Beyond Recognition By Sarah Varcas March continues and expands upon the central theme of February: the need to overcome complacency and take full responsibility for our lives, refusing to allow the future to be shaped by self-pity, stubborn resistance to change or fearful avoidance of living life to its fullest. Remember: […]
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From my April Astro-Energy Report:
'13th – 17th April sees Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury urging discernment in what we believe, who we give credence to and the understanding we choose to adopt in our lives. Our search for meaning and need for life to make sense may be our greatest weakness at this time, preventing us from recognising the breath-taking beauty that lives at the heart of chaos as much as emerges from order and form.
As Uranus continues to approach the dwarf planet Eris in the coming months things may make less sense not more. We may be taken unaware by unexpected events that turn parts of our world upside down, personally or collectively. Confidence in a divine order that plays itself out according to certain rules may be brought into question. The outcomes we thought we’d get may be elusive and it could feel like life is becoming increasingly unpredictable and unfair.
Not a pretty picture I know, but pretty won’t cut it now. We need to be bold, spiritual warriors of the most fearless kind, prepared to face life head on and embrace all it throws in our direction: good, bad and indifferent. Live all of it, with our souls on fire, our minds awake and hearts open to receive the deepest insights and most potent wisdom. It is time to live life in the raw, not air-brushed and turning its best side to face us!'
Read my full astro-energy report for April 2016 here:
astro-awakenings.co.uk/april-2016-astro-energy-report
Sarah Varcas astro-awakenings.co.uk/about-meWhy learn astrology?
Needless to say, I have a deep love of astrology and a profound gratitude for its presence in my life. Learning how to read a natal chart many years ago changed my life and it can do the same for you too. The insight and wisdom available in our birth chart is truly breathtaking once we know how to decode it. The lines and symbols that form an astrological chart reflect the patterns and order of the universe as it impacts us in our everyday lives. Our birth chart reveals our personality and psychological makeup, our spiritual path, the qualities we need to develop and those we need to let go, our strengths and challenges, gifts and graces.
One of the most frequent comments I hear from my students is that they simply didn’t realise how in-depth a birth chart is and the amount and specificity of the information it provides. The common perception that astrology just divides the population of the planet into twelve rudimentary personality types according to the twelve signs of the zodiac couldn’t be further from the truth! Your birth chart is a unique reflection of you. No one else’s is exactly like it. Even twins have differences in their birth charts. Astrology provides such personally accurate and nuanced information that there’s no aspect of ourselves and our lives on which it cannot speak. All we need to know is where and how to look....
In my self-study astrology course you use your own birth chart as a learning tool, developing an understanding of astrology alongside deep insight into yourself, your life and your potential. The wisdom available to us through the study of astrology can be truly life changing. Maybe it's time you let astrology change yours....?! :-)
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'There are powerful forces to be reckoned with as the Sun crosses the brewing Uranus/Eris conjunction in Aries, between 6th and 15th April. Impatience may rule the day and old frustrations rise up unbidden. Whatever the surface issues may be, this conjunction of the Sun with two disruptive forces (and squared by Pluto for good measure!) augurs the upwelling of ancestral and collective pain which may overwhelm our everyday experience, super-charging our reactions and unleashing powerful emotions out of proportion to the matter at hand. The Uranus/Eris conjunction is releasing from the collective psyche repressed pain and issues ignored for too long by too many. We are the conduits for those feelings and are all beholden to find the highest and wisest way to channel them for good.
As the Sun potentises this process we can each begin to find our own way to honour the past and those who have walked challenging paths before us, their legacy our freedom. They may be our ancestors or anonymous strangers whose identity we will never know, but they speak into our collective heart urging us to prioritise the pursuit of equality, respect and liberty for all, arresting the perpetuation of long-standing oppression and exploitation. The human tendency to seek power over others, to denigrate those deemed less worthy, fear difference and negatively judge what we don’t understand has created a world in which profound inequalities are woven through its very fabric. The burgeoning alliance between Uranus and Eris is set to expose the rotten core of a world built upon exploitation of the weakest to serve the most powerful. It challenges us all to seed a new one that equally serves all, in which no being is a chattel and respect is afforded to life itself, regardless of its form or apparent worth.'
Read my full astro-energy report for April 2016 here:
astro-awakenings.co.uk/april-2016-astro-energy-report
Sarah Varcas astro-awakenings.co.uk/about-me7th April 2016: New Moon in Aries - Knowing When We Don't Know
The Moon is new in the 19th degree of Aries at 11:25 a.m. UT. This is a transformative Moon, conjunct Uranus – bringer of the unexpected – and squared by Pluto – lord of death and rebirth in equal measure. We may find ourselves strangely liberated by something which, to all intents and purposes, looked set to bind us. Things prove not to be as they seemed and a way through a particular challenge may make itself known.
But for this to happen a new perspective is called for. A rapid maturation of attitude which shifts us from ‘how do I manipulate life to make it give me what I want?’, to ‘how do I get out of life’s way to allow it to give me what it wants and needs me to have?’. There may be a gaping divide between the two. So certain are we that we know best, we can easily shut down to life’s nudges and messages which tell us there may just be another way we’ve dismissed or ignored for too long. As the darkness of this Moon resonates with the shadowy corners of our psyche, we can become acutely aware of neglected possibilities and seeds of potential in what once looked like the worst case scenario!
Darkness can be an object of fear or the bringer of safety and rest. Sweet dreams are bidden as darkness falls, just as the monsters of nightmares may rear their ugly heads. We fear darkness not only literally but metaphorically. We prefer to be clear and sure, certain in our view and decisive when faced with challenge. But often it simply doesn’t work out that way. We may find ourselves confused, blind-sided, ill-equipped to face what we must. It takes time and patience to come up with a plan or gain enough clarity to know that, in fact, nothing need be done. Knowledge is rewarded in our societies: you’re an expert, a master, a guru, a teacher. People look to you for advice and support. To say out loud ‘I truly have no idea’ marks us out as ignorant, uninformed, of little use and no interest.
And yet to know when we don’t know is a wise and noble abiding. It takes wisdom to know our limitations and courage to reveal them to others in a world where knowledge is king. If we know when we don’t know, we can similarly know when we do. Rather than complicating things further with a frantically constructed response born of great haste and little foresight, we can acknowledge we have yet to gather all we need to discern the way forward. And then we wait, or we seek out information to fill the gaps. We ask those who do know or seek insight deep within. We act only when the time is right, not simply to ease our anxiety or sense of urgency. We become aligned with the situation, not fighting or forcing it.
A New Moon in Aries is a time of high energy, with Aries being the first sign of the zodiac and a New Moon heralding new beginnings, something Aries is particularly fond of! However, this time around the energy requires patient consideration and a willingness to stop and reflect before we step out and do. We may well be tempted to act first and think later, but could well regret doing so! The wisdom of this New Moon is accessed in the quiet of inner reflection and the strength it takes to admit when we simply don’t yet know.
Within this admission lies the magic of possibility, the alchemy born of releasing our stranglehold on life and allowing it to unfold all around us rather than desperately trying to direct the show. It enables us to bow to the greater wisdom that is life itself and surrender to a more penetrating force that shapes our life from the inside out, from our very core, radiating forth its energy and potential to become manifest on the outer plane. If we are still waiting for things to improve, for life to buck up and meet our demands, this Moon affirms it’s not all about us, but we are all about life. The key to fulfilment is found in living for life not the other way around, expecting the universe to respond to our decree.
The biggest obstacle to making this shift is often the belief that we know best, that we KNOW how things SHOULD be if only they’d be it! ‘Not so’ says this Moon. There is so much we have yet to understand, and what we don’t know right now is knocking at the door demanding attention. It will challenge what we thought up to now and past certainties may dissolve in its wake. Nothing is quite as it seemed and much is not even close! It’s time to wipe the slate clean of expectations and let life lead us step by step, gifting us its wisdom as we go.
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www.astro-awakenings.co.uk/about-meNew Moon in Aries approaching! Here's what I said about it in my April Astro-Energy Report. My full update will be posted tomorrow:
'The New Moon in Aries on 7th April invites us to embrace the potential of this time no matter how intense it may feel personally. The natural inclination is often to roll our eyes and steel ourselves to survive challenges in the hope that peace follows in their wake. If I had a pound for every time I’ve been asked ‘when will things get better’ I’d be a millionaire! But this is not about ‘things getting better’. It’s about us getting better at living those things we want to avoid! For only in doing so can we get to know ourselves from all angles: up, down, inside out and back to front. Otherwise we never truly meet ourselves, but instead perpetuate a diminished version of who we are, devoid of guts and gumption, watered down and hemmed in by fear, regret and denial. This New Moon strengthens us to meet our true selves and play our part in the rise of the authentic self that typifies the birth of the burgeoning Aquarian Age.'
Read my full astro-energy report for April 2016 here:
astro-awakenings.co.uk/april-2016-astro-energy-report
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