Astro-Practice

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New Years 2020 and Your Weekly AstroYoga Forecast

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New Years 2020 and Your Weekly AstroYoga Forecast

A decade ends; a decade begins

New years is a potent type of solar return that happens each year. This solar moment is rife with potentialities. This is why New Years is a time to set your resolve for the coming 12 months. As the sun returns and strengthens all of life on earth, the seeds your intentions have sown begin to sprout, and you begin to see your desires realized.

2019 ended for much of the zodiac with big shifts in energy, and now is your moment to make an intention from the place you find yourself now (rather than where you thought you'd be now).

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December Astrology and Your Weekly AstroYoga Forecast for 12/24/2019

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December Astrology and Your Weekly AstroYoga Forecast for 12/24/2019

Christmas New Moon and Solar Eclipse

You've probably been feeling challenges pop up lately (especially if you have a lot of cardinal placements in Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn), and I bet you've wondered how long these challenges will last. 

This is a prolonged season of challenge for the area of your chart ruled by Capricorn, but this week will bring some light to those challenges you've been facing.

Early on the 26th (in North America), there will be a partial New Moon Solar Eclipse next to Jupiter. This is eclipse will bring light and some beneficial energy to what you've been struggling with.

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Winter Solstice 2019 and Your Weekly AstroYoga Forecast

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Winter Solstice 2019 and Your Weekly AstroYoga Forecast

The Winter Solstice is HERE

Last week was full of difficult transits. You may have read about it here, and I'm also guessing you could sense it in the air. The solstice this Sunday brings a welcome pause. 

Even though the difficult transits through Capricorn are ongoing into 2020, now is a moment of calm amid the storm. The winter solstice is a moment to take a breath and remember that all things are temporary; journeys into darkness happen for a reason.

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Tough Transits and Your Weekly AstroYoga Forecast for 12/10/2019

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Tough Transits and Your Weekly AstroYoga Forecast for 12/10/2019

Why did Sagittarius dislike the jokes from the present transits? Because they were so Capricorn-y.

Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Puns aside, is it just me or does it feel as if Capricorn season has come early this year?

There's an astrological reason for that. Today, Venus, the planet of love, pleasure, and beauty teams up with Saturn, the planet of boundaries and restrictions. All of this is happening in Capricorn.

So right now: Capricorn is housing Pluto, Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus, and you may be feeling more boundary-ridden than normal. If you've been reading these for awhile, you know that Capricorn is being pressure-cooked for a prolonged season of churning out a proverbial diamond.

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Jupiter, Capricorn, and Your Weekly AstroYoga Forecast 12/3/2019

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Jupiter, Capricorn, and Your Weekly AstroYoga Forecast 12/3/2019

Jupiter in Capricorn

Capricorn energy has been under immense pressure for the past year (and will be for the next one); this prolonged season is seeking to poke and prod the Capricorn-ruled area of your chart until it churns out a proverbial diamond.

Yesterday, Jupiter entered Capricorn for a 13 month stay. Jupiter's entry marks a time when you can finally begin to see the glimmer in the forming diamond. Now is your time to beneficially expand your approach to measured, sustained effort over time. What is it you're working toward?

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Sagittarius Season and Your Weekly AstroYoga Forecast for 11/26/2019

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Sagittarius Season and Your Weekly AstroYoga Forecast for 11/26/2019

Welcome to Sagittarius Season!

So much is happening this week: yesterday, Venus entered Capricorn; today, there's a new moon in Sagittarius, and tomorrow Neptune ends his retrograde period. And, to top it all off, this is Jupiter's last week in Sagittarius until the year 2030.

What does it all mean? 

Essentially, this astrological moment is offering you an opportunity to face your major challenges of the year with new eyes. How can you examine your major stressors with love, gratitude, and heightened awareness?

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Mars in Scorpio, Mercury Retrograde, and Your AstroYoga Forecast for 11/19/19

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Mars in Scorpio, Mercury Retrograde, and Your AstroYoga Forecast for 11/19/19

Goodbye, Mercury Retrograde; Hello, Mars in Scorpio!

Today, Mars moves into Scorpio, one of his favored places in the zodiac, and tomorrow, Mercury turns direct. This is a big shift in the energy of this Scorpio Season.

If you find Scorpio's deep, intense energy comforting (finally everyone is facing how they really feel), then this energy shift might feel great to you. But if you're one to shy away from confrontation (or to choose it selectively), this might feel like an unwelcome burst of intensity.

Whether you naturally enjoy this sort of energy or not, I suggest taking a few deep breaths to create a container for whatever you experience. Your reality isn't something to either force or avoid. Your reality simply is, and your only job is to experience it as you are.

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Full Moon and AstroYoga Forecast for 11/12/19

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Full Moon and AstroYoga Forecast for 11/12/19

Taurus Full Moon Right Now!

Today is the Taurus full Moon; in fact, it's happening right now (as this email is being sent out)!

Full moons represent the culmination of a cycle, and a moment when something that's no longer necessary can be released. With this full moon in Taurus opposite Mercury during his retrograde, you can be sure that this moon may shed some light on thought/communication patterns that no longer serve you in practical ways.

Are the ways you think and communicate compatible with your daily life? How do your deeply set patterns interact with the environment, your home, and others? Are there any thought patterns you've developed in response to trauma/injury that leave you more connected to past hardships than present reality?

The AstroYoga pose of the week opens the body and draws connections from the area of the body ruled by Scorpio to the area ruled by Taurus.

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Shifts in the Stars and Your Weekly AstroYoga Forecast for 11/5/19

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Shifts in the Stars and Your Weekly AstroYoga Forecast for 11/5/19

Big Shifts in the Stars

A lot is shifting in the stars right now: Mercury has entered retrograde, Venus is in Sagittarius, and Jupiter is finishing his final few weeks in his Zodiac home of Sagittarius.

But what does all of this mean? 

This Sagittarius/Scorpio energy hybrid in the sky is whispering that in order to deeply understand all things (or anything), you must fist deeply understand yourself. 

Mercury retrograding in Scorpio invites deep inquiry into your shadow emotions, while Venus and Jupiter in Sagittarius remind you that beauty, elegance, understanding, and playfulness abide even in the midst of shadow times.