CHOICE OF FRIENDS

As we spend time with others, over time, they pick up certain characteristics from us and we pick up characteristics from them. 

Are we particular with the characteristics we take on?

It is said that we are a collection of traits from each and every person that has had an influence in our lives.  If this is the case, is it not then important to choose our friends and those that we associate with wisely (as the old saying goes)?

The obvious influential people in our lives are those that we choose to spend our lives with as partners. 

As children, our parents have great influence on us.  Some children look forward to growing up just as their parents and other children vow that they will never take on the characteristics they saw in their parents.  Either way, as children, we are influenced. 

As we grow and mature, we welcome more and more individuals into our lives.  In our informative years, we are highly influenced by those around us and once we are independent mature adults we begin to realize that taking on characteristics of others can be a choice.  There is still an influence but we realize we can put filters in place. 

Perhaps this is how we get to know ourselves.  Perhaps once we want filters, we take the time to examine ourselves and we recognize the characteristics we have picked up along our journey.  This begs the question, “Who, then, are we?”

Who is our inner self…….that inner core……that quiet voice within?  Maybe this is a question for another post? 

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MARS RULER OF ARIES

The Sun went into the sign of Aries on March 21 2018 and since Mars is the ruler of this sign, we thought we would touch on Mars’ energies and give a brief explanation of the actions it can initiate as it transits through the Zodiac. 

Mars is the planet connected to vigorous and energetic action and will control activity in your life when stimulated through transit or when it is the transiting planet activating an angle or planet in the birth chart.  Mars is the activated force that helps us deal with aggression or pressures in life.  The sign placement of your natal Mars will define how this energy is forwarded and used in life.  The house placement of Mars will define the area of life that your energies are directed towards.

Mars can be forceful and dynamic in its action.  It can be the energy that provokes arguments and fights.  Mars’ energies are often active in times of accidents and violence.  Mars is linked to the masculine figures in your life and Mars, among others things, represents young men.  It is powerfully connected to our sex drive but much will depend on the sign Mars is in within the birth chart. 

Mars in Scorpio, for example, can suggest a powerful sexual push as with Aries as well, although Mars in Aries may be a little more self-concerned and address the area of sex quite differently than Mars in Scorpio.  Mars always needs an outlet and without proper release on some level, the energies it represents can become quite provoked or feel stifled.

Mars is also strongly connected to our wants and need to succeed.  Along with our Sun, Mars supplies us with the energy needed in order to achieve in life.  Mars is connected to beginnings and initiations and those individuals with a strong Mars placement in their charts will be the first to act in life, sometimes impulsively or without forethought. 

If, for example, Mars is in the sign Pisces this could suggest that the individual is seeking spiritual enlightenment.  If poorly aspected in the Chart, it could mean that this person seeks to actively avoid challenging conditions, or could acts out in submissive ways.  Much will depend on the overall condition of Mars and as suggested earlier which house it is located in.

When Mars is transiting and makes an aspect to a planet or angle in the natal chart, its energies are usually fleeting (perhaps lasting about one week).  The exact day, however, that it conjuncts a planet or angle can be used as a timing device if other factors in the chart are pointing in a similar direction.  Mars and Uranus are used as timing tools when outer transits are activated points and planets in a birth chart.  If Mars is making a connection in the birth chart and goes retrograde, its energies will last longer.  In general, however, Mars’ energies will activate 5 to 7 degrees approaching a planet or angle.  Its energies will begin to fade out about 2 degrees separating. 

When Mars transits a house, it can activate this area of life creating new beginnings and fresh starts.  At times, failure or endings of some sorts or another is what is required to provoke productive action and open the door to a new beginning.

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2018 COLLINGWOOD BODY & MIND PSYCHIC FAIR

Holm Astrology is thrilled to announce our participation in yet another Fair hosted by Events by L.A.

The 2018 Spring Body & Mind Psychic Fair will be held at Cranberry Resort/Village (Bear Estate), 300 Balsam Street in Collingwood on Sunday, April 22, 2018.  Doors open at 10 a.m. and the fair will run until 5 p.m.

As usual there will be free admission to the event and there will be draw prizes! 

Holm Astrology will be offering intuitive card readings.  Astrology chart readings cannot be commissioned for the fair due to time restraints. 

Our last fair we were fully booked before noon.  We urge you to book your reading in advance. 

Holm Astrology offers a discount to those who book and pay for their readings in advance.  Pre-book your reading through Holm Astrology’s Web Store at www.holmastrology.com/apps/webstore/ and receive a 15%+ discount off our “At The Fair Reading Rate”.

Do not be disappointed.

Contact us at www.holmastrology.com/contact-us if you have any questions or to suggest a time that is convenient for you.  We will do our best to accommodate you. 

FULL MOON IN LIBRA - MARCH 31, 2018

As many of us understand, the Full Moon is a time to harvest our efforts set in motion previously (often started with the New Moon in the same sign some six months previous to the Full Moon).  This can be the time when, for example, a relationship can move to the next level.  Perhaps we have met someone during the New Moon phase and now we either find that the relationship moves forward in a positive direction, changes or the relationship is released, and we move on. 

The Full Moon we will experience tomorrow, March 31, 2018, will be in the sign of Libra.  Libra often deals with one-on-one relationships and these relationships are normally romantic in nature.  Libra is always looking to finding someone to share their lives with and many feel as though they are incomplete unless they have someone important in their lives. 

This Full Moon occurs at 10 degrees Libra, so for its energies to have a real impact in your life, you will need to have other planets near the 10-degree mark in your chart.  If you do not have anything near this degree, the energies of this full moon may pass you by with very little impact. 

If your Sun, Moon or Ascendant is near this degree (especially if one of these is also in the same sign) in all likelihood the energies are pointing to a relationship of significance (particularly if you have your DC conjunct a planet at this degree).

Libra is always seeking harmony and peaceful conditions and its wish is to balance life and keep the peace.  This may play into the energies at hand and keeping the peace may be very important. 

If keeping the peace is of importance to you, pay close attention to what it is that you might be giving up to have this all-important peace and harmony in your life.  Balance out the costs.

Transiting Mars and Saturn are conjunct one another and they are both square to this lunar positioning creating a T-square.  (The Sun and Moon are always in opposition with one another when we have a full Moon.)  A T-square often implies that there is a push for and even a need for achievement, but normally the individual will need to find some type of motivational energies to move forward.  With Mars and Saturn together the energies are pushing in two different directions.  One side of this energy wants to forge ahead and the other wants to stop and make sure that things are secure and in place before any action is taken.  The energies of Saturn can cause us to be a little cautious and perhaps this is a good thing, as we would like to be sure that what we plan on doing is appropriate and that we are not acting on impulse. 

The house that Transiting Saturn and Mars are in within our chart will be the focal area for these life events to play out.  Houses are always areas of life and this placement (as long as it is activated) will be the area of life that is highlighted. 

At the same time, Mercury while in its retrograde motion, will be passing over this degree and is in opposition to the Moon or conjunct to the Sun which suggests that this is not a time to make important life changing plans.  It is often best to wait until Mercury goes direct before we move ahead.  It would be more appropriate for this to be a time to review our plans and also make sure that we are doing the right thing.  Ultimately, our harvest should be something that is important to us.  What are your needs?  Taking care of ourselves is not a selfish thing, as long as we are not intentionally hurting others.

This could be a time of rather sensitive energies that we may be experiencing.  Heed the advice of others.  Listen to your intuitive nudges.  Wait (do not jump on impulse) to make that move to ensure you have made all the preparation necessary.  Mistakes because of a lack of patience could be costly, but fear can also hold us back from doing what is necessary. 

Take the time you need and your plans and preparation will have a greater chance of a favourable outcome.

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HEALTH, WELLNESS AND OUR LIFE’S CONDITIONING

Often our health and overall wellbeing go hand in hand.  Our overall lack of wellbeing often shows in our health and if we stay in a more stressed or negative mental state for any prolonged length of time, our physical health will suffer because of it.  To maintain good health, it is not only important to eat healthy foods and exercise regularly but to also surround ourselves with people who lift us up emotionally and to eliminate stress in our lives.

Some of us may have to overhaul our belief structures and make changes to where we place our focus of how we see our lives.  Others of us will have to weigh out the true value of what we feel is important in our lives such as our jobs, our relationships and even our lifestyles. 

Some of us may feel trapped by life conditions.  If we remove the fear, are we truly trapped? 

Not all health issues are life style choices.  It is believed that some of us have come into this life with tremendously challenging conditions by spiritual choice.  Some have chronic or incurable physical conditions.  Many individuals that are here to learn from their physical limitations have a wonderful outlook on their lives and we can learn so much from them.  They rarely complain about their lives.  They have accepted their journey and challenges and light the path of many of us. 

I have heard it said time and time again from parent of children who live with mental challenges that their children have taught them much more than they will ever be able to teach their children.  This is certainly something to think about. 

Our mental attitude towards everything in life is the key to the quality of our lives.  It is not always our mental approach that defines the events or circumstances of our lives, but in general, the quality of our lives particularly our health runs parallel with our attitude towards our lives.  That specific piece in our lives, we have control over.  If we are feeling unwell or anxious take a few minutes to see what you might do to help alleviate these conditions.  Make whatever changes you can particularly in connection with your outlook or attitude.  You might be pleasantly surprised at how life seems to turn around.

Do you allow ourselves to be a victim of life or do you push yourself to be student of life?

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ARE YOU OBLIGATED TO BE HAPPY?

Are you obliged to be happy and content in life?  Is this a choice you have made?

We always live the life we are meant to live.  There are times and events that challenge us but these challenges do not come with rules or guidelines that state we cannot experience peaceful and contentment during these periods. 

Sporadic changes whether we view them as beneficial or disruptive need not affect us in profound ways for extended periods of time.  We will experience life events, process the information and all the while, we have the choice of whether we hold onto these events or release them.  These are choices that everyone makes every day.  Do we allow ourselves to be victims or do we push ourselves to be students of life?

Giving ego full reign causes unrest and excessive worry.  Ego thrives on finding a place where it can be in control of our responses to life.  Ego portrays itself in such a way that we mistake it as being part of our selves.  Identifying with obstacles and events only has one outcome which is to steal our peace of mind.  Do you experience events or do you own them?

We are human and as humans we experience all emotions.  We do not need to take up residence however, in the house of anger, grief or sadness.  Challenges do not define us; they teach us.  Do not follow ego blindly.  That is not living.

Experience your emotions but do not exist as thought they are a part of you.  In the beginning, it makes this task much easier if once we have processed our emotions, we can refocus our thoughts in a direction of gratitude.  Instead of staying with lessons, once learned, make an intentional effort to recognize the purity of life.  Do not judge it, good or bad.  See each event as a lesson, as a part of life’s unfolding, not as a part of you.  After this recognition, you can simply acknowledge the lesson and appreciate what it has taught. 

Regret, depression, stress will touch our lives at some point but so will happiness, calm and love.  These are emotional experiences that do not define us. 

Does your ego have full reign?  Are you faced with events that are beating you down or are you faced with lessons that help you grow? 

Recognize ego when it tries to exercise its control.  What is currently challenging your positive sense of self and peace of mind?

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TRANSITING URANUS TRINE NATAL MARS

The placement of natal Mars in your Astrology chart defines the area of life where you are either applying your energy or what area of life you wish to move forward with.  Much will depend on whether or not Mars’ energies are suppressed in some way or if its energies are allowed their full expression. 

Mars represents our drive and our ambitions to push ahead in life, our ability to move through adversity and our ability to achieve what we set out to do.  If you are naturally a relaxed individual, when Uranus trines your Mars, you may feel an invigorating push to speak your mind, to move ahead with your objectives and perhaps start anew.

Uranus will assist you if your objectives are to start something new or to assist you to moving in a different direction.  A trine between your natal Mars and transiting Uranus would be the time to advance, and you undoubtedly can do this with more confidence than normal.  Because of this confident attitude, you have a greater chance of achieving what you set out to do.  Mars will supply the necessary push and Uranus will offer up opportunities for you to take advantage of.  Perhaps the timing seems appropriate to push ahead and contrary to your normal shy exterior, you feel that you are more capable of achievement.

We are not suggesting that introverted individuals are unable to achieve easily in life as these individuals move ahead with less notice by others.  What they achieve can be as profound but they are quiet about it, while an extrovert will probably share their ideas with others and perhaps demand more attention.  Much will depend, of course, on the overall implications contained in the birth chart.

This transit we are focusing on today can also be related to freedom of expression and the need to be heard.  Those experiencing this aspect may also take interest in what others have to say and try to help them move beyond any type of complacency that they may be experiencing.  It is, however, important to recognize that some individuals do not take kindly to what might be considered interference.  This, however, should not stop anyone from offering their help if this is what is wanted.  Reaching out may be just what the doctor ordered and advice or push may be what is needed.  

Often Uranus will act in unusual ways and in an unexpected manner.  This push may not be expected and this will be as a result of Uranus’ energies.  If we take the time to review what has been taking place in life or if we analyse the area of life that look like they will change, we may find that it has been calling for a change of direction or a new approach for some time now.  Quite often what needs change has been letting us know for some time in some subtle form or another.  If we are not making the appropriate change then Uranus often acts more impulsively and perhaps a little more aggressively.  The trine usually suggests that the transition is easy or more gentle than let’s say the energies of a square or conjunction. 

It might just be time to take steps under the influence of this aspect.  Open the door and maybe just maybe an opportunity awaits those that dare to go beyond traditional habits.  Sometimes something new comes from an action taken that in the beginning may not look overly promising but under the influence of the trine, it is usually what is required.

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