astro for the week of the 18th
Astrology for the week of September 18-24 2006
By Shon Clark
Welcome to your weekly Sun-Sign astrology column. If you are unfamiliar with how Sun-Sign astrology works, let me offer you this advice: Sun-Sign astrology is based upon general astrological patterns. It is not like natal astrology, where your astrologer creates a detailed astrology chart for you that is based upon the time and place of your birth. Instead, Sun-Sign astrology looks at large systems and offers advice on how these system tend to interact with one another. This allows Sun-Sign astrology to reach an extremly wide range of people.
There are a few tips I can offer you that will help make this tool more personal to you and your life. I recommend that you:
1. Look at your sun-sign
2. Look at your rising and/or moon sign for additional advice (this information can be found with the aid of an astrologer or a good astrology website)
3. Look all of the entries and apply the advice to your life, as you see fit. Each entry offers useful advice designed to assist you in living a meaningful life.
I hope that you enjoy your astrological column. If you wish to purchase a personal chart interpretations, for youself or as a gift for a friend, please contact me directly at shon@WhirlingPearls.com or 503-241-5040.
-Shon Clark
Aries March 21-April 19
Efficiency and effectiveness are the key skills for your successful navigation of this week, oh Aries. Please keep in mind that this advice is not based upon the idea that you already possess a high degree of efficiency and effectiveness. What is important is that you practice the skills. Start where you are at and move from there. Doing this will help your soul to do something that it has been trying to do for more than a decade now. If you wish to help your soul in its task, you should meditate on the idea that your soul craves that elusive quality which comes from the expenditure of great effort (mental or physical). Your soul has been seeking this because it will help your soul gather the strength that it needs to give back to you later on in your life. Here is an interesting universal mystery: your soul gathers strength when you strive to learn a skill, then it will give this strength back to you when you need it the most. In this way, you and your soul are in an interlocking cycle of give and give, where both parties can win by freely helping the other in the tasks of life.
Taurus April 20-May 20
I would like to talk to you about spiritual or magical children for a moment, my dear Taurus. Much like our biological children, these children come from us and they are reflections of our true qualities. Spiritual and magical children are not people, however. They are elusive and different for each of us. In many cases, our magical and spiritual children are related to the work we do in the world. They are the fruits of our labor. They are created as we put spiritual or magical energies into the work we love. This energy will build up until it reaches strength of its own and then it is born. After this, it will grow on its own and become its own being (in a metaphoric since). Common examples of spiritual or magical children would be songs, gardens, stories, and so on. I am saying this because the Universe is telling me to inform you that it would like you to give birth to one or more spiritual or magical children in about nine months. If you would like to do this, you will only need to put your intentional energy into what you love to do. The Universe will take care of the rest.
Gemini May 21-June 21
We are approaching the one of the most balanced times of the year, Gemini. In the next week, daylight and nighttime will have equal length, hailing the beginning of fall (the midpoint between summer and winter). This is also the time when students of all ages will be returning to school. The balance of the elements makes this a wonderful time for learning and for emotional or spiritual growth. Therefore, I recommend that you put some energy to opening your mind. You can to this by taking a class or workshop. You can watch documentary, or you can visit a far away place. The time is ripe for new ideas and experiences.
Cancer June 22-July 22
One of the spiritual ironies of our universe is that the seasons of spring and of fall are times of challenge for your sign, Cancer. These are times of balance. Or more particularly they are times of gathering balance. In the case of fall, life is balanced with its internal counterpart. This can be difficult for your sign, Cancer, which is a sign of warmth and life. As we move into fall and away from the abundance of life, it will be important for you to practice an internal meditation to maintain your own equilibrium. I suggest that you meditate on you how you, in particular, feed or provide for your own tribe or family. This will re-invoke the power of living in your life and help you to resist the depression that is so common in the dark time of the year.
Leo July 23-August 22
The flow of resources is very important right now, dear Leo. As you progress though this week, pay attention to how you use money, how you dedicate your time, and what you do with your possessions. In particular, I suggest that you be aware of how you use your resources to help those closest to you. In some cases, this assistance is mutually beneficial. In other cases, you could be enabling co-dependant habits. Meditation on the reasons why you help your community is a very good idea because it will help you to see how your actions impact those you loves. Also, this is a good time to start saving for the future.
Virgo August 23-September 22
I suggest that you make this week a light week, Virgo. I urge you to understand that you have a great power over any cloud of depression or despair. You need not let them into your life. Instead, focus on what is working well and what is enjoyable. Get out with a good friend and visit someplace enjoyable. Or have a dinner party with good food and company. Enjoy the last days of summer for they are a gift to you from the Powers That Be!
Libra September 23-October 23
The balance between summer and winter will be with us next week, my dear Libra. This is a very special time for you, the sign of balance. To prepare, I recommend that you spend some time this week in a state of reckless abandon. This should be done in a place that is safe, where you are not likely to hurt or offend anyone else. It can be done alone, or with a dear friend or lover. What it consists of is you letting your inner self out. This is the part of you that is tired of pleasing others and always taking their feelings into account. This is the part of you that wants to just have a good time and to pick up the pieces in the morning. I suggest that you party hard because it will help you clear the air and help you center as we enter into the time of balance.
Scorpio October 24-November 21
Look at your domestic life this week, Scorpio. Also, look to see if there have been any significant changes in your home life in the past two months. Once you have done this, I suggest that you consider that your home life is a reflection of your inner emotional being. Any changes you have experienced in your home life recently are also reflections of your inner self, or more particularly how you have changed in that time. Often, it is very difficult for us to see our emotional selves with any amount of clarity. Therefore, this exercise might come in handy. It might help you to see patterns in your home that you would have difficulty seeing in your innermost depths. If you wish to make changes in the pattern you are seeing, I recommend that you look at the domestic lives of those closest to you. When you see the home life you like, ask the person whom it belongs to how he or she got to that place. This will give you a clue as to what you will need to change and how.
Sagittarius November 22-December 22
Control and the use of power are the themes of this week for you, Sagittarius. The focus for these ideas could be internal (how other control you), external (how you control others) or central (how you control yourself). I recommend that you try to understand how power is used in each of these three ways. Ask yourself how does power play out in your life. Question if there are ways in which you could change your relationship with power that might make your life easer and less stressful. Try to understand that your relationship to one type of power has direct impact on your relationship to the other two modes of power.
Capricorn December 23-January 19
You are experiencing a fundamental change in your relationship with your material things, Capricorn. This change has been in motion for several years, now, and will continue for several more years. The theme so far has been for you to let go of anything that does not have current, real-time, necessity in your life. This means that you have had to understand that material objects are transitory, not forever. The reason that this is important for this week, is that the energies behind these changes, wish to know if you understand what has been happening. If you do understand, then the changes you are experiencing will shift in a way that will be easer for you to live with. To this end, you are about to experience some very direct choices. My advice is to maintain a gentle awareness that all things are passing and that your material objects do not represent you, as an essential being. If you can do this, then you will come to see that the message here is not that you should give up all of your nice things. Instead, the lesson is that you should not become attached to your things. If you can keep this in mind, and act accordingly, you will find a surprising shift in the way the way the remainder of this life lesson will play out.
Aquarius January 20-February 18
This is time of very hard work and great strides forward in your career or professional path, Aquarius. Luck is with you and it seems that you can do no wrong. My advice is to enjoy this period. In addition, I urge you to look to your spiritual needs and to make sure that you are addressing them in your work life. I am saying this because in 3-4 years, you will be reaping some very powerful results that will stem from your choices at this time. If you have the mistaken belief that you will be able to work on your spiritual self later, and that this is a secular time for you, let me urge you to look at the matter differently. Spiritual practice is a life-long endeavor. It works best when you dedicate a little bit of time to its forward motion every day. This will create good habits. And, it is good habits that you will need down the road. Therefore, I advise you to look to your spiritual side and to incorporate its needs into your professional life.
Pisces February 19-March 20
Free-floating emotional agitation is in the air this week, my dear Pisces. This is a fancy way of saying that you might be irritable or passionate for no real world reason. The feeling could manifest in dissatisfaction with your life or in your relationships. It could also take the form of a desire to travel or at the very least to get out of town. My advice is to sit with these emotions and try to understand that it is possible that they are just emotions and they are not caused by the people or things around you. You see, often the emotional states we experience are just that, states of being. It is as if the emotions are floating clouds, which move into us, stay for a while, and then move along. Unless, that is, we identify with the emotions and give them a home within our lives. When we do this, we anchor the emotions into the physical world. Then, we will have no choice but to spend a great deal of time working though the cause and effect of the emotion. For some people this is called Drama! I urge you to take some time this week and observe your emotional state. Sit with the emotion and try to see how they flow though you. I promise that, if you can do this, you will learn something wonderful about yourself.
© Shon Clark 2006
By Shon Clark
Welcome to your weekly Sun-Sign astrology column. If you are unfamiliar with how Sun-Sign astrology works, let me offer you this advice: Sun-Sign astrology is based upon general astrological patterns. It is not like natal astrology, where your astrologer creates a detailed astrology chart for you that is based upon the time and place of your birth. Instead, Sun-Sign astrology looks at large systems and offers advice on how these system tend to interact with one another. This allows Sun-Sign astrology to reach an extremly wide range of people.
There are a few tips I can offer you that will help make this tool more personal to you and your life. I recommend that you:
1. Look at your sun-sign
2. Look at your rising and/or moon sign for additional advice (this information can be found with the aid of an astrologer or a good astrology website)
3. Look all of the entries and apply the advice to your life, as you see fit. Each entry offers useful advice designed to assist you in living a meaningful life.
I hope that you enjoy your astrological column. If you wish to purchase a personal chart interpretations, for youself or as a gift for a friend, please contact me directly at shon@WhirlingPearls.com or 503-241-5040.
-Shon Clark
Aries March 21-April 19
Efficiency and effectiveness are the key skills for your successful navigation of this week, oh Aries. Please keep in mind that this advice is not based upon the idea that you already possess a high degree of efficiency and effectiveness. What is important is that you practice the skills. Start where you are at and move from there. Doing this will help your soul to do something that it has been trying to do for more than a decade now. If you wish to help your soul in its task, you should meditate on the idea that your soul craves that elusive quality which comes from the expenditure of great effort (mental or physical). Your soul has been seeking this because it will help your soul gather the strength that it needs to give back to you later on in your life. Here is an interesting universal mystery: your soul gathers strength when you strive to learn a skill, then it will give this strength back to you when you need it the most. In this way, you and your soul are in an interlocking cycle of give and give, where both parties can win by freely helping the other in the tasks of life.
Taurus April 20-May 20
I would like to talk to you about spiritual or magical children for a moment, my dear Taurus. Much like our biological children, these children come from us and they are reflections of our true qualities. Spiritual and magical children are not people, however. They are elusive and different for each of us. In many cases, our magical and spiritual children are related to the work we do in the world. They are the fruits of our labor. They are created as we put spiritual or magical energies into the work we love. This energy will build up until it reaches strength of its own and then it is born. After this, it will grow on its own and become its own being (in a metaphoric since). Common examples of spiritual or magical children would be songs, gardens, stories, and so on. I am saying this because the Universe is telling me to inform you that it would like you to give birth to one or more spiritual or magical children in about nine months. If you would like to do this, you will only need to put your intentional energy into what you love to do. The Universe will take care of the rest.
Gemini May 21-June 21
We are approaching the one of the most balanced times of the year, Gemini. In the next week, daylight and nighttime will have equal length, hailing the beginning of fall (the midpoint between summer and winter). This is also the time when students of all ages will be returning to school. The balance of the elements makes this a wonderful time for learning and for emotional or spiritual growth. Therefore, I recommend that you put some energy to opening your mind. You can to this by taking a class or workshop. You can watch documentary, or you can visit a far away place. The time is ripe for new ideas and experiences.
Cancer June 22-July 22
One of the spiritual ironies of our universe is that the seasons of spring and of fall are times of challenge for your sign, Cancer. These are times of balance. Or more particularly they are times of gathering balance. In the case of fall, life is balanced with its internal counterpart. This can be difficult for your sign, Cancer, which is a sign of warmth and life. As we move into fall and away from the abundance of life, it will be important for you to practice an internal meditation to maintain your own equilibrium. I suggest that you meditate on you how you, in particular, feed or provide for your own tribe or family. This will re-invoke the power of living in your life and help you to resist the depression that is so common in the dark time of the year.
Leo July 23-August 22
The flow of resources is very important right now, dear Leo. As you progress though this week, pay attention to how you use money, how you dedicate your time, and what you do with your possessions. In particular, I suggest that you be aware of how you use your resources to help those closest to you. In some cases, this assistance is mutually beneficial. In other cases, you could be enabling co-dependant habits. Meditation on the reasons why you help your community is a very good idea because it will help you to see how your actions impact those you loves. Also, this is a good time to start saving for the future.
Virgo August 23-September 22
I suggest that you make this week a light week, Virgo. I urge you to understand that you have a great power over any cloud of depression or despair. You need not let them into your life. Instead, focus on what is working well and what is enjoyable. Get out with a good friend and visit someplace enjoyable. Or have a dinner party with good food and company. Enjoy the last days of summer for they are a gift to you from the Powers That Be!
Libra September 23-October 23
The balance between summer and winter will be with us next week, my dear Libra. This is a very special time for you, the sign of balance. To prepare, I recommend that you spend some time this week in a state of reckless abandon. This should be done in a place that is safe, where you are not likely to hurt or offend anyone else. It can be done alone, or with a dear friend or lover. What it consists of is you letting your inner self out. This is the part of you that is tired of pleasing others and always taking their feelings into account. This is the part of you that wants to just have a good time and to pick up the pieces in the morning. I suggest that you party hard because it will help you clear the air and help you center as we enter into the time of balance.
Scorpio October 24-November 21
Look at your domestic life this week, Scorpio. Also, look to see if there have been any significant changes in your home life in the past two months. Once you have done this, I suggest that you consider that your home life is a reflection of your inner emotional being. Any changes you have experienced in your home life recently are also reflections of your inner self, or more particularly how you have changed in that time. Often, it is very difficult for us to see our emotional selves with any amount of clarity. Therefore, this exercise might come in handy. It might help you to see patterns in your home that you would have difficulty seeing in your innermost depths. If you wish to make changes in the pattern you are seeing, I recommend that you look at the domestic lives of those closest to you. When you see the home life you like, ask the person whom it belongs to how he or she got to that place. This will give you a clue as to what you will need to change and how.
Sagittarius November 22-December 22
Control and the use of power are the themes of this week for you, Sagittarius. The focus for these ideas could be internal (how other control you), external (how you control others) or central (how you control yourself). I recommend that you try to understand how power is used in each of these three ways. Ask yourself how does power play out in your life. Question if there are ways in which you could change your relationship with power that might make your life easer and less stressful. Try to understand that your relationship to one type of power has direct impact on your relationship to the other two modes of power.
Capricorn December 23-January 19
You are experiencing a fundamental change in your relationship with your material things, Capricorn. This change has been in motion for several years, now, and will continue for several more years. The theme so far has been for you to let go of anything that does not have current, real-time, necessity in your life. This means that you have had to understand that material objects are transitory, not forever. The reason that this is important for this week, is that the energies behind these changes, wish to know if you understand what has been happening. If you do understand, then the changes you are experiencing will shift in a way that will be easer for you to live with. To this end, you are about to experience some very direct choices. My advice is to maintain a gentle awareness that all things are passing and that your material objects do not represent you, as an essential being. If you can do this, then you will come to see that the message here is not that you should give up all of your nice things. Instead, the lesson is that you should not become attached to your things. If you can keep this in mind, and act accordingly, you will find a surprising shift in the way the way the remainder of this life lesson will play out.
Aquarius January 20-February 18
This is time of very hard work and great strides forward in your career or professional path, Aquarius. Luck is with you and it seems that you can do no wrong. My advice is to enjoy this period. In addition, I urge you to look to your spiritual needs and to make sure that you are addressing them in your work life. I am saying this because in 3-4 years, you will be reaping some very powerful results that will stem from your choices at this time. If you have the mistaken belief that you will be able to work on your spiritual self later, and that this is a secular time for you, let me urge you to look at the matter differently. Spiritual practice is a life-long endeavor. It works best when you dedicate a little bit of time to its forward motion every day. This will create good habits. And, it is good habits that you will need down the road. Therefore, I advise you to look to your spiritual side and to incorporate its needs into your professional life.
Pisces February 19-March 20
Free-floating emotional agitation is in the air this week, my dear Pisces. This is a fancy way of saying that you might be irritable or passionate for no real world reason. The feeling could manifest in dissatisfaction with your life or in your relationships. It could also take the form of a desire to travel or at the very least to get out of town. My advice is to sit with these emotions and try to understand that it is possible that they are just emotions and they are not caused by the people or things around you. You see, often the emotional states we experience are just that, states of being. It is as if the emotions are floating clouds, which move into us, stay for a while, and then move along. Unless, that is, we identify with the emotions and give them a home within our lives. When we do this, we anchor the emotions into the physical world. Then, we will have no choice but to spend a great deal of time working though the cause and effect of the emotion. For some people this is called Drama! I urge you to take some time this week and observe your emotional state. Sit with the emotion and try to see how they flow though you. I promise that, if you can do this, you will learn something wonderful about yourself.
© Shon Clark 2006