LIFE AND LIVING

As we work our way through our current situation, many have mentioned that fear seems to dictate their every move. 

We have to come to terms with our unfolding story. 

Will we build our world on what is considered our requirements? 

Do we let the concern for others slide as we become more and more focused on our own safety? 

Do we matter more than others? 

Is our quest now just to simply survive?

We are experiencing our current situation in order to move us in a certain direction.  Life happens for a reason and if we are to learn from this, what are we here to change? 

Change begins with each and every one of us.  Many of us, other than essential workers, certainly now have time for reflection.  How have we been living our lives?  What needs to change and what will we be like when this whole experience is over? 

Will we be a new person or will we slip back into the exact same attitudes and responses we had prior to this epidemic?  Do we really want to go back to the old “normal”?

This can be a massive life changing experience which we all share.  How we respond will affect more than just ourselves.  Any act of kindness and any show of love can help those caught up in the stress and fear of “what ifs”.  Many of us practice mindfullness and understand that we cannot get caught up in concentrated negativity as it only builds more of this energy.  At the same time, we understand acceptance and that just as our minds can create negativity, it too can create a more positive outlook.  We can manage our thoughts and not react.  We understand that focus is important regardless of how life is evolving around you. 

Worry and stress fragment our peace and inner contentment.  We have the power to rise above this situation.  Live in the moment as truly this moment is all we have. 

Were we previously too focused in the future?  Were we too focused in the past?  Were we too focused on ourselves?  Each of us will have a different answer.

Perhaps we are now here to push ahead with our connectedness, with the understanding that we are all one.  We are all the same after all.  Age, sex, race, religion, location…none of these make a difference. 

What are the lessons were are learning right now? 

Each of us can reach out and create a shift in our own little corner of the world.

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A HEALTHY CONSTITUTION IN THE NATAL CHART

Amid worries and concerns due to the corona virus, we thought that it might be appropriate to provide a few details that determine under most conditions, good health indicators within the natal profile.  It should be understood that these conditions within the chart can be mitigated by other influences also found in the chart.  Rather than have people concerned about indicators of ill health found in the natal chart, we thought it more appropriate to discuss the more positive aspects related to the natal profile and potential.

Health indicators can be found in several different areas of the natal chart; however challenging transits can influence some of these conditions, although the natal chart is our foundation.  A favourable natal chart can diminish challenging transits.

In general, what we are about to discuss will help to some degree understand the workings of health indicators found in the natal chart.  It should be noted that positive attitude regardless of what the chart suggests can affect our lives in a very constructive way. 

The Sun, the Ascendant, the sixth and twelfth houses are the prime indicators dealing with health.  A transiting outer planet moving through or connected to one of these positions in hard aspect does not indicate poor health.  There must be several indicators pointing in the same direction to have an overall impact on the health of all individuals.

The Sun is our vital energy along with Mars.  If one or both of these planets are connected positively by trine or sextile, this would be considered favourable.  Jupiter and Venus would likely be a positive influence especially if connected by trine or sextile.  Even the conjunction can be favourable.  In many cases almost any connection from Jupiter to the Sun is considered a positive aspect. 

Exercise and healthy eating habits will be foremost in our overall health (as well as hand washing and social distancing currently).  We need to live healthy to assist our opportunistic aspects and planet positions which indicate good health.  We always have a hand in our life.

Mars is our energy and drive.  If connected positively to the sixth house or ruling the sixth house and in favourable aspect, Mars’ energy can be complimentary as well.  If the Sun rules or is found in the sixth house and favourably aspected within the natal chart, this can also be considered favourable.  Mars is considered a malefic planet but if favourably connected, it does not have to be perceived in this manner. 

You will also have to have a look at the sixth house ruler and how it is aspected; if it receives favourable aspects from other planets in the natal profile, this can also be viewed as a positive indicator of an ability to overcome illness. 

Beyond these pointers, you will also have to take into consideration age as this plays a significant role in this delineation. 

A well aspected Ascendant will help with any recovery from illness and if Mars is closely conjunct and favourably aspected, it can often speak of a strong resilience or fight for survival.  This will be aided by strong positive aspects from other planets as well. 

Saturn in positive aspect can indicate a strong constitution and a well aspected Mercury provides resilience when it comes to dealing from a mental perspective to illness.  

A strong Pluto gives powerful recovery potential as well as an ability to regenerate from many illnesses.

Strong emphasis in the eighth house is often a positive indicator of resilience and recuperative abilities.  The twelfth house is more tied to chronic conditions and this current Covid 19 is not considered chronic and will eventually pass. 

It is important to have a healthy lifestyle.  Alcohol and drug addiction, sometimes connected to the twelfth house and the sign Pisces, makes the body more susceptible, so perhaps some of us will need to make alterations at this time.

Challenges will often make us look a little deeper into our life and we may decide to make positive changes as a result of this pandemic.  There are always valuable lessons to be learned and this certainly is a good time to reflect.  In many cases, these periods point out our resilience and perseverance abilities.  We are stronger than we think and together we can aid each other in many ways. 

In short, this is a transformation agent at work on the deepest levels and what we do with this energy now and in the future speaks in volumes on what we are learning and how we might move forward.

Be Safe!

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FINANCIAL CONCERNS VERSES HEALTH CONCERNS

Much has been said about our faltering economy and the current turmoil with our stock markets around the world.  There is little doubt that life will be altered significantly in some form or another after this storm passes. 

What will our world look like and how will we rebound? 

Many have been laid off and many closures.  Shut downs seem to be the answer to ensuring safe distancing and to contain the spread of this invisible threat. 

Some in power are suggesting that everyone return to work before we have won the battle.  They say it can kick start the economy.  Perhaps this is true but at what cost?  In reality, we really do not know what impact will be experienced financially.

Are we willing to let those that are susceptible to this virus be exposed for the sake of money? 

Perhaps we need to go beyond our own financial concerns and reach out with a helping hand for those that are struggling through care, support and love. 

We can all lend a helping hand in some fashion or another.  It is the time to make sacrifices for the greater good.  Who wants to be the individual responsible for saying who should live and who should not?

In many ways, the control of this invisible threat is out of our hands and what unfolds over time will take place, with or without our consent.   We do, however, have control over our actions that can affect the choice of putting human life ahead of money.  We can make choices that benefit mankind.  Our financial resources will eventually rebound and eventually our world financially will march on. 

The interesting question is what will we learn from this experience?

We now realize how precious, yet fragile, life truly is.  This threat does not care what colour our skin is, what we believe, how much we have in our bank account, what year we were born, what country we live in.  We are all experiencing the same threat. 

We are truly one people, all brothers and sisters.  We are all here for a short time in the grand scheme of things and experiencing life through our own involvement and attitude.  Finances are secondary to life itself.  We can’t replace a life nor can money make up for a loss.

Sometimes life dictates and we just ride along its wave.  Our attitude has a significant role in how life affects us at any time.  Rise above the threat.  Find your inner strength.  Do your part and experience your life as it unfolds.  Love one another and have faith in the ongoing process. 

Remember to focus on healing and be safe.

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PLUTO THE TRANSFORMING AGENT

Pluto over the next year or so will be between 22-26 degrees in the sign of Capricorn.  There is little doubt that Pluto’s influence is upon us at this current time. 

Jupiter makes close contact (conjunction aspect) right to the end of the year also being found in the sign of Capricorn. 

Capricorn’s energies have to do with business and enterprise and work in a slow rather meticulous manner as they incorporate and align through diligent efforts on our part.

Jupiter under all conditions tends to exaggerate and exemplify anything it touches.  It builds and offers growth and often suggests opportunities and potential luck.  It expands on things and in challenging situations can expand on this as well.  However, Jupiter will often produce opportunistic outcome when it peaks.  This may not seem like an opportune time in our lives, but if you were to look at life’s situations from a mystical or spiritual perspective, Jupiter’s expansive forces could be seen as a teaching opportunity or tool.

Pluto will regenerate and transform business over time due to its placement in Capricorn, but it also makes things tumultuous and there are no half measures with Pluto.  It tears down what is no longer suitable and ends these conditions and then rebuilds from the ashes of what used to be.  Pluto has been known to be the aggressor and the changes being enforced through its relentless energies have to be accepted, as fighting the changes Pluto bring is often fruitless.

We know how currently this epidemic affects health and in a small percentage of cases kills the most vulnerable.  Pluto likely has its hand in this area as well.  However what Pluto does suggest is going within in a very deep and personal way.  It can force issues to the surface and push us to re-evaluate life’s conditions.  It can also push us to make changes to current conditions that halt progress often through means from an unconscious source. 

The changes are often subtle, at first asking for your attention and then they push with more force and intent.  This creates action on our part. 

These transformations are at hand because they need to be (we are not just referring to the pandemic.  We are referring to this aspect as a whole).  This is personal as well as universal as this conjunction affects everyone throughout the world.  We can ask ourselves what needs revamping and what are we willing to change in order to come out the other side more reflective and deeper in self-understanding.

What we do with these energies will always be up to us personally.  Our attitudes play a significant role in the teachings coming into our lives at this point in time.  To get a clearer picture of how these energies are playing out in your life particularly, have a look at which house the planets are transiting through in your Astrology chart and also look to see if there are any aspects between these two planets and how they link up in your personal chart.  Are either of these planets in aspect to other planets in your natal chart?  These focuses will assist in the delineation process.

Remember life always points us in the direction most suitable for our evolution even when we don’t see how this could possibly manifests.

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FULL MOON IN LIBRA APRIL 7, 2020

We will be experiencing a Full Moon today, April 7, 2020, at 10:35 p.m. EDT.  The Pink (April) Supermoon will be at 18 degrees and 44 minutes Libra and will makes a quincunx to the planet Neptune which will be at 19 degrees of Pisces.

A Full Moon is the culmination of events or the harvest time of our efforts.  What we have started and the effort we have made will reflect the harvest we reap.  Obviously, outcomes will be different for each one of us.  This is the time to harvest, to move even further with our objectives, to make minor changes or begin again.  The work we have put into these matters determines what our next course of action will be.

Since this Full Moon has to do with Libra, the sign for the need for balance and a strong desire for harmony, this may be an indicator that, in part, our lessons around this pandemic might be about seeking a balance throughout the world and finding harmony for all its inhabitants.  Libra has to do with relationships.  This begins at home with our relationships with close family and then extends outward with our relationship to people within our community, within our country, within all nations.

Perhaps the balance that we are seeking is found in orchestrating a helping hand to those nations that are in dire need.  Perhaps the balance that we seek comes from within.  Libra has the ability to make sound judgement and being ruled by Venus has the ability to move ahead gently and with  consideration.  Libra is a balancing sign not a balanced sign.

This lunar placement making an aspect to Neptune speaks of things being unclear and vague and a degree of uncertainty is in the air.  We can all identify with this no doubt.  Some Astrologers associate illness with the quincunx aspect.  Neptune has also been associated with hard to diagnose illnesses especially when found in the sixth house. 

To gain specific information we would have to refer to our natal chart to see which houses are involved (areas of life involved on a personal level).  The solar chart will also help define what the year from birthday to birthday suggests.  Much can be learned through a clear and concise reading of these charts.

Be safe!

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PROGRESSED SUN CONJUNCT THE MIDHEAVEN OR ASCENDANT

The progressed Sun moves one degree per year and it governs ambition, power and authority.  It also reflects our vitality and our ability to recuperate from illnesses.  It often identifies the husband or father in a woman’s chart as well as authority figures in life such as your superiors within the working environment.  It could, however, also be directly related to you, personally.

The influence of the progressed Sun on the Midheaven or Ascendant is generally in effect for three years.  The energies can be felt as much as one and one-half degrees before it becomes direct and for the same extended period of degrees after it moves away from being exact. 

When the progressed Sun is in conjunction with the natal Ascendant, it can indicate a time of advancement in life on many levels.  This could include favourable opportunities for change in life and opportunities for inner achievements and/or outer success.  It can also indicate the potential for meeting someone in life that will have a great influence on you and will teach you many life lessons.  It could also suggest that the father or in some cases your son has available to them opportunities that the aspect and placement is suggesting.   These influences would be of a positive note if there are other conditions within the chart that suggest similar opportunities.

The progressed Sun on the Ascendant often implies that health is robust and feelings linked to good health are often a by-product.  Much depends on the influence of other transits and progressions affecting the Ascendant during the three year period of influence.

When the progressed Sun is in conjunction to the Midheaven, depending on the age of the individual, we may find advancement opportunities in occupation or there may be a graduation from such as University.  Some of life’s objectives often materialize when the progressed Sun reaches this degree.  More opportunities for our hopes and wishes to manifest are often indicated when the Progressed Sun reaches the MC (Midheaven).  Changes of a positive nature to our status may occur or present themselves.  Much depends on the natal potential, but nonetheless, the time is ripe for opportunities to enhance the career or move ahead in life during this aspect.

If the Progressed Sun were conjunct the MC, it would also be in opposition to the IC often suggesting changes to the home environment and to family members.  Oppositions usually imply actions from someone else.  This could suggest that a son or possibly a daughter might move from home especially if Venus or Mars is somehow connected to this position.  There may be potential for some type of income or opportunities involving the home.  More potential is suggested when the Progressed Sun is in conjunction to the IC, as conjunctions offer more opportunities than an oppositions angle.  Oppositions often suggest reversals or challenging conditions that often stem from others.

When deciphering the Progressed Sun always take into consideration the potential in the natal chart and the transits and progressions to the chart as a whole.  Remember there has to be three or more similar aspects to stimulate an event, either through transit or progression.  The more aspects involved suggesting something similar, the greater the possibility for an event to occur.

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TRANSITING NEPTUNE SEXTILE NATAL SUN

If transiting Neptune is making a sextile to your natal Sun currently, your Sun will be either in Capricorn or Taurus. 

Both of these signs are earth signs and often related to achievement in physical terms or achievement of goals that are important to you when in connection to the Sun’s energies.  Both of these signs are trying to create some kind of stabilizing agent and neither like change.

Neptune is not tied to material gain but can open doors to gaining insight into the deeper regions of the psyche.  The Sun is also tied to who we are on a deep and personal level, unlike the Ascendant which is our outer expression.  The Sun is our inner self. 

Neptune also seeks alignment with our higher self and our true identity.  With this information we can see that the potential to seek out more of our inner core identity could be at hand if we have this aspect in our chart.

Neptune is also related to our spiritual connection more than any other planet transiting through our birth chart although Uranus and Pluto can most certainly have an impact in transforming self through inner reflection and through new experiences and change.  Due to the influence of Neptune which has to do with psychic revelations and intuitive insight, many individuals on the spiritual path will find this period enlightening.  Check the timing when the sextile will apply to the natal Sun’s position in your personal chart.

Because both signs related to the natal position of the Sun are earth signs and associated with concrete form and realistic interpretation, much of this energy will go through channels that will attempt to validate what is being transferred through unconscious means.  Neptune does tend to work best through the subconscious and will often foster growth through mystical paths and subtle energies. 

The influences and their results may not be evident until once the conscious mind has time to filter through life’s experience and find what could be considered rational insight, but which may also be hard to recognize.

Sextiles speak of opportunities and these apparent prospects will likely come through in a slow methodical manner and as mentioned, take some time to become obvious and clear.  Neptune can create a foggy vision and may also produce a vail of uncertainty due to the influx of attempted concentrated rational processing. 

Much will depend on the planet Mercury in the natal chart.  Mercury deals directly with the thinking process and anyone with Mercury in either a water sign or water house may find this process of psychic interpretation easier and more fluent in its expression.

Make the best of the potential energies offered through insight and revelation over this period and most importantly make sure that after careful and needed forethought, you believe what is in front of you.  The rational mind may interfere with the insight and flow coming through from Neptunian frequencies. 

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Are you interested in learning Astrology.  Holm Astrology offers Astrology courses.  The commencement of our Beginners and Level III classes for the week of March 23, 2020 has been postponed. Please watch for the announcement of our new dates yet to be established.  Visit www.holmastrology.com/astrology-classes for course details.

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