Now is the time to embrace and explore and express all the things that I value...this has been on my mind for a while.
Love matters to me. This means treating others with kindness, compassion, understanding and yes, love. It means speaking kind words to all who come into my life. So many positive things seem to me to be an expression of love. For me, Love means doing what is right and choosing the higher way.
Relationship matters to me. My relationship with myself lays the foundation for how I relate to others. The kinder, more gentle and more compassionate I am with myself the more I offer these qualities to others. I am in relationship with everyone and everything that dwells right now on this planet. How am I showing up?
The earth--our Mother--matters. Do I treat the earth ethically and responsibly? Do I honor my home?
Healing matters to me. I value offering a service to others. I love and enjoy empowering others to live a life of love, of joy, of happiness and of passion. I feel blessed to be able to facilitate for others and to share my experiences in healing.
One thing that comes up very strongly is that now is the time for me to acknowledge, accept, appreciate and own my femininity and my beauty. This has been pushing so many buttons for me lately, so I know this is huge. As I have made a bigger and deeper commitment to my own health and my own fitness, I love and appreciate my body for its strength and its muscles and its curves. The beauty and the strength of my body continue to evolve as I engage in my process of being fully and completely present in my body. I know that it is time to honor my body, adorn the temple and cultivate my own brand of beauty.
I don't know, yet, what my life will end up looking like as engage in my process. We each are here such a short time. It seems wise to embrace each moment, to take it all in and dive into every emotion and every experience because this moment is all there is...
Here is to Venus...and stepping into the Feminine Unchained!
Apr 4, 2009
Apr 3, 2009
Timely Information...Venus in Aries
I had a Venus return reading with Sao about a month before I turned 40. He brought it all to life for me and inspired me to embrace the Divine Feminine!
This is what Sao has to say about Venus in Aries--the Feminine Unchained!
"On March 27th a very powerful Venus-in-Aries cycle began; it will continue for 584 days, approximately a year and nine months. Because this is Venus, The Feminine Principle, this cycle invites and inspires women to explore and express a new, deeper, more powerful aspect of themselves, and this is equally true for men as regards their inner feminine.
This cycle invites us to summon the courage to be adventurous, to explore radically new ways of Living, and to trust The Very Spirit of Life.
I strongly encourage everyone to participate with Venus as she embarks on this 584-day journey through Aries. Your participation will -- not might, it will -- make a powerful difference, perhaps the crucial difference, in our rapidly changing world. The change is rooted in this: Every person on Earth is being challenged to dig deeper than ever before and discover a new layer of Our Deepest Personal Values -- and Venus is Our Deepest Personal Values.
Venus (The Goddess, The Divine Femnine) embarked on this adventure on March 27th. Since then a number of women have called or emailed to tell me they're venturing into new territory, that for some time now they've been feeling the urge to be new, to be different, to change themselves and their lives, and that something is stirring in them now, a new presence is moving in them urging them to action, to blaze a new trail for themselves and those they Love. These women are feeling the presence of Venus in Aries. Here are just a few examples (my ideas) of what The New Aries Woman might do:
- explore a new livelihood -- the Right Livelihood that feels good to your Soul;
- commence with a project you've longed to accomplish, something you're truly passionate about -- writing a book, going to the "I Can Do It!" seminar, taking flying lessons, etc.
- starting a real movement to have every other Pope be a woman who then appoints other women to top positions in the hierarchy of that religious order; same with the Dalai Lama and that religious order; same with Mormonism and that religious order, same with Islam and that religious order, same with every religious order on Earth. (For those who don't remember, women did this in the 1960's with the names of hurricanes. Before the 60's all hurricanes were given feminine names -- it's time to take "the next step", take it to the next level -- that's the way of courageous Aries!)
These are just a few examples of the Aries spirit of independence
Because this is Venus, the feminine principle, let's consider the nature, character and energy of the Aries archetype when it expresses in and through women. In The Shamanic Astrology Handbook by Daniel Giamario, creator of Shamanic Astrology, we find these descriptions of The Aries Goddess:
- The Warrior Amazon
- The One Who Fights for a Cause
- Joan of Arc
- The Goddess: Queen Bodicca (this was a real person, google her)
- "Women Who Run With The Wolves" (this is a book, google it)
- The Wild Woman Archetype
- The Tom Boy
And also from The Shamanic Astrology Handbook, let's consider the invocation, the prayer, the mantra, the meditation, the focused intention of The Aries Goddess:
"I am warrior woman. I defend you in battle against the dark lords, the greedy, and those exploiting Mother Earth. I will fight to protect the Cosmic Order. I Am Goddess Of Victorious Triumph!"
Joan of Arc
So yes, the Aries Goddess is The Goddess wild and free, yet she lives that way with a purpose! She is going forth with The Sword of Truth paving her way, and with Strength and Courage lighting her Path to Victory!
In the March issue of "The Shamanic Astrology Newsletter" we find yet another description of the nature of this Venus cycle of power:
Venus Prepares For Her Journey in Aries
"From the Spring Equinox when the Sun enters Aries, to April 3rd when Venus rises as a Morning Star and begins her new cycle in the Aries domain, there are many factors calling our attention to the potency of this time. On March 27, 2009, for example, we have the Sun conjunction with retrograde Venus (7 Aries) accelerating the messages possible from the realm of underworld treasures that are now coming to light. This marks an important point in the transformational shift of Venus, now completing with the Leo archetypal expression and preparing for a rebirth or reincarnation into the Aries expression of the Goddess.
Aries is the Amazon Warrior and the Wild Woman. Here are some images from Clarissa Pinkola Estes' book, Women Who Run With The Wolves, to spark our sense of these mysteries.
"WITHIN EVERY WOMAN THERE IS A WILD AND NATURAL CREATURE, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is Wild Woman, but she is an endangered species. Though the gifts of wildish nature come to us at birth, society's attempt to "civilize" us into rigid roles, has plundered this treasure and muffled the deep life-giving messages of our own souls. Without Wild Woman, we become over domesticated, fearful, uncreative, trapped."
"Healthy wolves and healthy women share certain psychic characteristics: keen sensing, playful spirit, and a heightened capacity for devotion. Wolves and women are relational by nature, inquiring, possessed of great endurance and strength. They are deeply intuitive, intensely concerned with their young, their mate and their pack. They are experienced in adapting to constantly changing circumstances; they are fiercely stalwart and very brave."
"She is the one who thunders after injustice."
(If you'd like to receive the monthly Shamanic Astrology Newsletter (it's free!), visit the official Shamanic Astrology website, www.shamanicastrology.com. Type your email address in the box at the very bottom of the home page and click "Join". Depending on the speed of your computer, it can take as little as thirty seconds to subscribe. Also, you might enjoy the five-minute video on the origins of Shamanic Astrology, right above the subscription box.)
So for all of us, yet especially for women, starting now and for the next year and nine months is a time to Be New! It is a time to summon The Courage of The Warrior and express your deepest, truest, most authentic identity. It is a time to declare your true Self, define yourself, to no longer be defined by others. Consider this:
"If you pay nervous attention to other people's opinions, maneuver to obtain their indulgence and to stand high in their esteem, you will be whisked about in their winds and you will lose yourself." - Jo Coubert -
This Friday, April 3rd, or one morning soon after, Venus will rise as the beautiful Morning Star for the first time in many months. This "heliacal rise" is the trigger-point and the true, shamanic beginning of this 584-day Venus-in-Aries cycle. To witness Venus rising this way is an absolutely stunning experience. I STRONGLY encourage everyone to get up about thirty minutes before sunrise this Friday, April 3rd (I realize that for many of you this is asking a lot, to sacrifice even one minute of your precious slumber, yet I promise you it will be worth it and this is the only time in your entire Life that I'll ask you to do this, because after this one experience I won't have to -- you'll want to do it), look directly east and wait to see if Venus rises before the Sun that morning. You won't have to wonder which star is Venus because she will be as close to Earth as she gets, so she'll be the brightest body in the heavens by far! She'll be huge and glowing, a very powerful Presence in the heavens. Trust me, you will know her when you see her. She's so close and big and beautiful you can actually see -- and feel! -- her pulsating. It is truly an amazing experience.
Now, it's not possible to know exactly which morning Venus will first become visible. So if on this Friday the Sun rises so that daylight comes, the stars are no longer visible and you don't see her that morning, then please do the same thing Saturday morning, then Sunday, maybe Monday, and continue each morning until one morning she's suddenly, powerfully, spectacularly there, and you experience this New Venus Rising, this New Woman Rising on Earth. Hopefully it will be Friday, but it might be a day or two or three or so later.
And on that marvelous morning that she rises, whichever morning that is, and displays her powerful, awe-inspiring Beauty for you -- just for you -- talk with her, commune and communicate with her, let her know that you acknowledge and honor her new cycle as The Warrior Amazon, the wild, free and powerful Protector and Defender of the Family and The Cosmic Order, and ask if you may do this dance with her. She will oblige you.
Then for the next 584 days, dance yourself free!
All of this brings to mind the title of a favorite song . . . .
"Wild Women Don't Get The Blues!"
So, take "the next step".
Claim your power. Save the children.
See it? Do it.
Thank you.
May Love have Its way with you,"
Sao
http://www.astrologyofchange.com
This is what Sao has to say about Venus in Aries--the Feminine Unchained!
"On March 27th a very powerful Venus-in-Aries cycle began; it will continue for 584 days, approximately a year and nine months. Because this is Venus, The Feminine Principle, this cycle invites and inspires women to explore and express a new, deeper, more powerful aspect of themselves, and this is equally true for men as regards their inner feminine.
This cycle invites us to summon the courage to be adventurous, to explore radically new ways of Living, and to trust The Very Spirit of Life.
I strongly encourage everyone to participate with Venus as she embarks on this 584-day journey through Aries. Your participation will -- not might, it will -- make a powerful difference, perhaps the crucial difference, in our rapidly changing world. The change is rooted in this: Every person on Earth is being challenged to dig deeper than ever before and discover a new layer of Our Deepest Personal Values -- and Venus is Our Deepest Personal Values.
Venus (The Goddess, The Divine Femnine) embarked on this adventure on March 27th. Since then a number of women have called or emailed to tell me they're venturing into new territory, that for some time now they've been feeling the urge to be new, to be different, to change themselves and their lives, and that something is stirring in them now, a new presence is moving in them urging them to action, to blaze a new trail for themselves and those they Love. These women are feeling the presence of Venus in Aries. Here are just a few examples (my ideas) of what The New Aries Woman might do:
- explore a new livelihood -- the Right Livelihood that feels good to your Soul;
- commence with a project you've longed to accomplish, something you're truly passionate about -- writing a book, going to the "I Can Do It!" seminar, taking flying lessons, etc.
- starting a real movement to have every other Pope be a woman who then appoints other women to top positions in the hierarchy of that religious order; same with the Dalai Lama and that religious order; same with Mormonism and that religious order, same with Islam and that religious order, same with every religious order on Earth. (For those who don't remember, women did this in the 1960's with the names of hurricanes. Before the 60's all hurricanes were given feminine names -- it's time to take "the next step", take it to the next level -- that's the way of courageous Aries!)
These are just a few examples of the Aries spirit of independence
Because this is Venus, the feminine principle, let's consider the nature, character and energy of the Aries archetype when it expresses in and through women. In The Shamanic Astrology Handbook by Daniel Giamario, creator of Shamanic Astrology, we find these descriptions of The Aries Goddess:
- The Warrior Amazon
- The One Who Fights for a Cause
- Joan of Arc
- The Goddess: Queen Bodicca (this was a real person, google her)
- "Women Who Run With The Wolves" (this is a book, google it)
- The Wild Woman Archetype
- The Tom Boy
And also from The Shamanic Astrology Handbook, let's consider the invocation, the prayer, the mantra, the meditation, the focused intention of The Aries Goddess:
"I am warrior woman. I defend you in battle against the dark lords, the greedy, and those exploiting Mother Earth. I will fight to protect the Cosmic Order. I Am Goddess Of Victorious Triumph!"
Joan of Arc
So yes, the Aries Goddess is The Goddess wild and free, yet she lives that way with a purpose! She is going forth with The Sword of Truth paving her way, and with Strength and Courage lighting her Path to Victory!
In the March issue of "The Shamanic Astrology Newsletter" we find yet another description of the nature of this Venus cycle of power:
Venus Prepares For Her Journey in Aries
"From the Spring Equinox when the Sun enters Aries, to April 3rd when Venus rises as a Morning Star and begins her new cycle in the Aries domain, there are many factors calling our attention to the potency of this time. On March 27, 2009, for example, we have the Sun conjunction with retrograde Venus (7 Aries) accelerating the messages possible from the realm of underworld treasures that are now coming to light. This marks an important point in the transformational shift of Venus, now completing with the Leo archetypal expression and preparing for a rebirth or reincarnation into the Aries expression of the Goddess.
Aries is the Amazon Warrior and the Wild Woman. Here are some images from Clarissa Pinkola Estes' book, Women Who Run With The Wolves, to spark our sense of these mysteries.
"WITHIN EVERY WOMAN THERE IS A WILD AND NATURAL CREATURE, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is Wild Woman, but she is an endangered species. Though the gifts of wildish nature come to us at birth, society's attempt to "civilize" us into rigid roles, has plundered this treasure and muffled the deep life-giving messages of our own souls. Without Wild Woman, we become over domesticated, fearful, uncreative, trapped."
"Healthy wolves and healthy women share certain psychic characteristics: keen sensing, playful spirit, and a heightened capacity for devotion. Wolves and women are relational by nature, inquiring, possessed of great endurance and strength. They are deeply intuitive, intensely concerned with their young, their mate and their pack. They are experienced in adapting to constantly changing circumstances; they are fiercely stalwart and very brave."
"She is the one who thunders after injustice."
(If you'd like to receive the monthly Shamanic Astrology Newsletter (it's free!), visit the official Shamanic Astrology website, www.shamanicastrology.com. Type your email address in the box at the very bottom of the home page and click "Join". Depending on the speed of your computer, it can take as little as thirty seconds to subscribe. Also, you might enjoy the five-minute video on the origins of Shamanic Astrology, right above the subscription box.)
So for all of us, yet especially for women, starting now and for the next year and nine months is a time to Be New! It is a time to summon The Courage of The Warrior and express your deepest, truest, most authentic identity. It is a time to declare your true Self, define yourself, to no longer be defined by others. Consider this:
"If you pay nervous attention to other people's opinions, maneuver to obtain their indulgence and to stand high in their esteem, you will be whisked about in their winds and you will lose yourself." - Jo Coubert -
This Friday, April 3rd, or one morning soon after, Venus will rise as the beautiful Morning Star for the first time in many months. This "heliacal rise" is the trigger-point and the true, shamanic beginning of this 584-day Venus-in-Aries cycle. To witness Venus rising this way is an absolutely stunning experience. I STRONGLY encourage everyone to get up about thirty minutes before sunrise this Friday, April 3rd (I realize that for many of you this is asking a lot, to sacrifice even one minute of your precious slumber, yet I promise you it will be worth it and this is the only time in your entire Life that I'll ask you to do this, because after this one experience I won't have to -- you'll want to do it), look directly east and wait to see if Venus rises before the Sun that morning. You won't have to wonder which star is Venus because she will be as close to Earth as she gets, so she'll be the brightest body in the heavens by far! She'll be huge and glowing, a very powerful Presence in the heavens. Trust me, you will know her when you see her. She's so close and big and beautiful you can actually see -- and feel! -- her pulsating. It is truly an amazing experience.
Now, it's not possible to know exactly which morning Venus will first become visible. So if on this Friday the Sun rises so that daylight comes, the stars are no longer visible and you don't see her that morning, then please do the same thing Saturday morning, then Sunday, maybe Monday, and continue each morning until one morning she's suddenly, powerfully, spectacularly there, and you experience this New Venus Rising, this New Woman Rising on Earth. Hopefully it will be Friday, but it might be a day or two or three or so later.
And on that marvelous morning that she rises, whichever morning that is, and displays her powerful, awe-inspiring Beauty for you -- just for you -- talk with her, commune and communicate with her, let her know that you acknowledge and honor her new cycle as The Warrior Amazon, the wild, free and powerful Protector and Defender of the Family and The Cosmic Order, and ask if you may do this dance with her. She will oblige you.
Then for the next 584 days, dance yourself free!
All of this brings to mind the title of a favorite song . . . .
"Wild Women Don't Get The Blues!"
So, take "the next step".
Claim your power. Save the children.
See it? Do it.
Thank you.
May Love have Its way with you,"
Sao
http://www.astrologyofchange.com
Mar 29, 2009
A New Leaf
Lately, it has been so much easier just to be an observer. By observing, I can pay attention to how my body feels, what brings stress and what brings me happiness. Sometimes, I am very surprised to find that I have held onto a hurt or something very small and simple makes me smile.
For so long, I have been such an 'in my head' intellectual sort of person. Now, I am finding that exercise makes me incredibly happy. It is the opportunity to connect with my body without my ego-driven, monkey mind getting in the way. I have truly loved recognizing that my body is much stronger and more capable than I had previously believed. Now, I am convinced that I am just going to keep getting better the longer I am here. Being in my body is now a much happier thing for me.
I am also discovering that I have made up a lot of beliefs about myself, about my life and about what is possible based on things that happened in the past. Things that I didn't always understand and certainly didn't like. Things people told me when I was growing up and weird and strange conclusions I reached when I was quite young. I am releasing those beliefs.
So, if I release those old beliefs, what do I have? I have the sudden awareness that Everything is Possible and it only matters what I choose to believe. Even the things in which I believe is a choice. Oh, don't get me wrong...I have intellectually understood that what I think and what I speak and ultimately what I believe is what I create. Now, I am feeling it! I am feeling it down to my bones.
Lots of things have led me to this place. My practice to live surrendered open (and it is a practice), my gran's health, my personal relationship experiences, my experiences exposing my beliefs, my talents and my abilities to others...and having interactions with others that force me to confront my stuff. Sometimes this is a pleasant thing, one that is supportive and loving and gentle and other times, not so much.
I do know that being kind, compassionate, gentle and loving is best in dealing with myself. It makes choosing happiness an easier thing. I once believed that living a wonderful life meant that there would be no issues. What I understand now is that life is full of issues...and it is how I handle those issues that makes my life easier or more difficult. Life and its issues are not going to stop, not going to go away until I leave this plane of existence. It all comes back to choice. It is my beliefs and my choices that color my experience while I am here on this planet. No one can make me miserable unless I let them! I can ask for and believe in grace, ease, peace and simplicity. :)
I decided to have permanent lash enhancement done. It is a glamorous upgrade to my look...and it pushed a few buttons. As I stood in front of the mirror getting ready to go out, I contemplated how I was feeling. At first, I thought that I was feeling stuck. Then I realized that I am standing at the edge of something new, waiting for it to unfold and that I was actually feeling afraid. Afraid of the new, of the unknown and all of that uncharted territory. Once I understood that, I also understood something else. As I have developed my relationship with myself, the New seems less intimidating because I am trusting myself more and more. No matter what comes, I know that I am going to be okay.
I am already just fine. :)
Be well!
For so long, I have been such an 'in my head' intellectual sort of person. Now, I am finding that exercise makes me incredibly happy. It is the opportunity to connect with my body without my ego-driven, monkey mind getting in the way. I have truly loved recognizing that my body is much stronger and more capable than I had previously believed. Now, I am convinced that I am just going to keep getting better the longer I am here. Being in my body is now a much happier thing for me.
I am also discovering that I have made up a lot of beliefs about myself, about my life and about what is possible based on things that happened in the past. Things that I didn't always understand and certainly didn't like. Things people told me when I was growing up and weird and strange conclusions I reached when I was quite young. I am releasing those beliefs.
So, if I release those old beliefs, what do I have? I have the sudden awareness that Everything is Possible and it only matters what I choose to believe. Even the things in which I believe is a choice. Oh, don't get me wrong...I have intellectually understood that what I think and what I speak and ultimately what I believe is what I create. Now, I am feeling it! I am feeling it down to my bones.
Lots of things have led me to this place. My practice to live surrendered open (and it is a practice), my gran's health, my personal relationship experiences, my experiences exposing my beliefs, my talents and my abilities to others...and having interactions with others that force me to confront my stuff. Sometimes this is a pleasant thing, one that is supportive and loving and gentle and other times, not so much.
I do know that being kind, compassionate, gentle and loving is best in dealing with myself. It makes choosing happiness an easier thing. I once believed that living a wonderful life meant that there would be no issues. What I understand now is that life is full of issues...and it is how I handle those issues that makes my life easier or more difficult. Life and its issues are not going to stop, not going to go away until I leave this plane of existence. It all comes back to choice. It is my beliefs and my choices that color my experience while I am here on this planet. No one can make me miserable unless I let them! I can ask for and believe in grace, ease, peace and simplicity. :)
I decided to have permanent lash enhancement done. It is a glamorous upgrade to my look...and it pushed a few buttons. As I stood in front of the mirror getting ready to go out, I contemplated how I was feeling. At first, I thought that I was feeling stuck. Then I realized that I am standing at the edge of something new, waiting for it to unfold and that I was actually feeling afraid. Afraid of the new, of the unknown and all of that uncharted territory. Once I understood that, I also understood something else. As I have developed my relationship with myself, the New seems less intimidating because I am trusting myself more and more. No matter what comes, I know that I am going to be okay.
I am already just fine. :)
Be well!