I’M TAKING ANOTHER GIANT STEP BACKWARDS!
POSTED BY BEVERLEE: Wednesday, May 14, 2008
It seems I’ve not quite finished turning back to revisit astrological techniques that I formerly used. In keeping with Mercury having been in retrograde motion in my most recent Solar Return, I have decided to resurrect yet another fascinating technique—the Karmic Chart Analysis. Learn about this intriguing Reading.
DO THE STARS GOVERN OUR DREAMS?
POSTED BY BEVERLEE, Wednesday, May 14, 2008
I had an interesting dream the other night about a person with whom I had once been very close. As so often happens, when this person and I had worked through the lessons we were supposed to learn from one another, he passed from my life and I have neither seen nor heard from him in years. Nevertheless, there he was in my dream, comfortably seated in my living room, chatting away amiably with me. I felt somewhat disconcerted by his presence, and I was mystified by it, too. In fact, his impression remained quite distinct in my thoughts even after awakening from the dream.
So on an impulse, I decided to consult his birthchart to see whether it would provide any clues to why I had dreamed of this person. The transits to his chart didn’t enlighten me. It was not until I ran his Secondary Progressions that I found what I was looking for. His Moon has progressed this month to exactly the degree of my natal Ascendant in Taurus. Now I have long observed that when clients come to me for an astrological consultation almost always there are connections either between our two birthcharts, or, most often, a planet in their birthchart has progressed to a point which conjuncts something in my birthchart.
The Moon, of course, represents a woman in a person’s chart. So it was poetically apt that this person’s appearance in my dream happened just this month when his Progressed Moon touches my natal Ascendant—representing my personality. I feel quite sure, that, on some level, he is also aware of the energy connecting us—even if it is only in a dream.
Moreover, just this morning, as I prepared to compose this blog, I decided to check my own Secondary Progressions to see what light they might shed on this situation. I was frankly startled to find that Saturn in my chart has progressed to exactly the degree of this person’s natal Ascendant, with my Progressed Moon only two degrees ahead of it! Saturn, as it happens, is the ruler of his Sun.
This has been an exhilarating experience: discovering that Secondary Progressions in astrology not only bring people together in the waking world, but in dreams as well. I daresay the cross connections between our two charts indicate there is more work to be done about the resolution of our relationship, which I presumed had already been accomplished.
"They say dreams are the windows of the soul--
take a peek and you can see the inner workings, the nuts and bolts."
~ Henry Bromel
WHICH SPORTS CAR ARE YOU?
POSTED BY BEVERLEE, Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Take this test to find out which sports car you are. I'm a Dodge Viper! Who knew? But it is red, my favorite color, so it works for me!
TAURUS CYCLE (A BIT LATE!)
POSTED BY BEVERLEE, Monday, May 12, 2008
I realize it's a bit late but just in case you haven't been visiting my Annual Solar Cycle page each month, I thought I'd give you the link to the Taurus Cycle of Abundance, which we enter every year on April 19th. It's rewarding to tune in to what is offered at each stage of the Annual Solar Cycle. I'm especially fond of Taurus's Cycle of Abundance. I hope you are not only enjoying it but giving thanks for all the abundance in your life.
GETTING TO KNOW JOHN McCAIN
POSTED BY BEVERLEE, Wednesday, May 7, 2008
As I mentioned back in January, I have come to dread election years because of all the empty rhetoric and vitriol that spews forth from every news source for the entire year. We have certainly witnessed this with the ongoing fight between Clinton and Obama as they seek the Democratic nomination for President. So it was like a breath of fresh air when my friend Bill forwarded this article about John McCain from the Wall Street Journal which I otherwise would have missed. (Thank you, Bill!) I'm passing it along because I sincerely believe that everyone, regardless of their political persuasion, ought to know these things about John McCain before casting their vote for the next President of the United States in November.
SHAME ON YOU, BAWA WAWA!
POSTED BY BEVERLEE, Friday, May 02, 2008
I have nothing good to say about Barbara Walters. For a woman who has had every advantage in life she shows very little class. In my "View" it is blatantly self-seeking of her to make public (On Oprah!, of course, where else?) her affair with Senator Edward Brooke, simply to boost sales of her upcoming book. However, rather than vent my spleen any further, I thought it more amusing to share her Compatibility Report with Senator Brooke. Here’s their steamy report.
HAPPY MAY DAY!
POSTED BY BEVERLEE, Thursday, May 1, 2008
May Day is a festival to celebrate Spring and fertility. It evolved from a Roman festival called Floralia which was held to offer flowers to the Goddess Flora. Dancers stomp the ground, blow horns and whistles, and ring bells to reawaken the ground, field and trees. The festival's central color is green because in Spring nature is green. May Day participants wear a crown of green leaves and flowers, and all the food is green.
Along with May Day comes the May pole. It is a tall pole, usually made of birch, decorated with flowers, leaves and brightly colored ribbons. May poles are permenant fixtures in large cities such as London, but were also put up on May Day Eve. The May pole symbolizes a tree to which May Day ceremonies are directed in order to encourage the "guardian of trees" to create a bountiful harvest. A mummer called Jack in the Green wears a costume made of green leaves and leads his chimney sweeps in a dance around the May pole.
There is also a Queen of this celebration. At the start of the festivities the Surveyor crowns her the Queen of May. There were no set criteria for choosing the queen. She could have been the tallest, youngest, prettiest, or most noble. She wore a gold crown with a single, gold leaf at its front. Her duties were to announce the games and award the prizes.
On May Day Eve after midnight and until the dawn of May Day, the children collect the May, that is, gather flowers and greens for the day's ceremonies. Upon their return everyone collected the May dew. The dew on grasses was thought to be lucky and good for your complexion by giving twelve months of rosy cheeks.
