astrology for sep 11-17
Astrology for the week of September 11-17 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
It is time to remind you of the reward at the end of the trail, Aries. This reward is the long awaited, and sometimes surprising, feeling of joy we feel after a long period of work. What you need to remember that there is more to this feeling than the simple sensation of joy. From an energetic standpoint, this feeling occurs when we experience a re-balancing of our energies. You see, any time we do a great deal of work, we are focusing our energies toward the work and away from other areas of our life. This is good because it gives us the ability to focus and to accomplish. However, if it goes on for too long, we will begin to experience a dull feeling that will lead to burnout and even depression. Therefore, my advice to you is to remind yourself of the reward that you have waiting for you at the end of your present set of long term tasks. This will help you regain some daily pleasure and help you to shed any unnecessary weight you might be feeling from the work you have been accomplishing. You can even take a break. When you are balanced once again, you will be able to return to work with a new vigor and ability to enjoy the work again.
Taurus April 20-May 20
I recommend that you resist excessive modesty this week, oh Taurus. In addition, you should stand firm against being overly reserved, humble or meek. Instead, I think that this week should be a time of unabashed bragging and fully engaged flaunting of your truly stellar qualities. It is time to remember that everyone has two or more of these qualities. For some it is how they love people, for others it is their cooking or how they write or how they garden or fix computers. Take some time this week and seek to understand that there are ways in which you are a shining star. When you understand this, I implore you to speak from that place to one or more people. Or better yet, a group of people. Doing this will open you to growth in a very unexpected way.
Gemini May 21-June 21
This week is a very special week, my dear Gemini. The Powers That Be have created something like a personalized “way-back” machine for your inner child. You can use it by recalling and acting upon the things that bring you comfort. We are talking about those special foods, sounds and places that make you feel warm and safe. I recommend that you indulge in these things on no less than three separate occasions this week. Doing this will help you reconnect to your childhood strength, which is at least partly derived from safety and comfort. We should never underestimate this strength. Without a doubt, it is one of the most important things in all the worlds.
Cancer June 22-July 22
Family is very important to your sign, my dear Cancer. They identify your soul’s work in this lifetime. They help you to find your sacred meaning and purpose. For you, your family can be your family of origin (Mother, Father, brothers, sisters and so on) or your spiritual family (your tribe or spiritual community). In either case, the stars are asking me to pass along a message to you this week. Look to your sibling(s) and see if there are some actions or words that you can give to ease the painful realities of life. You are in a unique position to give some much needed advice, quality time, or even hard love. If you are coming from a place of love and respect, your words and actions at this time will be worth ten times the weight of any other person.
Leo July 23-August 22
Since April, life has been hiding some of its secrets from you, my dear Leo. Now, please don’t feel singled out here. We have all had the same withholding of secrets. It is as if the great powers of the Universe have been holding their breath, trying to decide what to do. I am happy to say that this time is coming to an end. The closed gates of deep truth will re-open in the coming weeks and, once again, we will find our world marching toward our future. I am saying this because you have a very special role to play. You see, we look to you for leadership and for guidance. It will be very important for you to take this role seriously in the months to come. I urge you to lead your tribe with patience and subtly. We need thought before action. We need observation before judgment. We need contemplation before swiftness. I believe that the Universe has been trying to teach you these lessons over the past year or more. If you put these lessons to use in your community, it will help us all in the months to come.
Virgo August 23-September 22
This is a time of new beginnings, my dear Virgo. I urge you to let go of the past, particularly the past year. What has come and gone is, in fact, done. You cannot get the time back. If you made any mistakes, I suggest that you seek out any people who might have been negatively impacted, (unless doing so would harm yourself or another’s) say your piece and then move on. This is the birth time for you. You are surrounded by dynamic energies that are seeking to assist you in the creation of your future. If you let them, they will help you find many wonderful things, beautiful things, ahead of you and ready to come into your life.
Libra September 23-October 23
It is time to get in touch with your subconscious mind, dear Libra. You see, deep in the cavern of your true self, there lives a part of you who has direct control over the formation and construction of your life. What you need to understand is that this part of you, which possess a nearly infinite ability to control your subjective reality, is not trying to control you or punish you or make your life difficult. Instead, it is simply following your lead. It is trying to give you what you want. The problem is that there is a communication breakdown between this piece of you and the rest of you. Some time ago, wires got crossed and what you seemed to be asking for stopped being what is truly good for you and became confusing or hurtful. It is time for you to explain this to your subconscious mind. The two of you need to have a good old fashion heart to heart. Your need to hear how much it loves you and desires to make you happy. You need to tell it what you truly want out of life. This will dramatically clear up any difficulties you have been having in the past several weeks.
Scorpio October 24-November 21
I do not recommend that you spend too much time alone this week, Scorpio. This recommendation has nothing to do with boundary issues, or aspects of companionship vs. solidarity. Instead, I am offering this suggestion because the people around you are a very valuable resource this week. They provide a very accurate mirror image of your own self. Granted, this mirror will speak to you in a code, which might be difficult to decode at first. To aid you in the understanding of the mirror’s message let me offer this suggestion: you need to understand that you are looking at a reflection, not a directed image. When we look at a reflection, we need to flip the left and right. Now, metaphorically speaking, left and right refer to our inner and out outer selves (right = outer and left = inner). Therefore, when you look at mirror of yourself in the people around you, you will need to flip their inner or outer life experience to find meaning about your own. Thus if you are looking at their outer life, it is talking about your inner life and visa versa. This exercise in reality manipulation might be confusing at first, but I urge you to give it a chance. The more you use it, the better it will be at telling you what you need to know about who you are and why you are that way.
Sagittarius November 22-December 22
In some important ways, your inner development has been on hold since April, Sagittarius. This delay will come to an end this week. As life begins to move forward once more, I urge you to reflect on any difficulties that you have experienced over these past few months. Pay special attention to the ways in which you were feeling stuck or lost. Try to understand that this feeling is an indication of some wound you carry within deeply within yourself. Now that life is moving forward again, any energy you expend toward the healing of this wound will be very fruitful. Your efforts will be met with luck and ease. The Universe is smiling kindly on you, I advise you to take full advantage of it.
Capricorn December 23-January 19
You are more idealistic than usual, this week, Capricorn. This is not a common occurrence of your sign, whose animal is the Goat (an animal known for its stubborn, single minded determination). It is far more common for you to be realistic, even pessimistic. For this reason, I believe that any time idealism comes along, you are being given a gift worthy of acknowledgement. This week is a time of working with others and taking in their ideas and perspectives. This will help you to open your mind and gain a new appreciation of how much variety this world has to offer. In the weeks and months to come, these new ideas will help you to bring your hopes and dreams into the world.
Aquarius January 20-February 18
This is a time of self-discovery and responsibility to these discoveries, above all other considerations, my dear Aquarius. Self-knowledge is an elusive, even slippery, thing to acquire. It demands patience, self-compassion, and a willingness to look foolish in the face of other people who look as though they have it all worked out. Let me take this moment to assure that other people do not have it all worked out. If they appear to, it is because they are in a stable period and you are not. Soon enough, their stability will come into question and they will find themselves in the same sort of challenge you are in now. Equally so, this period of focused self-discovery, which you are currently experiencing, will not last much longer. When it is over, all of the effort you have been expending on your quest for understanding will come back to you. At that time, you will be able to enjoy a life that is relatively free from this confusion and inner drive to push forward. Therefore, please understand that this is the time of progress. The time of reward will be with you soon.
Pisces February 19-March 20
Be wary of quick fixes and lofty promises this week, Pisces. This could take the form of friends or neighbors participating in the age-old art of exaggeration, when they are trying to help you out. Or it could manifest as a mechanic, or other service provider, boldly lying to you about the time, money, or skill it will take to give you what you need. Either way, you should practice the following principle this week. You can only have two of the following at any given time: it can be done well, cheaply, or quickly. You cannot have all three. Therefore, my advice is simple. Keep a skeptical eye on any promises you receive this week. Be aware that hidden costs, addenda’s or stipulations are lurking just beyond view. And above all, be patient with the time, skill, and money necessary to do things right.
© 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
It is time to remind you of the reward at the end of the trail, Aries. This reward is the long awaited, and sometimes surprising, feeling of joy we feel after a long period of work. What you need to remember that there is more to this feeling than the simple sensation of joy. From an energetic standpoint, this feeling occurs when we experience a re-balancing of our energies. You see, any time we do a great deal of work, we are focusing our energies toward the work and away from other areas of our life. This is good because it gives us the ability to focus and to accomplish. However, if it goes on for too long, we will begin to experience a dull feeling that will lead to burnout and even depression. Therefore, my advice to you is to remind yourself of the reward that you have waiting for you at the end of your present set of long term tasks. This will help you regain some daily pleasure and help you to shed any unnecessary weight you might be feeling from the work you have been accomplishing. You can even take a break. When you are balanced once again, you will be able to return to work with a new vigor and ability to enjoy the work again.
Taurus April 20-May 20
I recommend that you resist excessive modesty this week, oh Taurus. In addition, you should stand firm against being overly reserved, humble or meek. Instead, I think that this week should be a time of unabashed bragging and fully engaged flaunting of your truly stellar qualities. It is time to remember that everyone has two or more of these qualities. For some it is how they love people, for others it is their cooking or how they write or how they garden or fix computers. Take some time this week and seek to understand that there are ways in which you are a shining star. When you understand this, I implore you to speak from that place to one or more people. Or better yet, a group of people. Doing this will open you to growth in a very unexpected way.
Gemini May 21-June 21
This week is a very special week, my dear Gemini. The Powers That Be have created something like a personalized “way-back” machine for your inner child. You can use it by recalling and acting upon the things that bring you comfort. We are talking about those special foods, sounds and places that make you feel warm and safe. I recommend that you indulge in these things on no less than three separate occasions this week. Doing this will help you reconnect to your childhood strength, which is at least partly derived from safety and comfort. We should never underestimate this strength. Without a doubt, it is one of the most important things in all the worlds.
Cancer June 22-July 22
Family is very important to your sign, my dear Cancer. They identify your soul’s work in this lifetime. They help you to find your sacred meaning and purpose. For you, your family can be your family of origin (Mother, Father, brothers, sisters and so on) or your spiritual family (your tribe or spiritual community). In either case, the stars are asking me to pass along a message to you this week. Look to your sibling(s) and see if there are some actions or words that you can give to ease the painful realities of life. You are in a unique position to give some much needed advice, quality time, or even hard love. If you are coming from a place of love and respect, your words and actions at this time will be worth ten times the weight of any other person.
Leo July 23-August 22
Since April, life has been hiding some of its secrets from you, my dear Leo. Now, please don’t feel singled out here. We have all had the same withholding of secrets. It is as if the great powers of the Universe have been holding their breath, trying to decide what to do. I am happy to say that this time is coming to an end. The closed gates of deep truth will re-open in the coming weeks and, once again, we will find our world marching toward our future. I am saying this because you have a very special role to play. You see, we look to you for leadership and for guidance. It will be very important for you to take this role seriously in the months to come. I urge you to lead your tribe with patience and subtly. We need thought before action. We need observation before judgment. We need contemplation before swiftness. I believe that the Universe has been trying to teach you these lessons over the past year or more. If you put these lessons to use in your community, it will help us all in the months to come.
Virgo August 23-September 22
This is a time of new beginnings, my dear Virgo. I urge you to let go of the past, particularly the past year. What has come and gone is, in fact, done. You cannot get the time back. If you made any mistakes, I suggest that you seek out any people who might have been negatively impacted, (unless doing so would harm yourself or another’s) say your piece and then move on. This is the birth time for you. You are surrounded by dynamic energies that are seeking to assist you in the creation of your future. If you let them, they will help you find many wonderful things, beautiful things, ahead of you and ready to come into your life.
Libra September 23-October 23
It is time to get in touch with your subconscious mind, dear Libra. You see, deep in the cavern of your true self, there lives a part of you who has direct control over the formation and construction of your life. What you need to understand is that this part of you, which possess a nearly infinite ability to control your subjective reality, is not trying to control you or punish you or make your life difficult. Instead, it is simply following your lead. It is trying to give you what you want. The problem is that there is a communication breakdown between this piece of you and the rest of you. Some time ago, wires got crossed and what you seemed to be asking for stopped being what is truly good for you and became confusing or hurtful. It is time for you to explain this to your subconscious mind. The two of you need to have a good old fashion heart to heart. Your need to hear how much it loves you and desires to make you happy. You need to tell it what you truly want out of life. This will dramatically clear up any difficulties you have been having in the past several weeks.
Scorpio October 24-November 21
I do not recommend that you spend too much time alone this week, Scorpio. This recommendation has nothing to do with boundary issues, or aspects of companionship vs. solidarity. Instead, I am offering this suggestion because the people around you are a very valuable resource this week. They provide a very accurate mirror image of your own self. Granted, this mirror will speak to you in a code, which might be difficult to decode at first. To aid you in the understanding of the mirror’s message let me offer this suggestion: you need to understand that you are looking at a reflection, not a directed image. When we look at a reflection, we need to flip the left and right. Now, metaphorically speaking, left and right refer to our inner and out outer selves (right = outer and left = inner). Therefore, when you look at mirror of yourself in the people around you, you will need to flip their inner or outer life experience to find meaning about your own. Thus if you are looking at their outer life, it is talking about your inner life and visa versa. This exercise in reality manipulation might be confusing at first, but I urge you to give it a chance. The more you use it, the better it will be at telling you what you need to know about who you are and why you are that way.
Sagittarius November 22-December 22
In some important ways, your inner development has been on hold since April, Sagittarius. This delay will come to an end this week. As life begins to move forward once more, I urge you to reflect on any difficulties that you have experienced over these past few months. Pay special attention to the ways in which you were feeling stuck or lost. Try to understand that this feeling is an indication of some wound you carry within deeply within yourself. Now that life is moving forward again, any energy you expend toward the healing of this wound will be very fruitful. Your efforts will be met with luck and ease. The Universe is smiling kindly on you, I advise you to take full advantage of it.
Capricorn December 23-January 19
You are more idealistic than usual, this week, Capricorn. This is not a common occurrence of your sign, whose animal is the Goat (an animal known for its stubborn, single minded determination). It is far more common for you to be realistic, even pessimistic. For this reason, I believe that any time idealism comes along, you are being given a gift worthy of acknowledgement. This week is a time of working with others and taking in their ideas and perspectives. This will help you to open your mind and gain a new appreciation of how much variety this world has to offer. In the weeks and months to come, these new ideas will help you to bring your hopes and dreams into the world.
Aquarius January 20-February 18
This is a time of self-discovery and responsibility to these discoveries, above all other considerations, my dear Aquarius. Self-knowledge is an elusive, even slippery, thing to acquire. It demands patience, self-compassion, and a willingness to look foolish in the face of other people who look as though they have it all worked out. Let me take this moment to assure that other people do not have it all worked out. If they appear to, it is because they are in a stable period and you are not. Soon enough, their stability will come into question and they will find themselves in the same sort of challenge you are in now. Equally so, this period of focused self-discovery, which you are currently experiencing, will not last much longer. When it is over, all of the effort you have been expending on your quest for understanding will come back to you. At that time, you will be able to enjoy a life that is relatively free from this confusion and inner drive to push forward. Therefore, please understand that this is the time of progress. The time of reward will be with you soon.
Pisces February 19-March 20
Be wary of quick fixes and lofty promises this week, Pisces. This could take the form of friends or neighbors participating in the age-old art of exaggeration, when they are trying to help you out. Or it could manifest as a mechanic, or other service provider, boldly lying to you about the time, money, or skill it will take to give you what you need. Either way, you should practice the following principle this week. You can only have two of the following at any given time: it can be done well, cheaply, or quickly. You cannot have all three. Therefore, my advice is simple. Keep a skeptical eye on any promises you receive this week. Be aware that hidden costs, addenda’s or stipulations are lurking just beyond view. And above all, be patient with the time, skill, and money necessary to do things right.
© Shon Clark 2006