Dear Eric:
It happens rarely, but I couldn’t understand what you wrote for Aries on Tuesday. I was hoping to get a clearer understanding or intuition from today’s astrology, but I don’t. Can you please clarify a little what you meant on Tuesday about awareness and understanding where people are coming from?
Do you mean we have to get out of our way to understand why people are behaving like schmucks? I’m at a point where I’m ready to blow up and I have zero tolerance for people’s bullshit projection on me or lack of loving kindness. Your insight would greatly help me.
— Aries Reader
Here are the horoscopes in question. Let’s see if our readers have any comments. The astrological key is that in Inner Space I am mainly referring to Venus retrograde in Scorpio/solar 8th house and in the weekly for this past Friday, I am referring to Mercury conjunct Saturn in the Libra/solar 7th house.
— ef
Inner Space for October 2010
ARIES — Know your plastic from your cash. Make sure you can tell the difference between sex and love. Pay attention to whether the words people say align with the deeds you observe them doing and keep an eye on yourself too. The onus of awareness is on you, which means applying discernment all the time. The coming month and into mid-November offer you many opportunities to reassess commitments rather than make or break them. If there are flaws in a contract or sticking points in a relationship, they are likely to come out now. You may feel driven to move ahead, but if you do so without understanding what the people closest to you want and what they feel, you may have to let go of your investment in them. Therefore, be prepared to practice understanding above all other values.
Weekly Horoscope 834 for Oct. 8, 2010
ARIES — When you reach a communication impasse, that’s the time to take a new approach. It helps if one declares the impasse. That means admitting you’ve reached a place where you cannot pass through. It’s a kind of stalemate, which is an interesting word as well. The planets look like you’re at such a point, and the best strategy that I see is a change in the overall direction. This might seem like a reversal, but what is described is a reorientation that takes into account elements of the past and needs of the future that are factors in your current get-serious moment. The obstacle is not insurmountable. In fact no matter how heavy or loaded with gravitas the issue may seem, it will yield to communication if both parties can agree on a common goal and a couple of common values. Start there.
David C mentioned a breakthrough, and that’s what I’m feeling. Aries w Aquarius rising and a Leo moon here. Things coming full circle from the 60’s, a torrid political fight in California over the legalization of marijuana, and a feeling that maybe if we all work really hard something good might happen. Here’s the text from the Hopi prophecy, which to me seems a very good thing to keep in mind.
“You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour, now you must go back and tell the people that this is THE HOUR.
And there are things to be considered…
Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?
Know your garden.
It is time to speak your Truth.
Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for the leader.
Then he clasped his hands together, smiled, and said, “This could be a good time! There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water. And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate.
At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally. Least of all, ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt.
The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves! Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.
(Oraibi, Arizona Hopi Nation)
See you down by the river…..
“I haven’t felt this good since I don’t know when, don’t know when I’m gonna feel this good again, c’mon baby let the good times roll”….
Honestly Eric, the horoscopes have not resonated with me like they have in the past. When this happens I usually just give it some time and see if these themes come up a little later…they usually do. But the issues that are MOST promine…nt for me as an Aries personality don’t have to do as much with relationship (although that is there to some extent) but more to do with this breakthrough that feels like it is about to happen. This thing that has been unfolding since about March of this year. It is really me breaking through but it is taking its form in how I express myself in the world and the financial return that I get from that.
== David, I will reply in the weekly horoscope on Friday. — efc
shebear,
you are most welcome for the sharing. it’s what we do best here at PW, yes? 🙂
This morning I saw an item* that ‘until yesterday was in my possession’ – it had been given to be for a BD present by the “x” – who very much was the same energy as my father (and very abusive, controlling, manipulative but disguised as love).
Over the years it was as though a rubber band were attached to this particular thing, as it kept coming back. The item itself not bad of course, but the energy it dredged up always lurked in the background.
*This morning it was poking it’s head out of the dumpster – where I had not placed it yesterday but it made its way there by some other hand. What a huge statement it made – literally staring out at me as I headed out for my morning workout…..and the only feeling that filled me – yet filled me it did – was one of freedom.
Again I say, “Freedom” and may we all be filled with Love Peace and Joy.
It’s amazing isn’t it – how much the stuff outside of us creates newness or stagnation of the stuff that’s inside of us.
XO
Hey Aword:
I just want to write and applaud you on this heartfelt admission. That is one heck of a fear to face up to. I also want to add that what you have admitted here, that ” the fear lies in having to fill the void with the abundance – love/relationships/activities – that I really want” — is an anxiety that I’m sure resonates not only with me but with many others in the PW community. What a freeing fear to say hello to and make peace with.
I would like to wish you continued courage and clarity on any further reflections you have around this anxiety. I sense that this is your time to sparkle and shine as you off load those limiting parental burdens once and for all.
I am inspired by your strength and your honesty here and I thank you.
😉
pam,
This fish woke at 2am last night realizing that i STILL am carrying my father’s (and mother’s) burden.
The “values” of poverty that he instilled in me – that make up every choice my family made everything we were when I was a kid – I am still living that nightmare.
I’ve circled around it a bit – and risen above from time to time – but that non-abundance world has held me in a maze – a puzzle – for a long time.
It was the emotional realization – when I awoke with an anxiety attack – just where that anxiety was coming from. Not new experience – just new time/place and realization.
I am not my father’s keeper. I am not keeper of my father’s values.
Today I am letting go of everything in my life that stands for “holding on to poverty” and boy oh boy, is this an intense day. (I mean physical stuff – like “I might need this some day” stuff.)
Gone. The fear has never been so much in letting go of what is not mine; but rather the fear lies in having to fill the void with the abundance – love/relationships/activities – that I really want.
Hope that helps – one fish to another. By the way – The fish swam round and round holding onto each other’s tail to form a seat for Aphrodite so she could be saved and rise to heaven. They had to keep moving or they would drown. So those little fish are not swimming in circles because they are lost or not keen on what is going on. It is a life-affirming action.
?
Be as kind as possible
and know that things may have to change, and work to get yourself to a spot that if things have to change you are conscious in them
If anyone has any ideas about how fishes (ok particularly this one!) can attract abundance (and hard cash) I’d be grateful…
(things can change on the head of a pin too… and miracles often arrive when least expected)
Hola, Eric, I’m an Aries and many times I heard that we are so abrupt in our conversation, I must be from another planet, because I see myself as a very quiet, tranquil person….I can be opinionated,( I feel proud of the day I was born,as Leonardo Da Vinci) I believed that is because my mom and older sister are both Aries and I was the timid in the family.
About the article, yes it can be very exsasperated when the other person don’t tell how he feels or has a hidden agenda.
Just be aware and be in the present is the best tool that we can give to ourself and for the people that loves us.. Eric, many thanks for all your great information I’m been follow you since you used to write for Jonathan Cainer.
In another note, can you do a chart for the miners in Chile? I think that all over the planet people are thinking about them, and they are 33, it is been 66 days since they are under the mine. Thanks.
A. A.
“Know your plastic from your cash” What can you handle right here, right now? What are your emotional (and all other) resources right this minute? That is your cash. What behavior are you currently contemplating and will you have the resources to pay the Piper later? That is your plastic. In other words, don’t let your mouth write a check that your ass can’t cash. This happens a lot with Aries people because our knee jerk response is to go into attack mode. From your letter, I would guess that you are there and are barely keeping yourself in check. The question then becomes, “What is your objective? What is it that you want? Will operating in this mode:
“…Do you mean we have to get out of our way to understand why people are behaving like schmucks? I’m at a point where I’m ready to blow up and I have zero tolerance for people’s bullshit projection on me or lack of loving kindness.”
get you what you want? Or are you just venting? I’ve learned through hard experience that most people cannot handle an Aries vent. They get burned up really quickly, and burning people up is also not an act of loving kindness. Even if that is not your intent, they still feel like embers and ash. It sounds as if you are at an impasse yourself. Try a different route. I don’t know you or your situation, but asking questions and taking deep breaths might be helpful. waiting might be helpful too.
I, too, am at an impasse with someone who means much to me. I too am feeling exceedingly frustrated and would love to give him a verbal shaking. But I want a comfortable place for both of us to be able to relate to each other and blowing the house down would be counterproductive. That’s how I read last weeks messages.
Oh, and Eric? How do you know just what I am dealing with? Practice understanding indeed. I am trying, and taking it day by day.
Actually, awordedgewise has said it quite well. I’m Aries sun and I could immediately see the relevance of both scopes.
The Friday one is spot on exact, now the issue of the impasse in communication has been stated but the new approach is yet to be divined. Inner Space resonates with my emotional journey since last weekend and especially yesterday evening/night with regard to holding space for the detritus and toxic waste of past hurts and baggage weighing down my relationships (and my ‘self’)) were purged and allowed to flow out freely, yet with the intent and hope that they would not harm the other or the relationship itself. That is, the commitment to a healthy partnership of equal yet different individuals is the overarching goal.
Back to the communication issue however, merging the message of both horoscopes as well as the insights in the comment above, where and how do we find balance (Libra/partnership/the other for an Aries) of the energies and the give and take when perhaps the impasse has been reached due to the sense that there is some withholding involved (or at least it feels that way, that one keeps having to initiate (Aries) but at what cost in the long run?) now I’m rambling here ;p
Agree on know your plastic from your cash but would take it a step further into know what you value and why… (Taurus moon Pisces mercury soften the edges but the Asc’s linked to the Galactic Centre and the third eye can’t help but see too much and be compassionately pained. Tough love?)
Hi, Aries reader
Wow, this is very interesting. In a brief description of where you are at corresponds so nicely to what Eric wrote. This is the reason why I subscribe to his horoscope. As an outside observer with no knowledge of your life situation, I can see the suggestions Eric makes here would greatly improve your relationships. He seems to give you some steps and guidelines:
“Know your plastic from cash”, then act upon that knowledge. What is important to you? What and who deserves investment? Know that what you put out whether it’s in thought form or action will always yield returns. So, those schmucks that you want to scream at, do they deserve your time and energy? If so, confront that urge to scream inwardly and outwardly. Don’t forget to be loving and kind as you do so.
As a matter of act, this month’s Libra reading is like a code to me. I wonder what I’m blocking out of my consciousness…
Aiko
Hm…..I know that I often feel compelled to read Aries (natal moon) and Leo (AC) as well as my Sun Pisces. The Aries reading often give me insight as to where I need to rein myself in; be more conscious – and sometimes where I need to use the fire to boost the heaviness of water.
That said, I totally intuited the Inner Space comments upon post. Even was drawn to them prior to my “own” Pisces read. And these words seem to sum up where I am right now – I am in a place where I’m not just TRYING to “get” – to understand – relationship differently – I am Being relationship/s differently.
The whole Inr Spc commentary seemed to tell me: “don’t use that fire to blow up/blow apart good ‘working material’ that is my current relationships. I have already weeded out the edible fruit from the compost. Now is time to stay aware of what’s what based on what I’ve already learned and – again – rather than blow things apart when I can’t “get it” or other people don’t seem to be getting me – stay open, stay aware, stay alert and Keep Listening.
“know your plastic from your cash” = stay aware stay alert stay tuned in to knowing what is “real” and what is not.
Anyway – this is what this little Moon Ram got.