WHAT IS STANDING IN YOUR WAY?

Are you stuck or does it feel like you are at a standstill? 

What is causing this lack of progress?  Before you point a finger of blame at someone have a close look to see what it is that you might do to change the direction of your life.  Is it actually someone else whom is holding you back or is it your ego that is playing the game of “It is not my fault”?

If you feeling as though you are at the mercy of life, perhaps a change of attitude is what you really need.  Perhaps a change of mindset and a little push from complacency might be in order.

If after careful review, you honestly believe that someone in your life is truly holding you back then step past their influence and stand on your own.  Perhaps a new direction is what is called for.  Perhaps breaking free from this individual is what is actually needed.  This is not to say that when life is holding you back that you break free and run.  What it is saying is that you may have to make your own way when after careful examination you feel the path has obstructions.

In most cases you stand in your own way.  The changes or new beginnings that you are in search of can come about with ease if you change your outlook on whatever you see as intrusive.  Your ego’s schemes are often what stand in your way.  By following these negative suggestions, you are your own stumbling blocks.  You can overcome and change direction when you change your outlook.  You are in command of your life, your reasoning, even your future direction.  Ride the wave but stand tall in the face of adversity and claim your rightful place in life.  You can only do this when you take responsibility for your life.

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TRANSITING MERCURY AND THE MC (MIDHEAVEN)

In general, transiting Mercury moves quickly through the Zodiac.  It moves through a sign in about 3 weeks.  When it goes retrograde, which occurs about 3 times a year, making plans like signing agreements are best to be left until it goes direct again, usually in about 4-5 weeks.  Mercury goes retrograde today. 

Many with some astrological knowledge fear Mercury retrograde but during retrograde, we should be utilizing this time to prepare and get things ready for when Mercury returns direct again.

Mercury retrograde is especially strong in an astrology chart if it conjuncts, squares, or is in opposition to an angle or planet by less than three degrees and especially so if it is retrograde in your birth chart.

When Mercury moves across the Midheaven, this will be a time when you will find that your profession or work will have more importance.  Perhaps this will be a time when you must prepare for upcoming events, or times when you will make plans that are significant because of the impact that they might have on others or yourself. 

Communication, in one form or another (either literally through discussion or perhaps in the written form), becomes more important.  In general, the Midheaven is not directly related to your personal life so the affairs will not have an impact on your private life.

If in retrograde, this should be a time when you review any upcoming details that will need to be addressed.  You can analyse this information and put the finishing touches on it so that it will be in perfect working order when the time is appropriate to bring this information to those in positions of authority or those that will be affected by these plans.  If you put plans into action during the time when Mercury is in retrograde, the potential for the plans to not work out as planned is heightened.  This is not to say that things will not work but that they might not run as smoothly as they might have if Mercury had been direct.  On the other hand, if you are naturally drawn to procrastination then the retrograde period often suggests that you pursue things now. 

Mercury rules the thinking process and how the mind works.  The Midheaven or MC has to do with plans, your occupation, life’s status, your ego and public reputation.  It is important to recognize which stage Mercury will be in when reviewing material that you want to make public.  The time that Mercury will be in effect (through aspect) can last much longer if it is in retrograde and Mercury will pass the MC three times before it finally goes direct again.  Make sure you use these energies appropriately and time things according, if this is at all possible.  If you cannot time your plans around the retrograde and direct cycles, move forward with some caution but always remain optimistic that you will succeed.

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TODAY IS THE DAY

GOOD MORNING.

We are excited to get started at the Body & Mind Psychic Fair today, Sunday August 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Barrie Legion, 410 St. Vincent Street, in Barrie. I believe you have to enter the parking lot from Ferris Lane.

To find our booth, when you enter the room, turn right and we are the fourth reader's booth on your right.

We will be offering card readings as well as crystal jewellery.

Admission to the event is free and there will be paranormal seminars from 12 until 4:45.

Hope to see you there.

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TOMORROW - Body & Mind Psychic Fair

A reminder of the Body & Mind Psychic Fair in Barrie tomorrow, Sunday August 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. PLEASE NOTE THE NEW LOCATION at the Barrie Legion located at 410 St. Vincent Street, in Barrie.

To find our booth enter at the main entrance, turn right and we are the fourth reader's booth on your right.

We will be offering card readings as well as crystal jewellery.

You can pre-book your appointment at www.holmastrology.com/contact-us to avoid disappointment as our appointments book up quickly.

Admission to the event is free and there will be paranormal seminars from 12 until 4:45.

Hope to see you there.

TECHNIQUES IN FORECASTING IN ASTROLOGY

As we become familiar with the fundamentals of Astrology, such as the signs, houses, and aspects, we begin to develop a firm foundation of the meanings behind the horoscope.  The birth chart is a precise tool which delineates the character traits of an individual.  There are unlimited combinations and variations found in a natal chart and this is what defines each of us as unique personalities.

Once you have a clear picture of what makes a person from the energies of say an Aries Sun and Capricorn Moon different from someone with Aquarius Sun and Cancer Moon (which is only a part of the process) we can move on to delineate a chart for upcoming transits and progressions.  The tools used for transits and progressions decipher what potential future events or areas of life will be affected by the passing of the planetary giants in our solar system.

We have to take into consideration all the planets but pay particular attention to the outer planets, especially Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto together with any inner planet that is in retrograde motion (appears to be moving backwards) for a prolonged period of time.  The inner planets move very quickly through the zodiac and under most conditions, usually only impact us for a very short period of time and have little to no lasting influence.

The outer planets and retrograde planets passing over sensitive points in our birth chart, particularly the Ascendant and the Midheaven, can have profound effects on our lives and these often point towards turning points or significant life events that can alter our perception or instigate action that changes our perceptions or can point towards changes to our lives.

The most powerful transit is a transiting planet conjuncting (0 to 10 degrees apart) a natal sensitive point or planetary body.  The energies of the planets merge and become one and under many conditions, they intensify their energies when they are linked together.  The houses are areas of life and the transiting planet will intensify these points and may produce profound life altering effects especially when several transiting planets are saying something in the chart that is repeated.

The outer planets can be in an orb of influence for up to two to three years depending on when they go into retrograde motion and when they become direct again.  The first impact when a transiting planet makes an important aspect to another planet and makes a direct aspect to a natal point or planet will be the strongest.  An example of this might be Saturn conjunction Mars at 15 degree of Aries.  Both planets become direct when the transiting planet is exactly 15 degrees Aries (0 degrees difference).  This applies to squares, a 90 degree aspect, the opposition, a 180 degree aspect and all other major aspects, the trine, sextile as well as the minor aspects - semi-sextile, the semi-square and so forth.  The major aspects are more significant than the minor aspects and the challenging aspects usually promote transitional times in our lives.

There are several progressed aspects that are also important in determining factors in a chart and the potential for change in a person’s life.  We will look at the progressions at a later date.  The energies of a progression bring about more internal changes.  You will use the progressed Moon, transiting Mars as well as the transiting Sun and transiting Uranus as timers, as they often produce a push that activates the energies of the outer planets and often signify an event or a peak producing internal insight.

Today we have only touched on how to delineate potential life events as well as the timing as to when these events may unfold.  The area of life affected will be described by the houses involved in the transit or progression, as well as the natal placement of the transiting planets by aspect and house placement.

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COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS, IN THE MOMENT

Many individuals are of the opinion that they are alone on this journey.  What is your opinion?

In many ways it seems as though we are on our own during this journey to awakening.  We do share this experience with many others and we are quite aware of this.  Why then do we feel alone and what is it that makes us feel apart from others?  Does ego have a hand in this?

We are all a part of the collective consciousness.  With this understanding, surely we can eliminate this feels we have and then provoke change in this world--change for the greater whole.

Have you ever thought of someone and then the phone rings and they are on the other end of the line?

How often have you been singing a song in your head and then you miraculously hear the song on the radio or the internet? 

These small incidences (often thought of as irrelevant) confirm our connection to the whole.

Do you wonder if you, as a single individual, can affect the overall condition of the world?  Have you decided that it would be insignificant if you were to partake in an effort to do something energetically worthwhile for our ailing world? 

If we feel this way, I am of the opinion that it is time to think again.  We share this world, we share this collective consciousness and we can and do affect each other.  The part that each of us play is important.  Not one person more important than the other.  It does not matter the state of our conscious connection although mental recognition is beneficial.

We are all part of the process and linked in consciousness.  Many are aware of the awakening taking place world-wide.  Some read about it and others feel it.  We form part of the ancestral group for this evolving story.  We are here to shake up consciousness and to awaken to our greater purpose of peace and love.

Will you do your part in this process?  Share your experience and knowledge and align with the universal principle of gratitude.  Help shake this world out of its complacency.  Belief structure forms our reality.  What are your expectations? 

We hold the key to the future and as a whole can bring forth the changes that are so desperately needed.  Acknowledge your part.  We are all one and our consciousness is connected.

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TRANSITING SATURN SQUARE JUPITER

As a bit of a background, Saturn in retrograde often works in ways that most planets in retrograde do not work.  Most of the planetary energies are withheld when in retrograde, while Saturn (who’s energy is normally suspended) is quite the opposite.  Some consider its retrograde energies similar to the energies of Jupiter and its energies, which are normally withdrawn, are now softened.  When Saturn is direct in motion, its energies are restrictive and a disciplinary in nature and the urge to make deliberate plans of action are restricted and stifled.

Transiting Saturn makes things difficult especially when in direct motion and a square to Jupiter often denotes a time when plans are thwarted and very limited.  If you want to achieve while this square is in place, you will have to work diligently and will often be feeling limited with your progress.  Saturn will test your resolve and will cause a review of how your life is running up to this point in time, especially in areas related to business ventures and finances.  Your career options may also be under discrete dissection and people in authority will be watching your every move.  Be sure you do not miss any steps.  Progress is often stagnated if not completely stopped.  Taking on too many projects is never suggested when Saturn is involved and most certainly not when Jupiter and Saturn are in square with one another.

Seven years ago during the conjunct between Saturn and Jupiter or during the Saturn Jupiter opposition, you may have started a project or began something new.  This Square will bring it out into the open and subject it to intense scrutiny and observation.  It will be tested and if you did not look at it from every angle and make sure that everything was completed according to set standards, you may have to cut your losses and begin anew.  In seven years, things will once again be tested and if things are not working now, it is wise to just begin again using an alternate route, if the first one did not work.

During this square, Jupiter, which is all about expansion and freedom of movement, will be harnessed and tested.  The desire to move out into new directions does not sit well with Saturn and you will be wise to make sure that before you move ahead in life that you have taken the necessary precautionary measures and put them in place or you will be stifled and held back in your objectives during this aspect..  Obstruction and agitation, along with anxiety may all be part of the process, but the end result if you make sure that you crossed all the “T”s and dotted all the “I”s might well be worth the struggle.  The foundation that you build during this time will stand the test of time and be built on solid ground. 

It is often suggested that you wait until this transit is over before you make alternate plans or begin new projects.  There will be far less obstruction and fewer obstacles to overcome.

Visit www.holmastrology.com for more information on Astrology and information on the Astrological charts we offer.

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