Category: Star Guidance

news on the current astrology

Posted on

February Horoscope 2013

February starts out with Ceres, the universal mother, going direct on February 4th, joining Jupiter who went direct just a few days earlier on January 30th. Both are in Gemini unleashing nurturing and fertile communications, joy and gathering. If you find your Twitter, Facebook and all other forms of social chit chat lighting up and feeling especially warm and fuzzy, blame it on these two!

February is a short month and before the blink of an eye it will be Valentine’s Day. Venus squares Saturn on the 10th, but any difficulty experienced then is well ahead of the break up to make up due date of the 14th.  Lilith will be moving into trine Venus bringing together sex and love.  They are in Gemini and Aquarius respectively, keeping it cool and intellectual, but let’s not forget the best sex starts in the mind and in the words of Confucius “words are the voice of the heart”.

Another formation is taking place in the sky on February 14th, a Yod, with Vesta forming a lovely sextile toPallas but in a stressful aspect to Saturn in Scorpio.Vesta and Pallas play nicely together, mixing their goddess strengths of focus and dedication and finding the right words to mix with intellect. The tension comes with Saturn challenging this to be done in service, with right purpose and without resentment. Time to grab our goddess bosoms and dig deep for the love.

The full moon on February 25th will form a stressful square to Jupiter.  The mood may be overly optimistic and prone to unrealistic tendencies. Decisions made now may be unrealistic.  The Sun conjunct Neptune doesn’t help matters, making us more apt to want to escape ourselves.  Hopefully, it will be a clear night as the best way to use this energy may be to stare at the moon and dream without trying to make them a reality just now.

Aries

 With Jupiter and Ceres in your third house of communication, you will be the one starting all those joyful and nurturing conversations at the beginning of the month.  The Sun, Venus and Mercury will have you sharing the love with your friends as it travels though your friendship house. Mercury goes retrograde on the 23rd so miscommunications are likely during that time.

Taurus

 Your career has been flying high with Mercury, Venus and the Sun all on your side. Watch for some disruption as Mercury goes retrograde on the 23rd. The Sun will catch up with Neptune on the 20th in a combination that can see you momentarily confused about your hopes and dreams; and when the full moon squares Jupiter on the 25th, relax and have some fun.  This may help you refocus.

Gemini

 Have you got the travel bug? With Saturn traveling through your house of work and health, maybe you’re off in distant lands working or taking care of your health in some way. Don’t let that stop you from learning the language of love in distant lands. The Sun, mercury and Venus in your house of long distance travel will help you along.

Cancer

 I hope you’ve been taking care of your finances. Shared resources may have been a pain in the butt as of late, but Jupiter will be a like an angel on your shoulder. Ceres moving forward will help you get in touch with unconditional love. These are two aces in your pocket.

Leo

 Are family responsibilities bumming you out? Gratitude is the key. You’ve got friends and partners on your side.  Try not to have “foot in mouth” syndrome later this month when Mercury turns retrograde in your partnership house. Even in you do find yourself in the dog house, you’ve got lots of joyful and nurturing supporters in your friendship pool.

Virgo

 You’ve been working tirelessly, being of service and maybe you have been seeing nothing in return.  Jupiter is finally moving forward in your house of career and Ceres moving forward on the 4th will make sure that you are recognized for your tireless efforts. I know your motto is that it is much better to give than receive, but let yourself take in some of that nurturance.

Libra

 Sookiesookie… you’re on a romantic high all month. When the sun shines a light on your house of romance and creativity on the 18th, you’ll be flying high. Mercury goes retrograde on the 23rd in the same house and don’t forget Neptune will be fogging things up by the full moon. Having fun and not taking it too seriously is your best bet. Libras know how to stay out of conflict, so I know you will fare well.  Just don’t mislead anyone and nothing will need to catch up with you later. Keep creating that positive karma!

Scorpio

 Have you been feeling serious about everything, family, love, your community, yourself? The Sun will move into your fifth house of romance, fun and children on the 18th, letting you lighten up for some fun.

Sagittarius

 Never one to sit still, you have been doing your thing for your community. Your focus will move to home projects. Even if the start gives you a little grief, by the 18th you will be in your element. Maybe you don’t really feel like getting into those deep unconscious issues that have been giving you trouble, but with Saturn retrograding through your 12th house starting on the 18th in the house of the unconscious, a meditative home project could be a step in the right direction to help sort a lot of things out.

Capricorn

 Money is likely to be on your mind all month. Boundaries are important. Knowing your worth is also, but remembers that it is better to give than receive. Jupiter and Ceres are moving through your 6th house of service making this even more true. You will find giving, even in your seemingly dire moments, to be rich and fulfilling and healthful.

Aquarius

 The first part of the month is yours. Taking care of yourself and having fun are top priority. Later in the month your drive to make money will really heat up. Watch out as Neptune is also there fogging things up. Saturn also goes retrograde in your house of fame and career. Careful planning and even retracing your steps and some gentle reflection on how you are projecting yourself may be in order.

Pisces

 You’re in a cocoon for most of the month. Mars has already got you fired up ready for the world, but there are still some behind the scenes or soul seeking that needs to be done. Jupiter and Ceres will be moving forward in you 4th house of home and family, so spending some time focused on these areas will serve you well and will recharge the batteries for next month when it’s all systems go.

 

 

Posted on

Aleph – A Vesta Story

VestaI just finished reading Aleph, Paulo Coehlo’s latest book. A friend lent it to me and I devoured it in a day.  In the book Paulo takes a journey across Russia and encounters a past life love. Hilal who is without doubt Vesta. In a post earlier this month when describing the goddess asteroid Vesta and the essence of who she is, I referenced Paulo’s book Eleven Minute’s, I hadn’t read Aleph yet.

Hilal in Paulo’s book is a woman who in her past incarnation was burned for being in touch with her feminine power and Paulo is partly responsible. In this incarnation his Karma is to be in service to the feminine and in this book he has a beautiful description of the injustice to the feminine, describing it in a way so as to right the wrong.

There is also a beautiful description of how Hilal transmutes her devotion and love into music.

For Amazon.ca Click here:
Aleph

Posted on

Vesta – Virgin or Harlot?

25680962_sYou wanted to make war…. And I kissed you. You softened. But then remembering you needed to fulfill your duty, you turned away. I kissed you again. I told I needed you to weakening you. I needed to.

Why does Vesta do what she does? Vesta is focused dedication. She is the holder of the hearth and the sacred flame.

What is the hearth and the sacred flame symbolically? To keep a house warm in the time before electricity someone was responsible for making sure of the fire; keep that one coal in the stove or fireplace, and not let it go out. Similarly a flame was kept at the centre of the town and kept alive as a symbol community.  Keeping this focus and dedication kept things together much like the fire at the centre of the earth.  For gravity comes from the center of the earth. It is what hugs the earths inhabitants to it tightly. Without it we would float around without direction or anchor. This heart beat of the earth, this constant that keeps it all together, is the role of Vesta.

In Greek times she was a chaste virgin. But in ancient times she was the sacred prostitute involved in sexual union for something beyond herself. It was only in patriarchal times that she gave up sex for chastity. Doing so with the same heart of focused devotion to the patriarch when sex became a sin as she had  to sacred sex in the ancient world.

Maybe the Virgo man can help us to understand the “sacred whore” in Vesta. When Ophira and Tali Edut tell us about the Virgo man in their book Love Zodiac they describe a well put together guy, known for clean freakishness and total control. But they warn, the Virgo man has a little bit a sleazy side and this can come out when he’s loosing control or flipping out.

If we challenge our thinking… is it really sleazy? Maybe in line with his character he is seeking the path to purity….Vesta in her ancient times would have taken her wholeness and and offered herself up bring him back to groundedness.  Paulho Chehlo (a Virgo), plays around with this concept in his book Eleven Minutes. A story about a prostitute and sex in the sacred and profane. Tantric practices take us to the same place, using the fire within us to enlighten.  And sublimation, the act of taking that fire and focus and transforming it, takes Vesta to the same, and let’s face it, socially acceptable place of giving great dedication and focus to wonderful causes.

So Vesta’s role was not so much to be a chaste virgin or a sacred whore, but to use her wholeness, her containment and focus for the betterment of humanity. And to do so… there are no rules!

But first she must make sure she is whole.  This she can do by taking that fire and focus inward.

Tools that will help her on her path: yoga, meditation, connecting to what is her fire and how she uses her sexuality, quartz and serpentine crystals

When she is in her Flow, her gifts are: focus, commitment, work, dedication, service