Forecasts are up! Feb 26 - March 4

Forecasts can be read here.


This is an interesting week with Mercury retrograde still and now Saturn and Neptune opposing each other.

The past is returning to be dealt with once more.

We also are being urged to deal with our issues, our buttons, our touchy spots.

Amazing growth and amazing change. We'll be somewhere totally new soon enough, so ue the Moment fully for the gift it is, to change your paths to something more fun.

And as always....Feel Good.

Love,
Neil

Deja vu?

Noticed you're on repeat? The past returning? Dealt with this before and STILL it returns?

Argh.

Mercury Retrograde continues to pull us back to look and think over our past, and our paths - what was left undone, cast aside, forgotten but not yet resolved. How's that going for you?

You have a second (or third or more) chance at rewriting this scene, how do you WANT it to end?

Meanwhile, we retrograde back to another old issue, that reignites now - when Reality Saturn opposes Fantasy Neptune this Wednesday. On the grand scale we'll get to witness some major news stories in these areas - as the people oppose the hierachy. And people overdose on escapism or else get bent out of shape when the structure of their lives gets bent out of shape, dissolves, caves in or vanishes - like many buildings, structures, rules and systems that are sure to erode or fall this week.

Here's the link to my older post that relates to this in depth, so you can prepare for this time and see what it's all about.

In short - we're wrapping up our old lives, by facing old issues in the very new present.

It's RE-RUN week,
if you're sick of the same drama,
isn't it time to at-tune to another channel?

Forecasts are up!

The Sun moves into Pisces today, the final journey around the zodiac wheel - where we get to dissolve connections with things that no longer are right for us, where we engage in some fantasy, retreat and escapism. Catching up on sleep, taking it easy, enjoying music and magic - it's time to withdraw from life's hectic pace and tune into more spiritual dimensions of life. There's more to life than money, bills, work and cleaning.

The forecasts for the week ahead are up - and you can read them at the site (click the HOROSCOPES link at the bottom of the page), detailing this transition for you into the final sign of the zodiac, and the energies you're dealing with now, at the tail end of the astrological cycle.

Love,

Neil

Downloading a New Direction: New Moon in Aquarius

It's wish time - the Sun and Moon conjunct in Aquarius Saturday Feb 17th, the New Moon.

Wherever you are, whatever you may be doing, take a moment to close your eyes, light a candle, take some quiet time (in whichever way you choose), and focus on WHAT YOU WISH TO MANIFEST.

In Aquarius, we can touch our future selves, and 'download' this information into the present. Where do you want to be next week, next month, next year? Ask for it now. Make your future present.

This New Moon:

Connect with friends
Find a group in line with your goals
Decide what you want to achieve in society
Focus on a new hope or dream
Get moving - life as well as our body needs circulation
Breathe more - oxygen is our life force
Be futuristic
Go your own way and give others space too
Dare to be different
Realize greatest leaps in life come when we go against the grain
Shift your status quo
Electrify your existence with a brave, bold move ahead
Keep a clear mind - aligned solely with your goals
Enjoy the company of Free Spirits
Unleash your uniqueness

As it's the Age of Aquarius - this New Moon is a weekend of celebrating our uniqueness. Look for people with zany hair, crazy clothes - it's INNOVATION TIME, when we get to be truly ourselves. No one else can be you, even if they studied you for a lifetime. Only you get to play your own role this lifetime. Get with the program - Your program.

Making wishes at the New Moon is always guaranteed to shift energy in the direction of your desires with a view to manifesting something in line with them. Try it. This weekend, outline your future vision, and bring it int the present. It's as simple as that. Our goals define us, our hopes guide us and our dreams are our future selves finding us in the present.

Align all three here, this weekend. Free yourself from whatever is currently going on. It's already old news. Whatever is manifest in the physical world, is old. Don't forget to keep creating your future here right now by focusing on your future.

Download a new dream, a new direction and a new desire. All it takes is the energy of attention.

It'll never fly,

if you don't try.

Dare to be different and dare to dream!

Love,
Neil

Mercury is Retrograde (until March 7)

It's finally here - the mental time out we've all been in need of. So drop your major urge to race ahead in life, slow down your driving, and stop talking.

It's time to listen.

Life catches up with us now, and our words find us again, the echoes of the past return and we get to take stock of where we've been and where we are. And thus, where we're going. Without a plan we're destined to repeat the past (as we're always reacting to what has been, instead of creating where we'd like to go).

How will the past return for you? Old ideas, mental loops, friends or lovers from the past, reconnecting with friends, salvaging broken contracts or connections, revisiting old places, or finally severing ties with people who you are no longer resonating with? The possibilities can only truly be glimpsed through our own Birth Charts.

If you're stuck or unsure what's repeating or why you're where you are, it's a great time for a mental review. Read your diary, go back over your past, retrace your steps. Forget surging ahead, this period is about working out how you got here. Unpick the problems, unstitch the rug-ruts you've been weaving.

I'll add more as we progress through this period, but for now, you can check out the Relationship Reports and specials (ending Feb 31) on offer at the site - it is valentine's day today after all. And that goes for BUSINESS and well as ROMANTIC relationships.

Even if you're single, you're in a relationship right now. Look around. Mercury retrograde can help you navigate to calmer waters once you let go of the old shore and decide upon the new horizon you're setting sail for.

How will we get there? That's unimportant. Right now, the desire to is enough.

Enjoy reviewing your past - whether you find it in boxes under the bed, in old books, in reconnecting with your childhood, and finding new ways to see old problems, or whether the past finds you in the next three weeks with a letter in the mail or knock on the door or bumping into someone in the street - enjoy it, and ask yourself if you want it to have a place in your present.

The choice will determine the new pathways that open up for you.

Love,
Neil

Here you go...

You can view The Secret for fre with these links - someone posted it online at YouTube.

Enjoy! Let me know the results when you play with the concepts.

Love,
Neil




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Part 3:

Part 4:

Extra Part:

Mercury Retrograde: Feb 14 - March 7

Coming soon!

In the meantime, get a headsup on what this phase is all about by visiting the Blog and using the Search function to read some of my earlier 'Mercury Retrograde' postings. This one of course is different as it falls in the sign of Pisces, and we're all affected differently, but you'll have an idea of what's going to happen during the period from Feb 14 - March 7.

Stay tuned!

This Moment...

Where are you at right now in your Life Cycle?

At "PMS" time - when everyone and everything seems to kick you between the legs, annoy you and make you wanna break something?

At "Celebration" time - when you're amazed things could work out so well, and you're feeling truly blessed.

At "Anticipation" time - when you have nothing yet everything. A magical moment of potential when the world's your oyster. (You quit your job, move with no security, or else throw yourself off the deep end).

At "Closure" time - when something ends and you're trying to decide where to go or what to do next?

There are so many points along each cycle. That's the beauty of our Astrology Charts. We set sail on a course determined by us prior to birth (the theory goes) and then we cast ourselves in our own drama and see if we can figure our way through it all. It's not our actions that truly matter in the end often, but our RE-actions - how we handle the events that life seems to bring our way. That's how we end up changing your own personal history - by redefining ourselves with each response.

That's where my current book comes in. I'm putting together a special manual of sorts to explain where you're at in your current cycle. Anyone will be able to use it as it does all the hard work for you. You'll need no knowledge of Astrology and gain a vast amount of wisdom by the end (hopefully!).

That's also where you come in: my clients, friends, family and strangers i talk to about their charts are all the teachers on my Path. I learn the more I see and experience (which is true wisdom in the end, isn't it) and I'd love to have your input in some of this too.

Just let me know WHAT is going on in your life or how you feel about certain things. Be as detailed or as bullet-point as you like. "Lost my job","Got married", "Ready to run away", "Excited about my new possibilities" etc. Your call. It'll all help me to put together a manual that is steeped in experience and reality as it is in Astrological Theory. We're all the melting pots where all of this wisdom comes together.

You can find the survey (its confidential and easy) at this page of my site, (on the right scroll down to the menu and you'll find it, along with a Sex Survey if you're so inclined).

Thanks a million billion for sharing your own life experiences - maybe they'll help someone else out on their path too. Being part of something bigger than yourself - you can't beat it.

Much Love,
Neil

The "Void of Course" Moon

Astrologers each use various devices and tricks and tools to interpret the planetary movements. I'm amazed that many don't use the Lunar Nodes - when from my experience they hold SO much information. Others may find it surprising I don't stare ominously at what they call the Void of Course Moon.

The Nodes comprise such a bulk of my work that without them, you really don't have a handle on the Chart of a person (or anything). it's just cycles, blurring into cycles, and energies that come at you from all angles. With no central theme. However the Void of Course is a lesser but much used tool of timing.

The Moon moves rapidly through the signs - 2 and a half signs a day so complete its monthly sojourn. Our emotions follow suit - changing along with the lunar cycle colors. In Leo today we're all feeling the Leo energy but in various ways depending on where the Moon falls within our Charts of course.

In my 9th House, I actually ended up contacting a fellow Astrologer to compliment him on his marvellous book, and we exchanged emails (the 9th house relates to publishing, books, knowledge, teachers). The book is called Sunshines: The Astrology of Being Happy' by Michael Lutin. It actually comprises of a look at both the Sun and the Lunar Nodes together. A much needed addition to the Astrological body of work out there.

The Full Moon will arrive in my 9th house - and I'm expecting to wrap up a lot of work on my own book. I may hear news from overseas, the other 9th House theme. I've been looking into taking a trip out of town to Vegas. The 9th = long distance trips. The themes are endless but they all relate to how I'm using Leo energy in a 9th house fashion.

Back to my original point - I never much cared for the "voice of course" moon. It's a term given to a period of time when the Moon's energy is 'out to lunch' and anything we begin during these times is likely to not amount to much. White Noise. Dead air. A void. Emotionally it's not exactly a fulfilling time for something we want to launch. It is claimed, however, that it's great for napping, staying home or at leats kicking back a bit, self-nurturing and just waiting things out.

I guess with my Aries South Lunar Node I'm not a fan of waiting around for things, so I tend to disregard these timing devices sometimes, because I reckon 'if it's meant to work it will'. (Not that I'm always on time, so perhaps I need to listen to myself more...)

So this is where you come in as your own Astrologer. I'm posting the dates here for you to check it out for yourself. Drop me a note and let me know your findings. It's not a major thing we need to stick to, but it's worthwhile if we want to avoid what is claimed "emotional ARGHS" of this period if we don't.

Here's February's:

V/C = when the moon goes void of course

Feb 3, 2007 5:55 AM Moon Trine Plu V/C
Feb 3, 2007 9:34 AM Moon enters Virgo (so the VC is over)

Feb 5, 2007 5:37 PM Moon Sqr Plu V/C
Feb 5, 2007 9:15 PM Moon enters Libra

Feb 8, 2007 6:38 AM Moon Sxtil Plu V/C
Feb 8, 2007 10:09 AM Moon enters Scorpio

Feb 10, 2007 5:39 AM Moon Sqr Sat V/C
Feb 10, 2007 10:01 PM Moon enters Sagittarius

Feb 13, 2007 3:45 AM Moon Conj Plu V/C
Feb 13, 2007 6:42 AM Moon enters Capricorn

Feb 14, 2007 10:24 PM Moon Sxtil Ven V/C
Feb 15, 2007 11:34 AM Moon enters Aquarius

Feb 17, 2007 11:14 AM Sun Conj Moon V/C
Feb 17, 2007 1:30 PM Moon enters Pisces

Feb 19, 2007 11:43 AM Moon Sqr Plu V/C
Feb 19, 2007 2:06 PM Moon enters Aries

Feb 21, 2007 12:42 PM Moon Trine Plu V/C
Feb 21, 2007 3:03 PM Moon enters Taurus

Feb 23, 2007 2:47 PM Moon Trine Mar V/C
Feb 23, 2007 5:42 PM Moon enters Gemini

Feb 25, 2007 8:21 PM Moon Oppos Plu V/C
Feb 25, 2007 10:48 PM Moon enters Cancer

Feb 27, 2007 1:03 AM Moon Trine Ura V/C
Feb 28, 2007 6:29 AM Moon enters Leo


That's some Astrological Lore for you. If you're thinking of moving home, signing on a real estate deal, contacting your Mother, or planning conception, these are times it's best to work around and plan for. The Moon relates to all these things. In surgery, Astrologers have worked with doctors to avoid operations when the Moon is moving through the sign related to the part of the body in question (Aries - head down to pisces - feet...we can talk more on that another time). Question? Just email me at Neil@NewWorldAstrology.com.

SO when the Moon is in Cancer, stomach and breast/chest operations are forbidden. It often ends in complications. I'd say this would work doubly so then, under a Void of Course Moon. Maybe it just doesn't solve the original problem.

I haven't tested this as the Moon is such an unstable, emotional energy. It talks about the small niggling things in our day to day lives.

I prefer to focus more on Mercury Retrograde and other energies that seem to throw the world into chaos. That's my dramatic 5th House South Node (the Leo house!). I'm a sucker for excitement.

And what do you know? Mercury goes retrograde on Feb 14, just in time for Valentine's Day! Expect to hear from a past lover (and me), for sure. Good or bad? Depends how naughty or nice you were, doesn't it...

Enjoy playing around with the Void of course Moon times...

Love,
Neil

Feb 1: Souls at Centre Stage: Leo Full Moon

The Full Moon on Feb 1 (late evening PST) falls at 12Leo59 (one minute before entering the 13th degree).

Most Astrologers will probably use the Sabian Symbol for 13 Degrees Leo (since we always round up) but I think since we are so close to the 14th Sabian Degree that in this instance we're urged to move up and evolve to the next level. This symbol is:

"In the form of a cherub,
whispering soft coaxing in words into every receptive ear,
a human soul seeks expression."

I think that sums up this Lunar cycle. Full Moons are always about a highlighting of something. "Under the Light of the Full Moon" we see what's full - what's grown, expanded and is now visible, manifested from the seeds we scattered at the previous Leo New Moon.

What does this symbol mean? To me, it's the sound of intuition whispering in our ears, of the path we KNOW we should take. Will we? Often we go against our own advice (and wonder why no one else is really helping us out).

In Leo, emotions are always pretty obvious. They're either out there in the open, or else we're polluting rooms by withdrawing our Light (Leo rules the Sun) and we're known for the dark clouds we bring in our wake. Either way, our Light is felt by its very presence or it's lack.
Again we're reminded now that "darkness" is just a lack of light. And that there never is truly ever complete darkness in the world, as the Sun is always shining somewhere.

Maybe that's what we should bear in mind at the Leo Full Moon when we're bursting at the seems with Leo vitality that screams to be heard. If we don't receive the applause and respect our Leo side needs (we all have Leo in us somewhere, in our Charts) then we risk sulking, withdrawing and sitting on it, becoming the cold, calculated Aquarius (Leo's opposite sign).

At the Full Moon we always face a conflict to resolve - on the one hand the Sun shines in Aquarius saying BE AQUARIAN. Detach. Support a good cause. Help Society. Be a great friend.
The Moon shines in the opposite sign of Leo saying I NEED RECOGNITION. Can you be a creative and lovable politician? Can you use your stage presence star-status for the greater good? Are you just as good off stage in the supportive audience as you are lapping up the attention from your adoring fans? If you're ignored, what then? If someone heckles you, do you despise humanity? Is your audience limited and are you seeking the wrong people for the recognition you feel you deserve and desire?

We're ALL prima-donnas. We each want a bit of the Leo Sun. Watch American Idol to see how big 'anyone can be a star' ideologies have become. However, as the Moon also opposes Chiron (known as the wounded healer) we do run the risk of a few of our Aquarian "issues" to be triggered. People annoy us. We're told to love the world yet we see our ugliness in the prejudice we witness, in the people who don't give a rat's ass about any else. We see it in our politicians who are clearly NOT "for" the people. Aquarius is the Humanitarian but with Chiron here now, we tend to detest people but love humanity. Who was it who said "the problem with humanity is people"?

We can pretend to be spiritually evolved, but we'll always (this two week period anyway) get to see our wounds, our shadows, our emotional triggers (insecurities and fears) highlighted by others (opposition aspects always relate to relationship issues since we tend to project the problem onto someone else and fight it through them).

So with the Moon opposing Chiron, OTHER people are the ones who are too Leo or too Aquarius. Too show-offy or too cold-and-clinical. No, it can't be us. Our unmet needs of attention projected onto the person we see who steals the show. And the side of us who wants to not care less, is seen through the person whom clearly doesn't have a human heart....

Is this blog getting a little heavy? I agree. So let's move on to the juice:

No matter what, no matter where, no matter how we MUST release our Leo sides now - it's a NEED, a primal urge asking us to:

Get on Stage and Scream our Emotions
Let it rip! Dance your socks off, dress up, show off
Bring color back into your life!
Get artistic - paint a wall, a mural, make a birdhouse, stare at your reflection
Go to Vegas - live it up, go 5 Star to the best restaurant
Give up your childish ways but still remain childlike
Be generous NO MATTER who accepts it or who you think "doesn't deserve it"
Be proud of what you've done. You'll shine for it.
Stop seeking an audience. Be your own number one fan.
Finish up a painting, song, poem or some creative project you've been working on
Release your babies into the world (sell your work, find an agent, put on your show)


In Short - give your gift of your Leo side to the world. Your job. Your humor. Your ability to have a good time. Your smile. Your wink. Your flattery. Your musical/artistic/leadership talents. You're brimming full, under the Full Moon and trust me, there are few things worse than a Leo who has (temporarily) lost (or forgotten more like) their Light. That's Leo's job. To shine. That's it.

And the final point is this: to shine, to truly be a beacon and a Sun, sometimes our only job is to be ourselves, and not to try. Isn't one of the sun's main job to brighten dark skies?

So whatever shadows appear now, dispel them by turning up your own Pride, your own Self Respect, your own Self Love. Saturn in Leo right now is testing us all - to remain Loving no matter what, to remain Giving no matter what, to retain our Life Force - and not to get depleted or drained by life's vampiric nature.

Give back.
Empty your creative genius.
It's the only way to keep refilling.

Love,
Neil

New Year: Specials end Jan 31!

As a reminder, the two Specials currently on offer end in two days (Jan 31) :

You can check out your 2007 year ahead, with a look at your Life Path, your soul's journey, and an overview of your entire Chart (along with a free Transit Report) for $150 (normally $210) Order here

And you can receive the two Year Ahead Reports on offer (your birthday Solar Return and the Year Ahead 2007 Report) both together for $40 (normally $70). Order here.

These Readings and Reports give you everything you need to get on track, work out where you're trying to get to and how to move towards what you truly want, as opposed to repeating old patterns. This year is about breaking free, and these will help you rediscover your true Life Path.

Hope you're all enjoying 2007 so far - already we're all being urged to make some pretty significant leaps.

Here's to your own amazing changes!

Love,
Neil

Signing up for this Blog

I have changed the subscription service to this Blog - so if you have already signed up can you use the box to the right (beneath my picture) and sign up again if you'd like to continue receiving these blog updates.


The last service I used had glitches so before Mercury goes Retrograde I wanted to find a new service to use. You should receive these by email faster and more reliably than before.

Thanks! If you have any problems drop me an email at Neil@NewWorldAstrology.com.

Love,
Neil

Forecasts are up!

The weekly Forecasts are now up - for those of you who didn't notice, they now run from Monday - Sunday. You can find the link at the menu on my front page (scroll down) under Horoscopes.

Enjoy = It's quite a quirky week!

Love,
Neil

The Secret...

At the recent grand opening of Darshana Books in Los Angeles, I was blessed to watch The Secret (thanks so much Molly) and wanted to mention it here as a recommendation to all who read this blog or who stumble across these words.

The Secret outlines the principle of creating our reality by using the mind and the Law of Attraction. It's a must see, in my opinion. It brings together all metaphysical works including my own work through Astrology that we bring to us who we are. Change your vibration and you change that which you attract. Desire something? Become it. And you'll have it.

See it, enjoy it, feel it, be it. And stop by Darshana Books and tell Molly you heard about her splendid store from this Blog. You can pick a copy of the film up there or if you can't wait, grab a copy from a friend, rent it, or view it at their website.
Money well spent, I'd say.

Enjoying creating the reality you choose instead of reacting to those things you'd rather not experience any longer. That's the old way and the New Way is already here. Get with the program!


Love,
Neil

As predicted: Jupiter/Uranus in the News

Already we're seeing some manifestations of the Jupiter/Uranus alignment:

In the last post I mentioned the possibility of strikes and shakeups within the religious or educational and travel fields - British Airways (Jupiter travel) and the Transport & General Workers Union are to meet in a bid to avert next week's two-day strike (Uranus revolt) by cabin crew.

And right on time, English schools must now teach "britishness" The Education Secretary, Alan Johnson says , urging pupils in England to learn about British values.

Churches unite over the adoption row as The Church of England backs the Catholic Church in its bid to be exempt from laws on adoption by gay couples. Uranus (homosexuality and other 'minorities' and rebellion of course). We're sure to see more arguments (since this is a square aspect of tension) between the Church/Education (Jupiter) and those deemed as outcasts or deviant in society (Uranus).

And, just as I mentioned the theme of Innovations, the BBC is running this website to mark the 150th anniversary of The Patent Office, asking people to nominate the best and worst inventions.


In other travel news, the LA Times Reports that Americans are driving less for the first time since 1980 due to higher oil prices - could this be the lead into new technologies (Uranus) that reduce our over-consumption (Jupiter) on natural resources?

Back to education news: Government and opposition supporters clashed at a Beirut university campus (Jupiter) Thursday (Thursday is actually Jupiter's Day - from the French "jeudi", each day of the week has classically been attributed to the planets that were first discovered - Sunday the Sun Day, Monday the Moon Day and so on) - battering each other with sticks, stones and even furniture in new violence spilling over from Lebanon's political crisis (Uranus).


Just a few snapshots of the world picture - to show how these planetary patterns find their manifestation on the planet. Expect more shocks (Uranus) in the fields of education, religion, belief, legal matters (Jupiter) and some amazing new gadgets and gizmos and new procedures that will astound, amaze and possibly outrage you.

Jupiter as the ruler of Sagittarius and Uranus as the ruler of Aquarius brings these two sign-energies together (fire and air) to whip up a storm of frenzied energy and activity intent o:

improving our social conditions by first poking the things

that repress, trap, confine and limit

our focus, horizon, scope and vision.

Eureka! - Jupiter squares Uranus

Today, we witness a major Astrological Alignment.


Expansive, over-the-top and greener-pastures Jupiter squares off against freedom-fighter, rebellious and status-quo-shifting Uranus.

Feeling a pull to break free? Congratulations, you're feeling the almighty showdown between these two boisterous and big planets. Jupiter wants better things, Uranus wants to do it differently. Jupiter wants to better the world, so does Uranus, but both have different opinions. More is better, screams Jupiter. Out with the old in with the New, hollers Uranus.

Socially, it's a time of unrest and upheaval - intensified under this alignment. Culture (Jupiter) clashes (Uranus) are inevitable. We're trying to free ourselves (Uranus) from the clutches of repressive religion (Jupiter) uneducated education (Jupiter rules knowledge) and intellectual arrogance (Jupiter likes to claim it owns the Truth).

Some possible manifestations:

Religious exile - people abandon their previous beliefs, members of the church quit, resign or are fired, or change faiths altogether, or else abandon their faith entirely!

Educational exile - teachers do the same thing as the priests as mentioned above. Strikes or at least a shakeup in how the educational system works. Could there be the introduction of shocking new ways to teach people or more spiritual and metaphysical instruction (quantum physics, psychic information, Astrology etc?)

Racism - we're already hearing breaking news stories of this on mainstream media (Uranus rules television, radio and the broadcast media in general) on shows like Big Brother in England where contestants got into a name-calling racist brawl. Our prejudice (Jupiter) is exposed as being anything but humanitarian (Uranus).

New Gay Laws - Uranus relates to the 'deviant' and the things most of society feels go against what it 'stands for'. Anything that goes against the grain and is 'different'. So homosexuality would fit the bill here, and since Jupiter relates to Law, we could see more challenges (since this is a square aspect of tension) and a greater push for more social equality and liberation. Uranus/Jupiter could see overseas (Jupiter) marriage or at least civil partnerships (Jupiter).
Could immigration laws be ready to be revamped to allow for more fairness and social acceptance? Here's hoping.

Travel Innovation: new ways to travel - and more technology within travel (biometrics, eye scanners, fingerprints etc). Faster and speedier ways to get from A to B. Could this be the beginning of those 2 hour planes from LA to Australia? Or how about teleportation? Travel gets a little crazier so look out for diversions, new routes and perhaps more efficiency - but don't hold your breathe, it always comes with a cost. Hopefully it's not one of freedom or privacy?

Electrifying Inventions - some larger than life ideas, ideals and philosophies. Listen up for some big words, hotshot ideas and some 'here's the solution' remarks from people who big mouths who love to spout hot air. Big words, bright ideas.

Illuminated Thought - the Eureka! Aha! moments of life. Some amazing intuitions that channel their way into our heads, downloaded from the great beyond. There are truly some tripped out ideas floating around now. Will you be the one with the next multi-billion dollar idea or a solution to a major world issue?


Both Jupiter and Uranus are unruly energies so things are very unstable right now. Cultural ideologies can bring us together or tear us further apart now. The Truth in one area of life can separate us and divide us if it claims other ideas aren't truth. Let's face it - Truth is subjective and depends on your point of view. Everyone sees things differently.

What law are you standing for and is it accepting of everyone as a whole or selective?
Are you beliefs purely rebellious with no real purpose?
Are you seeking to better your life or merely rock the boat?

The world has to answer these questions now. Things get larger than life, and pretty crazy at times now. Social issues get blown out of proportion but we do get one benefit now: to see where we're become so enamored of our version of the truth we've forgotten we're connected.

So this next few weeks, take a look around and within your own life.

Are we playing or playing witness to the Separatist Idiot of the Global Village?

Jan 18: Decoding your Direction: New Moon in Capricorn

On Thursday Jan 18, the New Moon Falls at 28 Degrees Capricorn.

On top of things? In the driving seat of your own life?
Have a direction, goal and a plan to get there?

No matter where we are, there's always further to go, on the path. This New Moon brings in a new burst of energy to wisen up, mature and decide where we want to move next.

Immaturity is swept aside when we realize that it's up to us to get us where we want to be. The driver on Life's highway, the author of our own story.

Capricorn as a sign of Achievement, brings a newfound urge to DO something, BE something, STAND for something and succeed with something, someone, some avenue, some quest, some goal.

Are you ready to climb?

Progress is relative of course, and dependent upon where you're at and where you want to be. But we're constantly moving forward. To me, Progress is moving somewhere better. Take for example my current physical shift to a new home space. My life has continually been a process of moving away from low vibration energy into higher and higher worlds and frequencies, bettering my own life and thus the lives of those I work alongside. I see this as progress, but for each and every one of you, it may be something different.

This New Moon look for:

New paths - new job leads and a desire to upgrade
A promotion, trophy, or major slap on the back for a job well done
New Ideas from Bosses and the implementation of new Rules and Regulations
The elderly coming to the forefront (for a second burst of youth?)
A way to enhance your CV/Resume - polish, perfect and be proud!
New Business cards, clothes and confidence
New relationships with authority figures
Parental Developments - releasing yourself from unhealthy discipline
Ways to Plan more - and become more disciplined
A desire to stretch more - to ease joint stress (along with shoulder rubs)
New ways of managing your life
A green light to GO for it!
Helps up the career ladder

Under Capricorn, the ruler of Time, our concept of time is set to change once more. Noticed time goes really fast, or suddenly it's at a crawl? Need to keep asking what day it is? Was two days ago what seems like two years ago?

Each day we're covering a whole lot more ground now than ever before, as the Earth continues to undergo a major transition. Clocks won't show this - it's a feeling we have inside. Time seems to shift, we miss time, we feel as though we're in two places at the same time.

No you're not going crazy.

The New Moon is an open door allowing us to take charge of our own use of energy - how we use time (are you 'killing time', 'wasting time' - how are you "spending" time (after all it's a currency of sorts)?

Our career comes into focus now - what we truly want to do with our lives. Our Mission. Our Destiny. Our Direction. Our Destination. It's time to redefine this, and put at least one foot on the path we desire to be on.

Forget getting there. All we're asked now is to take ONE step towards it. Want to start yoga? Search for a class, grab a book. Need better management/organization? Same thing. Want a raise or promotion? Ask for it! Tired of your job? Seek a new one. Forget achievement - the achieving now is in the doing, allowing and being open to change.

We climb the ladder this week - and we can allow the process to unfold or fight against it, but life wants something better for us and fully supports all actions now invested in this intention: to better our lives.

Not bad, eh? Yes it involves work, but we truly can't afford to remain where we are, permanently.

Everything is a work in progress now. Help your own work of art along by giving it structure, a plan, and solid support. Don't skimp, don't quit. Plug away.

Under a Capricorn New Moon, success is guaranteed if we invest in ourselves and our true desires, backed by unshakable determination. And again, all we need is the desire to better ourselves and our lot in life.

Avoid the snakes of doubt,
and continue climbing the ladder!

Love,
Neil

Jan 13: Walking through the Fire: Martial Mars meets Powerful Pluto!

Wow.

Today, Mars (planet of anger, aggression, assertion, ammunition) meets Pluto (planet of the underworld, secrets, passion, sex, what lies beneath). It's an intense day of which we're already seeing manifestations.

Remember the planets don't make anything happen on Earth, they merely find their own dance reflected in events below.

We've already heard of the serious earthquake that has called for Tsunami warnings in Alaska and Hawaii, after a quake of 8.2 magnitude under the pacific Ocean. Rumblings beneath the surface indeed.

Mars relates to many things including: fire, gunshot, violence, explosions, weapons, war, aggression, testosterone, anger, impatient, impulsiveness.

Pluto relates to many things including: subways, tunnels, underground, shadows, conspiracies, spies, shady goings on, crime, nuclear activities, night, death, transformation, rebirth, taxes

A quick tour of the news stories this morning show the darker side of these manifestations (since the news loves a good 'horror' story)

I like the story of the huge crowds at Vegas' Porn Convention. Mars is desire and sexual conquest and Pluto is the urge or merge. Both together on this day bring boiling passions to the surface. Anger and violence witnessed now are surely a corruption of the pleasure principle. Sexual frustration leads to mass trauma!

A subway station in Brazil collapses after an explosion.

Two men met their death by a train in an underground tunnel in England.

Airport taxes on England increase causing outrage. (Mars is anger and Pluto is taxes, and in Sagittarius the sign of overseas culture and long distance travel, the ramifications were obvious.

I have no doubt the idea of travel at this time still conjures up more images of death - and with Mars and Pluto connected to the sign of Travel (Sag) it's possible we'll see more trauma in this field.

Scientists have decoded the genes of a sex bug - whilst syphilis rates rise in China.
The cold virus is being used now to try and fight cancer (Pluto relates to virus eating illnesses and with Mars now energy is being invested in exploring new ways (sagittarius) of attacking these (mars the ruler of war)

A game called WarCraft (mars) is being expanded (Pluto in Sagittarius)

The Polish Church is stepping up its spy probe. (very plutonian, and of course Sagittarius is the sign of Religion while in other news Polish ex-spies face punishment.

I found it interesting but not surprising to see the themes coming out of the winning films at the 112th Annual US Critic's Choice Awards, with Mars focusing so much energy (intensified by Pluto the planet of our "obsessions":

Martin Scorsese's gangster film The Departed has taken top honours (the departed theme so common to mars/Pluto death & endings.

Offbeat comedy Little Miss Sunshine , about a dysfunctional family on a road trip across the US, (Sagittarius relates to road trips, travel) took the awards for best acting ensemble.


Pixar's Cars won the award for best animated feature film (again the travel theme)

Hollywood actor Johnny Depp may produce and star in a film about the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.


Summary:

In Short, PLuto and Mars together INTENSIFY EVERYTHING. Our anger, our passion, our rage, our jealousy, or desire, and our focus becomes a lazer - an X ray vision, a B-s Detector. We may become swayed by picking sides on any debate. Extremes are common. And that's fine - this is a time to decide just where you stand and whether you're IN or OUT. But remember, everything is on a cycle, and this is just a very intense part of a cycle that will in time, be over.

Whether things go pop, explode, die, vanish or are destroyed in the wake of this particular planetary vibration, we should not be worried nor concerned. Pluto aspects are always a time of letting things go that should be gone, and that have outstayed their welcome. Death is never really a very welcome part of life on Earth, but for life to exist and continue we must all face a death of sorts.

Nature unleashes her wrath, rage or just an enormous sigh now, and we feel it. Those living in fear will fight back and those who in the know, will look upon these events now and realize that in order to see the Light, we must forge through the darkness. And to heal, we must feel the pain and to continue to Love.

We're in a period of rebirthing, but not before we burn off a few excess and unhealthy ego issues and urges.
We get to see how amazingly strong we are - and what is left after this period, is what we need, as we have become free of things weighing us down, spiritually.

In the fire sign of Sagittarius, these planets combined now truly are an initiation - as we are left to walk through the fires and come out cleaner and clearer. The heat is truly turned up!

Relax, enjoy some intensity, some great sex (it's a great time to truly focus on what you need now and on gaining true freedom from your own darker side! - or at least pour your passion and purpose into something worthwhile today and lastly:

Choose your battles!


Love,
Neil

Missing Mommy? Cancer Full Moon

I was thinking tonight, under the waning Cancer Full Moon, that the theme of this week's Full Moon truly can be boiled down to one thing:

Are we projecting our Mother issues onto others around us?

As the sign of Cancer, along with the Moon, relate to that watery bond between mother and child (since Cancer and the Moon relate to the womb, stomach, breasts, milk and water) this Full Moon is a time when we project those needs onto others in our lives.

If Mother fed us with unconditional love, we continue to feed ourselves with the same emotional diet and can provide for others.

If Mother fed us conditional love, was unavailable, let us down by not meeting our needs, then we continue to seek to fulfill ourselves (or fill ourselves full) of what we are missing. We continue feeding ourselves a diet of lack or abuse ourselves in reflection (or others in retaliation) of this beginning.

We comfort eat
We cling to people or things that appear solid, stable, secure
We stay in bad relationships
We have domestic issues since we never had a secure home
We fear abandonment, starvation, lack, inconsistency, unreliability - or become known for doing this to others. (self fulfilling prophecies of our own making).
We blame others for the way we feel
We don't know the way we feel, and seek to heal others when we ourselves are wounded
We make others NEED us, since we need to be needed to fill a void
We harm others by not listening to their needs as we're too busy focusing on our own tangled emotions
We don't know what we 'need' or confuse a desire for a need and thus end up not getting what we want or need

Being out of touch with your own heart, and child energy is tough. Especially in what can appear a dog-eat-dog world these days, it's all too easy to miss the fact that we could still well be expecting others to Play Mother to our inner child.

This Full Moon asks us to re-examine our Emotional Selves - and see where we are looking after ourselves (as a Good Mom) would, and where we're abandoning or punishing ourselves (as a Bad Mom). You may be surprised at your findings.

If you're uncomfortable, you're in charge of correcting the situation. It's just good Parenting. Even if you're 52 years old and single. Self-Parenting is a must.

Emotions are very real things. Displacing them onto another in a passive aggressive manner has to end if we're to relate to each other as open, mature and honest human beings.

How do you FEEL?

Ask yourself this, time and time again, over the course of these next 2 weeks - and each time you find your response - work out if it's a comfortable feeling or uncomfortable.

Then you face a choice:

1. Make it better yourself.
2. Seek someone else to make it better
3. Complain and stay stuck.

It truly is that simple. Reach out if need be, but realize that no one else owes us peace of mind, true comfort, or a helping hand.

Those who have been well parented and feel fully secure radiate. We meet them and we just 'know'.

But perhaps the greater Lights out there are those people, who, in seeing what they experienced as a child, in the Light of adulthood, see the lack for what it is - a chance to spend the rest of their lives, filling that space inside with self-love - becoming their own Mom and Dad, by making choices that reflect the desire for a better, more comfortable, happier existence.

Happiness is a choice. And we need not spend one minute being uncomfortable emotionally, if we honestly know how we feel and we aren't afraid to show that emotion - no matter how ugly it may seem.

Honor your feelings; you honor yourself - and you're the best parent (to your own inner child, and your own flesh and blood kids, and to everyone else around you) that could ever exist.

Love,
Neil xxx

Happy Nu-merological Year 9!

Well, welcome to 2007.

it's not the real new year, this begins in Spring with the first sign Aries (lambs, sap rising, and birth!). But we are in a new numerological vibration. A 9 Year - the Year of Closure as I like to call it.

Of course we're all at various stages of our own personal cycles. I have a new Tarot Column for a 2007 Overview at Rainbow Network you may enjoy (see which card I drew for you for the year ahead). Up this week only after which I'll try and get it onto my website (email me if you click the link and it's just the usual forecasts which means you missed it, and I'll get it to you!)


Also, I have some offerings for Personal Readings and some 2007 Reports at my website - which itself has birthed itself into a new form to flow with the changes.


Wherever you go, whatever you may do, may the wind be behind you, or if in front, gusty enough to blow your hair like a slo-mo movie star.

And I look forward as always to sharing more with you individually and collectively this new numerological year!

Much Love,
Neil