As we enter into August, we are still under the influence of Mercury retrograde and that helps explain some of the confusion and lack of focus you might be feeling right now. It almost seems like your very identity is being challenged and things you thought you had under control or were sure you knew about yourself, are being challenged and to some degree, torn down. Thankfully Mercury goes direct on the 8^th and though it will take a couple of days to regroup, it can be done.

So, as we look at the insight for the month of August it shows that in our lives, we need to exert extra effort and patience when dealing with people: tolerating situations and to some degree, just being able to walk a little to side of the melt down line, and holding it together. But there are definitely some over tones of the “whole world is against me” floating around. As some of you know, I look at two cards for these readings, one for the day to day world and the other for the spiritual world, and the world of spirit for August, is showing us that we need to be more open to seeing ourselves differently. We are being challenged in this month to not be so sure that you wouldn’t like “such and such”. Or you wouldn’t want to go this place or that.

Often things that we want to do and are drawn to are because we have energetically experienced them before in a positive way and they fall within our comfort zone. Such as a certain place, unconsciously could remind you of somewhere you went as a child and were happy, or you saw a film of and connected with that story, or there are colors connected with the place that you like; as in oceans etc., then of course there is the school of thought that lends itself to past lives, and if we consider that, then any infinity you have to something may be something you experienced in another time and place and have fond memories or a sense of identity with it.

For many of us, whenever we choose things, it is because we... Read More

Mercury is going retrograde and here is some info to help you get through it.

Mercury retrograde can be a tough time, below is one article I found on the web that talks about it.

Some people think it's a myth, I personally feel the effects in all areas of my life.

In 2012, Mercury is retrograde from…
March 12th to April 3rd
July 14th to August 8th
November 6th to November 15th

Note: We sometimes start to feel the effects of Mercury retrograde a few days early. It’s nice to give yourself a bit of leeway on either side of the prescribed dates!

What happens when Mercury goes retrograde?
All sorts of things! It’s like everyone you know has suddenly gone mad! You might find yourself getting into bizarre arguments about nothing at all, being unable to finish sentences or barely even able to form a coherent thought. Your computer & other electronic equipment is more likely to go on the fritz. You could experience travel delays, too. Double-check your flights & take a book with you to keep you occupied while you wait for the train! We don’t tend to get all the information we need at this time, so it can be hard to make big decisions & it’s not always the best time to sign a contract, either.

Expect to hear super-loud complaining from your friends who are Gemini or Virgo, since both are ruled by Mercury! Mercury also rules a lot of industries like publishing, writing,... Read More

I found this out really recently, or maybe, I finally paid attention to the fact, for as the reality set in, it really, really hurt.

So, I wanted to try and establish, at least for me, the difference between a friend and an acquaintance.

For two reasons: so I don't have to feel so bad and so deeply betrayed ever again, and, probably even more importantly, I don't place too much responsibility on someone who never wanted it in the first place.

Friend versus acquaintance can be easy to confuse as your relationships develop, but I think a lot of it depends on the environment in which you know them. Say, for example, you are involved in a sport and you know them through that area of your life.

For me, friends cross over in to all areas of your life. Not always physically, but emotionally and spiritually. Acquaintances are corralled in one area of your life, with an occasional straying to a restaurant or meeting outside, but nothing consistent and those occasions normally happen on the heels of some kind of event which is somehow connected to the original environment you met them in.

Acquaintances don't really know you, they know you as something they identify with, which is determined again by the environment that you met in, but they don't know you, and they don't care to. An acquaintance will resist getting too many details about other areas of your life. They will absorb enough to be polite and to seem "friendly" but not enough to be tied in too much outside of their already established comfort... Read More

WORDS TO THE WISE for July

This July is a month of celebration. Of acknowledging that something you have been working on, be it a business or a relationship, has not got to a level where it has become pretty self-sufficient.

When we start new things we have to put conditions and structure in place so it will grow in the way in which we want it to, but once it has gotten to a certain point then it is time to re-evaluate that structure and perhaps and perhaps loosen our grips on the reins, just a little.

This month is showing that you have started to develop a relationship with this person or project to such a point where you are in in sync with it intuitively. You instinctively know when something is too much or not enough.

July is a month of relaxing your watch on something: trusting that you know that project well enough, that it can be trusted to move forward in the way you would like it to, without your needing to steer it too vigorously.