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Yours & truly,
Today’s Aspects – Saturday 22 March 2008
Vesta (16+ Pisces) trine Hidalgo (16+ Scorpio Rx)
Venus (11+ Pisces) sesquiquadrate Atlantis (26+ Libra Rx)
Venus (11+ Pisces) quintile Admetos (23+ Taurus)
Sun (2+ Aries) septile Admetos (23+ Taurus)
Mercury (11+ Pisces) sesquiquadrate Atlantis (26+ Libra Rx)
Thought du Jour
We are conditioned as kids to respond to guilt. The problem really sets in when that’s the only thing we respond to. It gets difficult to relate to people when their receptivity to pleasure or accomplishment is not anywhere near as sensitive as their responsiveness to resentment and punishment. When that is true, we tend to seek those things out and give others a narrow set of choices for how to communicate with us, most of which are either difficult or seem abusive.
Today’s Oracle
In my reading of the charts, the astrology of the coming few days is just the kind that either a) will feel really good to you because it’s such a luscious escape from the intensity and seriousness of this phase in your life, or b) represents a state of mind which makes you nervous because it’s brimming with uncertainties and the sense that invisible forces and vague emotions are at play. However, if you focus on yourself and what you need to be happy, you’re likely to discover that either it comes to you, or you’re suddenly in a great position to negotiate exactly what you want, in part because you are so relaxed.