3 Main Ways To Benefit From Astrology Readings

There is a lot to astrology than just being given life answers without asking. One can learn a lot for example, medical information, learning ones blind spot and short comings, medical procedure timing, understanding why one does things the way they do amongst many others. The three mains areas are detailed below for a clearer understanding.

Career and vocational astrology
This is helpful in giving a better understanding when looking at ones strengths and weaknesses, talents and deficiencies. It helps direct an individual to the best money making and work satisfaction arenas. Many people find themselves in unfulfilling careers, however a horoscope can help one choose a career they will be happy in and where they will find daily work fulfillment. It helps bring out ones aptitude and strengths that bring happiness and fulfillment. A good career astrologer can help direct someone in the right direction and even give advice when one wants to change careers.

Synastry or relationship astrology
Relationships are the next thing attracting astrology readers. Unfortunately, many people do not approach relationship astrology in the best way to benefit them. An astrologer is not a dictator on a particular love relationship. They usually give guidelines in the potential of a relationship and give information on how to sustain a healthy one. We all get attracted to different people for different reasons, sometimes their personality or their looks, or the fact that we have a lot in common.

A well-gifted astrologer will be able to give a clear description of a partner's weaknesses and strengths and ones compatibility to the potential partner. This enables an individual to make the best love relationship decisions with ease and confidence. One is actually able to balance the different personalities to bring out the best in each partner. This does not apply to romantic relationships only but to other relationships like with the family and colleagues at work.

Astrology for business

Many business people do not have a clear understanding of astrology in business, and how to use this wisdom for business growth and success. For example, there are times of the month depending on the position of the moon when it is good to do business or launch a product. There are also other times when particular products sell better. An astrologer would be able to inform the businessperson on the potential of business success. It is also very helpful in business leadership giving guidelines on how to relate with colleagues and the best time to seek a pay rise or a promotion.

Evolutionary Astrology
There are unconscious motivations that impel us to make the choices that we do. An evolutionary or past life astrologer is helpful in helping us seek what may lead us to change habits and alter repetitive experiences. These may be related to life's traumas held in our psyche. When one has a clear understanding of their life's history, and understand their unconscious motivations is liberating and gives them a feeling of freedom and life's purpose too. This is closely related to psychological astrology where an astrologer helps someone understand their character better based on their personality and their zodiac sign.

Sarah Saxon works for the psychic & metaphysical arena and is a reiki master.

psychic and astrology readings site psychic reading
psychic reading

View the original article here

Benefits Of Using Astrology Based Predictions

Many people love consulting horoscopes, however many do not understand the real benefits of reading them. Many people seeking predictions and answers into the future find horoscopes to be very helpful. Horoscopes found in magazines, books and the on the internet are published daily.

Beneficial areas in horoscope readings
Horoscopes are listed in different fields that all people can benefit from. These are money, health, love life success and many others. The ones that create the most interest are money love success and health that are frequently published in periodicals and newspapers. However, many people believe in them and they have found them to be very helpful on many occasions where they have been faced with challenging decisions.

Horoscopes help people understand how to handle love and relationships. One is also in a position to know beforehand the character of their lover based on their zodiac signs. They suggest which zodiac signs are compatible and which are not, this goes a long way in choosing a marriage partner but does not restrict their choice either. Singles also benefit where they can find the best potential partners and how to behave during the dating process.

Horoscopes on money help people in safeguarding their finances. They also advise people on how to handle money for a successful future. They also advise people on how to gain financial independence and many investors and executives find them to be very helpful. These people frequently make big financial decisions and they always require some guidance.

The other area that horoscopes assist in is studies and work. This area handles success at work and how one handles pressure. It gives employees guidance on how to handle work situations on a specific week month or day. Here, an employee is more enlightened on things to avoid and those to do on reading this horoscope section. They help and advise individuals on how to handle health issues, how to take good care of themselves what food to eat and what to avoid for the overall well-being.

Predicting the future
Horoscopes help in predicting the future based on the planet's positions and zodiac signs. The moon stars and planets are strongly influential on human lives at particular times and places affecting our lives on the overall. Many people may not believe it but reading horoscopes gives one the opportunity to reflect on life and everyday problems. Horoscopes help in opening a new perspective on life and its meaning and even prevent people from making avoidable mistakes. They give warnings in tricky circumstances and warnings to avoid potential problems. Overall horoscopes are helpful in many ways, including confirmation of the right time to make critical decisions.

Sarah Saxon works for the psychic & metaphysical arena and is a reiki master.

UK astrology readings sites Psychic reading

Psychic reading

View the original article here

Zi Wei Dou Shu (Aka Purple Star or Emperor Astrology)

Zi Wei Dou Shu Destiny Study is another main branch of Chinese Astrology alongside with Bazi or Four Pillars that the ancient Chinese used to unveil their predestined affinities by applying its techniques to enhance their general well-being be it on a personal, business advantage, and daily level. In short, Zi Wei Astrology enables us to better comprehend and optimize our lives at each phase or episode during their journey of success and trepidation.

Zi Wei Astrology is different from fortune-telling, such I-Ching and Bazi. Zi Wei Astrology has been widely practised in ancient China especially during the Song and Miing Dynasties. Zi Wei can be translated to mean "Purple Star" or "Emperor Star" and Astrology means "Interpretation using esoteric techniques".

The main focus of Zi Wei Astrology is to study a person's destiny based on the movement of various stars and the location of Zi Wei Star within the twelve different palaces or houses or quadrants.

The variation in methodology in calculating the person's destiny is different from school to school. For example, there are northern and southern schools in addition to different techniques variation adopted for calculation and interpretation.

Zi Wei Astrology uses calculations of a person's year, month, date and time of birth to allocate the stars inside the twelve different palaces. The chart that is constructed forms the person's personalised Destiny Chart and this chart corresponds to the person's entire life's "ups" and "downs" as they unfolds over the course of their life.

The next step after constructed the personalised Destiny Chart is to understand the meaning of the twelve palaces. And then to go on to understand the broad and narrow definition of stars besides seeking a further understanding of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches in each respective palaces, houses or quadrants.

The five elements with its generating and controlling cycle principles cannot be overemphasized when it is used in the mix of interpretation of a probable event or projected outcome either on a personal or business level. For it can cause one to be in a pathetic or triumphant state of mind.

Another interesting factor is the time of birth. By knowing it, one can already deduce one's orientation in life and what holds closely to their heart and mind. Thus, knowing which double-hour one is born can provide an indicative perspective of the person's "general mindset".

In this system of Zi Wei Astrology, the palaces can shift or rotate around but the stars within each palace or house or quadrant remain. It is similar in analogy to taking a train ride. When one starts a journey as in since birth, it moves from "one station to another station" in life as it progresses, the views outside the train window changes while one remains on the moving train until it reaches the final destination which means here end of one's journey or life.

Thus, the 12 standard stations or stages are: Fate Palace where the starting luck cycle varies for each person, thus there is pre-fate palace where one begins life. Next is Sibling palace, if any to begin interaction with them and this can include one's peers as well. Third comes spouse palace which is based on old Chinese tradition, one gets settled down first before greater responsibilities befall on them. Fourth, according to ancient tradition, having children is the next first responsibility and obligation of the married couple to carry on the descendant tree.

Fifth, one will have to feed the family where it is represented by Wealth palace. Sixth is health palace where health is paramount to all especially one has to find ways to bring in more wealth for the family. This can take a toll on one's healthy being. This is what it means by mid-life crisis by modern interpretation.

Seventh, is travelling or relocation palace, where one has to make frequent trips away from home to seek new opportunities as the demand for better living justifies its means. Eighth, is friends palace where one will seek unity and socializing to build strategic bridges or alliances in order to gain bigger advantage in life. Ninth, one will be at career palace where building up one business fortune or empire takes its full extent. Tenth, one's property will be enhanced and can be in fixed asset related matters including buying a second property or renew the current property to accommodate growing population at home. Eleventh, this is the retirement phase or the happiness stage or some interpretation labels it as Karmic palace. Though one goes into retirement eventually, whether one is in happy or melancholic or charitable state of mind will very much depend on how one lives during the last ten palaces of the person's life. Final stage,Parents/Ancestors/Seniors Palace where one returns into the embrace of the source for protection, support and care. Thus, to be forewarned is to foretell, which is what one can influence, depending one's action and approach to life, the likely final outcome to be.

One of the important tenets of interpretation with high accuracy is the understanding of the meaning of the stars appearing in different palaces. Though there are many stars to consider, experience tells us that fourteen major stars and its supplementary stars will be sufficient without bringing into the mix the auxiliary stars for generally correct interpretation. Unless finer aspects are required, then auxiliary stars could be added on to bring out "more flavours" to the dish. An analogy would be: there are Major Stars and Co-Stars in the movie and they can jointly bring up the plots and theme of the show or story when they are in different scene or "palace". Auxiliary stars are like extras or stunt-artists, where appropriate inclusion into the mix, to add more flavours or spice up the excitement. And the person is the Producer and Director of their own movie.

This is simply amazing especially when one is able to take a peek into their own future and to know early in their life how it can evolve over time. This is synonymous to allowing one to make the "right" decision under different circumstances so that one will be able to achieve optimal prosperity and harmony at different stages of one's life.

May Success, Prosperity and Harmony Be Contagious in your Life.
Garrett Lee

Founder

Ancient Feng Shui

View the original article here

Forthcoming Dragon Year 2012-13: Look Forward to Lung!

Did you know forthcoming Dragon Year (Lung Nien) 2012-13 is 5th in a 12-Year Cycle which began with the Year of the Rat in 2008? Advance Dragon Year (2012) information, enabling folk to harmonise with the changes in Animal and Elemental Year Energies it inevitably brings, plus related Feng Shui advice follow to help readers Look Forward to 'Lung'!

Tiger and Rabbit Years 2011-12

Tumultuous Tiger Year (2010-11), with its Yang Metal Year Element, brought conflicts and crises affecting global money-supply and national currencies. Rabbit Year (2011-12) is providing some welcome rest and respite necessary to prepare for the oncoming Year of the Dragon. Yin Metal, Rabbit Year (2011-12) Element, suggests a focus on personal, rather than national, finance and on conservation and cultivation in this and other fields. Things should be more laid-back, easygoing and relaxed for individuals (although excessive laxity, particularly in financial matters, should be avoided). The Metal Year Element serves to intensify these issues and make them more enduring as the year progresses.

Water Dragon Year 2012-13 Key Year Element Colours Blue/Black. Metal Dragons e.g.(2000-01) Year Element Colours (White/Silver/Gold/Grey). In Feng Shui Metal Supports Water!

Black Dragon Year 2012-13: Year 5 of the Current 12-Year Cycle

'The Dragon (Lung) changes shape quickly, taking those unprepared by surprise!' This maxim describes China's well-known penchant for sudden (healthy) expansion, at certain times (like now!). This should continue and even intensify during Dragon Year 2012-13.

Nevertheless, Dragon Years tend to be unpredictable and full of surprise as Lively 'Lung' can be a Volatile Visitor. Yang Water as Year Element suggest turbulence or strong emotional currents affecting certain aspects of life, perhaps in the Public Sector in particular. Flexibility and foresight are essential qualities to display in Dragon Years. Meditating on such details can help individuals 'attune' beneficially to its Year Energies in advance.

Water Dragon Year 2012-13: Friendly Feng Shui!

Locations: Water is associated with the West and North West sectors of rooms and dwellings; Dragon affinities are with the East and North East (via Wood Element links).

Colours: Black (Water at night); Blue (Water in daylight).

Materials: Glass (plain and coloured), mirrors, plastics, natural crystals, silk.

Objects and Motifs: Fish, Taiji Symbols, water-features, Dragons (Eastern not Western types) Seascapes (especially Water Colours) Feng Shui Toads.

Remember, a picture, drawing, photo or replica is as useful as an original for Feng Shui purposes.

Crystals and Minerals: Black and 'Snowflake' Obsidian correspond to Water according to Feng Shui principles. Displays off-set with Quartz and reflected by Mirrors, both classified Yin Metal in Feng Shui, may be particularly effective.

Backgrounds: Metal supports/produces Water in Feng Shui (tanks, taps, pipes and pans confirm this). Backgrounds utlising this Element's features (colours, materials etc) as above can help encourage healthy Qi-flows within dwellings during this period.

Overall

This information may encourage you to prepare for, participate in and enjoy Chinese New Year Celebrations of Dragon Year 2012-13 in your area--23rd January 2012 is New Years Day. Hopefully, it will also help you to 'harmonise' with Dragon Year Energies and Qi-flow in various ways and improve your health and fortune throughout the period.

Feng Shui Consultant Peter Allsop M.Ed. also publishes 'Red Dragon Martial Arts Ezine'. Longevity Training, Iron Shirt, 5 Elements Qigong, Daoism, Chinese metaphysics and Astrology feature among his interests alongside gem and crystal Feng Shui.
Explore the free resources at sheffieldkungfu.com or hylenergiser.com.

Senior Student of GrandmasterYap Leong, Peter also teaches Shaolin Kung Fu and Qigong in Yorkshire and Derbyshire U. K. as Shaolin Fists International Area Instructor for the region.

View the original article here

The Cancer Goddess Speaks Of Love

As the Cancer Crab turns over to the Cancer Goddess Hen, like any good woman, especially a Goddess, her first utterings are about relationships.

Pure Love

The Cancer Goddess explains when a couple gets together and if they truly loved each other at that time, the relationship can be repaired, years or even lifetimes later. This holds especially true when there was no alternative motive like a pregnancy, money or fame, just a case of love in its purity.

Love Often Puzzling

Love is a feeling and trying to understand why two people fall in love using logic or reasoning is often most puzzling especially in the past. Love in the preceding patriarch civilization, was a lighter, connecting feeling belonging to the inner realms.

Love's Connection Could Be Broken

Unfortunately that connection could be submerged or even broken when heavier negative emotions such as blame, jealousy, disillusionment, feelings of being taken advantage of entered into a relationship. Love then often swung to the opposite side of the pendulum to hate and disgust with the inevitable relationship break up and divorces.

Standing Up For Yourself

As a matter of fact, standing up for yourself was how you found your power and developed your emotional strength. Most of the time you magnetically drew to yourself your opposite, so you could discover yourself by going through one relationship experience after another. You would exclaim, "I'm not like you, I'm different." And soon the judgments would follow, which mandated you overthrow the other person for your own self esteem.

Love Now in the Outer Realm

However, now that the patriarch era is winding down, and a matriarch inspired era is curving upward, Love no longer belongs exclusively to the inner realms but now is fully in the outer. Negative feelings are no longer weightier or stronger, with the power to plunge and break your Love connection. Now, the pendulum can swing right back to Love, while defying rational understanding.

Different Than Parents

It's the same with your parents. In all probability, you were born to parents that were quite different from you. You spent a lot of your teenage years exclaiming, "We have nothing in common. I'm much different than you. " It is those feelings that thrust you outward to discover your own unique destiny.

Goddess of Love's Arrival

But now, with the Goddess of Love's arrival, it's time to repair, to discover that lost love they got submerged with heavier negative feelings. Whether it's a past romantic relationship, parents, siblings or friends, you owe it to yourself to reclaim this Love, even if they are no longer in the physical realm. No longer is the goal to show who's more powerful.

Both Want Love

Come from the viewpoint that you are both good people, and both of you want to be loved and accepted now. Give yourself a good emotional workout learning how to express these feelings in a way that will be received. One Cancer tip is to start with a tone of voice and body language that expresses Caring, the theme of this entire astrological year.

About the Author

Loy is an accomplished astrology researcher and practitioner; relationship specialist and published author. Sign up for her FREE Zodiac signs and forecasts newsletter. Use the monthly energies to enhance your relationships and daily life. Visit Loy at http://www.loysra.com/

View the original article here

11: Your Vision of the Future

Children are beautiful teachers. Their hearts are pure and they have not learned yet to hide their true emotions.

One lovely lesson my daughter has taught me is that suffering is an unnecessary part of the human experience. Suffering has nothing to do with outside events, but Everything to do with your REACTION to them.

In other words, what happens will happen. And no matter what is happening, you have a choice as to how you FEEL about it.

Since 11 is one of my daughter's important birth numbers, she understands about choice, discernment and division. She has shown me that, no matter what happens in my life, I can choose HOW I move through any experience.

I can choose to DEFINE my experiences, NOT to let the experience define me.

In 2011, all of us are learning about Master Number 11. To walk through the 11 gateway, keep moving forward - don't stagnate and get defined by others.

And never stop changing, adjusting, tweaking, transforming your VISION.

Di-vision is to separate from your vision. It is the shadow side of the number 11 - the di-vision from God, from Spirit, from our essence, our soul.

Remember, 11 is the psychic, intuitive number. If you doubt your intuition, then the two 1's of number 11 are experienced as separate, because you have doubted the relationship between your heart and your mind. This is when the two 1's divide and face themselves in battle, instead of symbolizing ONE open door to unity.

Closing the 11 door happens in a state of fear. Opening the 11 happens in a state of joy.

One way to instantly walk through the 11 gateway is to meditate. Meditation is one of the best tools for feeling fully conscious and happily engaged with life.

Contrary to popular belief, you don't have to sit and meditate in order to be in a state of total awareness. You can raise your energy at any time of day using many different tools of meditation.

The ecstasy of "being awake" can be experienced in infinite ways.

One form of mediation that I love is to stop doing what I am doing for just a moment right now. For example, if I am inside working, I stop what I am doing, get up and look outside, take in the scene and slowly breathe in while noticing the tiniest things I would not have noticed before.

Or I get up and go watch my daughter at play. Children playing is a sublime part of life.

These 'stop-what-I-am-doing' meditations bring immediate alertness and joy. You appreciate life in an instant by feeling blessed.

An alternate way to meditate, and one of my favorites, is to walk. When you walk in an awakened state you hear every bird chirping, feel the ground under your feet and breathe in the scent of every flower. You'll receive brilliant insights while walking. Moving your body is a great way to wake up.

Another form of meditation comes while just DOING something.

For example, last night, my daughter was in bed asleep after we had a fun day with friends. I felt tired and was ready to go to bed. Yet, suddenly a phrase appeared in my mind about a future project I was planning. I decided to grab a pen and legal pad and sat down on my bed.

I wrote for 30 minutes straight, letting the initial idea flow into a creative plan. By the time I put down the pen, I had received exactly what I needed to implement my project.

It was a totally unexpected blessing I could have easily ignored.

The secret was that at that moment I was open to the experience. I did not fight the moment and let the initial spark of inspiration evolve into a highly satisfying period of 'doing'. In fact, I felt so invigorated, I stayed up for three more hours in a happy, blissful state.

So, you don't have to sit in a lotus position to experience true wakefulness or meditation. In fact, all you need to do is to seek and find the beauty everywhere around you. Then everything you 'do' is done in a state of meditation.

Meditation means living in a wakeful state.

Even while cleaning up after a meal, you can enjoy the warm soapy suds as you wash dishes. Prepare your meal by thanking the organic farmer who brought you this nourishment by returning the love as you cook your food.

Right now I am marveling at the wonders of watching my thoughts appear as words on my computer screen.

Don't resist any moments of your life. Each one creates YOUR experience here on earth.

Meditation is experiencing ecstasy in every moment of life.

All you have to do is open up on the inside. Walk through the 11 Gateway into Unconditional Love.

Feel as a child experiences the world - with no expectation - fresh and for the first time.

It is no coincidence that the 11 gateway is made of two pillars representing two 1's - Double Beginning. So 11 means Mastering your life by Beginning fresh at every moment, every hour, every day.

Listen to the silence. Hear your soul. Experience the joy.

Open the door and see your vision. In 2011, a 4 Universal Year of Manifestation, you can easily manifest di-vision - or just as easily create your VISION.

Experience life on YOUR terms. You'll shift your consciousness forever.

Tania Gabrielle - Celebrity Numerologist, AstroNumerologist, Composer and Author - is a regular guest on radio shows across the globe. Her insights have been published by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, ESPN Magazine, Essence and US Magazines. She writes a highly popular free current events e-newsletter.

View the original article here

New Moon in Cancer, July 2011

New Moons are a good time to concentrate on seeding. Take a look at your chart, locate the 9th degree of Cancer and think what you would like to bring in into this area of your life. This is a good time to connect with your shadow, or less known parts of yourself, and communicate. You can get insights, and you can be very practical in your seeking for what you want.

For everybody, this is the time to reflect upon the Cancer influence in your life.

Cancer

June 22 - July 22

Element: Water

Modality: Cardinal

Ruler: the Moon

House: 4thHouse

Keywords: nurturing, feeling, home & family, conservative, gentle, security, Intuition

Cancer represents the energy of roots, of nurturing, of where we come from, and where we keep on coming back to be ourselves.

In esoteric Astrology, the soul first enters human life under the Cancer sign, this is the energy that connects you to earth. The crab's habitat is right on the shore combining the water element with the earth element. In reincarnation astrology Cancer represents a new beginning, a digging into your roots, re-experiencing your emotions in a straight forward manner; A life of re-connecting with the energy of nurturing.

The moon is the ruler of Cancer representing all of our emotional ties. It answers where we feel comfortable, where we can stay children forever, and more than anything else: where we feel SECURE. This energy can be overly sensitive, easily hurt and prone to brooding. On the flip side it easy to be sympathetic to others and quick to show affection. Cancer love is protective, but unless tempered, can be smothering.

Cancer is a cardinal sign, and therefore NOT passive. True, it doesn't like changes, and does like to blend into the environment, BUT Cancer energy is very strong indeed. Cancers start off with kindness and gentleness, but if that doesn't work, they will show just how strong willed they are, and show you their claws. If you threaten a loved one, or their home, you will see a great warrior. This is why many Cancers are so patriotic, and are willing to fight for their country.

The new moon takes place on July 11, 10:53 GMT, 9th degree of Cancer.

The Map of the New Moon shows that the sun moon conjunction is in a T square: opposing Pluto indicating the continued struggle between the forces of conservatism (Cancer), and the forces wiping out the old regimes (Pluto in Capricorn). Uranus in Aries in a square to Pluto and the Sun/Moon adds oil to the fire by demanding new directions without thinking which ones are the right ones.

Neptune in Trine to the Sun/Moon is helping us all to relieve some of the tension by helping us to imagine a better future, and supporting the knowing that we are all connected, and all want a world that is just and gives opportunity to all.

Mercury in Gemini is in Trine to Uranus, helping the new solutions filter their way to daily life, helping us all to communicate and find ways to change our structures (Pluto in Capricorn), while preserving a sense of security and continuity (Sun/Moon in Cancer)

My name is Maayan Medzini, I am an astrologer for over 10 years advising people on all aspects of life: career choices, relationship choices, where to live, and when to make changes in any of the above. I concentrate on what is now called Western Astrology (though its roots go directly back to Summer). You are welcome to visit my site: http://astrologywork.com/ for more astrology content.

View the original article here