, edit, fix, test, clean, file, and polish.
Eat foods that make you feel good. Get into your exercise routine. And while the Sun is in Virgo, you'll naturally want to stay away from what you know is toxic or unhealthy for you. Virgo amplifies sensitivies because it's time to be more aware of the difference between what is beneficial and what is not. Virgo makes sorting a priority-- and makes it easier to do.
Don't just criticize, refine:-)
in Love&Light,
Lauren
ps, you can learn more about the sign of Virgo on artcharts website. click here
pps, Here's a traditional Celtic Work Blessing that is a gift for the Sun entering Virgo. Feel free to post it, print it, and read it often.
Celtic Work Blessing
May the light of your soul guide you.
May the light of your soul bless the work that you do
with the secret love and warmth of your heart.
May you see in what you do the beauty of your own soul.
May the sacredness of your work bring healing, light and renewal to those who work with you
and to those who see and receive your work.
May your work never weary you.
May it release within you wellsprings of refreshment, inspiration and excitement.
May you be present in what you do.
May you never become lost in bland absences.
May the day never burden.
May dawn find you awake and alert,
approaching your new day with dreams, possibilities and promises.
May evening find you gracious and fulfilled.
May you go into the night blessed, sheltered and protected.
May your soul calm, console and renew you.
If you benefit from the free articles on this blog, let me know by buying my absolute favorite gift - an Amazon gift certificate. My email is lauren@artcharts.com Click Here! thanks:-)
The Sun is leading the planets into Virgo this year. Saturn and Mercury follow next week.
Virgo is the season to purify. It's been fun to enjoy everything, yet personal preferences begin to return. This is just your personal process unfolding.
To get organized, you will need to make decisions-- what will you need and what can you discard? What is YOU and what is NOT really you? This will be the stuff you cannot continue to carry.
Virgo is the time to take a closer look at what you're doing. Practice, edit, fix, test, clean, file, and polish.
Eat foods that make you feel good. Get into your exercise routine. And while the Sun is in Virgo, you'll naturally want to stay away from what you know is toxic or unhealthy for you. Virgo amplifies sensitivies because it's time to be more aware of the difference between what is beneficial and what is not. Virgo makes sorting a priority-- and makes it easier to do.
Don't just criticize, refine:-)
in Love&Light,
Lauren
ps, you can learn more about the sign of Virgo on artcharts website. click here
pps, Here's a traditional Celtic Work Blessing that is a gift for the Sun entering Virgo. Feel free to post it, print it, and read it often.
Celtic Work Blessing
May the light of your soul guide you.
May the light of your soul bless the work that you do
with the secret love and warmth of your heart.
May you see in what you do the beauty of your own soul.
May the sacredness of your work bring healing, light and renewal to those who work with you
and to those who see and receive your work.
May your work never weary you.
May it release within you wellsprings of refreshment, inspiration and excitement.
May you be present in what you do.
May you never become lost in bland absences.
May the day never burden.
May dawn find you awake and alert,
approaching your new day with dreams, possibilities and promises.
May evening find you gracious and fulfilled.
May you go into the night blessed, sheltered and protected.
May your soul calm, console and renew you.
If you benefit from the free articles on this blog, let me know by buying my absolute favorite gift - an Amazon gift certificate. My email is lauren@artcharts.com Click Here! thanks:-)
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Easy winning: Mars opposes Jupiter
Mars is opposing Jupiter.
Is there a limit to too much?
You may seem to be on a winning streak. Luck is with you. So you go one more round-- double or nothing-- only to lose.
What happened?
When do you win? When do you get to enjoy what you've won? When do you live happily ever after?
How important is WINNING the competition? More than a friendship? More than the value of another person? More than your spiritual development? If you really think you are better than the "other guy", what you are competing against? Besides love, everything else is illusion.
By competing and excluding, you are actually getting closer to what you are competing against!
If you are DRAWN to someone or something-- if you want to compete -- you are being pulled to it, closer to it, not more separate as you think. Ironically, the competition you engage in may be exactly what you need to drop, let go of, release. But your ego's need to win can push you to interact, even though the interactions you engage in are not positive and only serve to drain your energy.
If you don't want to be bored, move on. Don't wait for others, because they are probably fine with just sitting there and continuing the same old competition that goes nowhere and vampires all your energy.
Filling emptiness with exaggerated expectations and false triumphs does not add to your progress or joy; yet it can add to your stress when things don't work out according to your high expectations. Friends who are overly impressed by your success can be out the door if and when they detect any imperfection or defect. If you take this on as a real, meaningful judgment of your Self, you are lost.
Pushing for instant wins is an attempt to please these "friends". Yet, impressing them is unlikely to give you satisfaction--- and is probably impossible anyway. They will always keep that carrot dangling just beyond your reach---- And you will always want to impress those you think are perpetually dissatisfied and endlessly unimpressible! Who, exactly, is boring?!
in Love&Light,
Lauren
ps. I love giving and I am open to receiving! If you benefit from the free articles on this blog, let me know by buying my absolute favorite gift - an Amazon gift certificate. My email is lauren@artcharts.com Click Here! thanks:-)
Is there a limit to too much?
You may seem to be on a winning streak. Luck is with you. So you go one more round-- double or nothing-- only to lose.
What happened?
When do you win? When do you get to enjoy what you've won? When do you live happily ever after?
How important is WINNING the competition? More than a friendship? More than the value of another person? More than your spiritual development? If you really think you are better than the "other guy", what you are competing against? Besides love, everything else is illusion.
By competing and excluding, you are actually getting closer to what you are competing against!
If you are DRAWN to someone or something-- if you want to compete -- you are being pulled to it, closer to it, not more separate as you think. Ironically, the competition you engage in may be exactly what you need to drop, let go of, release. But your ego's need to win can push you to interact, even though the interactions you engage in are not positive and only serve to drain your energy.
If you don't want to be bored, move on. Don't wait for others, because they are probably fine with just sitting there and continuing the same old competition that goes nowhere and vampires all your energy.
Filling emptiness with exaggerated expectations and false triumphs does not add to your progress or joy; yet it can add to your stress when things don't work out according to your high expectations. Friends who are overly impressed by your success can be out the door if and when they detect any imperfection or defect. If you take this on as a real, meaningful judgment of your Self, you are lost.
Pushing for instant wins is an attempt to please these "friends". Yet, impressing them is unlikely to give you satisfaction--- and is probably impossible anyway. They will always keep that carrot dangling just beyond your reach---- And you will always want to impress those you think are perpetually dissatisfied and endlessly unimpressible! Who, exactly, is boring?!
in Love&Light,
Lauren
ps. I love giving and I am open to receiving! If you benefit from the free articles on this blog, let me know by buying my absolute favorite gift - an Amazon gift certificate. My email is lauren@artcharts.com Click Here! thanks:-)
Monday, August 20, 2007
Obstacles, or steps to success?
On this Sun-Saturn conjunction in Leo, you can feel responsible and strong, serious and professional.
Are you working towards a goal? Are you succeeding? If not, why not? This is a good time to get clear about goals. (Saturn will enter Virgo September 2)
When you encounter obstacles to goals it can mean: 1- you need to change your goal, or 2- you need to improve your skills and find more creative ways to overcome blocks and start generating strength and success, even if you're not making big $, yet.
Get clear about your goal. Is it your goal, or is it something you think you "should" be doing. Should doesn't give you much energy or inspiration and makes everything more difficult and complicated to achieve.
Write it down. That makes it clear, which makes it more likely to become real.
If you are truly on the wrong path, be open to finding a better solution. There is more than one way to reach a goal. If you are a panic about not fulfilling a goal, remember that being overwhelmed does not help your creative problem-solving ability.
If doors continue to close, take a break. Do something for YOU. Take a walk, do something that inspires you, ask the right people for support or assistance. Wait until something in your best interests presents itself, and it will-- if you are open to it!
You have the power you need to create the life you want. Saturn is also trine Pluto, the aspect that saved the day for the financial markets last week. This is ultimate power and we each have it--- IF we think we do!
in Love&Light,
Lauren
ps. I love giving and I am open to receiving! If you benefit from the free articles on this blog, let me know by buying my absolute favorite gift - an Amazon gift certificate. My email is lauren@artcharts.com Click Here! thanks:-)
Are you working towards a goal? Are you succeeding? If not, why not? This is a good time to get clear about goals. (Saturn will enter Virgo September 2)
When you encounter obstacles to goals it can mean: 1- you need to change your goal, or 2- you need to improve your skills and find more creative ways to overcome blocks and start generating strength and success, even if you're not making big $, yet.
Get clear about your goal. Is it your goal, or is it something you think you "should" be doing. Should doesn't give you much energy or inspiration and makes everything more difficult and complicated to achieve.
Write it down. That makes it clear, which makes it more likely to become real.
If you are truly on the wrong path, be open to finding a better solution. There is more than one way to reach a goal. If you are a panic about not fulfilling a goal, remember that being overwhelmed does not help your creative problem-solving ability.
If doors continue to close, take a break. Do something for YOU. Take a walk, do something that inspires you, ask the right people for support or assistance. Wait until something in your best interests presents itself, and it will-- if you are open to it!
You have the power you need to create the life you want. Saturn is also trine Pluto, the aspect that saved the day for the financial markets last week. This is ultimate power and we each have it--- IF we think we do!
in Love&Light,
Lauren
ps. I love giving and I am open to receiving! If you benefit from the free articles on this blog, let me know by buying my absolute favorite gift - an Amazon gift certificate. My email is lauren@artcharts.com Click Here! thanks:-)
Good wishes meet resistance
When we send or receive good wishes, the very next thought is often: RESISTANCE.
We immediately start to think of all the REAL reasons our good wishes can't, shouldn't, won't come true. It's almost automatic, especially if we're on autopilot!
You may think that thinking well of yourself is not realistic and will only make you weak and self-satisfied. Yet, it is precisely this thought that keeps you stuck where you are.
Why is this theme so prevalent right now?
Because Saturn and the Sun are conjunct in late Leo. The Sun "rules" Leo. They are SOLAR archetypes-- how we shine and radiate our essential Self (Sun) has come under the scrutiny of Saturn (restrictions).
This week is also the time Venus becomes the Morning Star, called heliacal rising (rising before the Sun). This is a powerful moment in Mayan legend, when armies were sent marching, and the potential for the "gods" to go on a destructive rampage was almost guaranteed.
Jupiter and Mars are opposing (exact on Thursday, 8/23, but also strong and personal through the week as the Moon interacts, conjuncting Jupiter and opposing Mars on Tuesday, 8/21, increasing energy and enthusiasm, although a successful outcome may not manifest on command.
When you see someone doing something that interests you, that could be a sign -- this is something you can do, too. Instead of resenting the person or thinking there is a limited amount of space for all the people doing it successfully, try shifting your perspective to love and abundance and you can immediately realize -- "this could be something I'm good at too." Sure, you may not be a pro the first day, but education and practice and desire can change all that in a relatively short amount of time. To create something you want takes a commitment of time and money, but it is an investment in building your own future.
Resistance can also come through inflated expectations of others to always be perfect and to always meet our needs. That is not possible, so this actually keeps you feeling less-than, which feeds resentment. When you see someone doing something you think you can do better, do you get hyper critical of the person and look for reasons to invalidate their efforts? Insisting on perfection, yours or theirs, is a sure way to keep yourself apart from the abundance you would like in your life and is how many of us resist love and abundance when we do not feel ready or capable of taking on more responsibility.
So where are you right now in your ability to take on more responsibility?
As you journey towards reconnecting with self-love, remember we maintain our own limits and keep ourselves in a bind. We resist. Even if a solution is just a thought away! When we are overwhelmed thinking "I can't", we don't think beyond that point.
We think we can't afford something, yet the funds are right there! We say we don't have what we need, yet what we are being offered something that could help us out of a jam and into a more lucrative situation.
Can you give yourself enough self-acceptance to open a pathway to more love and abundance?
in Love&Light,
Lauren
If you benefit from the free articles on this blog, let me know by buying my absolute favorite gift - an Amazon gift certificate. My email is lauren@artcharts.com Click Here! thanks:-)
We immediately start to think of all the REAL reasons our good wishes can't, shouldn't, won't come true. It's almost automatic, especially if we're on autopilot!
You may think that thinking well of yourself is not realistic and will only make you weak and self-satisfied. Yet, it is precisely this thought that keeps you stuck where you are.
Why is this theme so prevalent right now?
Because Saturn and the Sun are conjunct in late Leo. The Sun "rules" Leo. They are SOLAR archetypes-- how we shine and radiate our essential Self (Sun) has come under the scrutiny of Saturn (restrictions).
This week is also the time Venus becomes the Morning Star, called heliacal rising (rising before the Sun). This is a powerful moment in Mayan legend, when armies were sent marching, and the potential for the "gods" to go on a destructive rampage was almost guaranteed.
Jupiter and Mars are opposing (exact on Thursday, 8/23, but also strong and personal through the week as the Moon interacts, conjuncting Jupiter and opposing Mars on Tuesday, 8/21, increasing energy and enthusiasm, although a successful outcome may not manifest on command.
When you see someone doing something that interests you, that could be a sign -- this is something you can do, too. Instead of resenting the person or thinking there is a limited amount of space for all the people doing it successfully, try shifting your perspective to love and abundance and you can immediately realize -- "this could be something I'm good at too." Sure, you may not be a pro the first day, but education and practice and desire can change all that in a relatively short amount of time. To create something you want takes a commitment of time and money, but it is an investment in building your own future.
Resistance can also come through inflated expectations of others to always be perfect and to always meet our needs. That is not possible, so this actually keeps you feeling less-than, which feeds resentment. When you see someone doing something you think you can do better, do you get hyper critical of the person and look for reasons to invalidate their efforts? Insisting on perfection, yours or theirs, is a sure way to keep yourself apart from the abundance you would like in your life and is how many of us resist love and abundance when we do not feel ready or capable of taking on more responsibility.
So where are you right now in your ability to take on more responsibility?
As you journey towards reconnecting with self-love, remember we maintain our own limits and keep ourselves in a bind. We resist. Even if a solution is just a thought away! When we are overwhelmed thinking "I can't", we don't think beyond that point.
We think we can't afford something, yet the funds are right there! We say we don't have what we need, yet what we are being offered something that could help us out of a jam and into a more lucrative situation.
Can you give yourself enough self-acceptance to open a pathway to more love and abundance?
in Love&Light,
Lauren
If you benefit from the free articles on this blog, let me know by buying my absolute favorite gift - an Amazon gift certificate. My email is lauren@artcharts.com Click Here! thanks:-)
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Venus and the Sun: magic hour
Venus and the Sun conjunct on August 17 at 11:42 pm edt.
(This is an "inferior" conjunction, called this because it happens when Venus is Retrograde.)
As the Sun and Venus conjunct, your sense of self-value may be obscured or in question. You may even feel overpowered by higher powers.
If you are (secretly) wondering what you are worth to the world, this week can stir up so many intense emotions. Before you determine your true value, don't forget your essential (Sun) Self-- the YOU that is always divine and always perfect. In the realm of spirit, no one person is worth more than another. We are all divine, except when we view ourselves from the perspective of others or our egos. Then we will never feel valued or good-enough. We don't feel the approval of others, so we don't value ourselves. And the cycle continues....
This Venus-Sun transit (conjunct Saturn and trine Pluto) is an opportunity to experience a transition or shift in how you feel about yourself. A feeling of positive self-worth that comes from within can transform how you relate to others, from friends to associates to loving partners.
If you are questioning your self-worth, this is a time you can tune into your own awareness. If you are questioning your love for someone, you may feel an intense desire to merge in a way that blends love and commitment.
Focus on your love and make magic!
in Love&Light,
Lauren
ps, i encourage you to work on your love relationships by using the Love Forecast, a guide to allowing love in your life, written especially for you.
If you benefit from the free articles on this blog, let me know by buying my absolute favorite gift - an Amazon gift certificate. My email is lauren@artcharts.com Click Here! thanks:-)
(This is an "inferior" conjunction, called this because it happens when Venus is Retrograde.)
As the Sun and Venus conjunct, your sense of self-value may be obscured or in question. You may even feel overpowered by higher powers.
If you are (secretly) wondering what you are worth to the world, this week can stir up so many intense emotions. Before you determine your true value, don't forget your essential (Sun) Self-- the YOU that is always divine and always perfect. In the realm of spirit, no one person is worth more than another. We are all divine, except when we view ourselves from the perspective of others or our egos. Then we will never feel valued or good-enough. We don't feel the approval of others, so we don't value ourselves. And the cycle continues....
This Venus-Sun transit (conjunct Saturn and trine Pluto) is an opportunity to experience a transition or shift in how you feel about yourself. A feeling of positive self-worth that comes from within can transform how you relate to others, from friends to associates to loving partners.
If you are questioning your self-worth, this is a time you can tune into your own awareness. If you are questioning your love for someone, you may feel an intense desire to merge in a way that blends love and commitment.
Focus on your love and make magic!
in Love&Light,
Lauren
ps, i encourage you to work on your love relationships by using the Love Forecast, a guide to allowing love in your life, written especially for you.
If you benefit from the free articles on this blog, let me know by buying my absolute favorite gift - an Amazon gift certificate. My email is lauren@artcharts.com Click Here! thanks:-)
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