Hello Rainbow tribe, I hope this finds you well in the dragon hole of Eclipse Season.
Eclipses always offer us an opportunity to have some quick change, realize something we were unable to see before and/or have sudden releases.
This is not always by choice though and they can be jarring but our ultimate growth is always the goal.
Having covered seven of the feminine archetypes in as many months, we are going to have a little divergence into applying some of this astral stuff to our own lives.
How to use it practically.
Astrology is such a vast and complex system that has been used by the ancients for eons…most of us do not want to study the intricacies but would love to use its guidance in our lives.
That is where I come in with this simplified but informative perspective for you.
The Houses in Astrology
In Astrology we look at Who, Where and How to understand some of the puzzle.
Who – The Planets
Where – The Houses
How – The Signs
Don’t worry I will give some examples in due course.
Its best to work in key words and construct your sentences from there.
I do have posts on my website www.rainbowwisdom.co.za covering the Planets and the Signs should you want to refresh on any of those.
Houses in astrology look like the pie wedges on your birth chart.
A reminder that your birth chart is like a map of the sky at the moment of your birth that shows a blue print of your potential in this lifetime.
There are many different house systems and no one knows how or why, but they all seem to work.
That is a big topic, which we are not getting into here, suffice to say if it is slightly different from astrologer to astrologer, that is why.
Now here is the catch, to work out the houses does require an accurate birth time.
As in my post about the Ascendent or Rising Sign, this is an extremely time sensitive part of the chart.
It is the Ascendent that sets up the house system.
Yes, there are ways to reverse engineer, via the big life events, a good estimate of the birth time, but this is a specialized job, not something you can do yourself.
The reason we want to know the houses is because they tell us where things will be affecting us, and we can then plot when certain areas of our lives will be activated.
There are 12 houses, or I like to think of them more of rooms in our home.
Four of them are the main fundamental areas of life and take precedence, but the others still need to be acknowledged and worked with.
Looking at this image you will see how there are two hard lines, the horizon line at the time of birth is horizontal and the vertical line which indicates where the middle of the day and the middle of the night would be, or the top (most visible) and bottom (most hidden) part of the chart.
Moving anticlockwise from these darker lines are the 4 most important houses, starting with the Ascendent/Rising Sign, which leads to the 1st house.
The other three are the 4th, 7th and 10th houses. Here is why they are the focal points;
1st House – Me, my body, my face, how I show up, the masks I wear and the roles I play.
4th House – Home, Roots and Security
7th House – Relationships
10th House – Career, reputation, what I am known for
If you have Planets in any of these four houses, they are extra intense, if they are close to the actual angle (hard line) then they are further potentized.
If you have no planets in some houses (which is likely with 12 houses and 10 planets), that doesn’t mean you won’t have relationships for example, it just means you will have less stuff to work with in that area.
I liken it to how many people are in the room, if it is just your Sun in the room he has space, if Mercury, and Venus are in there too, it can get pretty crowded and everyone wants some attention.
In an empty house you will find times when that area of your life is suddenly very active.
That may well be because there is a transit (a planet in the living sky moving through those degree points now) happening in that house.
Here is a nutshell breakdown of the 12 houses.
1st House – Me, my body, my face, how I show up, the masks I wear and the roles I play, personal development, self-identity
2nd House – Money, my values, own earned income, my relationship to money, self-worth and self esteem
3rd House – Communication, short trips, siblings, neighbors, learning, conversations, networking and technology
4th House – Home, Roots and Security, ancestry, where we come from, where we belong, domestic life
5th House – Children, what I do for fun, gambling, romance, creativity
6th House – Work, health, service, healthy habits, pets, alternative healing
7th House – Relationships, marriage, commitments both personally and in business, open enemies, cooperation and competition
8th House – Money from a partner, inheritance, transformation, psychology, sex, intimacy, secrets and taboos
9th House – Spirituality, higher learning, international travel
10th House – Career, reputation, what I am known for, ambition, status
11th House – Friends, groups, the collective, teams, humanitarianism
12th House – Secrets, hidden enemies, hospitals, prisons, behind the scenes, fears, self-wounding
How does this help?
Well first off, it may help you to have at least one professional reading so you have an understanding of what you are looking at, where your biggest potentials are for challenge and for success.
This is something you can teach yourself but from experience I want to tell you it will be a big job.
Once you have an idea of how to read your ‘compass’ you can watch my free forecasts and newsletters, and many other amazing resources out there and plot where the seas will be rough or the rewards plentiful.
Now you cannot change the weather, and you cannot steer away from the ocean of the cosmos but it helps to know that this storm is coming, and it will pass.
Batten down the hatches and be prepared to make repairs or course corrections as needed.
Transits in our Angular houses will always be a big deal, so I am going to look at some concrete examples.
Using a theme that has been very present for the past 18 months to 2 years and is almost at its end we will look at some examples of how the Saturn Uranus square may have impacted.
Back to key words so you get a sense of how to do this.
A square - 90-degree angle between planets – pressure to change, two sides of different opinion…neither will budge.
Who?
Saturn – Effort, discipline, old order, anything worth doing takes time, hard work
Uranus – Quick change, shocking shifts, new paradigm, shake it up, burn it down
How?
Aquarius – The collective, humanitarian, networking, groups, hive mind, the future
Taurus – Stability, slow and steady, pleasure through the five senses, nature, stubborn
Those are the players and how they operate…
now we look at the chart to see where, where it is impacting.
In these three examples I am only using angular houses.
As these are real situations, I am just going to give the sentences not divulge personal details.
Example 1: My marriage has fallen apart and my career is being shaken up. How do I release the old and move into a new that I can’t yet see? I stubbornly refused to see what wasn’t working so I suppose it had to manifest like a bomb being dropped. I am ready for this change, even though it terrifies me.
Example 2: I made the sudden decision that I cannot work for my hypocrite boss anymore, even though I am not sure what comes next. This has left me almost homeless. I am scared, but I am more excited to change my life. I am going to back myself and all the work I have been doing for an eventual career change just starts now.
Example 3: I am losing my self-identity and public identity simultaneously! This is so hard to see, it is impacting my health…maybe it is time to slow down and revaluate what is important to me now. At this stage of my life, maybe I don’t need to work so hard, or be defined by how hard I work.
These are big and yes tough examples, for you it may be that Saturn and Uranus are in less jarring places. But we are all being impacted by this somewhere in our lives.
It will also be that much stronger if it is triggering something in your birth chart.
(Look at 7 – 18 degrees of Taurus and Aquarius for biggest impact over the last two years).
Astrology Buzz
Scorpio Oct 24th to Nov 22nd How are you doing?
It is a tough season that is also an Eclipse season this time.
We had the New Moon in Scorpio Eclipse on the 25th of Oct.
Have you begun to see certain things in your life that you are done with?
If so, well done, trust that.
It is time to let some things go and to get a new story.
If you are lucky the full moon on the 8th may give you a new storyline.
Sagittarius Nov 23rd to Dec 21st holiday season, and a feeling of fun and festivity feels great.
May be a little indecisive around what to do for your break…should I work on (thought I really need a holiday), maybe I will throw caution to the wind and spend my savings on a well-deserved break (but who knows what is happening with the economy)? Sorry, Mar is retrograde in Gemini. see below.
Mars Retrograde
Retrograde began on October 30th and will only go direct on January 12th which is more than 10 weeks.
Don’t try to force things to happen, or you may force one way and have to come back and do it another way.
Energy levels may swing from high to low, as may your inn
er thermostat. Both is feeling feverishly hot and then cold and also emotionally hot and then cold.
I did do a video on this;
Mars only retrogrades every 18 months or so and these are usually big changes in how we act and react.
This retrograde is happening in Gemini so the fact is there will be reflections on the fact that there is more than one way to do things.
This ties in with the Saturn Uranus square, old verses new conversations of last year.
What is changing not only for you and in your life, but in your community, country and even the world.
So much to work with here, if you have planets or points in the mutable signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius or Pisces, you may want a personal reading or healing session to support this energy.
New Moon:
The 25th of October we will have had the New Moon Eclipse in Scorpio.
Info on the Scorpio New Moon
Sagittarius New Moon is on the 24th of Nov, we will have a Red Tent gathering to herald in the new lunation cycle.
This is usually quite a joyful season, where we want to relax and enjoy some down time, gatherings with those we love and those we have fun with.
Join us in Red Tent practice where you are able to expand into a self-awareness you never knew you needed until you find it in safe community.
Each month we build on the one that went before, making incremental changes over time as we wax and wane with Grandmother Moon.
Red Tent with the Lunar Lionesses
Join us.
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We invite you to invest in yourself through this practice of Red Tent, which helps to bring the unconscious aspects of ourselves to the surface to be processed.
For just R200/15USD per month you can join us in person or via our online platform. Get in touch for more information.
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Join us in this monthly lunar practice held on or around the New Moon.
Full Moon
November Full Moon total lunar Eclipse (not visible in SA, but still energetically potent) is in Taurus on the 8th opposing the Sun in Scorpio.
Hold onto your hats, especially if you have strong fixed energy (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius) cause the Moon is on Uranus and Mercury is with the Sun.
The reset is real, and it’s yours if you want it…and even if you don’t.
Like when your mom gave you veggies with your dinner, best just to say thank you and know they are good for you rather than throwing them back in her face…unless you like a good force feeding from the cosmic mother.
I will do a full moon forecast on YouTube and send a shadow question email out soon.
Physically for Taurus and Scorpio, mouth, throat, ears, nose, neck, jaw, bowel, rectum, sex organs. Basically, the top and the bottom of your digestive system. EAT YOUR VEGGIES (metaphorically and literally)
Questions are tailored to the exact planetary alignment over this Full Moon.
They will be most potent if started over the 3 days of Full moon 7th, 8th, 9th, there is never a wrong time to reflect however, all is in divine timing.
Questions you may ask yourself in Taurus/Scorpio axis, will be sent out later this month, closer to the Full Moon for those who are subscribers.
Crystals Made Simple
This is the name of my upcoming Udemy course.
I thought we could look at a few simple ways to use your crystals with your astrology.
The beautiful thing is, you don’t have to understand how or why crystals work for them to be supportive and the same goes for astrology.
Remember that you are made up primarily of water which is a good vibratory conductor, and a pretty easy frequency to alter.
Crystals have exceptionally stable frequencies and thus they help to optimize and stabilize our vibratory rate.
One amazing way it to choose a stone, or a piece of jewelery that is calling to you and connect with it in whatever way feels right.
You may have a pendent that wants to be worn for the day or insists you keep it on longer.
Trust that inner knowing and do as you are told by your crystal friend.
A touch stone in your pocket, or on your desk is simple and effective.
‘I don’t know which crystals have which properties’; I hear you say.
Well, who cares…does it call to you? Does it make you feel better?
Let go of your head smarts and listen to your heart wisdom.
How do you respond when holding or waring that crystal?
Take a few deep breaths with it, feel into the colour and its energy.
Now you tell me, is that the right one for you today?
Do you want a crystal healing session – Book here
Aromatherapy Made Simple
Are you avoiding using oils because you don’t know if they are safe, or how to use them?
Do you think twice using store bought household cleaners or over the counter medication?
Probably the latter is more dangerous.
Yes, knowing some simple rules will help, but don’t let that stop you using oils.
They are a fast and fantastic way to support and facilitate the BIG CHANGES that are happening in most of our lives right now.
I am going to explain just one method of use to you today that is 100% safe and amazingly effective at supporting your emotional wellbeing.
Diffusing oils is remarkable.
If you have concerns about safe dilutions, which oils to use if pregnant, on children, and other anxieties rest assured that diffusing does not require these concerns and it works fast and effectively.
Ideally you have a diffuser, add water and some drops of your favorite oil or combination of oils…done.
If you have an oil burner (it does slightly alter the chemical composition of the oils by adding heat but still a great alternative), add water and a few drops of oil/s keep an eye the water doesn’t run out.
If you have neither, never fear, a pot on your stove with some oils in, diffusing through your kitchen.
Or a mug of boiling water with your oils of choice beside you wherever you are in your home.
You will shift your mood in minutes.
‘But what oils will cheer me up/calm me down etc?’
Sniff the bottle…does that work for you right now?
Sniff two or three together, how does that aroma make you feel?
It is that Simple.
Use any oils that are 100% pure essential oils, not fragrance oils.
I highly recommend doTERRA which is CPTG (Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade).
Do you want to use the magic of doTERRA essential oils to support your growth?
Note: How Fast do Essential oils work?
It takes 22 seconds for the molecules to reach the brain.
In 2 minutes, Essential oils will be found in the bloodstream.
By 20 minutes they will affect every cell in the body
Remember to write your blends in your blend book so you remember what you liked and what you didn’t.
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Much Love and Light
Cindy
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