Sale Reports end tomorrow...

Reminder: Two Sales at the site (the accidental one and the correct one - both are still up and running!) end tomorrow so be sure to stop by and order up anything you want, desire, need etc for yourself or any gifts for others right now.

The Solar Return & Year Ahead Report Package - two reports to help you track the tides for a whole new year of your life. Outlining the themes, challenges, people, possibilities open to you in your New Chapter. Order yours here! $60.

The Full In-Depth Natal Report - 80+ pages (the last sent out was 101 pages but you're guaranteed over 80 minimum, each varies!) is the most extensive Personal Report on YOU you'll come across. Enter $60 at checkout. Order here instead (at the site it's the full price).


By the way - HAPPY ARIES FULL MOON - as fires rage here in Los Angeles, where is the heat of action, passion, assertiveness and dynamic focus in Your life? Get fired up!
More on that soon! Neil

Retrograde Error - Wrong Report (but you can have it!)

And in true Mercury Retrograde fashion I made an error - the Full Natal Report is NOT the special currently, it was last month, but you can still have it, since it was my boo-boo!

The current special is the Solar Return and Year Ahead Report for $50 (ends Oct 15).

You can find out more about your year ahead with two full reports that cover your birthday this year until your birthday 2009 or beyond. Your choice. The Reports will help you dive into a full 12 months and all its possibilities. Stay focused!

You can see what the entire package offers you here.

And, since I made an error, you can STILL pick up the Full Natal Report at the special rate (and yes you can tell your friends if you're sneaky!) if you use this link and enter $60. But it's only available here, as the Report is the usual price of $75 at the site.

Full Natal Report at the error price: http://www.newworldastrology.com/code.html
Code: Full Natal.

Mercury Madness!
Neil

Your Full Natal Report: Just $60

Just a reminder for those who newly joined the Blog (and for those who haven't perused the site lately) that the Full 80+ page in-depth Natal Report is currently on special, at $60! (normally $75).

It's the most popular report, compiled by me personally and already many of you have found it a rich treasure-trove of info into your inner world, secret psyche and a sort of 'dishing the dirt' on yourself (along with a host of things to pat yourself on the back for!). Really glad you're enjoying it. I am proud of the Full Natal Report and very happy to be able to offer it to you as a special right now.

Offer ends Oct 15 so order now before you forget (mercury is still retrograde!) You can read up on ALL the info you'll receive at the link above.

Enjoy!

Your Celestial Specialist,
Neil
www.NewWorldAstrology.com

REPOST: Things get Shady: Mars enters Scorpio (Oct 3/4)

How about a re-trograde re-post? (since it seems the layout was unreadable!)> Here you all go:


Feel the season shift?

The cycles of soul experience have moved into darker territory. With the onset of Halloween, and the decay of Nature, we enter a down cycle where things wrap up, crumble, fall, ready to become rich fertile nutrients to feed new future hopes and dreams. What goes up, must come down. What is born, must die. And what dies, continues on, like the seeds and leaves that fall from trees now, to feed the earth and the seeds that will emerge by the Aries Springtime.

How does this affect you and I?

Things get shady. Literally. The days darken. Our moods darken. We enter the Underworld - either with a brush with "Death" (literal or symbolic) or we wind up visiting some personal "Hades" in order the transform ourselves and move beyond our fears and inhibitions. Shadows grow around us, reminding us of our inherent human fragility, 'thin-skin' and the need for some form of withdrawal and protection.

Halloween comes, but before then, we get to strip away our mask. Some of us may be ready to "kill off" parts of ourselves and our lives. A relationship that no longer serves both people as individuals, a job that confines creativity, a city that no longer feels like home. Something will go, and Mars (our energetic focal point) in Scorpio (destroy to rebuild and rebirth) will aid in our quest to recycle, regrow, let go and prepare for a new life.

Whatever it is that's manifesting for you now - we face our Dark Sides, our 'criminal content' (internally) and society's more taboo aspects (externally). Our Shadow - the part of us we deny being (hateful, jealous, clingy, selfish etc) rises up for one more reminder that we ARE these things, or rather that we SOMETIMES can express these things, but that we are not our emotions, and we cannot be defined by even behavior or feeling. To be whole, we need to accept all levels of ourselves and our potential. Within us all lies the biggest illusion of all - the 'monster' of love-less lack.

Venture within. Go down to the depths. Crack the code. Use pain to find the Light again. Move from what ails you to what enables you to glow brighter. Use the Darkness to rest and realign yourself with your quiet inner voice. Accept darker moods. Investigate. Recuperate. Recycle. Reinvent.

And if in doubt, as always during a Scorpio Passage, Let It Go (for now)....

Your Darker Depths Driver, Neil www.NewWorldAstrology.com

Your Year Ahead - a Personal Package

How's your Mercury Retro cycle going? Handling the glitches and the reversals? Finding a time out from it all? I hope so. Let me know how you're getting on!

Just wanted to check in and let you know you that now you can enjoy two of the greatest Reports together in this special Package, at any time of year, or at the start of your personal Birthday cycle.

Each Year at your Birthday you enter a new Solar Return cycle. This unique snapshot chart reveals the themes, events, people, situations and energies of the next 12 months until your next birthday.

I love this Package, I use mine each year to outline the energies for the road ahead. Since they begin at your birthday and end at your next birthday the following year, they stay with you and give you a detailed breakdown of your entire year.

When you order yours, you can choose your CURRENT one, to see where you're at since your birthday began. Or you can order ahead and save by getting one that starts at your NEXT birthday!

Solar Return & Year Ahead Report Package: Normally $60. Now $50.
Ends Oct 15. Order yours here and read more on what you'll get.


Enjoy!

Love,
Neil

YOUR Full Natal Report...

The 80+ page personalized Birth Chart Report is your passport to one of the most extensive Report ever offered on you:

Your Life, your Relationship Needs/Addictions/Likely Attractions, your Sexual Interests
Your Family Background, your Career Path
Where you're trying to get to in this lifetime,
Past life habits and hinderances, roadblocks you're virtually guaranteed to meet, your amazing strengths, your weak-links, what you blame others for when it's really you, what gifts you carry you can cash in on....

....the list goes on.

It's all wrapped up in a package of over 80 FULL pages (some people reach over 100 depending on the planetary alignments in their natal Chart).

It covers the 12 houses of your chart and what's going on the 12 corresponding areas of your life. Includes Lunar Phase, and other info you won't get anywhere else (see the link for the full lowdown on what you get).

It outlines the energies you're spending this entire lifetime playing with - giving you material, emotional, intellectual and spiritual methods and motivation in order to transform problem areas into actual potential, in order to re-create your life more along your lines.

We each have a specific Life Purpose, and this Report will help you explore just what yours is.

Normally $75, only $40 until Sep 30. Two days left, so put in your order before you forget.

Order your mammoth Personal Full In-Depth Natal Report here.

Enjoy!

Love,
Neil

Broken Record? Mercury Retrograde Myth-busting!

Has your CD player gone gimpy, your DVD machine dead, our cell glitchy and your computer frozen?

Chances are somewhere your electrically operated machinery are being a bit funky. It seems inevitable during Mercury Retrograde for many of us, but don't worry, you're not doomed to be plagued with it forever. it's all a way to get you to Slow The Hell Down, remember?

I'm a firm believer that Merc Retro is a gift, for a fast-paced world rushing nowhere. Let things catch up. If something doesn't work, it's a sign to try a new approach. Re-vision.

Here's a link to an older posting on Retrograde Rebels: Rethinking your Replay

And to wrap up, please check out my true thoughts on Merc Retro. It's called Mythbusting and I wrote it to destroy old rumors about this amazing period of time.

Slow down.....you'll miss nothing important.

Special Mercury Retrograde Readings to help you work out what the heck is going on!

Your mental mapper, Neil
www.NewWorldAstrology.com

Change your Mind, Views, Behavior: Mercury is Retrograde!

Changed your mind yet?

How about re-writing your usual reactions? Someone from the past suddenly made a re-appearance? What about something you've had to re-schedule? Or re-try? Haven't you been here/done this before? 

Yes, you have.

And yes you're back, it's back, s/he's back to show you 1 - how far you've come since last time, 2 - that you may not fully be done with something and 3 - that you have a choice in how to change it this time.

Mercury Retro is an awesome time to rethink your life, let things catch up with you, to coast a little, to research and review before making a giant leap. 

In short, you get to do stuff over right now. If at first you don't succeed....

I'll have more on this soon, and some special readings also. For now, enjoy a 2nd shot, a final resolution. In the sign of Libra, it's likely you'll have to compromise, but that takes work.

REACH A MIDDLE GROUND. Give in. Share. Hash it out. 

Compromise and cooperate.

Give it a shot.

Your perpetual peacemaker,

Neil

Last 2 Days: Full Moon Reading & Ritual

Just a reminder: if you want a sign up for the Full Moon Ritual & Reading, to help you through this specific lunar cycle (it's been a biggie emotionally I know) then it's available until Sep 22.
40 minutes, $75. A great deal of ground covered and you can read up on it here.

Hope you're still breathing through each and every feeling that comes up right now. It's all about Dissolving Blocks - yee haa!

Love,
Neil

Mercury Retrogrades Soon...

To give you a heads-up we have another slowing down, reviewing period, in order to let life catch up with us. Mercury retrogrades on Sep 24 at 22 Degrees Libra.

We're already in the shadow of retrograde which means you may be feeling some of the usual shifts - forgetfulness, appointments changed or canceled, plans re-drawn, finding lost objects, coming across old friends/flames, and generally a feeling of having to retrace steps or go back over old ground.

Stay tuned for more on this, for now - wrap up as much as you can under this Full Moon phase, and prepare to slow down and backtrack to double check your progress soon.

Your Mercurial Messenger,
Neil
www.NewWorldAstrology.com

Reading Special: Ends midnight tonight

Just a last reminder that the Hour Reading Special ($100 for an hour Reading) ends midnight tonight (Pacific Time). You can sign up anytime between now and then and use the Reading any time in the last couple of of weeks of September or in October if you choose.

Great for gifts for friends in need, or anyone you feel may benefit or find this work fun, interesting or are just curious. And a gift for yourself!

Happy Full Moon - stop taking it all so seriously! There's a deeper meaning behind it all. Together we can crack the codes and watch it all melt away to reveal a new layer.

Keep Swimming,
Love,
Neil

Sweet Soul Surrender: Pisces Full Moon (Sep 15)

The Full Moon falls on Sep 15 at 22 Degrees Pisces.
(Which House does that degree fall in, inside Your Chart?)

This lunar phase, we're all faced, in our uniquely individual way, with an emotional ending.
A parting of the ways. A watershed reached. A feeling spotlighted. Something comes up. Something comes down. Something comes to a close. Are you ready to release and be released?

I've mentioned before how Earth, I have said before is the hEart (a lexigram of the word Earth itself) chakra of the Universal Body. Emotions are e-motions; energy in motion. Gaining an understanding of how emotional energy works is a way through this period. Where we direct our emotional energy will determine what we see play out on our perceptual TV-Screens, within the movies of our lives.

Being in a moment, accepting how we feel and then acting on improving our condition or seeking out healthy ways to increase of energy and feelings of well-being is our personal responsibility during this cycle. Don't go for logic - work on your right brain. Be psychic. Follow a hunch. Shuffle tarot cards, make a guess. What does your gut say? Do you know what a 'third eye' is or what color your 'fourth chakra' is? Research these things. Have a sip of your favorite drink, just don't go overboard. Remember that no one has the ultimate truth, that we're all in this together, and merge yourself with this feeling of connectedness.

Pisces, as the last sign represents the final stage of the soul's journey, a preparation to take flight in new realms. The desire to escape life, a sort of suicidal death wish, is ever-present (the number of Pisces with drink, drug and addiction issues is too numerous to mention - Liza Minnelli, Liz Taylor, Bruce Willis, Kurt Cobain for example).

During this Pisces Full Moon:

Let go of blocks, give up resistance, stop 'holding on'
Keep charting a course while letting things take their course
Release ego attachment with meditation or another spiritual discipline
Drink more water, bathe more, spend time round water
Listen to Classical music
Stop dwelling or playing victim
Remember your connection to something greater - be it God, the Universe etc
Forgive yourself and others for transgressions (forgiving doesn't mean letting people walk on you, but that you realize the situation manifested because you allowed it on some level, or were scheduled to move through it)
Practice a psychic or spiritual ritual - cleanse your space, perform some personal magick
Let down your guard but be careful not to let in depleting energies or people
Dissolve the need to be first, foremost, understood or in control
Be careful of addictions and ecapism on all levels - denial, delusion and defeatism run rampant
Refuse to get caught in emotional whirlpools
Be honest about your feelings thus breaking low-energy 'chains' and spirals
Be part of the whole, yet find space to be by yourself
Create a Dream Diary Have some therapy, but avoid clinging to the role/label of "Victim"
Go for non-traditional remedies
Drink more chamomile, sink into a warm bath
Paint, doodle, write (create a journal or blog), sing, go dancing
Get physical to keep 'emotional overload' at bay
Relax - we're human, with feelings and emotions are the key to everything.
Feel them. Then release them.

Finding a more spiritual way of finding this inner emotional peace, often comes from seeking some form of spiritual discipline. Astrology, Kabbalah, Meditation, Prayer, Creative Visualization, Retreats, or some form of physical expression - dance, movement, massage, yoga (if you're in Los Angeles, contact me for a wonderfully inspiring yoga instructor who balances the physical with energy work). Or giving voice to creative powers - writing, acting, singing, dancing.

This Pisces Full Moon is where fact meets fiction and where the world of the real meets the world of the unreal - seek to lose yourself in something meaningful, instead of disappearing down the stream of Pisces second symbolic fish, into a wasteland of wasted opportunity and emotional black-holes.

What are you going to do about the very obvious needs you currently have?

Often, the answer comes purely by asking the question. Pisces energy manifests in unclear and unfocused ways, but it is a powerful elemental sign - water, that erodes away the toughest barriers, the ocean meeting the cliffs, the stream meeting the pebble. Wear away resistance in your life now, resitance to going with the flow, letting go, floating, allowing and by focusing on where your needs are, and what your emotions are saying.

If you feel it, it's valid.

But you're not your feelings

and even this shall pass.

* Need help handling this period?
Schedule a specially rated Full Moon Reading.

Your Soul-Swimmer, Neil
www.NewWorldAstrology.com

Why this week has been Big - Pluto/Jupiter Direct

Two major planets are no longer moving retrograde (backwards) and you're sure to have felt it.

Pluto Direct -  slaying inner demons brings outer angels

Jupiter Direct - inner quests bring outer adventures

Pluto Direct -  slaying inner demons brings outer angels

Pluto has been moving retrograde since April 2, 2008 giving us ample time to re-visit the dark places inside ourselves. To fully face the Shadows we carry within. To make friends with our own obsessions, cravings, yearning-burning-churning places.  And then to free ourselves from identifying fully with any of them. 

Now, fighting these inner battles and facing these inner demons and slaying them (or at least cutting the ties that bind us to them compulsively), brings contact with people, situations and places (our angels) that help us enjoy a greater sense of Light. Our time in the dark now aids our journey into a brighter space. We've cleared a space to now enjoy being free of emotional cling-ons.

Now, the process of transformation seems to bear fruit. We see parts of our lives finally changing, after we have done the work first within. We can't change anyone or anything but ourselves or our relationship to the things we witness. Our Power now is reflected back - what we've moved through, we can now aid others through. Our reward is clarity, strength and strong soul-connections with other who are also transforming their own consciousness.

Jupiter Direct - inner quests bring outer adventures

Jupiter has been retrograde since May 9, affording us the opportunity to journey inside to decide what we know, what we think we know, what Truth means to us, and where we need to grow. Areas we were stuck in, became very obvious. Along with our own misguided beliefs that no longer work. We've learned new truths about ourselves - and what we need and want and who we really are.

Now that Jupiter is Direct, we'll find the desire for inner quests now leads to people and situations that appear outside as traveling companions offering adventure to make use of all the knowledge we've gained from staring at our hearts and souls. Looking inside, now creates new vistas and horizons outside. We'll see and meet those who reflect to us, our own rich tapestry of knowledge, seeking and striving to grow and expand and evolve.

                                                                             ***

With Venus and Mars now in Libra, getting along with others has never been more important and also more difficult. Are you being fair? Are you sharing enough? Are you fighting your own battle through another? Is anyone listening?

Stay tuned for more, if you have any relationship or personal questions relating to the current cycles, you can contact me at Neil@NewWorldAstrology.com or schedule a Reading (current special ends on Sep 15 so make use of that while you can).

Personal Reading Special : ends in 3 days!

The extended Special (an Hour full in-depth Reading of your Birth Chart & current cycles for $100) ends in 3 days (Sep 15).

If you're new, you'll save $75 and if you're already on file you'll save $40.

Grab your spot here

And a final note for now - yes, a lot is going on right now, and most of you are feeling it. Relationship dynamic changes, how we are getting along with others and how we're handling conflict.

Wow - a lot to handle, but we're all equipped with what we need. Our Charts show our own version of reality and what works for us. So don't feel stuck or trapped - we can work together on flying through the cycles you're in and the ones up ahead, with a greater sense of fun and adventure.

Keep shining!

Love,

Neil

Two September Specials!

Special #1: $100 Reading extension!

Since I had a wisdom tooth out last month (healing well, thanks!) I am extending this until Sep 15. All Hour Readings (for new and old clients) only $100.  Talk about anything you like!

Newbies save $75, regulars save $40.

Ends Sep 15, you can reserve a space here.

 Special #2: Full Natal Report  Just $40 (Normally $75)

80+ Pages personally compiled by Neil, detailing the deepest and most hidden parts of your Birth Chart, along with the rest of course. The most extensive natal Report available anywhere. Physical, spiritual, emotional and mental insights into your most liberating traits and the patterns that keep tripping you up.

See how much this Report covers at the Full Natal Report Page.

Great gift idea for those who cannot afford a Reading or those who enjoy having something to read and refer back to. Each page is packed with information, unlike many thin Reports that cover only the basics. I know you can handle it.

80+ Page Report - $40 (normally $75)

Order yours here!

Enjoy!

Love,

Neil

Clean-up in Aisle 6 - New Moon in Virgo (Aug 30)

The Universe issues us a new assignment this week -  a new job lead, a new chore, a new plan and a new Improvement Program in a certain area of your life.

This is THE week this year to get things cleaned up. You know you have to - to get things organized, ship-shape, and running smoother. Look around at the crap that's build in in certain corners of your life, and there's no way you can disagree that a clear-out would be good.

We're talking an interior clean - old thoughts, feelings, ideas (a physical or emotional colonic/enema would be a great idea now)  and an exterior clean - dusting, sweeping, wiping, clearing, tossing, arranging.

Life is upkeep. There's heaps of things that need continual fixing, repairing, replacing, adjusting - from your body to your shower curtain. This is the New Moon to kick-start that process one thing at a time. Everyone should have at least one list stuck up somewhere this week with a string of things that need tackling, repairing or trying.

Get healthy - 10 sit ups is better than sitting doing zip. Schedule check-ups

Get clean - have an extra shower or bath to cleanse your energy field. 

Get tidy - a clean outside helps you keep a clean inside.

Plan - a simple routine or schedule made now can have a profound impact on your life.

Help out - grant favors with no expectation of return

Look at your job - want a new one, a side one or upgrade within your current one? Ask now.

Keep busy - start a number of projects. Plant seeds. The best will sprout.

And above all - keep it simple now. Re-read that - Keep...It...Simple.

Your cosmic cleaner,

Neil

www.NewWorldAstrology.com

P.S New Moon Readings are available for the next week to aid you in detailing WHERE this is all affecting you and where you can expect, anticipate and encourage positive change in Your life. $75.

A wisdom tooth out and Mars enters Libra (Aug 19)

My Solar Return chart houses Capricorn on the Ascendant for the entire year - and what do you know, Capricorn rules bones, joints and teeth and I broke a wisdom tooth. Surely there's some irony there, but as of a few days ago I am less wise and a little sore, but healing well.

Mars, the punchy testosterone-driven planet is marching through Libra, since Aug 19, the sign of Peace, Harmony, Equilibrium and Partnership. Good luck with that!  How Mars can ever assert himself in a way that pleases EVERYONE is a great idea in theory but the planet and sign are poles apart.

Finding yourself on the see-saw lately? I have. Move too far in the direction of 'we' and you get burned for not being independent enough. Move too far in the direction of 'me' and you're classed as selfish. How can you create a win-win situation? Often you can't. Or you can - in turn. Sometimes thinking of what works for the team, detracts from what works for us as individuals. 

Sometimes, the best you can do for others, is to do for yourself.

Fireworks, heat, aggression, anger, drive and directness are available in every encounter, every relationship, every union and every merger right now. It's unavoidable. Mars allows us to DEAL with something head-on.  In Libra, however we have to take into account the other side, the mirror, the shadow, the one across the table from us. What do they want, need, desire? And how the hell can we know?

My theory in this phase is that the only way forward is to assert what YOU want in the clearest way possible without trying to be a pain in anyone's butt. And then to listen, wait, be open to a reply, a response, some sonar wave from those around you, to see what feedback you get.

Some people won't accept what you want, but it doesn't matter.

Mars (energy) desires to be funnelled into some form of "we" - but since every 'we' is made of two (or more) "me's", it could be back a back to the drawing board on what each 'me' wants.

WHAT DO U WANT? HOW CAN WE BOTH GET IT?

IS THIS WAR WITH THE DESIRE FOR PEACE OR MEANINGLESS AGGRESSION?

That is the battle cry of Mars right now in all our lives.

Can you hear it? And how will you respond?

And best of luck to you. If in doubt, listen to music, pursue beauty, and seek out calm settings. Mars in Libra likes nothing more than to be surrounded by tranquility and a sense of blissful harmony - so seek it where ye may.

Your militant mediator,

Neil

www.NewWorldAstrology.com

Changing your Emotional Habits: The Lunar Eclipse aftermath

So the Lunar Eclipse is complete. But the reverberations will continue with us throughout the rest of this year and into 2009.

The simple message of the Lunar Eclipse is: You know you have some emotional patterns to change, so are you going to give it a shot? From reactions to things that have always bothered you, to relationship repetitions to any number of things manifesting in our lives - the question to ask now is:

How can I do this completely differently?

Remember the old saying, 'If you do the same thing over and over, how can you expect it to go differently?' How much can YOU change your broken record in the weeks ahead by RESPONDING to events rather than merely REACTING.

Remember also - reacting means to RE-ACT. To act Again. To do the same thing, say the same thing, feel the same thing.

Lunar Eclipses bring up feelings remember (In Astrology, the Moon relates to emotional energies, the changing tide of our human heart) so if you're feeling it again, chances are it has some juice, some magic, some Gold waiting for you if you can work on it by doing what: changing the habit of a lifetime. All it takes is one effort.

I can see it now - the angry people out there suddenly start giving the benefit of the doubt.
The homebodies start breaking out of their box and exploring.
The detached get involved. The irritable find more patience.

Prepare to be amazed.

Not by any outside event (unless your own life and chart need to thrust you into a change because you are TOO stuck, but that's beyond the power of an Astrologer, we can tell you what patterns need playing out and your choices but HOW you do it is up to you), but by a personal choice to outlive outdated operating systems (namely the way you've been doing things till now that bring stress/pain/frustration etc).

In Aquarius, the sign of sudden surprises, the Eclipse allows us to RADICALLY ALTER our old emotional records. To play a new tune.

Where will you shock yourself (and others) out of your "usual" behavior?

Go for it. Shock us by breaking out of even your own scripts.

Your soul's safe-but-shocking short-circuit specialist,
Neil

www.NewWorldAstrology.com

P.S There are still spaces for the last week of August for the special. This is a one time special that I have never ran before to allow anyone and everyone to bypass the rates for Full Readings. If you schedule in August, Hour Readings are only $100 (normally $175 for newbies, $140 for those on file). Sign up here.

Feel Free & Free the Feeling!: Aquarius Lunar Eclipse (Aug 16)

Feeling antsy, excited, agitated, loopy, ready to blow, tense, alert, drowsy?

All of this and more - The Aquarius Full Moon Lunar Eclipse is here (Aug 16) pulling on our heartstrings and souls, to free us up from another backlog of unmet needs, frustrated needs, old emotions and dated habits that no longer serve us.

Feel it, and like a balloon, let it go.

Whatever happens in the next few months, we're inundated with chances to shed emotional baggage trapping us from a life of true inner (and thus outer) freedom. If it's old, it's out. If it's replaying, it's time to hit Stop. If you're feeling it's time for an ending, it is.

Whatever you wind up feeling now is worth looking at as it's likely to be part of your psychic circuitry - but is it helping you achieve a goal, or hindering you by pulling you back into old emotional tides? is it familiar crap? This is your chance to deal with YOUR pattern.

That's the question - ask yourself Is this needed? Do I want to continue feeling this? Feelings are our free-will choice. Feelings = how we process what happens to us.

Disappointment only follows expectation. So remove expectation.
Jealousy only follows the judgment of comparison. So remove judgments.
Guilt follows acting against our better natures. So take the road you know is right for You.
Anger follows frustrated desire. So remove the desire or find a new way to pursue it.
Hate follows loss of control. So quit trying to gain control.
Depression follows prolonger anger. So release the anger and question the desire.

They all loop together of course. And emotions are myriad. Take your pick. Right now, each have something to reveal about You, Your Story. Your perceptions and Your take on life.

What is your Emotional Default?


Since society comes under the sign of Aquarius (individuals making up a collective) this Eclipse is likely to see many shifts play out on the global screen. Groups of people under emotional stress, turmoil, excitement or unrest. Take your pick. Lunar Eclipses shake up feelings to faciliate change and growth, Aquarius is the electrical energy of Change, Social Growth, Unique Individuality and Humanitarianism.


This Age of Aquarius is about one thing above all else - The People: Humanity, the Human Race, Equality, Equal Rights, Individuality, Independence and the right to Live and Let Live.

The Aquarian Full Moon Lunar Eclipse reminds us of our part in the Human Drama unfolding. We all have our say, just as we all represent one page of Earth's book - our every action and thought imprinted on its pages, leaving a trace. Every whisper, matching every scream. Every hug matching every punch.

History books are full of the loudest voice -the voice of the victor. But often, the ones who won weren't the ones who wanted to share the Truth.

This Full Moon we'll be reminded that:

We are all equal - no matter who we are, what we've done and how we feel
We deserve to be free to be who we are - despite, creed, race, heritage, sexuality, background, looks, class

Craziness is 'in' - that the ones we celebrate now show their true colors and we love them for it!

New Age principles are real - unlimited love, the freedom to live and let live

Humanity is in this together - global warming effecs everyone, so too does war

We are all one - one flag for one planet, yet connected to agreater cosmic family

It takes each individual to make the whole!

Friends are our guiding light, mirroring our souls and sharing the ride

There is Power in Groups!

Many Hands Make Light Work/Lightwork - the spiritual term for bringing more knowledge and truth to the planet

True Freedom is the power of Choice (not who wins American Idol, but how to live) and the freedom of knowledge.

Truth = Freedom

Our only duty is To Live & Let Live.

What a concept. As the Full Moon shines above us we'll start to see the beginnings of the Saturn-Neptune unfoldment. Let me explain more.

If you read back on past blogs of mine you'll read up on the planetary alignment that is coming that's a Big One (one of the more profound ones that effects generations, not just people living in far off places).

The Full Moon will fall in Aquarius, the sign of the People, and activate Neptune in Aquarius (cosmic consciousness).

In Health Astrology - each sign represents a part/function of the body. Aquarius = circulation, the shins, ankles. Leo - the heart and spine.

This period could be summed up as a conflict between the "heart and circulation" of our global community. The 'Global Village' that Marshall McCluen talked about years ago is a reality - through technology, we are now all linked up. We get to see, witness, feel and experience what others experience - often Real Time.

The heart of society (Leo) is still closed to some degree, and is reflected in the hearts (and heart conditions...) of those 'in charge'. (Saturn's passage through Leo showed us this, and now in Virgo we get to continue the theme of ill health amongst leaders as a sign of wounded leadership). Maybe this is now manifested as Repressive Leaders once more, who care less about the people (Aqu) and more about their personal stakes and power (leo).

The backbone of unhealthy leadership continued to crumble with Saturn leaving Leo (Saturn relates to bone, and Leo relates to the back) and moving into Virgo and we get to see all the glaring errors (Virgo rules precision) made in the name of the People they rule.

This Eclipse asks you: are you hanging with the right crowd? Is there more power for you in numbers - is there a Group you can join to share your ideas and ideals with others of Like Mind? Are you being a good friend to have good friends? Is it time to cut free and fly solo from your social circle/spiral? Are you truly heading in the direction of your dreams or are you aimless with no goal and all the time in the world to repeat old emotional dramas?

The Lunar Eclipse brings in the power of Neptune

Neptune = the Dissolver, Deceiver, the Smokescreen, the Subtle Signal, the Dream, the Illusion, the energy to fog up our road and remind us of our spirit and the 'other realm'.

On the base level - social deceit, lies amongst friends, monumental revelations of untruths. Smokescreens and mirrors, whitewashes and false trails, wild goose chases. Blame Games. A field day for modern politics.

On the personal level - the choice to disregard surface appearances and use our gut feelings to see what FEELS right. Intuition is the way to go, not what we're told or even shown. What is unseen holds more of a key to the real situation. A loosening of control or the need to know or the need to be or do anything. Allowing. Being receptive to change (Aquarius) but not personal ego change but what is best for us in the Bigger Picture (Neptune). What helps the whole instead of what serves only ourselves?

Compassion comes from direct experience and thus emotional understanding.

On the Higher Level: Neptune dissolves ego. We melt back into the pot we came from - the Collective Consciousness. A global "One". We're all connected. If we believe we are separate, pain increases to slowly and insidiously loosen our grip on things that bind us to that illusion. We begin to let go, and let live.


This week - the Full Moon reminds us to stay alert to oportunities to celebrate our differences. Avoid cultural clashes. Afford others the same rights you want, desire and deserve. It sounds simple but it could just alleviate the problems in the bigger picture. It's worth a try anyway, right?

Celebrate who you are - apart from anyone else you know.
Then, celebrate the band of Merry Men or Woman who are your possee, your kin, your club or group. The ones who walk with you in this life. Celebrate their unique perspective.

I'm excited about the possibilities of this Full Moon - the PEOPLE are about to rise up stronger than ever before against repressive and restrictive regimes - which can only be faced by leaders as a threat. Which may lead to further confrontations - but as long as we remember that we are all connected and All One - what we witness is merely the playing out of two sides that are in actuality, ONE WHOLE.

If we fight on any level now we lose. If we refrain from indulding or accepting repression or mistreatment in our personal lives, the collective heals.
In reality we are one whole - many souls, a fragmented hologram of a whole.

How strange, eh?

Picture it - a soul, fragmenting itself out into two parts and playing the role of two both tennis players in a match.

Both end up winners and both end of losers. Is it a real fight? Yes and No. Both feel what they feel, and are correct to feel that. But imagine the view from above - witnessing both, feeling both, but siding with neither.

As the poles shift (symbolically represented by people taking sides) we'll have the choice to see the Bigger Picture of the story of Earth's inhabitants in one of the most dynamic, exciting Spiritual Wake-Up Calls of our times.

Everything is connected, and everyone. And how soon we'll see and be reminded once more.

May the waters flow, and the circulation of the planets energy (humanity) opens the hearts of Leaders who could truly help us unite, and cease the endless dramas of old from repeating.


Unplug from the global drama, and enjoy your own freakishness, your own craziness, the insanity of your own life, and live your never-to-be-repeated life story with the fullest glory you can muster.

It takes courage to live these days - and yet more, to risk rejection, and dare to be yourself - with no apologies.


More on the Eclipse soon, if you would like to schedule a special reading during this time you can choose between the Lunar Eclipse Reading ($75) or the discounted for August only $100 Hour Readings, unique to you and your chart.

FEEL your feeling, then free yourself from it. It's all just energy in motion, so why hog one particle/feeling?

Live Free!


Your Lunar Eclipse License to Let Loose,
Neil

www.NewWorldAstrology.com

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