January 2011

January 2011

Insight From Stellar Influences

by Michele Avanti CAP, Reconnection

(Times specified are Pacific Time)

When the MOON is VOID OF COURSE anything that you begin will not reach fulfillment. Here are the daylight hours this month when the moon is void of course: Jan. 2 after 6:08 p.m.; Jan. 5 before 8:08 a.m.; Jan. 7 from 12:51 p.m. to 6:57 p.m.; Jan. 10 before 7:24 a.m.; Jan. 12 after 6:47 p.m.; Jan. 15 before 5:23 a.m.; Jan. 17 from 9:57 a.m. to 11:29 a.m.; Jan. 19 from 1:26 p.m. to 2:16 p.m.; Jan. 21 from 10:58 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.; Jan. 23 from 12:08 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.; Jan. 25 from 2:04 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.; Jan. 27 after 7:01 p.m.; and Jan. 30 before 6:01 a.m.

LUNAR  ACTION

Waning Periods: Jan. 4- 19 begin with the full moon. It's a time of completion. In candle magic, it's known as the time of banishing.

Waxing Periods: Jan. 20 - Feb. 2 begin with the new moon. It is a time of new beginnings and fresh starts. In candle magic it's known as the time of gathering.

NEW MOON: Jan. 4, 1:04 a.m. in Capricorn. The waning period focuses on your career, fulfilling goals, ambitions, and long range plans.

FULL MOON: Jan. 19, 1:22 p.m. in Cancer. The waxing period focuses on new emotional issues concerning family, home, real property and mom.

How to Use This Column: Because both your sun and moon sign are important, please read the sections for both of them. As you do, note that each section is broken into Insight & Picture. Insight: offers an Insight to what the planets may be trying to teach you during this period. Ponder it, and your consciousness should expand. Picture: is a broad picture of what may occur in your world during this period in time.

Aries: 4- 19: Insight:  Discipline becomes a response only after much practice.  Picture:  You feel restricted by superiors and their new rules.  20-Feb. 2: Insight: Words and acts are indelible. Caution averts regret. Picture: You're challenged to end a situation at home. For best results, choose to express your feelings.  

Taurus: 4- 19: Insight: You've earned it through perseverance and hard work. Picture: You receive recognition for your  hard work. Your investments reach maturity bringing you a new level of security. 20-Feb. 2: Insight: Achievements are most enjoyable when shared. Picture: Expressing your feelings while completing a home project is very satisfying.  

Gemini: 4- 19: Insight: Success is the result of a well developed plan, perseverance and hard work. Picture: Evaluation by a new superior, causes you to reconsider your goals.  20-Feb. 2: Insight: The facts speak for themselves. Allow others to reach their own conclusions. Picture: You must complete a family situation that is frustrating. Stay focused for best results.     

Cancer: 4- 19: Insight: Your success is only limited by your mind set. Picture: New rules force you to balance your desire to stay home with your need to make a father figure proud.  20-Feb. 2: Insight: It is wise to honor each soul's journey. Picture: Follow your hunches to complete a family situation, property purchase, or genealogy search.   

 

Leo: 4- 19: Insight: Humor is the prescription for stress. Picture: Your drive to succeed and be the center of attention may cause new heart problems - physically or in love. 20-Feb. 2: Insight: Hiding feelings does not make them disappear.  Picture: Frustration reaches a conclusion as denial and irresponsible indifference are viewed.  

 

Virgo: 4- 19: Insight:  Only one in a million know how to receive. Picture: Whether love or money, this cycle offers a new practical, secure long term investment. 20-Feb. 2: Insight: The comfort of home and love of family are treasures. Picture: You're satisfied completing a home purchase, decorating, being part of a big reunion or other family project.   

   

Libra: 4- 19:  Insight: Health requires that you express yourself. Choose your timing and words with care. Picture: Your need to fulfill an old goal is challenged by an emotionally controlled superior. 20-Feb. 2: Insight: Emulate Solomon and wisdom will prevail. Picture: Ending a family situation challenges your sense of fairness and your need to be nurtured.   

Scorpio: 4- 19: Insight: Real power comes from self-control. Picture: A new position of power is available. Secure new developments from old investments. 20-Feb. 2: Insight: Intimacy develops by revealing your secret self and trusting and listening to your mate. Picture: Opportunities for a more comfortable home. A loving relationship offers more intimacy.     

Sagittarius:  4- 19: Insight: Issues of the father should not be transferred to superiors.  Picture: New rules and controlling superiors cause frustrating delays. Each moment is perfect. Choose to see this and it will be so.  20-Feb. 2: Insight:  Home is where the heart is. Picture: Conclusion of an emotional matter makes you reassess your need for family. 

Capricorn: 4- 19: Insight: A pie is easier to eat in small pieces - so too with goals. Picture: Now you can have your say and new superiors will listen and help you achieve your goals. So go for it!  20-Feb. 2: Insight:  There is a time for everything under heaven. Picture: Completion of a home project brings family back into focus.

Aquarius: 4- 19: Insight: To become the maker of the law, you must first understand why a law is made. Picture: Your new ambitions are stifled by new rules and delays. 20-Feb. 2: Insight:  What we see in others - good or bad -  is a reflection of ourselves.  Picture: Family ties, household projects and food preparation need redefining.  

Pisces:  4- 19: Insight: Leadership is offered when the potential for success has been proven. Picture: Your career offers you a new position more aligned with your dreams.  20-Feb. 2: Insight: Your intuition is clear now, follow it. Picture: You have an opportunity to have the house and/or family of your dreams, but you must pay attention and take action.    

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAPRICORN!

• Tenth Sign of the Zodiac • Cardinal Earth •
• Feminine  •  Ruler: Saturn • 

• Colors: Burgundy & Dark Reds •

• Gemstone: Garnet •  Flowers: Ivy & Pansy •

• Herbs: Comfrey, Hemp & Hemlock  •

• Cell Salt: Calc Phos • 

• Rules: Knees, Skin, Bones & Teeth

•  Key Phase: "I Discipline!" •

•  Most Compatible Signs: Taurus and Virgo  •

Capricorn, you're the conservative, ambitious, punctual, practical, serious, inhibited and unemotional people who rule nations, corporations and courtrooms. You us everything around you from material things to people. You're driven to achieve in your chosen career. You tend to be melancholy and do not smile easily. You love the old and think in terms of long term outcomes. Everything in life is an investment to you. Career comes first and marriage second. If you marry, it will be late in life or to someone older than you. You like to be challenged and then recognized for your accomplishments. You tend to be a loner and act superior but have a deep fear of failure. You excel in corporate environments, politics and government. You could be a jailer, scientist, watchmaker, chiropractor, osteopath, miner, mathematician, orator, serious actor or school administrator.

Famous Capricorns include:

Benjamin Franklin, Elvis Presley, Kevin Costner, Tiger Woods, Carolyn Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Maureen Reagan, Janis Joplin, Cassius Clay,  Kit Carson, Al Capone, Thomas Becket, Clara Barton, Joan Baez, Albert Schweitzer, Loretta Young, Daniel Webster, Paul Cezanne, Andrew Johnson, Joan of Arc, Howard Hughes, J. Edgar Hoover, Alexander Hamilton, Barry Goldwater, Kahlil Gibran, Edward Teller, A.A. Milne, Woodrow Wilson, Conrad Hilton, Mao Zedong, Millard Fillmore, Marlene Dietrich, Cicero & Robert E. Lee.

Michele Avanti CAP, is a certified astrology professional, metaphysical minister, Reconnection practitioner and award winning author. For a personal consultation call: 541-863-6631. or visit AstrologyandMore.com or TalesofTamoor.com

Astrology Horoscopes - December 2010

Insight From Stellar Influences
By Michele Avanti CAP, The Reconnection
(Times specified are Pacific Time)

When the MOON is VOID OF COURSE anything that you begin will not reach fulfillment. Here are the daylight hours when the moon is void of course: Dec. 2 before 6:43 a.m.; Dec. 4 before 9:59 a.m.; Dec. 6 from 1:46 p.m. to 3:16 p.m.; Dec. 8 after 5:07 p.m.; Dec. 11 before 10:40 a.m.; Dec. 13 after 4:38 p.m.; Dec. 16 before 10:49 a.m.; Dec. 18 after 1:36 p.m.; Dec. 25 before 7:14 a.m.; Dec. 27 before 9:38 a.m.; Dec. 29 before 12:49 p.m.; and Dec. 31 from 11:57 a.m. to 5:21 p.m..

LUNAR   ACTION
Waning Periods: Dec. 1-4 and 21-Jan. 3 begin with the full moon. It's a time of completion. In candle magic, it's the time of banishing.
Waxing Periods: Dec. 5-20 begin with the new moon. It is a time of new beginnings and fresh starts. In candle magic it the time of gathering.
NEW MOON: Dec. 5 @ 9:36 am in Sagittarius. This waxing period focuses on expanded travel, learning, audio visual services, publishing, teaching and international communications..
FULL MOON: Dec. 21 @ 0:13 am in Gemini. This waning period focuses on fulfilling social engagements, contracts, issues with neighbors, and siblings.


PLANETARY   ACTION

Mercury Stations Retrograde Dec. 10 @4:03 a.m. in Capricorn 5:51 and will
Station Direct on Dec. 29th @ 11:21 a.m. in Sagittarius 19:38. Last minute shopping could bring you in contact with people you have not see for years, it will also help you find something you could not find earlier. But do pay attention to purchasing any type of communication equipment from cell phones to televisions, and also automobiles, because you're likely to get a lemon at this time. Best to wait till the second week of January before signing anything new unless you want to renegotiate later.

How to Use This Column: Because both your sun and moon sign are important, please read the sections for both of them. As you do, note that each section is broken into Insight & Picture. Insight: offers a Insight to what the planets may be trying to teach you during this period. Ponder it, and your consciousness should expand. Picture: is a broad picture of what may occur in your world during this period in time.

Aries: 5-20: Insight:  Without exception, we climb the mountain one step at a time. Picture: Taking new risks learning or traveling, brings opportunity to reach beyond your expectations. 21-Jan. 3: Insight: The exchange of ideas opens doors for compatibility. Picture: You complete a social project and walk away with a friend or love.

Taurus: 5-20: Insight:  All journeys are made first in the mind, stress results from fear of making mistakes. Picture:  New contacts through the internet, help you reconsider a course of study or travel. 21-Jan. 3: Insight: Listening without rebuttal is a form of love. Picture: You must attend an event filled with gossip which irritates you.

Gemini: 5-20: Insight: Talking is creative exploration, but fulfillment is the result of focused action. Picture: New conflict surfaces as your ideas expand and you must choose just one. 21-Jan. 3: Insight:  Succinct statements gain respect. This requires focus without digression. Picture: Conversations with friends help you focus your ideas.

Cancer: 5-20: Insight: When you find yourself saying: "I can't do this because ask, how can I, instead. Picture: A new class, conference or trip causes you to reevaluate yourself.  21-Jan. 3: Insight: Make only the promises you really want to keep. Picture: You must fulfill an obligation to meet with someone who annoys you.

Leo: 5-20: Insight: New learning renews one's curiosity for life.  Picture:  A new love develops when you travel for spiritual or educational purposes. 21-Jan. 3: Insight: Humility surfaces when you recognize it is others who make you king. Picture: You enjoy laughter, pranks and loving attention at social events.

Virgo: 5-20: Insight: Is there risk when you see others cross the bridge easily? Picture: Challenges include learning curves, travel and new risks that threaten your practical mind. 21-Jan. 3: Insight: Honesty takes backstage to the dribble of diplomacy.  Picture: You must socialize with gossipy people who challenge you to react with criticism.

Libra: 5-20: Insight: The road to God is filled with exploration, creation and knowledge. Picture: New risks increase energy, learning and love. Let the adventure begin. 21-Jan. 3: Insight: Innocent laughter is always a blessing. Picture: Old connections offer you opportunities to socialize and network. Chatter, gossip, pranks, laughter, love and fun abound.

Scorpio: 5-20: Insight: Knowledge is easiest caught when we leave our ego outside. Picture: Learning new skills is frustrating because you feel slow and out of control. 21-Jan. 3: Insight: When you give without considering your future, you live in a state of grace. Picture: Now, you can see people you thought frivolous in a new light.

Sagittarius: 5-20: The master starts as a student with eyes of wonder. Picture: New adventures involve travel. It's a time of wonder, excitement and new loves. 21-Jan. 3: Insight: Being yourself attracts your perfect match.  Picture: Socializing re-ignites old ideas and offers opportunities for love, music and fun.

Capricorn: 5-20: Insight: Language is the greatest barrier to understanding. Picture: You're frustrated by new travel arrangements, a legal matter or communicating on the net. 21-Jan. 3: Insight: Impractical social functions delight the child that lives in your heart. Picture: You're reconsidering keeping promises to attend some impractical social functions.

Aquarius: 5-20: Insight: To know who you are, is to experience wonder.  Picture: You will take greater risks, travel, expand your knowledge, and make new friends. You are protected. 21-Jan. 3: Insight: In the stream of creative conversation, you receive keys to life's doorways.  Picture: Opportunities for fulfilling discussions abound. Now you can fall in love.

Pisces: 5-20: Insight: To be connected with the physical, one needs to be grounded. Picture: A message from far away brings challenges, which may include legal issues, travel, or unexpected publicity.  21-Jan. 3: Insight: When we see a reflection we don't like, we should take steps to change. Picture: Insensitive gossip challenges your feelings.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAGITTARIUS!!

• Ninth Sign of Zodiac • Masculine •
• Mutable Fire • Ruler: Jupiter •

• Color: Turquoise • Gemstone: Turquoise •
• Flowers: Carnations & Dandelions •

• Herbs Sage & Aniseed • 

• Cell Salt: Silica • Rules Liver, Hips & Thighs • 

• Key Phrase: "I Expand!" •
• Most Compatible: Aries & Leo •

Sagittarius,  you're the lucky optimists of the zodiac. You're free spirited explorers who love to philosophize, teach, learn, and expound on scholarly ideals. You are extroverted and cannot understand introverts. You are energetic, love to travel, thrive on change, enjoy challenges and take more risks than the rest of us. You are excited by foreign cultures, outer space, theology and anything that goes beyond the norm.  In your positive mode, you are ethical, jovial, moral, outgoing, independent, idealistic, honest, and frank and a natural teacher. In your negative mode you tend to be boisterous, tactless, conceited, egotistical, self-indulgent, hot headed, extravagant, a wonderer, gambler, irresponsible, bigoted, a braggart and a procrastinator.  

You excel as minister, theologian, advertising specialist, public relations specialist, lawyer, teacher, eternal student, philosopher, horse trainer, gambler, handicapper, travel agent, tour guide, judge, legal aid, publisher, journalist, professor, sports announcer, salesperson, prophet, astronaut, explorer, statesman, con-man, broadcaster, radio or television station owner, internet specialist and large animal trainer.

Famous Sagittarians include:
Winston Churchill, Charles De Gaulle, Benjamin Disraeli,
Ludwig Von Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, Dick Shawn,
Monica Seles, John Malkovich, Rod Cameron,
General George Custer, Crazy Horse, Maria Callas,
Jaye P. Morgan, Emily Dickenson, William F. Buckley,
Rita Moreno, Drew Pearson, Mariel Hemingway,
Bruce Hornsby, Pope John XXIII, Francisco Franco,
Robert Goulet, Andrew Carnegie, Louisa May Alcott,
Vito Genovese, Walt Disney, Mary Todd Lincoln,
John V . Lindsay, Mary Stuart, John Milton, Nero,
Michel De Nostradamus, Franklin Pierce,
Junipero Serra, Frank Sinatra, Baruch Spinoza,
Jonathan Swift, Zachary Taylor, Mark Twain,
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Martin Van Buren,
and John Greenleaf Whittier,

Michele Avanti CAP, is a certified astrology professional, metaphysical minister, reconnection practitioner and award-winning author. She has offered open heart consultations for nearly four decades. For a personal consultation ($99 - $144 per hour) call: 541-863-6631. AstrologyandMore.blogspot.com & TalesofTamoor.com

Astrology Lunation Horoscopes - November 2010

Insight From Stellar Influences

By Michele Avanti CAP, EFT-3

(Times specified are Pacific Time)

When the MOON is VOID OF COURSE anything begun will not reach fulfillment. 

Here are the daylight hours when the moon is void of course: 

Nov. 2 after 5:36 p.m.; 

Nov. 4 after 4:34 p.m.; 

Nov. 11 from 11:57 a.m. to 2:32 p.m.; 

Nov. 16 from 8:37 a.m. to 2:59 p.m.; 

Nov. 21 from 9:27 a.m. to 10:46 a.m.; and 

Nov. 23 from 1:56 p.m. to 5:14 p.m..

LUNAR  ACTION

Waning Periods: Nov. 1-5 and Nov. 21 - Dec. 4 begins with the full moon.  It's a time of completion. In candle magic, it's known as a time of banishing.

Waxing Periods: Nov. 6-20 begins with the new moon.  It's a time of new beginnings. In candle magic it's known as a time of gathering.

NEW MOON: Nov. 5 @ 9:52 p.m. in Scorpio. The waxing period focuses on new issues of intimacy, sex, legacies, secrets, taxes, mortgages and sharing of resources.

FULL MOON: Nov. 21 @ 9:27 a.m. in Taurus. This waning period focuses on your income, what you purchase and what you value.

PLANETARY  MOTION

How to Use This Column: Because both your sun and moon sign are important, please read the sections for both of them. As you do, note that each section is broken into Insight & Picture. Insight:offers a Insight to what the planets may be trying to teach you during this period. Ponder it, and your consciousness should expand. Picture: is a broad picture of what may occur in your world during this period in time.

Aries: 

6-20: Insight: An angel sees you without shame, blame or guilt.  Picture:  Intense emotions surface when you reconsider intimacy with another. 

21-Dec. 4: Insight: Slow people give you time to reflect and dream. Picture: Frustration with details, time and money, cause you to re-think what's important. 

Taurus: 

6-20: Insight: Boasting is like a child dancing with a python. Picture: New secrets create conflict with someone you love.  

21-Dec. 4:  Insight: Contentment is in the moment, not the future. Picture:  Your focus on money, security and comfort pay off now, and you can complete the purchase of something you love.

Gemini: 

6-20: Insight: Feelings are a key to the unseen. Picture:  Stressful new levels of intimacy cause you to re-evaluate your needs. 

21-Dec. 4: Insight:  Relax when someone shares their perceptions; they may see something you're missing. Picture: You're annoyed by slow speaking people. 

Cancer:  

6-20: Insight:  Passion used wisely empowers all life. Picture:  An opportunity to mesh resources is offered to you by family or someone in your home. 

21-Dec. 4: Insight: Contentment results when your needs and desires are satisfied. Picture: Finally you indulge yourself in something luxurious and sensual.

Leo: 

6-20: Insight: Healthy relationships address issues without manipulation, anger or self-pity. Picture:The irresponsible clown sabotages your relationship. 

21-Dec. 4:  Insight: Buying things to heal emotional pain adds monetary pain later. Picture: Fulfilling an indulgent desire will challenge your family.

Virgo: 

6-20: Insight: Passion for your work expands your ability to succeed. Picture: New circumstances ignite your passion. 

21-Dec. 4: Insight: Prudence saves so there will be money for crisis and celebration.Picture: Finally you receive an opportunity for more income. This fulfilling energy can magnetize love into your life.

Libra: 

6-20: Insight: Actions always expose what is not stated in words. Picture: You're emotionally annoyed by new gossip and surfacing secrets. 

21-Dec. 4: Insight: There is limited joy in indentured acts.Picture: An expensive: piece of jewelry, car or artistic work, cause you to reconsider your finances.

Scorpio: 

6-20: Insight: Trust in God, makes it easy to trust another. Picture: A life or death situation exposes intense feelings. Sharing responsibility takes center stage. 

21-Dec. 4: Insight: Intimacy is the result of honestly exploring trust. Picture: Something you desire finally comes into balance, when you release control.

Sagittarius: 

6-20: Insight: The unemotional logical mind can untangle the deceptive web. Picture: New passionate manipulations require a keen understanding of your deepest feelings and most intimate needs.

21-Dec. 4: Insight: Ignoring the future to gratify desires today is unwise. Picture: An expensive purchase now will cause unhappiness later.

Capricorn: 

6-20: Insight: By blending resources we share power; from mortgages to sex and children.Picture: New opportunities to meld resources with someone you love empower you. 

21-Dec. 4: Insight:Luxury is the result of feeling secure while indulging all the senses. Picture: Now you can make a commitment of love and indulge the senses.

Aquarius: 

6-20: Insight: Obsessive passion is not reasonable. Picture: Intense emotions challenge you when a secret surfaces. 

21-Dec. 4: Insight: Only when we acknowledge our needs can they be satisfied.Picture: Your values challenge you to express your need for sensual fulfillment or security.

Pisces: 

6-20: Insight: Your hunches are guiding you; trust yourself. Picture: Sharing feelings with someone you love will deepen the bond between you. 

21-Dec. 4: Insight: When receiving  recognition, include yourself in the 'Thank you's. Picture: An opportunity to fulfill a desire for love, security and sensual luxury. Indulge.  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCORPIO!

Eighth Sign of Zodiac  • Feminine  •  Fixed Water Sign  •  Rulers: Mars & Pluto

Colors:  Maroon & Black • Gemstone: Topaz  • Flowers: Geranium & Honeysuckle

Herbs: Aloes & Witch Hazel  • Cell Salt: Calc Sulph • Rules: Reproductive Organs

Key Phase: "I Transform!" • Most Compatible Signs: Pisces & Cancer

Scorpio,  you're the power houses of the zodiac. You exude power, have a deep-seated need to be in control and get to the cause of things. Intuitively you know other people's most vulnerable emotional buttons and when in your negative nature use this to your advantage.  Scorpio is the only sign in the zodiac that has three levels. First is the Scorpion, which tends to blame everyone else for its failures. During this level you have a tendency to manipulate others emotionally to get whatever you want. Second stage is the Phoenix where you begin to take responsibility for your own actions. The third level is eagle where you view all things from the level of soul.

When you are scorpions, you are controlling, vengeful, possessive, obsessive, sadistic, phobic, suspicious, stubborn, opinionated, sarcastic, temperamental and underhanded. When you are eagles, you are affectionate, penetrating, magnetic, probing, confidential, shrewd, determined, creative, passionate, intensely aware.

You excel as detectives, healers, chemists, researchers, pathologists, secret agents, assassins, mystery writers, funeral parlor owners, morticians, occultists, tax collectors, auditors, estate executors, trustees, mortgage brokers, loan sharks, surgeons, reproductive specialists, gynecologists, intimacy counselors, psychotherapists, hypnotists, magicians, politicians, embezzlers, plumbers, pornographers, explosive experts, miners and coroners. 

Famous Scorpios include:

John Adams, George Patton, Erwin Rommel, Tiberius - Emperor of Rome, Leon Trotsky, Will Rogers, Theodore Roosevelt, James Knox Polk, William of Orange, William Penn, Robert Louis Stevenson, Johann Strauss, Christiaan Barnard, Martin Luther, Charles Manson, Marie Antoinette, George Bizet, Daniel Boone, Richard E. Byrd, Jawaharlal Nehru, Christopher Wren, Niccolo Paganini, Dick Cavett, Benvenuto Cellini, Charles - Prince of Wales, Chiang Kai-Shek, Christopher Columbus, Marie Curie,  Shah of Iran, Fedor Dostoevski, Erasmus, Voltaire, Robert Fulton, James Garfield, Warren G. Harding, Katharine Hepburn, Rock Hudson, John Keats, Grace Kelly, Joseph Goebbels,  Billy Graham,  Charlie Daniels, Carrie Snodgress, Fanny Brice, John Candy, Robert F. Kennedy, Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, Jan Vermeer, Burt Lancaster,  Dick Francis, Cameron Mitchell, Abigail Adams, Hedy Lamarr, John Philip Sousa, Tatum O'Neal, Eugene Debs, Sun Yat-Sen, Joan Sutherland, David Schwimmer, King Hussein, Barbara Hutton, Soichiro Honda, Gene Tierney, Jimmy Vasser.

Michele Avanti CAP, EFT-3, is a certified astrology professional, metaphysical minister, emotional freedom practitioner and award winning author. For a personal consultation ($88 - $144 per hour) call: 541-863-6631, or visit AstrologyandMore.com or TalesofTamoor.com