Shuistrology

Your Stars:
Very, VERY often I advise anyone who’ll listen that if they want to move energies forward and create space for NEW opportunities to occur then they need to proactively and consciously choose to let go of the old. And, well, if there were ever a month where ‘opportunity’ is your middle name, this one is it! In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me at all to see opportunity packing up and heading over the river and through the woods to come knocking at your door. He may even knock many more than the standard three times too! The stars say that you will be given gifts from the Universe that could take your personality and people skills to new levels and heights while also winning over a whole slew of new supporters during certain and specific times in November. All this energy gets set to shine as early as the second day when the Full Moon in Taurus aims a bright light right on you! Not only will you be the center of interest and attention but you’ll attract some staunch support from the unlikeliest sources. The beauty of this Full Moon is that you’ll not only feel the impact on the outside but will also feel profoundly influenced on your inside as well. An almost other-worldly and motivating, determined attitude accompanies this lunar event which manifests in an inner knowing that you can do anything as long as you put your brilliant and creative mind to it! Channel all of this energy in as positive a direction as you can even if there are a few party poopers who try your patience while also attempting to stir the proverbial pot. Avoid obstacles and free your innate finesse as the force is definitely with you in the early going. In fact, Neptune’s direct turn in your 10th House of Fame and Honors on the 4th only serves to underscore all the activities we have been talking about already. No ordinary stellar energies, the ones occurring now could actually conceivably translate into an extraordinary and different job opportunity down the road. Keep your eyes on that prize especially when Venus intensifies energies surrounding your 7th House of Partnerships on the 7th. Look for something hinky to happen with a relationship on or around that day but don’t give it too much gas. You’ll need to conserve your fuel for the Saturn/Pluto face-off taking place on the 15th that promises some potential provocation at the workplace. These two planetary heavyweights taking out their aggression on one another can create a stressful spillover in your own life that might just mean some major change before they are done with one another for good and forever (which happens next August btw.) No one likes to face the reality of increased responsibilities with reduced compensation and/or rewards but this is not the month to challenge those changes. Let them unfold organically while you concentrate on the all the ways you can deepen your connections and your commitment to others around you. It appears that there could be some excitement surrounding your love life end month courtesy the Sun’s entrance into adventurous Sagittarius in your 8th House of Others and Intimacy on the 21st. You could feel super sexy and feel like taking a gamble as well. No risk no reward, right? In fact taking a risk, asking the right questions and empowering your emotional and your fiscal friendships can provide the key that will unlock the door to your dreams! Look, whether opportunity knocks, rings the bell, emails or sends a text, all you have to do is answer. All the wonderful and wondrous rest will take care of itself!

Your Shui:
It’s not easy to let go of the old in order to make way for the new but that’s exactly what you’ll need to do this month in order to carve more than just a plump and juicy turkey by the time Thanksgiving rolls around. You can actually carve and create entirely new and welcome possibilities in your life simply by unblocking the path that opportunity has been known to travel; literally the one that comes straight to and then through your front door. This part of your house, the front entrance, is tremendously important to and for inviting exciting and rewarding opportunities to come and set a spell. As well, this space is also strongly allied and associated with your health, your wealth and your overall sense of well-being. Therefore it’s critical that the entranceway be free of any obstruction both inside and out. Clear away coats, shoes, books and bikes. Move THIS stuff and then really change your life. While you’re at it, oil the hinges and clean the front of the door as well. Once this door can open easily, wide and without obstruction, so will all the rest of your life.

Your Stars:
There are energies abounding this month that will support and even encourage you to stop and take a break when necessary while also offering full permission to give yourself one as well. A break, that is. There is so much unfolding for you in October that it will be critically important to take the time to stop and smell the pumpkins before some big boos (and hisses too) come calling courtesy a scary Saturn stopping by right before Halloween hits. It really will be important for you to eat healthy-er, get enough sleep and treat yourself as the treasure you are. Pull out all the tricks you know while doing the same with the stops in all attempts to honor you. Try to build some sort of relaxation into every day in order to refresh, restore, renew because you’ll need all the extra oomph you can get as your attempts at building both your sense of self and your professional life begin a transformational process. In order to achieve a state of satisfaction and fulfillment, this process will also eventually include a whole slew of new responsibilities as well and you need to feel ready to take them on. All these new ‘To Do’s’ will be unmasked by month’s end but let’s go back and start at the beginning. An irritating Full Moon that rises in your 12th House of Secrets and the Subconscious on October 4 might throw you a little left of center while stirring up some reckless urges and desires. With Mars forming an unstable angle to Neptune, you can be sure there will be attempts to escape the everyday involved. Give the keys to someone else and remember to drink plenty of water before you go to sleep. Blurred judgements might just accompany that same sort of vision on this and some surrounding days so just know that your decisions, whatever they may be, will have consequences. And that your face will freeze like that if you don’t stop making it and, well, you should always wear clean underwear in case you get hit by a bus. You hear what I’m saying so just be careful. You’ll need to keep watching your p’s and q’s when a Mercury-Saturn conjunction on the 8th, begs you to keep your mouth closed and your opinions open. You feel restless and have a need for speed. Slow down because serious is just around the corner. You’re just jumpy because generous Jupiter, giver of gifts and luck, is lighting up your 10th House of Fame and Honors on the 12th. I get it. You got IT! And you want everyone else around to recognize and applaud it. But kudos might just have to wait. In fact, Venus and Saturn have a sit-down on the 13th that promises to put you in a much more pensive mood. It just might be time to do something constructive. Take this advice literally because the energies mid-month all focus on the home when aggressive Mars makes a brash move into your 4th House of Home and Family on the 16th. Domestic disputes are possible, but, more than likely you’ll find yourself wanting to make some serious home improvements. You can interpret that ANY way you like, just be sure to use these days to clear away the cobwebs. Apropos for this time of year. Whatever is outdated, outmoded or isn’t working any longer has to go. Period. Clean and clear and clear and clean. Oh, and de-clutter too. Trust me that there are energies afoot now that will give you a leg up and allow you to align, regain and restore confidences, including the one that’s associated with your own sense of worth and esteem. You’ll have a lot of cosmic help in letting go of the past too, especially when a forgiving New Moon illuminates your alliances on the 18th. Use these energies to put the past to rest so you can move into the future with confidence and allure. Relationships deepen on the 23rd and 24th and you finally feel like you can trust again. But do be aware that a stinky Sun-Mars trine on the 29th can create a power struggle with someone you usually try to avoid. Saturn entering Libra on this same date shows me that you’ll be asked to take on new and increased responsibilities and might feel frustrated and even resentful. If I told you that you sacrifices now will definitely bring you big blessings in the future would you believe me? You should. And they will. Hang tough, it’ll all work out in the end. Promise!

Your Shui:
The sacrifices that you might be asked to make towards the end of this month will, in turn, open up such a tidal wave or opportunities in the future that it will be well worth sharing all of your best efforts to the best of your abilities. Even without any of your usual rewards, kudos or other immediate gratification. Your gracious show of solidarity and support now as well as your lock on loyalty will build good karma while generating great goodwill for years (!) to come. You’ll see, pretty soon you’ll have countless new fans who will show up and come through for you at some critical juncture in the future when you were least expecting it. But, first, you’ll need to clean out some of the old ‘stuck’ stuff from the past that’s threatening to hold you back. Starting at your front door and walking in a clockwise direction, walk into each room of your house and remove just one thing that you don’t really and truly love. Feng Shui says that everything that surrounds you should nourish and nurture you. EXACTLY the energies we want to see swimming all around in October. You should always be able to look at the items surrounding your space and really and truly love each and every one. If you don’t it’s time to turn it into someone else’s treasure. Try best to remove at least six things from your living space that tie you to your past as you make space for all the new approaches and alliances that are soon to come your way. No tricks. Just treats!

Your Stars:
Nothing lasts forever. Patience is a virtue. Time heals all wounds. This September is simply soaking in axioms and time tested advice headed full speed in your direction. But, honestly, think about it. Nothing does last forever. And this month’s planets are promising that you might be just about to find that out. As well, patience really is a virtue and if you could practice just a teensy bit more both with yourself and with those who spend a lot of time around you, you’ll emerge victorious as well as validated before these early Autumn days are done. And, then, there’s time. Precious and precarious time. It does heal all wounds, even the darkest and deepest ones. Trust me, time heals all wounds whether you believe that or not. Look, if you know that there might be some mix-ups, some misunderstandings and possibly even some outside attempts at manipulation going on in your life in September then you can arm yourself appropriately while trying your big and very best to steer completely clear of the opposition. And you know EXACTLY who I am talking about. September starts out pretty swell though. With an emotional Pisces Full Moon falling in your 11th House of Friends and Groups, you are sure to be the belle of this year’s Fall ball. Invites abound and you can capture everyone’s and anyone’s attention with your innate charisma and overflowing charm. Enjoy these early days because once Mercury turns retrograde in your 6th House of Work and Responsibilities on the 7th, the communications snafus ensue with some of the more confusing complications requiring more than your usual concentration. With persnickety Saturn trying to push Uranus’s buttons on the 15th as well as a fussy Full Moon rising on the 18th, you could find yourself striving to steady your rituals and your routines mid-month. You will feel like you need to take more control of almost everything around you yet those around you just won’t seem to cooperate. Don’t dominate. Just don’t. Try to find your freedom through respect not through ego driven kneejerk reactions. If you simply remember to compromise, any efforts at control won’t be lost. Let go of your innate rigidity and you could be completely surprised at the swirl of solutions that promise peace hovering all around you. The Autumn Equinox makes Fall official on the 22, the same day the Sun enters and shines on the justice and fair minded sign of Libra. Those two qualities and energies, justice and fair-mindedness, will permeate the beginning of the end of the month. Finally it appears as if everyone has gotten on the same page until the Sun squares Pluto on the 23rd possibly prompting you to want to throw the book at somebody. Look, you’re frustrated because not only do you feel you’re not making the kind of progress you’d like, but, sometimes in September you may feel like you are actually taking a few steps back. Don’t let those concerns spill over into your other relationships and influence or even impact them in a negative way. The more you try to push the envelope the more you will feel licked, so, just practice patience, lighten up and leave the rabble-rousers and naysayers to themselves. Instead of trying to rewrite the book on the energies of this month, you should simply sit and read one instead. Spending time constructively and creatively this month will not only relieve your stress but will allow you to stay away from conflict. All good ideas as you head into what promises to be an active achievement oriented October.

Your Shui:
You do your best all the time. You know it and so do I. And so does everyone else who knows you. You do your best. Everything appears to be moving along at a clip and then along comes Mercury, the planet responsible for, well, responsibilities and communications, and it’s turning tail and staying in stall for the majority of this month. Mercury retrograde in your own 6th House of Hard Work and Self-Esteem. In fact, Mercury’s not the only thing staying in stall as that will just about describe your overall energies in September. Honestly, that’s not always such a bad thing if you can just use this time to regroup and review what it is that you’d like to see move forward next month. As alluded to previously, it does look like October will bring you those exact opportunities. But we’re dealing with September here. So, in September, you will have one of two choices; either act like you never read this and didn’t know frustration is on the horizon OR accept the energies as they are, steer clear of conflict and do something incredibly creative to relieve your sense of stress while building supportive connections and your confidence. The choice, as always, is yours. Choose wisely. Choose to be in the flow. Place any symbol of moving water directly inside the front entrance way; a moving water fountain, a live fish swimming in a bowl or even an image or picture of a waterfall or rollicking ocean. Entryway Shui says that having moving water represented directly inside the front door will bring balance and blessings into your space while engaging all the appropriate energies to help smooth over potential rocky patches. Remember, water can’t move through a rock that’s in its way, but with enough patience and constant application it can eventually wear it away. Words to live by.

Your Stars:
Although you’ve had a pretty social summer so far, believe me, you just ain’t seen nothing yet! With Mercury in Virgo, your solar 5th House of All Things Fun and Frolic from the 2nd through the 24th, your name will be on the tip of everyone’s tongue and at the top of all of their end-of-summer party invites. That’s right, in the high heat of the season you’ll be burning the candle at both ends. But, let’s face it that could only make you hotter than you already are. Alas, August is not all beach blanket bingo though. There just might be a few challenging times especially both very early on and, then again, during the last of these hot dog days that could conceivably kick your proverbial buns. In fact, fun and frolic might just be at the bottom of your own ‘To Do’ list as August opens up when strong emotions seem to spilling out all over the place. This feeling of vulnerability is thanks in part to Venus sitting in sensitive Cancer while opposing passion-fueled Pluto on the very first day. Instead of feeling overwhelmed and under appreciated why not use these energetic opportunities to have some overdue discussions regarding potentially delicate issues like, oh, let’s see here….love and money? The Full Moon that rises in visionary Aquarius on August 5th gives you an eye towards your future when it looks down upon your 10th House of Fame and Recognition. Expect some rewards. Of the monetary type. You’ll love that. See? What did I tell you? Delicate discussions surrounding love and money abound at the advent of August. Believe me, this is a very powerful and promising energy that you will be able to build on for the rest of this year, so, please don’t let the tug-o-war between your personal life and the professional one get in the way of making your plans for a fabulous few months ahead. If you simply sit back and stay out of the fray, you will see alternative energetic solutions to this static conundrum start to easily unfold. It’s the middle of the month though that might just predicate your blazing candle slowly starting to peter out. In no particular order you should watch over-extended bouts of drinking, partying, shopping, exercising or even your opportunities to, um, share the love. Any one or all of these agendas when performed in moderation will make you very happy. But, when done to excess will leave you feeling disgruntled and dissatisfied as opposed to enterprising and adventurous; the two characteristics and qualities you could be pairing up with if you play your cards one slow and moderate hand at a time. The New Moon in spotlight loving Leo on August 20 electrifies your 4th House of Home and Family moving balance, harmony and creativity all under the same roof. Although you should get set for some relationship dramas, it’s unlikely they will play out with your family at the end of this sizzling month. If you feel like you must get into the fracas, at least hold steady in your convictions but try your absolute best to share them with all the grace and dignity that you can muster. Mercury comes to the rescue with a little attitude adjustment of his own on August 28, allowing you the opportunity to walk into September more spiritually aware, more inspired while just a wee bit tired too. Overall, August will be about enhancing relationships with your loved ones while finding lots of new friends to tweet with. Birds of a feather and all that. This month you’ll feel particularly ready to spread your wings! And you can count on rising from the ashes in August too but my guess is that if you follow this advice you’ll really remember not to fly too close to the sun to begin with! Consider this advice SPF (shui protection feng) 5000!

Your Shui:
Much of your relationship agendas this month will depend entirely on your perceptions and keeping them in perspective as a series of planetary crashes with Pluto rule these days. Keep a low profile where control is concerned either from others trying to impose their control over you or even just you trying hard to manipulate the outcomes of outside circumstances. You have favorable Fame aspects in August so should be keeping your focus on those energies as opposed to engaging in any communications conundrums. Here’s a little assist with that last agenda: Hang a crystal mobile of some sort from nine or 18 inches of silver thread in any window of your bedroom or in any window that might fall into the ‘Relationship and Romance’ area of your living space. This single effort will bring a bunch of beneficial and beautiful calming qualities to all of your communications, both energizing existing relationships while attracting special and solid new ones into your life as well. Now there will be two special sparklers living in your space! And one of them will make your life run a whole lot more smoothly too! This one’s crystal clear!

Your Stars:
Say it with feeling this month Taurus (not that you’ll have much of a choice there, more on that in a minute) but do try your very best to say ‘it’ very softly. I know you usually have the whole ‘bull owning the China shop’ vibe going on and that it always seems to work pretty darn well for you, but, this month demands more diplomacy if we’re going to get every single last drop of goodness July looks poised to proffer. The stars say that you will feel more motivated, more enthusiastic and optimistic this month than you have in a while but that just isn’t enough to give your permission to ride roughshod over the pathways to your dreams. The big push now might actually put you two steps back just as you are about to take a giant leap forward. A much more logical, reasoning even tact-full approach will attract all those flies with or without the honey. But, add the honey. Sweet nothings carry the promise of a sweeter something heading your way in the immediate. In fact the very air around you is so soaked with self confidence you might just find that you don’t really need to say anything at all in order to engage key supporters and big backers for your even bigger plans. Call Larry David if you need to, but, at least in the first week of this month, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM. It’s more than a cable television show; it’s your new motto. All this renewal comes courtesy two tremendously complimentary and completely manageable eclipses that spur new plans as well as unexpected answers to some long-standing problems all throughout July. Resolution comes calling as early as celebrations of the Revolution are taking place. Either way, independence is the name of this game as you go it alone while managing to impress everyone around you. Mercury sliding into emotional Cancer on July 3 prompts you to express your own emotions in a truly constructive and productive manner to the perfect parties who need to hear and understand them. The bonus here is that all this sharing looks like it might be happening on some sort of luxury vacation. Oh la la. With Venus and Mars making merry (wink!) around the 5th and then again around the 11th, any of these days would be the best ones for you to try to follow their lead. Romance, active communications and pleasure all pepper your personal landscape right up until the healing New Moon on the 27th. As this month starts to end you feel a mysterious higher calling as well as feeling compelled to make your life and work much more meaningful. The Universe is giving you full permission to experiment with brand new ways of doing the same old things. Opportunities towards those same ends will present themselves out of the blue. Go ahead and be curious yellow. Those expansive feelings of faith and hope and a nudge to do some charity all preview some perfectly joyous times to come that will enrich your days and enhance your nights. We wish we were you this month Taurus. Happy Independence Days!

Your Shui:
The sacred lotus flower is a revered symbol in many of the world’s ancient traditions and philosophies. This beautiful floral grows in the mud of ponds but flowers high above its roots unfazed and untouched by its muddy origins. The lotus therefore becomes a symbol of expanded consciousness and spiritual attainment as it rises out of the earth and reaches for the perfect purity of the heavens high above. Any of this ringing a bell for you Taurus? In fact, the lotus flower is considered one of the most efficient and excellent Feng Shui symbols for anyone wishing to be both peaceful and clear as they not only set important goals but also as they attain them as well. Okay, now is any of this ringing a bell for you Taurus? Said to enhance your health, your wealth and your overall state of good luck, placing the image (or the real deal if you can find one) of a lotus anywhere in the center of your living space and bring peace, purity and prosperity home to bloom and grow right where they belong.. Like I said before, Happy Independence Days Taurus!