Moon Phases ~ First Quarter Moon (waxing) ~ 01/27/15

January 27, 2015 ~ First Quarter Moon (waxing) ~ We prefer to maintain the status quo today, even if we're thinking about doing something entirely new. Although the progressive Aquarius Sun tempts us to strike out on our own, the stable Taurus Moon blankets reality with feelings of contentment. Meanwhile, lovely Venus drifts into the imaginal realms of watery Pisces where we can be confused by our desires. Happiness now depends on balancing our romantic side with a more practical approach.

Emotions begin to stir coupled with recognizing that the new beginnings you are making must also increase personal security to be worthwhile over the long haul. This is a time when it's appropriate to get in touch with your gut instincts and begin to guide your life more deliberately, with an awareness of using your "sixth sense" as well as your enthusiasm. Obstacles may emerge that require you to reevaluate how to better integrate yourself into your immediate environment.

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Raven is a Holistic Consultant, Angel Intuitive, Spiritual & Energy Healer, Animal Reiki Practitioner, & Spirit Guide Coach who works with the Angels, Spirit Guides & Animal Spirit realms.  She also offers Zyto Scan technology (biosurveys), as well as pure, therapeutic-grade essential oils to enhance her spiritual guidance, Reiki energy healing, and coaching. 

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Planets As Teachers ~ Venus

Planet Venus Can Teach Us A Lot About Self-Love . . . . 

Each of the planets is a source of encoded energy we can apply in our lives. Last week we looked at Mercury, the communicator. This week is about Venus, the planet of attraction. She is the goddess of love and beauty, and she is an Astrology symbol of self-worth.

Venus, along with other emotional planets, can even help reveal what will happen in your love life throughout the coming year in your In-Depth Angel Card reading.

Venus was traditionally called the "lesser benefic," a positive force, but on a smaller scale than lucky Jupiter, the greater benefic. Still, she puts smiles on faces and represents pleasure and contentment, like planetary dopamine for the brain. Venus rules earthy Taurus and airy Libra as sources of sensual delights and social satisfaction.

Bringing Venus into our lives makes us happy. She is the sweet smell of a rose, the taste of your favorite food, the sound of heart stirring music, a soft touch of fabric and the joy of seeing a beautiful image. Venus delights all the senses, and she is the queen of style. She is also a charmer, graceful in action, a skillful peacemaker and a loving partner. Venus attracts money and appreciation, and she teaches us to see the best in ourselves.

Venus Encourages Self-Love

There are many ways to cultivate the appealing qualities of Venus. The most important is to be kind to ourselves. This is especially important when we are not at our best. Loving the least desirable parts of our personalities seems counter-intuitive, as if we are encouraging bad behavior. When we are angry, impatient, clumsy or even cruel, it is natural for a responsible person to criticize these kinds of behavior. Yet these shortcomings are connected to our wounds and cannot be healed with harsh judgment.

Healing comes with love that is rooted in tolerance. This doesn't mean we approve or want to continue negative actions, but when we pile on condemnation by putting ourselves down, the habit may be hidden ~ but it is not eliminated.

Love is inclusive, so when the "bad" parts of ourselves are embraced with compassion they become integrated with the best of ourselves and eventually are healed. This is Venus as acceptance, the ground zero of self-worth upon which to build a happy life. I'm not suggesting we should approve of our bad behavior, but that simply remembering to see it without harsh judgment is an effective step toward reducing its influence in our lives.

Accept the Gift of Simple Pleasures

Learning to receive is another aspect of Venus. Many of us have desires that are not fulfilled because we have some resistance to getting what we want. For some, receiving means being beholden to another, as if every gift becomes a debt we must repay. We can feel like we owe others, as if we have taken something away from them or we are giving up independence to get what we need.

One way to counter this is to recognize the many moments when you are receiving without any obligation to reciprocate. When a baby's smile or a beautiful sunset warms you, take it in. Enjoy these pleasures that are freely given with nothing expected in return. Notice when you feel comfortable in a chair and luxuriate in the simplicity of a stress-free moment. These are gifts of Venus that fill the heart without any cost.

If you want to make the world a happier place, make yourself happy. Receiving without guilt does not lead to over-indulgence; it leads to fulfillment and a sense of peace that will bring joy, love and harmony to your environment. Appreciating life's blessings is a reminder to appreciate yourself, which in turn makes you more attractive to others. Venus is the sweet resonance of harmony that reminds you that you are loved and that your presence is a welcome gift to others.

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Raven is a Holistic Consultant, Angel Intuitive, Spiritual & Energy Healer, Animal Reiki Practitioner, & Spirit Guide Coach who works with the Angels, Spirit Guides & Animal Spirit realms.  She also offers Zyto Scan technology (biosurveys), as well as pure, therapeutic-grade essential oils to enhance her spiritual guidance, Reiki energy healing, and coaching. 

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Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius

Prepare for chaos as Mercury travels backward in Aquarius . . . . 

Whether or not the weather outside is frightful this winter, it's quite possible that communication will be from January 21 to February 11, 2015. Mercury, the planet that rules all forms of communication, will travel retrograde during this time.

Sure, Mercury Retrograde occurs about three times every year, so it's not exactly shocking news. Still, it pays to understand what each Mercury Retrograde cycle means for you so you're armed with the know-how to navigate its troublesome terrain while making the most of its teaching potential.

This time around, Mercury will retrograde through the intellectual sign of Aquarius. Your most innovative ideas will go through an overhaul. If you have any really "out there" thoughts, this will be a great time to re-assess them before you reveal them to the world. Your most potent dreams and aspirations may now come up for review ~ and it'll be a time to discard what you know is no longer workable in your reality.

In addition, because Aquarius rules electricity, technology and the Internet, it's possible we'll all experience extra frustration with mishaps in these areas for the next few weeks. Avoid purchasing any new technological equipment until after Mercury has regulated his orbit.

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Raven is a Holistic Consultant, Angel Intuitive, Spiritual & Energy Healer, Animal Reiki Practitioner, & Spirit Guide Coach who works with the Angels, Spirit Guides & Animal Spirit realms.  She also offers Zyto Scan technology (biosurveys), as well as pure, therapeutic-grade essential oils to enhance her spiritual guidance, Reiki energy healing, and coaching. 

For more information, and for your own personalized reading, please visit her Facebook page to PM her (https://www.facebook.com/GiftedGuidance), or email her at Raven@Gifted-Guidance.com.

Daily Guidance with Abraham ♥

The better you feel emotionally, the more you are allowing your alignment with Source. The worse you feel, the more you are resisting Source. When no resistance is being offered by you, your natural state of alignment resumes ~ and so does the alignment between your cells and their Source.

During your first days or weeks of your daily participation with our guided meditation recording, your cellular relief will occur primarily during the 15 minutes that you are listening and relaxing and breathing. But eventually ~ because of your daily focusing upon your breathing and releasing of resistance ~ the Law of Attraction will sync you up with better-and-better-feeling thoughts.

The more good-feeling thoughts you focus upon, the more you allow the cells of your body to thrive. You will notice a marked improvement in clarity, agility, stamina, and vigor, for you are literally breathing your way to Well-Being, until chronic feelings of appreciation, love, eagerness, and joy will confirm that you have released all resistance and are now allowing Well-Being.

 ~ Abraham (Getting Into the Vortex Guided Meditation CD)

Moon Phases ~ Disseminating Moon (waning) ~ 01/08/15

January 8, 2015 ~ Disseminating Moon (waning) ~  Although our energy may be nearly impossible to contain early in the day, we do a better job of restraining our emotions later on. The dramatic Leo Moon encourages us to express our feelings without holding anything back. But the Moon's shift into pragmatic Virgo at 5:57 pm EST narrows our focus as we consider the best way to complete our chores. Nevertheless, we can take a setback too seriously this evening when the Moon squares responsible Saturn.

This is a tremendous time of transmutation. All of the prior elements are coming together for a final burst of creative output. You have seen a clear view of your own needs and the posture of significant others. Now the accumulation of that input is leading to a deep, core change within you. In this phase, you will naturally be inclined to seek higher guidance so that you can emerge from this transformation successfully. The Disseminating Moon favors sharing what you have learned (and are learning) with others.

Full Moon In Cancer ~ 01/04/15

Full Moon In Cancer

Changes rattle our security during the first Full Moon of 2015

The Cancer Full Moon happens at 11:53 pm EST on January 4, 2015, and reflects maximum sunlight back to Earth. Our dreams overflow the boundaries of the night and wash into the consciousness of the light of day now. We are aware of things that usually escape our attention, because the Moon's brightness allows us to see clearly, even in the darkest hours of the night.

The security-conscious Cancer Full Moon reveals the tension between the circumstances of our lives and unfulfilled emotional desires as they bump up against our commitments and responsibilities. We're confronted by unsettling differences between our intense drive for profound change and our need to feel emotionally safe in the present moment. This Full Moon stresses the ongoing Uranus-Pluto square and highlights where further transformation ~ individual and collective ~ is still required. Thankfully, logical Mercury slips into conceptual Aquarius the same day as the Full Moon, enabling us to think rationally about our choices and make brilliant plans for the future.

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Raven is a Holistic Consultant, Angel Intuitive, Spiritual & Energy Healer, Animal Reiki Practitioner, & Spirit Guide Coach who works with the Angels, Spirit Guides & Animal Spirit realms.  She also offers Zyto Scan technology (biosurveys), as well as pure, therapeutic-grade essential oils to enhance her spiritual guidance, Reiki energy healing, and coaching. 

For more information, and for your own personalized reading, please visit her Facebook page to PM her (https://www.facebook.com/GiftedGuidance), or email her at Raven@Gifted-Guidance.com.