She Took My Hand and Touched the Moon

Pheasants display their brilliant colors on a private estate.  ~~sabian symbol     (11º Capricorn)

Lets talk about the spirit to initiate.  You have become impatient with waiting.  Obsessively watching the whole of things manifest has put you in a haze.  Nothing is completely clear.  Perhaps you feel like you are wasting your time?  Nonsense.  The problem exists in you not trusting your instincts.  Open up and allow yourself to be influenced.  What makes you feel rich?  How can you show your true colors?  Until a sincere and open rapport is established you will be unable to initiate action.  Consider what Van Wyck Broods once said, “It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.”

A porter carrying heavy baggage.  ~~sabian symbol     (13º Taurus)

Lets talk about long-range plans.  You are trying so hard to be true to yourself.  Plenty of people are pushing into your thoughts and creating a heavy load for you to carry.  It is difficult to have an inspirational moment of clarity when you are lugging and juggling other people’s baggage.  Still, there is a serene quality to your emotions that only a patient Taurus can exhibit.  Who better to shoulder the responsibility?  Besides…. this whole baggage thing brings you closer in touch with the people who matter most.  Pursuing your private goals will ultimately isolate you and create loneliness.  Charles Dickens once said, “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.”

During a silent hour, a man receives a new inspiration which may change his life.  ~~sabian symbol     (11º Aquarius)

Lets talk about action.  Your life has a set of rules in place that you must abide.  This creates a shyness on our part in voicing your more delightful ideas.  How anyone can juggle so many energies is amazing.  Gemini, you are amazing.  You have worked very hard to achieve something concrete in your emotional life.  It seems as though now is the time to advance, but it is not.  Stay where you are and you will avoid a whole lot of embarrassment.  Think more about the situation and your involvement.  It is necessary to give yourself some time to be quiet.  Plutarch once said, “Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.”

A fine lace ornamental handkerchief.  ~~sabian symbol     (15º Virgo)

Lets talk about solitude and healing.  Your intentions are pure.  There are no strategies and no plans.  You know that apologies are in order and therefore you wait.  What is it that you do when you wait?  Old wounds have inhibited your spirit.  There are some events that cannot be held back.  However, the way that you handle these events have the possibility to strengthen your relationship with those you love.  Consider devoting your time to a time-honored project that pours love into its details and making.  Like sewing and embroidering a hankerchief, take the time to labor and show your respect.  It will empty your mind in meditation and teach those around you an important lesson about emotions.  What empties your mind?  What project holds you in the moment?  What can you give?  William Shakespear said, “The better part of valor is discretion.”

Children playing around five mounds of sand. ~~sabian symbol     (15º Scorpio)

Lets talk about simple tasks.  You do not have much energy.  You know exactly what is going on and what you have to do about it.  The end is almost here and it may seem unbelievable, given the work that has been put into it.  This week you can build upon your dreams in the most relaxed way.  You will feel happy and able to mold your ideas into shape.  However, there will be an impermanence to what you build.  Your construct, done on purpose, will be designed to hold the least amount of responsibility.  For this very reason, consider moderation in your building.  No use in expending loads of energy into a project that will be short-lived.  It is said that to be truly productive…. to be truly efficient…..  takes very little energy when done correctly.  Allow yourself to consider this child’s play.  It really takes very little work to be happy.  Lao Tzu suggests,
“He who stands on tiptoe is not steady.
He who strides forward does not go.
He who shows himself is not luminous.
He who justifies himself is not prominent.
He who boasts of himself is not given credit.
He who brags does not endure for long.”

A professor peering over his glasses at his students.  ~~sabian symbol     (11º Libra)

Lets talk about happiness.  This week you will feel the refreshing comfort that comes with a natural relaxation.  Your usual worrying fashion will disappear into alternative options to get around obstacles in your way.   Still you have doubts.  You look around at the people around you and hold onto old energies that are outdated.  There are issues of ego and being intolerant of imperfections.  One might say there is even a little bit of snobbery going on.  When you feel there is no good reason for you to be around people that do not service your life in a larger way you create limitations for yourself.  Persist in this and you will find misfortune.  What goes around comes around.  Choose a small way to connect.  You don’t have to make a huge declaration of friendship.  Whatever may threaten your position or create an adverse situation for you can be overcome by digging your heals in and resolving to do what is right.  Stephen Covey once said, “We must look at the lens through which we see the world, as well as the world we see, and understand that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.”

Glass blowers shape beautiful vases with their controlled breathing. ~~sabian symbol     (9º Leo)

Lets talk about working too hard.  You want your life to be simple.  Your vision is far-reaching and energetic, yet your creativity is stunted by being overly-serious.  There is a way for a Libra to use their variable balancing skills to channel their excesses.  Just like a glass blower, you can slowly carefully make a difference in your environment.  It takes powerful energy and creativity, yet is non-intrusive and subtle.  Before you know it you have affected great change, creating beauty and harmony.  This week you will create a striking effect.   Henry Ward Beecher said, “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his picture.”

Steps up to a lawn blooming with clover. ~~sabian symbol      (3º Taurus)

Lets talk about balance.  How much energy does it take for you to balance?  You have no assumptions these days, nor suspicions.  You have an equal appreciation for feelings as you do for thoughts, even though at times they are vastly different.  Taking in the agendas of others is something you do very well and you are pleased to see that currently there are honorable amounts of integrity.  Good.  Love is in the clover and it would be lovely to run out barefoot, basking in it.  Do not be so quick.  Stepping on a bee is something nobody wants to do.  You may not burst forth, yet you may tiptoe in.  Talk to people around you about what brings you heartache.  Why must things be this way?  You will illicit a beneficial response and by week’s end you will reach heights you did not expect.  Edmund Blunden wrote, “Like the bee that now is blown honey-heavy on my hand, from his toppling tansy-throne, in the green tempestuous land - I’m in clover now, nor know who made honey long ago.”

A sword, used in many battles, in a museum.  ~~sabian symbol     (13º Pisces)

Lets talk about being true to yourself.   The way of the warrior is simple.  It involves love for yourself and love for others.  It involves actively following your will.  It also involves spiritual relaxation and trust.  You will not be able to hold off everything that pushes in on you.  How you respond is the key to using your sword for a higher purpose.  Keep breathing.  Holding your breath puts your body into a vulnerable and tense position.  What are you afraid of?  The end?  The beginning?  Dan Millman writes in The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, “Consciousness is not in the body; the body is in Consciousness.  And you are that Consciousness - not the phantom mind that troubles you so.  You are the body, but you are everything else, too.  That is what your visions will reveal to you.  Only the mind resists change.  When you relax mindless into the body, you are happy and content and free, sensing no separation.  Immortality is already yours, but not in the way you imagine or hope for.  You have been immortal since before you were born and will be long after the body dissolves.  The body is Consciousness; never born; never dies; only changes.  The mind - your ego, personal beliefs, history, and identity - is all that ends at death.  And who needs it?”

Workmen drilling for oil.  ~~sabian symbol      (6º Gemini)

Lets talk about blocked energy.  Fossil fuels for the soul…..that’s what you need.  You are underutilized in your current position.  You need a challenge and you need inspiration.  However, it is difficult to force a spontaneous adventure.  You are either having fun or you are not.  The spiritual view is clear.  Your heart is filling up with more love for yourself.  Do not try to force anything.  Be open and well-defined.  This is a time to repair and take care of immediate needs.  This is not a time to be impulsive.  Phillips Brooks once said, “It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawns on you.”

An angel carrying a harp. ~~sabian symbol     (9º Capricorn)

Lets talk about disconnection.  You are quiet with your song for fear it will give away what you know.  You are at an imbalance.  The past has stirred and you want to play fierce blues on your jaw harp.  How dare someone step inbetween you and what you want!  You have to hurry up and do something….. so you can wait some more.  You have sang every scenerio that possibly could be and, still, you have no influence because you have not acted.  This week you will need to make a decision about what song it is you really want to sing.  That will be your song.  You will perfect it.  You will stick by it.  Then, perhaps, you will trade in your blues harmonica for the lovely and peaceful strings of a Celtic harp?  Francis J. Crosby once said, “Chords that were broken will vibrate one more.”

A woman reading tea leaves. ~~sabian symbol     (29º Capricorn)

Lets talk about options and choices.  Have you been drinking plum flower or ginseng tea to help you keep up with these demanding hours?  You realize there are matters to discuss, yet wait for a better time.  There is no use in jumping up and spilling your tea.  Quietly you stir your concoction….  your purpose…. your secret…  There are responsibilities and people to look after.  You must examine what you have charted out for yourself and see if it can hold up to high standards.  If not, chuck it.  You will be connected with a far more superior path.  What will you create?  Think about this:  
“A University Professor went to see Nan-in, a Zen Master, to find out more about Zen.  
As their meeting continued Nan-in was pouring Tea and continued to pour even though the cup was overflowing.
The Professor cried. “Enough! No more will go in!”
Nan-in replied “Like this cup you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?”"

I have recently been fortunate enough to take a new day job that I really enjoy and keeps me very busy.  However, this means I will have to rearrange other things I enjoy in order to be accommodating. Will you, the readers, let me know which day you prefer in the week to read your forecast?  If the vote is still, indeed, Monday…..perhaps I can write it earlier in the week yet wait to publish.  Please email me at Trisha@astrosabiana.com to cast your vote or add a comment to this post.  Thanks!