JULY 2007
Monthly Astrology Report

Its summertime and the world and our hearts and minds are really screaming at us to live life with gusto and be more Vitally Alive. To do this our hearts are asking us to be open and willing to get more energy and fun into our lives. There is no better time than right now to live with Joy. Happiness is the journey not the destination and the message this summer is to live with gusto which in turn connects you to really being a spiritual creature. Since How can we hold that energy if we are unhappy within ourselves.

July is the 7th month of a number 9 year, making this a very special month add 7 + 9 and we get 16 which we then add together to get the number 7. And this is the most spiritual of all numbers. 7 is the brilliant flash of I AM FINALLY getting it. So we all get to experience a 7 year once every 9 years and all of us get to use this month to FINALLY see the process if not the plan and begin to REALLY get it as we all live the 7 energy this month.

The element of July has quite a bit of Water until July 22nd when the sun moves from Cancer into Fiery Leo (see last month for water plants and colors) Water energy Planets are Uranus the bringer of change moving backwards in Pisces. We also have Mercury backwards in Cancer and eclipses coming next month in Pisces and Virgo keeping the intuition and strong emotional water energy very much alive and present in our lives. Water colors are those soft silvers and all soft shades. Those colors and shades are great for those of you wanting to feel more and connect more. You know that Silver is a metal that opens you to others, don't you?

The Sun in Cancer until the 22nd of July asks us to look at feelings, *Mercury will move direct (FORWARD) out of its retrograde in the Watery and psychic sign of Cancer on July 9th Mercury will remain retraveling the ground which it has traversed for the last 60 days until it leaves that (Mercury Retrograde Shadow) on July 24th as it hits 11 degrees of Cancer. This is the degree which this planet moved retrograde on June 15th. This time will be a super time to redo, rethink, replan, until the 24th and then I WOULD say, fast forward and get going with those new projects which have been on the backburner the last month or so.

Whatever was begun from June 15 until July 9th will most likely be subject to some redoing, replanning and reconnecting. NOT to worry, you are getting an experience which will be teaching you a great many things. Just go for the learning and let go of any frustration during this fiery time.

Haven't you noticed yourself feeling a bit more weepy or emotional or dealing with emotions much more than normal? Well, this is part of this
wonderful time asking us to really live each day as if it were our last and get as much JUICE out of life as possible. AND at the same time our feelings, dreams and emotions are reminding us very forcefully when we are not obeying this new rule of Fun and joy.

One of the ways to get some of this into your life is to use the Fire colors as much as possible right now. They are Orange, Red, Yellow, Gold and brilliant tones. So lets Use GOLD jewelry and colors as much as possible to jazz ourselves up a bit. Since Fire is the element of magic and using scents like clove, frankincense, peppermint, rosemary will bring us closer to our own personal earth magic after the sun moves to Leo. 

Even prior to the sun into Leo we begin the month with planets in the first signs creating a powerful Fire energy. Saturn, accountability in Fiery Leo, Venus the planet of love in Leo, Jupiter the planet of trust in Sagittarius, and Pluto in Sagittarius so there is a lot of FIRE long before the sun moves to the FIRE sign of Leo. For this time.I would suggest using the New Age stones are Kyanite to Raise Consciousness, Peridot, which allows an easier flow of information from higher self, and Iolite, which clears negativity.

June 21st until September 23rd, we are in the time of the South, the Time of summer and abundance in all things. This time in American Indian traditions is sacred to the summer signs of Cancer, Leo, and Virgo. Coyote the trickster is here for us all now to use to make life more joyful. The powers of this time for us all are about GROWTH AND TRUST and hasn't the last few months already demanded that of us all:

June 21 to July 22nd is the STRONG SUN moon. People born under this moon are the FLICKER people. (CANCER) Water. Their plant is the WILD ROSE, their color is pink and their tone is the carnelian agate July 23 to August 22 is the RIPE BERRIES MOON; People born at this time are STURGEON People. (LEO) Fire their plant is the Raspberry, their color is RED, and their minerals are IRON and the Garnet. Their elemental clan is the THUNDERBIRD Clan.

The New moon on July 14th is in the sign of Cancer, asking us to look and feel deeply for what is right and divine for ourselves. Venus (our love delivery system) moves to Analytical Virgo on the same day giving us a bit of much needed grounding and also a tendency to perhaps be a bit more critical than normal.

The 24th and 25th of July are days when you have a rare opportunity to
shift beliefs and create a new mind set for yourself by just being open and doing some wish work.. These days Jupiter (luck) Pluto (transformation) the moon (Emotions) and Vesta (sacred connection) join to create some fantastic energy if we are living in our own truth.

See my website (http://www.carolbarbeau.com) for more on all of this. On the 22nd the Sun into this sign intensifies the energy of Heart centered life for us all for a month.

Venus the planet of love moves retrograde or backwards on July 27th at 10:27am here in Seattle. This planet which has a great deal to do with not only what we like but the way we do our love delivery system will be at 2 degrees of Virgo when it goes retrograde. Venus Retrograde has the intention of pulling us a bit into a more than normal desire for details and Assists us with our process of healing if we allow it. Venus backs back into the sign of Leo August 8th increasing that fire energy. Venus will move direct on September 8th at 16 degrees of Leo And until that time we will be really reconfiguring our relationship issues.

Venus the planet of love moves retrograde or backwards on July 27th at 10:27am here in Seattle. This planet which has a great deal to do with not only what we like but the way we do our love delivery system will be at 2 degrees of Virgo when it goes retrograde. Venus Retrograde has the intention of pulling us a bit into a more than normal desire for details, and Assists us with our process of healing if we allow it. Venus backs back into the sign of Leo August 8th increasing that fire energy. Venus will move direct on September 8th at 16 degrees of Leo and until that time we will be really reconfiguring our relationship issues.

*On the 29th that Full moon with the sun at 7 degrees of Leo and the moon at 7 Aquarius opens the window bringing new ideas to our passions and also a rather strong energy saying that at this time we must temper passions with a bit of stand back and be willing to be open to new options to make anything work the next 2 weeks. Full moon to new moon times are times of GENTLY and easily letting go of old thought patterns and ideas and maybe even more than that.

*Just be open and remember that with Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto going backwards the cake is NOT ready to come from the oven for some of us even though we want to sit down and EAT RIGHT NOW:

WE truly are not in the end times, but in the beginning times. New days dawning and new things coming to us all, which we have not even dreamed yet. So, get those dreaming caps on and remember, all that happens above is to assist us here below.

Namaste and have a wonderful JULY 2007.
Carol Barbeau
http://www.carolbarbeau.com
Carolastro@carolbarbeau.com
206 542 7641

Contact Carol soon for a personal update or appointment.

July 2007
Daily Astrology Report

Sunday July 01, 2007
HAPPY Canada Day
With the moon in Capricorn until 1:45am that energy of last night seems to flow into the early am hours and many may have a bit of trouble sleeping. Today at 1:45am the moon moves v/c after making a wonderful aspect with URANUS the planet of change in visually stimulating and mind blowing Pisces. WOW::: what a v/c this will be today.

7:38am the planet of Love and beauty Venus in the power packed sign of Leo touches Saturn in Leo for an opening number in the song of love and life....which will happen with Venus retrograde....VENUS (what we like) RETROGRADE (going backwards and allowing us to reprocess these things, people, whatever)::: on July 27th Venus moves backwards. Venus (turns retrograde at 2 Degrees of Virgo, then backs into Leo again August 8th ..and touches this spot again on August 21st as it moves backwards. September 25th Venus again touches this spot as it moves forward after having moved direct on September 8th.

What does this mean? IT means that where LEO IS in your chart is HOT for the next 3 months. Saturn the planet of accountability leaves the sign of Leo On September 2nd and Enters Virgo and we will not see this again for another 29 years. So in the meanwhile we get a real up close and personal look at our loves and what we do not love also.

For us personally we will be looking at Leo issues in our lives. Passion, fun, adventure, creativity, children, risks, what we like and this planetary transit asks are we HAVING FUN YET: and if not, are not willing to do so.and if not, what Saturn has in store for us could be quite an interesting trip down appreciation lane. (I will get an article written on this soon)

So, today is a powerful day which sets up something that is not done in your life until Late September so use care what you begin or Start today.

12:08pm a great aspect with Mercury retrograde assists us to reconnect more deeply to How we think we feel and how that affects what we think and how we feel. Confused, well this is going to really connect the dots for many of us over the next month. YOU truly will be Doing as this says. I thought this was so much better than anything I could write.

"We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things... [but] there are times when we stop. We sit still. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or its memory. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper."- James Carroll, novelist (this is mercury rx. In cancer to me, Carol)

10:24pm the moon shifts into Aquarius and we detach a bit emotionally and are more Able perhaps to get a bit of distance and settle our feet on the ground of rational thought.

• The kiss is KEEP IT SIMPLE SWEETIE
• Color today pink for love of all things
• Use agates or amber to ground you and center you into that budget
• Oil of cinnamon to cheer you & WHAT DO YOU NEED TO LET GO of in order TO MANIFEST YOUR FULL MOON WISH? Everything requires space and time doesn't it? And yes. we do get to make wishes each and every day. BUT I do notice the ones I repeat seem to come true faster than the one wish an hour method of wish making.

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." Ralph Waldo Emerson (this is a very AQUARIUS type of saying)

Monday July 02
Shake rattle and roll into changes today
The moon in innovative and inventive Aquarius makes a rough aspect at 8:28am with Mars the planet of action, creating an interesting drive to work for some. Leave early today and please remember the planet Mars is in Taurus.

NOW I love this sign (my moon is in Taurus) but. and.. it is the most stubborn of the signs. So, expecting the other guy to get over today or make way for you is truly not going to happen. Realize and Expect that they are expecting the Same from you..

7:29pm a nice aspect with Jupiter (faith) calms the day and begins to settle us as we sense something big on the horizon. What we are feeling and sensing is all the major things happening tomorrow.

So, Get caught up today if possible tomorrow shall really be the aftershocks of whatever happened today for many of us. AND that could be wonderful if we are making necessary changes and letting go of outdated ideas couldn't it?

• Color today pink for love
• Use rose quartz and amethyst and pearls
• Oil of Release, which creates a sense of harmony and balance between the mind and body, and allows us to easily and gently release memory trauma and anger. (My favorite)

Where is the temple of God? In our heart. Therefore that's where we have to go and meet Him (her). - Swami Chidvilasananda

Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have."- Doris Mortman

Tuesday July 03, 2007
WILD and innovative day with CONTROL issues
How to call today? The moon in Aquarius would like us to all be free, and open and imaginative and as it touches Intuition at 1:07pm we could be living strongly within that energy.and then..

2:52pm the moon opposes Saturn and tempers flare and ..well, you are either out there Taking risks, opening to adventure, or hiding in the corner. This one is an interesting aspect which seems to ask some of us to fly forward into adventure and some of us to really seek out safety. Judgment is TOTALLY OFF today so use care, no contracts and hang loose.

5:21pm the moon opposes Venus and again we are in the theme of safety, security,
Or risks and adventure, you get to choose, isn't that neat? FREE WILL day.. With poor judgment. I have to laugh, if this day doesn't get you out of a rut I am not sure what will

11:02pm the moon makes a wonderful aspect with Pluto, transformation and then moves v/c until 3:52am when it will enter Pisces. WILD dreams and some interesting feelings about today. I keep hearing "WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN?" like many of us Will use this day to stir the pot of adventure and maybe have more questions at the end of the day than we did at the beginning..and it is the eve of July 4th which is always a bit loud if nothing else. USE CARE PLEASE:

This day has the potential of being a real Powder keg. So, please.NO arguments, discussions or talking politics tonight please.

• Color of this day, green for healing
• Use aventurine and Today I will use Amethyst to keep energy clear, flowing and help release any negativity
• Oil of Ylang-Ylang to bring about relaxation and balances equilibrium and restores confidence and self-love.
• Kiss, slow down and take care today, there are fun things happening but they are Not inclined to have people behaving very predicatively. Which can be fun also.

INSPIRATION is strong the next 2 days as well as dreams and illusion. Use this energy to create thoughts about what you WANT to happen. WORRY is nothing but you thinking of what you do not want to happen. So how about Lets get creative this 4th and 5th of July and use this energy to rethink, reinvasion and replan our ideal lives, health, relationships, and what not. REALIZING that it all has to be about you..it comes from you first.so work on YOU first then worry about the other guy..

Wednesday July 4, 2007
HAPPY 4th of July
A moon in Pisces day with some nice aspects. Our psychic awareness is increased tremendously today as well as a sense of feelings being quite strong about things.

Avoid conflicts if possible and realize that the difference in being happy or sad sometimes can Be all about thoughts. Henry David Thoreau said: "Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be" And that is surely true today as 10:11am Mercury makes a wonderful aspect with the moon and 4:34pm Mars the planet of action does the same. There are some great astrological aspects today if we take care.

• Color today black for grounding and centering
• Agates, black tourmaline and jet for the same
• Oil of Pine to dilate the bronchial track, rids the house of fleas, and stimulates the adrenal gland and your circulatory system. PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS OIL TOPICALLY if you have HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
• Kiss is (KEEP IT SIMPLE SWEETIE)  be open to new beliefs today as well as being psychically upgraded and becoming more psychically sensitive

John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight: Every single person has capabilities, abilities and gifts. Living a good life depends on whether those capabilities can be used, abilities expressed and gifts given. If they are, the person will be valued, feel powerful and well-connected to the people around them. And the community around the person will be more powerful because of the contribution the person is making...

So how about we begin to think of how to Do our thing and make the world a better place on this 4th of July 2007

BONNIE STREHLOW has a new THETA and healers group, contact her at bonnie@inner-resources.net if you wish to join the group in order to connect with other healers, there are some fun events she has planned. I truly LOVE Bonnie and believe she is a very gifted lady who has lots to offer others...AND i know you do also, so how about joining now? OR contact me for an invite to the LIGHT HEALERS group and i will send you an invite. carolastro@carolbarbeau.com

Thursday July 05, 2007
How did those dreams go last night?
Today with the Moon still in Pisces we are working on understanding what is real and what is feelings, thoughts and emotions. Enjoy mercury Rx. And let it work for you to reconfigure your ideas of all of the above.

12:01am the moon made a rough aspect with Jupiter, if you were out and about the tendency to over do was strong. Dreams would be highlighted all tonight and then at

2:36am a trine to the sun and maybe making an intention before bed to dream your ideal life and how to make it happen might be a great idea. I dream answers when I set up the questions before bed. Try it tonight as we have strong visual and dream energy now.

12:231pm what is the last thing you thought could happen (THINK OF SOMETHING GREAT) it could happen today as the moon touches Uranus the planet of change and we are asked to live spiritually. Which to me is being happy, harming none and making the world a better place by being the best I can be.

• Kiss: Beliefs are broad and feelings the same today so use care.
• Color today white for purity of mind, body and spirit
• Stone smoky quartz, and obsidian, for removing negativity
• Oil of Patchouli or use the incense of the same for getting rid of toxic energy. Helps with depression and fluid retention, get some oil today.IT IS GREAT and I use the incense in the auto and at home all the time

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. - Buddha

"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved." Victor Hugo

And if we can do the kind speech and a generous heart, I PROMISE you will be loved. Carol

I have a client who is working on something wonderful::: you may e-mail her about the PEACE WAVE at Val_eauclair@msn.com if you want to join or connect further with her:::here is her e mail to me

"Dear Carol The Peace Wave all started when everything around me was in great turmoil. People, places and things were just all in a negative bombardment. I Thought how do I step out of this, how do I get off the merry go round with these people, places and things?

Restructure, Restructure, Restructure, and reconnect. What, when, where and how do I find that place that is the most peacefully?

It was like magic, a wave of peace came over me as I thought about the universal peace dances I attend. A smile found my face from the inside as I remembered dancing. This, this is peace.

Peace Wave Children of all ages! Create a picture of what peace looks like to you. This can be with paint, crayons, words, music, memory, etc. What has happened with the 'Peace Wave" is taking on its' own life.

ASK yourself and answer: What does peace look like to you?

What creates an ocean of peace to flow over, around and thought you? Look at peace, for yourself, is it something you have done in your past, a smell, a picture, a vacation. Find it, painted, color it, hold it, touch it, feel it with your mind. And in the future when all other things are bombarding you with negativity; Step into your peace; use your peace wave to nurture your very soul when all other things fail. You to, can do this, you deserve The Peace Wave! Talk about this with friends, family, work place, were ever you are, start your "Peace Wave" Valerie Val_eauclair@msn.com

Here are some great ways of dealing with the burdens of life: Thanks to Karen B. Who sends me stuff to keep me smiling and makes the world a better place just by being in it. Thank you Karen and all of the others who keep me going...

1. Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
2. Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. (Woops i better get rid of some of my bedside reading...)
3. Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be recalled by their maker.
4. It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply being kind to others.
5. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
6. Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.
7. The second mouse gets the cheese.
8. When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
9. Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
10. You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the World to one person.
11. Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
12. We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.

A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.... Have an awesome moment, hour, day, week, month, lifetime and know that someone has thought about you Namaste Carol Barbeau

THE JULY OVERVIEW with dates and events and much more is on the web site if you choose to go there.http://www.carolbarbeau.com

Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have."- Doris Mortman

• KISS Is keep it simple sweetie
• v/c is when the moon times out and do not do what you tell it to. Remember the moon is emotions so...
• Planets are the actors in our lives and lots of them are going backwards right now AKA retrograde.Retrograde planets are:
• Mercury, communications and ideas
• Jupiter, belief and trust, Uranus, Change,
• Neptune, Intuition
• Pluto, transformation
• Vesta, sacred connection
• Chiron, the wounded healer

LOOK onto my web site for dates and times these planets move direct, meanwhile remember retrograde is retrace, retrack, review, replan and maybe RE FIND what you have lost track of in your life? Have you lost any of the above? NOW is the time to find them again.

HAPPY FRIDAY July 6th, 2007
Rome was not built on a day like today but new ideas were
The moon in Pisces went v/c early this am 3:08am to be exact in Seattle and then moved into ARIES at 7:57am. Getting us off to a move fast and keep going weekend. Tomorrow is a last quarter square meaning we are ½ way between the full moon and the new moon on the 14th and some of our plans need to be rebooted.

Today is the day we begin to really look at what HAS TO BE DONE right now and get it done.. or at the least begin the process in earnest. Whatever has stalled and needs to begin moving begins to happen now and we are on the road today seeing that some new things have to happen in our lives. Mercury will move direct on the 9th, so we are still in the planning stage but surely feel the urge to DO IT NOW:

3:08am a PLUTO (transformation) square creates a rough v/c and I bet some of you had some wild dreams, I know yesterday did not go as I had planned nor the day before, what about you? Did you roll with the punches and figure the universe had other plans and maybe better than yours, or did you moan and groan and get upset

Personally my front door knob keeps falling off when I try to go out. NOW the doorknob on my bedroom door is messed up.. Bonnie Chance said maybe it is "I had a handle on things but then it broke"  http://www.bonniechance.com 

 So, you can see I am trying to keep smiling about all this::: I do believe that how we handle things we do not like really shows us what we have to work on and I have LOTS of work still to do this lifetime.

7:57am MOON (emotions) to ARIES and fast paced and DO IT now is the message for the next couple of days

12:55pm CARE WITH WORDS, commitments and anything involving contracts, purchases, e mails whatever. MERCURY going backwards makes a SQUARE or a rough aspect with the moon and if you can AVOID, delay and smile a great deal and wait for a better day for anything involving communications of a rough type.

Challenges today are about not seeing a clear course. Wait until tomorrow and the road will be better lit.

This Friday is not a day when getting your needs met will happen by pushing or insisting. Better days coming sit back and realize that today is one of those hunker in emotionally and have fun physically days.

• Color today something peaceful feeling to you (blue, purple, something soft) or a FUN color like red or yellow or orange or whatever makes you FEEL GOOD:::
• Use a stone of the same. (Pearls are good to soothe and Sapphire, ruby, and shiny stuff is energizing)
• KISS for today is a big one: IF you desire a lifetimes of happiness help someone else
• Oil of Jasmine or rose for a good feeling within the self. I love Gardenia also. Floral smells are VENUS or love energy did you know that

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. - Buddha

"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved." Victor Hugo

And if we can do the kind speech and a generous heart, I PROMISE you will be loved. Carol

I have a client who is working on something wonderful::: you may e mail her about the PEACE WAVE at Val_eauclair@msn.com if you want to join or connect further with her:::

TODAY Saturday the 7th A NEW OPPORTUNITY COMES TO the North end of Seattle for us all:

THE Academy of Spirit Opens today in Lynnwood with an open house. Myself and many others will be joining this wonderful group, doing classes, workshops and much more. You will be able to sign up ONLINE and see teachers, do the classes, workshops and more with them from your own home and computer. IF you want more information, please contact dakara@dakara.com. See you here at 5pm Saturday I hope?

Saturday July 7, 2007
LAST quarter moon and time to rethink letting go.
Full moon to new moon is traditionally a releasing or letting go time and today we are asked to release all which is not in our own best interest.

YEP::: the moon in Aries says. I must be me before I can be anything for anyone else.The fear of the unknown can be released today by using that fiery and passionate moon and having fun. Do something today which is joyful and use care. always.nothing horrible, just lots of wild stuff happening, basically this is a GREAT day for adventure and romance and a bit of risk.

and as always: I keep saying, hearing , dreaming the same theme::: IF YOU WANT SOMETHING TO HAPPEN WHICH HAS NOT HAPPENED BEFORE YOU MUST DO SOMETHING YOU HAVE NOT DONE BEFORE: it is still my theme song for now ..

3:18am Vesta, Jupiter and The moon make a wonderful aspect bringing optimism and hope into our dreams and a vision of what CAN be if we look at our own truth, and what WE WANT for ourselves..

9:54am the sun in Cancer wanting us to be SAFE squares the moon in Aries wanting us to be the MOST WE can be, who wins? Whatever energy you put thought into. IF you encourage fears they do grow don't they? And.. Attention to something always makes it MORE::: so. the kiss for today is.

• PAINT your life with a LARGE brush and see how pretty your life colors can be. What is your favorite color? USE it today and feel happy (LIME GREEN lately for me is BIG) and lime green is the green of the heart chakra (HEALING) and the yellow of the ego center 3rd chakra which is the JOY and I CAN DO IT energy center mixed....what a great color for us all to be using now and it is all over in clothing, and every place it seems.
• Oil of cinnamon, pine or lemon to cheer you.LEMON in the water or any of the citrus oils have an natural UP energy, as does laughter, find pictures, jokes or what not and use them as your drug of choice. Laughter keeps us young and who can be sad when you are laughing?
• I will say to use a stone or stones today which feel upbeat? I like the energy of some of the lighter feeling stones like, kyanite, golden citrine, amber, anything that feels lively and active works well today Plan for tomorrow but live for today Don't cry because it is over NOW, rather laugh because it happened

BOTA Study group Sunday July 08, 2007 in Seattle at 10:30am. Contact  shawn@adeptlearner.com if you wish to attend.

Thoughts for the week: or your lifetime.. "If it is possible for any one person, it is possible for me.” Frederich Neitzsche

"Love is the only gold." Alfred Lord Tennyson

Sunday July 8, 2007
is another GREAT day for whatever you choose to use it for
Today the MUST GET IT DONE and go for it energy smoothes and calms as at 6:06am we have the moon in Aries moving v/c with a nice aspect to Pluto (transformation) So this is a much nicer v/c than the one we had Friday.

10:54am the moon moves to Taurus and the day slows down even further as a need for comfort and ease and harmony comes in. Indulgence is a theme of Taurus and today asks us to rest, relax and take it easy and do what we like. 

3:09pm a GREAT aspect with communication but mercury is still retrograde and does not go direct until 7:16pm tomorrow so though doors open to communication, still Remember that how you feel is important to you..and how the OTHER PERSON Feels is what is important to them.... so folks are probably not as interested in us today as they are themselves....

6:07pm Venus the planet of Love and Pluto the planet of transformation work together to help us shed the past and move forward into a more healthy way of loving .

LOVE IS about life, about self, and about so much more than just romantic love. So, for us all, before we move it (Love) into the realm which most of us associate LOVE with..... there is work to be done within self. IF you do not have a good relationship with self how can you have it with others? So work on liking you, and how do you do that?

I work each day to be better and be nicer and kinder and look at what I have DONE rather than that constantly growing stack of what I HAVE not done yet. SO I have my list of I DID THAT... along with my to do list going in front of me...

I work on congratulating myself, and finding friends and others around me who do not make me feel guilty about being flaky sometimes, about not finishing all the things in my life, about my housecleaning ability, ect... There are some things we are all wonderful at and those things are your Values, did you know that?

I would rather be there at a bedside of someone who needs me and is passing than making a million dollars, ....and i would rather sometimes watch meaningless tv instead of working...and both of those things are OK ....and i get more ok with me as time goes by...and surrounding yourself with those who honor and respect who you are becoming surely does help...

Today we are assisted by energy in the sky of TRUTH: PLUTO::: VESTA::::Jupiter all going backwards in Sagittarius asks us all to LOOK WITHIN find the sacred meaning of our lives and WHY we are here. We are all here to help each others but our primary responsibility is to HELP our soul to grow and flourish and we cannot do that with constant Criticism, or worry, or fear can we?

THIS Is what drove me to astrology (helping people find their purpose) and I find in each and every appointment as I work with people that they USUALLY KNOW what they should be doing. SO my job normally is to give IDEAS of how to do it and make it happen in some way.... For all of us job right now is to KNOW that there is something we can do which will help the world, help ourselves and today wants you to find that .meditation? Talking? (I have 3 clients today) but do spend some time searching for your JOY:

The gift of now is for you to just make the decision that now is the time to sit down and make your plan, either alone or with someone. THE GIFT OF NOW is that we are all being given much to work with and all of you are GROWING MORE PSYCHIC and intuitive each day. all you have to do is be open to listen and HONOR yourself to believe that you are worthy of being great...

Use this magical day to OPEN and listen to the GOOD voices.the ones which encourage and help you. NOT THE old voices of the past which tell you OLD thoughts others have put on you.

ONE OF my favorite prayers is "I will to go thy way God, and please, can we do it GENTLY AND EASILY and Right now and so I will share this wish with all of you

• Color today yellow for joy of what you have had and will have in the future
• OIL OF RELEASE TO BEGIN TONIGHT TO let go of all that old stuff please
• I would use citrine, aventurine, or something easy and gentle and grounding
• Kiss for today? Well, cut yourself and others some slack we are all human aren't we and know that "Everybody is in search of who they really are. Not who you were, because that person is not there anymore. Something better and improved is possible."- Dr. Robin Smith

"It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving". Richard Braunstein

"True love is friendship caught on fire." French Proverb

Monday July 9, 2007
MERCURY DIRECT tonight and information will begin to flow more freely for us all.
What have you learned with this mercury Rx time? Have you looked within and seen your fears and what holds you back? IF so, wonderful, now we begin to be able to really make significant shifts with what we have discovered about ourselves and the moon in TAURUS today helps us begin to build ourselves anew. IF you have not, not to worry, in October Mercury will go retrograde in another water sign. SCORPIO and you get another shot...

WHEN a planet moves direct it STANDS STILL almost for about 24 hours SO THE NEXT 2 or 3 days ARE NOT THE TIME TO SIGN CONTRACTS or anything major.this time is the most fraught with frustration but has great benefits if you slow down, process and realize that your thoughts, words, and ideas are much more powerful the next 72 hours than normal. AND DO NOT BUY that car please:::

Feelings are tender today but there is a great power to work and build new Emotional foundations if we use the energy the next few days

4:25am mars the planet of action touches the moon and we are off and away

4:01pm the moon and sun set us up to Understand our feelings and what needs to be done for the next step

6:04pm more of the same with URANUS the energy of change helping

7;16pm MERCURY the planet of ideas and communications moves direct at 2 degrees of Cancer. Mercury was at 2 Cancer MAY 31st and until Mercury again hits 11 cancer (where it went retrograde on June 15th we are in the SHADOW point. Meaning that we will retrace and get an opportunity to fix and shift things which have happened since MAY 31st. Isn't that neat?

On July 24th this shadow point is over and we really begin to move forward, until then double check details, care with what you agree to do and make sure that whatever you commit to feels (RIGHT) to you. FEELING is the theme now isn't it:

See past the reality into the dream if we allow and BELIEVE then the dream can become the reality..::

• Color today Black to absorb negativity and White for clarity
• Use Tourmaline for clarity, vision and maybe to also heal: Green for healing
• Purple for spiritual connection: Pink for healing love issues
• KISS for today is CONSIDER all your options and be nice to YOURSELF and others and wait a couple of days before making that major purchase, having that serious discussion or otherwise committing yourself IF possible. IF not.go for what feels best to you and I send you a KNOWLEDGE that it will divine and perfect for you.

“The only thing that stops you from getting what you want is the story you tell yourself about why you can't have it." Tony Robbins

When in doubt, take a bath. It can calm your mind, relax your tired, tense body, and soothe your stressed soul. Baths are as necessary for spiritual replenishment and centering as are prayer and meditation."- Sarah Ban Breathnach

• Color today white for purity
• Use ROSE QUARTZ for self love and calming or Amethyst
• Oil of SAGE TO smudge away the past or something soothing to you? FLORALS sometimes make some folks feel lots better, or the oils which cheer us are LEMON, LIME, Tangerine and all the citruses USE WHAT WORKS FOR YOU Please

DO YOU HAVE FRIENDS: IF not, then it is time to get out, connect mix and mingle and merge and GET some AN Anonymous poet said " A friend knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words"

Thank you those of you who sing my song back to me when I get lost.I am the luckiest person in the world as I have several folks who KNOW my song when I am too tired or sick to sing it and put me back on track.. My song is easy; it is keeping the light on. WHAT is your song and do you have someone to remind you to keep singing it?

Tuesday, July 10th, 6:30- 9pm
Astrology Update Evening, Vision Quest, Colby Ave. Everett, WA 98201 - 425-252-1591, $10 if you attend in person, ONLY $25 for your updated chart and a cd of tonight... To do this fun evening there is NO PREVIOUS ASTROLOGY KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY::: RSVP AT LEAST 48 hours prior to tonight to Carol Barbeau personally.

TONIGHT WE will be talking about MERCURY the planet of the mind and ideas moving.direct and what shifts are going to happen for you. And VENUS retrograde and VENUS in your own chart. Venus is the planet of what we like, what does it tell about you in past lives, and this present time. AND how do the upcoming astrology events help or hinder your process of opening to LOVE NOT ONLY OTHERS, but the self and LIFE? Come tonight and learn some Personal stuff about the most important person in the world. YOU::: rsvp carolastro@carolbarbeau.com

Tuesday July 10, 2007
4 days before a NEW Moon and a time of opening to new ideas
With the Moon in Taurus until 9:54am many of us will awaken with a vague sense that something may have happened during dreamtime last night and it did. We are awakening to Venus and Saturn (love and the discipline and duty it is going to take to have it in our lives)

2:00am the moon in Taurus wanting us to build made a square or rough aspect with Saturn the planet of accountability. Saturn says where is your passion, where is your joy and in LEO Saturn is finishing up a 29 year cycle. Saturn moving to VIRGO In September will ask that we build what we are creating now. AND wasn't that a fun nights sleep?

9:54am a square to Venus asks the above question and we get a chance to look at our own personal energy around WHAT and who we love and how we love them. And MOST of all how we love ourselves.

Venus is the planet of LOVE and with it now in the sign of LEO we are going to look at this and much more tonight at VISION quest. RSVP or let me know and I can send you an update for you personally and a cd for $25. VENUS in LEO is about our passion and this planet moving retrograde at the end of the month is going to assist us to be more in tune with our own desires.

OH and the moon moves v/c with this aspect also 1:10pm the moon moves to GEMINI and we open to new ideas and new ways of doing things and some fun and OPEN Our mind further to new alternatives:

There is nothing more wonderful than someone saying to you 'I love you.' That is pure eloquence."- Maya Angelou And it does not have to be a lover.or even your children. We can hear this from friends and people who care for us and it makes our heart Leap with joy. And so.maybe if you wish to receive this gift, you might want to give it out? Carol Barbeau

• Color today white for purity
• Ylang Ylang to help relax and balance, as well as restoring self confidence
• Apatite which is the stone of MANIFESTING as well as motivation, this is the stone which I NEVER use because it promotes more social ease and encourages extroversion. WHICH I already have too much of but for those of you who need it this is a wonderful stone to dissolve aloofness and helps clear confusion. TONIGHT I will use Peridot to connect me to slowing down, listening to inner voice and all those other guides and angels and what not that seem so much louder now than normal..
• Kiss for today. SLOW DOWN and do not say it if it is NOT nice

Acquire inner peace and a multitude will find their salvation near you."- Catherine de Hueck Doherty, writer

Tuesday, July 17th, 6:30pm - 9pm
ASTROLOGY UPDATE EVENING
SPIRIT JOURNEY, ISSAQUAH WA
485 Front Street North Suite C, Issaquah Way 98027, 425 391 3127
$10 in person.. $25 for me to send you a cd and a personalized update of tonights class.

NO PREVIOUS ASTROLOGY KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY::: RSVP AT LEAST 48 hours prior to tonight for your chart and your magical NEW MOON GIFT. We are beginning something new tonight as we each discuss individual planets in our personal chart and how they integrate with things happening in the sky. The trine of FIRE is now gone, and we are beginning to enter EARTH energy. Things will begin to settle down a bit but we do have those pesky eclipses next month don't we? RSVP and let's talk about Mercury and Venus in your chart and what that means about you now and maybe even some of the you in other lifetimes? Let's have some fun and discover something new about YOU tonight.

Sunday July 29th, 2007 11am, Service at ALC church, Snohomish County PUD (http://www.snopud.com/), 21018 Highway 99, Edmonds, WA 98026,

Come Meet and Listen to Carol Barbeau at the Snohomish County PUD for 11am service. Carol Barbeau will talk about VENUS Retrograde and how to increase your love of everything in your life. She will bring your personalized updated chart if you contact her at least 48 hours prior at carolastro@carolbarbeau.com with your birth information. We are in a time of huge shifts and changes for this planet and isn't it time to bring more love into your life, and cultivate a new you. Isn't it time for us all to release preconceived opinions, and challenge our fears and open to Love?

NEW CLASS BEGINNING JULY 26th in Lynnwood Wa.
Beginning RELATIONSHIP Astrology - Planets, Signs, Houses, Aspects and how your planets play with others will be a fun part of these evenings..So how about giving yourself a gift and. COME and learn about yourself and others in a fun relationship class? Some previous astrology knowledge necessary. EVERY OTHER THURSDAY beginning on the 26th of July $75 for 7 classes Lynnwood wa area::: 6:30 -9:00 pm, 7 classes.. For only $75. Prepayment necessary for this class to happen, so contact me ASAP....

and... Stones: DO you need an intuition boost? Opals, moonstone, Labradorite
Do you need grounding and centering? Amber, agate, jet, obsidian, turquoise
Do you need TLC? Rose quartz, Kyanite, pearl. Do you need get up and go? Ruby, sapphire, diamond, citrine, carnelian

SPIRITUAL Enlightenment through the use of beauty is a joy. nature, stones, animals, Sunsets, trees, and all of humankind is beautiful

and for those of you who have heard about FIRING UP THE GRID: You may contact the people below to learn more about this. I will be up at 4am on the 17th doing my part and if you want to learn more: Please read the website or connect to some of the people who are participating in this::: Subject: Fire the Grid and other dates for July! Here's a bit more on Fire the Grid, including the prep days 7/4 and 7/7. If you didn't get my previous email on Fire the Grid, check out www.firethegrid.com

Your Local FIRE-THE-GRID TIME
Michael Russ here for a swift recap. As our ET Neighbors, St. Germain and other Masters knew--and we now know--we have 3 high voltage step-up "days" on Mother Earth in which the powerful exponential energy of group intent and focus of awakened Lightworkers will boost the GRID of LIGHT we now form together on our beloved host planet....July 4, July 7, and July 17th when we FIRE THE GRID. (For July 7th - please plan on attending a meditation and open house at the new Academy of Spirit Office in Lynnwood, WA - email me for more details) Bonnie Masi  gobon@cablespeed.com or e-mail dakara@dakara.com

All three of these eventful days are of great importance, so this is my own personal reminder to you, please spend some sacred "quiet time" personally on each of these days, first linking up in thought and loving feeling with all life form on Earth, feeling and envisioning light, love, harmony and peace between all.... I suggest more than one 5 minute period of being in the "deep silence" on each and all of these three July month days...as well as several of these "communions" with all of like spirit on July 17th, as we FIRE THE GRID for a loving, calm sacred hour. So be it. See you, feel you, love you there. Bless us all....

Savor and enjoy your HOUR-long contemplative, sacred prayerful gratitude--feeling calm, love, abundance and JOY for all on Earth TIME--on July 17, 2007--as YOU personally FIRE THE GRID. Bless your heart. So be it

• YOUR TIME IS:
  New York City (Eastern) - 7:11am
• Chicago (Central) - 6:11am
• Denver (Mountain) -- 5:11am
• Los Angeles (Pacific) - 4:11am
• Seattle -- 4:11am
• Honolulu, Hawaii - 1:11am 
• Tokyo Japan - 8:11pm
• London - 12:11pm
• Munich - 1:11pm
• Paris - 1:11pm
• Sydney- 9:11pm

IF you want to learn more, cut and paste this into your browser or google FIRE THE GRID and see what you get... I believe that we can change the world by one thought at a time personally. SO...what can we do all together at the same time? IT BOGGLES the mind to think that we truly can change the world if we just give it a bit of time and energy. Namaste Carol

Shortcut to: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world. - Buddha

Mercury is still in the Rx shadow until August really, so feelings are a bit sensitive now.. And I do understand your suggestions and also might suggest that you can go to my website and find it may be easier to read on http://www.carolbarbeau.com

Wednesday July 11, 2007
Thoughts create change
And with the moon in Gemini (communications) I am just now getting time at my computer. FOR ME this day was talking with others who are in a bad state or dealing with miscommunications or major life shifts....

Which is pretty much that JUPITER opposing the moon (more vs. feelings) that happened at 7:33am..

8:17pm tonight expect the unexpected as we head into the dark of the moon wishing and manifesting times the next 2 days.

• The kiss for today is: we have a pretty intense and passionate day
• Green for healing, you knew I was going to say that, right?
• I would use perhaps aventurine for healing and connecting to healing love issues
• Oil of patchouli for the same

Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you. - Aldous Huxley

DARK OF THE MOON article is on website at http://www.carolbarbeau.com.

"The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others". Vincent van Gogh

Thursday July 12, 2007
DARK OF THE MOON day think of what you desire now
Today with the moon in Gemini until 2:12pm we have lots of options and an easier day today than yesterday. With 1:11am a great intuition aspect and 4:45am a great work aspect today begins with some good energy.

10:39am the moon opposes Pluto and we know there are things we MUST change

2:12pm a nice comment makes you feel better so how about you giving them? As the moon times out for a great v/c 

3:39pm the moon enters the more emotionally connected sign of Cancer

8:33pm the moon touches COMMUNICATIONS and we speak from (FEELINGS) What something looks or seems like in the am may be totally different by this time tomorrow Slow down, breathe deeply and BE NICE please:

• Color today green for money, healing and centering into your own truth within your heart center
• Use Chalcedony to increase physical energy, we are going to be working hard today aren't we? I like BLUE Chalcedony because it opens the mind to new ideas and helps to accept the situation as it is rather than how I want it to be
• Oil of RELEASE OF COURSE to let go of all negative thoughts and emotions
• Kiss for today? What we think and feel is increased today

"You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"
- Steven Wright, American humorist (b. 1955)

Friday the 13th
HAPPY GOOD LUCK Day
I have a great article on this ..and will put it at the end of the daily's

Today With the moon in Cancer and us in that BALSMIC moon phase which is the dark of the moon right before the NEW MOON: Sit quietly and feel what is going on. Expect things to come out as you believe and how you FEEL THEY will be.. Which could be great, right? OR not so great..

2:53pm the moon in warm and fuzzy cancer makes a wonderful aspect with MARS and actions today follow emotions (so monitoring those less than happy ones might be a great idea, what do you think)

11:32pm SURPRISES and a vision of what COULD BE can come with dreams. Have you made your wish list for that new moon at 5:04am here in Seattle tomorrow? DO SO:

• Kiss: See what you get if you sit quietly and LISTEN tonight.
• COLOR today Purple for spirit
• Use Lapis Lazuli to open the 3rd eye and balance the throat chakra
• Oil of Clove which is one of the most powerful oils there is to create healing and take away nasty bugs, and smelling or eating this will clear the air and your head at the same time
• Another Kiss for today, if in doubt RETREAT

"I am only one, but still, I am one. I cannot do everything but I can do something. And, because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do what I can."
- Edward Everett Hale, American clergyman and writer (1822-1909)

Saturday July 14, 2007
HAPPY NEW MOON WISH DAY:::
Today with the sun and moon touching at 5:04am we begin a new seed planting time. I always say that CANCER is the sign which represents security, safety and how we take care of US: Often we see this sign as the sign of nurturing others, truly the message of this sign is self care, self approval, and self safety. HOW are you doing with that one. if not as you would like then how about making your wish today for connection to YOU and to what is best for you.

5:04am NEW MOON. 5:04am the moon moves v/c or times out and then moves into LEO at 7:43pm tonight. The v/c time will be WHAT YOU MAKE IT TODAY, so be kind to yourself and others and think positive

11:25am the planet VENUS which is getting ready to go retrograde moves into VIRGO: Venus in Virgo is about healing, and practical details and when the planet of love enters this sign it is much more a time of practical vs. romantic needs. So, see what you can do of a practical nature for yourself and others and get ready for an intensely interesting Venus retrograde:

7:43pm MOON INTO Passionate and fiery Leo and the sense of self becomes stronger as does creative energy and the need for fun which is supported by feelings which are strong

• Color today pink for love of self and use Rose quartz for the same
• Oil of Release to let go. cedar to clear the air, or frankness to connect to higher sources
• jet or tourmaline for protection and grounding
• Oil of 3 wise men, or frankincense for clarity of vision and heart
• Kiss for today BE NICE and no shoving please

VENUS retrograde July 27th 10:27am at 2 Virgo Backs into LEO August 8th and remains retrograde all of August 2007. Stationary Direct September 8th at 17 degrees of Leo.

(The planets in our solar system are engaged in a constant movement. From an astrological viewpoint, there are three important steps to this energy and its movement and they are:

• Retrograde. A planet is described as retrograde when it appears to be moving backwards through the sky from the perspective of the earth. Planets are never actually retrograde, (OR GOING BACKWARDS) they just seem that way - it is an optical illusion. BUT this energy certainly seems to bring our lives backwards and brings things from the past into the present and creates some real roadblocks: The sign and house the retrograde happens within is going to show you where there is some reconstruction going on in your life. Retrograde means in ENGLISH redo and is not the time for new plans, contracts, agreements, etc.
• Stationary. AKA Srx The planet's energy is most powerful, and likely to get the MOST ATTENTION from us, when it becomes stationary (when it appears to be motionless in the sky). These stationary times occur at the beginning of the cycle (when the planet first STOPS as it prepares to move backwards) OR go retrograde, and at the end of the retrograde cycle when the planet HALTS in the sky and then begins its normal forward motion.
• Direct. AKA SD When the planet begins its forward movement once again, it is said to be direct. At this point, our lives seem to become more normal and we are left to clean up the mess we may have created while doing things during Rx. cycles. Mercury retrogrades are probably the most well known of retrogrades. Because Mercury's orbit is not large (it makes one circle of the earth during a calendar year) it normally makes three retrograde periods in a year. So, issues surrounding things that mercury rules, communications, transportation, commerce, etc., are affected. Mercury also rules people who work in these areas as it does traffic, the news, movies, and media.

Franklin Roosevelt said "We have nothing to fear but fear itself"

Sunday July 15, 2007
Passions are strong and today is great healing day
The moon in Leo is about Connecting to your passion to the outdoors, creativity and to fun is the theme of today. E MAIL ME About an open house today if you want to come to Edmonds for a look at a great healing place and say hi to me..as we have a fun open house..

2:53pm trust and you will receive

11:06pm Mars the planet of action in the rather earthy sign of Taurus gets involved in a rough action with the moon. The moon in Leo wants passion and Mars in Taurus wants to build and is not too willing to compromise. Find the balance and you will have a wonderful day.

• Color today Black to absorb negativity and White for clarity
• Use Tourmaline for clarity, vision and maybe to also heal: Green for healing
• Purple for spiritual connection: Pink for healing love issues
• KISS for today is CONSIDER all your options and be nice to YOURSELF and have fun as the energy really will help you create a better than usual fun time..

"The value of life is not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet very little." - Michel de Montaigne, French essayist (1533-1592)

Monday July 16, 2007
Avoid major decisions and hold tight today
The moon in Leo wanting passion still is struggling to get you into joy today but as it opposes Neptune at 10:30am we have some confusion about what is fun and what is Profitable. Can they both be the same thing is the questions we have to answer for ourselves. AND your thoughts surely could make this happen today.fun and profit..who wouldn't want that?

3:32pm Saturn the planet of accountability and the moon come together for a longer and maybe harder working Monday than normal

8:55pm divinity, transformation and joy come together as we access Pluto and the moon to create a great v/c until 2:39am tomorrow morning when the moon will enter Hard working Virgo. Meanwhile have fun and create all of the below

• Color today green for money, healing and centering into your own truth within your heart center
• Use Chalcedony to increase physical energy, we are going to be working hard today aren't we? And maybe blue lace agate, both of these are about your own truth
• Oil of frankincense to increase spiritual connection, fun can be spiritual you know
• Kiss for today? Have fun and be aware work is a good thing.

The Buddha said "When you come upon a life path that brings benefit and happiness to all, follow this course as the moon journeys through the stars" c563 c483 BC (India)

Happy Friday the 13th ARTICLE:
Read this and perhaps change your beliefs about this magical day.

Friday the 13th is a day to celebrate the Goddess of Love, Prosperity and Good Fortune. In ancient times when a 13 month lunar calendar was kept with seven day weeks, there were 13 Friday the 13ths each year and there were considered holy days with ceremonial Celebrations for the Goddess on Friday the 13th also considered a day of Great fortune and luck. ...Urban legends has this to say about Friday the 13th...

Some say Friday's bad reputation goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden. It was on a Friday, supposedly, that Eve tempted Adam With the forbidden fruit. Adam bit, as we all learned in Sunday school, And they were both ejected from Paradise. Tradition also holds that the Great Flood began on a Friday; God tongue-tied the builders of the Tower Of Babel on a Friday; the Temple of Solomon was destroyed on a Friday; And, of course, Friday was the day of the week on which Christ was Crucified. It is therefore a day of penance for Christians.

In pagan Rome, Friday was execution day (later Hangman's Day in Britain), but in other pre-Christian cultures it was the Sabbath, a day Of worship, so those who indulged in secular or self-interested Activities on that day could not expect to receive blessings from the Gods - which may explain the lingering taboo on embarking on journeys or Starting important projects on Fridays.

To complicate matters, these pagan associations were not lost on The early Church, which went to great lengths to suppress them. If Friday was a holy day for heathens; it must not be so for Christians - Thus it became known in the middle Ages as the "Witches' Sabbath," and Thereby hangs another tale.

The name "Friday" came from a Norse deity worshipped on the Sixth day, known either as Frigg (goddess of marriage and fertility), or Freya (goddess of sex and fertility), or both, the two figures having Become intertwined in the handing-down of myths over time (the etymology Of "Friday" has been given both ways. Frigg/Freya corresponded to Venus, The goddess of love of the Romans, who named the sixth day of the week In her honor "dies Veneris."

Friday was actually considered quite lucky by pre-Christian Teutonic peoples, we are told - especially as a day to get married - Because of its traditional association with love and fertility. All that Changed when Christianity came along. The goddess of the sixth day - Most likely Freya in this context, given that the cat was her sacred Animal - was recast in post-pagan folklore as a witch, and her day Became associated with evil doings.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/friday_the_13th_3.htm

This article is done in conjunction with Steve Nelson, SNelson1@carolina.rr.com who you can contact in order to get onto his SHAMANIC Astrology list

HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13th Carol Barbeau

KISS for ALWAYS is CONSIDER all your options... And be nice to YOURSELF and have fun in the NOW, do not wait for tomorrow. WE HAVE RIGHT NOW and in this minute we are building our future aren't we.

"The value of life is not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet very little." - Michel de Montaigne, French essayist (1533-1592)

I hope to see you in ISSAQUAH at the update 3rd Tuesday JULY 17th..6:30pm to 9pm. $10.. regular evening at Spirit journey tonight? RSVP ASAP if you want to come.I better slide this in on MONDAY since I need at least 24 hours prior notice to get your charts ready for this fun evening.

IT is only $10 at the door, an astrology update with your own personalized chart colored and IF you cannot attend and want the cd and your updated chart, just send or call with cc information $25 only for me to send the cd and your information to you.

"The only thing that stops you from getting what you want is the story you tell yourself about why you can't have it."  Tony Robbins

I wish you the strength of the elements
AIR TO BREATHE (clean)
Fire to warm you
Earth to support your health and life
And Water to drink and refresh your soul

Tuesday July 17, 2007
Search for fact and be open to others opinions
Today with the moon moving into Virgo at 2:39am the challenge as the moon touches Venus at 4:40am is to be open to loving without criticism, to be open to knowing the truth without judging and realizing that "Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real." Iris Murdoch and today those around us will probably not be in accordance with our desires. AND isn't that sometimes a blessing as it forces us to open to options.

2:39am the moon moves from Leo and fiery passion into cool logic as it goes into the mutable earth sign of Virgo

4:40am the moon in Virgo Touches Venus the planet of love in the same sign and we are a bit more analytical and a LOT less emotional

• KISS FOR TODAY IS ANALYZE not criticize

12:18am a great aspect with mercury who is still in that shadow so ideas are a bit more out of our feelings than our heads today, remember that and be nice please.Mercury still in the sign of cancer is processing all of us through SECURITY and what we need base and that is hard if you are not extremely secure within your own life.

10:44pm the moon in Virgo wanting the details makes a ROUGH square with Jupiter the planet of expansion moving backwards in Sagittarius. IN ENGLISH we can use this time to really look at our plans, our dreams and see what needs reconfiguring. LOOK AT THE WEBSITE FOR THE AUGUST OVERVIEW::: This next month is going to be life changing

• Color today blue for truth and clarity, remembering that it is only your OWN truth and clarity that we ever find, and for others it could be something totally different
• Sapphire for the same: IF you seek a life devoted to clarity, justice and the search for high ideals Sapphire is your stone
• Oil of Pine, spruce or any outdoorsy oil for clarity also
• Kiss for today: GET READY FOR some mind stretching concepts. And ANALYZE NOT CRITICIZE please

ONE of my favorite sayings is from Michael J Fox "I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for, perfection is GODS business"

VENUS THE PLANE OF LOVE IN VIRGO is creating ground breaking energy for Saturn which will enter Virgo 9/2 for the first time in 29 years... Look at things which come up over this next month or 2 as openings which will set you into a plan and VENUS in Virgo gives us all the options of looking with a rather cooler head than normal which is much needed with that August and September eclipse pattern happening for us all as we finish THE NORTH NODE IN PISCES and the SOUTH NODE IN VIRGO.

NORTH NODE TO AQUARIUS December 16, 2007 until August 19, 2009 when it will enter Capricorn joining PLUTO and Saturn in Virgo and a GRAND TRINE OF Earth for the planet will certainly create a very different type of energy than we have had the last 2 years. When the North node enters a new sign we have a new element of changes upon the planet and a new theme to learn.

The north node in Pisces for the last 18 months has asked we suspend reality to open our selves to believing the impossible to be possible. The south node in Virgo has urged us to find the facts, Try to create something in reality and at the same time to do the mystical Pisces stuff with the addition of the practical Virgo stuff (HARD lessons for many)

Now with the North node into Aquarius IN December we get to step outside the box, change ideas, emotions and ourselves much more RAPIDLY. Aquarius is ruled by URANUS the planet of change which will still be in Pisces for a few more years (until 5/27/2010) so we are still on that change with VISION path, but Aquarius being an AIR sign we will not be feeling the emotions as strongly as we have this last couple of years. And with the South node moving at the same time into LEO we are on OUR HEART Path truly And the fire and the passion of our lives is now a necessity to survive

WE WILL BE TALKING about all this and much more at ISSAQUAH TONIGHT TUESDAY the 17th. IF you cannot come I will be making a cd of this class and can send you an update if you wish

Wednesday July 18, 2007
Plans are things we make to be changed...
Today with the moon in hard working Virgo we begin the day with a plan, and as the energy of Optimism comes in we are more energized and probably have some pretty strong opinions of OUR way. You notice I do not say (the right way) but our way..I love Oprahs quote "Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own."- Oprah Winfrey and I would suggest that we all take her advice and do the above today.

11:06am a trine or aspect of ease with the moon and Mars creates a STRONG I KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT ENERGY and the energetic power to go for what we feel is right

2:06pm the moon in rational Virgo makes an Opposition to URANUS the planet of change and plans are up there in the air circling. I picked this fun evening to go to LOU FREE PSYCHIC SHOWCASE IN FIFE WA. At the POODLE DOG restaurant .doors open 5pm and show begins around 6pm. NOPE:: I am not working but enjoying time with friends and students and others. COME join us and what a great night to get our fortunes told.

• Color today the color of creativity, Orange
• Use golden citrine or orange carnelian for the same
• Oil of lavender to soothe the soul
• Kiss for today, do not take things seriously, smile often and realize that this is a great day if you believe it is a great day. Look for lessons today and be open to the unexpected.

WANT PEOPLE TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT you say? Finish All Your sentences with "In Accordance With the Prophecy."

Thursday July 19, 2007
NO MAJOR purchases or rough conversations today please
Today we have the urge to get it right with the moon in Virgo until 6:44am then the moon goes v/c or times out... But the time out is a rough one and until 12:53pm when the moon enters Libra communications are mixed with feelings, and not many facts.

The entire day is a great lesson day, with confusion, misinformation and imagination strong. Sharing GOOD feelings is a wonderful idea today and keeping fears to the self is equally important.

The moon in Libra values truth but even more strongly values peace and not hurting others feelings so this combined with an SUN PLUTO thingey can stir up issues of control, power and Mercury still has not left the shadow so communications at best tonight should be kind and at worst. For myself, I will just SHUT UP and speak about it another day if I am feeling the urge to TELL FOLKS MY mind..

• I will say for many of us a stone today which feels upbeat? I like the energy of some of the lighter feeling stones like, kyanite, golden citrine, amber, anything that feels lively and active works well today
• Color today pink for gentle love
• Oil of jasmine or rose for the love connection today
• LETS USE THIS AS A KISS again: I cannot say this often enough since it is the message of the year...IF you want something that you do not have yet, you have to do something well that you have not done yet and today do it NICELY and politely please..

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should Dance because YOU DID show up at the party your soul intended this lifetime .. so pay attention....you are either a great example or a horrible Lesson... AND I Personally am SURELY both at different times...Namaste carol B

AND this came from Bonnie, who is the moderator of the THETA HEALING AND BEYOND GROUP: and isn't it true. We were sharing how so many people are in such a rough spot right now and I thought what she said was wonderful. THE WALLS ARE DOWN, and many of us are still just seeing the DOOR

From: Bonnie England Strehlow [mailto:bonnie@inner-resources.net]
I see more people becoming depressed or feeling stuck & believing there is no way out. And I also feel a change in the winds. My heart just goes out to those who are struggling And banging on the closed door, but blind to the fact that the other walls have come down And the space is wide open if they just open their eyes

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. - Kurt Vonnegut

Friday July 20, 2007
Play nice and have a great weekend
Today with the moon in Social Libra the challenges seem to come before we awaken at 3:12am the moon makes a rough aspect with Mercury (ideas) or communications. SINCE the moon is our emotional energy and in Libra it wants, peace, balance and THINGS to be FAIR. we may awaken or even dream of the things which are not in balance in our lives

Action, inventiveness, freedom and the urge to break boundaries come with planets playing energetically with each other today so it only seems fair that we might awaken with a sense of what needs to be changed in our lives, or maybe first in our own minds. At 9:40am we have a wonderful aspect with Jupiter. Remember this planet is moving backwards in order that we can reprocess our visions of what we want and with the moon assisting us today and Jupiter, we should be quite optimistic.

3:12am MOON square Mercury

9:40am Moon Sextile (A GOOD THING) Jupiter (see above for description)

3:14pm Mars the planet of action makes a wonderful aspect with URANUS the Planet of change and surprises and brilliance and lightening bolts. This is the night to go out, mix and mingle and stay safe of course. Vitality and fun is the theme of tonight. Anyone who is a drag.ditch them early and get ready to enjoy optimistic people. OR maybe change those ideas right now and JUST have optimism in your own life.  Then you do not have to change people do you.

AN example might be, I dreamed about a healing center, today I will connect with the people who have business sense even if I have not talked with them before, WORK with someone professional or someone who has made their plan work to help me with my plan and maybe even look for backers who will help. THE VISION. Pisces.  Mars, the action in Taurus and doing something practical. URANUS being willing to change your way of doing things. Does this make sense to you.. If so, use it.

Color today something that grounds and centers you. I shall use brown today And maybe some orange for creativity .GOLD for sure today also

Stones for me today will for SURE be amber which for me is the richness of the earth but Malachite is a money stone as well as GOLDEN CITRINE if you want an more up energy. GOLDEN citrine is the merchant stone as well as ORANGE Carnelian, put it into your pocket, billfold, purse, manifesting bowl and make that wish.

Oil of thieves which releases germ killing energy all around you and lifts spirits

KISS FOR TODAY, get out, do something new and different and realize the secret is DOING SOMETHING NEW: and fun..

For me this is truly TRUE::: "The biggest surprise on the soulful journey to authenticity, whether as a philosophy or a spiritual path, is that the path is a spiral. We go up, but we go in circles. Each time around, the view gets a little bit wider."- Sarah Ban Breathnach

And.

"What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose." Henry Ward Beecher

JUST IN CASE you have not marked your calendars: The magical days each month to use this SAGITTARIUS power are:

• July 24th and 25th
• August 21, 22 WHICH will encompass the SOLAR ECLIPSE NEW MOON on the 12th and the LUNAR ECLIPSE full moon on the 28th making this a VERY special month
• September 17th and 18th AND THIS ENERGY IS DONE FOR the next 780 years.
• Vesta on October 10th moves into CAPRICORN joining the other planets in the sky moving to EARTH which is really the MANIFESTING energy of the universe.

We will still have Jupiter (luck) and Pluto (transformation) getting together for their own special party in October on the 14th after noon, 15th and 16th, November 11, 12, December 7th, 8th and the NEW Moon on the 9th, on the 18th of December 2007 Jupiter will move to Capricorn and the Sagittarius party is over

Do you use Oil of Pine to dilate the bronchial track, rids the house of fleas, and stimulates the adrenal gland and your circulatory system. OR oil of release to let go of whatever is getting under your skin?

Saturday July 21, 2007
HEALERS group today on this powerful day
IF you wish to know more about this check with Bonnie at
bonnie@inner-resources.net

EVERY OTHER THURSDAY how about doing a fun INTERMEDIATE ASTROLOGY class. RELATIONSHIPS and aspects are the theme.
We begin JULY 26th 2007 6;30pm to 9pm $75 for 7 classes in the Lynnwood Wa area. RSVP and prepayment mandatory for this class to happen.. carolastro@carolbarbeau.com or 206 542 7641 I HAVE contact me now if you think you might want to learn about yourself and others in a fun NEW way.

I promise this class is the MOST FUN ever.. HAVE you ever wanted to understand yourself better? TO understand people around you and how to go with the flow better? WELL sign up now... Every other THURSDAY 6:30pm to 9pm LEARN ASTROLOGY WITH YOUR CHART and the others in this fun and exciting class. I promise you 7 great evenings of learning and as you learn about YOU and others around you, it is so much easier than reading a boring book.

This is the class for you if you know a bit about Signs... Planets, the actors in your life, and HOUSES the places where life events Play out for you personally. .Prepayment necessary, rsvp if you would like to join us for a fun evening every other Thursday.

Saturday July 21, 2007
Enjoy today and HAVE FUN
Today with the moon in Libra until 11:29pm we have a wonderful CONNECTION, mix and mingle day. Truly the sky has gifted us with a first quarter moon (1/2 way between new and full moons) and a day of perhaps reprioritizing ourselves but it is a wonderfully energizing day.

• KISS FOR TODAY IS unstuck.that is what the sky is working and bringing to us the ability to unstuck ourselves

7:35am great intuition

2:29pm great dedication to fun and doing what you know you want to do

6:54pm dedication to transformation

11:29pm WOOPS::: Sun square the moon makes this the ½ way point between bringing in energy from that NEW MOON on the 14th and the FULL moon on the 29th. AND THEN MOVES V/c home early please and use this great energy to think or plan on what can be eliminated from your life.

The one constant in BOTH THESE charts for these moons (NEW ON 14th and Full on 29th) is stuff in the 8th house. Besides being intimacy, joint finances and death and ending of things, the 8th house is WHAT we need to eliminate in order to connect with others more strongly and NOT HAVE TO DO all this alone. and in order to make more money, have more fun and move forward we are in a time of needing to make some changes.

• Kiss for today is borrowed from Oprah. HAVE FUN because "If you allow yourself to be depleted to the point where your emotional and spiritual tank is empty and you're running on fumes of habit, everybody loses. Especially you."-Oprah
• Color today black for protection and use jet or tourmaline for the same
• Oil of 3 wise men, or frankincense for clarity of vision and heart

Sunday July 22, 2007
Back to work day but still fun
The moon enters Scorpio at 1:18am and water (emotional connection, psychic energy, and empathy comes in more strongly) We are now out of the fun Air (communication) energy and into Water land. Communications may be a bit more frustrating today but infinitely more real and much deeper.

Today at 10pm the sun will leave Cancer for another year and enter the sign of LEO which is FIRE and relates to the heart and our passions. So today seems a last opportunity to enjoy the sun (the now) and the moon (the emotions and the past) in a water sign until late October when the sun moves to Scorpio. So, perhaps a mediation or some type of inner connection would work wonderfully today.

6;15am a great aspect with Venus gets us into analytical energy

9:32pm a great aspect with Mercury gives us options to really be clear with our priorities tonight in communications with others

10:00pm SUN TO LEO. (see more on LEO below)

• 1st kiss for today is BE NICE and no shoving please
• Color today Orange for creativity
• Jet for drawing out negativity, alleviating unreasonable fears and when worn Around the neck is a stone of protection guarding against violence and illness. You know jet is actually formed from fossilized wood but looks kind of like coal, right?
• Oil of Orange to bring joy and peace and happiness .Did you know this oil and even eating oranges helps prevent the growth of bacteria as it elevates the mind?
• KISS for today.be open to fun and really sit down tonight and make a list of what is JOYFUL TO you, that is what you do best and the gift you have to give to others you know? AND::: Your abilities and talents are your gift from God/Goddess/universe, ect.and USING your gifts is your gift back to God/Goddess/universe

THIS month is the last time in 29 years that Saturn, Accountability and the Sun, the Light will both be in the sign of LEO: On 9/2 Saturn moves to Virgo and we begin a very different cycle so please use this next month to your best LEO advantage.

I see LEO as love and have added to my signature on e mails this statement, which I KNOW is true:

"All the ill that is in us comes from FEAR, and all the good from LOVE."

AND you all have LEO SOMEPLACE in your chart. 9th house of spirituality and my midheaven or career area for me. Those of us born from October 7, 1937 to October 20th 1956 have PLUTO In Leo (approximately) for some of you born at the beginning and ending times of these dates will have had Pluto retrograde and may be Pluto in Cancer on the 30's end of these dates.... And some born after 10/20/56 when Pluto went retrograde in Virgo may have Pluto in Leo. BUT generally most people have LEO PLANETS or at the least a HOUSE or area of your life where you are a LEO:

In a class recently when I asked what people thought about LEO and I was surprised to hear everyone say it is the sign of SELF: I always think of it as the sign of HEART and the sign of 5th house which is romance, risks, creation, children, fun and play. But this FIRE sign (the 2nd of the zodiac) is truly about FIRING our lives to our passions and is a sign which really can get us into trouble when we do not do the above.

I See Aries as more the sign of SELF as the first FIRE sign and it is ruled by MARS the planet of action.. And I see Leo as the 2nd Fire sign and being about what the SELF can accomplish. So it is RULED by the sun which is our life purpose and what we are to become.

The 3rd Fire sign is Sagittarius and we have by then grown past self, past accomplishment into the fire of what we can ALL ACCOMPLISH if we believe.. Sagittarius is ruled by the planet Jupiter.

LEO is FIXED fire and the mantra for Leo energy is "I WILL" so it is that 3rd chakra which gives us the POWER to know we can accomplish something. LEO is a fixed or Positive or YANG or male energy which is about going out, getting what it wants. Thus the planet that rules Leo is the SUN and keywords are generous, creative, enthuastic, powerful, leadership, kingly, royal, fun loving and at the negative end of this EGO and abuse of power. AND we all have done both, so no judgments on our Leo brothers and sisters please.OK???

So, for the next month we all have all these attributes to USE and incorporate into our being and the ability to become much more than we are as we sit here reading this . LETS think positive and become all that we can be during this time.

One must know that one is not in order to be able to understand that we are. - Ask the Awakened by Wei Wu Wei

And one must know that we can become all that we wish to be to be awakened.

"If you are creative enough to imagine a problem, you're clever enough to discover a solution." Robert H. Schuller

Meanwhile lets all remember... ENCOURAGE GOOD AND POSITIVE THOUGHTS, thinking about what you do not want to happen is called WORRY isn't it?  and what is thinking about what you want to happen....Prayer, meditation, manifesting and creating a happier world..

"Human life has always been fraught with danger, and human minds have always been fraught with the fear that comes from knowing it. But we can develop the habit of nudging our attention toward things that inspire confidence rather than fear. ... As much horror as we have always created, we are a species that keeps moving forward, seeing new sights in new ways, and enjoying the journey."- Martha Beck

"We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love." Mother Teresa

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Monday July 23, 2007
Moon in Watery Scorpio
Today the moon asks us to delve deeply into our unconscious minds and as it makes a great aspect with URANUS the planet of change we get a great deal of help at 2:17pm

6:43pm Mars makes an opposition to the moon and since Mars would like us to be steadily building upon PRACTICAL stuff (Mars is in Taurus now) the moon and mars are trying to get our emotions to separate enough to build on them. SO: Please find joy today and take care how your thoughts are working. From 6;43pm onwards tonight the waters are a bit rougher than normal.

7:58pm as the moon squares Neptune illusion or illumination is the theme, if you can see beyond what you think things are into knowing they are so MUCH more than that you are going to have a great night. This is not the night to do the checkbook but a great night for a mediation, prayer or working with inner knowing..

Challenges today are about not seeing a clear course. Wait until tomorrow and the road will be better lit.

Egos are strong today and it is not a day when getting your needs met will happen by pushing or insisting. Better days coming.sit back and realize that today is one of those hunker in days.

• Color today something peaceful feeling to you (blue, purple, something soft)
• Use a stone of the same. (Pearls are good)
• KISS for today is a big one: Exaggeration is strong and sight is not 20 20 today OR tonight

FOR those of you unhappy about the format.I need to learn the program which is sending out my reports and need to wait for my teacher to have time to teach me something new.... and soon will figure how to do something new to this mailing so that you can receive this in something more compatible with your computer. PLEASE REMEMBER your spam filters play with what I do and change much of it around.. I am getting quite a few complaints and those people can always wait and go to my website for the reports if they wish them in a better format

Can't make it to a lecture? Now you can get a recording! IF YOU WISH A CD for one of these lectures and a bit of personal information on yourself or a family member, please contact Carol at carolastro@carolbarbeau.com. Please let me know if you want a recording before the event so that I make sure to bring your chart and have your information on the cd along with the personalized chart which I will be sending to you.$25..

I LOVE THE SUFI Proverb::: "I searched for GOD and found only myself; I searched for myself and FOUND only GOD"

For me, a miracle is seeing the world with light in your eyes. It's knowing there's always hope and possibility where none seems to exist."- Oprah

Tuesday July 24, 2007
The urge to escape comes to us again
AS we bounce happily out of that Scorpio moon energy at 1:29pm many of us will wonder what in the world they are putting into the water we are drinking tonight. The moon in Scorpio sets up some wild and rather exaggerated dreams last night and then at 3:30am the moon moves v/c and we begin the day with a great deal of confusion from the aspect of the moon squaring Saturn (Accountability and feelings are not happy with each other this am)

At 1:29pm the moon moves to much more carefree Sagittarius and we have the urge to just drop it all and escape.

4:11pm Mars squares Neptune (PS Squares are like being in a room with no doors or windows with someone you disagree with and you have to come to some agreement before the door appears magically) Mars is action and wants to be building in Taurus and Neptune in Aquarius would like us to be thinking outside the box and maybe wait until the new information is channeled from whatever galaxy it seems to be coming from today.

4:51pm a moment of peace as that Moon in Sagittarius plays nicely with the sun in LEO and we want to play also and have some FUN

7:03pm someone wants to rain on our parade, and the someone could just be you. Venus is in the retrograde shadow and it (Venus) is about what we like and in Virgo can be a bit critical right now) SO be nice to yourself and others and read what Kendra Thornbury wrote (see the end of this article)

• KISS: Relationships this evening should be handled with understanding that sometimes we need to see what is wrong to help make it right. AND this is not the night to share what you think is wrong with others
• I have a good idea for today: Take time tonight to go outside, breathe the air, hug a tree, get your rocks or stones out and play with them ONE OF my favorite prayers is " I will to go thy way God, and please, can we do it GENTLY AND EASILY and this seems a great prayer for us all today
• Color today yellow for joy of what you have had and will have in the future
• OIL OF RELEASE TO BEGIN TONIGHT TO let go of all that old stuff please
• I would use citrine, aventurine, or something easy and gentle and grounding
• Another Kiss for today? Well, cut yourself and others some slack we are all human aren't we and perfection is not to be had on this planet..

Of the many earnest, and how earnest, people we may observe reading, attending lectures, studying and practicing disciplines, devoting their energies to the attainment of a liberation which is by definition unattainable, how many are not striving via the ego-concept which is itself the only barrier between what they think they are and that which they wish to become but always have been and always will be? - Why Lazurus Laughed by Wei Wu Wei

The above saying always reminds me that often we are striving to find what we already have, searching for perfection and everything to go RIGHT when it is right, life is helping us with the growth and lessons we need to REMEMBER who we really are:::

Wednesday July 25, 2007
YEAH A WONDERFUL SAGITTARIUS DAY is here
IF you can believe, if you have faith, if you can know that you are where you are to be at this exact moment (BUT DO NOT HAVE TO STAY THERE) then you are going to love today.

The moon in Truth loving Sagittarius teams up with Vesta (sacred commitment) and Jupiter at 9:25am setting the tone for a very spectacular day.

Always remembering that some of us have very much less than perfect things going on in our own chart today carries the theme of I KNOW I AM RIGHT which is good for some and maybe not so good for others.

Sagittarius has the Billy Graham theme going on in it and is the last of the 3 fire signs in the zodiac. With so much FIRE power in the sky right now slow down, breathe deeply today and take on only what is YOUR stuff. Ignore the other guy as much as possible and this could be a day of miracles for you.

• Color today white for purity
• Use ROSE QUARTZ for self love and calming or Amethyst
• Oil of SAGE TO smudge away the past OR how about a FLORAL which sometimes make some folks feel happier, or the oils which cheer us up and lift depression are LEMON, LIME, Tangerine and all the citruses USE WHAT WORKS FOR YOU Please

Kiss for today.what you believe becomes reality

GET YOUR JOURNAL OUT, tonight dreams will be wild and interesting

Mark Twain: Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Thursday July 26, 2007
We shift gears again
The roller coaster ride of this week continues with an GREAT day full of surprises and deeply connecting us to our own intuition and inner knowing. The moon remains in Sagittarius until 5:13pm then moves v/c and at 11:21pm moves into Practical Capricorn. Meanwhile

1:06am moon squaring URANUS makes for wild dreams

6:33am intuition comes in and if you look at things softly. Meaning if you kind of squint and try not to look at all the details you will see wonderful things. Like those pictures people send you with things hidden in them. Today carries that energy so look beyond the reality into the WHAT IT COULD be.which shall be our KISS for today

2:25pm a great aspect with Saturn encourages us to find our passions

5:13pm as the moon moves v/c or times out it touches PLUTO which is transformation and we have a great opportunity to see and understand our own truth. Look into self today, not others and you will have an interesting trip

Color today BLUE FOR YOUR OWN TRUTH and orange for creativity to be open to looking at things in a new way

Oil of myrrh for spiritual connection or cedar or pine to clear the air

Sapphire or ruby for clarity, or any shiny colorful stone

Kiss for today? Look at what it COULD Be and not what you think it is

Helen Keller: When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us

Friday July 27, 2007
VENUS RETROGRADE TODAY
Princess Diana: Once said Only do what your heart tells you...And this might be great advice for us all AS Venus the planet of love moves backwards in Virgo today at 10:27am until September 8th we need to Relearn to listen to our heart and not our head.

Only when we connect with our joy and happiness do we get to use this planet (Venus Retrograde) as it wants to be used. WE are now in the time of reconfiguring, reconnecting, reapplying, repairing, and reaping the rewards of loving ourselves if we allow this to happen.

The moon in Capricorn urges us towards achievement today as it makes a wonderful aspect with Venus at 4:53am

10:27am VENUS retrograde and the planet of love and what we like begins its once in 2 years journey down into our unconscious mind to help us pull up our desires, wants, needs and to assist us to reconnect to SOURCE:

• COLOR today Purple for spirit
• Use Lapis Lazuli to open the 3rd eye and balance the throat chakra
• Oil of Clove which is one of the most powerful oils there is to create healing and take away nasty bugs, and smelling or eating this will clear the air and your head at the same time
• Kiss for this next month or so is. redo .and repair.and try not to toss out people in your life which you may want back later down the line. Venus Rx. Is notorious for people breaking up. OLD Lovers coming back.and us really looking at our own issues around romance and relationships of all types.

The planet Venus when it appeared strong in the sky in Mayan and Incan times was time to go to WAR: Yep, we kind of toned down this planet in our modern society, but it is the fierce Mother battling to save her children and I always think of Venus as that Roman woman who went to war with Rome and fought to the death to defend her loved ones.. So, let's make GREAT love, not war with this Venus Rx. And if you have the desire to fix someone, how about we fix ourselves? That is surely what I am working on now, how about you?

Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can do all things. Therefore it avails for all things, and fulfils and accomplishes much where one not a lover falls and lies helpless". Thomas � Kempis (1380-1471), German monk, mystic, in The Imitation of Christ, pt. 3, ch. 6 (1471).

Prayer moves the hand that moves the universe. (meditation to me is a kind of prayer, when i pray i talk with GOD or higher power and when I meditate i try to listen.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama

YOU may want to contact Kendra to get onto her mailing list. This is one wonderful woman doing great things out there in the world along with so many others. There is a new theta and BEYOND healing group and the light healers, and a new healing center in Alderwood and so much more. Connect with those of like minds and lets change the world to make it a better place...as Kendra is doing:

"It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny." ~Jean Nidetch

“One of the greatest aspects of being human is our freedom to make choices in life: regarding where to live, career, our spiritual practices, how we spend our time, relationships, and OH so much more. We control the quality of our life through our choices, and the possibilities are endless!

We are not victims of life. Once I heard that life is not what happens to you, but what you DO with what happens to you. Life happens. What meaning you make out of reality is up to you. And YOU choose that.

When life happens in a way we view as "negative" or resulting in the not so planned or preferred results, there is always an alternative view. There really is. We are not victims. And our willingness and ability to "try on" an alternative may be the key to letting go of suffering and/or seeing an opening that was even greater than before the situation that "wasn't" supposed to happen.

And for what could be... what is still to come... what you choose now, right now, can influence and shape your future beyond what some even can comprehend or believe. Use your power (and PRIVILEGE!!) to choose and shape the life you are destined and designed to live.

• What do you choose?
• What are you choosing?
• What will you choose?

Invite more JOY and Vitality in your Life.”

email: kendra@spiritalive.net
web: http://www.spiritalive.net

The FULL MOON in AQUARIUS on July 29th AT 5:48pm.reflects the bright warm light of the Leo Sun, LEO is about heart-centered love energy. WHAT DO YOU LOVE:::: HOW DO YOU LOVE::: AND HOW CAN YOU LOVE YOURSELF And your life MORE IS today's lecture For many of us HEALING is the answer and to assist us..

Chiron, the shaman shape-shifter, is at play as CHIRON IN Aquarius Sitting today at 13 Degrees of Aquarius invite us further into healing The world AND SELF HEALING... CHIRON SITTING 7 degrees away from The moon today, this connects the moon and Chiron into this FULL MOON. Remember full moons always ask us to LET go in order to create more space for something better coming.

Aquarius is the sign of thinking outside the box and unusual thinking So Chiron in Aquarius can aid the higher mind in healing.

MANY ASTROLOGERS USE SOMETHING Called Sabian symbols, I personally Use Dane Rudhyars "AN ASTROLOGICAL MANDALA" the cycle of transformations And its 360 symbolic phases.

And also I always use the 13 Moon Natural time Calendar especially since July 26th 2007 to July 25th,2008 is called the WHITE LUNAR WIZARD YEAR: This time from the 26th of July through the 22nd of August is called the time of MAGNETIC MOON, a time to unify, attract and Create energy towards purpose.

Things do not change much in thousands of years do they? Sunday the 29th with the FULL MOON we are called with a red overtone Of MANIFESTING in earth and creativity. Red is the color of Power and the first Chakra which is the fight or flight and the energy which grounds us into purpose and our life. and this day is said to be guided By the LIFE FORCE: WOW: powerful? You have not heard anything yet.

The Sabian symbols of this Sun-Moon are::. The Sun is at 7 Leo, the Constellations of the stars shine brilliantly in the night sky: This is a connection between what we all on this planet look up and see And honor as the power of God/Goddess/Higher spirit
in some form And is a symbol to me of common humanity and since LEO IS always Love much about loving our companions upon this planet.

IN ALL Full moons the moon sits in exact opposition to The sun asking us to balance the dark and the light, the past and the Future and the degree of the Moon at 7 Aquarius picks up on Chiron The wounded healing being involved. IT IS "A child being born out of An EGG: The cosmic egg is said to be the sign which will birth the Global mankind upon this planet.

SO: Please allow me to begin a story which I discovered on the eve Of the July 17th meditation at 4am. I was sitting up working at keeping Awake and began to look up some major events. And LOW and behold they Told a STORY so wonderful I cried. let me now share this story with you.

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A story which was written so long ago and far away that the people who Decreed this time would come are long gone but we who are here RIGHT now On this planet are being allowed to experience.

Who knows when the story really began, but for my discovery of it, it began With a NEW MOON on June 14th with the sun and moon at 24 degrees of Gemini. As many of you know Gemini is a sign of KNOWLEDGE and mind and Communication. AS all things begin IN THE MIND...

The degree 24 Gemini is Children skating over a frozen village pond. Winter symbolizes darkness and restrictions doesn't it? Natural life seems In hibernation, But in this degree we see mans triumph over nature as He skates in innocent glee and Love and joyfulness over the waters of Emotion and USES nature for pleasure and self motivation.

THEN came the summer solstice as we ended Spring 2007 forever and began The rich full energy of SUMMER on June 21, 11:06am here in Seattle. FOR us all All over the world the summer solstice is when the sun hits 0 degrees of Cancer.

THE FIRST Sabian symbol of Cancer is on a ship Sailors lower an old flag and raise A new one. This is about radical change and a symbolic point of no return.

Can we Ever go back to who we were, NO is the answer and with Mercury retrograde at 10 degrees of Cancer the Sabian symbol for this is A large Diamond in the first stages of the cutting process. And the keynote For this is the arduous training for perfection in order to fully manifest an Idea.

For many of you this mercury Rx. was difficult and didn't we all have To change something, work harder and realize that no matter how far we have Come that we are still in that first preliminary stage of something Huge?

THEN the planet of Love enters her Shadow point on June 23rd as she entered 16 degrees 35 minutes of Leo where she would go direct on September 8, 2007.

In Sabian symbols anything over 30 minutes is rounded off to the next degree And 17 Degrees of Leo (remember Leo is about LOVE and the heart) that symbol Is a volunteer church choir singing religious hymns. The keynote for this VENUS Retrograde is THE Feeling of togetherness which unites men and women in Their dedication to a collective ideal:

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THIS is where we are all sitting right now.

WHAT are you dedicated to love, what are you wanting to love in your life. LOVE is not just about sexual or romantic energy.

We are Now on this planet at this time in this place, being asked to unite To love the planet, each other, children we do not know and now we are asked To rethink all of this with this Venus retrograde..

BUT first on with the story. The next major event was June 30th When we had a full moon With the sun at 9 Cancer and the moon at 9 Capricorn. The full moon asked us To release just as all NEW moons ask us to bring in.

The sun Which represents the future at 9 degrees of Cancer Is About the quest for knowledge and an ever-elusive Understanding of life and the Sabian symbol is "A small naked girl bends Over a pond trying to catch a fish" unclothed is unrestrained and wide open In all metaphysical studies. I love the cheerfulness and openness of this degree.

The moon which represents the past at 9 Capricorn is about the revelation of the Spiritual meaning and purpose at the core of any life situation. IT is an Angel Carrying a Harp.

July 14th a NEW moon at 22 Cancer which was the ENERGY which began my Quest for greater understanding of the times we are in right now: This bringing In time brought the 17th and people all around the world FIRING the grid And meditations.and new healing groups.and new events which truly are ASTOUNDING me.. I never thought I would live to see this time and am so Happy I stayed around for the LIGHT show.

22 Cancer is a young woman awaiting a sailboat. And the symbol is about The longing for transcendent happiness in the soul and being open to Great dreams. SO we truly began a time waiting for our ships to come in.

JULY 27th at 1:28pm Venus the Goddess of Love, passion, power and How we get what we desire began her retrograde (backwards) path at Her most fragile. Venus retrograde has almost completed her 584 day Journey around the sun and at this stage is not able to receive the light of The sun and will spend an extra month in the sign of Leo..

But first Venus dipped into VIRGO the sign of discernment and the sign which to Me says. I must find out what is wrong to make it right and heal it. So Venus Went retrograde at 2 degrees 57 minutes of Virgo (3 degrees) and the Sabian Symbol for this is very important for us all over the next couple of months.

ISN"T THIS WONDERFUL: it is TWO GUARDIAN ANGELS And the keynote is "invisible help and protection in times of crisis" We are not told the next few months will be easy, but we are promised Help and support.

Venus now disappears from the night sky as she enters a new renewal Time Venus retrograde says..

lets work on relationships lets work on healing, Let's get it RIGHT and correct in Virgo. AND when Venus backs into LEO again On August 8th let's bring our HEART and soul into our lives with love and with Passion and dedication.

Venus Retrogrde is not the time for major purchases normally but this retrograde is more about our personal choices and how to heal the past in order to make better choices in the future. LOOK upon this time as a wonderful opportunity to really discover who YOU PERSONALLY are and how you can achieve that which you most desire.

I always believe that getting what we want is NOT hard but when we change what we want from day to day? HOW can it come to us? So dedication to what we love will truly give us a great deal of information during this time. and always::

Today July 29th we have a FULL MOON with the sun at 7 Leo and the moon At 7 Aquarius and we are asked to LET go, to release and to create space For all of this wonderful energy.

So with the sun the light and the Now at 7 Leo the Sabian symbol for this Is what I mentioned earlier that constellations of stars in the night sky and the Moon (the past) again is about "A child being born out of An EGG: The cosmic egg is said to be the sign which will birth theGlobal mankind upon this planet. BUT not without our help..

But the story I am writing, long as it is. Does not end here. August 12th There is a new moon at 20 Leo (another heart centered time for us all) IT is about a return to the glorification of natural energies. It is about A return to nature and a reconnection to this planet and each other.

SO, when Venus moves direct again on September 8th the realization of That Degree of 17 Leo will again visit us.

17 Leo is a volunteer church Choir singing religious hymns. The keynote for this VENUS Retrograde is THE Feeling of togetherness which unites men and women in Their dedication to a collective ideal:

SO this Venus retrograde and Full moon today is not just about you, though You are in a time of Growth will be the word I choose for this and I know for many who write and call me it is a time of personal crisis and Loss and endings and the realization that something new is coming and it Is. EARTH ENERGY

Many planets are moving to earth energy beginning with VESTA Sacred connection on October 10th and we are all asked to Bring spirit to earth, connect into our love of self, love of nature, love Of the planet, love of work, love of home, love of family, love of Whatever in order that we can truly become all that we really Already are but perhaps are not aware of this yet?

More coming later, but this is the lecture for the Church I am speaking At Sunday the 29th and wanted to share this with all of you out there Who are wondering where the daily's are. 

FOR TODAY and tomorrow. Wear the colors you choose, the stones you love and be aware that you Truly are being divinely protected. And in knowing that it becomes
Real no matter where you are or what you are doing.

IF you enjoyed this great, i will be doing more of this on the website for the eclipses and other major events. I find the work fascinating and will get back to my normal way of doing things on Monday. Meanwhile. Saturday July 28th hard working day as you can see by my writing. Moon in Capricorn with great v/c time.

Full moon SUnday the 29th 5:48pm and the moon moves to Aquarius at 6;14am wild and wooly day with good luck:

Monday the 30th moon in Aquarius touching Neptune which is Illusion, illumination and visions. HOW much better can it get unless you are doing taxes or balancing the checkbook?

Have fun and enjoy and sorry this is so long... Hugs and happy weekend

Meanwhile enjoy this week and realize Venus retrograde is the BEST time in the world to rethink what it is that you want in life and since we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are:

LETS all have some fun with this great VENUS retrograde and reconfigure all in our life which is not working ... Instead of worrying about getting rid of others, lets change our thoughts about them and then if they should not be in our lives they will disappear..

REMEMBER energy...bad or good is energy and helps things to grow. Encourage flowers in your life and lets not water the weeds..

Helen Keller: When one door of happiness closes, Another opens; but often we look so long at the Closed door that we do not see the one which has been Opened for us.

Friday July 27, 2007
VENUS RETROGRADE TODAY
Princess Diana: Once said only do what your Heart tells you...And this might be great advice for us All AS Venus the planet of love moves backwards in Virgo Today at 10:27am until September 8th we need to relearn To listen to our heart and not our head.

Only when we connect with our joy and happiness do we get To use this planet (Venus Retrograde) as it wants to be Used.

WE are now in the time of reconfiguring, reconnecting, Reapplying, repairing, and reaping the rewards of loving Ourselves if we allow this to happen.

The moon in Capricorn urges us towards achievement Today as it makes a wonderful aspect with Venus at 4:53am
 

10:27am VENUS retrograde and the planet of love and What we like begins its once in 2 year's journey down Into our unconscious mind to help us pull up our Desire wants, needs and to assist us to reconnect to SOURCE:

• COLOR today Purple for spirit
• Use Lapis Lazuli to open the 3rd eye and balance The throat chakra
• Oil of Clove which is one of the most powerful oils There is to create healing and take away nasty bugs, And smelling or eating this will clear the air and Your head at the same time
• Kiss for this next month or so is. redo .and repair. And try not to toss out people in your life which you May want back later down the line.

Venus Rx. Is notorious for people breaking up. OLD Lovers Coming back.and us really looking at our own issues around Romance and relationships of all types.

The planet Venus when it appeared strong in the sky in Mayan And Incan times were time to go to WAR: Yep, we kind of Toned down this planet in our modern society, but it is the Fierce Mother battling to save her children and I always think Of Venus as that Roman woman who went to war with Rome and Fought to the death to defend her loved ones.. So, let's Make GREAT love, not war with this Venus Rx. And if you have the desire to fix someone, how about we fix ourselves? That is surely what I am working on now, how about you?

Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward More than it attains, argues not of impossibility, Since it believes that it may and can do all things. Therefore it avails for all things, and fulfils and Accomplishes much where one not a lover falls and lies Helpless". Thomas � Kempis (1380-1471), German monk, Mystic, in the Imitation of Christ, pt. 3, ch. 6 (1471).

The real voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes But in having new eyes to see what is around you. Proust

Saturday July 28, 2007
Did you have a good day
 I bet you got lots done and maybe met some restrictions with more to do than you had time for The moon in Capricorn today asks that we get jobs done And maybe stretch ourselves a bit more than usual.

An early am opposition from the planet of communication Makes today a day when we could have heard with our FEELINGS rather than our ears.

• Color today purple for spiritual connection ..Spiritual Connection to me is a sense of knowing that I DO NOT have To do it all, that there is a divine pattern and maybe I Just have misplaced my glasses but it is there, whether I can see it or not..
• Use Kyanite to raise spiritual awareness & TUNE IN Or Amber, jet or an Agate to calm you down and TUNE OUT. And did you know PROTECTIVE stones are agates,  Jet, obsidian and all the Dark stones
• Oil of Pine for inner and outer clearing
• Kiss for today is remembering joy, and reconnect with that Which makes you laugh and feel good.

WE ARE all divine creatures And deserve this. AND if we do not receive it, we cannot give it Out to others so there is nothing selfish about receiving when the Ultimate outcome is to share, right?

THE rules of humanity are) The Noble Eightfold Path: Right Views, Right Thoughts,   Right Speech, Right Conduct, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness,  Right Concentration.

IN English, think about what you want to happen, Do what you love and helps others and speak only kind Words to others..and continue each day to grow in this path..

Sunday July 29th, 2007 11am
21018 Highway 99, Edmonds, WA 98026, Come Meet and Listen to Carol Barbeau at the Snohomish County PUD for 11am service. I DID A CD of this service about the Sabian degrees And what the promise of this time will bring to us. $10 If you want a copy contact me please... 

This talk was about VENUS Retrograde and How to increase your love of everything in your Life. We are in a time of huge shifts and Changes for this planet and isn't it time to bring More love into your life, and cultivate a new you. and had all the major sabian symbols and what they mean and the timing of this..and with Venus Retrograde,  Isn't it time for us all to release preconceived Opinions, and challenge our fears and open to Love?

"The most difficult thing to explain in life is the simplest truth Called love." Ramanathan Srinivasan

Sunday July 29, 2007
FULL MOON RISING
Today at 6;14am the moon moves into the innovative And powerful connective energy of Aquarius. Communications Are from divine source today and we are given an option at 5;48pm to let go of all which causes us grief or sorrow with A FULL MOON: THE degree of the sun for this is about Us all looking at the stars and realizing all over this planet We are connected.

And the moon with this full moon is at a degree which says We are all being birthed from a cosmic egg. NOT from Mankind but this is another aspect talking about our Similarity, not our differences. This should be a great day

• Color today PINK for love of self
• I will be using the stone (Really petrified tree sap) AMBER So that we can all be grounded at a lecture I am doing at a church Today and at the same time reminded of ancient soul connections To others.
• Oil of lavender to soothe, calm and slow us all down
• Kiss for today, is keep it simple and do not expect to see the Whole picture there is much to be said of the gift of us being Able to creating some of it (THE PLAN) and NOT having to follow A set plan isn't there

For the next 2 weeks we are now in a time of releasing and letting go Today's chart says very plainly that if we let it go within our mind that It will leave our lives also shortly.. IT all begins with a single thought

MY personal belief on aging is borrowed from Henry David Thoreau: "None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm"

AND my personal house cleaning this full moon begins in the Mind and then flows to the house, closets and the office. FULL Moons are releasing times you know? AND a wonderful time To eliminate, to delete and make room for all the things we REALLY Want as we rid ourselves of the things we no longer need.

When you give a shilling to a beggar - do you realize that you are Giving it to yourself? When you help a lame dog over a stile - Do you realize that you yourself are being helped? When you kick A man when he is down - do you realize that you are kicking yourself? Give him another kick - if you deserve it! -
Why Lazurus Laughed by Wei Wu Wei

Thought for the week is

DO NOT DELAY, How wonderful it is that nobody needs to Wait a single moment before starting to begin to improve Their lives and in doing so improve the world:

Monday July 30, 2007
NEPTUNE is alive today
This day carries great psychic energy and also the urge to just break away From everyone and everything and toss it all away. PLEASE DO NOT This will pass; it is called a transit.

Excess is strong today as well as a whirlpool of feelings and ideas

FLEXABILITY IS the key and the word of the day. And is the Best advice anyone can give any of us all the time. 

One of the strongest teachings of NLP is that he or she who has the Most flexibility always wins. Please also. NOT TO make any permanent Relationship decisions today please.. At 7:09pm tonight the moon in Aquarius touches Neptune and great illumination as well as imagination Rules the evening.

• Kiss for today; please no major shopping trips, contracts, arguments, or drawing a line in the sand tomorrow is another day
• Color Peach for love and gentle passion
• Oil of Myrrh for spiritual connection and ecology for all you manifest & PLEASE be using the oil release if you have it to assist you with this strong process of letting go

"The great renewal of the world will perhaps consist in this, that man and maid...will seek each other not as opposites, but...will come together as human beings."-
Rainer Maria Rilke

Tuesday July 31, 2007
WOW::::very busy day isn't it?
Today at 4:55am the moon moves v/c or times out from The air and intellectually stimulating energy of Aquarius Setting up some rough early am aspects. Dreams are wild From 2:55am through 5am.

At 10:40am the moon moves into more emotionally connected Pisces and the day becomes a strong lesson of attracting what You are focusing upon. What comes to you today is a lesson And not a punishment. Pay attention to the lessons and be Nice to yourself today.

3:09pm as the moon opposes VENUS retrograde we get Another very strong insight as to what needs to be shifted in Our lives. Again, this is a lesson, not a punishment nor a Reward. Pay attention and see what you learn with this aspect

5:01pm a rough aspect with Mars in the rather tenacious Sign of Taurus indicates that winning an argument tonight will Not be a win. Make love not war with this one and everyone Wins. Stubborn is the word which comes to mind about today Which is wonderful if you are fighting for something good Isn't it?

• Color today Black to absorb negativity
• Oil of purity and renewal. Pine, fir, frankincense, or maybe how About the YOUNG LIVING OIL ABUNDANCE?
• Kiss for today NO ARGUMENTS please and make love NOT war
• Stone for today is White Howlite which is a stone to me which Has a real feeling of protection and also abundance in good things As well as a grounding and centering very inexpensive stone

"Love thy neighbor. We can't afford not to. The world is too close."- Bono

AUGUST 2007 updated overview is on the website at http://www.carolbarbeau.com If you would like to read about this next upcoming month.

Namaste,
Carol

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Carol Barbeau
carolastro@carolbarbeau.com
206-542-7641
http://www.carolbarbeau.com