TRANSITING JUPITER CONJUNCT NATAL VENUS

Jupiter is known as the great benefactor and often bestows good luck, good fortune and expansion into everything it touches.  When connected to the planet Venus, the planet of love and romance, it often brings good fortune into this area of life.  It offers a peaceful time, and you may find that your lover or your friends brings out the best in you.  You feel comfortable and your mannerisms are gentle and very loving.

If you are in a new relationship, this could be when the relationship will grow to new depths and this aspect will offer not only love and excitement but also enough space so that you can make a choice as to when you want to be together and when you prefer to be by yourself.  In a new relationship, which may have a lot to offer, you may find that you want to spend more time together; however, you probably will not feel tied down under the influence of these energies.  You find that you both give the other enough space and freedom to be yourselves, especially if Uranus is somehow connected to this conjunction.

This is a great time for social gatherings, and you may find that you wish to share your life with more people during this aspect’s influence.  Party going in wide open spaces may be very appealing especially when connected to nature. 

Watch for becoming too lavish as Jupiter has no boundaries.  Also watch for overspending as when this transit is finished, you may find that you went overboard. 

You may also be tempted to travel to lush and beautiful surroundings at this time.  Foreign culture may be very exciting to you and you may even meet someone while abroad.

Self-indulgence on some level is likely. Be careful not to overdo things.  Many will gain weight during this time as food seems very tasty, especially if somehow this is connected to your Ascendant. 

As you can see, you will enjoy life on many levels.  You want to be around beauty and anything gruff and abrasive does not suit you during this time.  Move away from these.  You are meant to enjoy yourself and share your life with those that matter to you most, especially when this aspect is present in your chart.

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HINTS ON CONNECTING WITH YOUR GUIDES, PART II

We are continuing our post on meditation and connecting with our guides from May 16, 2019.

We cannot stress how important it is to stay open to the possibility that each one of us can get to experience great meditations.   All too often people listen to their ego and they come to believe that they could not possibly have a meaningful contact with their guides and higher self.  Ego may suggest that we are not evolved enough or not spiritual enough or simply not able.  Any thoughts that say it can’t be done are ego generated.  Everyone has the ability; it is a natural born ability for each and every one of us. 

When attempting to contact a higher source, we can create the feeling that we are waiting for someone to knock on the door or for someone to walk in.  We should know they are coming and that we are waiting on them to enter or make themselves known to us.  This anticipation opens the door and allows the energies to enter our awareness.

Many of our guides operate on slightly different frequencies.  Some may have a difficult time communicating, while others are quite adept at communication.  Once we open the door, they enter freely and easier. 

Be God centred and call in those who are highly evolved.  Do not hesitate to make this requirement known.  Ask for the pure of heart and for guidance that will further our pure evolution.  Above all else, do not let fear (ego generated) to enter into the experience.  Fear will slam the door closed and halt everything.  Do not align with ego and its fear-based focus.  Our ego is not who we are and we should not identify with it.

It may take time but eventually we will begin to recognize when our guides are in our presence.  It can be a feeling, it may be a message, a taste, a smell, a knowing.  Their energies can often be felt once we are able to recognize them.  Many people ignore the signs as they do not recognize this communication as such and the messages pass them by.

These experiences are called super-natural.  Think of these words and we will understand that it is a normal, natural process that we over evolution have dismissed.  As children, we were told that we should stop our imagination, our exploration, our innocence, our openness.  Now as adults, we yearn for that childlike openness and awareness.  Allow that door to reopen to our natural perception.

We can connect with our angels, our guides, our higher self and our family members that have passed over simply by realizing and accepting that they are with us.  Persevere and if we are persistent and open we will experience and receive the messages.

We will find what we are looking for if we are open to the subtle energies, for those that come calling are gentle, compassionate and loving souls.  These guides stand by us and are always ready to assist us any time we ask.

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SUN IN GEMINI - MAY 21, 2019

The Sun moves from a fixed earth sign, Taurus, into the mutable air sign, Gemini late on May 21, 2019.

There is quite a difference between these two signs.  Taurus is about reliability and structure as well as a gradual push toward material achievement.  Gemini, on the other hand, is spontaneous and adaptable.  They are usually changeable and are open to learning often through life experiences. 

While Taurus can be fixated in its opinions and what might be referred to as surefooted and stubborn, Gemini can be open to suggestion and versatile when it comes to having an opinion on almost any matter whether it is considered important or not. 

As you can imagine, anyone who is cusping from Taurus to Gemini would likely live their life as if they were two separate beings.

Gemini wants to learn to build knowledge and to be well spoken.  Conversation is extremely important to anyone with a strong Gemini influence in their chart.  They have a lot to share and are most likely better at talking than they are at listening. 

Gemini is willing to take chances and lives in the moment.  They need excitement perhaps not as much as your typical Leo, but life has to have an imaginative quality and be an adventure.  Gemini’s personality is changeable, moody, excitable, mentally stimulating and wide open to what life has to offer.  Gemini individuals would benefit from learning to finish what they set out to do and to not allow themselves to become bored if they are not being stimulated on some level.

Gemini is inquisitive and able to mould themselves to shift to any given situations.  They are even open to confrontation, unless it gets physical.  They certainly enjoy a good debate and they don’t have to be right.  In most cases, ego will not get in the way of learning. 

Gemini individuals are ruled by the planet Mercury, the planet of the mind and many are considered intellectuals.  Mercury however will need to be well placed in the natal chart and not have too many challenging aspects to it.  Even with challenging aspects to Mercury though, Gemini will find a way to work things out.

At present, Jupiter is in Sagittarius which is in opposition to many of those with their Sun in the sign of Gemini.  You will have to check the ephemeris to see if your Sun will be in opposition to Jupiter this year.  Jupiter remains in the sign of Sagittarius for most of the year moving into Capricorn towards the end of 2019.  Jupiter, although it is in what is considered a challenging aspect to the Sun, actually works well in this position.  Jupiter tends to expand on things, bring good luck and sometimes easy flow.  There are exceptions, however, but growth on some level is often associated with Jupiter.

The Sun has to do with our goals in life and also our most inner self.  Jupiter in this position may expand or bring forth feelings of opportunity for advancement.  It may also expand on your inner awareness. 

With an opposition aspect, you may get hints from others or this information/opportunity may be stimulated from outside sources.  Oppositions often refer to other people being part of the equation.  You may have to make some adjustments along the way, but the door can be opening for you.  This will bring opportunities for growth in your life. 

Enjoy the energies at hand and use them to propel forward.

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FULL MOON SCORPIO - MAY 18, 2019

We will be experiencing the harvesting energies of a Full Moon in Scorpio on May 18, 2019 at 5:11 p.m. EDT.

For longer range plans and motivations set in place some 6 months ago under the energies of the New Moon in Scorpio look for end results now.  The Full Moon’s energies are conducive to reaping the rewards from all of your efforts made to this point.

For shorter range objectives, look back to the last New Moon was in Taurus on May 4. 

Under this current Full Moon both of these previous “planting” periods that would have been taken advantage of can now reaching the final stages of development (if you have put the necessary work into your goals that you set). 

With a Full Moon at 27 degrees Scorpio, this is a powerful connection with potentially deep-seated ramifications.  This is a very emotional placement and also likely a very sensual and driven placement as well.  If you have planets located close to this degree (up to 3-4 degrees separation) and either in conjunction, opposition or to a lesser degree square, trine and sextile to this placement (see www.holmastrology.com for information on these aspects), this Full Moon will be affecting your natal planetary placements.  Be sure to look at the position of the Full Moon by house position as this will be the area of life that is being activated and then have a look at the aspects to the natal planetary positions (house position, aspect and planetary energy) as this will give you further insight.

This is a very high-strung energy where the emotions are high, and you can expect a certain degree of volatility with this placement. 

This can be a sensual positioning with strong sexual drives linked to the emotions which, to say the least, run deep.  It is a mysterious connection where secrets may come to the surface or at least be brought to the surface for those involved and then hopefully appropriately dealt with.  The connection is also likely tied to the mystical or occult.  Delving deep into these profound subjects with an analytical eye on self is highly suggested, even if you have nothing touching this position. 

Self-reflection is never a bad idea, although honesty is a general requirement for all essential information to be revealed.  If you don’t like what you see, you can make changes and if you like what you see, adhere to what is exemplified.

There is also a connection to the planet Mercury.  The Moon will be making an opposition to Mercury in Taurus at 24 degrees.  Mercury, the planet of the mind and communication, is suggesting that although Scorpio is rather subdued and internalized, you need to communicate to receive more information and collaboration with what you are coming to terms with. 

Mercury in the sign Taurus wants to take a rational approach to what is surfacing and Scorpio, which is the Moon’s placement, is all about emotions.  As a result, it is important to rationalize emotional impacts and sensitivity to the sub-conscious can be quite the challenge.  Oppositions usually suggest that other people are involved in the equation and this is, in part, why you should take into consideration open and honest communication with others. 

Communicate your emotions. 

Remember the tighter the orb of influence from the Full Moon to your natal planets, the stronger the energy and impact.

  

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HINTS ON CONNECTING WITH YOUR GUIDES, PART I

Neither our family members who have passed over nor our guides are ever very far away.  They are with us frequently especially in times of need. 

Our guides can change over time as they are there to help us during specific times in our lives and when their specific energies and expertise match our area of required growth at the time.  Many guides can come and go but there can be specific guides that are with us throughout our life time.

For those wanting to enjoy a clear connection with their guides, meditation is an invaluable tool. 

For those that have never meditated before, to help get started, there are guided meditations available through many online sources, and you will undoubtedly find at least one or more that will work well for you.  Our particular personal vibration will fit certain procedures or methods more than some others.  We can keep trying difference methods until we find one that works best or resonates with us. 

Do not expect some over-the-top experience.  The connection is very subtle at least in the early stages.  It is like a muscle.  It takes practice and experience to get consistently proficient at clearing our mind.

Alternatively, we can meditate without guidance and simply use the sounds of nature or complete silence in our meditation practice. 

Some meditation experiences are simple silence and peace.  Do not underestimate this experience.  It is a wonderful one.  This is an ideal method to reduce the chatter and rejuvenate the soul, mind and body.  This mediation can certainly brings us strength and courage during trying times.  To quiet the mind also helps us to de-stress.

Meditation practices are a tool to clearing the stress and chaos of life.  This can be an invaluable practice to opening up to our guides.

There are certainly times when we are connecting yet we are completely unaware of the subtle communications.  This lack of awareness often deters some of us from continuing our practice as we feel as though we are getting nowhere or that our progress is stifled. 

Watch for ego interference.  Ego will tell us that we are never ready for this connection.  Rest assured that we are always ready and we would not even be attempting to connect if we were not.

Some meditations allow the subtle voice within to provide us with helpful information.  This quite voice does not operate the same way that our speech does.   We may catch our minds repeating the message offered by our guides because this information does not come through on normal channels.  Some people’s experiences are that the words received from spirit/guides/higher self are not actually in the form of normal spoken words as the message is received instantaneously.  The message received does not take the normal time for the information to be processes such as when we are listening to oral conversation.  It is as though everything is said in an instant and comprehension is complete and clear also within the instant that the information is provided to us.  It is as though a whole sentence or even a paragraph is said instantaneously, all at once and this is foreign to the physical mind so our mind repeats the words.

Experiment with different ways of meditation over the next several days and we will continue our look a connecting with our guides on May 21, 2019.

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TRANSITING NEPTUNE SQUARE NATAL VENUS

Transiting Neptune has a veil of uncertainty attached to its energies.  Neptune especially in challenging aspect has some vagueness to it.  It can make things very unclear or uncertain and can leave us in a bit of a fog. 

Neptune’s energies suggest that we go beneath the surface and uncover the truth of the situation or life conditions which are in front of us. 

Neptune in transit has a psychic or intuitive flavour to it; and in many cases, if we listen closely, we get information that is relayed to us through the unconscious or our sub-conscious mind.  Neptune is closely tied to mysticism and spirituality and as we lift that veil of uncertainty, we are guided by forces greater than our mere mortal energies.

Venus on the other hand has to do with love and affection and is sometimes tied to the finances.  It can also refer to a young female or women in general, but if linked in some way either through transit or natal aspect to Mars, it often has to do with sexual alignment and love connections. 

The house positions involved will give greater detail into what area of life is involved and as usual, check the natal placement of Neptune and the aspects that natal Venus makes in the birth chart. 

If this connection between transiting Neptune and natal Venus is tied to relationships of significance as indicated by those things we have suggested you check in your chart, then there may be some confusion or idealism in this relationship.  It may be best to have input by close reliable friends and family as you may not be getting the whole picture or your mind may be playing games with you. 

If, for example, transiting Neptune or Venus is tied to the fifth house this may indicate that a romantic relationship is what this aspect is speaking about.  If this is tied to the seventh house then the marriage may be going through some challenging conditions. 

Square aspects, however, can be quite aggravating and often force us into action.  As we maneuver our way through the obstacles, we eventually uncover the truth and see things as they are.  Sometimes we will not get the full picture until Neptune passes out of orb which is at about 2 degrees past being direct.  If Neptune goes into retrograde and passes over the same position again then there is further work yet to come, but in most cases the first direct alignment is usually the most powerful.

Many individuals reading this post may feel somewhat dismayed by what the story is suggesting.  However, it should be noted that all aspects over time have favourable conclusions.  One way or another, the truth is revealed and the veil is removed, and we continue moving in our guided direction.  There are no mistakes along the way even if after the fact we find out that what appeared to be the wrong direction in the moment is actually the best route we could have travelled.  It may not be a pleasant experience but it was what was needed to learn the lesson at hand or to move through to our needed final outcome. 

All conditions are favourable on some level regardless of aspect configuration and they are meant to be.  All lessons are for our greater good, even if it does not look or feel that way during the experience.  We learn from life and many times we don’t clearly understand the “why” behind events.  The outcome may not seem favourable at the time, but the lesson learned is what was important.

  

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THE RIVER OF LIFE

No matter what our expectations may be, life is always on track. 

This journey is not always a smooth ride.  After exhausting efforts to paddle up stream and getting nowhere, we hopefully at some point allow the boat of life to turn around and flow with the current.  By doing so, we allow our faith in the process to take over.  The current of the water (energies of life) is set in motion to guide and assist us throughout our journey.  Our expectations and attitude can make the ride rather rough or these expectations and our attitude can make the journey enjoyable.  More often than not, we do not recognize that we have this choice.

We can certainly make adjustments along the way but we will never conquer the current by trying to paddle up stream.  Our focus and our attitude towards the journey are what guide our boat. 

If we are unhappy with our journey, we have to examine why we feel that way.  What expectations have we put in place? 

What lesson do we need to learn to continue downstream smoothly? 

Nothing within the river is there to hinder our journey.  The rocks are not there for our convenience or detriment.  They just are.  If we run into one, maybe it was time to stop and utilize the rock as an anchor to take time to appreciate the view. 

When we come to a “Y” in the river, we can take either route.  Both will lead us to the ocean.  One route may have more rapids than the other but once we have committed to which direction we are going, there is no turning back or we would be paddling against the current again. 

We can’t place the blame for the current in our river of life on anyone or anything.  The route with the rapids may be more of a struggle but the lessons learned to navigate safely are invaluable. 

Life has many choices and paths to follow.  There are many avenues of expression along the river of life.  We cannot wish the obstacle to be gone but we can certainly learn to maneuver around them or use them to our advantage.    

Remain focused throughout all of life’s experiences.  Stay true to yourself and do what must be done.  Never take the lessons being taught to be a personal provocation. 

It is also important to understand that allowing is not a form of giving in or giving up.  Letting go and giving up are two very different choices. 

You have what it takes to overcome whatever comes between you and contentment (usually your attitude). 

If you get stranded as most of us do from time to time, do not be afraid to reach for the life lines thrown to you.  Remember, we are not alone in this journey. 

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