Life Design
August 2020 Weekly Astrology Forecasts
August 3 – 9
The week opens with an Aquarius Full Moon (also known as a Sturgeon Moon), which could make for a tricky Monday! We’ll need to practice flexibility and patience, as this Full Moon could change our direction at a moment’s notice.
The following day, Mercury will enter dramatic Leo, which could fill our heads with grandiose ideas. Entertain them, but get more information before you act! A Pisces Moon rules the heavens on Wednesday and Thursday, providing a more spiritually based and quiet few days.
Venus will move into Cancer on Friday, where it will ride the soothing and intuitive wave of this sign for the next month. Love of home, family, and self will take precedence during this cycle. The weekend unfolds under an Aries Moon, filling us with energetic and creative energies. So, let’s get out there and have some fun!
August 10 – 16
Except for Uranus going retrograde on Saturday, this should be a quiet and productive week. Uranus will travel backward until January of 2021, with subtle shifts and changes that probably won’t be obvious until the beginning of next year. People born under the sign of Aquarius (which Uranus rules) may notice it more, as they’re asked to go back and review changes they’ve made this year, and whether those alterations are working for them.
The Hidden Meanings In The Letters Of Your Name
When you embark on the awesome, unconscious probing of your inner spiritual nature, any demystifying, esoteric approach can be helpful and appropriate in revealing deeper understanding and insight about who you really are. A lesser known, but validly pertinent psycho-analytic tool available to us is the metaphysical analysis of the shapes of the letters of our name.
It is also known as grammatomancy (divination using the letters of the alphabet), and it is best used in conjunction with Numerology and Astrology. The ‘alphabetic alchemy’ of the letter in your name can be applied as an investigative detecting rod, to unravel certain latent gifts locked within a person’s psyche. One can apply this technique as a beginning barometer and incisive indicator, while eliciting a psychological search for meaning and clarification in the personality.
Hidden in the letters of our names is a treasure house of unexplored truths, which not only educate and enlighten, but also entertain. Specific energy vibrations are attached, or attributed to each letter of the alphabet.
But, more importantly, the cosmic reality interwoven in the unique blending of the individual letters comprise a specific destiny, not automatically disclosed at the conscious level. How the chosen letters are strung together, comprise a certain alchemical constitution of sorts, not unlike the various essential molecular elements which make up, let’s say, a piece of furniture. A far-fetched proposition, I realize, but not altogether, unlikely.
The Truth About Closure After A Break-Up
Symbolism is strong magic. Creating a ritual to achieve closure, when we have suffered a loss or disappointment, offers us strength and healing through symbolism. It is symbolic, for example, to write letters to people who have wronged you in some way. Burning that letter is then a way to start the healing process. Once burned, the energy that is released from your being is the start of healing for you.
Instead, we often tend to run through many a scenarios in our mind. We tend to rehash the past, over and over. We repeat conversations with a former partner, trying to find understanding and closure. But it does not release the pain, for you are talking to them in your mind, and not really having a conversation with them. Depending on the level of trauma you have experienced, this exercise only cements the fact that it was a traumatic experience, with no real closure.
Closure is a word that is too often thrown around without truly understanding its meaning. If you have your heart broken by someone, and do not know the reasons why they had done what they had done, it leaves you in a place of bewilderment. Many people then think that if they can find a more in-depth, or subconscious reason for the break-up or relationship failure, they would be able to close that door once and for all.
Leaving Your Spiritual Footprint
A footprint is an impression left behind by a human foot or shoe on the ground or some other surface. If you have ever been at the beach, you have probably noticed that this is the one place where a footprint is so easily and readily left behind. It I also not too difficult to determine if the impression was left by a an adult, or a small child. But have you gone any further than merely noticing those footprints? Have you ever wondered where does the person live who left that footprint? What is their education and career? What is their current relationship status? What is the life and legacy embedded in each of those imprints?
Human souls also leave behind their ‘metaphysical footprint’ by fulfilling their spiritual calling and soul purpose in their lifetime. The more exceptional or extraordinary ones are written about in our history books. They are great teachers, prophets and spiritual leaders that have left a discernible legacy behind when they departed from this world. When any person takes on a cause, with sometimes the most forceful opposition, to create an new and improved world for the common good, it is always an indicator that a spiritual footprint is being made.
Saint Teresa of Calcutta, simply known as Mother Theresa, for example, is certainly a spiritual icon that has left a well-established footprint of compassion, kindness and charity that continues to be recognized all over the world. We do not expect her to have been a perfect person, but the sincerity and love that she professed for some of the most spurned and downtrodden cannot be denied by anyone. It is to me abundantly clear that she indeed left a footprint of love, compassion and acceptance which equates at the end of the day to her being totally connected to and aligned with spirit.
When A Psychic Reading Reveals The Inconvenient Truth
If you are going to ask me a direct question during a psychic reading, expect an honest, direct answer. Surely this is a fair expectation? And there is also such a thing as black and white answers, but they only exist in mathematical equations and some fields of science. Day-to-day life is, however, very different. And hearing what you need to hear, not what you want to hear, is the first step towards personal growth and healing.
Some psychic clients have ‘inner landmines’ that one might inadvertently sometimes set off by truthfully answering a ‘simple question,’ or making an honest observation. They may not be ready to tell themselves the truth of the matter, or they may have colored it over as to not feel judged or ashamed. This is common. As a person grows, new information about that particular matter may come to light. This will change that persons ‘truth’ in the moment.
Over the years, I have comforted and supported several psychic readers who were overwhelmed by challenging clients who were not ready to face the truth. Drained, crying, frustrated and exhausted from an energy battle they did not willingly engage in, they desperately reach out for comfort in the aftermath. As a professional psychic myself, I have also reached out for comfort in similar circumstances. We tend to reach out to those who do what we do, because all of us have a point of reference in that, and the shared experience to match.
How To Manifest Abundance And Prosperity
Conscious, deliberate creation is key to bringing what you want into your reality. People have a myriad of ways they manifest things in their life without realizing it. Sometimes good, sometimes not so good. We create and attract things without even being aware that we are creating them.
The first step to creating more of what you do want, is to identify what it is you truly want. If you are going to be ‘wishy washy’ about it, then the Universe will deliver ‘wishy was’ results in response, including zero results. How do you get clear on what you truly want? One way is to allow yourself to ‘space out,’ or just daydream a bit about what you want in life.
Say, for instance, you wish to manifest more financial prosperity in your life. You know you want to make more money, but you do not know how to do it. The first step is to clearly decide, and yes, this is key, that you absolutely are going to make more money.
Several years ago, I rented an office in a building next door to a very successful accountant. She owned three large accounting firms in three different locations. One day, in the office hallway, we struck up a conversation about our businesses. I asked her if she’d mind sharing her secret to building such a successful business. “I just decided one day that I was tired of not having enough money, and that from now on I will live an abundant life,” she said. When she said this to me, I had chills going up and down my spine! I felt some sort of transmission happen where she passed along the abundance vibe to me.
Time To Follow Your Heart
The Covid-19 pandemic has been causing many of us to face some of our life issues that may not have come up otherwise, had we not been under so much stress, while isolated from external social support.
The times we are going through remind me a lot of what the United States went through after 9/11. People were scared, and our lives changed. Some of us questions our purpose and our future: our lifestyles, our goals, our dreams. Many homes overnight became fortresses of self-isolation. Air travel became an issue. Many things we took for granted changed literally overnight. Sound familiar?
At first it was a matter of fear, anxiety and self-preservation. Then the effect on our emotions, choices and attitudes kicked in. Many people became more humble, patient and kind. We were more unified than ever, similar to our mindset during World War II, when a nation came together with one goal: to protect and defend what they loved.
Back then, people planted gardens, and bought bonds to support the cause. Industry became a place where women could play a more significant role in manufacturing and engineering. All for one thing, and one thing only: to secure our freedom. Covid-19 has brought with it similar challenges and adversity. What remains to be seen is how we will choose to respond and what good might come from it. I believe we will ultimately beat this crisis in the same way we have done in the past, both as individuals and as a nation. We have done it before, and we will do it again.