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Halloween Client Appreciation Special

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Erin Reese is an author, spiritual guide, astrologer, and modern psychic reader based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works with clients all over the world. For readings and spiritual counseling by Skype, phone or email, contact her directly. She can be reached at erin@erinreese.com.

Full Moon in Taurus: Move the Body

On Tuesday, October 27, we welcome the Full Moon in the fixed earth sign of Taurus, the Bull. This Full Moon is all about honoring the physical, sensual side of life - visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, and most definitely gustatory (taste). It is through acknowledging our animal nature, and allowing the body to move, stretch and assimilate, that we encourage wellness and healing at this time of year.

"You were wild once. Don't let them tame you."

~ Isadora Duncan

 

Honoring the Body

It's time to move, lest we stagnate. The transiting Sun in Scorpio is just getting started in his autumnal sojourn. Scorpio, sign of rebirth, coaxes us to get real and face all the old garbage that needs to be acknowledged and cleaned out of our lives, our psyches, our systems. We'll do well to assure that attention is brought back to the body in order to integrate and process information.

Most of us are in the process of digesting a lot of evolutionary learning and hard work of late. This is serious business, folks. If we don’t release, we can expect stagnation and putrefaction in mind or body. So it’s best to take note of this and stretch, express and move.

Here are a few possible movement tips, depending on your personal taste. Do whatever appeals! 

• Get a massage – schedule it, or it might not happen. This is a great way to move the lymphatic system and release endorphins.
• Receive an acupuncture session. Many communities these days have sliding scale acupuncture clinics; very affordable.
• Dance - freely! Think authentic movement, Five Rhythms, ecstatic, Isadora Duncan, and creative improvisation. Move like an animal.
• Try bouncing or shaking for five, ten, fifteen minutes at a time. Chi gung, yoga, and other movement modes are great, too - but the bouncing and shaking really get the lymph moving. I like the Osho Kundalini Meditation for a great way to move out toxic emotions and stuck energy. Click here for a description and free audio download. Try it in your living room.
• Go on a walk or hike - frequently. The colors of the season don’t get much better than this. And, oh, the air! The fall air! Intoxicating.
• Enjoy your lover, take a lover. Or enjoy a hot tub, take a bath.
• Go to lunch or dinner with a dear friend you haven’t seen for a while. Splurge. Eat the tiramisu, order the garlic fries. Remember, Taurus is about PLEASURE. You can move it off later. Smile.

Head Work Requires Body Work
 

We still have a lot of busy-bee planets in Virgo buzzing through the skies now – a diligent stellium of Jupiter, Mars, and Venus all with their sleeves rolled up. Many if not most of us have been working very hard these days, ultra-focused in some area of our lives whether that be jobs, families, or self-improvement. This Virgo trinity is a great influence for productivity and focus but we also must take time to come back to our primal selves, and heed our wild spirit.

Take a break and determinedly back away from the computer, desk, phone, work bench. Use the body as an release valve for that sizzling brain. Don’t skimp on exercise and regular movement! Even if we’re busy or have deadlines or other pressing demands, we will do much better if we stretch, shake, shimmy, sashay or simply stroll on a frequent basis.

Ask yourself: If you get regular exercise, even when your schedule is packed to the gills, do you feel more stressed or do you feel better?  We may be tempted to skip yoga, dance, or our run because we are just “too busy,” but in reality, we need that outlet to counterbalance all the mental and spiritual work we are doing of late.

Remember, there is a lot of mental energy that must be moved through the physical form these days. These are potent, productive days. We can get a lot done, and stay in shape, healthy and in good spirits...so long as we tend to the needs of the blessed body.

Erin Reese is an author, spiritual guide, astrologer, and modern psychic reader based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works with clients all over the world. For readings and spiritual counseling by Skype, phone or email, contact her directly. She can be reached at erin@erinreese.com.

p.s. Stay tuned for the upcoming Halloween client appreciation special. Spaces are limited. To book a session in advance, email Erin for details.

New Moon in Libra: I Hear You...

Today we have a New Moon in the cardinal air sign of Libra, the Scales of Justice and Equality. The Moon is accompanied by the Sun, Mercury, the lunar node, and Juno - the asteroid goddess of partnership – all in the sign of “you ‘n me equals we!” Examining the chart of this lunation, we see themes of communication opening up (Mercury finally moving direct!) and a need to really consider the other person’s point of view.

This is about active listening – not just hearing the sounds the other person is making, but truly taking in and processing what they are saying. We will do well to offer acknowledgement to the other person in such a way that they feel validated. When it comes to the Libran arts of negotiation and discussion, it is not so important to agree entirely with what the other person is saying. Rather, we show them respect – even if we think they’re completely off the mark. It is like giving each party the right to a ‘fair trial.’

You will know you’re blocking the flow if you come up against a great deal of resistance, or if the person is relentless in making their point. Have you ever had the experience of another person repeating themselves over and over again, whining or complaining, telling the same story again and again? You want to roll your eyes and say, “Stop! You’re driving me crazy!” But that doesn’t work – they only continue. They will be tenacious in their efforts to get you to understand their point. Until. They. Feel. Heard.

We have but two ears and one mouth

so that we may listen twice as much as we speak.
~ Thomas Edison

Henry Ford and Thomas Edison

Chiron the Healer in the sign of “we’re all in this together” Pisces makes a significant aspect to this New Moon – a quirky quincunx – requiring us to make adjustments in our relatedness. We are coaxed to show up as the understanding presence of unconditional acceptance, if only for a moment.

We can resolve much and assist the entire process by acting as a simple mirror for the others in our lives, whether partner, child, client, boss, or bureaucracy. We don’t need to quickly judge their words, actions, ideas, behavior – let them settle their own internal deliberations with the art of gracious feedback. Keep reflecting, reflecting, reflecting like a non-reactive looking glass. All the other party really wants to know is that you understand, that they’ve been seen. Let that settle in before inserting a retort, rebuttal, proposed solution.

Try it. At this New Moon in Libra, remember the three magic words that will take you a very long way towards balance, ease, and smoothing over: “I Hear You.”

Oh, and the clincher? You gotta mean it.

Erin Reese is an author, spiritual guide, astrologer, and modern psychic reader based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works with clients all over the world. For readings and spiritual counseling by Skype, phone or email, contact her directly. She can be reached at erin@erinreese.com.

"No mud, no lotus."

"No mud, no lotus."

~ Thích Nhất Hạnh

Klungkung Royal Palace, Bali, Indonesia

Aries Lunar Eclipse: Use Your Momentum!

Base Camp: Rinjani

Today we have a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in the cardinal fire sign of Aries. Aries the Ram is the sign of pure potential, the initiator, the sign of ‘let’s get going already!’ With the Aries Moon eclipsed by the opposing Libra Sun, we are faced with negotiation issues. How do we meet our own self-oriented needs while staying in harmony with the others in our lives? More than likely, your spouse, boss, business partner, client, friend may be clamoring for your attention. They want you to do it their way. But it’s not what you want. How to keep the peace?

This really isn’t as difficult as it sounds once we get the hang of it. This is where the tool of momentum can really help us. If we tune into the deeper flow of our lives, we can see, sense, feel that we are already headed in that direction ANYWAY. Notice where your legs are taking you, where your actions are leading – you will see that you were destined to meet that new task head-on.

The glyph for the planet Mars, ruler of Aries, is used for the sign of male – an arrow pointing to ascent, a call to rise to the occasion.

Perhaps we are unsure if we should implement a long-term career change, or move residences, or start our own companies, or climb an actual peak. We may think to ourselves, Oh, I’ve got it pretty good where I am, there are a lot of benefits to keeping the status quo! Sometimes it is tempting to stick with the relaxed, passive thing. But sometimes, if we stop to really think, we realize that the tide was already taking us somewhere new, and we may need to start swimming a bit harder for best results.

 

The Tension of Opposites 

Learning to balance Self (Aries) with Other (Libra) means holding the tension between opposites. We hold the paradox in our consciousness, two opposing outcomes or realities at the same time. No situation is in perfect balance. We can live out one Reality while keeping the other one alive in our Awareness; the psyche benefits by not feeling like it is making a sacrifice because it hasn’t pushed the other aside and denied it.

If we look in our charts at this eclipse, where 4-5 degrees Aries/Libra axis lies, we can see where we have to hold this tension of opposites. Remember, even while living in one expression of your self, you don’t have to completely deny the other arena. This is a significant lunation and whatever themes are popping for you now will likely be alive for you over the next six months to one year. 

The greater the tension, the greater is the potential.

Great energy springs from a correspondingly great tension of opposites.

~ C.G. Jung

Photo credit: Oliver Spalt

Fire Princess of Indonesia

A few weeks ago, I climbed the second highest mountain in Indonesia, Mt. Rinjani, an active volcano on the island of Lombok. According to legend, the volcano is named after Princess Anjani, daughter of a regional king. Rather than be imprisoned by invading outsiders during a time of war, Anjani took to the mountain and remained in its immortal depths. She is a fire warrior princess. Gunung (Mount) Rinjani last erupted just ten years ago, in 1995, creating a new smoldering mountain cone inside the caldera at the top of the volcano (see photo).

For me, climbing Rinjani was an example of using the power of Aries’ MOMENTUM. From my perspective, I was on holiday and wanted to spend more time relaxing, eating coconuts, and lazing in Bali. But my partner (with his perpetually adrenalized natal Moon in Aries) was determined to ascend the peak on an overnight trip, with his lover - c'est moi - at his side.

I didn’t need to prove it to myself; I knew I could do it, I simply didn’t feel like it. But, after sleeping on it, I knew that it was actually going to be EASIER to do the HARD thing. I agreed to undertake the climb. Oh, paradox!

Peak: Mt Rinjani Volcano, Lombok, Indonesia

My partner was pleased (Libra) as I rallied into fine athletic (Aries) mode. Thankful for all my power yoga classes and breath training, I slogged up that volcano steep step after steep step, slept under a trillion stars, and ascended the peak of the princess mountain at sunrise the next morn. Victory!

('Course I could hardly walk for a few days afterwards, but we were giddy and glowing from exertion and accomplishment!)

Sometimes, we go where the momentum is taking us, even if it’s the harder path. Sometimes, powering up – full steam ahead – is what’s called for to keep things in balance. At this Full Moon in Aries, tune in to where you’re needing to roll up your sleeves or pull up your bootstraps. Scale the heights!

Erin Reese is an author, spiritual guide, astrologer, and modern psychic reader based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works with clients all over the world. For readings and spiritual counseling by Skype, phone or email, contact her directly. She can be reached at erin@erinreese.com.