Cultivating Your Authentic Self & Unique Contribution
June 5, 2015 -thru- October 8, 2015
Venus Rules ~ Your Love, Money & Magnetics
Venus ~ Retrograde July 25, 2015 / Direct Sept 6, 2015
Review, Reflect & Set Conscious Intentions for Release & Reclamation
ART & BEAUTY ~ the invisible essence which links all life and transcends language or species
CULTURE ~ what humanity contributes thru thoughts, feelings, words & deeds creates a culture
VALUES ~ what you spend your resources on reveals what you value and what your priorities are
Venus & Your Magnetics ~ Venus
rules everything we truly care about and how we go about creating or
acquiring it. Among other things, it rules love, art and beauty, all
things that can be physical but the
feeling they give us when
we experience them is subtle, magnetic energy that draws us in and
speaks directly to the heart. The heart is the only electro-magnetic
organ in our bodies and directly links us to both the inner core as well
as and the outer field which surrounds & protects Earth. When Earth
or its atmosphere are zapped with intense energy, we definitely feel it
too because we are eternally connected. The communication of the heart
is *feeling*, and post-2012, we are learning how to
feel at
completely new levels and in radically new ways. Venus can help you, on a
personal level, understand magnetics in a whole new way which will
ultimately support you in co-creating a life based on what is most vital
to
your life and true to
your heart. We are not creating the old way we used to, now it is much more about creating an inviting space to
magnetize in the heart's true desires.
Venus & Its Dual Nature ~It
rules both earthy Taurus and breezy Libra. Taurus asks, "what is it
worth?" and Libra asks, "where is the balance & harmony for all
involved?" You can see how we swing from literal, material value to
perceived value according to an individual's preferences and priorities.
When Venus is expressing Taurus values, it is all about the physical
experience of beauty, while with Libra it is all about the essence.
Either way, in your chart, Venus rules what you are magnetized to and
what you are repelled by, naturally.
Venus Cycles - Past/Future ~ If we track the last few Venus cycles, one way to look at it is that we got a completely new identity activated when
Venus Retrograded through
*ARIES* (
2009-2010)
which was followed by cultivating new values & priorities, based on
this "new identity" which opened up access to our innate power to
co-create our lives. As
Venus Retrograded through
*SCORPIO* (
2010-2011),
we got to cleanse & clear any deeply buried karmic debris blocking
full expression of clean, authentic power and true self-worth. As
Venus Retrograded through
*GEMINI* (
2012),
we got to explore the infinite ways we can express ourselves at this
new level of consciousness and release out-dated thinking & obsolete
processes.
As Venus Retrograded through
*CAPRICORN* (2013-2014),
we got to put a brand new structure in place that actually helps us
make better decisions and create more fundamental stability, as well as
personal security, based on the new values & priorities. If we've
anchored the fundamentals in a secure way, then this new Venus Cycle
thru
*LEO* (
2015) will be our final
exam on working with magnetics for sure, with both rewards &
revelations about what we magnetize & repel, naturally.
2017 will bring us full circle back to
Aries
Retro & we can rebirth yet again! Venus Retrogrades every
18-months, which means that our *Values & Priorities* shift, in
small ways, on a fairly regular basis, but in huge ways every 8-years.
Getting a rhythm to this, internally, will help you flow with your own
personal evolution with far
less fear or
anxiety & much
moretrust in the natural order of things, which includes your own natural evolution.
Venus in LEO ~ Consider this
4+ month period (June - Oct 2015) as an introduction to your newly
Emergent Self! You have been through a full cycle of evolution since the last Venus Retro thru
LEO (
2007).
Explore a little. Review the last 8-yrs of your life. How have you
grown & evolved? How have your values & priorities shifted
regarding love, sex, fun, creativity & how you express who you
really are? What is all that 'worth' to you (then & now)? What is
the difference in how you expressed your Self in
2007, and how you want to express in new ways NOW (
2015)?
What have you learned about your Self? What have you learned about your
immediate friends, family & community, and your place (and
preferences) within each connection?
It's also a good time to look at the
Houses & Planets with
Leo
energy activated to know what specifics are coming up for you
personally. But in general, we are all going to have to deal with Venus'
extended stay in
Leo, which will give you a chance to
review any issues around expressing your Authentic Self and making your
Unique Contribution. Like I said,
Venus is all about your innate
magnetics ~ what you naturally magnetize & repel ~ and
Leo
is all about being courageous & heart-centered and sharing your
Light with others, with love, joy & detachment. As you are able to
anchor this renewed sense of Self, that you've developed over the last
8-yrs, there will be new opportunities for new friends & new
experiences ... but you have to be brave! Remember, when you are
centered in who you are, you give others permission to also operate from
their center, and everyone has a more authentic exchange, which allows
the vibration to remain high or rise even higher.
Essentially, it is time to own, activate & truly embody your
Inner Artist
~ that part of you that expresses naturally, from the inside-out. It's
also a time deeply supported for re-connecting with your
Inner Child/Innocent Child's Heart
within, that's the part of you capable of being alive, happy &
fully present in the moment and fully engaged with life, taking it all
in, and then sharing your ideas, feelings & unique gifts. It's time
to share your Self with the world, get out & play, have fun and
lighten up! We must lighten our hearts most of all. On some level, the
mourning period is over and we are on the back-side of the
Life/Death/Life cycle, rebirthing, coming alive, waking up. We've died
to the Old Self (last 8-years minimum) and are taking the vital pieces
left to re-assemble a more Authentic Self, at a Higher Level, here &
now.
Venus Retro brings the necessary review of values & priorities (
Venus) where your personal
self-love, self-esteem & self-worth issues (Leo)
are all concerned. More than ever, we have to operate from
Heart-Center, you have to care to get engaged and so you must clear away
all that you do
not care about, so that what you
do care
about has more room to grow & evolve. One of my mantras is that my
personal sanctuary is where everything I love, I get to do for *FUN*!
That's my hope for this
Leo infusion of
energy, light & renewal.
The Retro period should afford you time to *Review* your personal
self-care routines, as well as your primary Love or Work relationships
and prepare to be your Self more fully and let the chips fall where they
may. This Venus work is going to be very personal for those with
Leo/Aquarius and Taurus/Scorpio
activated in their charts. Things that were important to you 8-years
ago are probably not so vital now, and things that were not even on your
list of priorities may have moved to the top. In this case,
Leo means your
core essential nature & authentic self-expression has evolved over the last 8-years and adjustments to your
personal presentation & current playmates should begin to reflect the *upgrade*.
Here is the other thing to consider.
2012 was a pivotal time and it seems our consciousness was, and continues to be, expanded since then. Venus' Retro that year in
Gemini
introduced us to many expanded ideas, higher-level thoughts &
wildly new concepts but it was difficult to ground any one, let alone
all the ones that caught our attention. Since then, we've spent the last
cycle in
Capricorn creating *containers* for many of
these new ideas, concepts & communities, as well as creating more
structure to our lives. NOW ~ her
Leo cycle will allow
you to make it beautiful, flesh it out so that it radiates YOU! If
you've done the work, gotten more grounded & taken care of your
responsibilities, then it's time to go out, play & have fun!
Theoretically, we built core strength & stronger outer boundaries so
that now we are free to be ourselves, secure in our center, grounded
& connected to our Hearts, so playing with others ca be easy, free,
fun & liberating, rather than draining or debilitating.
Venus Retrograde ~July 25, 2015 - September 6, 2015
Review, Reflect & Set Conscious Intentions for Release & Reclamation
~ June 5 - July 25, 2015 ~ Introduction to New You & Your New Priorities
~ July 25, 2015 - Sept 6, 2015 ~ Re-View, Re-Evaluate, Re-Vision, Re-Examine
~ Sept 6 - Oct 8, 2015 ~ Integration of the New You & Your New Priorities
~ October 2015--Forward ~ Anchoring the
*LEO* Energy & Initiating *NEW* Cycle
Venus Retrograde ~ Review Your Core Essential Nature, Authentic Self-Expression & Connection to Your Heart ...Venus is now covering the ground which will be reviewed between
July 25th (retro) and
Sept 6th (direct) and anchored during
Oct/Nov/Dec 2015. The whole point of any planet going Retrograde is to bring up the issues of its domain, in
Venus' case,
values, priorities & resources.
It brings these issues to the surface, essentially getting your
attention in a way that (hopefully) will prompt you to want to explore
more deeply (retrograde) before charting the course of future forward
movement (direct/out of shadow) when you will have acquired more clarity
and sure-footedness. Venus has an 8-year Cycle, and last did this in
2007 (
Retro in Leo), so how have your values evolved over the last 8-years where
being your Authentic Self & expressing what's truly in your Heart
are concerned? How would you like to evolve over the next 8-years?
Venus energy focuses your attention on what you deeply value or what you
give your resources to, which tells the Universe what you truly value.
How did you spend your time, energy and money over the last cycle? How
will/must that change going forward so that it better expresses what's
truly in your Heart?
This Venus *Retrograde* Cycle is Time to ...
- Reconnect with all *6* of your senses
- Assess your values & priorities on all levels
- Renew your self-value / self-worth / self-esteem
- Balance & Integrate your Divine Feminine nature
- Renew your Spirit, your Faith, and your Commitment
- Assess your relationships, partnerships and collaborations
- Recreate your way of living - and - of living on Earth with others
- Assess how you relate to your environment, people and circumstances
- Review anything buried, suppressed or neglected over the last 8-years
Use your resources more consciously so you are more effective in your efforts
Try
to connect with your own internal rhythm of shifting values &
priorities and definitions of love, wealth and beauty, which evolve
every 18-months on smaller scales, and every 8-years, on even larger
scales. Things, people, circumstances ALL come and go and come back
again; what/who is important yesterday may not be today or tomorrow.
Once you establish the connection to your own internal rhythm, then try
to get that in sync with the larger social/collective rhythms. That's
when co-creating gets really *juicy* and you get more effective, feel
more beautiful and life's more abundant all around!
Venus in *LEO* is About ...
LIGHT
- Adventure Inspiration Risk & Just for Fun
- Strongly Value Love, Authenticity & Freedom
- Self-Creation Sourced in Your Heart & Natural
- Loving Your Inner Child/Innocent Child's Heart
- Inner Glow of Self-Worth, Self-Value & Self-Love
- Love Passionately, Whole-Heartedly & Generously
- Play Performance Art Story-Telling Theatre Games
- Courage/Being Willing to Fight for the Greater Good
- Joy & Generosity of Spirit that Radiates from Within
- Comfortable w. Your Unique Beauty, Gifts & Talents
- Leadership that Promotes Love, Light & Truth (in Both Work & Play)
SHADOW
- EGO = Edging God/Goddess Out
- Denial of Past Bad Romantic Decisions
- Being Argumentative/Thinking Others Owe You
- Seeking Un-Earned Status, Wealth or Reputation
- Exiled from Others/No Fun, Play, Joy or Relaxation
- Taking Things Personally, Self-Conscious & Insecure
- No Self-Discipline/Must Have Others Push/Motivate
- Wounded Ego Allows Others to Determine Your Worth
- Playing a Role: Looking the Part but Not Being the Part
- Need for Validation Appreciation Applause from Others
- False Pride: Trying to Be Perceived as Someone You Are Not
- Being Overly Dramatic & Manipulative to Get Your Way
Sunday, 21 June, 2015 (posted 22 June, 2015)
6/22 ~ Jupiter (Education/Faith) ~trine~ Uranus (Awakening/Liberation):
(3 of 3: 9.25.2014 ~ 3/3 & 6/22.2015)
This
is a delicious relief for some who have had enough of the Cancer/Aries
challenges of the last year or more (personal security vs.
independence), though developing the strength & tools to work it out
was critical to maximizing the potential of the current blessing of
*Fire* energy now that Jupiter has moved into Leo. We still have to deal
with the independence/liberation issues that Uranus is 'cracking us
open' to but hopefully, now that we've redefined personal security and
deepened our faith in our own ability to sustain & protect
ourselves, Leo energy encourages us to believe in ourselves and express
more authenticity in every moment. It's almost like you rewired your
internal system and now you'll be working on the outer expression &
appearance (how it works in the world). I don't necessarily mean your
looks or physical appearance, although upgrading that too is deeply
supported, but this is more about what your unique energy radiates out
to the world, and how others receive & respond to your energy.
Think: Magnetize & Repel and then define your terms and invite your
Higher Self to assist you.
Jupiter & Uranus affect groups of
people, so this energy is 'in the air'. If you have a lot of Fire in
your chart, this is going to increase it, so you may want to use your
Earth energy to ground & contain this fiery time, or at least take
some precautions. If you don't have enough, this will really help you
bring in the Fire energy consciously and balance certain aspects of your
life out in a much-needed way. So, in general, these two getting
together activate your consciousness in a huge way. There are sudden
ah-ha moments and more clarity than you've maybe had access to in recent
years. Uranus always activates us to learn or try something new or try
something in a new way (to the tune of 3-6-9-12 years, a Jupiter Cycle).
In this context (with Jupiter) you will want to express something
you've only just recently discovered or realized is Truth for you, and
you're bursting at the seams to show everyone how you and your
consciousness has grown. That's great, but make sure your new Truth is
grounded first. Think of the first trimester of pregnancy or a new
sprout that hasn't totally rooted itself yet, new beginnings are
delicate and require extra care & protection at first, so pace
yourself with your new discoveries. This activation spans a year (June
2014 - June 2015) so pace yourself and pay attention to what comes up
now (Sept 2014) that is re-activated or revised in March 2015 and finds
its footing (roots) and finally gets its final polishing activation in
June 2015, right around Summer Solstice (wow!).
See this as an
'unfolding new Truth' or new aspect of Self emerging. Get a feel for the
Fire. It's a great time to expand your learning or education, get
certified in something that you want to share with others, but try to
avoid ideas (and people) with more flash than substance. The combination
of Jupiter's luck (which is really a strong faith & following it)
and Uranus' sudden, seeming out-of-the-blue-ness (which is really a
sudden opening in your consciousness that allows you to see things in a
completely new way) things will feel very "ordained" or magical or
destined. Just stay grounded & present, because often when things
seem 'too good to be true' - they are. What I'm talking about here is
more about inner & outer alignment, faith & opportunity, when
the path just opens before you and you have NO DOUBT that this is the
(new) direction that you're supposed to take.
Also unique to
2014-2015 is the Leo/Aries combination. As long as we maintain
integrity, lead with the heart, be creative & authentic, remaining
free & independent is easier. However, if you are struggling with
self-esteem/self-worth issues, as well as being independent and capable
of defining who you are/what you want, then this is your year to face
your issues square on and make some real progress. Just keep in mind
that what these energies trigger for you are bringing these
issues/relationships into the light to be transmuted and purified with
this Fire. It's going to burn away all the excess (or illuminate it) and
reveal your true beauty & innate value. Believe in your Self! Know
that you are here for a reason and while your Path is unique for you, we
are all sharing this journey of self-discovery & evolution of our
planet. Activations will be personal, social & collective and during
the next year or so, we will be creating containers for this *Fire* to
burn safely & productively. Use it to connect to your Heart, Passion
& True Purpose in life!
6/23 ~ Mercury (communication) ~square~ Neptune (dissolution):
This
is a mixed blessing energy. On one hand, it's good for spiritual study
and giving your dreams a little energy (if your schedule permits). On
the other hand, it makes for major miscommunications between people. Try
to THINK before speaking, because if it's possible to misunderstand or
not 'get it' all together, it will happen this week. Be careful not to
let "longing" for your dreams to come true, distort your judgment and
mislead you into believing the illusion. With this energy, some people
will deliberately deceive and others have to be careful not to be
misled. Stick to the facts or stay quiet, for now. You may even be
inclined to withhold information to avoid a confrontation - don't do it.
Communicate with your Self and God today, otherwise plan to be very
clear in explaining yourself to others so there are no
misunderstandings.
