Today Sunday, January 22nd, 2012, we celebrate the New Moon in Aquarius. Aquarius is ruled by both Uranus and Saturn, the experimental and the responsible. To quote Carolyn Casey, this “reveals the truth that stability is dependent on progressive change.” Think grounded expansion. How good does it feel to have a container for wild self-expression? This freethinking New Moon in Aquarius offers us the opportunity for innovation and CHANGE. Begin experimenting with your thoughts. If there ever was a time to shift out of old thinking this is it.

• What’s an idea you’d like to JUMP ON this year? Write a list.
• Practice the Motto: Change is Good.
• What experiment are you willing to try again?
• Add one new thing to your life (and let go of something that’s not working)

TIP + New Approach Altar – Create an altar that inspires a new approach to an old issue. What area are you having difficulty in? Finances, relationship, a friendship, making time for yourself, decision making? Choose an object to represent this area. Create an altar that includes bright and dark blues for Uranus and Saturn, and lots of candle light. Then place your symbolic object in the middle on your altar. Take a further step by creating Golden Pathways out of yarn, ribbon, paper, fabric etc…leading towards your object from all directions. Write down what you would like help with, for the good of all and harm of none. Place this note on your altar. Imagine that help and divine assistance is flowing in and soon you will receive more information, insight, help, or a sign that might lead you to your next step.

The Chinese New Year of the Water Dragon begins January 23rd, 2012
The Dragon is the ultimate auspicious symbol signifying success and happiness. Water calms the Dragon’s fire. Water Dragons are able to see things from other points of view. They don’t have the need to always be right. Their decisions, if well-researched, are usually better since they allow other’s to become involved. Check out Suzanne White. Also, you can check out my blog post 2012 – What’s the Big Deal

UPCOMING ALTAR
Brigid, Imbolc, Candlemass,and Groundhog Day February 2nd
Each year on February 2 people all over the world celebrate Imbolc, Candlemass (GroundHog day) Festival of the lactating ewes, and the Celtic Triple Moon Goddess Brigid “the light-bringer.” It will have been six weeks since the winter solstice and the re-turning of the light. The Earth is beginning to wake from her winter slumber as the sun grows stronger. Seeds are starting to crack and send up shoots of individuation. The Crone Goddess begins her mystical transformation into a young girl again. All of this reminds us of the ever turning cycle of life and the promise of renewal. Read More

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Happy Holy Days!

On Saturday, December 24th, the New Moon meets the Sun in Capricorn. Time to get real, right down to your bones! The hard-working, grounded, practical Capricorn is ruled by the planet Saturn (authority, form, structure) and like it’s counter-balance Cancer, has a tendency to draw itself inward – perfect for winter! Take advantage of the inward-pull to connect with you own valuable inner resources. The greatest one being, your own unique grounding! Time to come down to earth, put 2 feet on the ground, and re-assess your foundation so you can reset and re-center yourself for the new year.

• good time to set financial goals that create independence & self-sufficiency
• get a job, shift your current job or create your own job.
• put into place structures/practices that support your transformation in the areas of your interest
• don’t take yourself (or others) so seriously
• Write new moon wishes
• Read more about this new moon & solar eclipse

TIP + Hello Ground Control – As the new year approaches and we are drawn inward with the Winter Season, I start to notice certain themes that are arising. Last year, it was rest. This year I am playing with the idea of befriending myself. As a mother of little ones, there are so many areas of life that fall to the wayside – projects get interrupted constantly, people throw up all over their bedding, we are too late or too early, I burn cookies, ornaments break and more often than not I will find someone standing on a counter with a mouth full of chocolate chips. Let’s face it, life is messy. It would be easy to extend compassion to a friend in the same situation but unfortunately, I will throw myself under the bus without a second thought. Not too friendly.

Now, looking at your own life: which area of life needs more grounding/support? Answer the question: How can I best support myself this area? Using the energy of the Capricorn new moon (self-discipline, keeping commitments, and taking responsibility) make commitments that support your grounding to attract the experiences you most desire. You can do it!

Today is my daughter Addie Rose’s 4th birthday. It goes by so fast & so slow.

Counting my blessing,
+ heather

After the celebration, you can start thinking about your Happy New Year’s Altar & Resolutions.

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Just a shorty tip this new moon! I got a nursing baby on my lap and we are headed out of town today. We are celebrating our 5 Year wedding anniversary this holiday weekend.

Today the friendly & expansive New Moon is in Sagittarius -Thursday, November 24th – Thanks Giving in the US. The planet associated with Sagittarius is Jupiter, the inspiring teacher, the open-minded mentor, the optimistic adventurer, the vision quester. Jupiter asks us, “What story are we telling?” So your job is to make it a good one! Sagittarius is the archer. Take a moment today to notice where you are aiming your arrows and make adjustments if the results are less than satisfying. Discernment is always a good thing. Then, write your new moon in Sagittarius wishes in alignment with this awareness in the areas of: your quest for truth, communication, guidance, peace of mind, TRAVEL (especially to foreign places), adventure, good luck and finding solutions. Write down your wishes tonight or tomorrow and set your prayers into action. Shoot for the Moon!

Enjoy the holiday weekend and try not to get sucked into anyone else’s crap!

xoxo + heather

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Scorpio is ruled by the planet Pluto, making this a powerful time of transformation, releasing old baggage, forgiving, restoring, composting, deepening and awakening to what real power is. Take a moment today or tomorrow to write 10 wishes in the areas ruled by Scorpio.

Make Wishes in the Areas of: Empowerment, Change, Crisis skills, Self-mastery, Sex, Soul mates, Financial Partnerships, Avoiding power struggles - New Moon Astrology by Jan Spiller

From Jan Spiller’s Website
Because this New Moon is in the sign of SCORPIO, it’s a powerful time for new beginnings in relationships that evoke your passion: perhaps with a sexual partner or a business partner. It is the most potent New Moon of the year for wishes involving Soul Mates or relieving personal debt. Things you may have wanted to happen in your life for a long time can begin easily manifesting through using the boost of this profound and potent New Moon.

For success, your wishes must be handwritten on paper and ten wishes maximum are allowed on each power day. The most potent time is the first 8 hours after the exact time of the New Moon; within the first 48 hours will still work. The potency continues to exist for another twelve hours, but is weaker. Therefore in OCTOBER 2011, your most potent times for wishing is on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 from 1 pm PST through all day& night on Thursday.

Image: Performance Artist Marina Abramovic

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C’mon Every BODY get Happy!

On Sunday, August 28th, the New Moon joins the Sun in Virgo – the healer, doctor, nurse, teacher, assistant, therapist and scientist. Virgo is symbolized by the virgin – being in and of yourself – and rules the areas of work, health & well-being, body wisdom, analyzing and organizing, flushing out the details and service. There is a strong pull to get organized at this time of year as we start moving into Fall. With all the harvesting and planning, school starting and Summer activities drawing to a close, you may have noticed yourself re-evaluating the different parts of your life and starting to consider your many options. This is where earthy Virgo-energy can help us make the grounded Course Corrections we seek in order to align with our present-tense goals & commitments. As you review, be gentle and forgiving with yourself. Course corrections take time, especially when we are talking about the physical body… and this is the perfect time to take your own physical health to the next level. As always, honor the process.

• Schedule a doctor’s appointment
• Shift your diet to align with your healthy intentions
• Honor Mercury – take deep breaths, walk in windy places, lighten up.
• Clean out the medicine cabinet
• Enlist a coach or get an “exercise buddy” to help you achieve your fitness goals
• Write your New Moon Wishes

TIP + Authentic Service – Virgo is the sign of Service. The planet associated with Virgo is Mercury ruling day-to-day expression & communication. Curious Mercury asks, “What are YOU a voice for?” Take a moment to answer that question right now… in the present tense. Close your eyes and listen to that deep voice inside. (Resist the temptation to do it later – do it now!) Without judging the information you hear/sense, ask yourself one more question – “what is one small step I can take to be of service in this area ?” Commit to taking that step. If it feels too big, ask yourself for an even smaller step until you feel the step is realistic & doable this week or TODAY. Don’t be fooled by the internal dialogue that says later… you can live your best life right now.

FYI The planet Mercury has gone direct – full steam ahead!

Keep it real,
+ heather

Judy Garland – Come On Get Happy!
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The Virgo New Moon is on Sunday, August 28th. The New Moon each month is a Power Day, a day favorable for new beginnings. Thus, things wished for on the day of the New Moon, if written down on paper, take root in the energies of the month and, through the process of natural unfoldment, begin coming true. This is the day to take pen in hand and compile a wish list (ten wishes maximum) of things you would like to have happen in your life.

Because this month’s New Moon will occur in the sign of VIRGO, in addition to your regular wishes you may want to include wishes concerning one or more of the following categories that are ruled by Virgo: creating systems, order, health, diet, routine, exercise, systematic approaches, service, job, and pets.

Sample wishes: “I intend to easily find myself creating a routine in my life that gives me ample time for both work and play;” “I want to easily find myself exercising at the gym a minimum of _______ days a week, a minimum of ______ minutes each time;” “I intend to easily attract, recognize and begin working in the right happy job for me;” “I want total wisdom to enter into my work situation, showing me how I can use the current situation to my best advantage;” “I intend to easily find myself saying the right words to my co-workers that lead to mutual respect, support, cooperation, and enjoyment of one another; “ “I want to attract those remedies and healers that restore my body to perfect health; “ “I intend to easily find myself attracted to eating those foods that are naturally low-fat, low-calorie, and healthful for my body.

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This Saturday, July 30 is the most powerful time to write your New Moon Wishes for Leo in the areas of: children, fun, play, vacations, pleasure, risk-taking, determination, self-confidence, romance, passion, creative will and finding a good hairdresser!  Jan Spiller recommends writing down 10 wishes (max) down on paper and let the energies available bring the wishes to fruition. What would like to experience in your life?

Some examples from Jan Spiller‘s newsletter & book, New Moon Astrology

Sample wishes: “I want to easily find myself enacting creative will to manifest my dreams”; “I want determination to enter into every area of my life”; “I intend to easily find myself making those choices that increase my vitality and enjoyment of life”; “I want to easily find myself experiencing the pleasure available in my daily life”; “I want to easily find myself interacting with my children in a way that creates mutual understanding, respect, cooperation, and love”; “I intend to walk through life with a feeling of play, lightness, and enjoyment”; “I want healthy, happy self-confidence to enter into every area of my life.”

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Tomorrow, Saturday, July 30th, the new moon joins the sun in shiny Leo. As with all new moons, it is a powerful time to BEGIN. With the Sun and Moon aligned in romantic, generous, creative sign of Leo…notice where you’d like to get things ROARin’! What part of you wants to be more fully expressed? Where would you like to inspire more passion, feed your urge to splurge, shine yourself up?

The energy stirred up by the full-hearted Leo moon encourages us to take a larger role in the areas of our life that have heart and meaning for us. What area of your life are you willing to take “center stage” in? Who would you like to share that stage with? Today, let yourself roar with delight, nap for pleasure, play with your kids, make art for fun, and sing your head off. Express, express, express! Leo loves creative self-expression. Sign-up

for an expressive arts class – theater, painting, writing, movement, music, etc. Make your new moon wishes around creativity, new direction, romance, and self-expression.

• Appreciate Someone (especially if they are a Leo)
• Shake your mane, grow a beard, get a new haircut
• Do some sit-ups, strengthen your core power-center
• Say yes to Romance – get theatrical, set the stage, play the part, have some fun!
• Get Creative – spend time doing your favorite art-related activity, go dancing, tune the guitar, pump up the stereo…
• Write your New Moon in Leo Wishes

TIP + GO BIG – Ruled by the Sun, Leo’s energy is BIG and shiny – “born to be a star” energy. So, how can we best use this energy to shine more brightly ourselves? By honoring our gifts & talents through expressing them. Express= Possess. What are you passionate about? What do you love doing? Take some time today to express that passion in a bigger way. Loosen up, roar, dramatize, try a new direction, break some rules, paint too big, sing too loud, plant too much, dance too wildly. Stretch yourself. Go big. Let the Leo energy take you to new places.

Celebrate Lammas - August 1-2
Lammas honors the passing of the light and the reaping of grain. It is the cross-quarter holiday between the Summer Solstice (Litha) and the Autumnal Equinox (Mabon). Celts celebrate this festival from sunset August 1 until sunset August 2 and call it Lughnasad after the Grain God Lugh, the Sun-King whose light begins to dwindle after the summer solstice. The first sheaf of wheat is ceremonially reaped, threshed, milled and baked into a loaf. The grain dies so that the people might live. Honor the energy of Grain God & Goddess by baking bread in the shape of a man or woman and feast your face off! Create your Lammas Altar.

Heads Up! Mercury will begin retrograding August 2nd in Leo through August 26th in Virgo. Read more.

Maternity Leave

Finally, the time for retreating into my cave is drawing near. I will be on Maternity Leave from September 1 – October 31, 2011 and will not be scheduling private Intuitive Sessions during that time. If you would like to schedule an Intuitive Consulting Session with me before I retreat, please do so earlier than later. August appointments are filling up quickly. I look forward to speaking with you soon.

Purrrrfect,
+ heather

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On Friday, July 1st, the New Moon slips into her home sign of Cancer with a partial solar eclipse. This makes for a potent experience – definitely upsetting the norm. When the Moon (instinct, the subconscious, emotion) partially blocks the Sun… you may find yourself  fumbling around in the dark…. screaming who rearranged the furniture!

The lunar eclipse tends to bring about felt inner changes, while the solar eclipse sets off visible, outer events. Molly Hall

So breath and relax. Trust that the light will go on again… and even though the room might look/feel different when it does, there is a real possibility that the changes are for the better. With the Sun and Moon in Cancer, the areas of your life that will become most activated will be your emotions and issues around home, family, childhood memories, safety, and security. Be aware that intuitive Cancer makes everything more sensitive, so try not to take things so personally and practice loving-kindness & compassion. The dark Cancer Moon invites us to rest in the loving arms of our archetypal mother, the Sacred Feminine…so that we might be reminded of what is important and where our security truly lies. It’s a time of dreaming and connecting the rhythms and cycles of a deeper experience than our daily grind. Though many of us are tempted to seek love and unity in our relationships, it’s a good time to let “mommy dearest” off the hook and become a loving mother to yourself – embracing both your light and shadow with compassion.

• Stop being crabby – release the “drama” – with yourself and with others.
• Create honest boundaries, while letting go of old patterns of defensiveness.
• Change your bed sheets, shower and wear fresh PJs – go to sleep with a smile.
• Ask, what is your body in the Mood for? then honor it by saying yes and scheduling it.
• Play Music – sing, drum, shake, dance… emphasis on play.
• Write your New Moon Wishes for Cancer

TIP + Calling Security – STEP 1: Be honest about what is bugging you – write it down or collage it. STEP 2: Take off the boxing gloves and put on the LOVE GOGGLES. Now, take another look at what is bugging you. Start to “feel into” what is really hooking you in the situation – what is the emotional root or general theme? STEP 3: Letting go of “childish” behavior (ie blame), identify 3 healthy steps you can take to support healing of the emotional root. I loved what Michele Lessisard wrote in her recent newsletter - Saturn is in Libra asking for balance… more heart and soul. Less resistance.

Altar of the Month – July

From the soft spot,
+ Heather

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On Friday, July 1 through Saturday morning, July 2 is the most powerful time to write your New Moon Wishes for Cancer in the areas of: home, real estate, family, security, feelings of belonging, feeling safe, empathy, nurturing, moods, women, childhood memories, mothers/mothering, caring and the need for intimacy.  Jan Spiller recommends writing down 10 wishes (max) down on paper and let the energies available grow your wishes to fruition with the increase of lunar light. What would like to experience in your life?

Some examples from Jan Spiller‘s newsletter & book, New Moon Astrology

Same wishes: “I want to easily find myself experiencing a reciprocal feeling of caring in my relationships with others”; “I want to easily find myself empathetically understanding others”; “I want to feel a deep sense of belonging within myself”; “I want all feelings of insecurity easily lifted from me”; “I want the tendency to be ruled by my moods easily lifted from me”; “I want to attract, recognize, and purchase the right home for me at a price I can easily afford”; “I want to easily find myself saying the right words to my mother that create an experience of mutual respect, support, love, and understanding.”

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