Forecasts for Venus Retrograde

Venus-ruled Taurus and Libra natives are likely to be particularly sensitive to the effects of Venus Retrograde. Also, people who have Taurus and/or Libra associated with love or financial areas of their chart tend to be more affected than others. This includes Aries Ascendant natives (because Libra is on the house of partnerships and, often, Taurus is on the cusp of their income house, the second) and Scorpio Ascendant natives (because Taurus is on the cusp of their house of partnerships). Taurus or Libra on the fifth house of romance is another indicator (more frequently occurring with Capricorn Ascendant and Gemini Ascendant natives), and those people who have Venus in Taurus or Libra are also quite sensitive to the cycle.

Aries and Aries Ascendant: This Venus Retrograde cycle mostly affects your fifth house of romance, pleasure, speculation, and children. Because the cycle directly affects your sector of romance and speculation, you should be especially wary of jumping into arguments with a lover and taking a risk gambling. You may feel you are on shaky ground in the romance department. You don't need to share all your feelings with a lover right now, and you shouldn't jump to conclusions if your lover needs a little space. As well, Venus rules your partnership and income sectors, suggesting that this Venus retrograde cycle is likely to affect you more than most.

Taurus and Taurus Ascendant: This Venus Retrograde cycle mostly affects your fourth house of home and family. From July 27th to August 8th, however, can be a challenging period for you in the romance department. Don't jump to conclusions if a lover is acting a little distant. Wait it out. From August 8th to September 8th, relations with your family may be a little strained. You might want to wait until Venus is direct before you express your frustrations with family members! What you say now may be costly. Furthermore, if you take the time to think about things, your approach to dealing with these issues later in September is likely to be much more productive. With Venus as your ruler, you are especially sensitive to all of the Venus Retrograde issues described above.

Gemini and Gemini Ascendant: This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs for the most part in your third house of communication, siblings, and neighbors. You are likely to withdraw from chit-chatting during this period, and this might alienate a few people, especially siblings and perhaps neighbors. You may be misreading body language as well. Because Libra rules your romance sector, don't jump to conclusions if a lover is acting a little distant. Wait it out.

Cancer and Cancer Ascendant: This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs for the most part in your second house of money and values. As such, in addition to the general cautions outlined above, hold on to your money. Take the time to re-think your sources of income and how you spend your cash during this period, and avoid making any big purchases until late September and October. Relationships with friends and family may be a little strained, as these are Venus-ruled areas of your chart.

Leo and Leo Ascendant: This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs mostly in your sign, affecting your first house of personal appearance and mannerisms. This retrograde cycle will affect the personal image you project to others. Others are likely to misunderstand what you do and say, and misread your body language. Try to keep things status quo with regards to your love life. Don't worry if a lover isn't quite "getting" you for the time being. Things will change once Venus turns direct. From July 27th to August 8th, use extra care with your finances and personal possessions. Venus-ruled areas of your chart are career, authority figures, and communications. Extra caution in these areas of life may be necessary now.

Virgo and Virgo Ascendant: This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs for the most part in your twelfth house of all that lies beneath the surface of things. From July 27th to August 8th, however, Venus is retrograde in your sign before it moves back into Leo, and you might find that others are misreading and misunderstanding you. Keep things status quo in your love life as much as possible. You are likely to be more withdrawn than usual, which can be a source of concern for your lover. People from the past may resurface either physically or simply coming to the forefront of your mind. You may be dealing with past karma now.

Libra and Libra Ascendant: This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs mostly in your eleventh house of friendships, groups, and aspirations. Your friendships or associations with groups may be a little strained during this period--a time when you may withdraw and others might misinterpret your intentions. Venus rules your sign, suggesting that you could be distancing yourself, questioning whether others are truly good for you.

Scorpio and Scorpio Ascendant: This Venus Retrograde cycle mostly occurs in your solar tenth house of career and reputation. For the time being, the social aspect of relationships on the job may be compromised somewhat. Be as non-judgmental as you can with co-workers during this cycle. your partnership sector is ruled by Venus, and you could find some challenges relating to a spouse or close partner. With Venus ruling your privacy sector, you could also be dealing with past actions or karma.

Sagittarius and Sagittarius Ascendant: This Venus Retrograde cycle mostly occurs in your ninth house of faith and adventure. An argument over personal philosophies of life can get you into hot water, or you could be reassessing your faith. Friendships and working relationships are Venus-ruled in your chart, and special care should be exercised in these areas of life.

Capricorn and Capricorn Ascendant: This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs for the most part in eighth house of intimacy, shared resources, and personal transformation. Hold onto your money, work on a budget, and avoid arguments with loved ones that revolve around intimacy and sexuality. An argument over joint finances can also get you into hot water. Hold back. What you say now can have serious ramifications. Venus-ruled areas of your chart are also affected--career, as well as relationships with lovers and children.

Aquarius and Aquarius Ascendant: This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs for the most part in your seventh house of one-to-one partnerships. Misunderstandings with your partner now can do serious damage. If you need to talk through problems, do your best to be as non-judgmental as possible, and don't over-react to what your partner has to say either. A close partner could be distant emotionally. Things will look much better in late September and October. Watch also for less than warm relations with family members, and avoid purchases of new property.

Pisces and Pisces Ascendant: This Venus Retrograde cycle occurs for the most part in your sixth house of work, health, and habits. In addition to the general cautions outlined above, the social aspect of relationships on the job may be strained for the time being. Do your best not to let people get to you. Put off beautification processes during this cycle. From July 27th to August 8th, Venus is retrograde in your opposing sign, Virgo. This can put some strain on your close partnerships. A partner could be distant emotionally.

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Reappearing Romance?

Heard from your ex yet?

Venus Retrograde is often a time of old flames igniting, or at least reappearing to remind us of what we one loved, lost or longed for. Is it so we can reconnect? Chances are it's really to show us how far we've come and to get a handle on what we are now attracting. After all, we only attract ourselves to ourselves - and yes, that means the abuser in your life reflects the feeling that you yourself need that sort of treatment.

How many of us love ourselves FOR our flaws, and for the journey of healing issues and regaining a sense of completeness?

How many of us like to be alone - which really means "all one" of course. Being alone and happy means we like who we are - after all it's the company we keep 24/7.

How many of us enjoy where we are right now?

That's a big one. We can always improve our situation. Often by moving away from troubled times by looking the other way, or walking in the other direction, which takes courage. However, Venus Retrograde asks us to at least love our situation in a new way - loving it doesn't mean accepting it as a way of living permanently, but that we attracted it in the first place.

Then we can begin the step of changing it all in accordance with our new values and desires and needs.

So when faced with an old love, love feeling or longing:

don't ask yourself if they have changed,
but enjoy seeing how far you, yourself
have grown.

All of us will face at least one returned romance, to see if we have lost love for the object, or if we have found that love within, and no longer need a token of it on the outside.

Inner treasures discovered now, can only lead to outer treasure after Venus goes Direct.

Re-wiring Hearts: Venus goes Retrograde (jul 27 - Sep 8)

Venus...

the planet relating to Love, Harmony, Peace, your Home Decor, makeovers, Beautiful Things and People, Equality, Soothing Troubled Waters, shopping for new styles, relationships, mergers, agreements, deals, legal matters, justice, value and aesthetics....

goes retrograde (backwards) on Jul 27 until Sep 8.

Take a look at the list above and if you find anything in there that you're going through, want, hope for or wondering about, chances are strong that it's likely to go through a major re-evaluation during this time.

Since Venus rules love - when she's retrograde, romance is odd (specially since Venus will be in Virgo the Analyzer). Dates aren't what we expect - relationships DON'T run smoothly now. Agreements are hard to reach or are delayed. Deals don't come off or we're shaking hands on something that later we're going to say "no thanks!' to. Do you want to sign, say Yes, agree during this time? probably not, unless you have a back-out plan or get-out clause, prenup or backup plan (or date, or color).

Peace isn't easy - but that's half the fun of Venus Retrograde. We need to strive and often fight now for what we value and love and adore and cherish and need to feel comfy and at peace. So of course, life throws us many things that make us say 'No! That's ugly! I don't want that!'.

The down side, is that everyone else is saying the same thing, and they could be saying it about YOUR involvement! Wedding planners beware - now isn't the time to choose your cake or floral design or dress. Even the simple shopper can expect to take back the dress or shirt when you realize it's not how it looked in the store.

We look in the mirror at this time and suddenly we don't see the same thing. Too fat, too thin? What about the wallpaper, too drab, too dark? Be careful - paint has a habit of being slopped on walls now and then again and again, until this period is over.

The good news: we can reevaluate if we're getting a fair deal. In Virgo, Venus Retro helps us get Real about what we care about. Does it pay the bills? Awesome. But does it make you unhappy? That's no good.

Is it fair? Yes, great! No, then why continue? Are YOU being fair? Are you going to draw a line or put up a boundary or fence or walk away?

Is it beautiful? That depends on your perspective, opinion and viewpoint...and mood. What was shiny yesterday may be dull today. Beauty is a moment thing during this period, based on how we feel at any given time.

The message of this period: THAT ALL THINGS OF REAL VALUE ARE FELT INSIDE.

Forget surface impressions, these change. Love is a feeling that is housed within at every minute of every waking day and while we sleep at night. We're either in tune and alignment with it, or we're out of it, which is usually about the time when we wage war on something or someone around us (if not with ourselves via illness, stress or irritation or attracting violence or 'accidents').

Venus retrogrades to ask us, 'Do you really love it? Are you loving the 'right things'. Is what you are loving loving you back? If not, why are you loving it? How much love/cash/fun/joy do you deserve? Are you worth it? Is the situation worth it?

Name your inner price - because things showing up now will be a direct reflection to this ....OR...in direction conflict with this, so that you get to test out or IMPRESS upon your world your own innate value. What will you do if no one else thinks you're worth the price you set for yourself on how you want to be treated, or how much you want to be paid?

Be patient - Venus is love and peace after all and these WILL win out. But maybe, when everyone else has exhausted all other possibilities and found none satisfying enough.

If you Love, you're in a high vibration.
If you're not loving it (and by it we mean ANYTHING...a home, a street, a car, a person, a thing, a desire, a habit...etc) you're dragging your entire life down, and attracting more of the same, or in danger of doing so.

Custom Build your unique brand of love.
Find new ways to Love what is hard to love, find new paths to wander down if you find it no longer possible to love the one you're on, and find out what....when you take it all away...you REALLY, TRULY value. make that the basis for all your decisions, opinions, agreements, and actions during this time frame.

When it's over, what you are will remain - reflected in the respect, love, agreement and beauty of the things and people still left surrounding you.

Enjoy the journey of discovery. The hearts a big place, and retrograde asks us to get lost within it. Maybe then we can find (or remember) what we never truly lost. Our Love of Self, with all its broken dreams, age-worn crackles and other 'character forming' flaws that make us truly individual.

Love the Imperfections...
...to find the Perfect Love.

Full of Flaws and Lovingly Yours,
Neil

No place like Home? New Moon in Cancer!

We're currently in a new Lunar Cycle with the New Moon in Cancer yesterday that lasts for the next 30 days.

New Moons = New Beginnings.

This one asks you, 'Are you at home?'. What is home - a room with 4 walls, a castle, a fence to keep people out, an invitation to let people in, a garden, a library, a party? Is it a feeling you take with you anywhere, is it your aura space, your "bubble"? Is it your family, your country, even your body?

It's all of these.

But what particular brand of 'home' is right for you now, in this cycle?

Emotions play a major role now - and depending on your sign and chart you'll be facing different kinds - intense ones you'll need to clear out (if the Moon falls in your 8th House this month), practical ones to help you secure your life (if it falls in the 2nd House) and so forth.

Whatever the case, you have a chance to find a new place of comfort and security, a new "womb" to see you through the next leg of your life's journey.

Family matters pop up now - and your childhood 'roots' and conditioning are back in your life, so we get to see if they are useful patterns or we're merely 'reacting' to triggers of old energies.

Is it time to move?

I mean move on - from an old location, a job, a person, a situation, a habit?

Surely it is. We can't stay forever even in our childhood home. It changes. We change. Those around us change. There really IS no comfort zone, only repetition and habit. The New Moon enables us now (with the aid of a great aspect from Uranus the Awakener) to shake us out of our old habits and patterns and try new things.

FIND A NEW NEST!

Whatever it is, it's time to bail, jump ship, fly the nest - in search of a new place to call home.

Or its time to renovate and clean up where we currently are and make it more comfy too.

Our body is our ultimate home on Planet Earth, our "spacesuit" in 3-D. being "at home" with oneself is the greatest comfort one can possibly attain this side of the veil, and its a worthy cause. With unshakable self support, care and love, we can handle anything.

See this month as strengthening the bars on your car as you travel through life's safari. You don't want to get walled up inside forever, but you do want to keep yourself safe inside so you can enjoy the right. Right?

So this New Moon month:

Stay home - make it cushy and comfy

Move home - find a place better suited to your needs

Seek emotional guidance - ask your intuition

Find your Family - blood relatives or your chosen kin. Reconnect bonds

Be sensitive - open your heart and soothe troubled waters with a smile or sympathetic ear

Look at Mother issues - release your own, relish your own or become your own

Nurture - feed yourself and others, be gentle

Make yourself at Home no matter where you find yourself

Create a sacred space and respect the bubble of others

Why Mom? Cancer relates to the sign of our Mother, so you'll find she may pop up again or some issue relating to her. Are you being your own best Mom? Because that's really the point. If you're not happy, quit complaining. Change it yourself. Look after your own ass. Be good to you. Get it? Happiness is a choice, remember.

And the past...Cancer is Memory Lane of course. Is it time to create some new ones and let go of all thats happened to us so far?

Yes. Celebrate the season of your soul, the past success and failure. And embrace a new horizon.

Getting comfy has never been more important. War decreases the more our inner selves are at ease. Inner Comfort rarely ends in outer conflict.

Wherever you're NOT at peace,

you're NOT at Home.

With any trouble start there, and you'll soon be on the road back to a safer, comfier and more peaceful place.

Love,

Neil

July Horoscopes in DOT

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Enjoy!
Neil

Mercury is Direct!

Yes, Mercury is Direct and I'm back.

Hopefully you enjoyed a time-out too during this past three week period, when Mercury spun backwards, so if you're wondering why the call never came in, the trafic or travel plan was delayed, the decision was reversed, or you're still in the dark about something, it's all because the flow of celestial traffic is getting untangled and we can decide if we REALLY want something, by being littered with false promises, lame starts, loose ends and a whole host of 'are you sure?' signposts.

The Full Moon we are now wel into was in Capricorn and relates to Career so you're no doubt noticing s shift in this direction - quitting a job, getting a raise or promotion, deciding to 'up' your determination and climb higher, and so forth. It' a great time to sniff around for something new, something better, something that asks more of you. in short - it's time to Master Yourself and choose at least one direction where you'll give it your all.

Ambition is high now - and we're just about at the New Moon (new start) this Saturday in Cancer so I'll be back with more on this soon.

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Love,
Neil

Capricorn Full Moon

Coming Soon!

Forecasts are up!

As Mercury continues to drag us all back into the past, our minds wander to early places and faces and WHOOSH we’re right back there again – or are we? Can you ever truly go back home? Things change, and not a single occurrence is exactly the same way the second time. Could something be worth a second shot, or is it time to re-write your current “history-in-the-making”? The Capricorn Full Moon by the weekend says ‘get a grip, stop sniveling and get back on track!’. As soon as you have a goal, you’re no longer sweating the small stuff and climbing higher and on your way to the top.


Read the latest for your sign this week, and take a look at the newly designed Reading Page - you'll find an extensive list of ALL possible readings and reports you can get with me, from me or by me. Reports are emailed to you within 24 hours, and you can schedule personal professional Readings by telephone or in person (In Los Angeles).


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Neil

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When does Mercury Retrograde end?

A note to those of you who wrote in and asked - Mercury Retrograde ends July 10, for those of you seeking to sign a contract or make a final decision. Til then, keep your eyes and ears open and look around for you'll surely come across many choices and options but settling for anything just set isn't the wisest choice since it is likely to change under this unstable influence.

The shadow of Retrograde remains until July 24 when we get to pick up 'where we left off' so to speak, when Mercury returns to where it was before he turned retrograde. You don't need to wait until the 24th to get back on track but you'll feel the difference then, when life continues as usual.

Any questions feel free to drop me a note at Neil@NewWorldAstrology.com.

Love,
Neil

Retrograde Forecasts are up!

It’s all change - which it normally is during the month of Gemini.

Mercury is officially retrograde – and the usual tricks begin. Your phone stops working, or you lose it (along with your keys), someone loses paperwork, you’re waiting for an important email, someone changes their mind, the traffic detour takes you the long way….

You name it, if it involves computer, communication and commuting, it’s bound to need a Plan B and C. And whilst this is going on, keep in mind that in order to gain, sometimes you have to lose, especially when the Sun opposes Pluto, the planet of death and rebirth this week. If you want ‘x’ maybe you’ll have to give up ‘y’?!

Check out the lowdown for each sign or schedule a Reading to go into greater depth on how Mercury is set to affect your chart and life right now.

Enjoy,
Neil

New beginnings, The past returning: Gemini New Moon and Mercury Retrograde

A lot is going on right now. Like you need reminding, huh?

If anything, it's all in your head of course. Since that's where most activity happens when Mercury goes retrograde. Chances are you're already rethinking one major aspect of your life - your relationship, your career prospects, one connection, your neighborhood, a possible trip.

Let's break it down:

The New Moon in Gemini is in effect and the theme is NEW IDEAS - it's a fantastic time to look around, keep your eyes and ears open, to think though possible new experiences you want to move towards, and to keep an open mind all in all. It's difficult with so many other things vying for attention.

But keep this in mind throughout this entire post - IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD.

The New Moon in Gemini asks us to focus on how we speak, how we think, how we talk to others AND ourselves, our inner mental tapes. How we relate to the environment, what names we use for things and people (which them take on the persoalities we give them), and if we're using boredom or if boredom is using us.

Communication now is the name of the game - it all boils down to that somehow, in someway. Watch your thoughts, your mental patterns now. The old magical Law of Attraction 'if it doesn't bring you joy, make you feel good and focus on what you want as opposed to what you dont want/like then DONT THINK ABOUT IT' is in action now - but sheesh, isn't this difficult?

Yes, and it's made doubly difficult now with Mercury Retrograde when our past thoughts come back full circle along with the words we said and the things we never did have a chance to say. We get a second run now but are we spinning our circles and repeating history or are we finding a new way ahead.

mercury retrogrades in Cancer now, bringing us a period of NOSTALGIA -- it's happened to me a lot lately, I was walking down the street in Hollywood when I caught a whiff of the fountains nearby and it reminded me of the scent in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. And the next moment i smelled a bonfire that took me back to Autumn in Seattle. My partner brought home cinnamon sticks, fresh ones, and I opened the jar and immediately I felt a bittersweet pang of a Christmas I spent up north. I felt sad and happy all at once. And I remembered the people and places and FEELINGS that related to that smell and those times.

Mercury is all in the head, but Cancer is all in the memory and in the stomach. When the two combine now Mercury takes us back on a trip down memory Lane. SOme may go home now, while others will seek out a more perfect Home.

We get to rationalize our feelings or go back and fester in old emotional quicksand. Either you're in the deep past MENTALLY or EMOTIONALLY right now.

Notice your mind this minute - was it previously focused on events in the past in your life? Were you analyzing it, chewing on what has happened or what might happen (projecting ahead based on only the data of your past, another retrograde phenomenon) or were you lost in a reverie emotionally, or fuming at something that pissed you off lately?

Chances are you'll be spending a lot more time dwelling, or going back to the past, or hearing from people (family or friends) from the past who have something else to say, one more emotional coin to spend at your bank. Whether you let them cash it in or reject their deposit it's up to you.

Ask yourself: does it further your emotional safety, feeling of comfort, or does it add to your mental and emotional confusion. Does it feel new and light or old and heavy? These are the ways to judge all situations as right for who YOU ARE TODAY or right for who you WERE BACK THEN.

You've changed - but have you changed your mind?

Our thoughts now are transmitted - along with the confusion or the dwelling we have that keeps hammering a point home. Chances are if it's bothering you and you can';t get your head off it it signals UNFINISHED PSYCHIC BUSINESS with it. You haven't cut a mental apron-string and maybe it's time to do so before moving on ahead.

Don't forget we still have a NEW MOON to contend with and use for our benefit - new doors opening. But how can you walk ahead if you're looking back?

Our lives are doing two things for us now - taking us on a new path, while helping us clearing up old phases. Can you feel it? That's the typical Gemini energy, asking two things of us at once. The old and the new. The present and the past. Cancer and Gemini. The two are tied now.

A Cancer friend recently deleted all their photos and cancer-memories off their cell phone by accident. A great example of Mercury retrograde in their sign, affecting their mind, memories and technology.

Letters from the past, or emails. Phone calls. Thoughts of someone back then.
How does it all relate to you today. Does it? Or is even that an old thought?

Idle souls become pawns in the lives of those with unfinished business now so try and at least keep track of whether you're living your own reality or helping someone with unresolved emotions and thoughts.

on the positive side:

Go back and look at your photos. You've come a long way
Connect with old support systems and friends or family members
Find a new home (but don't sign until after Mercury goes Direct)
Look for new job leads
Finish up writing you're started or brainstorm
Clean up your desk and home (throw junk away)
Forgive, forget and move on (it frees up your space to attract new things)
Be curious - see where life takes you right now, what's it showing you?


We're undoing our childhood patterns and past conditioning now - but to do that we must face the old memory, the old feeling, the old thought that has since then repeated throughout history or our family line to reach us here where we stand today.

It all begins and ends in the mind - after all words don't hurt our stomachs or hearts, they are words that simply drift into our brain and are are translated as wounds.

Stop letting the past (or hurt) get the better of you. Change your mind. Re-define how you perceive things. If it's negative, don't let it in. Or change it so that it becomes a positive.
The neighbors that selfishly shout and scream outside in the alley by my building clearly don't give a damn about anyone else but themselves. Which is why they park their cars with open doors at night and in the mornings blaring their choice of music so that everyone nearby has to hear it.

But now, they do this because I have found a new place to live, because the world has just announced that borders are down and you can travel anywhere. That telepathy is on the rise.

You name it, my mind has been changed. And with that, everything has changed too. It's all perception, it's all under YOUR perception and as such no one has control over your head, or heartstrings but you.

Find that old memory, feeling or thought that is keeping you back, chained to pain, etc. And likewise, find the ones that bond you with love and smiles. Decide during this phase which you'd rather keep.

Maybe this time round you get to choose something even better, to take with you.

Love,
Neil

This Blog - read to you!

Hey Gang,

I am now happy to offer everyone a new way to enjoy this Blog - you can opt to either read this as usual or now enjoy it by Audio, read to you by the magic of technology.

You can check out all the posts by audio now by clicking here. You can subscribe at the site there too to receive audio updates.

You'll still receive them by mail or at my site, but this is a site to bookmark if you'd rather enjoy them by listening while you work OR if you have a seeing-impaired friend of family member who wants to enjoy them. Shame we don't braille computers, eh? Maybe sometime ahead...

I promise more on Mer Retro in Cancer soon and the usual New Moon news.

Best to you all!
Neil

This week's Scopes

It’s all change - which it normally is during the month of Gemini.

Is it just me or are there SO many birthdays right now, is the world overrun with Twins?! The New Moon this week opens up new doors for the Geminis, and for the rest of us, giving us new ideas to chew on, new views, vistas and vantage points.

Let the fresh air blow through your life. Mercury spins backwards on Thursday however, so be careful you have all you ducks in a row or wind up on a wild goose chase.

Here's the scopes for this week, catch them before they change again on Monday night!

Love,
Neil

Coming soon: New Moon in Gemini and Mercury Retrograde!

All in one week, the New Moon in Gemini and then the ruler of Gemini, Mercury, goes retrograde the day after.

What it all means, coming soon.

If you can, wrap up writing, plans, launches, implementation in the first few days of this week, for the most success. Later in the week, we go in reverse to tie up loose ends and take care of the past (again).

So for now, get bizzy!

Neil :)

Forecasts for May 29 - June 4

With the Full Moon in Sagittarius this week, prepare for the Truth to be revealed. Somehow, someway, it always bubbles to the surface – but are you being kind or merely shouting your mouth off? It’s a great week to get out of town, try something new and check out the Law of Attraction – could it be true that we attract things based on our beliefs? There’s only one way to find out – believe something different, and see.


Here's the personal scoop for this week!

Love,
Neil

The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing but YOUR Truth? Full Moon in Sag (May 31)

The Full Moon in Sagittarius this week ( yes it's our second one this May since it's a "Blue Moon" month) is sure to unearth the truth. No I won't use a capital because truth is most often a highly personal thing. Universal Truth is a different thing - we all have a heart, lungs to breathe and so forth. This is indisputable. However, every story has a viewpoint and each storyteller has a bias.

Therefore, truth is really perspective. I guess you could say that speaking from your heart is truly speaking the truth. Everything else is emotional distortion.

Sagittarius is the sign of Religion, Beliefs, Knowledge, Maps, Travel, Culture - these are all fields sure to be intensified this next two weeks. Fancy getting embroiled in a debate over whose belief is right and who is wrong? Be my guest - it's a great week for it. in other words, it's a fantastic time for running around fighting people who don't agree with you.

Stand by your truth. it's that simple. Don't fight it, don't prove it, don't have a need to be right. Just stand by your own, walking-talking personalized version of the truth.

What is right for YOU?

This Full Moon:

Get outside more - sunlight heals, walks freshen your mind and gaining perspective is easier
Finish a book - finally you get to catch up on some personal time
Spit it out - get it off your chest so you can offload your emotional baggage
Annihilate "beliefs" that hinder a healthy life - get your facts straight or find out for yourself
Go horse riding - it's wild, free and fun, and gets you back to Nature
Finalize travel plans to get the heck out of your bubble
Let go of your need to be right or be understood or be heard or be accepted
Stop telling the same stories about the same people and the same dramas

This particular Full Moon is aided by Mars in Aries - so honesty truly is the best policy now - as long as you're not trying to cut someones arm off with it. Speak from your heart, but don't harm. There's NO reason to be bored now - if you are, you're dwelling on old stuff or you're blocking the flow of energy this Full Moon brings us.

The Moon squares the Nodes of Destiny - we're roadblocked until we work out where our truth lies - what do you REALLY want, what do you REALLY believe. Are you a walking self-fulfilling prophesy? Is everyone really out to get you? Does chocolate really give you zits?
We can't progress unless we redefine our stance on certain topics.


Worldwide, we'll get to hear some big stories about shady people and their shady goings-on (as usual but in greater numbers). And perhaps some old stories we'd forgotten about, with a new spin and some information coming to light that we didn't know about the first time around.


And finally, one of my personal "truths" for you - I believe that truth is simple.
Everything else is a scrambled version of truth, because simplicity is truly key to a healthy, happy life.

If it's not simple,
you may be missing the point,
or missing YOUR truth in the matter.

Love,
Neil

Healing your Eyesight

If you want to do the same thing as I am currently - taking off your glasses or contacts and working through the original issues that caused you to need them - then these books may help you on your journey as they are with me.

Relearning to See has been a great addition to my reading, since it reveals how most eye issues can be brought about by Bad Visual habits - the way we sit at a computer, the way we read.

The book claims that everyone with contacts or glasses or other eye issues have tight necks. It's true in my case, how about you? Massaging your neck and shoulders can help bring more blood to your eyes. So can dietary habits (who eats too much sugar, another potential problem?)

I noticed out the other day that my distance vision is improving and it's exciting. it's less about eye exercises and about changing the daily habits that cause bad vision. I've bumped up my monitor so it's more eye level and I move my neck more and BREATHE more instead of staring when doing close up work, while holding my breath.

What does this have to do with Astrology - well, we're in a Neptune phase as you saw in my last blog, but more so, I am sure many of you have contacts or glasses, and since you're reading this at a computer, it's worth checking to see if you have created bad vision habits for yourself.

It's been SO nice taking off my contacts, annoying yes and I'm working through this, but at the same time I have noticed a vast improvement and confidence, and more sunshine has been a beautiful thing too.

Love,
Neil

Blurry Boundaries: Neptune goes Retrograde

No, do not adjust your eyes.

Neptune, the planet that blurs, dissolves, and otherwise confuses most practical folk, is going backwards Planet Earth, bathing us all with some much-needed magic, down-time and drifty, dreamy vibes.

It comes at a pretty interesting time - as I try and navigate the blur that is my world without contact lenses. I'm reading some interesting books right now, and learning to wean myself off the "crutches" that prescription lenses are. Some schools of thought have me paying attention right now because they seem to reflect my own - that everything in the body is holographic, and thus holds a message for the well-being of ourselves as a whole.

Is it possible that our eyes could become less astute following a major emotional crisis in our lives? That's one theory I'm currently exploring (did you get glasses or contacts within a year or so of some major emotional experience? And could the left eye receive energy and information (connected to the right-brain of receptive and feminine energy) and the right eye send information and energy out into the world (connected to the left brain logical and masculine hemisphere)? And that imbalances between the two could be related to brain function and our intimate connection with the men and women in our lives (mother and father issues anyone?)

No matter - I am tired of wearing contact lenses and glasses when I'm not wearing lenses, so I've been on a campaign to heal and restore my eyesight, with exercises, spending longer periods without them in (I'm typing this now without any visual aids). I noticed a bad habit of reading and doing most close up work with my contacts IN, which is really not a healthy thing to do, or sleeping with them in. Basically I was spending just about every waking moment with my contacts in.

The books give you exercises - including getting 20 mins of a sunlight a day through closed eyes. As I always felt, we've been taught to fear the sun, but it could just improve sight dramatically. It can't hurt to try. Navigating the blur has brought up a lot of irritating feelings of course, as a sort of psychic clear0out of old issues that probably were there when my eyes starting becoming problematic.

Astrologically I was born with the Sun challenging Neptune - the planet of the infamous "blur". Which is one excuse I could make. The other would be genetic (my father - represented by the Sun in our charts) wore glasses (Neptune). Do Pisces wear glasses more than most signs or others with a strong Neptune? I don't know, I don't have the time for such extensive study. But I do know, that it can't hurt to try and heal my vision.

And slowly, it's starting to work.

I've noticed some clear flashes, and can actually see the view of the Hollywood sign on the horizon, better without my lenses in. I'm sitting further back from the computer and feeling pretty grand that this is actually working. I do get annoyed from time to time, but it's all part of the healing process - not walking without the crutches I've been using for a LONG time now.

For the rest of you, Neptune Retrograde is also about navigating the blur. In your own life, Neptune is in a particular part of YOUR chart. Wherever it is, it'll be causing a few clouds of confusion - as you work out what's fact, what's fiction, and where the heck you're going. Also Neptune helps to dissolve anything that causes you to fall for the illusion that you're separate from the rest of us. You're not. We're all connected. Neptune now will help erode boundaries and barriers - great for the hard-hearted in the crowd, but not so good for those who have few limits, weakened immune systems or who are 'away with the fairies' as they say.

Best enjoy charting a course, while letting things take their course. Don't push, bu do back up your plans, and double check. Neptune loves to let things drift along with no protocol. You may find it useful to notate your dreams for spiritual messages too right now.


This period lasts until Halloween (Oct 31) when Neptune goes Direct once more. Between now and then, enjoy dispelling clouds of confusion, alleviating stress by taking baths, walks by water or drinking more water, but also being wary of your emotional tides - so you don't get swept away by your own (or someone else's) emotional undercurrents. Security now lies in following intuition, and if in doubt, leaving well enough alone.

The voice of your spirit is calling you -
make sure you turn down the outer volume enough
to hear what your inner voice is saying.

Love and no contact lenses,
Neil

Forecasts up: May 21 - 27

We just entered Gemini Season, and kick off this week with the new set of forecasts.

Enjoy!
Neil