Whole Astrology

By Patricia Herlevi September feels earthy to me despite several personal planets switching signs and Pluto moving direct on the 24th.  The Full Moon in Pisces on the 8th/9th which trines Saturn and sextiles Pluto asks us to do the work to manifest our dreams into reality.  Now is not the time to get caught up in fantasies with no substance. However, having said all that, we will still experience power struggles, raging egos and the usual planetary mayhem in September. But the planets give us the opportunity for spiritual growth and grounding our dreams into everyday reality.  Like previous months, September offers contrasts and contradictions, especially with movement of the personal planets, the Full Moon in Pisces and Pluto changing directions. We begin the month with Mars and Saturn still in conjunction with a five degree separation occurring on September 4th.  The Mars/Saturn in Scorpio speaks about owning our power and power struggles with others, especially those in auth

Photo by Patricia Herlevi Last night I received information about specific foods and qualities for the 12 Zodiac Signs.  Although I'm giving you general information, I hope you use the information as a jumping off point to improving your diet and getting the right nutrition.  As a Cancerian (Sun/Mercury), I believe that we require proper nourishment to fulfill our life mission.   The following relates to your Sun and Moon Signs: Aries-- The hotter and spicier the better.  Here I picture two Mexican men squaring off to see who can eat the hottest pepper without losing all the water in their body through profuse sweating.  Aries, remember that eating is not an athletic event and we don't eat to sustain machismo.  5-Star Indian or Thai food and the occasional hot pepper won't hurt you when eaten in moderation, however, add some cool liquids and protein to your diet since this keeps your active body healthy. Taurus-- You're too solid as is it so lay off on the ani

Last night before falling asleep I experienced an epiphany about each of the planets' roles in the Law of Attraction or manifestation process.   For instance, Jupiter expands upon our thoughts (negative or positive), Pluto transforms old situations into new experiences and Venus helps us to create sensory vision boards. I will start with the fastest moving planets and end with Pluto.  The personal planets (Moon, Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars) bring quick manifestations, even instant manifestations when we use their energies and transits correctly.  However, these manifestations are short lived unless we ground them with Saturn or one of the outer planets.  With Neptune especially, we manifest for the Highest and Best so that the invisible doesn't return to haunt us later. With the Moon, we pay attention to dreams, intuitive hunches and follow synchronicity threads.  The Moon helps us to center ourselves and visualize the outcome we desire by engaging our imagination.  When

The New Moon falls at 2 degrees Virgo on August 25th.  The Moon represents many themes from the harvesting of seeds both metaphorically and literally as well as, service to humanity.  During this Moon cycle look at ways to serve your family, community and the planet.  There's always more we can do and whatever you do, do it with pure intention. Since Virgo has a critical side, she just wants to fix everyone and everything, don't fall into the habit of complaining.  Do something constructive.  Join a group that brings healing to others such as a sound healing or drum circle.  If you're a performer, take your talents to places that could use some uplifting (prison, hospitals, retirement homes, shelters etc).  In fact, I'm thinking of the Emergency Circus troupe in Bellingham, Washington who does just that. If you work as a healer, don't allow your patients to rant about their illnesses, instead redirect them to self-forgiveness and compassion for their bodies. 

Photo by Patricia Herlevi In the movie Mermaids , the mother played by Cher tells her eldest daughter (Winona Ryder) that children don’t come with instruction manuals.     Obviously, the writer of this screenplay did not dabble in astrology because an astrological natal chart provides a blueprint of the soul for each of us.   Therefore we come with an instruction manual but we require an expert to interpret its symbolism into everyday language. Pediatric Astrology, a little known branch of Western Astrology, veers away from traditional chart reading in that we gaze at a natal chart from a child’s perspective.   For instance, when an astrologer reads an adult chart, the angular houses 7 and 10 represent partnerships (marriage and business) and career/public image respectively.   In a child’s chart, I look at the 7th house as representing a child’s development in relating to others through witnessing their parents’ marriage.   The

Wikipedia, "Make my day". In a series of Super Moons, the Aquarius Full Moon that falls on August 10 closes a chapter in history that lasted thousands of years... Since my plate is full at the moment, I'm unable to write a regular post about the Full Moon in Aquarius that falls on Sunday, August 10.  However, having watched Kelley Rosano's YouTube video on the Full Moon, I can tell you that it is a Super Moon (one of several this year), and as I mentioned earlier the Sun/Mercury in Leo, Moon in Aquarius and Saturn in Scorpio form a tight T-Cross in the fixed element.  So we could experience stubborn resistance around self/independence, the collective/humanity and responsibility/authority.  Rosano also mentioned Dark Moon Lilith (a point like the Nodes) that falls in Leo conjunct the Sun.  Lilith represents a Kali-like energy female in nature demanding liberation from all BS now. Since Moons are about emotions and subconscious energies, in this case repressed e

Wikipedia, Stonehenge For anyone who wonders what quantum physics has to do with planet transits, I bet that it's all connected--multiple dimensions and outer planet transits.  The planets merely shift our reality so that we partake in a vast menu of choices.  Instead of what type of tea would you like to order, we ask, which dimension would you like to visit? Last night I experienced the downloads of downloads! I don't usually leap out of a comfortable bed when these downloads begin to tease my brain.  I feel groggy, exhausted from the previous day with a dream still lingering on the edge of my mind.  However, had I not awakened, grabbed a pen and a notebook, the messages you're about to read would have either disappeared into the cosmos or shown up in someone else' consciousness with the hope that they would share the message. Prelude An astrologer once said to me that if I felt like I had dropped down a proverbial rabbit hole, I'm on th