Showing posts with label Yule. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yule. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 November 2017

2018 New Year Resolutions?

Life sometimes can get really messy and we struggle to survive.
As much as we try our best we don’t always get it right. 

And this makes us feel miserable, makes us cry, boil with anger, ferment with frustration and toss around during the night.

But I am here to whisper to you, that you are not alone. 

That you can get help and guidance.

Just for a second, imagine if you could start 2018, with much more insight of how to deal with stuff that happens in your life.
Just for a second, imagine, that you have the tools to take care of yourself in a more considerate manner. Just the way you need it, just the way your heart desires.

In an astrology session with me, you get exactly that. 
The guidance and the tools of how to better take care of yourself in the coming year. How to take care of your general wellbeing and health. 

Because you know what?
If you do not take care of yourself first, no one else will do.

So before immersing yourself in buying presents for others, think about your needs and gift yourself 60 min of tailor-made guidance that will last you for a whole year.

And if you book 2 x 60 min sessions you will get 20% off the regular price.
The extra session you can use it for yourself or gift it to another person.

This offer is valid for sessions paid in advance from 29-11-2017 till the 06-01-2018.
All the sessions have to be used by the 31-01-2018.

Hurry, book now. Available slots tend to fill up very quickly.


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Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Sol Invictus 2016!

So I cast the chart for the ingress of the Sun in Capricorn (11:44 CET, Ostia Lido, Italy 21-12-2016) to see the weather for the next 6 months. This is my take.

The chart for the Winter Solstice 2016 has the four hinges in Mutable Signs…the energy of the Seekers of knowledge and truth.
With Pisces rising, much will be commenced if all is taken in the Universe’s Flow of Synchronicity…basically an act of Faith.
Relating to others will help bring the Divine into daily grinding of life (Virgo).
What we will turn to as our operational base is the continual search for information (Gemini).
What we will shall leave as legacy is perhaps a renewed faith in how the Universe works and since it is Sagittarius I am hoping that it would be jovially optimistic although Saturn is right behind saying that much more work needs to be done.
The Sun is the 11th house in Capricorn…indicating that perhaps we shall find our tribe to fulfill our hopes and dreams for a better structured world.
The Moon is in Libra in the 8th house, in its last quarter phase…harmony, just acts and beauty shall feed our Soul. Much will come from those liminal places were intimate me meets intimate you but much needs to be pruned and let go of, so change can come to fruition. 
Jupiter is there too…sometimes small ideas and thoughts can become hugely inflated for the better or worse…and of course a bit of luck might be in store.
Mercury and Pluto are talking intimately in serious down to matter of fact Capricorn. This is not only serious talk but profoundly intense and transformational. Mercury is retrograde…much will come from the inside out…in the 11th house…perhaps those hopes and dreams will find a way out of our inner realms into a new structure.
Venus is just over the horizon in cool Aquarius. She is looking at the vision with a bird’s eye view. In time she will attract those people we will need.
Mars is rising in Pisces…going forward will only be possible if we not only move from our centre of gravity but from the centre of the Universe’s gravity.
Water and Earth make fertile land…and there is enough Fire to keep it from turning to heavy marsh land and enough Air to help the exchange of gases.
There is a lot of mutable energy in a cardinal event that has little fixed energy. In other words the season has changed, the music too but the tempo can be very alternating with not much staying power.
Ironically who has the staying power is Venus in Aquarius. She is the one that with her detached cool-from-the-space view will hold the picture together when all seems too misty, hazy and uncertain.

Blessed Yule to you and yours. The Sun is coming back…
(The photo is mine taken this morning as the Sun was rising above the buildings)





Il tema natale del Solstizio d’Inverno 2016 (11:44 CET, Ostia Lido, Italia, 21-12-2016) ha i quattro cardini nei segni mutevoli…l’energia dei cercatori di sapienza e verità.
Con il segno dei Pesci come Ascendente, molte cose saranno iniziate se solo colti nel grande fluire dell’Universo…praticamente un atto di Fede.
Relazionarsi con gli altri ci aiuterà a portare il divino nella macina di tutti i giorni (Vergine).
La continua ricerca per l’informazione farà da nostro punto base(Gemelli).
Cosa lasceremo come lascito è forse una rinnovata fede di come l’Universo ci viene incontro e si come è in Sagittario sto sperando che sarà in modo gioviale ed ottimistico…anche se Saturno sta esattamente li dietro dicendo che tanto ancora si deve pedalare.
Il Sole è nella 11 casa in Capricorno…indicando che forse troveremmo la nostra tribù in modo tangibile ed organico attraverso di cui realizzeremmo i nostri sogni e speranze per un mondo migliore.
La Luna, nel suo ultimo quarto di fase lunare, sta in Bilancia nella 8 casa…armonia, atti retti e giusti, pieni di bellezza nutriranno la nostra anima. Molte cose verranno fuori da quei posti di confini dove io incontro te nella nostra più vulnerabile intimità…ma molte cose avranno bisogno di essere potati e lasciati andare, se vorremmo vedere il cambiamento fiorire.
Giove sta li vicino…molte volte piccole idei e pensieri possono diventare altamente ingranditi nel bene e nel male…come anche una botta di sana fortuna.
Mercurio e Plutone stanno insieme, parlando nelle segno pragmatico del Capricorno. I discorsi non sono solo seri ma anche profondamente intensi e che portano a tangibili trasformazioni. Mercurio è retrogrado…molte cose verranno dall’interno verso l’esterno…nella 11 casa…forse quei desideri e sogni troveranno un modo per uscire dal nostro interno per creare strutture nuove.
Venere è appena sopra l’orizzonte nel distaccato ed equilibrato Aquario. Venere guarda verso il futuro, a quella visione possibile solo da vette alte. A tempo debito ciò che serve arriverà.
Marte sta salendo sopra l’orizzonte nel segno dei Pesci…andando in avanti sarà solo possibile se diamo il là non solo dal nostro baricentro interiore ma anche e sopratutto dal baricentro dell’Universo.
Acqua e Terra fanno una terra fertile…e c’è abbastanza Fuoco a prevenire che la terra si trasformi in palude ed abbastanza aria per lo scambio dei gas.
C’è molta energia mutevoli in un evento cardinale che ha poca energia fissa. Detta in un altro modo, la stagione è cambiata ed anche la musica, ma i ritmi si alterneranno all’infinito con poca energia a tenere i cambiamenti stabili per un pò.
Ironicamente è Venere in Aquario che saprà tenere il tutto insieme. Sarà lei con la visuale a mo' di astronauta ad indicarci la strada quando tutto ci sembrerà troppo offuscato, annebbiato o incerto.

Auguri di Buon Solstizio d’Inverno. Il Sole sta tornando…

(La foto è la mia, fatta stamattina quando il sole stava sorgendo da dietro le case).

Monday, 21 December 2015

Ruminations on my 2015 Yule's Wreath

I have succeeded in conceding myself a few minutes to sit down with the Yule wreath lit with, for now, 4 candles: Air, Fire, Water and Earth. Tomorrow I will light the 5th one… Spirit. The rest of the chaos of packing can wait a bit more…
Usually the Yule wreath was just that, there was no extra “altar” vibe connected to it. Although the altar thing has slowly taken form in another place in my house.
But the Yule wreath had always a place, another different place, in the living room. And it was just that…
However this year, all the place has been cleared around it…and I was looking at all the things that slowly in these last four weeks, have come to form… the altar that it has now become.
The altar reflects uniquely me. 
There is a flower composition, a gift from a client of mine, that knows I am a pagan (she is a fervent Catholic and same year of birth as mine and we both light the candles in this period of the year).
There are cards from my Australian cousins and the card from the firm I work for.
There are my new business cards, for my new me, sealed with fresh herbs ready for the ritual I will be making tomorrow as the Moon in Taurus conjuncts my Natal Moon in Taurus…on Yule’s day.
There is an old olive Pestle and Mortar coming from Calabria, which tomorrow will be holding the herbs for the ritual. Just now is only holding salt and sage for purification.
There are the dried herbs that I will be using tomorrow.
There are four apples at the four corners of the Yule wreath.
There is a small broom which I will use for rituals and Chinese coins for prosperity.
And dear to my heart, this year there is not only the Owl but also a cat plastic figure which I had for ages. I had no Lynx symbol but for now that cat symbolises a Lynx.


Funnily enough quite a few of those things have conglomerated suddenly in these last 48 hours as if the Universe was giving it a final polish before the great event.
I look at the Yule wreath and wonder how many obstacles I have surmounted. How many surprises and epiphanies I had during the journey.
I am a completely different person, yet again, from Yule of last year.
I have, perhaps, succeeded in not throwing the baby out with the bath water, under a still ongoing Uranus opposing Natal Uranus.
I have come to know, perhaps, what Neptune near my mid-heaven means in my life. Transiting Neptune to my Sun and Mars has completely sucked my energy out. 
However on the plus side, my meditation practices have intensified to levels I thought I would never reach in this lifetime. It has reminded me of who I am and where I am coming from…pity sometimes there is not much energy left to actuate what Saturn, the Teacher and Task Master wants daily out of me.
And I thank Saturn for bringing, perhaps, a structure to it all….even if that structure might be attainable only in a few years time and in another country.
Pluto did not want to be left out...just now He is squaring my Uranus and my Chiron...that change and transformation to integrate the healing arts in my life has a price tag stamped on it.
I look at the Yule wreath, and I sense my purpose in this world, I sense the calling…and the possibility to make real the vision…something I had lost more than 24 years ago.

With gratitude to all of you that in one way or another have added and still are adding a part of a big jigsaw that is my life.


Blessed Yule’s Eve to You all!


Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Book Review: A Touch of Mistletoe

Five succulent, short but long enough to enjoy stories that have really warmed my heart and perked my interest. 
Each story is written by a different author with completely distinct styles. Each story deals with same sex love with a Yule theme with the obvious mistletoe as a frame.
Four out of five stories are gay love stories, only one is a lesbian love story involving a female to male transexual. 
Although if I have a choice, I tend to prefer lesbian stories, I have to sincerely say that I loved all stories. I found none not to my liking. 
All stories have well written diverse plots, deftly woven with affection, suspense, intrigue and all laced with passion that gave the stories intensity enough to warm cold winter nights.

Well-done to all.


Tuesday, 20 December 2011

A Yule Prayer


Winter solstice is approaching. The darkness will start slowly abating, receding. 
Lately I was thinking that I was doing better in a particular issue in my life. An incident yesterday reminded me that those issues are still there burning hot with confusion. My first reaction was despair. As well as a bit of an anger towards the person that reminded me of this issue. 
Then slowly the Universe sent some messages through. The problem is no solved, far from it and maybe it will take a long time to do so. I suspect a life time process by the feel of it. So if I could express a prayer for Yule it would thus:

Help my darkness to be an asset to my spiritual growth.
Help me shine light.
Perceive the shadows of my thoughts.
Yule Spirit help me keep that candle burning.
For Light defines Darkness
And Darkness celebrates Light.

Blessed be!