Astrology Column, October 9
Astrology for the week of October 9, 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
The stars have told me that, since mid-May, you have been cooking some very deep and personal issues concerning your community, Aries. The Powers That Be have asked me to relate to you that this situation is about to shift in a very significant way. Over the next few weeks, you will have the opportunity to bring this painful reality into the light of day and to finally put the burden down. Granted, you are not required to take this step, and if you choose to do so, it will require a great deal of courage and trust. To this end, I recommend that you have a deep heart-to-heart with the Universal Divine Reality, before hand. I suggest that you make some private time where you can have a frank conversation about how you feel betrayed and afraid. I urge you to let the Universal Divine Reality have it for letting you down or not protecting you, if this is how you feel. You should know that doing this would not offend Divinity. Instead, it will clear the air and allow you to hear the necessary instructions that will allow you to proceed with the healing of your inner community-oriented wound.
Taurus April 20-May 20
This is a good week to take a break from the concerns of the world, Taurus. I recommend that you place your attention on your emotional body. Since February, some deep emotional aspect or issue has been cooking deep inside you. This week, it is ready for you to look deeply into it and to feel what it has become. I believe that you will find that it is a wound that has been with you for many years, and yet, has changed into something new. It will be easer to work with and may even be ready for you to let it go entirely. Which brings me back to my advice for this week: take a break form the concerns of the world and focus on your own emotions. The value of this the exercise should not be underestimated.
Gemini May 21-June 21
Your emotions are very high this week, Gemini. So high, that you might have some real trouble if you try to hide them from others. This is not a week of stoicism. If you try to live this way, the most likely result is that you will project your emotions onto the people around you. This will lead to some very difficult conflicts with those around you. They will play out your own repressed emotional dramas and you be forced to look. To save yourself from this difficulty, I recommend that you find a safe person or two and ask them to be with you as you go deeply into your emotions. This can be a very difficult prospect because one of the chief features of your sign is the mental body claiming rulership over the emotional body. This means that clear and honest emotional expressions out of practice and can be difficult to experience. Therefore, I urge you to go into this week with the aim of finding new ways to be honestly present with your emotions.
Cancer June 22-July 22
You can expect an unsettling of sorts this week, my dear Cancer. The reason for this might be emotional, physical or communal. The theme is how you feel about any shifts or shocks you might have experienced of late. This theme will just as likely express itself in your household as it will in your physical body. My recommendation is that you take extra care to feed and care for both of these areas. For your household, you might want to spend time cleaning or arranging your space. For your physical body, I recommend eating well and finding ways to share your emotions with those you love. Processing is a very important thing for you to attend to this week.
Leo July 23-August 22
You style of communication is ready for an upgrade, Leo. This is a tremendous opportunity because the Universe is not going to browbeat you into seeing the value of this idea. Your community is not going fight with you, your lover is not going to tell you off, your mother is not going to manipulate you into counseling. No, this time is different. The idea to change will come from inside of you. Let me say that again, this idea is your idea. Heck, others could not talk you out of it, even if they tried. Thus, you will not have to play the “I am right, You are wrong” dance that is so easy to do when it is time for us to change. Instead, you are free to simply listen to your inner voice. Its plan is for you to make some very minor changes in your communication style. This might include more patience when listening, more honesty in speaking, or more courage for trusting others. Please do not underestimate the power of these changes, they are minor, but their beneficial effects over the long run are staggering.
Virgo August 23-September 22
This week is an excellent time to get some mental work done, Virgo. There is a strong connection between the conscious and unconscious sides of your mind. This will help you greatly in the planning of long-term strategies for your success in the world. In particular, look to your material well being. There are some very good ideas surrounding you that will help you work smarter, not harder, and enjoy some surprising perks as the years roll by.
Libra September 23-October 23
You are in the perfect position to lay the foundation for some long-term goals and projects, Libra. You have a tremendous amount of energy at your disposal. However, you must use it slowly and over a long period of time. This is not a short burst of enthusiasm and if you treat it like it is, then it will evaporate on you in a few short weeks. If on the other hand, you use it to slowly to build a foundation for your future, this energy will be with you for a very long time. Consider six months to a year to be a short-term goal for this sort of energy and seven to fourteen years to be mid-range.
Scorpio October 24-November 21
Dear Scorpio, in two weeks, your sign will begin a month-long energetic recharge and reset. This will give you the necessary strength to face the next year’s challenges. To prepare for this period of time, the Universe has been asking you to face some of your hidden and difficult truths. This might have even included elements of your past, which you would have rather left alone. I know that this can be a very painful process. However, please keep in mind that as these old patterns come to light, you make way for their release. In the coming year, they will be replaced by healthier versions of themselves. In this way, your entire being is changing for the better.
Sagittarius November 22-December 22
I have a rather odd challenge for you this week, my dear Sagittarius. I recommend that you look into one of the area of study that is dedicated to the way the universe works. You see, you are unique position for some rapid-fire insights in the way of metaphysics, quantum theology, or bioenergetics. The universe has promised me that if you go looking, it will whisper its deepest secrets directly into your unconscious. This is perhaps the quickest way for human beings to acquire information. It is pure intuition, sparked by theory, and fed directly into the deepest parts of your being.
Capricorn December 23-January 19
Dear Capricorn, I think that this week is a perfect time for you to sit down and carefully examine your recent past and also your plans for the future. It is well known that your sign is expert at planning and preparing your way to success. Recently, however, things have been moving so fast that you have hardly had time to plan your breakfast, let alone your next move toward world domination. And yes, I know about this little hobby of yours so please don’t embarrass yourself by saying that you want a modest place in the world of the future. If you are going to be able to achieve your goals, you will need to step back from doing and to take a moment to review the recent past. Only then, will you be able to make the necessary adjustments to your master plan and get yourself back on track to the sort of success you were born to achieve.
Aquarius January 20-February 18
This year has been a particularly difficult year for your sign, Aquarius. You may have forgotten this, because the last few weeks or months have been comparatively easy. However, I urge you to look back to the sort of changes that have been thrust upon you in the first four months of this year. There was a particular theme at work in your life at that time. It involved the awakening, and then pushing out, of old emotional patterns. As difficult as that process was, it was small compared to what the next few weeks would have been like, had you not experienced the difficulties at the fist of the year. My advice is to offer up a bit of thanks for this and then prepare for some potentially difficult times in the next six weeks. You can prepare by working into your schedule times of rest where you are not responsible for the needs of others. During these times, I suggest that you do your best to goof off and play hard. This will give you some extra emotional strength to move though the coming weeks with a minimum of difficulty.
Pisces February 19-March 20
I have some counterintuitive advice for you, Pisces. If you get the urge to act in ways that you feel will be upsetting to others, this week, I recommend that you do so. I am not talking about going out of your way to offend others, only that you should not go out of your way to please them or try to get them to approve of your choices of action in the world. The reason for this is that you are in the mists of redefining your place and stance in the world. This process is leading you to a complete overhaul of your social life. The problem is that it is in direct conflict with your Piscean tendency to please others so that they will understand you. Every once in a while, you should put this tendency down and give your rebellious side the chance to boldly show you where you are going. If you let this week to be one of these times, it will release a tremendous amount of inner pressure and allow you to begin to understand what has been happening to you over the past few years.
© 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
The stars have told me that, since mid-May, you have been cooking some very deep and personal issues concerning your community, Aries. The Powers That Be have asked me to relate to you that this situation is about to shift in a very significant way. Over the next few weeks, you will have the opportunity to bring this painful reality into the light of day and to finally put the burden down. Granted, you are not required to take this step, and if you choose to do so, it will require a great deal of courage and trust. To this end, I recommend that you have a deep heart-to-heart with the Universal Divine Reality, before hand. I suggest that you make some private time where you can have a frank conversation about how you feel betrayed and afraid. I urge you to let the Universal Divine Reality have it for letting you down or not protecting you, if this is how you feel. You should know that doing this would not offend Divinity. Instead, it will clear the air and allow you to hear the necessary instructions that will allow you to proceed with the healing of your inner community-oriented wound.
Taurus April 20-May 20
This is a good week to take a break from the concerns of the world, Taurus. I recommend that you place your attention on your emotional body. Since February, some deep emotional aspect or issue has been cooking deep inside you. This week, it is ready for you to look deeply into it and to feel what it has become. I believe that you will find that it is a wound that has been with you for many years, and yet, has changed into something new. It will be easer to work with and may even be ready for you to let it go entirely. Which brings me back to my advice for this week: take a break form the concerns of the world and focus on your own emotions. The value of this the exercise should not be underestimated.
Gemini May 21-June 21
Your emotions are very high this week, Gemini. So high, that you might have some real trouble if you try to hide them from others. This is not a week of stoicism. If you try to live this way, the most likely result is that you will project your emotions onto the people around you. This will lead to some very difficult conflicts with those around you. They will play out your own repressed emotional dramas and you be forced to look. To save yourself from this difficulty, I recommend that you find a safe person or two and ask them to be with you as you go deeply into your emotions. This can be a very difficult prospect because one of the chief features of your sign is the mental body claiming rulership over the emotional body. This means that clear and honest emotional expressions out of practice and can be difficult to experience. Therefore, I urge you to go into this week with the aim of finding new ways to be honestly present with your emotions.
Cancer June 22-July 22
You can expect an unsettling of sorts this week, my dear Cancer. The reason for this might be emotional, physical or communal. The theme is how you feel about any shifts or shocks you might have experienced of late. This theme will just as likely express itself in your household as it will in your physical body. My recommendation is that you take extra care to feed and care for both of these areas. For your household, you might want to spend time cleaning or arranging your space. For your physical body, I recommend eating well and finding ways to share your emotions with those you love. Processing is a very important thing for you to attend to this week.
Leo July 23-August 22
You style of communication is ready for an upgrade, Leo. This is a tremendous opportunity because the Universe is not going to browbeat you into seeing the value of this idea. Your community is not going fight with you, your lover is not going to tell you off, your mother is not going to manipulate you into counseling. No, this time is different. The idea to change will come from inside of you. Let me say that again, this idea is your idea. Heck, others could not talk you out of it, even if they tried. Thus, you will not have to play the “I am right, You are wrong” dance that is so easy to do when it is time for us to change. Instead, you are free to simply listen to your inner voice. Its plan is for you to make some very minor changes in your communication style. This might include more patience when listening, more honesty in speaking, or more courage for trusting others. Please do not underestimate the power of these changes, they are minor, but their beneficial effects over the long run are staggering.
Virgo August 23-September 22
This week is an excellent time to get some mental work done, Virgo. There is a strong connection between the conscious and unconscious sides of your mind. This will help you greatly in the planning of long-term strategies for your success in the world. In particular, look to your material well being. There are some very good ideas surrounding you that will help you work smarter, not harder, and enjoy some surprising perks as the years roll by.
Libra September 23-October 23
You are in the perfect position to lay the foundation for some long-term goals and projects, Libra. You have a tremendous amount of energy at your disposal. However, you must use it slowly and over a long period of time. This is not a short burst of enthusiasm and if you treat it like it is, then it will evaporate on you in a few short weeks. If on the other hand, you use it to slowly to build a foundation for your future, this energy will be with you for a very long time. Consider six months to a year to be a short-term goal for this sort of energy and seven to fourteen years to be mid-range.
Scorpio October 24-November 21
Dear Scorpio, in two weeks, your sign will begin a month-long energetic recharge and reset. This will give you the necessary strength to face the next year’s challenges. To prepare for this period of time, the Universe has been asking you to face some of your hidden and difficult truths. This might have even included elements of your past, which you would have rather left alone. I know that this can be a very painful process. However, please keep in mind that as these old patterns come to light, you make way for their release. In the coming year, they will be replaced by healthier versions of themselves. In this way, your entire being is changing for the better.
Sagittarius November 22-December 22
I have a rather odd challenge for you this week, my dear Sagittarius. I recommend that you look into one of the area of study that is dedicated to the way the universe works. You see, you are unique position for some rapid-fire insights in the way of metaphysics, quantum theology, or bioenergetics. The universe has promised me that if you go looking, it will whisper its deepest secrets directly into your unconscious. This is perhaps the quickest way for human beings to acquire information. It is pure intuition, sparked by theory, and fed directly into the deepest parts of your being.
Capricorn December 23-January 19
Dear Capricorn, I think that this week is a perfect time for you to sit down and carefully examine your recent past and also your plans for the future. It is well known that your sign is expert at planning and preparing your way to success. Recently, however, things have been moving so fast that you have hardly had time to plan your breakfast, let alone your next move toward world domination. And yes, I know about this little hobby of yours so please don’t embarrass yourself by saying that you want a modest place in the world of the future. If you are going to be able to achieve your goals, you will need to step back from doing and to take a moment to review the recent past. Only then, will you be able to make the necessary adjustments to your master plan and get yourself back on track to the sort of success you were born to achieve.
Aquarius January 20-February 18
This year has been a particularly difficult year for your sign, Aquarius. You may have forgotten this, because the last few weeks or months have been comparatively easy. However, I urge you to look back to the sort of changes that have been thrust upon you in the first four months of this year. There was a particular theme at work in your life at that time. It involved the awakening, and then pushing out, of old emotional patterns. As difficult as that process was, it was small compared to what the next few weeks would have been like, had you not experienced the difficulties at the fist of the year. My advice is to offer up a bit of thanks for this and then prepare for some potentially difficult times in the next six weeks. You can prepare by working into your schedule times of rest where you are not responsible for the needs of others. During these times, I suggest that you do your best to goof off and play hard. This will give you some extra emotional strength to move though the coming weeks with a minimum of difficulty.
Pisces February 19-March 20
I have some counterintuitive advice for you, Pisces. If you get the urge to act in ways that you feel will be upsetting to others, this week, I recommend that you do so. I am not talking about going out of your way to offend others, only that you should not go out of your way to please them or try to get them to approve of your choices of action in the world. The reason for this is that you are in the mists of redefining your place and stance in the world. This process is leading you to a complete overhaul of your social life. The problem is that it is in direct conflict with your Piscean tendency to please others so that they will understand you. Every once in a while, you should put this tendency down and give your rebellious side the chance to boldly show you where you are going. If you let this week to be one of these times, it will release a tremendous amount of inner pressure and allow you to begin to understand what has been happening to you over the past few years.
© Shon Clark 2006