Shuistrology

Your Stars:
Listen, can you hear that? It’s the sound of trumpets and horns signaling the start of your brand new life, professionally and personally. It appears that, like water, you’ve finally found a way under, above, around or straight through the resistance and obstacles that have been holding you hostage for months now. You are both bold and beautiful this month as well as energetic and totally enterprising and are heading straight in the direction of the shape of things to come! Your passion and your fire are so hot and so strong that nothing can douse either of them now and, well, everyone around you knows it. Go ahead, sizzle and shine Scorpio, you’ve earned it. Just be careful of a stressful and snappish square as Mercury blows off some steam at Mars at the time of the November 2 Full Moon. Be careful not to let impatience and impertinence mar the otherwise stellar influences surrounding this first week of the month. Keep your temper from flaring while allowing your light to shine. If you keep your head and your wits about you all during the first few days you will see amazingly satisfying results almost immediately. Your well known powers of persuasion are partnered by your passion and your potent use of words as you find that you have an almost eerie influence over others from the 7th though the 10th. With Mercury and Pluto both in this mix, it’s imperative that you think before you speak and say only what you mean. Forget the double entrendres and innuendos. Subtlety won’t get you anywhere these days Horton. Just say what you mean and mean what you say and you’ll be perfectly fine! Everyone else around you is noticing how fine you are these days too. Ouch! You’re scorching baby! Don’t ignore your inner prompting and inspirations during these critical days and whatever you do but do ignore the distractions that pull on both your focus and attention. Don’t bite off more than you can chew either, at least not until the bird hits the table. Venus comes calling on the 19th and puts you in a flirty, flirty gumdrop mood. Just be sure that if you’re going to dish it out that you can take it too. And I’m not just talking about the mashed potatoes here either. Flirting and fooling around is a two-way street. Take others feelings and emotions into account when you start flashing that sexy, sensuous nature of yours. The energies around these days definitely speak to putting your cards on the table as they raise the stakes in current relationships as well. Say what you want. Can I possibly get that message across any more emphatically? This is singularly not the time to engage in stupid or childlike games where romance or even other important relationships are concerned. As the Sun enters Sag on the 21st in your 2nd House of Resources you might just find that it’s time to be just as generous with YOU as you are with everyone else around. Do something swell for you during these days and you’ll find a reward that might surprise as much as it replenishes! During the last days of this month you will be oh so grateful for the fact that you have some planetary possibilities coming forward that will help you make a lasting change in your life right now. And that change will be ALL for the better. The motivation and inspiration that you’ll feel now will far outweigh any worries. Fuel those intention and feed those efforts in order to uncover a radical yet realistic way to fulfill your dreams. Better than a large piece of pumpkin pie with real whipped cream, the end of this month is more like a little slice of heaven. Amen.

Your Shui:
November is often a month associated with big ole birds. But rather than just talk turkey, why not take a positive, powerful and proactive step that will serve to support all the really tasty energies you’ll be cooking up? Time to spread your own wings and FLY! Never mind Tom, you need to take advantage of a beautiful bird with extraordinary plumage that could serve to help feather your own nest sometime very soon. I’m talking about the stunning peacock of course, a Feng Shui symbol that represents dignity, supremacy and victory in all your efforts, especially anything concerned with competition. If you are looking to soar to new heights either professionally or personally (as your energies this month promise) you will want to keep an image of the peacock close by as this will bring a big, huge benefit and lots of blessings. Just remember that for centuries now the stunning colors of the peacocks plumes have made them popular emblems for anyone of official and high rank, particularly in Eastern cultures. Here in the West when we think of that bird we might also think of must see tv. This month though it’s you who will be strutting your stuff. Let the peacock show you how.

Your Stars:
This October could be coined a Hallowscream for you Scorpio, as it’s filled with mystery and magic and lots of shadowy things that go bump in the night. Right up your dark alley. This scenario is due to several planets traveling in Libra, your 12th House of Secrets and Endings, and the New Moon shedding some light in that exact same space as well. You might even feel slightly displaced as much of the action in October appears to be happening behind the scenes. As usual though, whenever there is shadow there is sure to be light and that saying will hold truth here as well. In fact much of this light will come in the way of sudden bursts of brilliance and illumination as well as moments of divine inspiration, clarity and conviction. It will be especially important for you to nourish and nurture your soul during these days while also finding adequate time to ignite and invest in your active imagination. The need to think fast and act faster will be acute as the intense Aries Full Moon rises on the 4th in your 6th House of Work and Health. This Moon and warrior Mars forming a sextile with Mercury at the same time makes all work and no play not a good idea. However, this planetary party also makes you sharper and slicker than usual with lightening quick and clever responses the order of your day. If at first you don’t succeed, well, you’ll be the first to figure the excellent alternative and everyone around you knows it! Silence is golden however from the 10th through the 13th when Mercury meets Pluto and together they promise to punish the naysayers and the gossips. If you don’t have anything good to say, well, don’t say anything at all. In fact, try not to speak unless spoken to and, even then, watch your words. Relationships will be tense during these times too, so, well, um, just keep a low profile and go with the flow. Sensitive to others and highly emotional will characterize your mood in the middle of the month so be careful not to cut with your words by falling back on your usual sarcasm and double entendres. They won’t work here and if you use this self defense at the office you could just find that soon enough you won’t be either. Rather, take time to go within to find what’s triggering this anger without. If you are dissatisfied NOW is the time to find solutions and secrets that will bring balance and a pathway to peace to your door. It’s time for you to heal. But first do no harm. All of the psychic and psychological debris starts to float away as soon as the Sun brightens your sign on the 23rd. It’s the days surrounding the Sun entering your sign that brings bursts of confidence and self assurance, pride and possibility. A supportive sextile from Pluto to the Sun heightens the upliftment and reinforces your sense of purpose and potential. Consciously marrying your potential with your intentions engages Universal approval, applause and a huge amount of assistance as well. Expressing your dreams and desires as October comes to a close will bring you ever closer to accomplishing and achieving both. Take all the time you need to make sure you’re sure and then go for it. These are those days! As they say in New England this month is wicked powerful. No matter witch way you turn!

Your Shui:
With so much happening behind the scenes this month, it will be important for you to take the time to tap into inspirations as well as to activate your imagination too. There are messages in your dreams that promise to make your reality a much better place to be. Keep a journal close by your bed and be sure to jot down anything that comes to you in slumber and then wake up to a whole new you by the time October ends. If you want to help push the prophecies along then simply take an inspiration activating bath just before bedtime. Make a cup of mugwort tea and add that toddy to a warm bath and soak. Sorry Shakespeare, there’ll be no “perchance” about it where dreaming after this herbed bath is concerned. Take note!

Your Stars:
You know Scorpio, September has a couple of ball busting bumps and some grizzly grinds in store for almost every other sign of the zodiac, but it looks like you’ll be coming through this early Autumn with nary a scratch to show for the planetary pugilism duking it out in the skies. And, not only that, but it looks like you come through this sometimes testy and trying month almost smelling like a rose! That doesn’t mean you won’t need to put some petal to the metal in order to make your own magic, but, it does mean that you won’t have to encounter all the thorny issues so many others will. According to some mighty big thinkers out there no man is an island but you could just find yourself adrift in a pretty paradise of your own making well before September says ‘See Ya!’ This month truly will be a labor for almost everyone else around but it will just be a love that will not be lost on you. Now all is not so rosy when September starts what with Mars rubbing every one of his cronies the wrong way. The trickle down from that tension will affect you by voting you off your little survivor island, albeit temporarily, while you try to make your way through the jungle of responsibilities and pressures that are cropping up all over. Since you have a tendency to sass and smart mouth I will warn you that sort of coping mechanism won’t work here. The whole first week of the month should find you using imagination and intuition to solve problems as opposed to sarcasm and condescension. The differences between you and all the other signs start here though. Whereas many of them will get tripped up during the tense times of the 3rd and 4th, you actually find crafty and creative ways to address the anomalies thereby bringing you brighter rewards for those swell ideas and solutions. Honestly, while everybody else is drowning in their own little pressure cookers, you’ll be the one throwing out the preservers forever indelibly making your mark in their memories as a true and timely life-saver! All of this heroism will indeed inspire a little idol worship as well. Try not to hurt anyone’s feelings around the 8th and the 9th and remember that pride goeth before the fall. If someone has fallen for you (and, well, let’s face it, this month, who hasn’t?) but you find that you can’t or just don’t want to return their affections, carry their heart carefully on your sleeve before you allow it to slip off into oblivious. They can’t help themselves. None of us can. These distractions can, well, distract you from following your dreams and desires during these days as well. Stay focused and stay the course. At least until the Sun shines in your 11th House of Hopes and Dreams on the 17th. Groups and friends and groups of friends will play pivotal roles in the remainder of this month even though they are all playing follow the you, um, I mean, leader. The biggest boon you have in store happens on the 20th when lovey Venus bats her flirty lashes at solid Virgo while engaging in a threesome with Pluto. Everything old is new again. Bright and shiny sort of new. You will actually find yourself increasing and improving opportunities to meet up with you two new bffs, love and pleasure. The Sun shining on the Fall Equinox of the 22nd brings the heat and the peace. Watch out for some jealousy or resentment permeating the ethers around you as you march to your own motivated drummer and make sweet sweet music!

Your Shui:
This month can be both delightful and divine in a heavenly host of lots of different ways. Where others may be struggling with some of the more challenging energies promised by a sometimes cranky September, you seem to just float along as if on the wings of angels. I can say this; potentially the biggest obstacle you will have to face this month could be the consternation and jealousy of others as they plod along while at same time watching you soar high above the clouds and the planet parrying. If I were you I would definitely put an image or small statue or any other representation of a rooster in the ‘Fame’ area of you hoe and/or office. A rooster positioned in this place helps to overcome the tendency to play chicken with anyone around who is growing a little green-eyed. Taoist Feng Shui masters consider the comb on the rooster’s head to hold immense power while it’s claw signify an ability to quell back-biting and partisan politics. Certainly you don’t need to crow about your good fortunes this month but a little cock-a-doodle-do can’t hurt!

Your Stars:
Oh my goodness if there were ever the perfect time to maintain a low profile while taking the higher road, August is it. Mixed metaphors don’t have anything on the confusing confluence of cosmic energies that offer that aforementioned travel advisory though. The good news is that friends and family will be there in every conceivable way to support and show you how much you are loved almost all August long. Focus on those blessings for most of the month and you should slide into September not too much the worse for the where the heck did all this confusion come from anyway? Well, I’ll tell you where. Aggressive and always looking for a fight Mars is making his way through your 8th House of Money until August 25th, while also meeting up or forming aspects with five other planets all along the way. Since Mars is your ruling planet you will feel the effects and the influences of this planet causing some chaos in that same house for much of the month. If flexibility were a concept that you were more comfortable with I would tell you that if you just bend over backwards to not make waves then everything should turn out okay. But, really, we both know that even though you can compromise with the best, being totally flex isn’t really your forte. If you are unbending though, you are likely to cause more disturbance in your month than is already written in the stars. Don’t complicate matters by not yielding or compromising when you are so smooth at turning situations in your favor. Use that great trait to your even greater advantage as August unfolds. The Full Moon in Aquarius on August 5 brings some family fun to the mix as it shines on your 4th House of Home and Family. Domestic life should be divine despite your gnawing feelings for a bit more freedom. If you feel like the ties that bind are forming a stranglehold just take a breath and take a break and realize that the energies say you should all be ‘n sync, with or without Justin Timberlake. This moon promises to bring you balance and solutions to any contradictions or contrasts in your life without compromising or even undermining your confidence and self esteem. Being passive and aggressive can come quite easily to you on the 19th when Jupiter, the generous giant expands the love in your 4th House of Home but hits a wall when discipline’s greatest disciple, Saturn, throws a monkey wrench in to your 11th House of Groups and Friends. You can keep the peace I promise. Just remember to keep your lips zipped while you’re doing exactly that. Don’t take on anyone else’s “stuff” and steer clear of drama. The New Moon that rises on the 20th allows some shifting winds of change to cool your entire atmosphere. This moon illuminates your 10th House of Fame and Honors so you can easily expect a little of both of those last two blessings to be bestowed before the month is through. The month does end on a high note as long as (sighhhhh) you handle your critics constructively and stay middle of the road regards everyone else’s emotional outbursts. Stay centered and focused on one big dream and then practice taking tiny steps towards achieving it. Not only will that put you closer to your goals but will also distract you from the tedious and trying melodrama. Promote yourself in order to gain the promotion you so deserve. The stars say it’s on its way! Prepare the path.

Your Shui:
You should see yourself in quite an enviable position where your peers and colleagues are concerned by the time August is over and out. The results of the stars shining on your 10th House of Fame, Recognition and Rewards on August 20 could very well bring some, well, fame, recognition and rewards. Bypass the bickering that is slated to stultify for much of this month and, instead, place your attention on your intentions. There is some secret Shui that you can do this month that can very well help all of these energies take flight. Locate the ‘Fame’ area of your main floor and or office and place some specific images there. You can hang a picture of a balloon taking off into the air (less the hot air kind, you’ll already have enough of that around in August.) A flock of birds or even the image of a rocket jetting into the atmosphere will help to fuel your Fame agenda while bringing you some big support from areas you might have never believed. To infinity and beyond!

Your Stars:
Spearheading might just best spear-fishing this sultry month when planetary alignments chum your personal waters with opportunities to network in an ocean of great connections and fabulous contacts; one of which just might offer you a chance to take a leadership role in an effort that is near and dear. In fact, much more near and definitely more dear than you might have previously thought. The energies this month are going to soak you in information that will expand and enhance your sphere of influence. So much so that you will find the old ways of treading water just won’t allow you to stay a head above the rest any longer. In fact, two eclipses this month might not only exponentially alter the way that you receive information but can, as well, change your previous perceptions of the world around you as well. Said a mouthful there sista. The Full Moon filling your 3rd House of Siblings and Communications (word to the wise, don’t mix these two on that day!) on July 7 could potentially be mind-blowing. You’re about to see things in your immediate environs in a drastically different, but, ultimately rewarding light. Continuing this trippy little exercise in opening your mind and lifting your visions comes joy-filled and generous Jupiter joining inspirational Neptune on July 10 bringing you opportunities for accidental enlightenment. Take time to nurture your dreams on this date while opening your mind to alternative views from other vistas. The Sun shines on your 10th House of Recognition and Reward on July 22 propelling you towards an even more inviting view of the future. Please try to take advantage of the opportunities to learn from everything going on around you all month long. There is much to be mined and, then, totally treasured now. And, even though relationships can be a bit of a wet blanket during the first week, the whole rest of the month offers you invitations to swim in a sea of fun and frolic with family, friends and even a special someone who can conceivably and considerably advance your career. Conversely but not surprisingly, you might just fall in love. Fall in the deep end too. Now, if that’s not hot then I don’t know what is!

Your Shui:
Sticking with our fish theme as you swim towards totally new horizons this month, download a Feng Shui image of the double carp or what’s called the ‘lung men at the dragon gate.’ This ‘lung men’ image (accessible from most search engines) is an excellent one to display in the ‘Knowledge/Cultivation’ area particularly for those about to embark on journeys that expand the mind. That would be you traveler. Enjoy the journey.