September 2011

September 2011

Insight From Stellar Influences

Michele Avanti CAP, EFT, Reconnection

(Times specified are Pacific Time)

When the MOON is VOID OF COURSE anything begun will not reach fulfillment. Daylight hours when the moon is void of course:

Sept. 1 from 10:35am to 11:48am
Sept. 3 from 12:42pm to 2:03pm;
Sept. 5 from 5:31pm to 7:03pm;
Sept. 7 after 1:35pm;
Sept. 10 from 10:32am to 12:26pm;
Sept. 12 after 6:45pm;
Sept. 15 from 10:11am to 12:25pm;
Sept. 20 from 9:34am to 11:53am;
Sept. 22 from 6:22pm to 6:55pm;
Sept. 24 after 7:40pm;
Sept. 25 after 12:47pm;
Sept. 28 after 6:52pm, and
Sept. 30 after 7:18pm

LUNAR ACTION:

Waxing Periods: Sept. 1-11 and 27-Oct. 11 begin with the new moon. It is a time of new beginnings and fresh starts. In candle magic it is known as the time of gathering.

Waning Periods: Sept. 12-26 begin with the full moon. It is a time of completion. In candle magic, it is known as the time of banishing.

NEW MOON: Sept. 27 @ 4:09 am in Libra. This waxing period focuses on new: one on one relationships, partnerships and marriage.

FULL MOON: Sept 12 @ 2:27 am in Pisces. This waning period focuses on completing issues concerning: dreams, self-sabotage, imprisonment, and karma.

How to Use This Column: Because 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 and Picture. Insight: offers 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 time.

Aries: 

1-11: Insight: The heart gives clear direction. Picture: You're stressed by health issues, which may be connected to work. Avoid self-criticism; it will only make things worse.
12-26: Insight: Running from your emotions resolves nothing. Picture: Idealistic desires irritate you. Avoid drugs and alcohol now.

Taurus: 

1-11: Insight: The human organism always chooses health over indulgence. Picture: New health and monetary options open now, but you must act to secure them.

12-26: Insight: As one dream manifests, desires expand. Picture: Your dream state is active, journal now to discover more of who you are.

Gemini: 

1-11: Insight: Details require focus, which leads to success. Picture: New challenges at work activate self-criticism, while requiring you to explain the details.

12-26: Insight: Wiser to wind down, than dash to bed. Picture: You sabotage yourself when you do not honor your body's need for rest.

Cancer: 

1-11: Insight: A shopping list assures success. Picture: A perfect time to create a new health plan, new diet and more security with your family.

12-26: Insight: You already know the direction you seek. Picture: Now what you have long desired is attainable, just listen to your inner voice.

Leo: 

1-11:Insight: The most valuable things seldom require big bucks. Picture: While enjoying life, you are stressed by monetary issues.

12-26: Insight: Stress, remorse & guilt result if we indulge after our heart says no. Picture: Stressful consequences cause you to examine how you sabotage yourself.

Virgo: 

1-11: Insight: Soul sees perfection in all your choices despite how they appear. Picture: This is an excellent time to create a new health plan and budget.

12-26: Insight: Sometimes it is wisest to serve ourselves. Picture: Struggling between giving and receiving makes you realize your dream.

Libra: 

1-11: Insight: Prioritizing & finishing what's on your list brings joy & success. Picture: You stress over your need for a more stringent budget.

12-26: Insight: If we did not re-examine, we would not know how we have grown. Picture: Emotional desires cause you to analyze how you have failed yourself.

Scorpio: 

1-11: Insight: Intuitive awareness is a gift, not for control of others. Picture: You may gain greater security at work now. It is a good time to speak without criticism.

12-26: Insight: To love deeply is to be vulnerable. Picture: You can fulfill your need for love now, if you will trust your heart.

Sagittarius: 

1-11:Insight: To choose wisely, we must listen. Picture: Health issues may develop at work due to you stressing and rushing through your lunch.

12-26: Insight: Imagination fires passion, action delivers success. Picture: The easy way challenges you to fulfill what you truly desire.

Capricorn: 

1-11:Insight: When we follow our passion, we activate success. Picture: You may further your goals now by offering to help with a charity.

12-26: Insight: Emotions show us what we really feel. Picture: Falling in love now fulfills an old dream and allows you to express deep emotions.

Aquarius: 

1-11: Insight: Meditation reboots your body's energy system. Picture: Re-evaluating how you work reveals stress due to lack of exercise or relaxing breaks.

12-26: Insight: The less we focus on, the faster it arrives. Picture: Frustration develops as you realize how you have sabotaged your dreams.

Pisces: 

1-11: Insight: When we eat slowly, we recognize quality. Picture: Struggle between healthy choices and your old patterns require more organization.
12-26: Insight: Patterns from childhood are a key to reactions that hold us back. Picture: Your guidance is very strong now, listen and you will gain what you desire.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIRGO!!

Sixth Sign • Feminine • Mutable Earth

• Ruler: Mercury • Color: Navy Blue • 

• Gemstone: Sapphire •

Flowers: Jasmine, Periwinkle, Honeysuckle •

• Herbs: Aniseed, Caraway

• Rules: Intestinal tract & powers of assimilation •

• Cell Salt: Kali Sulph • Key Phase: "I Analyze!"

• Most Compatible Signs: Capricorn & Taurus •

Virgo, you're the incredible analyzers of the zodiac. Grounded and practical you have a highly developed sense of perfection. You're meticulous, fastidious, organized, forthright, responsible, refined, youthful, mentally acute and technically efficient. In your more negative mode you're: critical, insecure, self-centered, finicky, demanding, a worrier, nervous, gossipy and a hypochondriac.

Whatever you do, you strive for perfection. You excel as a health official, nutritionist, dietician, doctor, nurse, analyst, veterinarian, small animal trainer, maid, social worker, lecturer, writer, comedian, teacher, statistician, engineer, accountant, policeman, fireman, charity worker and in any field that involves service with an eye for details.

Famous Virgos include: 

Lyndon B. Johnson; Augustus Caesar; Joseph P. Kennedy; 

Prince Albert; Aristotle Onassis; Ingrid Bergman; 

Leonard Bernstein; Caligula; Elizabeth I; Greta Garbo; 

Jesse James; Tom Watson; Barry White; Dee Dee Meyers; 

Ann Richards; William Howard Taft; Margaret Sanger; 

Tricia Yearwood; Fiona Apple; Freddie King; Adam West; 

Brian Epstein; Damon Hill; Holly Robinson; Preston Tucker; 

Hamilton Jordan; River Phoenix; Van Johnson; Debbie Gibson; 

Van Morrison; Todd Eldridge; LeAnn Rimes; Huey Long; 

Roddy McDowall; Richard Valeriani; Peter Sellers, Leo Tolstoi, 

Nicole Ritchie, Jennifer Hudson, Michael Buble, Rachel Ray, 

Shania Twain, Kate Burton, Shaun White, and Cameron Diaz.

Michele Avanti CAP, is a certified astrology professional, metaphysical minister, Reconnection practitioner and award winning author. She has taught metaphysics since 1972. For a personal consultation click here:  http://astrologycolumn.blogspot.com/p/consultations.html. or call: 541-863-6631 or connect with Michele on Facebook at: facebook.com/michele.avanti

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August 2011 Astrology Horoscopes

August 2011

Insight From Stellar Influences

Michele Avanti C.A.P., EFT-3

(Times specified are Pacific Time)

When the MOON is VOID OF COURSE whatever you begin will not reach fulfillment.

Daylight hours when the moon is void of course:
Aug. 1 after 4:38pm;
Aug. 2;
Aug. 7 from 8:15am to 8:21am;
Aug. 9 from 1:25pm to 1:38pm;
Aug. 10 after 1:34pm;
Aug. 11 before 8:47pm;
Aug. 14 from 5:26am to 5:54am;
Aug. 15; Aug. 16 before 5:01pm;
Aug. 19 before 5:36am;
Aug. 21 from 5:00pm to 5:53pm;
Aug. 25 after 6:04am;
Aug. 26 before 9:09am;
Aug. 28 from 10:12am to 11:13am;
Aug. 29 after 3:15pm and
Aug. 30 before 11:25am.

How to Use This Column: Because 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 and Picture. Insight: offers 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 time.

LUNAR ACTION

Waning Periods:  Aug. 13-28 begins with the full moon. It's a time of completion. In candle magic, it's known as the time of banishing.

Waxing Periods: Aug. 1-12 and Aug. 29-Sep 11 begin with the new moon. It's a time of new beginnings and fresh starts. In candle magic it's known as the time of gathering.

NEW MOON: Aug. 28 @ 8:04pm in Virgo. The waxing period focuses on new health and workplace situations, as well as issues with small animals.

FULL MOON: Aug. 13 @ 11:57am in Aquarius. This waning period focuses on completing issues concerning: friendships, hopes and dreams and membership in large organizations.

PLANETARY ACTION

Mercury Stations Retrograde 1:12 Virgo, Aug. 2 @ 8:50pm. It will Station Direct 18:43 Leo, Aug. 26 @ 3:03pm. During this period it is wise to check details in any transaction several times because information is often lost under this action.

What to do before Mercury stations: Backup your computer, phone and other communication devices. Service all vehicles. If traveling, complete your purchase and reservations for events and accommodations.

What to avoid during this period: Signing new contracts, includes purchasing vehicles.

What to do during this period: Renegotiate and repair: documents, communication and travel equipment.

Aries 

1-12: Insight: Carpe Diem! Picture: New creativity flows through social events, and children. Your passion to compete helps you win. 

13-28: Insight: To relax and listen is a gift of wisdom. Picture: Friends offer ideas that spark completion of a project.  

Taurus 

1-12: Insight: Change is smooth when one releases resistance. Picture: You're challenged by your own passion, let your creativity lead. 

13-28: Insight: Another’s viewpoint is a ticket to another world. Picture: Ideas from an eccentric friend may challenge your friendship.

Gemini 

1-12: Insight: Journaling joy is a gift both now and later. Picture: Exciting new options for social adventures and love. 

13-28: Insight: Focus is a key discipline to success. Picture: The spark to complete a project ignites when a friend brings up an old conversation.  

Cancer 

1-12: Insight: There are actors on every stage. Picture: New contacts annoy you with their irresponsible behavior. 

13-28: Insight: To nurture precludes control.  Picture: Friends cause stress as you attempt to complete a family project. 

Leo 

1-12: Insight: One piece of the pie is a wise choice. Picture: You have fun and shine at new social events. 

13-28: Insight: Imagination is the doorway of creation. Picture: Balance can be a struggle when you want all the credit for finishing a project.

Virgo 

1-12: Insight: Freedom, fun and joy are inherent to soul. Picture: Be careful not to loose your tongue on a superior blowhard. 

13-28: Insight: All parts make the whole. Picture: You're distressed at the thought of an upcoming evaluation.  

Libra 

1-12: Insight: Recognition is a gift of the moment. Picture: A new leadership position increases your passion. 

13-28: Insight: Ideas are the building blocks of consciousness. Picture: Old friends sooth your mind with conversation.

Scorpio 

1-12:  Insight: Passion strives; contentment is still. Picture: A new child or passion challenges your resources. 

13-28: Insight: Intimacy requires trust. Picture: Helping a friend challenges you to share more than you consider prudent.  

Sagittarius 

1-12: Insight: To fly as the dove requires the heart of the eagle. Picture: New adventures expand your passion giving you a creative edge. 

13-28: Insight: Ideas can trigger the opening of old worlds. Picture: Conversations stimulate a healing with someone you love.

Capricorn 

1-12: Insight: A healthy heart loves freely. Picture: You are stressed to reconsider a relationship because of new goals. 

13-28: Insight: Each one you meet is your reflection.  Picture: Friends suddenly bring up old ideas causing you to re-consider how to complete a project. 

Aquarius 

1-12: Insight: The wise one is conscious of his unconsciousness. Picture: You struggle to stay focused as childlike people invite you to play. 

13-28: Insight: Growth requires new levels of honesty. Picture: Friends help you discover what is important now.

Pisces 

1-12:  Insight: Respect is key to a loving relationship. Picture: The need to express yourself causes stress and heart problems, emotionally or physically. 

13-28: Insight: Opinions are not facts. Picture: You're stressed by a conversation with an irresponsible friend.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEO!

• Fifth Sign of the Zodiac • Masculine •
• Fixed Fire Sign • Ruler: Sun •
• Color: Gold • Gemstone: Peridot •
• Flowers: Sunflower, Marigold •
• Herbs: Saffron, Rosemary • 

• Cell Salt: Mag Phos • 

• Rules: Heart, Spine, Back •

• Key Phase: "I Act!" • 

• Most Compatible Signs: Aries & Sagittarius •

Leo, you're the children and the leaders of the zodiac. Filled with creative energy and driven to express yourself, you're basically, happy energetic people.  You love to demonstrate your creativity and enjoy being the center of attention. On your good side, you're filled with optimism, creativity, courage, playfulness, confidence and a loving, sensitive attitude. On the dark side, you're vain, boastful, arrogant, dictatorial, extravagant, intolerant, pompous, overbearing, a show-off and the too-trusting fool.

Your desire to be superior, in the limelight, the recognized leader drives you. You need to be recognized as a leader at work, while your mate must be your biggest fan. Respect is very important to you. You're happiest in creative ventures, which are filled with excitement and action.                                                                                           

You excel in all the creative arts from acting to debate. Being a teacher, puppet master, theatre owner or coach can satiate your love of children. You're a natural actor, totally at home in the limelight and too often you're the ham. The limelight can include: politician, monarch, dictator, nightclub owner, entertainer, circus performer, public relations expert, director or producer. Your creative juices also flow in writing the material from poetry to screenplays and in making anything that shines from goldsmith to costume designer. Lastly your love of money and risk taking is fulfilled as a gambler or stockbroker.

Famous Leos include: 
Selena Gomez, Slash, Marie McKee, Wayne Knight,
Alberto Salazar, Peggy & Patsy Lynn, Paula Creamer,
Amy Adams, Demi Lovato, Tori Amos, Brody Jenner,
Vivica Fox, Henry Ford, Mata Hari, Alfred Hitchcock,
Benito Mussolini, Napoleon Bonaparte, Carl Jung,
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Herbert Hoover,
T.E. Lawrence, Alfred Tennyson, George Bernard Shaw,
Percy Shelley, Giovanni Casanova, Fidel Castro,
Coco Chanel, Claude Debussy, Cecil B. DeMille,
Neil Armstrong, Lucille Ball, Ethel Barrymore,
Helena Blavatsky, Aldous Huxley, Willie Shoemaker,
Robert Taylor, Sandra Bullock, Confucius,
Rudy Vallee, Melvin Belli, Betsy Bloomingdale,
Guy de Maupassant, Ben Affleck, Dino DeLaurentis,
Gustav Krupp, Alexander Fleming, Benjamin Harrison,
Lillian Carter, Julie Newmar, James Cameron,
Gene Roddenberry, Robert Mitchum, Robert Redford,
Walter Scott, Jack Weston, Jacqueline Susann,
H.P. Lovecraft, Andy Warhol, Simon Bolivar,
Victoria Jackson, Mathew Perry, Carroll O'Connor,
Martina McBride, Woody Harrelson, Vincent Canby,
Charlize Theron, Hillary Swank, and Peter Duchin.

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 or on Facebook.com/michele.avanti

July 2011 Astrology Horoscopes

July 2011

Insight From Stellar Influences

Michele Avanti C.A.P., EFT-3

(Times specified are Pacific Time)

When the MOON is VOID OF COURSE anything you begin will not reach fulfillment. Here are the daylight hours this month when the moon is void of course: 

Jul. 1, 

Jul. 2 before 2:43 p.m.,  
Jul. 3 after 9:26 am,
Jul. 4 before 6:15 p.m.,
Jul. 5 after 5:19 p.m.,
Jul. 6 before 8:54 p.m.,
Jul. 8,
Jul. 10 after 6:05 a.m.,
Jul. 12 after 5:21 a.m.,
Jul. 13 before 7:14 a.m.,
Jul. 15 before 1:30 p.m.,
Jul. 17 after 5:23 a.m., 

Jul. 20 before 9:25 a.m.,
Jul. 22 after 2:34 p.m.,
Jul. 28 after 7:23 p.m.,
Jul. 25 from 6:12 a.m. to 9:34 p.m.,
Jul. 27 from 5:35 p.m. to 6:11 p.m.,
Jul. 28 after 4:03 p.m.,and
Jul. 29.

LUNAR  ACTION

Waxing Periods: Jul. 1-14, and Jul. 30 - Aug. 12, begin with the new moon. It's a time of new beginnings. In candle magic it is known as the time of gathering.

Waning Periods: Jul. 15-29 begin with the full moon. It's a time of completion. In candle magic, it is known as the time of banishing.

NEW MOON: Jul. 1, 1:54 a.m. in Cancer. This waxing moon focuses on new: home, family and emotional projects.

NEW MOON: Jul. 30, 11:40 a.m. in Leo. This waxing period focuses on new loves, from hobbies to people, falling in love, socializing, and having fun with children and friends.

FULL MOON: Jul. 14, 11:40 p.m. in Capricorn. This waning period focuses on fulfilling long term goals, career issues and issues with the father.

How to Use This Column: Because 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 and Picture. Insight: offers 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 time.

Aries
1-14: Insight: People do their best in each moment based on their state of consciousness. Picture: Family challenges are stressful. Breathe and avoid taking control.
15-29: Insight: Only while living in the present, is there not worry. Picture: You're challenged by someone in authority to complete a task. This is not the time to ask for raise or speak back to a judge!

Taurus
1-14: Insight:  Gratitude is the energy of abundance. Picture:  New projects at home bring people you call family together.
15-29: Insight: Action is key to success, but it is wisdom that tells you when to act. Picture: Finally old investments mature. Now, take advantage of the opportunities in front of you, and you will achieve your goals.

Gemini
1-14: Insight: Love is the thread of creation, focus on it, and discover contentment. Picture: You desire love, and feel challenged by your own needs.
15-29: Insight: All success is the result of focused perseverance. Picture: The stressful re-assessment of your goals will result in new disciplines.

Cancer
1-14: Insight:  Easy times often go un-noticed till challenges arrive.  Picture:  New family experiences create joy.
15-29: Insight: The wise mother neither smothers nor inhibits, but balances love and discipline. Picture: Your desire to complete a long term goal is a struggle between home comfort and passionate work.

 

Leo
1-14: Insight: It is not the King's clothes but his acts that gain respect. Picture: Your desire to socialize challenges your home life.
15-29: Insight: Greatness is developed in each second of awareness. Picture: A stressful time as you examine your real goals and the discipline you must apply to attain them.

Virgo
1-14: Insight: That comfortable feeling is an energy you can visit at will. Picture: Your home life feels emotionally fulfilling now.
15-29: Insight: The wise one accepts awards with great honor, for those who give express their love. Picture: Fulfillment of a long-term goal opens up for you. Accept it and enjoy what you have earned. 

Libra
1-14: Insight:  Avoiding truth is often hidden by self-sacrifice. Picture:  Your need to be nurtured challenges you to speak or remain in pain.
15-29: Insight: Choose your timing and words with care. Picture: Your need to fulfill an old goal is challenged by an emotionally controlled superior. 

Scorpio
1-14: Insight: Expressing is more than thinking. Picture: New opportunities for security at home and in family matters.
15-29: Insight: Power is transformed to love when one realizes the great honor to serve others. Picture: You will recognition for finishing an old project.

Sagittarius
1-14: Insight: Through challenges we develop compassion.  Picture:  Changes at home create stress and you must find new ways of expressing yourself.
15-29: Insight: One cannot consider themselves the winner if the game is unfair. Picture: Rules and people in authority frustrate you as you work toward completing a goal. 

Capricorn
1-14: Insight: Where is love when one is at work? Picture: You must find a new balance between your desire for comfort and your career.
15-29: Insight: It is a fine line between tunnel vision and obsession. Picture: Focus on an investment in career or home brings fulfillment now. 

Aquarius
1-14: Insight: In your attitude is the key. Picture: Your desire to be free of family responsibilities causes stress as you to reconsider your life.
15-29: Insight: Diplomacy can offer balance. Picture: Old goals frustrate you as you realize you must develop a better plan to achieve them.

Pisces
1-14: Insight:  In the stillness, one receives answers. Picture: New opportunities to share with family and enjoy your home.
15-29: Insight: Rules make order out of chaos. Picture:  You can complete a dream now if you will just follow a disciplined plan.  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANCER!!

• Fourth Sign of the Zodiac • Feminine • 

• Cardinal Water Sign • Ruler: Moon •

• Color Silver • Gemstone Moonstone • 

• Flowers: Geranium, White Rose, & Water Lily •

• Herbs: Verbena & Tarragon • 

• Cell Salt: Calc Fluor • 

• Rules Breasts, Stomach & Pancreas •

• Key Phase: "I Feel!" • 

• Most Compatible Signs: Scorpio & Pisces •

Cancer, you're the emotional, intuitive, nurturing, family-oriented sign of the zodiac. You're very protective of your family, property and homeland. Your most positive qualities include: being helpful, imaginative, receptive, nurturing, motherly, kind, gentle, sympathetic, and quiet. You can also be tenacious, stubborn, moody, possessive, brooding, melancholy, dependent, narrow-minded, touchy, gullible, crabby, and a worrier.

You have a hard time accepting criticism and too often feel sorry for yourself. You have an outstanding memory and do not forgive or forget easily.  You have a good mind for business and size people up quickly. You prefer the seclusion of your home and make an excellent homemaker. You tend to be vain. Self-pity is your greatest weakness. Living too often in the past makes you a worrier. You love owning property, tend to collect antiques, are a pack rat, keep track of your ancestors and have a need to be touched.

You prefer to work out of your home or in a home environment.

You excel as a Realtor, homemaker, caretaker, interior decorator, caterer, baker, land developer, contractor, curator, landscaper, antique dealer, nurse, public relations specialist, restaurant or tavern owner, cook, obstetrician, pediatrician, and apartment manager.

Famous Cancers include: Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Leona Helmsley, Jean Cocteau, Shelley Duvall, Michelle Kwan, Angelica Huston, Nikola Tesla, Richard Roundtree, James Whistler, Richard Simmons, Buckminster Fuller, Bob Crane, Charles Scribner III, Terry-Thomas, William Hanna, Red Skelton, Marshall McLuhan, Jean Paul Sartre, Julian Huxley, Diana Trask, Ralph Reed, Sidney Lumat, helen Keller, John Elway, Stokely Carmichael, Mike Tyson, Lena Horne, John Quincy Adams, Louis Armstrong, Phineas T. Barnum, Yul Brynner, Pearl Buck, Julius Caesar, John Calvin, Calvin Coolidge, Phyllis Diller, Mary Baker Eddy, Stephen Foster, Giuseppe Garibaldi, John Glenn, Nathanial Hawthorne, Susan Hayward, Henry VIII, John Paul Jones, Empress Josephine, Gina Lollobrigida, Gustav Mahler, Maximilian, Marcel Proust, Giacomo Puccini, Rembrandt Van Rijn, Cecil Rhodes, John D. Rockefeller, Nelson Rockefeller, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Peter Paul Rubens, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry David Thoreau, John Wesley,

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