Turning Inward to Renewal Solar Week of Jan 31 - Feb 5 2012

In General:

This is a week of shadow-dancing, facing dark things and coming through them to new inspirations.  This is a week to face the darkness and find, buried within, the seeds of light.  No matter your sun-sign, it would do you well to heed the message of the Crocus who begins to poke his head from the ground even in coldest of the winter, heralding the spring!

Aries

So an Aries is on an airplane, and the flight attendant comes back and informs him that there was a mishap and the plane has lost an engine, and every passenger is being asked to throw one large item off the plane to make up for weight...  May this classic joke intro serve as  your personal Zen Cohen, Aries.  The key word is weight and baggage.  The central issue is how the physical things we hold onto line up with the emotional things we chose not to move beyond.   Your assignment for the week is to go through and eliminate extra baggage, starting with excess unneeded physical belongings, but continuing on to include all the dark regrets, bitterness, and grudges, and in a single great act of catharsis put them on the curb.  This letting go will leave you loose light and ready to jump on board a burst of new ideas and adventurous romantic possibilities that await you at the end of this week!  

Taurus

Taurus, my Taurus.  Please make sure you set aside valuable self care time this week.  Invest in some good bubble bath, a back massage, things that bring you physical comfort.  This is a week that you need that bit of respite.  It may feel in certain respects that the wind has just gone out of your sails or a shadow has crossed your heart.  In truth this is a dark sensitive moment that is really intended for some soul searching.  While I want you to dive into this challenge, I'm advising not to take this plunge into your depths without a kit of emergency provisions:  A good mud mask, some bubble bath, a few candles, a favorite pint of ice cream and something that makes you feel alluring.  Best to shore up support for our sense of well being before jumping too deeply into the depths.

Gemini

Dear Gemini I implore you to meditate responsibly. Do not drive while in a revelatory fugue state, and avoid strangers with holey grails.  (The supper might be fun but the 3 day hangover is a is death!)  This is a time to turn to that spiritual nature that only you have, and by right only you understand.  BUT please, please, please, Gemini avoid the impulse to avoid, run away from the impulse to run away, and please try to ignore the impulse to ignore your intuition/feelings and hope it gets better.  This is a time to confront and stay the course, this will be challenging for a bit, but the rewards will be great! Promise.

Cancer

Dear Cancer please follow the instructions of your flight attendant.  Please fasten your seat belt tight and low across your waist.  Make sure you give yourself air before assisting others.  Space is surely the final frontier, and you may need a lot of it before the week is is out.  Don't get me wrong, it is important to come to the aid of friends in need.   But now more than ever you need to make sure you are taking time for self-care so that you can be strong for those you love.  This is an excellent moment to practice taking care of yourself and to make sure you stay in the habit.  Things may seem to fly all over the place by the end of the week, so self care is where I want your focus, it will make it all so much easier!

Leo

This week I want to talk you into doing what may well be a touch of practical, yet less than fun planning.  I know its not glamorous or fun.  But here is the up-side: with a little planning and setting things in motion you can set aside insecurities worries and stress and be geared up and ready for new unexpected possibilities particularly in the realm of possible travel that may be in the works for you.  Try to keep your feet on the ground and pay attention getting all the facts before any major decision.  Things are inclined to get out of control quickly.

Virgo

Yes Virgo it would be nice to live in a world where you could keep control over everything.  It would probably keep your anxiety down, and make things ever so much easier to deal with.  Yes Virgo it seems like it might be such a wonderful thing to run up an ivory tower and hide from the world.  Don't.  A small trip might not be out of the question, but only if you want to use the seclusion to weigh out the dark things you keep under your spiritual floor boards, and clean house of old worries and dark remembrances.  Otherwise its also a good week to remember to breath, directly ask for what you want and practice setting clear boundaries.  Careful of your temper this week it may be surprisingly close to the surface.

Libra

If you begin this week feeling a bit unsettled I am not surprised.  This is a week in which the emotional hob-goblins and insecurities rising from your history and the bits you just would rather not look at are making themselves particularly hard to ignore.  When you try to, things go inexplicably wrong.  Dishes get broken, people trip.  Probably in ways that are not even directly connected in any observable way.  This is a message.  There is a part of your heart, your history, yourself demanding that you stop ignoring it.  So find a sitter, call in sick, tell the partner/husband wife you need a few days in the woods/your bedroom anyplace you can feel both safe cared for and have time to cry.  Try not to be secretive.  Keep a dear friend's number handy.  Meditate, pray, talk to your ancestors... Open to the spirits of goodness you trust in your life.  This is a possibility.  This is a time when you may enter into a new path as a great healer, but first you must start by healing yourself.  Good luck.

Scorpio

Scorpio Scorpio.  This is almost a story worthy of a classic cautionary tale.  This week you will be visited by three specters! I implore you Scorpio listen to what they say!  Embrace their message!  You will first (if in fact you haven't begun already)  find yourself thinking on the ghost of relationship past.  This includes the history of the relationships of our parents and how growing up caused us to hold onto things that just do us no good.  And old relationships gone, and even the past of any relationship you may currently be in.  Speak little, listen much.  Pay attention.  Then I ask you to focus on the Specter of relationship present.  How do you behave in your current relationship?  If you are between significant others, it doesn't matter.  The very way we choose to live our life and interact with others lays a foundation for the relationships we make.  Again it is all in paying attention.  By the end of the week you may be ready to begin the ghost of relationship future.  Treat it like your learning a new skill, even if you have the love of your life it is time to use what you may observe to make it better.  Another hint, make it about the choices you make.

Sagittarius

Its a good week to try learning something new, to challenge the assumed boundaries of your skills and redefine what you presume yourself to be capable of.  Its time to challenge assumptions of identity by learning new things.  You can't be all things, but it is a good time to challenge yourself to expand your repertoire, particularly because something new and exciting could present itself in the process.  Get ready for new exciting adventures, even ones that start in less than flashy ways!

Capricorn

This is a week for looking deep into who you are.  This is a week for some deep soul searching.    This is a time for your least favorite type of seriousness.  That weird hard-to-define part of your life that has to do with emotional awareness.  It is a week for deep thoughts and entertaining brand new ways of defining what the very idea of happiness means to you.  If you do the hard work of sitting spiritually with those questions, by the end of the week some exciting possibilities may be showing up in small ways  Expect new influences to this end from people who were not well known to you here to fore.  When in doubt try something new, just as a tentative experiment.  Remember you can always stop, or try again.  Give yourself licence to explore

Aquarius

Aquarius this has not been the easiest season for you.  On the other hand it has at least been exciting.  Both of these conditions may well continue, no doubt.  The long term calling of trying to assert your sense of self and claiming your own personal power continues to motivate you.  This weeks stressor?  I recommend that most frustrating subject of family.  Particularly resonating are how the pains of your childhood, including all those real and assumed are rubbing up against your feelings about the family you are building and living in now.  Even more so how you feel about your children or people you provide care for.  Here is a hint:  old stories can end.  This doesn't have to be your present.  You have a right to lay these dark stories to rest.  How?  Confront them, speak aloud, hold hands with healing friends, and hey, counseling never hurt anyone.  The point is not to own this darkness.  It is not you. It is just something that you have acquired. You have a right to return to sender, or just forgive and offer this pain and story to the good spirits who guide your life!

Pisces

Pisces repeat after me:  I take care of myself first.  Even if all people are good it is better not to invite the ones who hurt me into my life.  I can be compassionate without self sabotage.  I can be spiritual without self sacrifice.  This is a week for good friends and well tested relationships.  This is not a week for light casual acquaintances.  Focus on your space, your home.  This is a week best spent taking care of yourself first.  It is week to be wary of people who would put demands on you.  Make sure that you are receiving as well as giving.  When in doubt believe the evidence of action over nice of words.

Extreme aspects currently in the sky also interact with our personal charts.  Make sure you are taking the space to breath and keep  physically, emotionally and spiritually healthy.  One thing that can aid in this is treating yourself to a personal astrological consultation.

Appointments with your Rebel Astrologer, A. Drobny are available Worldwide on Skype (Or Phone or IM) through paypal to contact email: rebelastrologer@gmail.com

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Mystical Journey into Self: Solar Astrology 1/23/12-1/29/12

 Neptune has just moved into Pisces and the Sun and Moon are coming into Conjunction in Aquarius this week. In general this is prime time for finding yourself and discovering what it is you really want, your destiny and all the beautiful possibilities that the seed of your inner self can grow for your life! No matter what your sun sign this is a good week for some quality introspection and listening. (listening on your inside to what your spirit tells you and on the outside to what spirit tells you through the rest of creation.)

Aries

Having faith in yourself is good. Embracing fortune is wonderful. Opening your heart to a philosophy of abundance is key. If you don't do that you'll miss out on the great bounty of possibilities this week holds for you. At the same time if you don't skeptically kick the tires before you make the purchase, save the receipt and try to find the shortest line to get through the checkout you may also squander those very same blessings.

Taurus

This, my dear Taurus, is a red letter week. It is a time to trust your instincts! The catch? Don't let the slow pace and necessity for hard work dissuade you (not that it usually would). The going may be difficult and time consuming but this is a time when your heart and head are joined and drawn directly to the best of your aspirations!

Gemini

Your destiny is yours, and by goodness now is an excellent time to make sure that you have direct hold on the reigns of your life. Passion and vision are there to find your direction. Just remember dreams are good but keep your understanding of time frames and labor realistic. It is an easy time to doom yourself by expecting things to come too easily. Do not give up Gemini, this could be something grand!

Cancer

This is a time to take control of your heart. This is not a time to deny your feelings or pretend you don't have any. This is a time to carefully study the messages you give and what you expect of relationships, and romance in particular. It is time to assess your needs and make sure you are voicing them in sensitive yet direct ways. Even if you are not currently in a romantic relationship it is a great time to look at the set of expectations you bring to all your relationships.

Leo

Its all about finding new skill sets, particularly when it comes to other people. This is a week for pulling out that hostess apron, or playing matchmaker for friends. This is a week to try new things in groups. Try to keep it fun pleasant and light, but also make sure to focus on real friendships not on casual acquaintances.

Virgo

Its a good time to focus on your skill set. Yes for a Virgo this week should be quite fun. The only thing to remember is to give yourself a break and try very hard to go easy on your personal critique. I know this is easier said than done, but it is a time for learning new skills, and maybe pushing yourself a little toward the limelight.  Remember something about stuff you haven't tried before: you are not supposed to be good at it yet. So self criticism? Is just self defeat. I beg you Virgo please stow the self judgment and fearlessly tackle something bold and new. You will thank yourself for it!

Libra

This is your time to Shine Libra! Go out dancing, but only if the lighting works for your outfit.

The key here is owning your beauty and happiness, taking full responsibility for it and choosing the sweet nectar of life! Revel responsibly, and come home feeling like the beautiful angel you are! This is also a great week to put in some quality family time. Consider doing both at once!

Scorpio

This is a good week to find your self. Here's a hint, the best place to look is in places where you can serve the greater community. It is a good week to volunteer in a cause you feel passionately about.  There is a balance necessary to this of course. Be careful to make sure you are taking care of your direct needs first.  It totally defeats the purpose if you run yourself into the ground doing this.   With some meditation/ prayer and a bit of sweat for a good cause, I'm betting you come out of it feeling inspired and on your way to the next great possibility!

Sagittarius

This is a time for creative daring. Not in a death-defying sort of way, just in a “I never saw the world from that angle" sort of way.” To get the most out of this week I suggest at some point you try the following:

1. Clear your schedule

2. Go somewhere. Take a walk, go on a bike ride or bus ride. But here's the trick. Don't chose      your destination by where you want to end up, or what you have liked in the past. Avoid choosing a destination at all. Maybe start by throwing a dart at a bus map. And you can bring a coin to flip on route to make decisions on where to turn and what streets to take.

What is the point of all this? To take your previous assumptions/ habits from allowing you to have an experience.  To remove the expectations and allow you to see your world as a direct honest experience. To experience the world around you (not to mention your own life) in a fresh direct way.

Capricorn

This is a good week to take a moment to be nice to your body. This is a good week to get a message, sit in a steam room and get a facial. This is also a good week to go for a hike, a bike ride, eat decadently healthy dishes and enjoy some fresh air. Of course these are never bad things to do. What is the reason I think this is a good week in particular for such pass-times? My goal is to get you out of the weekly grind in a healthy way, and prime your mystic pump to dispense insights into all kinds of joyous and wonderful possibilities for the future.

Aquarius

 Wow Aquarius, this is a challenging and rewarding week for you. Hidden somewhere in that complicated exciting mind of yours is a magic totem. It is the beautiful fetish of how you are perceived. It has to do with the ways in which you present yourself to the world. Over the course of the next week a little soul searching can help you lay hands on this magic talisman, and once in hand you can retool your image. Done correctly, you may find a few more allies and people you feel come close to really understanding who you are.  Keep in mind that the idea of authentic representation is the key to your success! Happy hunting!

Pisces

Pisces, oh Pisces, what's that in your eyes? I do believe its stars. Not that this is uncommon for you, but my goodness you must be swimming in mystic revelations, fairy tails and all manner of mystery and wonder. Remember that none of these beautiful possibilities go away if you keep your feet on the ground.  Plus, they are far more likely to actually come to pass in a substantial way! Drink lots of water.  Remember to eat, to sleep, to work. Make sure you are living your life as well as your dreams. Then focus on what the word “ideal” means to you. Try to come up with as many possible meanings as you can believe in. It is time to revise your aims!   Just be very careful to keep yourself safe with your feet on the ground. And if a man wants to sell you a famous bridge at a surprisingly reasonable rate? Say no!  

Solar Astrology 1/16-1/21

Welcome Back to the new Rebel Astrology!

Without Further Ado, I Present Your Weekly Horoscope! (loud applause/ screaming here)

Aries:

It may seem that other people are impossible to work with. It may seem like they are in your business and downright sneaky. While this may be true. It may also indicate that this is a good time to apply a dose of patience. To slow down, and make sure that you are succinctly, directly (and did I mention softly and tactfully?) stating your needs and your boundaries. It may also be an excellent time to practice threading needles, parallel parking, dotting “i”s crossing “t”s and walking tight ropes. Not because its easier right now, but a focus on slow calculated cool precision will help with just about all that ails you. Avoid the urge to simply run away and hide in an adventure, the best it will do for you is teach you a lesson you already learned. And speaking of cool, work on storing it up, by the end of the week you may find you need the reserve!

Taurus:

This is a good week to slow down, and deepen your relationships with the people that you work with, in particular it is a good time to find and deepen bonds with your mentor, and with those whom you mentor. It may be a bit of a challenge, as working with anyone will require a great deal of patience, and in fact there are no two ways about it, a lot of work. But if anyone is up to the task it will be you oh gallant Tauran! Not only that, but there is an incentive. This week opens with bubbling opportunities for joy and beauty! What is the secret to fully unleashing them? You are likely to find them at the intersection of your spiritual nature and everything you learned you wanted for the world, from every hard knock you ever took! Your Mantra? Joyful community opens the door to personal gain... and possibly romance.

Gemini:

This week may open with an uncharacteristic chink in your confidence armor. Something may seem to be amiss. The tendency may be to run and hide, keep your secrets close, smile big and throw a handful of glitter over the apparent wound. (It hurts like hell, but at least its pretty right?) Fear not my twinkling Gemini, your salvation lies in a grand cosmic search, a spiritual quest if you will. The riddle your spiritual sphinx has laid at your feet? How can I find spiritual joy in material work? Here's a hint, follow the source of childhood pain, to a solution that brings joy to others (and brings you healing)... and yes you may throw glitter on it!

Cancer:

So, shocker here... you may feel stuck in a rut. That discomforting urge to expand your horizons seems to be clashing up against your tendency to think of yourself as a predefined notion unchanging and timeless. Well guess what? While the voice that says “I” is eternal, every voice changes over time. Its a good thing. Seek yourself the mild discomfort that leads to new vistas of perception (you know, growing pains) Try something new and exciting, then try something else. With some time even you dear Cancer may develop your latent desire for new things. Remember Cancer's moon rules the sea, that can take you to far away new experiences! This is just the week to begin such an odyssey!

Leo:

You may feel “alone in a crowd” quite a bit this week. You may also experience a sort of stagnant sense that nothing is happening fast enough. Its not so much that you lack anything, but that you are dividing your energies among things that don't deserve your attention. For you my dear Leo, it is a week of sweat and toil. The trick? To be very clear about the choices you make in what you are doing. This is a week to edit, and invest, and most of all to labor... Relationships that perpetually don't give back? Put them on the back burner. Projects that don't lead to a place that makes your heart sing? Not this week. In the end the point is this: Its gonna be work, so make sure its work well spent, and you will celebrate that decision later. Sweeten the deal by beginning plans for a vacation, planning it and setting aside the money can be a task of devotional love of the self, and will make the work pass so much more easily!

Virgo:

Social anxiety is probably riding a little high right now. (Not that its ever riding that low typically) Which is kind of an ironic shame because right underneath that anxious fear is an exceptionally adventurous mood. Of course this can make you more worried, further causing anxiety. And of course the further frustration this causes can add to anxiety. Which of course adds to your sense of inadequacy, which of course stresses you out. This makes you wish you had the guts to take the adventure, but then that just adds to the anxiety, and makes it harder to take chances... On the other hand, you could find a dear friend, ask them to decide on an adventure, make the decision to completely let go and put it all in the hands of a trusted lover or loved one. Then you could shut up and enjoy the ride. I vote for the second one! Whee! Oh ya and expect the unexpected... its happening whether you like it or not so best to jump on board so you don't burn a fuse!

Libra:

Its kind of a good time to reinvent the way you deal with your family, and the public in general. Starting with something as seemingly shallow as a good look at your sense of style. This season I'm feeling like flash is out, and simple elegant, functional, family and social focused are in! Accessorize with just a touch of fantastic fairy-tale whimsy. Sometimes by changing how you present yourself, you can reintroduce yourself to a new part of you. Remember, if it ain't comfortable, it just doesn't fit your life! Do all things gently right now. A sharp tongue at this moment will do you more harm than the ones you loose it upon!

Scorpio:

It's a really neat time to be a Scorpio, if not a little unnerving. My advice? Try having fun for the simple sake of having fun. Enjoy something that you can love doing, but don't have to think a lot about. Deep is good, but right now its a good chance to untie the knots, in your back and your heart, and play “Marco-Polo” in the shallow end of the pool. You have plenty of time to dig the marrow from the bone, this is a week to eat candy. Oh and bring a little kid with you, they would be an excellent tutor in a lesson of whimsy.

Sagittarius:

Let's just be fair and honest: Things can't ever be as perfect as you seem to expect them at the moment. This doesn't mean to stop shooting for the stars, but it does mean letting up on yourself. Ease up and you will find that there is a lot of happiness going on all around you that you are missing out on because of ridiculous expectations! Your fortunes are better than you think they are. Right now is not a time for little wins, any frustrations you are experiencing are because you really need to be focused on long-term, instead of short term small pay-offs.

Capricorn:

Oh Capricorn, oh Capricorn. How can I ever do my job this week? You of all people can understand the importance of work, and the joy of a job well done, of pragmatic planning, and in fact of gritting your teeth and bearing the difficulties to get where you need to go. With that in mind I need to do something very hard. I must convince you to be a bit optimistic, and to relax a bit this week. See the thing is with all of your fabulous work and planning you stand to do very well, if you can only believe in yourself enough to get out of your own way. And if you can let go of your pessimism and perhaps cynicism enough to allow yourself to enjoy it. Ya your right. It will never happen. (wink)

Aquarius:

This is a week to free associate, this is a week to finger paint. This is a week for bold colors and yes clashing patterns. This is not a week for editing, this is not a week for rulers and straight lines. This is a week to let your focus go fuzzy so you can see more than you expect. Let the editor come back next week, it is a week for creation, and that means it is a week to play with possibilities. If you go into the editing process now you are likely to kill your best ideas. This is a week for play!

Pisces:

Pisces, this week keep it light. Keep it pleasant. This is not a week to chase mythical dragons, but to have a quite nice scone and chat over coffee. This is not a week to be a princess in the tower, but perhaps to go dancing with a friend from work and organize the garage. This is a good time to be social but a bad time to be dramatic. It is a good time to get air and take space, and be light. And have fun doing it!

Extreme aspects currently in the sky also interact with our personal charts.  Make sure you are taking the space to breath and keep  physically, emotionally and spiritually healthy.  One thing that can aid in this is treating yourself to a personal astrological consultation.

Appointments with your Rebel Astrologer, A. Drobny are available Worldwide on Skype (Or Phone or IM) through paypal to contact email: rebelastrologer@gmail.com

Or at:

Astrological Consultation By appointment or walk-in Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays 12:00 pm - 5:00 PM or by appointment.  http://www.facebook.com/TheConjureWorks

Pardon Our Dust or Change Can Hurt When Uranus Gets Rammed

As many of you may have noticed, Uranus has recently moved into Aries.  With this comes a rebirth or reinvention of the very notion of change.  I want to deeply apologize to loyal readers who may have been dismayed by our absence as of late!  But fear not, things are settling back down, and we return with a brand new format!  Starting Monday January 16th we return with guaranteed twice weekly service for all your prognosticating needs!  What, you ask is the new format?!?

Mondays mornings we will give the low-down in, perhaps a more traditional approach.  We will be bringing you a sign by sign (sun sign of course) forecast for the upcoming week.

Are you a fan of the current format?

Fear not fair Maiden!  For we shall provide, on Thursdays a kind of "major Subject in the skys approach.  (much like we have done up until now!)

Also look for special topics, and big event discussions (such as major conjunctions and eclipses) on an irregular/ as they happen basis!

We look forward to an exciting new year!