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Everyone’s talking about an economic downturn or recession. So, I thought this astrologer could put her piece in too, - just for the non-astrologers 

A special note for non-astrologers - this article is more for your benefit than for astrologers, because we already have this information. This is for you to give you foreknowledge of what you can expect over the next few years - and to alleviate your fears and helplessness in the face of the upcoming events. We are NOT victims - the Universe is NEVER out to get us!!!

We are about to enter a strong period of challenging aspects between Saturn, planet of boundaries and structures and Uranus, the planet associated with breaking boundaries and sudden changes. While this may sound pretty innocuous - and on an individual birth chart, they may be - however, on a world scale their effects can be enormous.

Astrologers work with cycles: Solar - which last a year; Lunar which last a month; Mars which last 2 years, etc. In fact in the world of financial astrology, which is NOT my particular speciality, they seem to concentrate on the cycles of Jupiter (12 years) and Saturn (30 years). Just to note here that I specialise in individual lives and their relationships.   

As this is such an important period we are about to enter I want to unpack it slowly for ease of understanding. So, first of all, I wish to note a few previous periods when Saturn and Uranus were facing each other off across the heavens - just so that you begin to get a flavour of this. And while Saturn’s orbit is 30 years, Uranus is 84 years, hence the duration of a couple of years for each meeting or aspect. Each cycle is 40 years. It is also worth mentioning that there is always a build up of events before the planetary aspects are exact. If a house is to be built, for example, what we actually see is the foundation being dug before the bricks are put in place - however, the digging is the final piece of a long process that began perhaps the previous year.

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This article was sent to me recently from Reuters’ website and I thought it deserved a wider audience - DK.

Something fishy is happening at the Olympic Games in Beijing. Put it all down to the stars.

Forget training, dedication and determination. An athlete’s star sign could be the secret to Olympic gold.

After comparing the birth dates of every Olympic winner since the modern Games began in 1896, British statistician Kenneth Mitchell discovered gold medals really are written in the stars. He found athletes born in certain months were more likely to thrive in particular events.

Mitchell dubbed the phenomenon “The Pisces Effect” after finding that athletes born under the sign received around 30 percent more medals than any other star sign in events like swimming and water polo.

In the history of the Games, the big winners in the overall medals haul were born under the signs of Capricorn, Aquarius and Aries. They boasted a significantly higher number of Golds.

Checking out the birth dates among the Beijing winners produces some intriguing results.

For fencers looking to deliver a sting in the tail and make it to the podium, Scorpio is the right sign. Two of the three Beijing medallists in the men’s individual sabre event were Scorpio, he said.

For pole vaulters charging down the track, it is better to be born under Taurus, the sign of the bull.

Any Olympic hopefuls unsure which event to pick can now turn to www.olympicstarsigns.com

check out their birth date and find which sport would be the perfect astrological fit.

Even Mitchell was surprised by his own findings which he said were conclusive “and I really mean conclusive.”

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Please note that you can go to www.olympicstarsign.com and pick up Kenneth Mitchell’s book on line for free. It makes very interesting reading, I have to say.



 

Just to say before you read your sign readings, that if you look at the evening sky through the winter months you will see Mercury, Venus and Saturn in the Western horizon, setting after the Sun. They shine so beautifully and give us the experience that the ancient priest-kings had when they began to note down their stellar observations thousands of years ago.

That is, of course, provided you have clear skies. Here in Scotland we have had cloudy skies for nearly 2 years now - I have seen the Moon about half a dozen times in the last 2 years - so I certainly can’t see the wonder of the planets setting.  

Happy Birthday Virgo 

I imagine that Virgos have been feeling pretty hard done by since last summer (2007) with Saturn, the planet of structure and reality checks entering your sign for his 30 month visit. Earthy Virgo is THE sign of perfectionism and minimalism and you can feel quite happy with some reality - however, there does come a point when it all gets a bit in your face. 

So for early Virgos ( 23 August - 5th September) who have been going through it all over the last 9 months - throwing out the old stuff and not quite sure where you’re heading - that’s all rather perfect for you, really. And, happily it’s over for another thirty years or so. Now it’s a new fresh start that you can begin to put in place. It is often suggested that this transit (passage) of Saturn over the Sun can signal a period of greatest success - but it is hard won - and totally your own making. So congratulations!

For mid-Virgos (5th - 15th September) this year is a real roller coaster ride. Saturn is making demands that you seriously look at the things that no longer serve your long term goals and start the process of letting them go. You may not wish to throw them out completely yet, but you will have done that by next August, 09. And then a brand new thirty year cycle will begin - a bit like being reborn, I guess.

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NB - The readings below can either be read from your Sun Sign - ie 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. 

 Please note that this year is a Leap year, which means that a day has been added to the calendar. so, you may notice that the beginning and end dates in some cases are a day earlier than usual. The Full Moon in Libra, which traditionally heralds Easter, always presents relationship matters in your face, whatever your sign happens to be.

Aries : 21st March - 20th April - This is a good time for you to seriously work on your relationships with your co-workers due to a pile up of planets in Libra, including your ruler Mars. This puts huge emphasis on negotiation, and cooperation in all your relationships - both business and personal - and it will put you in good stead for the future in your profession. It’s hard for Aries to be a good team player but you have to bite the bullet and do it this month, for your own sake. You may find that one of your colleagues seems to have a down on you and you need to use some diplomacy to put it right.

However, you are the stronger one here and will easily overcome any challenges thrown at you. You may be asked to take a course in some practical subject as well, in order that you really understand the deeper workings of your business. 

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This is the “Agony Aunt” venture on my blog. I would like to invite questions from you that would include your birth data, so that I can answer from both Astrology and LoA. Your name and birth data will be withheld for confidentiality. 

I cannot enter into private consultation unless it is done on a client basis. For further details about this, please see my Astrology page.

Question

Two years ago I started up my own business.  I am very ambitious and determined to make it work. Recently I ended a relationship - this has been painful to go through and let go of. I am very interested in Astrology as well. Can you give me some thoughts/advice?

Hello, K and thank you for your question.  Using both Astrology and the Law of Attraction to respond, please read on…

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When I was studying an online business course recently, I was asked what my USP was. This is the one thing about me that singles out my work from all the other work that’s out there in the public eye. In other words, how do I grab the attention of prospective clients and encourage them to do MY mentoring course?

I thought for a while, as it’s a big question, then I realised that my USP is timing.

My understanding of planetary movements and cycles can assist a client to have a clear overview of what is in front of them and when the best times for pushing ahead and pulling back are likely to be.  So, I can say, as I did yesterday, to a client - by a certain time of this/next month etc, you will be able to take advantage of the astronomical “weather” to launch your latest project; and these are the times when you are likely to be pushed and challenged, or when you will experience resistance from the outside world to your ideas - in other words, the best times to take a holiday.

If a client wants relationship, self-development or career mentoring, then together we can explore and reveal their expectations, gifts, talents, passions and needs by examining their birth chart and working with whatever comes up as a result.

I find that working at this in-depth level with a client is so rewarding and ultimately power giving to them that I would suggest that what I can offer is truly “Unique”.

Available Sessions:

Three new spaces for the Mentoring Program will become available starting on 25th August, 2008.

I will need your birth data - i.e. time, date and place to fulfill my USP - as described above.

The fee per session is £40 GB or equivalent, See payment instructions here

We initially start with 6 sessions and work on the phone and back up with email contact. You will receive a copy of my Mentoring Program e-Book.

Friday’s Solar Eclipse was only total across Northern Canada, Russia and China i.e. completely blocking the light of the Sun from the land - however, it was still visible as a partial eclipse right down to Spain and across those same latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere.

Traditional mystical teaching suggests that the Sun brings consciousness, which is obvious really - we either see the light or are in the dark about something. Those same traditions also suggest that the Moon represents our unconscious function - the past, memories, dreams and our hidden motivations. So, when a Solar eclipse occurs we go unconscious in some way.  

It made interesting reading that many people on BLC (Boundless Living Challenge) wrote on their blogs published around 1st August, that they couldn’t get anything together, felt down, uninspired or emotionally flat. This is exactly what I would expect people to feel when they are deprived of their light and left to the darkness of Lunar mind. The reaction to that event is equal to the effort made by us to deny our connection with the so called feminine energies - so if we feel depressed we have to ask who is the me that is holding down and denying my emotions, my connection with my past, my feeling life and my collective?

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On the surface of the world right now there is war and violence and things seem dark

But calmly and quietly, at the same time, something else is happening underground
An inner revolution is taking place and certain individuals are being called to a higher light
It is a silent revolution
From the inside out
From the ground up

It is time for me to reveal myself
I am an embedded agent of an secret, undercover
Clandestine Global operation
A spiritual conspiracy
We have sleeper cells in every nation on the planet

You won’t see us on the T.V.
You won’t read about us in the newspaper
You won’t hear about us on the radio

We don’t seek any glory
We don’t wear any uniform
We come in all shapes and sizes
Colours and styles

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Nearly a month ago I was contacted by Bob Doyle’s Wealth Beyond Reason program and invited to join the Boundless Living Challenge, although I was unsure about what to expect, obviously. 

Bob Doyle is one of the original teachers in “The Secret” movie0 and one whom I immediately liked when I saw and heard him speak. And as a result of that positive vibration towards him I kept in touch with him via his WBR website - hence the invitation.

When I joined there were about seven hundred names on the list - now it’s almost five and a half thousand and rising!

So, what is it, I hear you ask. First of all, it’s a social network site of which all the members are Law of Attraction users and “Secret” enthusiasts. Many are teachers, personal therapists, artists, musicians and healers - and many are in regular professions like doctors and lawyers, for example - all with this same base line of the understanding of the LoA. And most importantly it is a program designed to encourage all its members to enter their very own personal challenge and work towards achieving it during the 45 days, starting on 20th July and ending 4th September. 

People can join and still do the challenge right up to the end of August - or even just join as observers, without entering the actual challenge. Members are advised to post a daily blog on their progress towards achieving their goal and everyone else is invited to comment and offer advice and support. For example, Bob Doyle has entered the challenge himself - that being to sing and play guitar live in front of an audience! The video posts he’s made these last few days on his progress show him to be a trembling wreck - and he suggests that if our challenges don’t have our hearts thumping, then we have to come up with something else. There are sponsors and even prizes for various categories like - most original blog, artwork, videos and recordings - and, of course, success with the challenge. So, it’s all singing, all dancing.

My challenge is to start earning my living through writing this blog and the ebook that I’m co-writing with Ann-Marie Caffrey of the Attractor Factor fame  http://www.smart-attractor.com/   And in the last few days it has already begun to happen - people are already donating through the button on this site. How amazing is that?

Unlike other social networks like Facebook, MySpace, etc, the contributors are all mature adults who have a vision of making something meaningful for themselves in their lives; and who are also willing to put in the time on a daily basis to check on each others’ progress and make comments. However, like Facebook ad MySpace, Bob as regulator of the BLC site, is tough in refusing to allow spamming of business opportunities or products etc.

I am finding the most extraordinary compassion, support and encouragement to take risks from the members towards each other. They are by and large mainly female, from the US, UK and Australia, with a smattering of Europeans - as English is the base language.

I would encourage you to contact me if you wish to join the BLC - email me at dk@dawnekovan.com - and we can take it from there.