Is there bad energy about for '07?

[foreigncorrespondent]

Or is it just me? LOL

I really thought '06 was bad. I was so glad to see the back of it. The last bad thing which happened to me in '06 was, I lost my job a few days before Christmas, and then my mum ended up in hospital.

But 2007 is shaping up to be a lot worse than '06 ever was.

Due to the loss of my job, the smallish debt ($17k) I was in has virtually doubled (almost $30k now) this year alone. I have bills on top of bills mounting up, and am having to rob Paul to pay Mary.

Just in the last three weeks alone I was attacked in the back car park of my local supermarket, my relationship came to an end, and yesterday I got a registered letter saying I was being evicted and have 14 days to vacate.

In all honesty with the last, I thought my credit card had enough funds left to cover this months rent, but obviously it didn't. The real estate office didn't notify me about it. I received nothing until the registered letter yesterday.

So is this bad energy just flowing around me, or is it here for the year for all of us?

[I Have A Dream]

1. Do you know how to create an astrological chart, foreigncorrespondent?

If so, you may want to post it here in case someone who can read a chart is interested in taking a quick look at it. If you want to post it but don't know how, I'd be happy to post it here for you. You'd need to PM me your date of birth, exact time of birth, and place of birth. (I can't read charts myself, but I can help you to post yours.) Please be aware that, if I post your chart, the birth information that you give to me will show on the chart that is posted, so if you don't want this information to be known, you may want to choose not to post it.

I'm sorry that you're going through such a difficult time. Things certainly do seem to be piling up on you. :(

:hug:

[foreigncorrespondent]

2. Thank you!

No I don't know how to create an astrological chart. And no one has ever been able to do one for me. LOL

I can give you everything but the exact time of my birth. My mum was very sick with me, and cannot remember. And of course they do't write the time on someone birth certificate. All we know is it was between midday and 1pm.

Apart from that my DOB is 11th Feb 1968 and my location was an inner suburb of Perth (Subiaco) Western Australia.

[I Have A Dream]

3. Here's the chart

Note that the birth time is approximate (somewhere between noon and 1:00pm, so I entered 12:30pm).

[hvn_nbr_2]

5. Dummie question: How much difference does that half hour make?

Note that the birth time is approximate (somewhere between noon and 1:00pm, so I entered 12:30pm).

I sometimes hear that you really need the exact time, and other times I see people do a chart based on a best-guess approximation. How much difference, and where, does a half hour or hour make in a chart? I'm guessing that some parts of the chart move slowly and other parts move faster, but that's not based on any knowledge at all, except the astronomical knowledge that some heavenly bodies appear to move faster through the sky than other ones.

[I Have A Dream]

6. I'm not an expert by any stretch of the imagination. However, to quote...

stellanoir, who is an expert, "the Earth spins a degree every four minutes", which could easily change an ascendant (rising sign) or some other things.

I'm sure that someone else could answer it better than I can though.

I feel pretty confident in saying that it''s better to have some idea (just as she said between noon & 1pm) than to have no idea at all.

[ricochetastroman]

19. Birth time difference

In some ways, a difference of half an hour is huge. It could affect a prediction by as much as several years. In other ways, it's insignificant. Wrong birth times can affect a chart in many, many ways, too hard to explain.
One must always strive to get the most accurate chart as possible. Some astrologers specialize in "chart rectification" where they work with you, ask you loads of questions and are able to somewhat accurately discern the actual birth time. This is arduous work and requires great skill.

One clue I have found, for instance, is that it depends on when you find out.
In other words, there was about a 15 minute discrepancy in my birth time. Years ago I managed to get my GEMINI MOTHER TO SIT DOWN and really go into detail. We were pretty much able to accurately come up with the time. That occurred on the day of a solar eclipse shining right on a critical part of my chart. Verification.

[ricochetastroman]

11. About your natal chart

Yes, your chart is going through a "tough time"... it can be said.
You are sensitive, with Moon in Cancer and T-square to Neptune.

Here is the main story as I see it:

Your Aquarian sun (and many Aquarian's are going through it now!) sits atop the midheaven at 21 Aqu. Neptune fastly approaches and transiting Saturn is all over the opposite point. This isn't easy.

There are no BAD TIMEs or BAD YEARS, I believe...it's just energy.

So, the basic translation: Neptune on the Midheaven, "I want to escape this world for a better place...or at least change my ENTIRE life direction to one much more refined and spiritual."

Next, (Saturn at the bottom) The end of the matter. Saturn has just finished 7 years in the "period of obscurity" transiting the first quadrant of your chart.
That means as Saturn crosses your Nadir (bottom) that you are READY FOR A NEW FOCUS AND DIRECTION! This implies a lot.

Mostly, it means you have to let go of the old horse, because she has been out to pasture long ago!

It is a new age for you, symbolized by this being "told" to you during an eclipse in your IV-X axis. Life direction. The reason it's being extra hard on you is that neither Neptune nor Saturn can act alone since they just opposed each other on 2/28! The BATTLE between spiritual interests and taking care of the old down-to-earth issues. This can be accomplished however.

I think the question is simple here, albeit a difficult one:

How important is your spiritual development? If it is of high importance, you must take a new stance in your life (action at the base) and really take the bull by the horns. You may inherit some family resistance too, but they'll just have to deal with it. You are a free spirited Aquarian who needs to fly!

Best of Luck
God Bless ya

[stellanoir]

12. two more animal metaphors

I gave her three. LOL

too funny

[foreigncorrespondent]

15. Thank you, Rico!

I think what everything is telling me is the move I am about to make, is one which is long overdue. Mum and I have never been happy where we are currently living. There is one neighbor in particular who makes everyones lives miserable. And as soon as mum and I saw that, we realized this wouldn't be the place for us. But we had no other choice.

Just before Christmas last year mum and I both lost our jobs on the same day. That day we decided to head to my sisters place a little earlier than planned. On the way down, I talked to mum and asked her if she would be willing to move to be closer to my sister.

I need a support network around me. The pressure of being in a binational relationship was really taking its toll on my. Last year was the first year Sapphocrat and I faced where we had not seen each other at all. I know in my heart that if I had my sister around, I would be ok, and I would be able to remain strong for Sapphocrat, who herself was going through a pretty rough time.

So mum and I talked about it.m She would like to be closer to my sister (her eldest daughter) and her grandchildren. So I figured mum and I would talk more about it when we got back to Melbourne after the New Year.

Mum ended up telling my sister that I am wanting to move to Metung to be closer to her. And my sister was more than pleased. She came and talked to me and said that we are more than welcome to stay with her until we got back on our feet and able to get a place of our own. That opened the door for us to make the move.

Last weekend I went down to my sisters again. By this stage I already knew that Sapphocrat had ended our relationship. I hadn't read her email as yet, but my heart told me (Sapph and I have always had a connection like that, and do know when the other is in real pain) but I decided not to tell my family, because it was a special weekend for my brother in law, and I didn't want to ruin that for him.

Anyway, while down there a friend of my sisters told my sister (because I am on unemployment benefits I am restricted in where I can and can't live) that if I was to find out what the current unemployment rate was for my area, and then what it is for her area, if there isn't a huge difference I should be able to make the move without being penalized and losing my payments as a result.

So last Thursday I went and saw the department who pays the benefits, and was told that because I am moving to be closer to family, I can do it and not be penalized for doing it. That all I would need to do is call a phone number and begin the process, which is basically confirming that I do indeed have family there.

But everything changed again when I received a registered letter and opened it, and found that I have only until the 17th of March to vacate where I am living. This has really brought everything forward.

So I believe everything that is being said here about my chart is about all that. My making the move to better my life. Now don't get me wrong here either. I believe with every ounce of my being that Sapphocrat and I will work through the troubled time we are having right now and that things with us will get back on track. I am not in denial about that. Although many would like to say I am. But those people really don't know Sapph and I in person. They have never seen how we interact with one another. I tend to listen to the people who have been around us, and no exactly how we interact with one another, and they are all telling me the same thing, "we belong together."

So not for a moment do I believe that anything is telling me that I am seeking a new beginning from her. This thing between us has happened right at the wrong time. When everything else was happening.

I was told from a psychic many years ago that I would meet a American woman, and this woman would be the greatest love of my life. She would also be the one I would spend the rest of my life with. She described the woman to me in great detail, and what she described is Sapph to a T. The moment I met Sapph I realized just how right that psychic had been. And she gave me all that, when I was actually looking for answers as to why one of my sisters twins had died during the process of child birth.

As for spiritual development. Sapph and I have talked about this a lot, because she knows I am looking for this in my life, and she was/is willing to help me discover that. The next trip she made over I had planned on taking her to the ashram in Melbourne. Something she had been wanting to do each trip over, but I had been fighting. But as I get older I realize I need this in my life, and I wanted to see if this would suit me.

I grew up in a Christian household, but found that Christianity really didn't suit me, at a very young age. If the church someone belongs to is even remotely right leaning, then the religion they teach is just too negative for me. I am normally a very positive person, just with everything going so flippy floppy in my life since about the middle of last year, I have found that I have lost that part of me. I am now starting to get that spirit back in me. (Hence why I won't give up on Sapphocrat.)

As for being free spirited, I guess I have always been that way. The trouble with me is, I want to share that free spirit with someone, so I can't say I am totally free, ya know?

Anyway, thanks again for this. I think I am right about what it all means, in relation to what is actually happening in my life right now. And this thread really has giving me a new lease on life.

Thank you, and thank you to everyone for the encouragement and support, from the bottom of my heart. :)

[hippiechick]

4. I think it's all of us

:( Sigh. The last 6 months have been really rough on alot of people I know, in various ways.


:hi: Chin up, though ... you know the old saying ... no place to go but up ... :hug:

[rumpel]

7. sorry you are going through

such an experience. I hope your mother is doing better?

The finances part, many of us are experiencing, and I think it has more to do with bad politics than anything else, albeit if there is help from the planetary energies it may lift the burden off of us somewhat.

Sending you at least positive vibes, and a kick for the astro pros.

[foreigncorrespondent]

8. Thank you to everyone...

...for responding. I really appreciate your in put, etc. :)

[stellanoir]

9. foreign correspondant- astro info on lower part of post

I'm so sorry you are getting slammed this way. Perhaps in honor of the Lunar eclipse you may want to take a bath to shake off the negative vibes that have been bringing you down. Here are two of my "19 tricks. . ." that have helped a lot of folks.

"12. I stole this one from now rumored to be reincarnated, though used to
be, old "sleeping prophet" Edgar Cayce.

Take baths. If you have no bathtub available, then bathe around. Aaaand
don't tell me that you have no extra time for baths, as baths take about
15 minutes, showers take 5-10. No one is really that busy or all too
important to not be able to do so.

Cayce recommended adding 1 part baking soda to 2 parts Epsom Salts
for baths. That stuff is really cheap. and readily available. I add
my fave oil (lavender). You can add yours. Ritual full immersion is
an age old, time & tried tradition for more than just physical
purification. It is especially so for more sensitive sorts. It is great
to do during lunations. That would mean, once every two weeks or so.
It is alleged to release all sorts of accumulated psychic effluvia
from bodies and auric fields . I just know that when I take one, I
invariably feel reborn, and am reminded that I too have a life, instead
of contemplating the troubles of others all the time as is my
ridiculously inherent proclivity.


4. Figuring eight whenever you sense imbalances, and/or once daily for just
a minute or two. Here's how one can do that. . .

"Eighteen years ago I was guided to raise my hands over my head and
envision my spiritual source. In a similar manner, I have also drawn
down specific planetary and solar and lunar energies at various times,
as well. I visualize energy descending through my left arm and crossing
over to the right side of my body between the nape of my neck (where
central nervous system wiring switches over from one side to the other)
and my heart chakra. Then the energy goes down through my right side and
through my right leg down to the center of the earth where it merges
miraculously with Gaia, and then loops back up returning to earth's
surface then travels up my left leg up the left side of my body crossing
over to right side. Again it passes between my heart chakra, and the
nape of my neck, and then goes out my right arm returning to my
spiritual source. Over time and with a modicum of practice it scarcely
takes a nanosecond to enact but has greater effect if simply sustained
for a moment or two. (Has anyone noticed that we've had far fewer
natural disasters since I humbly sent this a year ago?)

Energetically it balances higher and lower energies. It can be useful
for many who feel disconnected, stressed, or concerned about the
apparent extreme imbalances between potential and form, of which Gaia
appears to be processing and releasing now at an unprecedented rate.
Whenever in doubt, maybe go figure 8.

In my heart and soul, I know that if enough true souls practice this
when spirit moves them to do so, many of the the severe earth changes
and extreme weather conditions, and their awful, and most harrowing
repercussions that have occurred, are still expected over the next few
years will be mollified, and conditions of suffering and hardship on the
planet will be ameliorated more expediently, and far more gently than
they would be otherwise if a plethora of true souls would not do so.
It's as simple as that run on sentence suggests. : )"

You do indeed have a whole lot going on in your chart right now. The Saturn opposed Neptune on Wednesday hit your Natal Sun within one degree. This is a very powerful and rare opposition and is asking us collectively to reflect about the disparity between our dreams and our stark realities. The final opposition will be on June 25th on your Sun so do understand this in the long run will help you manifest a reality that better suits your true self. I've a feeling that there is something you always wanted to do in life and all this loss you've experienced has cleared the way for you to ultimately do it.

Do you really want to stay where you are living or is there anyway you can reduce your expenses by sharing a place until you get on your feet again? Simplifications may help for now.

Your progressed Sun moved into Aries about 9 months ago and zero degrees of a sign is a sort of rebirth but can be disorienting for a while "like a fish out of water." You'll move into a place of greater confidence within the next couple months.

Your progressed Moon is very near transiting Pluto on the Galactic Center squaring your Uranus in Virgo. Because of the vaguery of your birth time I can't be sure exactly when that'll pass but with all that's happened I would presume it's just about passed. Pluto strips away that which we are overly attached to that is less than appropriate for us.

Your break up, job loss, and housing challenge all are representative of this. I know it sounds stupid but this is a huge turning point for you to beam in better opportunities once you get over the shock and negation of all of it. The old adage of "that which doesn't kill us makes us stronger" often applies to Pluto transits. Your progressed Moon will change signs in 3-5 months. There are benefits and pitfalls to all of the signs but generally when the Progressed Moon arrives at the tail end of any sign, we get sick of feeling a certain way. In a fire sign there is always a rawness and a tendemcy to over react. Couple that with the conjunction with Pluto and one can really feel as though they are going down the rabbit hole. This too shall pass sooner than you know. The Moon in Capricorn will bring some practical solutions for sure.

Consider stopping over time, the creation of more debt so you can reclaim your self worth and rectify all of this. I know I know. . .easier said than done. But start by knowing that you are now a progressed Aries and have more creative ability than you have before. No more victim schticks okay?

Mercury just retrograded over your Natal Mercury retrograde and will go forward over it again by the 18th/19th of March. This may have stirred up some deep seated confusion but it'll pass and you'll gain the clarity you may feel as though you are lacking with the forward pass.

Try and get the bird's eye perspective on all of this and see it as a wondrous opportunity for personal growth and transformation rather than as more sardonic folks say, "afgo" (another floppiing growth opportunity) :)

Do you have a thing for animals or something? I just realized I used THREE animal references here and I usually don't employ them much.

I hope that helped and wish you all the best.

[foreigncorrespondent]

10. Wow!

Thank you so much for doing this Stella. I really do appreciate it.

Yes I do have a thing for animals. I am forever watching Animal Planet. And whilst in the U.S. staying with Sapphocrat (my now ex partner) I even gre to love the raccoons, opossums, and squirrles. Although the squirrels in NYC scared me a tad. They are really big and mean looking there.

And I always make time to have a bath. That is the time I take for myself on a regular basis, and no matter what it is going on around me, I still manage my quiet bath time. So I will get some epsom salts and baking soda this week so I can do that. And I do like lavender oil as well, and seem as how lavender has a special meaning for me, I will put few drops of that in the bath.

I can't think of anything that I have wanted to do that all this is freeing me up to do, except maybe fly to San Francisco and see a certain someone so she can see the feelings I still have for her. Currently I can't leave mum with no one around. She doesn't drive, and if she took another turn like she did at Christmas she wouldn't be able to get herself to the hospital. But moving to my sisters will give me the chance to make the trip if I can raise the money.

I am now in the process of moving. Mum and I had planned to move to the bush to be closer to my sister later this year, but with everything that is happening, we have had to move that forward by a lot. LOL We will be staying with my sister until we are back on our feet then we will be finding a place of our own

As for the debt, I really don't intend on getting into anymore problems right now. I have too much to lose if I can't make payments on things, like the car I purchased last year when I thought my job would last.

Thanks again, Stella. :)

[I Have A Dream]

14. foreigncorrespondent, please be certain to see post #11 above as well.

It was in response to my post, but it was meant for you.

[PinkTiger]

13. You should seriously consider filing bankruptcy.

It sounds as though you would qualify for a Chapter 7, giving you a new start.
And if you are living in a large city, you may have a legal aid society to help you with filing.
It's also possible that you can put off the eviction if you hurry.

Here's a site to visit that may give you some information:

www.bkforum.com

[foreigncorrespondent]

16. I have thought about it...

...but decided not to.

Last year, because I had been working with a job I really liked, and one I thought would last, I got a loan to buy a newer model car to what I already had. If I file for bankrupsy now, I do risk losing that car. And right now, that is all I have.

[PinkTiger]

18. You won't lose the car.

You can reaffirm that debt.
How do I know? I filed in 2005. Best thing I ever did. You should talk to a lawyer and at least explore it. It costs nothing to do that; most lawyer give free consults.

[bliss_eternal]

17. Hi foreigncorrespondent...!

:hi: It's so good to see you here...:hi:
Though I'm sad that it's under such stressful circumstances for you. :hug:
I apologize that I'm seeing this so late. I'm very sorry to hear of your move.

I see some of our resident astrologers have offered their assistance to you, and that you found it helpful. :bounce:

I don't know how you feel about this sort of thing, but we also have a manifestation group--kind of based on The Secret,
and other schools of thought that state we can change our lives if we change our thoughts.

Kind of the whole power of positive thinking thing. If you'd like to find out more, I can point out the threads for you to check out at your leisure.

Best always,
bliss ;)

[bliss_eternal]

20. On manifestation--

Here's the resource thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=245x36013

The March group check-in:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=245x39133

This was our February thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=245&topic_id=36286&mesg_id=36286

The Secret:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=245&topic_id=27158

:hi::hug: