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Just a Little Essence for Today 23 December 2011: ‘Forgetting Our True Power’

23 Friday Dec 2011

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Just before 4:30 PM PST the Moon squares Ceres and quincunxes Sedna. As soon as the aspect (a sextile) between Ceres and Sedna formed, it was easy to forget our true power, especially that which is seated in being our own little force of nature; now we are uncomfortably reminded of this through emotional reaction or intuitive perception. We may feel that we must get away from the source of discomfort (the travelin’ inclination of Sagittarius)–better to face the upset head-on, and deal with it; straightening it out won’t be as bad as it seems.

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How to Make It Through the Holidays: Sagittarius

19 Monday Dec 2011

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No matter what you do or don’t celebrate, it’s the holiday season–there’s no way to avoid it. In the newsletter I shared a few tongue-in-cheek suggestions for how to survive this annual time of family, food, fights, fun, fruitcake, and all those other ‘f’ words, and I’ll be sharing a little advice for each sign, one at a time. Your Nemesis, listed at the end of the sign, suggests who might be out to sabotage or just give you a hard time, while your angel is the sign energy you can call on in others for assistance, and your personal elf or cherub is the sign energy that will cheer you up and work behind the scenes to make your holiday special. Watch for the rest of the signs during the coming week.

Sagittarius  The holidays mean two things to you, Sag: getting out and about, and socializing at every turn. You’re famous for running a litany of errands, for your amazing stamina, for chit-chatting, schmoozing, and exchanging holiday cheer with everyone you meet, and for being the one who is willing to hop in the car and drive 18 hours to see the folks or flying half-way around the world so you have a snowy (or tropical, or new and exciting) holiday atmosphere. It’s go go go for you, and always with a social twist, so that two kinds of criticism come your way at holiday time: from those who feel dragged along with you, and who just want to sit still for a minute and enjoy the scenery, and from those who want to employ your amazing energy and dynamism for their own purposes, and find that you are often nowhere to be seen, so not ‘usable.’ There’s something about you that makes others feel swept up in the Sag proclivity for perpetual motion; lesser Beings can feel exhausted and disregarded in your presence, simply because your boundless energy seems to have no end and focuses your vision firmly on the horizon–which means those nearby get trampled like the SRO crowd at a South American soccer match when you see something in the distance worth heading toward. And that’s not to mention the way some not-so-industrious others want to tap into your Fiery productive streak and harness it for their own ends. How to deal with this? First, consider how much you might miss by always heading hither and yon; though your inclination is to believe that what’s worth pursuing is ‘out there,’ the truth is you might not realize how many tastes, sights, and experiences you might be missing by not spending more time around home base. Second, those who want to use you envy your carefree-even-when-burdened, footloose demeanor, and, as human nature would have it, mistakenly believe that if you have excess (as they see it) energy to roam the globe, you should share it with them. Here the solution is, rather than taking off equipped with your and their to-do list, and resenting them all the way home, you must eschew your refuge in passive resistance (your favorite defense) and set clear boundaries. Resentment really is your go-to reaction, and it feeds that fatigue you feel after a few weeks of non-stop effort and interaction; rather than accepting assignments with a ‘tude, you might consider turning them down as you announce you’ll just be sticking around for the afternoon, baking some cookies, bundling up and sitting in the clear cold on the porch swing, then taking a little nap–nothing says ‘I do what I want’ like actually doing it 🙂 Your Nemesis this holiday season: Scorpio, Capricorn, or Gemini/ Your secret angel: Leo/ Your own personal elf or cherub: Aries

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How to Make It Through the Holidays: Libra

15 Thursday Dec 2011

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No matter what you do or don’t celebrate, it’s the holiday season–there’s no way to avoid it. In the newsletter I shared a few tongue-in-cheek suggestions for how to survive this annual time of family, food, fights, fun, fruitcake, and all those other ‘f’ words, and I’ll be sharing a little advice for each sign, one at a time. Your Nemesis, listed at the end of the sign, suggests who might be out to sabotage or just give you a hard time, while your angel is the sign energy you can call on in others for assistance, and your personal elf or cherub is the sign energy that will cheer you up and work behind the scenes to make your holiday special. Watch for the rest of the signs during the coming weeks.

Libra  Why is it that half way through the season your graciousness is met with snubs or, worse, rudeness?  After all, you’ve been knocking yourself out creating the just-right holiday atmosphere filled with the just-right mix of people–don’t they know what good taste you have? Of course they do, and it never occurs to you, loving and fair as you are, that others just might feel a teensy bit judged. The late Linda Goodman called your smile one that could “melt a chocolate bar at forty paces” but the thing to remember is, some of us are diabetic, and some of us don’t like the heat, that’s why we’re not in the kitchen. And that brings us to this: Libra, you make everything look so damn easy! and that’s just irritating. You don’t realize that to others, the constant smile and insistence that it’s ‘No trouble at all’ seems like bragging, and again, a little bit of criticism, as in ‘I do it better than you ever could.’ Do you have a delicious aesthetic sense that creates a wonderful experience for others? You do, no doubt. Do you know how to loosen up instead of meeting everything like a protocol droid? No, you really don’t. As with some of the other signs, the way to avoid nastiness this holiday season may be to let them see you sweat, just a little (or should I say ‘glow’?) Establishing that you are indeed made of flesh and bone means you’re much less likely to be the target of someone else’s passive-aggression when they bring their flat little banana bread to the buffet table and the only place to set it is right next to your 3 foot tall marzipan covered replica of Santa’s village. So see? You win anyway. Your Nemesis this holiday season: Virgo, Scorpio, or Aries/ Your secret angel: Gemini/ Your own personal elf or cherub: Aquarius

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How to Make It Through the Holidays: Leo

13 Tuesday Dec 2011

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No matter what you do or don’t celebrate, it’s the holiday season–there’s no way to avoid it. In the newsletter I shared a few tongue-in-cheek suggestions for how to survive this annual time of family, food, fights, fun, fruitcake, and all those other ‘f’ words, and I’ll be sharing a little advice for each sign, one at a time. Your Nemesis, listed at the end of the sign, suggests who might be out to sabotage or just give you a hard time, while your angel is the sign energy you can call on in others for assistance, and your personal elf or cherub is the sign energy that will cheer you up and work behind the scenes to make your holiday special. Watch for the rest of the signs during the coming weeks.

Leo  You sparkle at the holidays; is that your fault? No, it isn’t, and the truth is, it’s just too bad that others think you’re showing off. How, then, can you get along better with people at this most special time of year? Just don’t be so fabulous, for one thing, and for another, don’t breeze into a room and come across as if others are there to do your bidding (Aries, are you listening?) Most of the unpleasantness that comes at you this time of year centers in others’ perceptions that you gad about like royalty and don’t do any actual work–but nothing could be further from the truth–you can’t help it if you’re well-organized, know precisely what needs to be done, and that you look perfectly manicured at all times, giving the impression that you’ve never washed a dish in your life. When you follow your own inclinations you behave as if holiday season is party season 24/7–and that means you put on your party face all the time, hiding the fact that you’ve been hard at work, and engendering a lot of resentment in the process. Let other people know you’re human, and it’ll go a long way toward winning their support. It may sound contrary, but instead of your usual and very generous attempts to present others with a dazzling and fully prepared holiday, sparkling with gold and silver holiday sizzle, you might want to let them in on the prep you usually do out of their sight–ask them to help wrap gifts or make your famous pies, and do it in casual attire and a minimum of make-up or hair product–it’s not a competition, after all–save your big, bedazzled persona for the actual gathering–they’ll love you for it, and be awed by the transformation from normal, attractive person to stunner–and getting that glorious reaction is what it’s all about, isn’t it? Your Nemesis this holiday season: Cancer, Virgo, or Aquarius/ Your secret angel: Aries/ Your own personal elf or cherub: Sagittarius

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How to Make It Through the Holidays: Cancer

08 Thursday Dec 2011

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No matter what you do or don’t celebrate, it’s the holiday season–there’s no way to avoid it. In the newsletter I shared a few tongue-in-cheek suggestions for how to survive this annual time of family, food, fights, fun, fruitcake, and all those other ‘f’ words, and I’ll be sharing a little advice for each sign, one at a time. Your Nemesis, listed at the end of the sign, suggests who might be out to sabotage or just give you a hard time, while your angel is the sign energy you can call on in others for assistance, and your personal elf or cherub is the sign energy that will cheer you up and work behind the scenes to make your holiday special. Watch for the rest of the signs during the coming weeks.

Cancer  Your idea of the perfect holiday is cocoon-like: everyone you love, enwombed with plenty of delicious things to eat and drink, and a constant togetherness that synchronizes breathing, cycles, and heartbeats. So what spoils your holiday? It starts well enough, with everyone eager to gather, visions of the endless sugar-plums you’ll lovingly prepare and feed them dancing in their heads; but then people begin to show a pesky independence that features differences in opinion and doing whatever they want, even leaving! The hurt inflicted on you over the holiday is likely one of two kinds: a feeling that your efforts aren’t appreciated, and a lack of co-operation by others. You’ve got to admit that your expectations, whatever form they take, may be just a tish unreasonable; you’re basically out to create a single, multi-headed organism out of family and friends, and it hurts that they resist and even show they have minds of their own. Everything as usual may result in sudden disappearances, cell phones of those MIA off or ‘forgotten’, and 4 hour trips to the grocery (and by that I mean bar or other haven) by individuals who feel smothered. How then can you show your love, without the inevitable rejection? In this case, it takes a slight modification on your part: instead of coming on like a full-service Santa, choose a few specific things you want to be picture-perfect: the turkey, the hour around the tree handing out presents, the afternoon of carols and eggnog and snacks–and let everything else go. You’ll win all the accolades you could want and the true devotion you’ve always longed for, and there won’t be a thing for others to condemn–and isn’t that what you’ve been aiming for all along, a lovely and loving holiday to remember? Your Nemesis this holiday season: Gemini, Leo, or Capricorn/ Your secret angel: Pisces/ Your own personal elf or cherub: Scorpio

 

How to Make It Through the Holidays: Gemini

06 Tuesday Dec 2011

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No matter what you do or don’t celebrate, it’s the holiday season–there’s no way to avoid it. In the newsletter I shared a few tongue-in-cheek suggestions for how to survive this annual time of family, food, fights, fun, fruitcake, and all those other ‘f’ words, and I’ll be sharing a little advice for each sign, one at a time. Your Nemesis, listed at the end of the sign, suggests who might be out to sabotage or just give you a hard time, while your angel is the sign energy you can call on in others for assistance, and your personal elf or cherub is the sign energy that will cheer you up and work behind the scenes to make your holiday special. Watch for the rest of the signs during the coming weeks.

Gemini  It’s all light-hearted banter with you, isn’t it, until someone loses a figurative eye as your barbs get pointier and pointier from holiday tension?  You network, you schedule, you flirt and cajole and fast talk others into so many overlapping commitments that when they finally turn on you, wanting to know what you’re going to contribute, you feel betrayed–after all, you’ve done all the assigning and scheduling and deciding and thinking and worrying, and gosh, that’s exhausting, it’s the hardest part of the holiday, the planning! You’ve invited criticism, and in an effort to make it up to others you may agree to sell your first born or to make the entire holiday dinner at both your parents’ house and your in-laws’ house. Over-committing is your problem, whether you’re doing it for others or doing it to yourself. It’s very simple: don’t put yourself in charge of everybody’s to-do list. But let’s be fair, Gemini, you often find yourself the target of gossip, innuendo, and catty remarks, not because of anything you’ve done, but because others are jealous of your social butterfly ways, and that can make the holidays trying as  you must deal with two-faced interactions and undermining by those who are less appealing, and know it. The remedy for this may be twofold: grow a thick skin, and don’t hold back a thing when it comes to showing off your sparkling and engaging personality. Why? Because nothing bugs your frenemies like seeing you at the top of your game, and at the center of the social whirl, right where you belong. Your Nemesis this holiday season: Taurus, Cancer, or Sagittarius/ Your secret angel: Aquarius/ Your own personal elf or cherub: Libra

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How to Make It Through the Holidays: Taurus

05 Monday Dec 2011

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No matter what you do or don’t celebrate, it’s the holiday season–there’s no way to avoid it. In the newsletter I shared a few tongue-in-cheek suggestions for how to survive this annual time of family, food, fights, fun, fruitcake, and all those other ‘f’ words, and I’ll be sharing a little advice for each sign, one at a time. Your Nemesis, listed at the end of the sign, suggests who might be out to sabotage or just give you a hard time, while your angel is the sign energy you can call on in others for assistance, and your personal elf or cherub is the sign energy that will cheer you up and work behind the scenes to make your holiday special. Watch for the rest of the signs during the coming weeks.

Taurus  Though your typical reaction to stress is to quietly hunker down until the chaos and shelling subside, during the holidays that will only result in more and more chores, tasks, and issues being strapped to your back–and you ain’t nobody’s beast of burden! So what do you do? You’re not a fan of confrontation, and plugging away at all those tasks in the hope of finishing and freeing yourself is a pipe dream that’ll never materialize–but acting like you can’t retain a message or instruction just might. Combine this with sudden restless feet and uncharacteristic activity: you must move, dance, run, play charades (at which Taurus can be very good), walk, leap, spin, and make yourself absent when chores are being passed out. And if you are spotted and told to do, give the impression that you can’t be trusted to remember, or to get it right, with a “Did you want 5 pounds of flour and candied citron, or is that 5 pounds of sugar and fresh lemon or . . . did you say something about shrimp and muffin cups?’ See what I mean? Your Nemesis this holiday season:  Aries, Gemini, or Scorpio/ Your secret angel: Capricorn/ Your own personal elf or cherub: Virgo

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How to Make It Through the Holidays: Aries

05 Monday Dec 2011

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No matter what you do or don’t celebrate, it’s the holiday season–there’s no way to avoid it. In the newsletter I shared a few tongue-in-cheek suggestions for how to survive this annual time of family, food, fights, fun, fruitcake, and all those other ‘f’ words, and I’ll be sharing a little advice for each sign, one at a time. Your Nemesis, listed at the end of the sign, suggests who might be out to sabotage or just give you a hard time, while your angel is the sign energy you can call on in others for assistance, and your personal elf or cherub is the sign energy that will cheer you up and work behind the scenes to make your holiday special. Watch for the rest of the signs during the coming weeks.

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Aries  You’re normally large and in-charge, spirit-wise, but during the holidays you may find your greatest strength used against you, ju-jitsu style, as a weapon; suddenly you wake up to find yourself running errands and liftin’ that load, totin’ that bale, while everyone else chills. How did this happen? Find the most passive-aggressive person in the room, the one who has ambitions to best you 364 but just can’t, and you’ll have pinpointed the person who has leveraged their family position into a mandate to tell you what to do. Is it fair? No. Can you combat it? Oh yes. Simply turn on that oblivious,  I do what I want! attitude with which you usually lead. Just ’cause it’s the holidays is no reason to go overboard on co-operation. Your Nemesis this holiday season: Libra, Pisces, or Taurus/ Your secret angel: Sagittarius/ Your own personal elf or cherub: Leo

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Just a Little Essence for Today 3 December 2011: ‘Energy Theft Exposed’

03 Saturday Dec 2011

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Void begins 9:50 AM PST; Moon enters Aries at 5:52 PM Pacific time. We’ve got an immediate Lunar conjunction to Uranus–and we may surprise ourselves with our own aggressive nature, leadership skills, or decisive emotional manner. The group may or may not like this–negative reactions from others can be used to determine who’s trying to suck the life out of us (that’s a little dramatic–let’s say, ‘who’s trying to take our life energy, even in small measure, for their own’–makes theft sound so much nicer, doesn’t it? :))

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Just a Little Essence for Today 30 November 2011: ‘Disconnected’

29 Tuesday Nov 2011

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3:30 PM PST the Aquarian Moon conjuncts Vesta and squares Sedna, perhaps bringing us to internal or external statements of our highest priorities, to what we find sacred, even as we are aware that we are somehow disconnected from these most important issues. We may feel alienated from home and partner, and in a worst-case scenario, we may not realize our alienation consciously. The conjunction may, with any luck, act to keep us aligned to what’s important through the intuition and feeling nature–but, the hardest part may be not knowing that this is effectively so!

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