Today’s Oracle takes us to the Libra weekly for April 21, 2006.

The pull to be in a certain relationship may be strong, and exist regardless of your current situation. Before long, you may note that the desire to relate has nothing to do with ‘relationship’ and everything to do with you discovering yourself with someone’s assistance. You’re living in a highly charged psychic environment, with the world bristling with revelation and wonder. There’s a powerful voice in your emotions advocating stability, security and negotiating every point down to the last detail. There is something or someone you’re trying to protect, perhaps yourself, perhaps someone else. But I would ask, protect from what?
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HS – thank you — i won’t lose that. it’s a long story, but my last comment in this thread had an eye on some inner/energetic/spiritual work i’m doing with a counselor. 🙂
dear Amanda,
Please don’t lose the thing that makes you special, that differentiates you from our primal relatives, that makes you sing in the expression of your joy when you awake in the morning: your excitement about living and loving someone and of sharing yourself with open arms in the awareness of your feelings. You are allowed to miss him, even for a week, even for a day. It’s okay. 😉
HS
of course, not long after i wrote that, feeling all self-contained and focused, i got allllllllllll kinds of distracted for the rest of the day by thoughts of the new lover — who is going far away for the next week.
*sigh*
ok, a little venus rx storm hitting the “shuffle” button on my inner cd mixer, just to remind me how far i still have to go — and that theory and practice aren’t quite the same thing, perhaps?
Amanda – Bingo!! The relationship to and with self. “Workin’ on it, Boss.” And, whenever I see the word “relationship” I also consider my relationship to and with “others” – other than other humans things/places/stuff/thoughts/the planet/money/work/etc etc.
And, sometimes it is from myself that I need the most protection…
JannKinz
Huffy, thanks for the link to the article on conducting. It was a good diversionary read, and made me aware of how out of date and uninformed I am on the last couple of decades of classical music. At one time I was familiar with the classical and baroque music “scenes.” Ah, yes, probably can attribue some of my ignorance on the changes in radio programming, especially public radio. That, and the demise of the infamous WQRS in Detroit. Anyway, fascinating article.
JannKinz
Thanks so much Carrie, liminali, stormi for your suggestions and gorgeous pictures – I enjoyed immersing myself in the purple and lilac blooms. But I’m afraid that the climbing plant I saw ain’t one of them, it’s quite a small purple flower, with a tiny yellow centre, that hangs down in clusters. The avatar pic is a sprig of lavender!
Stormi, yes, buddleia! It is in season right now, blooming purple goodness. 🙂
huffy,
think it might be the butterfly bush, or buddleia. since it’s hard to represent ina thumbnail, you know what it looks like best – if you google the term for images, might be the same?
HugS,
as a true desert wildflower, i most definitely moisturize. my wings may be dry but i’m often whet. 😉
amanda,
i vote for both, tho the one is primary, all else will follow (maybe sorta)? 🙂
“the funny thing is, i think the “pull to be in a certain relationship” feels like it refers to the relationship i’m cultivating to myself right now”
this statement resonates at this time in this place
thank you Amanda, you have handed me a brilliant key!
hi Huffy, I agree with Carrie, that avatar pic is tiny. Could you email me a pic? I also agree that it kind of looks like wisteria. I’m in central Texas, and also thought of this tree, the mountain laurel (smells divine!)
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SOSE3
The thing is, both wisteria and mountain laurel flower in early Spring. Their flowering season is long past, so I’m thinking it might be another plant? I need to see a better pic, then I’ll be able to track down its flora bio.
The avatar is so small I can’t be sure so here’s a site with a picture of wisteria: http://www.thewisteriacafe.com/
“Any ideas what the flowers could be? ”
Wisteria maybe? They hang down and are purple and grow in the South.
SuzyC… good luck with the new sponsor. Just as I read this, my ‘pseudo-son-in-law’ called me from Rehab. Yaaaaay! Here’s to Clean and Sober (first step to Grubby and Funny).
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Good luck with it dear Hugging! Love your new pic by the way.
Huffy, you’re awesome. Tension in my solar plexus, hmmm, how did you know?!? Your description of getting into the body is right on the nail and exactly what I’m listening to. I’m taking care of other things right now. Thanks for steering this convo.
Amanda! I’m so happy for you! That’s gotta feel sah-weeet!
Stormi, love your wings! Do you moisturize? 😉
Yes! Lovely.
Huffy,
yes. And we are all becoming better and better at these things. Sometimes now it’s just instant feeling, not so much ‘asking’.
Amanda – sounds great!
Paola – you’re right, it’s not at all easy! But I find that meditation really helps with this stuff, cos it stills the mind.
Amanda,
‘holy cow’ is just wonderful!
holy cow what a stellar oracle for today! the whole thing, but in particular:
“The pull to be in a certain relationship may be strong, and exist regardless of your current situation.”
the funny thing is, i think the “pull to be in a certain relationship” feels like it refers to the relationship i’m cultivating to myself right now, even though i’m crazy about a new lover.
(or do i have that backwards? no, i think i got it right. or is it both at once?)
Huffy,
hmmm… you seem doing very good. For me it’s difficult not to go mental and/or not to doubt that I’m going mental, if I listen as you describe. On simple things it works well.
Thanks! 😉
Hi Paola dear! It’s not really a method I use. I just try to ‘listen’ to the body, to understand where the tension is, etc., to observe how my body reacts to thoughts and feelings. So for example, in Hugging’s case, if he thinks about going back to studying, he may feel tight and queasy in his solar plexus (sorry if I use you as an example, hugging!), but then he can go further and try to fathom how much of this queasiness is really fear, or if there’s also excitement there. I’m being very mental about a non mental process, so don’t know if this is clear. But it’s really about coming out of the mind and into the body. Which I’m sure is what you do.
Hugging, I write for a monthly English magazine for Italian readers who want to improve their English. I write various language features for the mag, plus various scripts for an audio CD. Then I have to write an Italian glossary for nine articles we get sent every month, from leading US and UK newspapers. As you can see, we get great articles to prepare, but it’s a huge amount of work and not enough money – and lately they’ve been giving us horrific deadlines for the articles. But things seem to have finally let up a bit this month. Thanx for asking!
Hey Huffy, glad to hear you back.
What method do you use to ask your body?
I have a couple of methods that I use, but I’m always intrigued by the discovery of new ones, especally if they can be done by oneself and don’t request the presence of another person.
Thanks!
So I just started a new relationship with a 12 step sponsor which has “everything to do with you discovering yourself with someone’s assistance.” And protecting myself from her assistance will only dis-empower and delay my recovery.
thank you Huffy, what great advice! What are you doing for the article, may I ask?
Hugging – think this is a tricky time, I too feel as if I should make a decision and then go for it (like a mother in labour!), but at the same time feel unsure as to what direction(s) I should take. But I think this is a moment of letting go of a lot of stuff, and that many of us will be in a different place a few months down the line. Really try to check in physically with how the thought of following your ‘dream’ makes you feel; could be that it’s not really your dream any more, or maybe you are intimidated by how much work is involved, but once you get down to it you’ll know that it’s where you want to be. If you check into what your body tells you and keep asking questons, the answer will come to you – remembering that this is also a time of not knowing, and respecting that space. Which is what I’m trying to do!Better get back to the article…
Huffy! What a great article! Thank you so much for sending it my way. I had my mom over for dinner last night and we had a discussion about continuing my studies. I have some work to do to find an opportunity on that front while needing to support myself. But I feel a little disheartened and intimidated too at the fact that I’ve been out of the loop for so long. From one angle, I’d sacrificed my education which was so full of potential (I was conducting my Arts High School Orch at 17); from another angle, I have a lot more stability now. I don’t know what to do. The last thing I feel inclined to do right now is lock myself in a room to study.
hugging, have just been given this really nice piece on conducting to work on, thought you’d like it (no relevance here, of course, sorry…).
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/ac8c4148-b47d-11e1-bb2e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1yowSm4em
Yes – our avatars go well together! No, it’s not my lavender, I found the picture before my lavender was in bloom. This weekend down south, I came across these small, purple hanging flowers that were just filled with busy bumble bees – it was absolutely beautiful. Any ideas what the flowers could be? (liminali?)
thankX huffy, is that lavendar in yours? it reminds me of butterfly bushes too. 😉
Spirit, not sprit – problems with the iiiiii
Yeah hugging! Was just trying to translate ‘the era’s fun loving sprit’ into Italian, when you popped up with this! Molto divertente, baby.
yeah baby! But I’m dancin’ in the meantime… 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R4MEycfc9g
Yes. Me too. Thank you. Love your new avatar, stormi!
damn freakin’ oracle mirror. i ♥ you.