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A total eclipse of the sun will be observed on 1st August 2008. To see a total solar eclipse, you must be standing within the band of its shadow, stand anywhere outside and you only see a partial eclipse.  A solar eclipse is a New Moon that occurs when the moon is on the same latitude as the Earth and the Sun. As this New Moon passes between them  it blocks out the sunlight and casts a shadow across the earth’s surface.

The track of the moon’s shadow on this particular Solar Eclipse will first touch the surface of the earth at dawn in Northern Canada, it then moves across the north polar region and into Siberia, then across the western edge of Mongolia and leaving the earth at sunset in Central China.

It is being highly regarded by the Chinese because it is the eclipse of the Olympics  - hmmm! I wonder who will be eclipsed during the Games? Just a note for the Numerologists - the Games open on the 8/8/08 - the number 8 is the most prestigious number according to the Chinese.

An eclipse repeats its degree every 19 years. One way of looking at what it can bring up on your chart is to ask what was I doing around the beginning of August 19 years ago? I have noticed that clients often say it was when their first child was born, when they got married or some such major event of that importance. 

Many astrologers say an eclipse is only significant if it falls on the Sun, Moon or Ascendant - not so, say I - we are ALL effected one way or another. In my opinion whichever house on your birth chart that the eclipse falls in will be intensified as an issue, rather than just an event.

For example, a client with an eclipse falling in his 8th house of debts, was forced to deal with his debts as a major event and go into a debt repayment scheme. Although he had had many New Moons falling in his 8th previously over the years, it was the eclipse that was in his face, so to speak. And it changed his life - freed him up to look at his future possibilities instead of living in permanent terror. In effect, the Eclipse was the knock on his door. 

So, eclipses are not to be feared - simply seen as a “click” mechanism creating circumstances that can help clear up the old “stuff” in whichever area of your life indicated by where it happens on your birth chart.

My first ever freebie!! And boy was I surprised by your response!

The requests trickled in at first. Then my friend Ann-Marie, of Attractor Factor fame put my offer on her monthly NL, as did my Australian Astro-Pal, Edgar Winter. And the requests flooded in - and to be honest took me by surprise. I had over 100 people asking for readings.

Now, I do tend to leap before looking - so had not written many combinations until they came in - in other words, no data base to draw from. The information was all in my head and needed to be written, request by request. So, I set to and was working for about six weeks to clear the list completely. This is why I have not written much else on the blog - but now I’m clear of it the LoA articles will start flowing again! And I know that the odd requests will still trickle in - and that’s fine, as I’m now much better organised for them. For those of you with Astrological understanding, I have no earth on my chart - ‘nuff said!

Anyone who can do the maths will know that there are 144 possible combinations and I actually had fewer people with the same combinations than I had thought I might.

Having said that, my mini-survey suggests that those with Gemini and Libra Suns or Moons, or both, gave me the biggest numbers, which was predictable, really, as these signs are the most sociable and curious to find out about themselves.

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We are all used to seeing the TV pictures of Druids performing their ceremonies at Stonehenge on 21st June each year. The attitude of those presenting these images in the various media seems to be one of bemusement and amusement - which usually comes from ignorance of what is really happening. 

It was the Romans who wiped out the Druids because they were a “backward cult” with little use to the Roman way of worshipping. However, these backward cultists were the keepers of an ancient secret wisdom that existed to relay information about our Celestial connections. A kind of “lest we forget” moment from the ancient world.

This secret that they acknowledge during their rituals is about the divisions in the sky - or annual time - by four. In other words, the Druids knew that the relationship between the Earth and the Sun have four particular phases. These are two Solstices - Summer and Winter - and two Equinox points. These four indicate the amount of light the Earth receives from the Sun.

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(With thanks to Australia’s leading Astrologer, Edgar Winter)

Ah, at last! Communication becomes less confusing and making decisions is no longer a battle. Ever since Mercury turned retrograde in its own sign Gemini on May 26, you’ve been spinning your wheels and going back over the same data and conversations. Now it’s time to leave that hamster wheel behind and put everything you’ve learned into practice. Sign those contracts, send out your resume or pick up the phone! The time is ripe to communicate all of your great ideas! However, it’s worth pointing out that things may seem to be in a holding pattern for a while yet as Mercury moves ever so slowly for about ten days, then he will finally get his act together and start whizzing around the Zodiac again. Until, the next retrograde phase, that is.

The changeable, fluid and powerful Moon is your sign ruler and it is her phases that fill in the smaller details of your life. The bigger changes in your life are reflected in the movement of the slower moving planets. 

Over the last few years, life has been bowling along quite nicely for you - although with Saturn paying Cancer a visit from 2003-05 things were pretty tough. However, in the grand scheme of things you learned a lot about independence and selfhood, which is no bad thing, as Cancerians can often be dependent souls. Just to confuse things, however, in the middle of the same period i.e. 2004, Uranus the planet of changes and disruption was smiling at you across the Universe from Pisces, offering you exciting new possibilities - and that’s still going on for about 3 more years from now. How good is that?

This is a good year for you, then, filled with confidence boosting and a real sense of getting somewhere in life - can’t be bad.

This month’s New Moon focuses on you - if you have something to put out into the world around this time (3rd July) then this would be a good time to do it. For those whose birthday falls around this period, then you are really stepping foot into a year of new beginnings.

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NB - The readings below can either be read from your Sun Sign - i.e. your birthday - or your Ascendant sign, which is calculated form your time of birth. Try also reading it from your Moon Sign, as Hindu astrologers suggest. 

Don’t know your Moon Sign? Get your FREE Sun/Moon combination reading and discover how your emotions impact with your ambitions to create your unique life path.  Just email me your birth date, time and place and I’ll email it back to you FREE!!! 

Please note that this year is a Leap year, which means that a day has been added to the calenda, so, you may notice that the beginning and end dates in some cases are a day earlier than usual.  

Aries: 21st March - 20th April

Family matters are in your face this month, which may just get in the way of your own personal interests. You will need to put up and shut up at least for a couple of weeks, by which time help will be at hand. If you own your property, you may decide to build an office or some other kind of extension. Your parents or some older relatives may demand some of your time as well. This could be a time when old matters are resolved - thus giving you the chance to think about a brand new beginning. Your career has been going well for you this year, with Jupiter in your Solar 10th House - maybe not giving you results as quickly as you would like - but it really is a case of slow and steady winning the race - and that could be you, Aries!

Taurus: 19th April - 20th May

A good period for you to get out and about exploring your neighbourhood, socialising with neighbours, siblings and other family members. There will be a lot of paperwork to get through as well, this month - could you have been leaving it until you felt enthused enough to get it done? Well, that time has arrived and you’ll likely be surprised by how easily it gets done. If you have to take your driving test, either practical or written then this is a good time. In a very un-Taurus like manner you may be scattering your energies to much - behaving more like a Gemini in fact. Yes, there may be important decisions to be made, but you could just take time out to study your options and go for it. Your children may be filling the house with too many friends when all you want to do is have time to yourself.

Gemini: 20th May - 20th June

This is the month for looking at your finances - both your income and outgoings. You may find that your partner is wanting to make a large purchase that requires a mortgage or bank loan - just make sure you define your boundaries clearly so that you don’t end up having to make all the payments. This could be a good month to start some saving plan or budget. You could also look at your gifts and talents this month - maybe there’s something deep down you’ve always wanted to do, and maybe were good at as a child. Well, this New Moon could offer you a way of finding the courage to go and do it - or at least check out ways of developing it into a skill later on in the year. Talent always demands that it gets expressed one way or another - and it could be now for you.

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