A VOTE OF CONSCIENCE

In our changing environment we have to adapt to life circumstances and yet still live to our full potential.  Above all else, we should live with a clear conscience. 

What is our conscience? 

Our conscience is signaled by a heart filled with delights, a heart filled with excitement which spills over to an overall feeling of good and contentment.  If we do not live up to our own person standards, life can feel heavy and we carry the weight of the world internally. 

If denying or ignoring our personal standards has this much influence on us personally, imagine the effects our actions or lack of actions have on those around us too.  We are all one so anything we do or fail to do also has an effect or touches those around us.

 

Unfortunately under these principles anyone in power, politically or otherwise, also affects the multitudes.  Those in high power, then affect the masses of the world, in one form or another. 

If there is an opportunity to right a wrong should we take that opportunity?  What actions are needed and what actions are acceptable within your standards? 

There are times when it is imperative that we take a stand for what we believe in.  Sometimes we, as a whole, can make changes that will in turn affect many and prove to be invaluable in the future.  Other times a single person, making a simple small adjustment, can have expansive effects in our world. 

Follow your heart and take a step back from the constant chatter of the ego for the ego can be a tyrant. When we can help others with an open heart, we not only help those that are in need but we also help ourselves.  When we promote love and compassion and act with integrity and are trustworthy, we will discover those exact qualities in that which surrounds us.

We can again regain honor and righteousness within ourselves, our communities, our country, hell …..our world.  If we stand by our truth and teach by example, it can become contagious; maybe so contagious that it will be reflected in those individuals that have an influence in our world. 

As John Lennon once sang, “You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I not the only one.  I hope someday you’ll join us and the world can live as one”.

  

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WHY HAVE A TRANSIT & PROGRESSION CHART PREPARED?

In Astrology, the Natal or birth chart is a snapshot of the heavens at the instant of birth with the planets frozen in time.  The planets, their placement and their angles to each other and specific points in our natal chart tell the individual’s personal story.

Once we are born, the planets continue their movement around the zodiac.  The birth chart or natal chart placements, however, remains intact for our lifetime.  The movement of planets after our birth is known as transits and progressions.  We will not go into detail on these interlinking movements in this post, but suffice to say the movement of planets and the stationary planets of our birth chart will make aspects to each other and will tell a story over and above the story told by our Natal chart.

When these transiting (moving) planets align with natal planet placements (and much depends on the overall condition of the natal chart), areas of your life defined by the house positions of the transits and progressions as well as the house positions of the planets in the natal chart are activated and life events and reactions begins to unfold.  This unfolding is experienced on an intuitive level at first when the transiting planets begin forming an aspect (angle between these links) and then can be experienced on an external level through events as the energies become enhanced by the joining up of other planetary influences.

Astrology can pinpoint when these areas of life will become activated and how these energies may affect you.  However much depends on the attitude you have during the activity and the duration of its effects on your life and to the intensity of what transpired.  Astrology prepares you for this upcoming energy entering your life and can provide you with clues as to how to deal with the energies and events or take advantage of what may transpire over the coming periods while the transiting and natal planets’ energies merge.

Astrology can be used as a tool and a guide to assist you in overcome obstacles, to assist you to prepare for periods in life when things may not run smoothly but also to prepare you for times when great opportunities will be laid in front of you.  These opportunities may not materialize if you do not recognize the prospects that are available to you.  Astrology gauges the energies of the activity and provides you with suggestions on how to utilize these energies as they enter your life.

For those wishing to take advantage of these early signs and use Astrology as a guiding principle in their lives, astrology is a viable “advertisement” of opportunities to come, both the easy flow and with harder lessons.  Transits and Progressions offer a window of seeing rather than moving forward without insight of the potentials ahead.  A chart can provide you with the upper hand. 

Astrology is a tool of reference that can be applied in many areas of life.  The birth chart provides the initial backdrop suggesting who you are, how you naturally cope with life and how you can take advantage of opportunities that come your way.  Astrology’s guidelines are not written in stone as we have free will and can react to any given situation in our own way but we are predisposed to reacting a certain way and the chart will indicate this.  A chart is a tool to assist us in dealing with life as it unfolds with less resistance and with more personal awareness. 

We have the tools available in life to overcome any adversity and also to take advantage of all opportunities.  Astrology is one of these such tools.  With your own personal decisions combined with information provided by Astrology, you can direct our life and enjoy the natural flow.  Take advantage of the information Astrology provides and have a leading role in your ever unfolding journey.

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

Holm Astrology also offers individual intuitive readings or group parties. For more information, visit us at www.holmastrology.com/intuitive-readings

Are you interested in learning Astrology?  Holm Astrology offers courses in astrology.  Visit our calendar for dates at www.holmastrology.com/apps/calendar/

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HOME PARTY ORACLE CARD READINGS

Holm Astrology offers Oracle Card readings for individuals and for groups (home parties).

What is an Oracle Card reading? 

Simply put, Tarot cards, for example, are oracle cards but they speak the language of Tarot and that is the language the reader speaks.

Holm Astrology uses cards with Astrology symbols which is the language of an Astrologer.

With a card reading, it is the reader’s job to translate the message the oracle cards provide to the language understood by the client.

For a home party, if the host invites a minimum of four guests (five including the host) as a thank you, the host’s reading is free.  The minimum number of guests is negotiable for parties beyond the Barrie/Collingwood/Midland/Orillia areas. We will travel.

All participants of a home party receive a one-on-one, minimum 30 minute private reading at a discounted rate of $60.00 from our regular $65.00 rate. Again, as a thank you to our host, their reading is free!

These parties are quite popular and can be a great evening out for your guests or an afternoon "tea".


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PLANET'S ACTIVITY IN ASTROLOGY

We have received questions as to how you can see events in the astrology chart.

We are going to use Pluto as our example.  Let’s say that Transiting (Current position) Pluto has been in Conjunction with your natal (birth position) Venus for some time now.  Pluto will move very slowly through the heavens.  It can affect your Venus for up to three years and for people very sensitive to the energies of Pluto, it could last as long as five years as they will sense the influence of the energy much earlier and much later than most other individuals.  Pluto on Venus suggests transformation in your love life or changes directly related to your finances.  There are other translations but we will stick to these predominate and obvious few energies.

We will not discuss the meaning of Transiting Pluto on Venus in detail.  What we are concentrating on is when this aspect will be enhanced and when to expect activity.  The closer transiting Pluto moves towards being direct in this example, (in other words when it is less than one degree in separation or moving towards the specific degree Venus is in your chart), the stronger it becomes. 

You ask, however, “What actually activates this transit?”  It might become activated when it sits directly on Venus, within 10 minutes or so, but more than likely when Pluto is within range, (so under a half of a degree from Venus’ position), one of the inner planet will activate this transit.

The inner planets that activate energies or stimulate action are Mars and the Sun in particular (also Uranus, an outer planet, when it is direct).  You can often use Uranus to pinpoint the timing for events within a couple of days.  The progressed Moon also stimulates activity and this takes place the closer it is to being direct (at the same degree).  The progressed Moon has an influence for a period of three months, when in aspect.  The influence from the progress Moon is when it is one degree approaching, one degree while direct and one degree separating.

For example, if Venus is 15 degrees Capricorn in your chart; as Pluto begins to affect Venus, you will notice some activity, at least on a mental level.   When Pluto is about 1 degree or less of being direct, (14 degrees approaching) its energies will grow in intensity as it approaches.  If transiting Mars or the transiting Sun is moving towards this 15 degree Capricorn, or in opposition (180 degrees) to this degree or in square (90 degrees) to this degree, it will stimulate activity and bring out the potential of what these energies suggest in your chart.  You will also have to look at which house is being transited by Pluto as well as the house natal Pluto resides in within the birth chart as these will be the areas of life that will be affected by this transit of Pluto to Venus.

The trines (120 degrees) and sextiles (60 degrees) from transiting Sun and Mars will also affect the timing but it may not be as noticeable as the energies of a square or opposition and especially by the conjunction (0 degrees).  The conjunction is widely used as a timer in Astrology.  Checking to see when this is activated either from the Sun or Mars will help you to pinpoint the potential for activity.  You may be able to narrow down the time to one or two weeks. 

As mentioned, the progressed Moon especially by conjunction will often activate any planet it makes contact with and you can often use this as a tool for pinpointing timing of events as well.

I hope this answers your questions.

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

Holm Astrology also offers individual intuitive readings or group parties. For more information, visit us at www.holmastrology.com/intuitive-readings

Are you interested in learning Astrology? Holm Astrology offers courses in astrology. Visit our calendar for dates at www.holmastrology.com/apps/calendar/

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ADHERING TO OUR PRINCIPLES

We always have choices and there are always alternative viewpoints which we can either choose to ignore or choose to accept.  We can honour our principles, although these principles are subject to change as we mature and evolve. 

We are never at the mercy of life although certainly there are times when events take place that are completely out of our control.  We do, however, always have choices as to what is appropriate and what is not appropriate for our greater good.  We have choices in our attitude towards anything in life and these choices we make will affect our future.

Most of us move continually towards our objectives base on our life’s principles (with the odd side step and stagger occasionally).  We adapt and we mold ourselves in ways that clearly define us to others, but more importantly our principles clearly define who we are to ourselves.  We can form opinions and decisions based on these principles which are forged over time and we take on the ones that suit us within this current moment, therefore some of these are subject to change as we evolve.  Isn’t that was evolution is all about – adapting and growing.

The basic principles we adhere to are reflected in our expression of compassion, our expression of faith, our state of peace and joy and the list goes on. 

As we evolve, if we are open, we notice part of our earthly selves or attitude could and would benefit from adjustments or even removal.  We can begin to realize tendencies towards envy, anger, violence, obstruction and ego generated attitudes that we have taken on, without notice, as life unfolds.  To release some of these may be challenging to say the least as we believe them to be a part of who we are.  Once we stop identifying with them, however, it becomes much easier to shake them off.

Our goal is to accept what we see in ourselves in the moment without identifying with each characteristic as being a part of who we are. 

We can strive to live up to all that we feel is desirable and let our true inner core radiate outward through our loving expression towards all things.

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

Holm Astrology also offers individual intuitive readings or group parties. For more information, visit us at www.holmastrology.com/intuitive-readings

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SAMHAIN, HALLOWE’EN, WINTER’S NIGHT

Today, October 31, in the northern hemisphere, marks the end of the harvest season, summer’s end, a holy day for witches, the wiccan/pagan new year, all hallows eve, the day of the dead, the beginning of Samhain.

There are many cultures and many ways to celebrate this time of year. 

The days are much shorter and the sun much lower in the sky.  There is less dancing in the sunlight and the mood changes around us.  The long dark nights ahead of us give us a wonderful opportunity to reflect and go deep within. 

Who are we? 

What weight have we been carrying on our backs?  Can we dispose of some of this? 

What journeys would we like to embark upon? 

What opportunities have we squandered?  What opportunities have we taken advantage of? 

What is our heart telling us?  What given us goosebumps?

Celebrate this day in whatever way feels right for you. 

Do you feel the change in the energies around us?  Utilize this change of energy and use it to your advantage.  It is a wonderful time to revisit your inner self—to reflect on where you have come and examine what feels right moving forward.

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

Holm Astrology also offers individual intuitive readings or group parties. For more information, visit us at www.holmastrology.com/intuitive-readings

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OUR PREDETERMINED COURSE

Is our life’s route preplanned?  If so, do we orchestrate this plan?  What is our part in this course of action?  How are we a determining factor in what takes place?

These questions are certainly a point of interest for many.  There are question after question concerning whether our lives are predetermined or whether we play an integral part in the overall events that seem to play an orchestrated role in our lives. 

Many believe that we have set in motion the events in our lives before we were conceived and we were pushed into full earthly existence at our birth.

Is it possible that we, as our soul energy, placed requirements that must be met at some junction point in our lives?  Did we put together a set of learning experiences that would unfold during life to enable the much needed experiences and evolutionary growth so that we can move in our intended direction?  Are these events actually valuable lessons? 

These certainly are some of the concepts in place to offer an explanation for our existence. 

Is this existence comparable to a dream?  What part are we playing as this dream develops forward? 

Regardless if this is a dream or something else truly does not matter.  The important part is that we stay focused in the moment and live there to the best of our abilities.  Our focus slowly manifests over time and our concentrated attention to detail writes the story of our emotional experience of this life.  Therefore, it is imperative to be appreciative and to center our focus on what is and not on what should have been or could have been.

Back to our beliefs……some individuals believe that although the route is preplanned, our own free will can step in at any time and we can make alterations along the road.  There are always choices and when we come to those forks in the road, we make the conscious choice on which path to follow.  There are no mistakes along the way; just lessons.  Our choices can create tedious lessons or simple easy lessons. 

I am not going to be any help here for you to decide what feels right for you.  You can form your own opinions and rightly so, for who knows better than you about your lessons set in motion? 

Not only do we have a spiritual connection to our higher selves but we are our higher selves.  At any time, we can go deep within to find the answer to any of our questions.  We have a connection that can’t be severed and can never be lost. 

Our journey teaches us and pushes us in the direction that promises the greatest growth.  It is up to us individually as to what we choose to believe in, how we wish to motivate ourselves and what course we will take.  What is experienced is our own personal quest, and we will always learn the lessons we must as all paths lead to the same end result.

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

Holm Astrology also offers individual intuitive readings or group parties. For more information, visit us at www.holmastrology.com/intuitive-readings

Are you interested in learning Astrology? Holm Astrology offers courses in astrology. Visit our calendar for dates at www.holmastrology.com/apps/calendar/

Please “Like” us on Facebook.  Your “shares” are appreciated and your questions are welcomed.

If you have confidential comments or questions, or if you would like to speak to us concerning the preparation of a chart, please visit www.holmastrology.com/contact-us