Love Is Trust

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Virgo Lunation Balsamic Phase Libra Sun Virgo Moon

Let go of the need for perfection. Release the self-doubt and criticism related to this cycle. Have faith that the form of your new routines will serve you well.

Activities:

• Spend time alone listening to inspirational music.
• Rearrange the components of your environment for a more harmonious effect.
• Analyze your daily routines and how they allow you to be of service to others.

Exercises:

• Listen to your favorite love song and sing the words to yourself.
• Have a dialogue with your inner critic. Ask how s/he can assist you in developing self-trust.
• Contemplate the ways you serve yourself and others.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (09 Virgo 32 to 28 Libra 39) to identify where you can find inner guidance and what needs to be released.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Loving Service To Self And Others

Friday, October 13, 2006

Virgo Lunation Last Quarter Phase Libra Sun Cancer Moon

Now is the time to adjust your daily routines to support your goal. The concept of nurturing care must be realigned to include both the needs of others and your own. You are responsible for releasing the emotional patterns that inhibit your progress.

Constructive action is challenged by moodiness within the home or family. Extreme sensitivity can make problems assume overwhelming proportions. Use that heightened sensitivity to attend to the most mundane and practical details of nurturing others (think in terms of providing comfort with hankies, seating, food and hugs). It will allow you freedom to interact with others and build relationships, while satisfying your needs to be independent and productive.

Activities:
Stimulate and comfort the senses with the taste of peppermint and chocolate.
Relax tense muscles in a floatation tank or Jacuzzi tub.
Sooth hurt feelings and sensitive skin with rose scented lotion.

Exercises:
Review the lists you made during the Crescent phase and wrap up any remaining loose ends.
Focus nervous energy by washing dishes or picking up trash.
Announce your feelings to or for a friend.

Personalized or Advanced Study:
Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (20 Cancer 21 to 09 Virgo 31) to locate the area where your goals are most likely to be manifested.
Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Talk About The Details

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Virgo Lunation Disseminating Phase Libra Sun Gemini Moon

A dynamic, changeable time - it's best to be on the move without being committed to one course of action for the next few days. This is an excellent time to make connections. Your experience can help others to make intelligent decisions regarding their health and work.

Activities:

• Give yourself a physical workout in an activity involving others; rowing, paddling or any racquet sport would be ideal.
• Jog or take a long walk and listen to how your self-talk affects your attitude about your daily activities. Better yet, ask a friend to join you and share your ideas and information on diet, health, and service while walking.
• Talk with others, telling them what you have learned about how your thought processes impact your daily routines.

Exercises:

• Volunteer to create a mailing list, telephone tree, or a group e-mail list for a charitable organization.
• Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper with your thoughts on health care.
• Think about the routines in your life that stimulate your mind and how you might capitalize on those activities.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (01 Gemini 56 to 20 Cancer 30) to locate the area where the exchange of ideas will be most informative.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Self-interest, Service and Relationships

Saturday, October 7, 2006

Virgo Lunation Full Phase Libra Sun Aries Moon

During this phase we gain awareness of our intention through interaction with others. Relationships with those who are self-directed and pioneering will provide the most insight. Act to balance and integrate personal desire with the need to serve.

Activities:

• Find an activity that calls upon your leadership skills.
• Donate a few hours of your time to help someone begin a new project.
• Participate with others in a fast paced game of "Name That Tune".

Exercises:

• Initiate a discussion about anger, assertion, aggression and how they impact your daily routines. Share your thoughts and feelings and listen attentively to the opinions of others.
• Observe your daily activities for impetuous behaviors that interfere with the attainment of your goals.
• Create a Full Moon ritual in which you recognize that taking care of your health is the highest order of self-service.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (13 Aries 43 to 01 Gemini 55) to locate the area being illuminated.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Invent A New Approach

Tuesday, October 3, 2006

Virgo Lunation Gibbous Phase Libra Sun Aquarius Moon

Take notes during this phase because the ideas are coming quickly. A short attention span makes analysis more challenging than usual this cycle. Review and refine your goals with an eye to reformation. Trust in your ability to be inventive and innovative.

Activities:

• Watch a film about scientists, inventors or geniuses such as A Beautiful Mind, Tesla: Master of Lightning, or Infinity.
• Read an autobiography of a scientist, inventor or genius such as Dancing Naked In The Mind Field by Kary Mullis, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize for chemistry. A quick and entertaining read.
  
• Visit an aviation or science museum.

Exercises:

• Envision your intention or goal as completed. Put as much detail into your vision as you can. Notice what it is about your vision that makes it unique or unusual.
• Draw or color a mandala.
• Using the diary you created in the last phase, prioritize your needs and reorganize your schedule for the duration of the cycle.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (24 Aquarius 34 to 13 Aries 42) for the areas most in need of review and revision.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Building Better Habits

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Virgo Lunation First Quarter Phase Libra Sun Capricorn Moon

This phase asks for independent action to break away from the status quo and work toward building what is solid and real.

Activities:

• Participate in a group activity that stimulates civic responsibility, such as picking up trash in parks or beaches.
• Take a walking tour of your city's architectural heritage.
• Go hiking in the mountains or climb a rock wall.

Exercises:

• List the most productive aspects of achieving your goal.
• Envision 3 ways you could institute changes in your daily activities and choose to act on the one which most affirms your sense of practicality.
• Keep a diary of your daily routines to use during the next phase to prioritize your needs and reorganize your schedule.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase ()7 Capricorn 09 to 25 Aquarius 33) to locate the area where you need to initiate change.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Sniff Out The Answers

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Virgo Lunation Crescent Phase Libra Sun Scorpio Moon

Inventory your resources and plan according to your needs. Struggles experienced during this phase are related to issues of power and control. When we begin something new, we leave something behind. The question now, is how do we do break through those old patterns without becoming obsessive or compulsive.

A great time for research and detective work. Gather information by probing deeply. Search within for hidden agendas that may be sabotaging your efforts.

Activities:

• Indulge your taste buds and nourish your body with a meal featuring rosemary chicken or any dish featuring basil.
• Trade a sensual full body massage with your significant other.
• Relax with a cup of blackberry tea.

Exercises:

• List all the resources that you share with others. Investigate which of those might be helpful to you now.
• Make a list of the seductions that tempt you away from your goal.
• Share your goal with a few select people who have invested in you or your ideas in the past and ask for their suggestions. Listen without judgment or defense.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (18 Scorpio 22 to 07 Capricorn 08) to locate the resources supportive to achieving your goal.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Virgo New Moon Redux + Eclipse

Friday, September 22, 2006

Virgo Lunation New Phase Virgo Sun Virgo Moon

It is the small details of daily life which ultimately define our vision.

This lunar cycle, as was last month's, is about organizing the details of our lives in order to ignite our passion and improve the services we provide. Making improvements means adjusting to change, which implies some effort and discomfort. Yet during this cycle and the next, we have an excellent opportunity to examine the processes that form our daily habits, rituals and routines and implement positive changes that will enhance our work and health.

Passionate devotion, intuition, self-trust and self-discipline are the keys to success during this cycle.

Refine your vision during the new phase, examine your attitude about the body-mind connection.

Activities:

• Make a mental note of the miscellaneous minor activities you repeat on a daily basis. Analyze them for patterns and to determine how well each one supports your balanced well-being. Notice any behavior that merits improvement, without becoming self-critical or judgmental.
• Examine your diet and other health and hygiene routines and then let your imagination play with images of perfection.
• Imagine and envision your intention for the cycle. Create an affirmation supporting your intent.

Exercises:

• Visualize your body radiating healing energy.
• Color a Mandala.
• Draw a picture of your body-mind connection.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (29 Virgo 20 to 18 Scorpio 21) to locate the area of your life highlighted this month. This is where making the smallest refinements will have the greatest effect
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Being One's Self

Monday, September 18, 2006

Virgo Lunation Balsamic Phase Virgo Sun Leo Moon

Let go of egotism and pride in service to the greater good. Release the ideal of achieving perfection in the physical world. Surrender to the concept that as you are, you are the perfect expression the Divine will.

Activities:

• Be kind to yourself and others by keeping your environment and your communications free of negativity.
• Spend time alone.
• Observe your daily routines and how they allow for your creative expression.

Exercises:

• Listen to your favorite love song and sing the words to yourself.
• Have a dialogue with your inner critic. Ask how s/he can assist you in developing self-trust.
• Contemplate the ways you express yourself and your love for others.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (10 Leo 18 to 29 Virgo 19) to identify where you can find inner guidance and what needs to be released.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Change - Sensible and Systematic

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Virgo Lunation Last Quarter Phase Virgo Sun Gemini Moon

Now is the time to realign your body and mind in support of your intention. Take decisive action to adjust your daily routines accordingly. You are responsible for communicating to others about the changes you are making.

The ability to take constructive action is challenged by anxiety and exacerbated by a short attention span. Attending to the most mundane and practical details of everyday life (think in terms of doing the dishes or dusting bookshelves) will free your mind to explore a variety of possibilities while satisfying the need to be productive. Notice and release thoughts and mental patterns that inhibit your progress.

Activities:

• Stimulate your senses with the taste and fragrance of lemons.
• Relax tense muscles with a massage. Have the masseuse give special attention to your hands and arms, or get a manicure and tip a little extra for an extended hand and forearm massage.
• Calm frayed nerves with a lavender scented bath.

Exercises:

• Review the list of resources you made during the Crescent phase and make use of them.
• Focus nervous energy by working a crossword puzzle or by creating a list of questions and potential answers such as, what ideas could be put into practice that would promote greater efficiency?
• Publicize your thoughts and decisions.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (21 Gemini 30 to 10 Leo 17) to locate the area where your goals are most likely to be manifested.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Sharing Practical Knowledge

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Virgo Lunation Disseminating Phase Virgo Sun Taurus Moon

Demonstrate the wisdom of love. Share your talents and resources. Teach what you have learned about taking care of your physical body. Your experience can help others to make practical changes that will improve their health.

Activities:

• Spend an hour at a gym. Give yourself a good physical workout, ideally with a group.
• Jog or take a long walk while examining your feelings about your daily activities. Better yet, ask a friend to join you and discuss each others feelings on the subject while walking.

Exercises:

• Join a service organization, charity or other group who shares your values.
• Think about the routines in your life that bring you pleasure and how you might capitalize on those activities.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (03 Taurus 07 to 21 Gemini 29) to locate the area where the exchange of ideas will be most informative.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Reality, Inspiration and Relationships

Thursday, September 7, 2006

Virgo Lunation Full Phase Virgo Sun Pisces Moon

During this phase we gain awareness of our intention through interaction with others. Relationships with those who are sensitive and compassionate will provide the most insight. Act to balance and integrate the ineffable or trancendant with the mundane.

Activities:

• Invite a friend out to a movie or over for an evening of videos.
• Donate a few hours of your time to someone homebound, or in a hospital or nursing home.
• Participate in a board game of chaotic adventure and quick escape like Kitty Chaos.

Exercises:

• Ask a friend to join you in a personal discussion about spirituality, intuition, and altered states and how they impact your daily routines. Share your thoughts and feelings and listen attentively to theirs.
• Observe your daily activities for escape mechanisms or addictions that are subversive to your goals.
• Create a Full Moon ritual in which you surrender the daily habits that undermine your health and well-being.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (15 Pisces 00 to 03 Taurus 06)) to locate the area being illuminated.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Trust In Your Abilities.

Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Virgo Lunation Gibbous Phase Virgo Sun CapricornMoon

This is a wobble point. It's easy to doubt yourself now. However, the key to this phase is self-trust.

Review a your intent with a practical eye during this phase.

Analyze the consequences of your intentions - you are quite literally creating your world. Reflect and refine your goals with an eye to their structure and organization.

Activities:

• Stimulate your senses and realign your body with a maintenance visit to your chiropractor, acupuncturist, or massage therapist.
• Infuse your personal space with the scent of honeysuckle, eucalyptus or cypress.
• Soothe your skin with a milk bath or hydrating lotion.

Exercises:

• Envision your intention or goal as completed. Put as much detail into your vision as you can. Observe the quality of the foundation and framework it was built upon. Look for places where reinforcement would provide addition support and security.
• Draw or color a mandala.
• Organize your activities for the duration of the cycle.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (26 Capricorn 52 to 14 Pisces 59) for the areas most in need of review and revision.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Get Ready, Get Set, Go!

Sunday, August 3, 2006

Virgo Lunation First Quarter Phase Virgo Sun Sagittarius Moon

This phase asks for independent action to break away from restrictive details and daily routines. Initiate plans with passion and optimism.

Activities:

• Take a trip to broaden your horizons; expose yourself to foreign people and ideas.
• Enroll in a class to learn a new language or sign up for a course in continuing education.
• Go on a nature walk.

Exercises:

• List the most exciting aspects of achieving your goal.
• Envision 3 ways you could institute changes in your daily activities and choose to act on the one which most affirms your sense of freedom of expression.
• Get involved in an activity that stimulates your enthusiasm.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (08 Sagittarius 23 to 26 Capricorn 51) to locate the area where you need to initiate change.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Relating to Resources

Monday, August 28, 2006

Virgo Lunation Crescent Phase Virgo Sun Libra Moon

We commit to our goal and begin planning during this phase. Struggles experienced are related to old patterns of relationship or social behavior triggered by concerns over what other people might think. The key to this is incorporating balance. When we begin something new, we leave something behind. The question now, is how do we do break through some old patterns without threatening or offending those around us.

One-on-one relationships are a key resource. Gather information about or from others. Search for abstract information. Ideas which harmonize and complement.

Activities:

• Indulge your senses with the taste of a variety of summer's abundant harvest. Engage the assistance of a partner and make a fresh fruit salad.
• Trade back rubs with a significant other, focus on the area in the middle, from underneath the shoulders to just below the waist.
• Relax and refresh with a cup or glass of mint tea.

Exercises:

• Write down your desire/goal in 10 words or less. Think about who you would be most comfortable sharing it with and why.
• List all the people who would support your goal and how they might help.
• Share your goal with a few select people from the above list and ask for their suggestions. Listen without judgment or defense.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (19 Libra 31 to 08 Sagittarius 22) to locate the resources supportive to achieving your goal.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Virgo New Moon - Devotion to Refinement

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Virgo Lunation New Phase Virgo Sun Virgo Moon

It is the small details of daily life which ultimately define our vision.

This lunar cycle and the next are about organizing the details of our lives in order to ignite our passion and improve the services we provide. Making improvements means adjusting to change, which implies some effort and discomfort. Yet during this cycle and the next, we have an excellent opportunity to examine the processes that form our daily habits, rituals and routines and implement positive changes that will enhance our work and health.

Passionate devotion, intuition, self-trust and self-discipline are the keys to success during this cycle.

Refine your vision during the new phase, examine your attitude about the body-mind connection.

Activities:

• Make a mental note of the miscellaneous minor activities you repeat on a daily basis. Analyze them for patterns and to determine how well each one supports your balanced well-being. Notice any behavior that merits improvement, without becoming self-critical or judgmental.
• Examine your diet and other health and hygiene routines and then let your imagination play with images of perfection.
• Imagine and envision your intention for the cycle. Create an affirmation supporting your intent.

Exercises:

• Visualize your body radiating healing energy.
• Color a Mandala.
• Draw a picture of your body-mind connection.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (00 Virgo 31 to 19 Libra 30) to locate the area of your life highlighted this month. This is where making the smallest refinements will have the greatest effect
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

A Heart Full of Love

Sunday, August 20, 2006

Leo Lunation Balsamic Phase Leo Sun Cancer Moon

Release the cycle coming to an end and prepare for the new. Pay special attention to your emotional needs and moods, being conscious of their impact on your self expression. Let go of emotional baggage that keeps you from expressing what's in your heart.

Activities:

• Spend time alone.
• Practice a vocal /vibrational meditation by repeating an "ohm" or an "aah" sound to set up a resonance within the body.
• Clean your living space while listening to uplifting music. Better yet, listen to something you can sing or chant along with.

Exercises:

• Contemplate the meaning home, family and tradition have for you and how they affect your expression of love.
• Create a list of circumstances and people that you associate with heartache. Hold the list to your heart and say out loud, "Forgiveness frees the heart of pain. I forgive. I am forgiven. My heart is open to love and happiness."

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (11 Cancer 29 to 00 Virgo 30) to identify where you can find inner guidance and what needs to be released.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Creative Rewards

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Leo Lunation Last Quarter Phase Leo Sun Taurus Moon

Now is the time to reconcile your goals for the cycle with the reality of your situation. Once you have reoriented and released what isn't working, your goals will take form. Challenges arise from conflicts over creative control and are exacerbated by stubborn pride. Generosity of spirit will give substance and fertility to your expression. Be courageous; take the risk of stepping beyond ego. Open your heart and realign your will in support of your creative source.

Activities:

• Stimulate your senses with the taste and fragrance of oranges
• Loosen tight muscles with a mini-massage focused on the neck and jaw
• Relax and refresh with a mud bath or clay masque

Exercises:

• Review the list of resources you made during the Crescent phase and make use of them
• Publicize your values

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (23 Taurus 05 to 11 Cancer 28) to locate the area where your goals are most likely to be manifested.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Taking the Initiative

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Leo Lunation Disseminating Phase Leo Sun Aries Moon

Your vision can ignite and inspire others into action by sharing your passion and zeal for life. Demonstrate your love and trust with clarity. Let your personal identity shine through whatever you do.

Activities:

• Participate in a sporting contest.
• Make contact with the outside world through your hobbies and/or pastimes where you can share your interests with others.

Exercises:

• Take a long walk and examine your feelings about your creativity and/or children. Better yet, ask someone with a vested interest to join you and discuss each others feelings while walking.
• Think about the things that bring you pleasure and how they stimulate your creativity.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (04 Aries 49 to 23 Taurus 04) to locate the area where the exchange of ideas will be most informative.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Make a Play Date

Wednesday, August 9, 2006

Leo Lunation Full Phase Leo Sun Aquarius Moon

Awareness and illumination of your creative self expression or goals comes through interaction with others, particularly friends or social acquaintances. Participation in group activities will highlight how your uniqueness has an impact and makes a difference in the world. Respect the rights of others to express their individuality.

Activities:

• Attend a social function involving the arts or theater.
• Donate a few hours of your time to entertain a group of children.
• Play a board game of speculation like Modern Art.

Exercises:

• Ask a friend to join you in a personal discussion about hopes, wishes and dreams. Share yours and listen attentively to theirs.
• Record a statement about your vision of the future. It can be as long or short as you like. Listen to the recording and note any mental images that arise.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (16 Aquarius 44 to 04 Aries 48) to locate the area being illuminated.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Creative license

Saturday, August 5, 2006

Leo Lunation Gibbous Phase Leo Sun Sagittarius Moon

It's time to revisit your intention for this cycle and make adjustments to include new information. You can expand your opportunities for success by giving your creative imagination full reign.

Examine your philosophical, moral and ethical attitudes regarding creativity and self-expression without judgment or prejudice.

Activities:

• Climb or hike to the top of a mountain, hill, or even a tall building and take in the view. Better yet, draw, paint or photograph your personal perspective of the experience.

Exercises:

• Picture in your mind a scenario depicting your ideal manifested. Spend some time developing it. Look at it both from a distance and in detail. Notice any repeated themes.
• Create a mandala, collage or a symbolic image drawn from the mental picture above.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (28 Sagittarius 31 to 16 Aquarius 43) to locate the area where revision and adjustment are currently required.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Take the Plunge

Wednesday, August 2, 2006

Leo Lunation First Quarter Phase Leo Sun Scorpio Moon

Time to break away from ego and outmoded forms of expression. Take control of creative urges and transmute obsessions into creative tools. There is more going on than can be seen on the surface and emotions are intense.

The first step is to probe your psychological depths for the source of resistance. Then move on to identify an area of passion and pursue it actively in privacy.

Activities:

• Physical activity, preferably one you can do alone, is a must during this phase. Any activity, from house cleaning to swimming will do the trick. The more playful you can make it, the better.
• Research various methods used by others to achieve goals similar to yours.
• Check-in with your emotions to make sure they are aligned with your goal.

Exercises:

• Do something different from your normal routine. Take a different route to work, try a new form of exercise, use a new work method or technique.
• Go over your inventory lists, both the haves and the needs, from the last phase and note all items from both lists that can be deleted. This is a time to prune for growth.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses in your natal chart activated by this phase (09 Scorpio 56 to 28 Sagittarius 31)
• to find the area requiring an action to move forward.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Naming Heart's Desire

Saturday, July 29, 2006

Leo Lunation Crescent Phase Leo Sun Virgo Moon

During the 3 days remaining in this phase, we make the commitment to pursue a goal for the new cycle and develop a plan for achievement. We bring our "Vision" down to earth and ground it in our reality.

This month the struggles associated with this phase involve the ideas of will versus service. There is a tendency toward self-criticism and doubt. On the other hand, these same energies can be your greatest resources. Discrimination and analysis will provide specific information on ways to improve your self-expression and develop your creativity.

Activities:

• Prepare and eat a healthy meal of fresh organic foods, fruits and veggies.
• A lemon verbena aromatherapy session or massage will soothe the body and calm the mind.
• Discuss your plans with a trusted friend over an outdoor lunch (preferably a picnic in a pine forest).
• Observe your health, daily routines and employment. Look for patterns that either support or undermine your goal.

Exercises:

• Write down your desire/goal in 10 words or less.
• Make an inventory of your resources related to your goal. List any additional needs required to meet your goal. Caution - this is a time to gather and organize your energy, identify and conserve resources and determine what you need to progress. Worrying about what you should do next or how is a waste of time now.

Personalized or Advanced Study:

• Note the house or houses and planets in your natal chart activated by this phase (21 Virgo 00 to 09 Scorpio 56) to find the resources required to achieve your goal.
• Incorporate the insights from this study into the activities and exercises above.

Leo New Moon: Got Heart?

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Leo Lunation New Phase Leo Sun Leo Moon

This lunar cycle is about love, confidence, creativity, sincerity, courage, loyalty, generosity and playfulness. These are all important parts of a well-lived life, yet play time is most often relegated to childhood and limited for maturing adults. Invite the "child within" to play throughout this 29.6 day cycle. Play frees the mind, generates new ideas, loosens the body; play regenerates and rejuvenates.

Take a risk during the new phase, explore your creativity. Creativity is your birthright and your destiny. Your life experience is a manifestation of your creative power.

Activities:
See a play, watch a film, look at public art.
Look for new ways to express yourself.
Imagine and envision your intention for the cycle. Create an affirmation supporting your intent.

Exercises:
Color a Mandala.
Draw a self portrait.
Work on your treasure map.

Personalized/Advanced Study:
Compare the chart for this cycle with your natal chart.

• Identify the house in your natal chart containing the new moon at 02 degrees Leo
• Note all aspects made by the new moon at 02 degrees Leo to your natal chart.
• Note any conjunctions from the planets in the new moon chart to the luminaries, planets, angles and house cusps of your natal chart.

Incorporate the insights from this study into the creation of your intent or goal for this cycle.

Open Heart - Clear Head

Friday, July 21, 2006

Cancer Lunation Balsamic Phase Cancer Sun Gemini Moon

The seeds of the next cycle are being sorted. Your choices, whether limited or inspired, are determined by your attitude.

Nurture yourself and others by keeping your environment and your communications free of negativity. Rinse your mind of all thoughts regarding home and family issues, fact and conjecture.

Open your heart to healing feelings and open your mind to releasing opinions.

Activities:
Go on a gossip fast.
Listen to relaxing music, especially duets, either vocal or instrumental.

Exercises:
Have a dialogue with your child within. Ask how s/he can help you reach your full potential. What can you do to nurture your creativity?
Exercise your brain to move through moments of fear or emotional insecurity. Engage your mind with a math calculation. Anything from figuring the square footage of each room in your house to calculating the number of seconds in week. It's impossible for the imagination (left brain) to generate feelings of fear while the conscious mind (right brain) is focused on solving abstract problems.

Emotional Responsibility

Monday, July 17, 2006

Cancer Lunation Last Quarter Phase Cancer Sun Aries Moon

Use this lunation cycle's phase to review the past with the intent of moving forward. What feelings are you holding on to that hinder your progress? You are responsible for identifying your emotional needs and taking action to honor them. How can you express your individuality and increase your sense of security within the structure of home and family? With Mercury retrograde and the Moon in Aries, think twice before acting - impetuous decisions can be problematic.

Activities:
Clean your kitchen cupboards and refrigerator.
Prepare your favorite home cooked meal and invite others to dine with you.

Exercises:
Light a scented candle and relax in a fragrant bath.
Review your intention for the cycle and answer the following questions:
What kind of touch do you associate with your emotional security? What smell? What taste?

Go With the Flow

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Cancer Lunation Disseminating Phase Cancer Sun Pisces Moon

Share your feelings on family, home, heritage, security and sacred space, especially how these themes relate to your sense of spirituality and illusions/delusions. Rather than attempting to make rational sense of your feelings, express yourself artistically (music, poetry, metaphor, watercolors or other painting). What stirs feelings of compassion? What seems to be transforming or ending? What does your intuition tell you?

Activities: Participate in a charitable group effort such as a community drive to clean up parks or beaches or doing work for Habitat for Humanity.

Exercises: Go dancing or swimming or engage in any physical activity that allows for smooth flowing movements.

Talk About Mom and Dad

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Cancer Lunation Full Phase Cancer Sun Capricorn Moon

Awareness and illumination regarding your home, family and emotional needs comes through your relationships and discussions with others during this full phase. Interaction and integration are key to finding balance. Take responsibility for your role in family dynamics.

Activities:
Examine the structure of authority within your home and family relationships.
Consider the ways your parent's relationship has qualified your attitude about home and family.
Share your family or domestic experiences with someone you respect. Listen for practical advice.

Exercises:
Listen to music that was played in your home during your youth and note the feelings that arise.
Make a family tree. What does this history mean to you? How have you been influenced by tradition?

Looking Homeward

Saturday, July 8, 2006

Cancer Lunation Gibbous Phase Cancer Sun Sagittarius Moon

Exploring your belief system and overall philosophy will assist you to fine tune your goals during this Gibbous Phase. Review and analyze your own responses and those of others to the actions you took during the First Quarter phase. Look for new ways to see your intention and refine your goal according to this information. Look at the big picture first and then look for patterns in the details.

Activities:
Tune into your emotions. Observe your feelings about home and family, especially around issues of freedom, morals and religion. Notice the source of those feelings, along with the degree of your attachment to them.
Express your emotions in a visual and colorful medium.

Exercises:
Make a list of the things that fill you with optimism.
Visualize your perfect home. Notice the lighting, colors and textures in this safe and secure place. Draw, paint or write about the qualities of this sacred space. What makes it so special and comforting?

Just Do It!

Monday, July 3, 2006

Cancer Lunation First Quarter Phase Cancer Sun Libra Moon

Step up and step out during the First Quarter phase. Independent action is the key to relieving stress over the next few days. Take the first step toward achieving your goal. Corrections will have to be made later on. The important thing now is to act. Although independence and personal boundaries are a priority, relationships need attention. What can you do to make your interpersonal relationships more harmonious?

Activities:
Initiate a reconciliation or an introduction, especially among family members, those you consider family or would like to bring into your family.

Exercises:
Participate in a team sport.
Pack up a picnic and go on a hike with family members.
Take a stroll down memory lane. Literally. Walk by a house where you used to live. Note the feelings that come along with the memories.

A Homey Touch

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Cancer Lunation Crescent Phase Cancer Sun Leo Moon

How does your home, family, etc., support your self expression? How do you use your creativity to support your home, family, etc.?

The struggles associated with the crescent phase of this lunation cycle are related to issues of pride, willfulness and ego. The reluctance to let go of the familiar past, even though it has been outgrown, can be overcome with strength and courage. Playfulness and creativity are additional resources for cementing the commitment to your goal. Gather information and plan, but wait until the First Quarter phase to take action.

Crescent Phase Activities:
Seek the wisdom of those you trust for consul. Invite them to share a meal.
Plan for your needs by checking your resources.
Fill your environment with the fragrance of fresh fruit and/or flowers.

Crescent Phase Exercises:
Set a medicine wheel or a 9 piece phase wheel.
Light a Gardenia scented or 5-day candle as a symbolic commitment to fulfilling your intention.
Make a list of your favorite foods, recipes and meals. Note whether any specific feelings of guilt, nostalgia or warmth come up. Prepare a "feel good" meal from your list; one that nurtures your body and spirit.

Cancer New Moon

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Cancer Lunation New Phase Cancer Sun Cancer Moon

The Cancer lunation cycle is about setting your house in order. Observe how you make changes, how you join the flow of life, how you move, how you grow into your individuality and how you respond to the public.

Take the next 29.6 days to get in touch with your heritage (parents, nationality, religion), your home, your family, your inner care-giver, your emotions, your moods and your security issues.

This is also a good cycle to attend a family reunion, go on a family vacation, start a family photo album, or work on home maintenance projects.

New Phase Activities:
Look at your feelings and how you express them.
Watch how you give or make space for yourself and others.
Identify your hunger. What is it that your belly, or gut instinct is saying you need to be well nourished?

New Phase Exercises:
Collect images that evoke a strong feeling of emotional security and use the images or colors from them to create a meditation mandala.
Visualize a safe and secure space where you feel free to express your true feelings.

As the New Phase comes to an end, allow yourself to form a goal or an intention and create a personal affirmation for this cycle.

Look to the house in your natal chart where this New Moon is located for additional insight and ideas about working with this cycle's energy.

Appreciating Silence

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Gemini Lunation Balsamic Phase Cancer Sun Taurus Moon

Once again it is time to let go of all the activities associated with the cycle. Release stubborn ideas and attitudes. Let go of the urge to gossip. Relax and clear your mind of negativity.

Activities:
Withdraw, taking time to yourself for reflection and renewal.
Contemplate the value of the information you received during this cycle.

Exercises:
Listen to comforting music.
Make a list of your blessings.

Communicating with Compassion

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Gemini Lunation Last Quarter Phase Gemini Sun Pisces Moon

Time to realign your communication, education and information goals. Consider what you have learned throughout this cycle, make a decision and act on it. Take responsibility for your words. Be conscious of the feelings of others and how their feelings will impact the situation.

Activities:
Depending on your intent for the cycle you could:
Decide what you will do to change or improve your communication skills.
Accept your sibling relationships as they are or take steps to bring about the changes you think necessary.
Determine whether or not the class you enrolled in is appropriate and follow through on that determination.
Buy the car or not.

Exercises:
Get a mini-massage, focusing on your hands, arms and shoulders.
Use incense or essential oils to clear your mind (lavender or lemongrass) and open your heart (gardenia or jasmine).
Review the past cycle and note what feelings were stimulated in you.

Walk The Talk

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Gemini Lunation Disseminating Phase Gemini Sun Aquarius Moon

Progressive and innovative ideas need discussion. Time to share what you have learned so far this cycle regarding your original intent. Consider the impact of your intent on the collective. How does it affect the hopes, dreams and wishes of others. Does your intent or goal benefit society? This is a great time for public speaking especially to a civic or social group. Listen for feedback.

Activities: Tell others what you feel about your communication style, your siblings, your education, your mode of transportation.

Exercises: Ask a friend to join you in a physical activity that allows for verbal interaction, like walking, dancing or exercising.

Speak the Truth

Sunday, June 11, 2006

Gemini Lunation Full Phase Gemini Sun Sagittarius Moon

What you believe to be true shapes your experience of the world, and during this phase, your experiences will reflect your beliefs in the areas of communication, education, duality, and the integration of opposites.

Illumination and awareness come through interaction with others. Discussing philosophical questions, religious practices and travel experiences will highlight relevant issues

Activities:
Socialize.
Speak openly and equally with your siblings.
Make an offer on a car.
Go to a class or workshop.

Exercises:
Listen to Mozart or your favorite classical music.
Find a way to speak in public to hone your skills.
Attend a lecture with a student, teacher, in-law, aunt or uncle and discuss it with them afterward.

Depth Perception

Thursday, June 8, 2006

Gemini Lunation Gibbous Phase Gemini Sun Scorpio Moon

Filter and analyze the information and reactions encountered thus far into the cycle. Delay judgments and decisions because information is missing. Look for hidden information, dig deeply into psychological motifs that may have come up thus far in the cycle.

Activities:
Look beyond the surface. Follow information which takes you deeper into the subject.
Analyze your intentions regarding information and communication. Are there ideas you are compulsive or obsessive about or which touch on control issues? What kinds of information pushes your buttons?

Exercises:
Revise your intention for the cycle to reflect your desires more clearly.
Remake your treasure map.
Create a collage or word mandala.

Combining Mind and Movement

Saturday, May 3, 2006

Gemini Lunation First Quarter Phase Gemini Sun Virgo Moon

This phase is about taking independent action to break away from old mental patterns and styles of communication. Cultivate new habits which make you more efficient. Be discriminating. Sometimes the smallest actions can have far-reaching effects and that is certainly true now.

Activities:
Take an initial action to set your goals in motion:
Sign up for a class or register for school.
Contact your siblings.
Go out and talk to car salesmen.

Exercises:
Create a small change in your daily activities that will make it easier for you to connect with others.
Play a game of hop scotch or twister to engage the body and mind.

Emotional Ideas

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Gemini Lunation Crescent Phase Gemini Sun Cancer Moon

It's inventory and planning time once again. The idea is to obtain as much information as possible to further your goals.

Breaking free of habitual modes of communication, especially those that are emotionally triggered, is a struggle. Allow yourself to feel your emotions. Be conscious of them as a resource. Learn what your feelings have to teach you about your communication and what your communication has to teach you about your security issues.

Activities: If your intentions for this cycle include:
Learning something new, review what you know and ask questions about what you don't.
Planning for education, check how many credits you already have and how many more you need.Improving communication skills, inventory your strengths and weaknesses.
Sibling relationships, account for the things you have in common and those you don't.
Buying a car, consult your financial status and resources.

Exercises: Ask for ideas and information from your family.
Explore your heritage for clues to your line of thought.
Make a list of the fragrances and aromas that remind you of home.

Gemini Lunation

Friday, May 26, 2006

Gemini Lunation New Phase Gemini Sun Gemini Moon

The Gemini lunation cycle is about making connections (mentally and physically), communicating (receiving and relaying information), integrating opposites, and playing with dualities and multiplicities. Unleash your curiosity for the next 29.6 days. Information and education lead to illumination.

Communication, sibling relationships, neighborhood issues, education and transportation are appropriate fields of inquiry.

The New phase in Gemini poses the question, "What do you desire to know more about"? Use the next 3 days to determine your answer and establish your intention.

Activities
Become conscious of your communication styles and patterns.
Observe the paths you take to get from one place to another.
Open your mind to images that excite you emotionally.

Exercises
Translate your ideas into a visual form that you can use to focus your attention.
Add pictures to your treasure map showing ways you can connect to the intention you set in Aries.

Affirmation for the Gemini cycle
Knowledge illuminates my thoughts.

Letting Go

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Taurus Lunation Balsamic Phase Gemini Sun Aries Moon

Empty yourself in preparation of the new cycle. Separate from others. Surrender all fears and doubts about your resources. Trust in your abundance. Release concepts of where you're going. New visions are being formed. Music and sound therapy is particularly effective now.

Last Call for Action

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Taurus Lunation Last Quarter Phase Gemini Sun Pisces Moon

Keywords for the Last Quarter phase are realignment, revision, integration, cleansing.

Allow yourself to be open to change. Progressive thinking now will bring new twists to old concepts. Be more than a rebel; be a reformer. Review all the information about your resources you have worked on during the cycle. Determine what is relevant and workable and what is not. Implement your financial plan or budget. Detach and let go of everything else.

Stimulating the physical resource associated with each phase facilitates a clear envisioning of your intentions for the cycle. During the last quarter phase, information is accessed and processed most easily via the senses of taste touch and smell.

Activities:
Realign yourself, your purpose, your intent, regarding resource and abundance. What is manifesting in your life? What have you learned? What is still to be done? What do your ideas mean to the collective?

Exercises:
Let go of tension – get a massage!