ARIES: MAR. 21 to APR. 20:
Charisma and sex appeal remain high for most Aries this month. You ability to attract what you want will be strongest during the first half of the month. You will become more wasteful or overindulgent as the month evolves. Fortunately you will be able to burn off the extra calories with ease.
The New Moon of May 13th will be a relatively uneventful one. The Full Moon May 27th will be a positive one. Networking and communications will be highlighted. Try to stick to just one dessert!
TAURUS: APR. 20: to MAY 21
You will be very perceptive this month but at the same time you will be impatient and easily irritated. Avoid expressions of sarcasm and maintain a sense of courtesy even if, especially if you are upset. Quick thinking will win the day. Financial circumstances are likely to improve. Be prepared to make an appropriate effort.
The New Moon of May 13th will be an intense but important one. Strong feelings will surface. Trust your instincts and don’t make promises. The Full Moon May 27th will be an insignificant one for you. Self reliance will be a good standard to hold to.
GEMINI: MAY 21 to JUNE 21:
Your charisma will be high this month and you will be able to attract what you desire as long as you don’t think or talk about it! Be spontaneous in your actions but keep the jaw still. Those who are in a position of authority will misinterpret your seeming humour and this could adversely affect your long term stability.
The New Moon of May 13th will be a relatively uneventful one. The Full Moon May 27th will bring contradictory energies. The good and the bad will arise. Choose well.
CANCER: JUNE 21 to JULY 23:
Be patient! Timing is everything. With a little restraint on your part and a good choice of words, you will attract good fortune and the company of those who could beneficial to you. There is no need to be desperate. Don’t force issues. Let them mature. The end of the month will pay off more than the beginning.
The New Moon of May 13th will be a positive one. Express compliments and silence worries. The Full Moon May 27th will be an uneventful one. Smile and the world will smile with you.
LEO: JULY 23 to AUG. 23:
For every action there will be an opposite reaction. Any expression of arrogance will attract thought of contempt. This is a good month to avoid arguments. The less people mind your business and the less you mind theirs, the better off you will be. Dramatic reactions will create aversion and scorn!
The New Moon of May 13th will be a difficult one. The force is with you nut the choices are not! The Full Moon May 27th will be a positive one but you will need to be discriminating when temptations come your way.
VIRGO: AUG. 23 to SEP. 23:
Too much of a good thing will spoil it, too little will cause envy. This month you are supposed to follow your own ideas and keep busy. It would be better for you if you were a little hungry rather than over-satisfied. If you run into delays or complications, don’t complain. Try to maintain a sense of courtesy.
The New Moon of May 13th will be a positive one for most Virgos. Trust your instincts. Express yourself. The Full Moon May 27th will be a stressful one. Mind your own business and do not react or spread gossip. Just take care of your own responsibilities..
LIBRA: SEPT. 23 to OCT. 23:
You need to keep active and take advantage of the opportunities while the going is still good. Your powers of charm and seduction will be at their best in the first half of the month. The quality of your choices will suffer in the last half. Be careful what you ask for. Really, just avoid overindulging. Share your ideas and you will be welcome wherever you are.
The New Moon of May 13th will be an uneventful and easy one. Take it easy. Go with the flow! The Full Moon May 27th will be a positive and easy one. There will be little or no resistance.
SCORPIO: OCT. 23 to NOV. 22:
The best laid plans of mice and men can easily go astray or get confused. Your tendency will be to rush things. Impatience will cause accidents and arguments. Don’t force things and try to avoid situations where you are having to wait for someone. When delayed, try to be polite. Drive a little slower than you usually do!
The New Moon of May 13th will be a stressful one. No one will seem reliable. Its hard to find good help, so be prepared to do things yourself. The Full Moon May 27th will be easier. Still you have to keep your thoughts to yourself and avoid arguments.
SAGITTARIUS: NOV. 22 to DEC. 22:
You will succeed through spontaneous initiative and action. You will lose through too much indulgence. This is basically a good month for you but you are inclined to make poor choices and waste money, especially during the first half of the month. Do what you are inspired to do but try not to spend more money than you have.
The New Moon of May 13th will be an uneventful one. Actions will speak louder than words. The Full Moon May 27th will be a contradictory one. Trust your instincts and move away from adversity if it arises.
CAPRICORN: DEC. 22 to JAN. 20:
Keep your cool. Hold steady. There is a tendency to go out on tangents and not complete things. If you can avoid this, then you will find benefits at every turn. Keep thing simple. Just get rid of or ignore complicated options. Be courteous and take time to listen to others. They will like and respect you for it.
The New Moon of May 13th will be a positive one. Your powers of persuasion will be highlighted. The Full Moon May 27th will be relatively uneventful. Control your finances and your indulgences.
AQUARIUS: JAN. 20 to FEB. 19:
You are inclined to be working too hard and easily disturbed. By the time you find yourself snapping at others, it will be time to take a break and get a good night’s sleep. If you have to force something or someone, then it is probably not worth it. Take a couple of deep breaths, let go and relax!
The New Moon of May 13th will be a difficult one. Don’t talk about what you want or even explain why. The Full Moon May 27th will be a positive one. Trust your instincts more than your thoughts!
PISCES: FEB. 19 to MAR. 20:
A little restraint will go a long way. There is no music without a few pauses between the notes. Communications are highlighted in your favour. You will find more satisfaction in the last half of the month than the first half. First will come good ideas then positive expressions, and then the benefits will show.
The New Moon of May 13th will also be a positive one. Trust your instincts. Good vibrations! The Full Moon May 27th will be a stressful one. You will tend to be scattered and easily disoriented. Don’t embellish or make promises.
Robin’s predictions are meant for entertainment and insight. Any serious decision made by astrology requires a full personalized horoscope to be calculated and studied.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
New Moon Chanting 2010-04-14
CHANTING HARI OM newsletter, April 2010
Hari Om,
Please pass this on to anyone you think is interested. If you receive this newsletter from a friend and want to be on this mailing list, just email in your request.
The exact New Moon occurs on Wednesday, Apr 14, at 8:29 AM, Apr (Mar 14, at 5:59 PM in Gujarat) in the I Ching hexagram “The Marrying Maiden”. Included below are the relevant interpretation segments of the hexagram from my ebook The I Ching: The Sequence of Change, An Astrological Perspective. Relevant portions of the text are listed below. (Can be ordered online at www.thewakingdream.net)
First is the hexagram that the New Moon is happening in.
54: THE MARRYING MAIDEN
ABOVE AND BELOW:
Thunder above, the lake below.
Amidst all the fun there will be dangerous warnings.
Excitement above and pleasure below.
Enjoyment that will have shocking consequences.
THE IMAGE:
Thunder on the lake.
It is dangerous to be on the water.
Excess brings danger and misfortune.
The arousal of joy has great consequences.
The force of happiness cannot be stopped.
It is important to strive for appropriateness.
THE JUDGEMENT:
Movement without, pleasure within.
Impulsive desire is rarely worthy.
The more one wants, the more one does.
If one does not question what one wants
One will attract what is intolerable.
Attractions comes first, repulsion will follow.
The end does not justify the means.
This is a difficult lesson.
Inconsiderate and selfish movement will have shocking consequences.
One who behaves in this manner will be a difficult companion.
Where is the patience? Where is the restraint? Where is the tolerance?
The more one forces issues, the less contentment one will have.
If one lives by the sword, one is likely to die by the sword.
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP:
The third daughter to the first son
If the third daughter gets in trouble,
The first son will get her out of it.
She acts to have fun.
He will react quickly.
She likes excitement.
He sees danger in her behaviour.
She does what she wants.
He sees what is appropriate and what is not.
He will be undermined by her actions
And repulsed by her desires.
ZODIAC CONSIDERATIONS (Pentans):
Carried away by a sense of self importance,
One takes the lead without listening.
One looks for helpers,
But good help is hard to find.
Criticism and impatience will make matters worse.
One would be wiser to keep busy
And improve oneself!
THE LINES
Nine in the first place: (24° - 25° Aries)
Progress.
One takes the first step
And sets desires in motion.
The first place: 24° - 25° Aries: 64. Before Completion
Inappropriateness.
Difficult timing.
One must make the most of the challenges that arise.
The right approach is to make improvements.
Nine in the first place:
Movement towards laughter.
An impression is made.
The implications are not considered.
This is one example of where thoughts, or at least heart guided thoughts can help to control outward impulses. If you are pushing forwards, who is being pushed backwards. At what expense will your advances come? This is a matter for heart-felt discrimination as to what is right and what is wrong. True discrimination takes much time and grace to develop. If you force it, you will diminish it!
In this hexagram lies a warning about going too fast or too strongly towards what one wants without consideration of others. There is a big difference between acting out of personal desire, and initiatives evolving out of true joy.
There is a meditation in Tai Chi called the smiling face meditation in which one smiles at each internal organ and sends it joy and positive affirmations. This has the remarkable effect of removing fear, doubt and darkness. However it does require a letting go of outward desires and forces at least for a time.
Acting on one’s own desires often leads to rejection or repulsion and a growing sense of not liking oneself. Here the challenge is to smile inwardly and let the joy radiant out. If one is stirred to action, let it be action that helps others and improves their circumstances. Try to qualify the quality of your choices and subsequence initiatives.
What is happiness or contentment without moral fibre? What you put out, will sooner or later come back, so why not put out a smile, an unconditional smile!
The New Moon in Aries will be ruled by Mars, the planet of courage and initiative. Unfortunately, Mar will be afflicted by a square to Mercury and Venus. This stress pattern will increase impatience and irritability. It also implies a corruption of what is beautiful and pleasant by too much force. This tends to create a rowdy sense of discontent, which if acted upon will increase difficulties and diminish beauty. Contentment will not come by force. There is a challenge here on a personal spiritual level. Don’t complain! Fix your own character. The question is not what someone is doing to you, or how they are interfering with you but rather how come you are attracting disturbances to the peace and quality of life.
A Shakespeare quote refers well to this, “The fault dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves that we are underlings.”
It will take effort and some self sacrificing to improve the spiritual quality or your life and even to improve your personal circumstances. It is important to not make your advances at the inconvenience or expense of someone else.
It truly does become difficult to share with others during such times, and yet it is so essential for us to do so. Impulse to make improvement and to help the lot of others will be a noble and loving impulse that is trust worthy and healing. Help, don’t hurt.
It will probably be a good idea to carry your prayers and meditations into action this New Moon.
One of the wonderful things about chanting God’s name is that it can be done while you are engaged in activity. You can chant while you walk or do dishes. May I suggest that you go out for a chanting walk. You can chant silently to yourself, or hum it or sing it out loud. Just try to put the Name of God into action! Not preaching, but intertwined with some physical action that you do.
In the morning when you wake up, chant out loud during your exercise routine. Multi-task your sadhana. It won’t be long before you are smiling about it.
This spiritual smile is healing and it spreads magnificently to all who see it.
Keep it simple! Chant and smile! Chant and smile!
Chanting on the New Moon gives extra power to the chant, as it is the seed moment of the month when the past (Moon-Krishna) and the future (Sun-Rama) embrace each other. Bring your sensitivity to God into the moment. Really, into every moment! Chanting on the New Moon will purify your psyche and give reinforcement to your inner feelings and faith. There is nothing to lose! This is a win, win, win situation. Enjoy it!
Chant while you walk.
Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om,
Robin
PS. If you want to read older New Moon newsletters they are on line at
http://www.thewakingdream.net/ look under chanting and then under new moon chanting.
You are on this mailing list because of an affiliation to chanting with me. If you want to be removed from the list just send a return email requesting removal.
If you want to be added to my astrology mailing list let me know.
Hari Om,
Please pass this on to anyone you think is interested. If you receive this newsletter from a friend and want to be on this mailing list, just email in your request.
The exact New Moon occurs on Wednesday, Apr 14, at 8:29 AM, Apr (Mar 14, at 5:59 PM in Gujarat) in the I Ching hexagram “The Marrying Maiden”. Included below are the relevant interpretation segments of the hexagram from my ebook The I Ching: The Sequence of Change, An Astrological Perspective. Relevant portions of the text are listed below. (Can be ordered online at www.thewakingdream.net)
First is the hexagram that the New Moon is happening in.
54: THE MARRYING MAIDEN
ABOVE AND BELOW:
Thunder above, the lake below.
Amidst all the fun there will be dangerous warnings.
Excitement above and pleasure below.
Enjoyment that will have shocking consequences.
THE IMAGE:
Thunder on the lake.
It is dangerous to be on the water.
Excess brings danger and misfortune.
The arousal of joy has great consequences.
The force of happiness cannot be stopped.
It is important to strive for appropriateness.
THE JUDGEMENT:
Movement without, pleasure within.
Impulsive desire is rarely worthy.
The more one wants, the more one does.
If one does not question what one wants
One will attract what is intolerable.
Attractions comes first, repulsion will follow.
The end does not justify the means.
This is a difficult lesson.
Inconsiderate and selfish movement will have shocking consequences.
One who behaves in this manner will be a difficult companion.
Where is the patience? Where is the restraint? Where is the tolerance?
The more one forces issues, the less contentment one will have.
If one lives by the sword, one is likely to die by the sword.
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP:
The third daughter to the first son
If the third daughter gets in trouble,
The first son will get her out of it.
She acts to have fun.
He will react quickly.
She likes excitement.
He sees danger in her behaviour.
She does what she wants.
He sees what is appropriate and what is not.
He will be undermined by her actions
And repulsed by her desires.
ZODIAC CONSIDERATIONS (Pentans):
Carried away by a sense of self importance,
One takes the lead without listening.
One looks for helpers,
But good help is hard to find.
Criticism and impatience will make matters worse.
One would be wiser to keep busy
And improve oneself!
THE LINES
Nine in the first place: (24° - 25° Aries)
Progress.
One takes the first step
And sets desires in motion.
The first place: 24° - 25° Aries: 64. Before Completion
Inappropriateness.
Difficult timing.
One must make the most of the challenges that arise.
The right approach is to make improvements.
Nine in the first place:
Movement towards laughter.
An impression is made.
The implications are not considered.
This is one example of where thoughts, or at least heart guided thoughts can help to control outward impulses. If you are pushing forwards, who is being pushed backwards. At what expense will your advances come? This is a matter for heart-felt discrimination as to what is right and what is wrong. True discrimination takes much time and grace to develop. If you force it, you will diminish it!
In this hexagram lies a warning about going too fast or too strongly towards what one wants without consideration of others. There is a big difference between acting out of personal desire, and initiatives evolving out of true joy.
There is a meditation in Tai Chi called the smiling face meditation in which one smiles at each internal organ and sends it joy and positive affirmations. This has the remarkable effect of removing fear, doubt and darkness. However it does require a letting go of outward desires and forces at least for a time.
Acting on one’s own desires often leads to rejection or repulsion and a growing sense of not liking oneself. Here the challenge is to smile inwardly and let the joy radiant out. If one is stirred to action, let it be action that helps others and improves their circumstances. Try to qualify the quality of your choices and subsequence initiatives.
What is happiness or contentment without moral fibre? What you put out, will sooner or later come back, so why not put out a smile, an unconditional smile!
The New Moon in Aries will be ruled by Mars, the planet of courage and initiative. Unfortunately, Mar will be afflicted by a square to Mercury and Venus. This stress pattern will increase impatience and irritability. It also implies a corruption of what is beautiful and pleasant by too much force. This tends to create a rowdy sense of discontent, which if acted upon will increase difficulties and diminish beauty. Contentment will not come by force. There is a challenge here on a personal spiritual level. Don’t complain! Fix your own character. The question is not what someone is doing to you, or how they are interfering with you but rather how come you are attracting disturbances to the peace and quality of life.
A Shakespeare quote refers well to this, “The fault dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves that we are underlings.”
It will take effort and some self sacrificing to improve the spiritual quality or your life and even to improve your personal circumstances. It is important to not make your advances at the inconvenience or expense of someone else.
It truly does become difficult to share with others during such times, and yet it is so essential for us to do so. Impulse to make improvement and to help the lot of others will be a noble and loving impulse that is trust worthy and healing. Help, don’t hurt.
It will probably be a good idea to carry your prayers and meditations into action this New Moon.
One of the wonderful things about chanting God’s name is that it can be done while you are engaged in activity. You can chant while you walk or do dishes. May I suggest that you go out for a chanting walk. You can chant silently to yourself, or hum it or sing it out loud. Just try to put the Name of God into action! Not preaching, but intertwined with some physical action that you do.
In the morning when you wake up, chant out loud during your exercise routine. Multi-task your sadhana. It won’t be long before you are smiling about it.
This spiritual smile is healing and it spreads magnificently to all who see it.
Keep it simple! Chant and smile! Chant and smile!
Chanting on the New Moon gives extra power to the chant, as it is the seed moment of the month when the past (Moon-Krishna) and the future (Sun-Rama) embrace each other. Bring your sensitivity to God into the moment. Really, into every moment! Chanting on the New Moon will purify your psyche and give reinforcement to your inner feelings and faith. There is nothing to lose! This is a win, win, win situation. Enjoy it!
Chant while you walk.
Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om,
Robin
PS. If you want to read older New Moon newsletters they are on line at
http://www.thewakingdream.net/ look under chanting and then under new moon chanting.
You are on this mailing list because of an affiliation to chanting with me. If you want to be removed from the list just send a return email requesting removal.
If you want to be added to my astrology mailing list let me know.
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