April 2010
Insight From Stellar Influences
By Michele Avanti CAP, EFT-3
(Times specified are Pacific Time)

When the MOON is VOID OF COURSE anything that you begin will not reach fulfillment. Use it to your advantage when you don't want someone to remember what you say! Here are the daylight hours this month when the moon is void of course:
Apr. 2 before 9:52 am;
Apr. 4 from 1:58 pm - 6:07 pm;
Apr. 7 before 5:51 am;
Apr. 6 from 2:45 pm to 6:48 pm;
Apr. 12 before 6:31 am;
Apr. 14 from 12:33 to 3:55 pm; 
Apr. 21 from 7:07 am to 8:42 am;
Apr. 23 from 8:35 am to 11:24 am;
Apr. 25 from 11:20 am to 1:16 pm;
Apr. 27 from 12:45 pm to 3:28 pm, and
Apr. 29 from 5:39 pm to 7:36 pm.

LUNAR ACTION

Waning Periods: Apr. 1-13 and Apr. 28 - May 13 begin with the full moon. It's a time of completion, known in candle magic, as the time of banishing.

Waxing Periods: Apr. 14-27 begin with the new moon. It's a time of new beginnings, known in candle magic as the time of gathering.

NEW MOON: Apr. 14 @ 5:29 am in. Aries. The waxing period in focuses on new appearances, wardrobes and self.
FULL MOON: Apr. 28 @ 5:18 am in Scorpio. This waning period focuses on completing issues concerning shared resources, taxes, mortgages, inheritances, as well as secrets, and intense intimate affairs.


How to Use This Column: As you read your sun and moon sign, you will note each section is broken into Focus, Test, Key & Action. Focus defines what you will find yourself focused on during this time. Test: is the issue or experience, which will test your focus. Key: is a little gemstone, which can help you pass the test if you will use it. Action: Is the outcome of what you do at this time.


Aries:
April  1-13: Focus:  Commitment challenges. Test:  Me or us? Key: Irritability results when inflow and outflow is out of balance. Action: You desire to fully commit to a relationship but fear losing control of your life.
14-27: Focus: Renewal. Test:  Carefully examine the details. Key:  The intense need to take action obscures important information. Action:  You feel like a new person beginning life again for the first time.


Taurus:
April 1-13: Focus:  Partnership. Test:  What is important? Key:  Look beyond socializing or money for the security you seek.  Action:  Fear and stress challenge you as you re-examine what you value.
14-27: Focus: Beauty. Test:  Trust in yourself. Key:  Exteriors do not always reflect the inner light. Action:  You're frustrated by appearances and the annoying responses to your new look.


Gemini:
April 1-13: Focus:  Partnership. Test:  Listen to what is said instead of running ahead with your thoughts. Key:  A step beyond talk gets you what you want. Action:  The opportunity to fulfill the desire for a relationship or partnership appears. Go for it.

14-27: Focus: Slow motion. Test:  Quality not quantity. Key:  The man who walks smells the flowers. Action:  A new situation requires cautious movement and it is frustrating.


Cancer:
April 1-13: Focus: Gossip. Test:  Avoid judging. Key: Confrontation is before you, gossip behind. Only one can bite you unexpectedly. Action: Gossip challenges you to examine the commitment in an old relationship.

14-27: Focus: Ego challenges. Test:  Nurture or control. Key:  Anger is not an expression of love but can clear the air to reach it. Action:  New beginnings challenge your family situation and your self-control.


Leo:
April 1-13: Focus:  Diplomacy. Test:  Fulfill the role without gloating. Key:  If harmony is the goal, the leader must extend equal credit to all involved.  Action:  Your choice of words brings an old relationship into balance.

14-27: Focus: Competition. Test:  Share the limelight. Key:  A good king honors each champion. Action:  Now you have a new opportunity to compete and win whether in your favorite sport, with friends or at work.


Virgo:
April 1-13: Focus: Relationship chatter. Test: Stop criticizing.  Key: Gossip requires your participation to continue. Action: Old irritating relationship issues should be resolved now.

14-27: Focus: Control. Test: Listen to your body. Key: What you hear others say is based on your perception. Action: You're stressed by competitive attitudes and control issues. Avoid headaches and physical injury by avoiding confrontation.


Libra:
April 1-13: Focus: Commitments. Test:  Fulfill a promise. Key:  Diplomacy does not dissolve responsibility to keep promises. Action:  Conversation reminds you of unfulfilled promises.

14-27: Focus: Personal needs. Test:  Staying balanced. Key:  Self-gratification is one part of the priorities of all life. Action:  Your heart is torn between your needs and desires and keeping the peace with those you love.


Scorpio:
April 1-13:  Focus:  Facades irritate you. Test:  Are you projecting your anger? Key: Take your own inventory before criticizing. Action:  Appearances of harmony annoy you as grapple with issues of intimacy.

14-27: Focus: What is power. Test:  Control yourself not others. Key:  Anger is energy expend it wisely before discussing issues. Action: Aggressive energy turns on you now. Avoid injuring your head or reproductive system.

Sagittarius:
April 1-13: Focus:  Fulfilling love. Test:  Be grateful. Key:  Love is both a prize and a gift that must be won and treasured each day. Action:  You ease into completing a relationship issue with balance and love.

14-27: Focus: New passion and energy. Test:  Avoid speeding. Key:  Exploration rewards one with the thrill of adventure, knowledge and treasured memories. Action: Opportunities to explore new sports or other competitive action.


Capricorn:
April 1-13: Focus:  Career and relationship. Test: Control. Key:  Personal success cannot resolve marital neglect. Action:  Intimacy challenges must be expressed without control to save your relationship.

14-27:  Focus:  Fast pace. Test:  Stick to the facts. Key: Heated emotions can be very expensive. Action: You're challenged by competition and control at work and in sports.

Aquarius:
April 1-13: Focus:  Fulfilling a partnership. Test: Take advantage of the opportunity at hand. Key:  You feel comfortable with everything they say. Action:  The desire for a partnership is gratified and it feels so good.

14-27: Focus:  New energy. Test:  Pay attention. Key:  Energy is the sign of youth; but only a mature mind uses it wisely. Action:  Filled with new energy and a competing spirit, you can create the body you want now.


Pisces:
April 1-13: Focus:  Stressful honesty. Test:  Is it factual.  Key:  Honesty is not based on belief but on fact. Action: A relationship situation forces you to face reality and stop romanticizing the facts.

14-27: Focus: Irritating self-consciousness. Test:  Self-acceptance. Key: You're a gift from heaven to all with eyes to see and ears to hear. Action:  You're annoyed by your lack of confidence during a new competitive situation.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARIES!

• First Sign of Zodiac • Masculine •
• Cardinal Fire Sign • • Ruler: Mars •
• Color: Red • Gemstone: Diamond •
• Flower: Honeysuckle & Thistle •

• Herbs: Cayenne • Cell Salt: Kali Phos •
• Rules the Head • Key Phase: "I Conquer!" •
• Most Compatible Signs: Leo & Sagittarius •

Aries you are the strong, red headed, compact, muscular individuals ready to take action at the drop of a hat. You are adventurous, dynamic and often spontaneous but can also be quick tempered, selfish, noisy, impatient, pushy, aggressive, impulsive and intolerant. You love to be in control telling others what to do. You are passionate about life and actively participate in sports of all kinds. You are innately competitive and intensely focus on winning. You have a very childlike nature with a love of all things made from metal: knives, cars, guns, golf clubs, armor, weights, skis, planes, motorcycles, ships, etc.

            Occupations in which you excel include: soldier, marksman, policeman, gladiator, carpenter, contractor, hunter, orator, actor, burglar, gymnast, athlete, nudist, dentist, boxer, golfer, skier, locksmith, lumberjack, race car driver, engineer, chemist, fireman, builder, guard, general, bounty hunter, hit-man, emperor and dictator.

Famous Aries include:
Russell Crowe, James Garner, Dennis Banks, Susan Boyle, Mandy Moore, Jon Cryer, Vincent Van Gogh, Rosie O'Donnell, Thomas Jefferson, Spencer Tracy, Francisco Goya, Harry Houdini, Warren Beatty, Marlon Brando, Giovanni Casanova, Charles Chaplin, Reba McEntire, Charlemagne, Henry Clay, Joan Crawford, Leonardo Da Vinci, Bette Davis, Thomas Dewey, Wayne Newton, Karl Malden, Alan Jay Pakula, Franz Haydn, Franco Corelli, Babyface Nelson, John Tyler, Anthony Van Dyck, Hugh Hefner, Toscanini, Paul Scorvino, Fank Serpico, Henry James, P.W. Pillsbury, Tennessee Williams, Elizabeth Montgomery, J. William Fulbright, William Holden, Michel Jourdain, Jr., Richard Chamberlain, Lucy Lawless, James Coco, Stephen Sondheim, Henrik Ibsen, Fanny Farmer, Emile Zola, Bob Mackie, Erica Jong, Duncan Hines, Gregory Peck, Mary Pickford, Raphael, Rachmaninoff, Spike Lee, Hans Christian Andersen and Ireland - Home of the Fighting Red-Headed Irish.  

Michele Avanti CAP, EFT-3 is a certified astrological professional through ISAR, a metaphysical minister and an Emotional Freedom Pactitioner. Michele offers personal consultations (taped session $144 per hour) Call: 541-863-6631

October Lunation Astrology - Horoscopes

October 2008

Insight From Stellar Influences
written by Michele Avanti CAP, EFT-3
(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: Oct. 2 after 3:47 p.m.; Oct. 3 before 8:14 a.m.; Oct. 5 after 6:08 p.m.; Oct. 7 after 12:37 p.m.; Oct. 8 before 9:03 a.m.; Oct. 10 from 4:13 p.m. to 6:31 p.m.; Oct. 21 before 7:35 a.m.; Oct. 23 from 10:53 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.; Oct. 25 after 6:02 p.m.; and Oct. 30 before 3:41 p.m.

LUNAR ACTION
Waning Periods: Oct. 15-28 begin with the full moon. It is a time of completion. In candle magic, it is know as the time of banishing.
Waxing Periods: Oct. 1-14 and 29-Nov. 12 begin with the new moon. It is a time of new beginnings. In candle magic it know as the time of gathering.

NEW MOON: Oct. 28 @ 4:14 p.m. in Scorpio. This waxing period focuses on meshing resources with another in new ways, this includes mortgages, taxes, inheritances, and intimate relationships. It is also a time when new secrets are established.
FULL MOON: Oct. 14 @1:02 p.m. in Aries. This waning period focuses on completing issues concerning: appearance, self image, competition, and personal ego.


How to Use This Column: As you read your sun and moon sign, you will note each section is broken into Focus, Test, Key & Action. Focus defines what you will find yourself focused on during this time. Test: is the issue or experience which will test your focus. Key: is a little gemstone which can help you pass the test if you will use it. Action: Is the outcome of what you do at this time.

Aries: 1-14: Focus: Relationship. Test: How selfish are you? Key: Review your shortcomings before judging others. Action: You're emotionally torn between the desire for a partner and the need to be alone. 15-28: Focus: Competitive project Test: Enjoy winning without gloating. Key: Today you may win but tomorrow, you may not. Honor those who lose so that you may win. Action: You have tremendous energy now and will win in aggressive sports you love.

Taurus: 1-14: Focus: Relationship stress. Test: Defiance. Key: When you speak from your heart as you wish others would do, you touch the soul. Action: A new relationship reaches a stress point and calls for renegotiation. 15-28: Focus: Pushed to complete things. Test: Avoid stubborn comments and glaring. Key: Centering with deep breathing brings peace in chaos. Action: You feel pressured to complete a project and are frustrated by aggressive people.

Gemini: 1-14: Focus: Creativity. Test: Control. Key: When we listen wholeheartedly, we encourage our partner to express themselves. Action: Opportunities open for socializing and expressing your creative side. Communication brings a new partner. 15-28: Focus: Competition. Test: Burnout. Key: Take what you need as you rush out to compete. Enjoy! Action: It's fun, completing a project with competitive chatter. You may win love.

Cancer: 1-14: Focus: People. Test: Be fair not dominant. Key: Peace and harmony arrive when issues of who's the boss leave. Action: Your ideas of dignity and respect challenge an important relationship. 15-28: Focus: Aggressive people. Test: An open mind. Key: To see clearly, let go of your opinions. Action: You're threatened by a superior's 'get things done' attitude. Listen or you'll lose in a confrontation.

Leo: 1-14: Focus: Diplomacy. Test: Listen. Key: What we admire in another is a reflection of the best in ourselves. Action: You ease into a new partnership and discover ego-less diplomacy. 15-28: Focus: Fun, energy, sports. Test: Share the credit. Key: The lion needs not boast for everyone knows he is king. Action: Opportunities abound to compete and be noticed. Fulfilling passion or winning a competition is strongly indicated.

Virgo: 1-14: Focus: Irritating relationship. Test: Be fair! Key: Wisdom listens to all the facts. Righteousness only hears itself. Action: You're irritated until you give your partner the opportunity to present the new facts. 15-28: Focus: Who am I? Test: Self-criticism. Key: Only the one who does the work knows what it takes to do it. Action: You're stressed because people around you have no idea what it takes to complete the work you do.

Libra: 16-31: Focus: Talk. Test: Be your authentic self. Key: You are still in control of your life when you consciously choose to compromise. Action: You're more magnetic now and feel the need to share. A new way of relating begins. 15-28: Focus: Us. Test: Peace. Key: Blending passion and peace achieves wisdom. Action: You must choose between peace in a personal relationship or fulfilling something you're passionate about.

Scorpio: 1-14: Focus: Gossip. Test: Emotional drama. Key: Words can mislead, but actions speak volumes. Action: You're annoyed and frustrated by the newest gossip. It really is a gift for you to see the choices you make. 15-28: Focus: Reevaluating yourself. Test: Manipulation. Key: Knowing what another feels is a gift to help others, not to gratify oneself. Action: Power struggles cause you to take another look at who your perceptions.

Sagittarius: 1-14: Focus: New relationship. Test: Enjoy your feelings. Key: Great work can be done better by two than by one. Action: A new relationship develops when a social conversation expands and you recognize your need for love. 15-28: Focus: Enjoyment. Test: Time to consider. Key: Success requires risks, but must be tempered with logic. Action: You're filled with energy and can win in any passionate competition.

Capricorn: 1-14: Focus: Love and rules. Test: Criticism. Key: True love honors one's nature and requires no standards be met. Action: Relationship challenges call for a mediator. Will your stubborn control attitude refuse to listen? 15-28: Focus: Arrogance. Test: Know your strengths. Key: To hope an issue will resolve itself, just allows it to fester. Action: You're challenged to address who is in control. Will you choose confrontation or discipline?

Aquarius: 1-14: Focus: Networking. Test: Recognize the gift. Key: The attitude you choose creates the balance between business and pleasure. Action: You have an opportunity for business and love at a new social function. 15-28: Focus: Debates. Test: Honor your opponent. Key: Beating a dead horse devalues your point and bores the audience. Action: You fulfill a desire to show off your opinions. Your mental speed gets you what you really want.

Pisces: 1-14: Focus: Being Fair Test: Walk your talk. Key: Words can only be defended when done in a timely fashion. Action: New issues of fairness cause stress in a close relationship. Re-examine your words and actions. 15-28: Focus: Annoying egos. Test: Stand up for yourself. Key: At the next moment of silent anger, emulate a spiritual being. Action: Aggressive people push you to complete something. Silence hurts you, speak up.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIBRA!
• Seventh Sign of Zodiac • Masculine • Cardinal Air Sign •
• Ruler: Venus Color: Pastel Blue • Gemstone: Fire Opal •
• Flowers: Hydrangea, Bluebell • Herbs: Mint Cell Salt: Nat Phos •
• Rules: Kidneys & Lower Back • Key Phase: "I Relate and Balance!" •
• Most Compatible Signs: Aquarius & Gemini •

Libra, you're the creators of beauty, the counselors, diplomats and balancers of the zodiac. You have strong desire to be fair and just. You strive to keep an appearance of harmony. In your effort to keep the peace, you often lose track of what is really important. Keeping up with the Jones' can cause a lose of family respect. Your sweet exterior hides a domineering personality. You seldom express your anger and are prone to ulcers, gall stones and kidney stones. You enjoy games, puzzles and plays; frequently spending your money on social fun, art and items that beautiful your body. You're aristocratic, charismatic, easy going, talkative, refined, soft spoken and tactful. When in a negative mode, you tend to be vain, lazy, indecisive, frivolous, a gossiper, needy, thoughtless, extravagant, insincere, self-indulgent and gullible. You love to network, talk and socialize in elegant environments. You have an affinity for luxury and the finer things in life. You can excel as an artist, model, actor, interior decorator, counselor, hairstylist, florist, clothing designer, furrier, cosmetician, talk show host, beautician, manicurist, art dealer, salesman of jewelry and luxury items, marriage counselor, court reporter, diplomat, society events organizer, matchmaker, legal aid, court reporter, energy balancer, romance novelist, playwright and wedding planner.

Famous Libras include: Julie Andrews, Chester Alan Arthur, Brigitte Bardot, Sarah Bernhardt, Truman Capote, Johnny Carson, Miguel De Cervantes, Montgomery Clift, Rutherford B. Hayes, Dwight D. Eisenhower, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Greta Garbo, George Gershwin, Helen Hayes, Rita Hayworth, Charlton Heston, Deborah Kerr, John Lennon, Franz Liszt, Melina Mercouri, Friedrich Nietzsche, Eugene O'Neill, Pope Paul VI, Eleanor Roosevelt, Giuseppe Verdi, Oscar Wilde, Joseph Kennedy, Aldo Ray, William Faulkner, Dmitri Shostakovich, Tacy Marks, Andrew Clay, Truman Capote, Roger Williams, Damon Runyon, John Mellencamp, David Carradine, Juan Peron, Adlai Stevenson, William J. Perry, Aleister Crowley, Lenny Bruce, E.E. Cummings, P.G. Wodehouse, Vince Van Patten, Lee Harvey Oswald, Sylvia Browne, and Jim Palmer.

Michele Avanti CAP, EFT-3 is a professional, published astrologer, metaphysical minister and award winning author. She teaches astrology and does personal consultations by phone (taped session $133 per hour) Call: 541-863-6631 or visit AstrologyandMore.com or TalesofTamoor.com