The Sun Sign vs the Rising Sign

The difference between the Sun sign and the Rising sign is that the rising sign defines how we express ourselves to the outside world and our reaction to life events as seen by others; whereas the sun sign defines our inner most self which those that do not know us would not see. 

An individual may have their Sun sign in Aquarius but may have an extreme influence from another sign.  For example this Sun in Aquarius individual may have a Taurus rising sign with several planets in the second house, which is ruled by Taurus.  This individual would express themselves with strong Taurus tendencies, although the Aquarius overtones would still be present but much more subdued.

An individual with a Sun sign in Aquarius and other links in the same sign or in the eleventh house would be considered somewhat of a bohemian, an eccentric and perhaps even odd in comparison to someone with a strong link to Taurus.  Whereas, the Taurus tendency individual would not be as freedom motivated and would prefer stability in life, such as having a secure foundation to live within.  This person would be more reliable, consistent and would be security oriented.  The Taurus tendency individual would seek a profession that would provide this and would support the need for financial security.

Someone with a strong Aquarius emphasis in their chart would be more inclined to reach out into uncomfortable areas where the need for evolution and knowledge would far outweigh financial security.  They would have their heads in the clouds and would be considered by those that are able to digest their complex nature as being ahead of their time.  Their ideas might seem far-fetched and future oriented.  They would be the bearers of knowledge that might be unattainable for many and difficult to digest.  They would be willing to share their ideologies with anyone willing to listen.

The strong Taurus individual would prefer to be more down to earth and would digest information on a different level and probably keep a lot of what they would have learned contained within.  This information would be only available to the selected few.  The Taurus individual would be quite comfortable within the confines of their home and would be slower at digesting information although they would probably hang on to this knowledge and understand it on a deeper level.

Aquarius individuals are group oriented and enjoy the company of likeminded individuals, while the Taurus individual may be more of a loner, although many Aquarius people are loners as well but in their own way.  The Taurus individual would be a little less comfortable sharing their ideas which would be based on a much more solid foundation and would have more merit to the average individual than the lofty ideals that the Aquarius individual might possess. 

Aquarius individuals know they are unique and do not mind being thought of in this manner.  They are intellectuals and freedom seekers and their wish is to dissect pertinent information and then spread this knowledge to the world around them.  Their astrological symbol of the Man pouring water out of a pitcher, spreading his wisdom to the masses clearly tells this story.  Aquarius wants to shake our foundations and make us look close at our objectives in life, ever reaching for higher ground and establishing ourselves as unique individuals.  The Aquarian wants humanity to climb the mountain of life, released from the burden of material and obstructive living.  They are known as the awakeners and strive to create a new found freedom which will release us from the bounds of habitual thoughts that stagnates growth.

This Aquarius Sun, Taurus Rising individual would have a push and pull conflict on occasion due to the varied qualities of the two signs.

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Blockages

Do you find yourself struggling with life matters that just do not seem to want to go away?  Are you feeling ill or unhappy?  Do you tend to worry excessively?  These are all symptoms of mental or emotional blockages.  With these issues in life, we either fail to recognize them or we try to ignore them with the hope that they will go away.

Your external or material world is a mirror image of what is taking place internally.  When you find that life presents you with continual conditions that seem to hinder or challenge you, it is suggested that you have an honest look at what is happening internally.  Most likely you will have to make internal changes that will reverberate into your material world.  Immediately upon making internal changes, your material world will begin to change. 

It can be difficult to accept that the challenges we are facing actually originate from within.  With so many external events that occur out of our control, we fail to take responsibility for our lives. 

Change can be difficult but sometimes it is the only solution that can release us from life’s sometimes challenging conditions.  More often than not, the change required is simply a change of how we are looking at situations.

Remember, that all that we need in this life is at our disposal.  All ingredients needed to promote these changes that are necessary are available.  These changes are often a requirement that will help us move forward in our chosen direction.  These changes will assist us in overcoming or meeting any dilemma head on.  These challenges can be referred to as blockages to our growth if we do not meet them head on. 

With periodic reviews of our journey, we can recognize even the most minute hurdles along our journey.  View them objectively.  If they are left in place, what potential do they create in our future?  These so called blockages if left to grow can eventually manifest as illnesses and physical conditions such as headaches, muscle tightness and even minor or major mental confusion.

Choose whether to leave them in place or to tear them down.   You may decide to continue along the same path, after tearing down the blockage, or you may not appreciate the challenge and choose not to push ahead, venturing off onto a new path.

Sometimes the hurdles seem as though they are there for a reason and in most cases they are.  Acknowledge them and be open.  Many times dialogue or events will magically happen around us that will spark a solution for tearing down our hurdles. 

We have to ask ourselves if there is something that we can do within to facilitate the transformation that needs to come out into the open.  Attitude is often the greatest catalyst for change.  Changes to our attitude or belief structures will often produce a release of tension that has built up over time.  If the challenge seems to resonate from outside in your material world, it means that the issue has had time to build and is now present through manifestation.  We have to look at the issue, whatever it may be, and purposely and honestly look at what we can do to help alleviate the challenge.

Change is often difficult, yet challenges in life need to be addressed.  Our focus sometimes needs to shift from what we do not have to the recognition of what we actually do have.  We may also have to come to terms with conditions in our lives and then take the appropriate action to challenge the conditions in order to eventually remove them from our lives. 

We all deserve to be happy.  Our lives are meant to expand and teach us through its events.  We may have to come to terms with what life is trying to teach us and then do what must be done. 

Never give in to life’s conditions.  Stay strong and understand that we are resilient enough to challenge and conquer any circumstance.  We cannot be too hard on ourselves and accept that we will get over each hurdle if we choose to continue on this given path.  Life will provide us with what is required to get to the next level. 

We must have faith in our life’s course and know that we are where we need to be, always.

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Look Within

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You are Ready

Moving forward along our path, we are enlightened along the way often encouraged to follow an untrodden course...at least this is how it feels.  The road looks new and exciting, and we feel as though few have walked this route before us.  This road is well traversed, however.  If you look carefully, you will notice that the path is well worn.

This route was mapped out long ago and we walk it with many others.  Picture this in your mind.  Imagine a flow of people venturing down this path of twists and turns.  Picture it as a path with rolling hills and valleys and bountiful beauty on all sides.  Although it feels new to you, you walk this road with many others, and many more have ventured down it before you.  You are not alone in your journey and you can feel this as you visualize the road.

This road is the path to enlightenment, awakenment...a turning point is life.  Do not fear venturing off and getting sidetracked from time to time as this is normal and the path is easily found again.  Understand that you are not here by chance and that the time is right.  You are ready for this journey or you would not be here.

We seek tranquility and a peace response to life.  The road in front of us leads us there.  This road is the path to unconditional love.   This path has been patiently waiting for us and the time has come that we take that step, that leap of faith and venture forward into personal unknown and uncharted territories.

We can take our time as we wander along the pathway.  We should be open to dialogue with ourselves and stay open to dialogue with others that we meet.  We all have much to learn.  Feel free to question, but be prepared for the honest, frank answers as the truth is not always pleasant.  The reflection we see around us is constantly changing, as it is a reflection of ourselves.  The changes that are taking place within are the changes that we see around us.  Our road is a mirror of where we are in our lives.  If we do not like what we see, we must have a look at what we might need to do with our lives to alter our external vision.  It is not others that create this external viewpoint.  It is generated from within.

There will be key points along the road where there are symbolic benches and individual seats where we can sit and take in the scenery.  These are resting points and these are there so that we can stop and smell the roses.  These are times of solitude as well as times to reflect on who we are and where we have come from, although the past no longer seems important.

We can venture forth with confidence knowing that we are on the path that has been waiting for us.  It is important to feel free to ask for advice from the people we meet and also the silent bystanders that are with us on our venture.  They are our guides and are readily available upon request to offer guidance along the way.  They are our guardian angels, our helpers and they can always be counted on when we need them. 

You are never alone, although you might feel as though you are.  Take that walk.  You are ready!   

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Astrology Charts and Young Children

We have been asked if it is appropriate to have their children’s natal chart prepared.   Is there an age limit and when is it best to have their transits and progressions done?  Would an Astrology chart be helpful for the parents in assisting their children with utilizing their strengths and weaknesses?

A parent could commission the preparation of their child’s birth chart at any point in their lives.  Some parents prefer to have their child’s chart prepared shortly after their child’s birth and others have it prepared when their children are a bit older. 

A Child Empowerment chart is essentially a birth or natal chart prepare for the parents.  The Child Empowerment chart takes a close look at the child’s temperament, their emotional needs and how their mind will respond to learning material and stimuli.  It speaks about their strengths as well as any challenges that they may have.  This chart offers the parents suggestions on how the child may gather information and the best or most appropriate way to handle their emotional displays and emotional interactions with others according to Astrological insights provided by the birth indicators.

As mentioned, these charts are written for an adult interpret and are not written for the child.  This chart will offer suggestions on how to utilize the potential found in the chart as well as suggestions on how to utilize the child’s primal characteristics based on astrological data reflected in the birth chart.

The chart would be comprehensive and in depth.  If there were deep psychological concerns that would surface within the chart indicators or health related issues, we would recommend seeking professional advice as we are neither a doctors nor a psychiatrist.  There would, however, be suggestions on how to deal with other youth related issues and also suggestions into ways of assisting these young individuals to enhance their skills and god-given talents.  It would read much like an adult chart, except it would be written for the parents concerning their child.

If the child is quite young, it is recommended that only a natal chart be commissioned as transits or progression are completed for individuals who have an understanding of their personal complexities and situations. 

Transits and Progressions are usually recommended for individuals completing high school and entering into college or university.  We would provide these individuals with opportunistic approaches to gaining insight into their ever expanding life circumstances.  We speak about the challenges that they may encounter but will focus on positive reinforcement providing some insight and assistance with the best ways to move forward in their lives.  We would utilize a philosophic approach with mystical inclinations and spiritual insight in these reports

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Spiritually Attuned

Ours is a journey of enlightenment and an escalating venture encompassed by many.  Our mission is to absorb all that we can learn, to merge the lessons of this earthy experience to assist our higher selves and return to our pure essence.

Our hurdles along our path are lessoned through meditation and other techniques that enhance our ongoing process.  Through meditation we slowly open channels to the perpetually evolving story.  This practice is essential although in the early stages it can be tedious.  Persistence is the key.  Like any other exercise, it is hard work in the beginning, but with practice, the mind will quieten down to allow our inner self, our guides and our pure essence to share.  The deeper we go, the further we reach and the closer we come to our true awakening.

With practice, we clear out our obstacles and inner fears that hold us back.  Challenging conditions will be faced and the journey is by no means an easy one.  Life unfolds as it should and we are presented with lessons to assist in our learning.  True peace and acceptance resonates from within and in turn is reflected in the world around us, not the other way around.

The process is gradual but steady as long as we stay on course and quieten the ego’s voice. 

Allowing is the most difficult challenge and only comes when we release control and accept that all of our life’s events are placed in our journey simply for our growth in our ongoing evolution.  This is not to say that we simply sit back and let life dictate.  Push forward with enthusiasm and appreciation but do not emotionally fight those things that are.  We have full control of our attitude towards our lessons.

We nurture our own personal growth by listening to the guiding voice within.  It assists us in times of need.  This gentle and persuasive assistance is generated from within although also linked with the higher realms of existence.  Our spiritual guides assist in the on-going process.  Life always offers alternative routes to follow, each leading us through our ongoing evolution.  Our journey will be much easier if we listen to our inner self and our guides.  We are, however, the masters of our own personal journey.  We have the choice of taking the meandering course or the direct route, the easy path or the path filled with obstacles.  The best route is the route we learn the most from.  We always have control over our attitude towards our journey; we can allow it to knock us down and decide to stay down or it can knock us down and we can jump up with even more determination to win each battle as they are faced.  Which do you prefer? 

If you are in search for truth, expansion, enlightenment.....follow your heart.  Listen to the quiet voice of wisdom and seek love.  You cannot go wrong.

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Sun in Aquarius in Astrology

The Sun moves into the sign of Aquarius on January 21^st.  This post applies to those individuals with the Sun in the sign of Aquarius.  This is the sign of the water bearer which symbolically represents these individuals spreading their ideas and new thoughts into the world.  They are quite willing to spread their word and are particularly happy when it is well received.  Their intention is to bestow the world with new ideas and also involve others in this progression.

Aquarius individuals are the visionaries of the zodiac and have the ability to see far into the future and find ways to make the world a better place for everyone.  They are humanitarian and are very conscious of the influence they might have on their environment.  If only they could spread the word.  Their mission is a noble one with the general good of all intended.  They are progressive thinkers with excellent reasoning abilities and they truly want to provide something for others to share and incorporate into their lives.

They are sympathetic and compassionate with a genuine concern for those around them.  Their ideas can be radical and even rebellious, and they are against any type of constraint.  Freedom seekers, they reach out beyond the confines of what could be considered normal, extending themselves beyond rational thinking.  They are often thought of as trailblazers with progressive, intuitive ideologies in the forefront of their thinking.   Aquarians want to change the world and make it a better place for everyone to live.  They will patiently try to shake others away from complacency, pushing them into new and unexplored regions of their own minds.

As mentioned, they are progressive thinkers and anything that has become stale and no longer serves a purpose, they insist on changing.  When their views are obstructed or interfered with they can easily become impatient and temperamental.  They are very fixed in their opinions with an intention of providing what others need on a mental level. 

The thinking process is considered quite logical and they have a broad focus.  It is all about evolution and bringing in the new with advancement on their minds.  Aquarians believe they are right and will follow along a planned route towards a given target.  They can be somewhat rebellious but have no problem admitting to this; some are even radical in their ideas and considered quite different.  They actually enjoy this.

If you make a friend with an Aquarian, you will never be bored.  They have an adventurous spirit and love wide open spaces.  There is actually a real need for freedom and a need to roam.  Being tied down does not sit well with the average Aquarian. 

If you are in search for a logical resolution to a problem they will assist you in reaching a positive conclusion and then make you aware that it was you that came up with the solution.

To get a clearer picture of your Aquarius Sun, check to see which house your Aquarius Sun is located in.  This will provide you with more information on how you might utilize these humanitarian principles and put your life to work.  Also have a look at aspects from other planets and key point in the birth chart to define how the planets will affect the overall condition of the Sun sign.  Check in particular if there are planets in the eleventh house, which is ruled by Aquarius and if there are, this will intensify many of the traits linked to this sign.   

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