In response to those who wrote about last week...

[ricochetastroman]

I want to tell you all a few things, but I don't want to lecture, nevertheless.

When we all communicate to each other, being so VERY involved in each of our MELODRAMAS....

It is quite natural to talk of sickness, flu, irritability, jobs, car problems, bills, work-schedules, etc.

There is NO PLACE in an astrology chart that speaks of any of those things
That is a misunderstanding by the "media" and general lack of understanding by even the best of astrologers.

Astrology is a MAP of INNER ENERGIES - that's all there is. Yes, the "inner" energies come from "somewhere".
Therefore, it is a bit off the mark to see that "things are getting worse", "when will IT let up", etc.
There is NO IT.

There is only US, and in fact, only one of US.

I know this is confusing and very hard to talk about.
After doing this for a long long time, here is what I am finding, just like ALL THE BOOKS SAY.

If you are TENSE inside, you'll get TENSION outside.
If you are PEACEFUL inside, it will be reflected outside.
If you are waiting for the WORLD TO LET UP PRESSURE ON YOU, then start by doing the same.

"When is my lover coming"? THe most common question I get.
He/she's coming as soon as there is room within your heart to love.

"When will my job ease up?" As soon as you believe it's time for you stop attacking yourself.
Basic "A Course In Miracles" dynamics.
I know it's easy to say, and hard to do. I am NOT putting myself above anyone here, only trying to explain the true dynamics of astrology.

There is NO outer world.
Only an inner one, and the projections thereof.

Carry on, of course, you have to boil water, fill up the gas tank, and go to the bathroom.
But try to, just try, to see that you are the creator of ALL of your life, astrology is a map of whether YOU ARE LISTENING TO YOURSELF and RESPONDING to your inner urges (responsibility)

May you all have the best and highest of these Planetary "energies"
the love that is shared here is 90% of the remedy.

Rick

[Kind of Blue]

1. Hear! Hear! Encore, Bravo and all that

:) Got to say things (it) eased up when I allowed it to ease. Help came when I asked for help. But I have to give you kudos for your post and taking me off of the mental treadmill. Wish I could come up with a formula to remember something so simple. Thanks.

[ricochetastroman]

3. Hooray TO YOU BOTH

I hate to sound "lectury" but it's true. It's not about "outer events". It's all about inner.
When you decide to break the tension, the tedium, it is broken!
No MAGICAL planets out there.

This will blow your mind: "Astrology has nothing to do with the planets or signs"

It's a relative harmonic breakdown of the exact MOMENT OF SPRING. Period.

I know it's confusing, but astrology is merely a language attempting to describe one of "God's/Goddess'" map of subcycles of life.
Hell
I don't know
It's kinda like that! :smoke:

[ricochetastroman]

5. Simple formula

I know what you mean.
Don't listen to you brain... that's the best I can tell ya! :tinfoilhat:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. wish I could nominate this for the Greatest Page

as what you are saying is absolutely right. The incredible amount of energy happening to me right now has to do with lessons I need to learn about letting go--to take responsibility for mistakes but not to dwell on them and beat myself up about them. To remember that everyone does not perceive the world in the same way.

[ricochetastroman]

4. aye aye aye

thank you so much
the more I do it, the easier it gets
it's just that the first few years you do it, you HAVE to get complicated before it gets simple

precisely, no other sees the world as we do, a hard lesson.
well put ms aye

[davsand]

6. But, but, but! My horoscope SAYS...

I'm sorry, when you said, "...Carry on, of course, you have to boil water, fill up the gas tank, and go to the bathroom..." I just about fell off my chair laughing.


You are a funny man, Rick. I do hope you know how much you are appreciated!



Laura

[ricochetastroman]

9. Why hell, thanks davsand

Yes, tis truly restrictive being in a body, eh?
Who in the hell ever came up with the name, "Horoscope"? I mean, how apropos.
Well, you COULD go without boiling water
and you COULD walk
and you COULD have an outhouse
right?

[mother earth]

7. Sure, but those troublemakers...Uranus, Mars, Pluto and

let's not forget "checking the foundation" Saturn...heck...isn't Jupiter the good luck guy? LOL...thankfully, what would we do without our astrologers?...and then there's "PC"...who has been right on about how justice may be playing out, but not through the prez...:popcorn:

LOL, oh the drama! You are right, of course, but like the weather, it pays to know what conditions will be prevailing.:hide:

:grouphug:

Looking forward to your next snippets from your May newsletter...:toast:

[Dover]

8. A standing OOOOOOOOOOh!

Bravo and amen!

Isn't it funny how when someone speaks Truth how powerful it feels to hear it? (Also powerful to speak it because it can feel like channeling something much bigger than ourselves). And though, as the listener, we may feel we're hearing it for the first time, that Truth must already reside within us in order for us to recognize it. Therefore it resonates like an inner tuning fork that has been struck. Perhaps we just haven't fully embraced and embodied it consciously yet. So thank you Rick for striking that 'inward-tuning'.

"...you are the creator of ALL of your life, astrology is a map of whether YOU ARE LISTENING TO YOURSELF and RESPONDING to your inner urges (responsibility)."

Yup! I tend to look upon my life much as I would a dream, with the understanding that I am both
the actors, observer and creator of everything and therefore life is a projection of sorts, rich with symbolic characters, events and emotional content. For the most part, I don't see much need to distinguish these realities as both are alive, the living medium for my soul's growth.
The mundane maintenance issues are for me a means of grounding and connection to the material part
of the trilogy, to the body and the earth...the temple. (And thank the Gods/Goddesses that my temple has a flush toilet!)

[OneGrassRoot]

10. Brilliant....

I don't have the...whatever, perhaps commitment?...to follow much of anything in a dedicated fashion, including astrology. I have an interest in many things but not an in-depth knowledge.

But this post is pure common sense...heart sense, intuitive sense. Appeals to both the brain and heart.

Simple yet how we mess things up and complicate them, huh?

Someone should kick this to the top every week as a gentle reminder for us all. :)

Thank you, Dear Sir! Bravo! :)


Interestingly, for anyone reading, while my computer dramas are resolved as of Wednesday, I have allowed (?) myself to become rather obsessed with this torture issue. That revolutionary within me is surfacing again and I have a hard time being here (ASAH), and there (GD). ;) How pathetic is that? But it's true! This is my Zen, loving space and I don't want to infiltrate it with this intense, revolutionary energy that I have when like this.

Balance. I must learn the art of balance.

Anyway, I send abundant hugs and well wishes to everyone, and neverending gratitude that you are HERE.

:hug: :hug: :hug: :pals: :pals: :pals: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:

[ricochetastroman]

11. Thanks One

let's just keep REMINDING each other
don't get LOST in that crap about torture, torture = Republican party

[OneGrassRoot]

12. True dat. ;)

:hug: