January 31st, 2011
Message From the Maestro
by Stephanie Azaria
January 31, 2011
Channeled by Anna Leclercq<.h1>
Purify your thoughts by loving with your mind and thinking with your heart. Speak sweetly to yourself and those around you. Let your words be like liquid gold music to the ears.
Soften your gaze when looking at yourself and the world around you and see all bathed in golden candlelight. Listen to the Symphony of Love playing in your heart and allow your being to vibrate with each glorious note.
With a Song of Love in My Heart for you….
LOVELOVELOVE….THE MAESTRO
Anna Leclercq writes a very inspirational blog for her website thepathoflightwithin.com.
She can be reached directly by calling 201-385-0207 or by email aml16816@yahoo.com
January 31st, 2011
Weekly Weather Report
by Stephanie Azaria
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Did you enjoy last week’s respite? Rest up Monday if you didn’t, because this week promises to be hopping.
It brings an action-packed New Moon and the shift in atmosphere that comes from two planets changing signs. On their way out, each of these planets has a exit interview filled with fog, lightning and therapeutic resolution. Once in their new turf, each then receives a pep talk that eggs them on to an extreme. it’s hardly a week for sitting around waiting for life to happen, nor for foot-dragging or staring out the window.
Wednesday’s New Moon is in Aquarius, with Mars providing the honor guard and adding an extra shove to the impulses this event is generating. An Aquarian New Moon invites innovative approaches that factor out the emotional element and express the uniqueness of the individual. Aquarian energy has historically ahead of the curve, off in some future possibilities rather than the here and now experienced by the rest of humanity. That’s no longer completely the case.
The outer planet activity in and affecting that sign in the last few years has allowed much of the collective to catch up with Aquarius, or at least give more respect and appreciation to its manner of navigating this reality. The New Moon in this sign invites everyone, even those still immersed in other people’s traditions, conventions and other “shoulds,” to bring their individual spark of genius out into the open and venture out into their unique place in the greater community, whether that’s your physical neighborhood, your circle of friends, an online social network or the world at large.
This is the last Aquarius New Moon that will take place in our lifetimes with Uranus (the Moon’s ruler) in Pisces and Neptune (Pisces’ ruler) in Aquarius. The relationship of two planets being in each other’s home is called mutual reception, and it has the effect of commingling the planets’ influences. This pairing has blended the most individualistic (yet community-oriented) intellectual energy of the zodiac with the most mystical, magical connection to each other other, our muses and the divine. We’ve been experiencing the mutual reception since Uranus entered Pisces in the spring of 2003, and the first New Moon that was ruled by it was at the beginning of 2004.
At the final Aquarius New Moon with this energy (we’ll get one more shot at it with next month’s Pisces New Moon), watch for circumstances to unroll for you to express more fully the parts of yourself that have been coming to the surface more and more in the past seven or eight years. Use the compass that takes directions from somewhere other than this material plan, whether you call the source your intuition, inner knowing, prayer, dreams or hunches.
You’ll certainly have incentive to move on those directions. Mars, the planet of action, drive, motivation, get-up-and-go, is greeting each of the luminaries as they leave each other. It’ll be as if he’s giving each of them a pat on the back and gentle shove on their way — as if he’s pushing both the mind and the heart to be all that you can be, and to get going already. For the rest of his stay in Aquarius, Mars will then carry forward the energy of this New Moon and keep it alive and fueled. For more on the New Moon, read my report on the site,
The journeys of Mercury and Venus are the other main color to the week. They are each changing signs (Mercury entering Aquarius on Thursday and Venus moving into Capricorn on Friday). While the difference in their mode of expression is important — more about that in a few lines — the relationship between the two of them is also worthy of notice.
For the next few weeks,Mercury, the planet of communication and transportation, remains one sign ahead of Venus, the goddess of love and other earthly experiences and assets we value (money, beauty, luxury, possessions, ourselves). Mind and heart are moving in tandem, with the mind operating as advance man.
By running ahead, the messenger of the gods is picking up messages and information and making connections that pave the way for the heart’s journey. What we learn, hear, talk about and even visit now plays into the pursuit and fulfillment of our desires down the road — just a short piece down the road to boot.
There is a similarity in the nature of the planets’ individual journeys: Each meets up with Neptune, Uranus and Chiron on the way out (during the first half of the week) and then gets pumped up by Jupiter on the other side. It’s as if each planet’s energy is being sprinkled with fairy dust (which may or not be real, or may do something quite other than what it looks like), shaken but good and slathered with soothing balm, then blown up like a balloon.
Mercury and Venus run the out-going gauntlet on Wednesday, in the build-up to the New Moon. Mercury makes a growth aspect to Neptune, an opportunity aspect to Uranus and then a growth aspect to Chiron. Communications can open us to compassion and higher guidance or help us intuit the path of right action. They’re also wild and wooly if we open to them, bringing unusual, unexpected, mind-blowing twists and changes of mind, or coming through unlikely sources or channels. No matter how much your thinking is shaken up, there will also be a sense that all’s well, all’s for the best, and you are absolutely in the right place and condition, even if you can’t grasp exactly why that is so.
Venus, in contrast, is making an opportunity aspect to Neptune, an action-demanding clash with Uranus, and an opportunity aspect to Chiron. Connections break apart; desires change; people disappear; attitudes lurch without warning into unforeseen territory. Yet none of this bodes disaster, and none is likely to be all that unwelcome. The links to Neptune and Chiron put higher understanding and healing at our disposal. See as if any quick-change doesn’t feel like it was a long time coming. If you’re the one making the break, look for the path that is kindest to both of you; if you’re on the receiving end, look for how this shift resolves a long-standing issue for you.
Mercury’s move into Aquarius brings a lightness and deftness again to our minds, communications and ability to get around. No more plodding forward one step at a time; now our minds are flying again, and all over time and space at that. We have the ability to entertain seemingly paradoxical concepts, to jump ahead to the future and to envision all manner of solutions that can’t quite come into being just yet.
These abilities will make us giddy at first — not just from the relief of going airborne after the retrograde through mundane, goal-oriented Capricorn, but also because of Mercury making an opportunity aspect to bigger-is-better Jupiter. The result will not be a quiet week, but a flurry of talk, chats, texts, data harvesting and short little trips (much of which will eventually have meaning to our hearts — remember?)
Venus’s shift into Capricorn returns emphasis to the worldly. She has quite the eye for lasting value in this sign, which makes her more interested in cash in the bank, precious gems and stock certificates than in flattery and verbal protestations of affection. Next week she’ll begin activating the degrees of all the eclipses in the Cancer/Capricorn cycle we’ve been in since July of 2009, and the process will launch of running by our heart all the structural renovations those eclipses have been occasioning.
Before then, Venus has an encounter with Jupiter that enlarges our desires. Whatever you want in terms of long-term goals, make them bigger, and then bigger again. This planetary clash then spurs us to take those desires off the wish list and pull them down into the physical reality of our lives. By the weekend, Venus crosses the North Node and not only brings a no-nonsense, successful woman to prominence in the news, but puts each of us in contact with a situation that bears directly on the support system we’ve been rebuilding. Pay attention to the people who cross your path. One could hold — or be — the answer to your heart’s desire.
Monday: It’s a relatively quiet day. Take advantage of it: Ground; center; focus; regroup. The only major aspect of the day is a square from the Moon to Saturn as the afternoon winds down in the East. Vaguely edgy energies earlier in the day could crest then into the sensation of a roadblock. Take that as a signal to — what were those opening suggestions again? Oh, yeah: Ground; center; focus; regroup.
Tuesday: Sitting still isn’t sitting right, is it? Nervous energy builds today. Don’t go making trouble for yourself (or anyone else). Don’t shove or jump your place in line. Don’t try to make anyone do anything. Take that electric charge and work it out or off. Let it nag you into doing something, anything to move your own agenda forward. Take some small step toward a goal, and then another. Soon enough some out of your ordinary opportunity will present itself, when the Moon harmonizes with Uranus and goes void of course for the afternoon, from 2:32 PM to 6:31 PM EST. Float on the possibilities. They’ll appear even more satisfying during the evening hours, which have an optimistic, happy, gently self-indulgent air.
Wednesday: Happy Groundhog Day / Candlemas / Imbolc! It’s a day for stoking the fire within, to keep it burning through the rest of winter. (The three names for the day do have somewhat of a connection; massive bonfires were, appropriately, part of the festivities the time I attended the celebration for Punxsutawney Phil.) Even with that focus, though, today does not encourage quiet contemplation at home. It’s the busiest day of the week, with seven planetary aspects that shake us out of the winter doldrums, encourage us to free up and open our hearts, seek out the new and impel us onto a bolder, grander, wilder path than we have dared before. The New Moon in Aquarius occurs near the end of this flurry (remember to read the report on the site). All of the day’s aspects permeate the coming Moon phase, which promises to continue to update our perspective and break chains that constrict our hearts. Expect to dive into exactly that as the day progresses, and willingly, too. With the Moon going straight from the Sun to Mars, we’ll be off and running.
Thursday: The main event today is Mercury’s entrance into Aquarius. The shift in communication mode from in-it-for-the-duration to flying-all-over-the-universe loosens tongues today. After yesterday’s powerhouse, there’s certainly plenty to talk about, and people will be seeking out opportunities for dispassionate processing. Unhinge emotionally from whatever’s been playing out. Look for distance and perspective.
Friday: Impulses run high to push your own agenda ahead. You aren’t the only person feeling this. As a result many of your impulses are going to brush up against other people’s impulses. The moment of touching is likely to be irritating. You could make a game of this — or an experiment; Mars in Aquarius loves approaching life as a laboratory. Consciously refuse to take anyone else’s irritation personally. Consciously turn any aggravation into fuel for your own projects and agenda. The effect will leave you feeling less encumbered, more empowered and more in charge of your own energy.
Saturday: Today could feel a little … odd. The day has a handful of planetary aspects (most by declination) and no major ones to the Moon. Venus, Mercury and Jupiter are active, encouraging getting out of your little space and sharing your time and heart with others. Some connections and meetings will have a fated quality to them. Make note of who reaches out, who you feel nudged to contact, and who otherwise gets your attention. Important dealings will grow out of this weekend’s socializing.
Sunday: Sunday may be a day of rest in some traditions, but the skies have something else in mind for this one, until late afternoon. At least the overnight hours are not disruptively active; instead, the dreamtime sinks our grounding cords down deeply and leaves us feeling stable, safe and solid. The daytime brings measured activity, paced for distance rather than sprinting. Brainstorming long-term goals flows easily, and so does laying down paving stones in the metaphoric gardens of your relationships. Speaking of them, put away thoughts of isolating yourself. It’s not going to work today, and it’s not going to be appealing, either. Everyone’s going to want what they want NOW, and a lot of that will involve other people, if not one special person. Get out and be with folks whose company you enjoy. The drive to get something done will fade by mid-afternoon, when the Moon crosses Uranus, turns plans on their heads and then goes void of course (2:14 PM to 5:46 PM). That’s a cosmic invitation for fun and games. If you feel woozy or out of kilter later in the evening, that’s a signal to bring the games to a close.
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January 31st, 2011
Daily Weather Report
by Stephanie Azaria
As we head into the Aquarius New Moon event, we will be sitting in relative stillness for a couple more days. It’s hard to consider that we are in stillness in the middle of such a huge transformation as the birthing of a new consciousness, but here we are. It’s a brand new, multidimensional existence we’re in, and that means it grows more and more important by the moment to be able to BE in multiple states at once. Today is such a day.
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January 30th, 2011
Daily Weather Report
by Stephanie Azaria
We are building toward the new Moon on the 2nd/3rd and as such we are nearing the phase that is called ‘the dark of the Moon’. Yesterday’s Venus Saturn aspects gave us a good idea of how we are valuing our Selves or being valued these days. With Jupiter now in Aries, a new beginning is upon us, and this is the time allow the newest thoughts and ideas about our Selves to simmer and begin to take root. The dark of the Moon is that place where a new seed, freshly planted in the soil, gets used to its new environment and shortly, very shortly, begins to sprout and produce new life.
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