| Even if Thanksgiving is over I still feel as if it is a | | | | Venus Sextile Saturn on Friday |
| special time of the year and somehow holidays. | | | | Our joy can flourish within self set boundaries. |
| And it is! The year is nearing towards its end; | | | | Common sense prevails. Spending does not need |
| Christmas is almost there and we have to decide | | | | to go overboard on Christmas shopping sprees, |
| how we want to spend that time. Christmas is | | | | because we already have set our intentions on |
| always the best with children and I remember | | | | what is truly important and in the true spirit of |
| fondly my childhood Christmases with my family. | | | | Christmas for us earlier on in the week. We can |
| They would be the baking of cookies and the | | | | feel closeness and intimacy with our friends and |
| preparation of handcrafted gifts for my parents. I | | | | family without impingement. |
| remember evenings with candle light and | | | | Mercury Shifts into Capricorn on Saturday |
| Christmas music. | | | | The Mercury in Capricorn will be carefully planning |
| Maybe we do not need to spend big money to | | | | for the coming holidays and establish the budget |
| make it a memorable time and we can get | | | | and needs. Capricorn is an excellent planner and |
| creative in how to create something special for | | | | organizer and will help us to keep on top of the |
| our family. With the economical challenges we are | | | | many demands on our time and resources this |
| facing there is definitely an incentive given for | | | | month. |
| creating new rituals and ways to celebrate | | | | On Monday there will be a conjunction with Pluto |
| without spending a fortune. | | | | which can take us into more obsessive thinking |
| | | | and tends to dig up hidden layers in relationships. |
| This weeks forecast from Monday November 30 | | | | We might fight about something with our spouse |
| to December 7, 2009 is centered on the feminine | | | | or get anxious and overwhelmed. Pluto always |
| with the Full Moon opposing Sun in Sagittarius | | | | brings intensity and cleans out the pathways for a |
| joined by a wide opposition of Venus. But you will | | | | closer and more intimate relating afterwards. I |
| also find value in the discussion if you just want | | | | always think about Pluto as deep cleaning in areas |
| to look up information about the planets in their | | | | which have gone stagnant and stale. Renewal and |
| signs. | | | | rejuvenation comes out of it. |
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| Full Moon in Gemini on Tuesday | | | | The Gemstone for the Week is Apophyllite |
| The Moon is representing the principle of life and | | | | Apophyllite is under the influence of Moon, Venus, |
| life sustaining nourishment, the archetypal mother | | | | Jupiter, Neptune and Chiron and therefore very |
| and child. The Moon is how we feel and perceive | | | | fitting for this and the coming week. |
| life. It is our emotional filter and inner ground we | | | | Apophyllite is a very rare, light green, four-sided, |
| stand on. The Moon in our personal charts is | | | | diamond-faced crystal found in only one place on |
| indicating what we need to feel safe and | | | | the Earth, in Poona, India. The Poona mine was |
| comfortable and gives insights into our family | | | | closed after some years of operation due to the |
| dynamics in our family of origin. | | | | objections of citizens to the dynamiting in the |
| The Full Moon is at her fullest power and | | | | middle of their city; thus this is a very rare stone |
| extension and is accompanied by a high level of | | | | and good pieces are hard to find nowadays. |
| awareness with the opposing Sun giving the fullest | | | | I love this stone because of its unique generous |
| light of consciousness. Full Moons keep my cats | | | | qualities for the heart. In its natural crystallized |
| out all night on important cat business and might | | | | form it can be set into beautiful pendants and |
| gift me with more restless nights. | | | | worn right over the heart. This is a stone for the |
| Statistically there is more drunk driving and brawls | | | | heart chakra and connects us to the Christ |
| in the bars which doesn’t seem to be in | | | | consciousness and love in its highest form. This |
| alignment with a higher consciousness. But maybe | | | | energy is focused in our heart and connects us |
| we use those measures to insure we don’t | | | | with the quality of compassion as a result of |
| feel or see too much about ourselves. Not | | | | realizing who we really are: eternal spiritual beings |
| everybody values more clarity and exposure of | | | | of love, experiencing ourselves as humans on this |
| unconscious inner material to surface and we all | | | | earthly plane. |
| have a personal way to navigate the currents of | | | | The light color of Apophyllite is soft and gentle, |
| life. | | | | almost like a fragrance, and its energy very |
| | | | subtle, soothing, and expanding. The heart’s |
| Full Moon in Gemini has a high flexibility and is | | | | longing is to experience communion and oneness |
| more mentally colored then in other signs. Gemini | | | | with God, with life in all its facets. It is the longing |
| is ruled by Mercury and is an air sign. We feel | | | | of the soul to melt the shell around the heart and |
| curious, adventurous and like mental inspiration, | | | | heal its wounds, and compassion is the natural |
| exchange of new ideas or discussions. We will feel | | | | outcome of this process. |
| socially inclined, get together with our friends and | | | | The planet Chiron represents the wounded healer. |
| enjoy the pre holiday mood. It is a good time to | | | | Chiron shows us our deepest hurt on the |
| write our Christmas correspondence and send our | | | | astrological chart. He shows us where we need |
| packages off to far away loved ones. | | | | to heal ourselves and where we can become a |
| The time of Thanksgiving and Christmas is | | | | healer for others as a result of our own |
| centered around family. And even if we cannot | | | | experience. Chiron and Neptune are hand in hand, |
| choose our family, we can make sure to take | | | | joining their energies together to help us |
| care for unfinished business and reach out with | | | | experience the highest truth of love and |
| forgiveness if needed. Forgiveness is never for | | | | compassion: this is what we call “Christ |
| the other person it is always for ourselves to find | | | | consciousness.” |
| a harmonious inner place with others. It | | | | Apophyllite also may bring up emotions that are |
| doesn’t mean we necessarily like the other | | | | not in line with the Christ consciousness. It may |
| person but we can still love them on a deeper | | | | work as an accelerator of spiritual growth by |
| inner level. | | | | helping us to cleanse ourselves of grief, anger, |
| This Full Moon in Gemini will give us the neutral | | | | jealousy, and fear— all the so-called negative |
| perspective and analytical measures of our inner | | | | emotions—by realigning ourselves with the |
| emotional dynamics. If used properly Lunar can | | | | truth that we are divine consciousness. |
| help us to find the right words and higher | | | | This crystal is one of the most powerful healers |
| perspective to truly make it a season of peace | | | | for the heart and thus it is a stone for healers. It |
| and harmony. | | | | is very beneficial to wear this beautiful, unique |
| | | | gem over the heart, or for meditation you may |
| Venus in Sagittarius on Tuesday | | | | put it on your third eye or on your heart chakra. |
| When Venus has joined the Sun and Mercury | | | | It goes very well together with the Ruby or |
| already residing in Sagittarius we will feel an inner | | | | Spinel, which add other aspects of the heart.” |
| expansion and exhilaration. Venus the Goddess of | | | | [1] |
| love, harmony and beauty feels very gregarious | | | | It makes a wonderful gift for yourself or a loved |
| and loves to share herself. But with three planets | | | | one and you can have a look at some examples |
| in this sign there is a tendency to also be very | | | | on my website Shaktijewelry. |
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| The balance between Venus in Sagittarius and Full | | | | on the universal flow and planetary positions. If |
| Moon in Gemini is in the balance of the broader | | | | you know what is going on in the heavens you |
| spectrum of choices and a multitude of inspiring | | | | can then align yourself for more joy and success |
| ideas of the Gemini spirit with the bigger overview | | | | in your life. What I like about the abilities of the |
| and more meaningful perspective of Sagittarius. | | | | gemstones is that they offer a remedy to relax |
| Get ready for a delightful week with lots of fun, | | | | stressful aspects and positions in our personal |
| impressions and social interactions. | | | | chart as well as for the time quality of the |
| Uranus in Pisces Turns Direct on Tuesday | | | | present moment. |
| The innovative and rebellious spirit of Uranus will | | | | Enjoy your week, aloha and many blessings, |
| step more into the foreground and prepares us | | | | Shakti. |
| for the last conjunction of Jupiter, Chiron and | | | | Shakti Carola Navran: astrologer, jeweler and |
| Neptune in Aquarius next week. Uranus is sowing | | | | author |
| and sprouting the seeds for big collective changes | | | | [1]Adapted from Jewelry and Gems for |
| through revolution, innovation and inventions. | | | | Self-Discovery: Choosing Gemstones That Delight |
| Uranus is the role model and rebel who is carrying | | | | the Eye & Strengthen the Soul © 2008 by |
| the new paradigm and steps non-hesitantly into | | | | Shakti Carola Navran. Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd. |
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