Full Cold Moon & Total Eclipse

Full Cold Moon
By Tara Sutphen

The Cold Moon is at 29* Gemini will culminate December 21, 2010 12:51pm pst/ 3:51am est (almanac). Not only is the moon full, there will be a total eclipse on the Winter Solstice. The Cosmos is christening you for a great awakening, if you can be open to your own light and self expression. You are an organic being interwoven with specific phases of the living world and universe, Earth and the Moon turn together, as though they are dancing.Yule begins and is the celebration of light. Coming out of the darkest day-night of the year we will begin to gain more minutes of sunlight each day. Yule is a pagan holiday where the people of Europe and Scandinavia made festive, it is not considered religious. The pagans were naturalists, such as the Native Americans and other indigenous communities around the world. They followed the course of the sun, the moon and cycles of the seasons for planting food and generally planning survival strategy.
As winter comes we recognize our need to rest our minds, hearts and bodies while warming at the hearth. And we are mindful we have the added eclipse, which means something needs to be taken away to make whole or pure again. Individually this will means something different for each of us. The astrological aspects point to renewing personal truth. Taking the blinders off to contemplate and allow our personality and appearance to shine. This isn’t a time to be too lax or too stern with yourself, it’s about opening to the opportunities and possibilities presented to you.
Revving your internal engines to rethink and grow. Where have you missed cues and subtleties. Have you been asking yourself questions as to why you’ve been ram-rodding what you want or wanted and you got exactly that. Are you rethinking what is right and what is wrong for your reality. Have you been living a lie or idly waiting for change. Have you been living too sparsely and not asking the universe for enough? Sometimes we even do the opposite of what may be good for us. We have all dealt with some boring situations, weird events and worst case scenarios. Are they to bring us out of our reverie to better circumstances? Usually we must observe where the lesson needed to be learned, comprehending yet honoring our personal journey.
Maybe those who sometimes sit in emotional pain have been protected. We can get what we ask for…but there’s the old adage of “be careful what you wish for”. Be thoughtful as the path of destiny is different for each person. We don’t necessarily want to be in other’s karma or issues. You may not get people or circumstances in the exact way you long for, take the time to figure it out, time gives us a chance to either wait or work it out. Allow all poison to seep out of emotional wounds and physical laments. We’re brave from contests, but it’s time to win. Being aware of waning physical health mean you are to start a program the first of the year to correct it. Sticking to regimes of better living can be hard at first, but you are giving up self-deprecating sabotage. If you are worrying about money, find solutions to enhance your career or take the time to learn a new job or task. Before you came to earth you summoned certain people, places, events and things. Mainly out of bravery that you could handle “anything”.
Acknowledge how your vitality can be full and enriching, you want to live the greatest life. Own the statement and sentiment “I want to live the most Amazing Beautiful Existence”. You ask for wisdom, be open to receive. The moon is your personal spotlight upon the earth, Sorce the Moon…

Journal Questions:

How are you clearing your life?
• Physical level
• Emotional level
• Intellectual level
• Spiritual level
What are you accumulating in your life?
• Happiness
• Wholesomeness
• Contentedness
• Money
• Love
• Family
• Friends
• Awareness
• Wisdom
•
Explain your emotional needs with this list:
• Parents
• Children
• Lovers
• Spouses
• Friendships
• People
• Places
• Career Choices

Explain your needs of clear communication with this list:
• Parents
• Children
• Lovers
• Spouses
• Friendships
• People
• Places
• Career Choices

Explain your needs of time and attention with this list:
• Parents
• Children
• Lovers
• Spouses
• Friendships
• People
• Places
• Career Choices

What do others expect from you on this list:
• Parents
• Children
• Lovers
• Spouses
• Friendships
• People
• Places
• Career Choices

Write a few sentences to analyze:
• What fears has the media, economy and politics created in you?
• What is real in your life and what is hoax?
• Where are you sidetracking?
• Do you worry about issues you can’t control?
• Are you taking care of your personal life and relationships?
• Are you only sitting in a puddle of worry?
• Are you creating change and proactive solutions?
• How do you create proactive movement to secure your place in your environment or country?
• How do you create Love?
• How do you create Peace?
• How do you create Harmony?
• How do you create workable solutions?
• Do you take risks?
• When you fight in the home, do you always need to be right?
• What is right?
• What if you are wrong or being emotional, can you come clean – at least with yourself?
• Can you apologize?
• Can you clearly create a new fine day?
• Can you let all the unneeded upheaval you’ve experienced to live tomorrow successfully?
How do you want:
3 – 10 sentences
• Love
• Money
• Wellness
• Happiness
• Playfulness
• Wisdom
• Contentment

Problems:
• What is the style of communication
• Are they aware of your feelings
• Are you aware of their feelings
• What is the compromise
• Resolution

Love Behavior:
• What is the style of communication
• Are they aware of your feelings
• Are you aware of their feelings
• What is the compromise
• Resolution


Speak clearly and precisely, activating your voice at it’s highest level. You are a clear thinking human, there is no confusion. NO CONFUSION. This magical time of using the force of nature to help you energetically wash free what holds you down and holds you back. You are born for a purpose. You are a divine human.

“Who loves not a false imagining, an unreal character in us; but looking through all the rubbish of our imperfections, loves in us the divine ideal of our natures - not the man that we are, but the angel that we may be.”
~Alfred, Lord Tennyson (English poet, 1809-1892)
Total Eclipse
Times of over North America
Event PST
(-8 UTC) MST
(-7 UTC) CST
(-6 UTC) EST
(-5 UTC)
Start penumbral (P1) 9:27 pm (*) 10:27 pm (*) 11:27 pm (*) 12:27 am
Start umbral (U1) 10:32 pm (*) 11:32 pm (*) 12:32 am 1:32 am
Start total (U2) 11:40 pm (*) 12:40 am 1:40 am 2:40 am
Greatest eclipse 12:17 am 1:17 am 2:17 am 3:17 am
End total (U3) 12:53 am 1:53 am 2:53 am 3:53 am
End umbra (U4) 2:02 am 3:02 am 4:02 am 5:02 am
End penumbral (P4) 3:06 am 4:06 am 5:06 am 6:06 am
(*) before midnight on Monday night, December 20

visible to North America, South America - North-Eastern Asia

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13* Sagittarius New Moon

13* Sagittarius New Moon
By Tara Sutphen

13* Sagittarius New Moon (no moon – starry dark sky, the time of dreaming), culminating December 5, 2010. This Sagittarius New Moon is about stepping up to be a willing participant in your environment. Be it the home front or your community. What would you like to study or acquire. Every time you step out the front door you are given an opportunity to meet wonderful, sincere people and construct healthy, wholesome learning experiences. Have you become numb to the favorable circumstances that await you. There are choices. How we construct our time and how we treat people. You can be thoughtful. Even if you are on a time crunch, you can be kind, assert and speak comfortably, acting in tune with your intentions. We don’t always have time for friendly but we have time to be perceptive and gracious. If your day is spent in road rage, anxiety and churning worry, how will that help you design the life you want to live. Not all days come out smelling like roses, to be responsible we do have to actively handle day to day problems, and it’s important to have goals to pursue.
There is a bigger picture of your life without the nitpicking, doubt and self criticism. Nothing gets done until we leave complaints and disparaging behavior behind. If you think about it, we decorate our minds, our hearts, our bodies, our homes and careers. Some of us work hard at our anima, and we need to stay connected to actualizing a persona. We can garnish and adorn ourselves, and also know it’s important to access what is enriching. Who are you, the embellished you or the real you. What needs to be polished, inside the self, such as working on your sincerity, hopefulness, and trust or finding the outside self, improving your friendships, romance, and academic skills. What attributes are you reworking,” the inside you”, “the outside you” or “the issues you’ve come to think are you”. Let’s act toward alleviating fears, instead of collecting more by the day. You can give yourself some words and energy support to overcome some of your stress, therapies such as hypnosis, meditation, massages, hugs from our loved ones, or maybe a good inner dialogue of clear reasoning can help. No holding on to what holds you back. If you want friends you must reach out to be a friend. If you want love, you must reach out for love. If you want wisdom, you must stretch your mind, be questioning, listen and consider. If you want to achieve, you must be purposeful. If you want great health, you must begin. If you want life, you must live. There is no absoluteness in our reality, though it is malleable.
Journal Questions:
Are you an Introvert or Extrovert?
Describe yourself in 7-10 sentences
• List all your introverted qualities
• List all your extroverted qualities
• Where are you shy
• Where do you lack boundaries
• What must you change
• What are you good at
• How do others perceive you
• Are you outgoing
• Are you easygoing
• Are you helpful
• Are you generous
• Are you criticizing
• Are you fearful
• Do you make hasty decisions
• Are you spontaneous
• Are you reckless
• Are you careful
• Are you too cautious
• What activities do you like
• What activities do you love
• Do you do them often
• What holds you back if not
• Are you obsessive
• Are you learning and growing
• Are you conscious of others feelings
• Are you relating well with relatives
• Are you relating well with friends
• Are you relating well in your environment
• Are you relating well with others in the world
• How do you feel about your home
• How do you feel about your environment
• How do you feel about the world
• Where can you improve
• Do you have the energy to actively live life to the fullest
• What are the remedies
What do you abhor in others behavior?
Do you do any of these?
• Short attention span
• Hard time acknowledging others
• Interrupts in a conversation
• Changes subject in flow of conversation
• Becomes overwhelmed
• Distracted easily
• Disorganized mentally
• Disorganized physically
Are you well balanced in your social skills?
Write 3-5 sentences for each
• Do you put on a fake mask when you walk out the door of your house
• Are you provincial
• Charitable
• Humane
• Wise
• polite
Social events and activities
Write 7-10 sentences on how you feel, how you act, and what you would like to change
When are you true to your self?

• At home
• At work
• On the social scene
Are you feeling you are only with pets and no longer react with humans?
Write 7-10 sentences on what is wrong with humans
Do you like pets and children?
Write 7-10 sentences on the attributes and qualities you enjoy or dislike
Do you being an adult?
Write 7-10 sentences on why or why not you like being an adult
Write 3-5 sentences on each subject
• Philosophy
• Sociology
• Events
• Remarks
• People
• Friends
• Politics
• Fears
• Happiness
• Worries
• Nature
• Hobbies
• Children
• World events
• Solutions of problems
• Goals
• Money
• Shopping
• Helpfulness
• Relatives
• Spouse
• Lovers
• Household chores
• Home owning
• Renting
• Job
• Career
• Plans
• Vacations
• Nutrition
• Socializing
• Parties
• Destinations
What would you like to learn or study?
Interacting with others and our environment, we should always remind ourselves we shouldn’t have regrets. If it wasn’t how we wanted to spend our time then to be honest but move ourselves out of situations that aren’t serving us. It isn’t to be rash with others feelings or our own, find balance. We don’t always get what we want, and we must know on some level that we want the very best or to learn a lesson so that we don’t have to repeat it again. We are not always in sync with others or their destiny. Actually we are in accord with very few people, but we empathize with many.

“Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in, is not clear to me.” ~George Bernard Shaw (Irish literary Critic, Playwright and Essayist. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1856-1950)

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Full Beaver Moon

Full Beaver Moon
By Tara Sutphen

The Beaver’s Moon at 29* Taurus will culminate November 21, 2010 9:29am pst/ 12:29pm est (almanac) This moon is about your money, your possessions, and your environment. Idea’s can come to light on how to master what you would like to manifest. Have you been challenged with how the media, economy and politics scare the mass populace? Align and feel the earth beneath you, it’s time for a reprieve, to relax and be less stressful. Bend down and touch the ground if you want, be in wonder of where you are...right now. Become aware of your surroundings, the choices you’ve made and the new modifications you are going to make. You’re ready to step into your life, not away from it, right? Touch your arm, your heart, and your face to reconnect your body. Take a moment to be in full appreciation of you. (10 seconds) Take a moment to value the people in your life. (10 seconds)
Observing and listening to others should be a peaceful and sometimes rewarding experience. It is time to reconnect to your environment. Be the captain of your own ship, sailing in the direction you long to go. The moon, your personal spotlight in the world, asks you to tune in to your physical appearance and inner radiance allowing yourself to shine. You belong to the earth’s glory; attune your personal vibration with the earth’s resonance. It must be you who integrates warmth, sincerity and a constructive attitude. Your life force is affirmed by you. Exercise on how to gain full consciousness. Take a 360 degree turn to embed people, places and things into your memory. Breathe in the experience, the colors, and your feelings.
No more judgment or complaining about people, events and situations. You are going to make the ever present now a reality in your daily life. The holidays are coming, good practice for being open to forgiveness, and thoughtfulness. Leave the past in the past. Problems came into your life to help you stumble forth when you were stuck and not paying attention. No reruns, this is it. Whether you handled them well or not, take knowledge, love, and your security needs to the next level. Be in touch with who you are, “Feel it, See it, Hear it and Know it” – open your psychic centers to enhance every day.

Journal Questions:

What are you Thankful for?
Who are you Thankful for?
What does sacred space mean to you?
• Do you have a place to create sacred space within your home
• Do you have a place to create sacred space within your environment

What tests will come up for you during the holidays?
• Physical level
• Emotional level
• Intellectual level
• Spiritual level

What brings you joy?
• Parents
• Children
• Lovers
• Spouses
• Friendships
• People
• Places
• Career Choices

What brings you pain?
• Parents
• Children
• Lovers
• Spouses
• Friendships
• People
• Places
• Career Choices


Ideal future situation, create a story
• Parents
• Children
• Lovers
• Spouses
• Friendships
• People
• Places
• Career Choices

What fears has the media, economy and politics created in you?
• Does this affect you personally
• What can you do about it with constructive action

Do you take risks?
3 – 10 sentences
• Love
• Money
• Wellness
• Happiness
• Playfulness
• Wisdom
• Contentment

Critique family or friends for the holidays?

• 3-10 sentences each question

• Is your experience generally happy
• Is your experience generally sad
• What is the style of communication
• Are they aware of your feelings
• Are you aware of their feelings
• What is the compromise
• resolution
Remember it is you that creates light and love. You are the messenger, you are the hope and faith of those around you. Take your place among your family, friends, environment, city, state, country and world. It all belongs to you. Make effort, own your inner luminescence.

“Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be...Close your eyes let your spirit start to soar, and you'll live as you've never lived before.”
~Erich Fromm (German born American social Philosopher and Psychoanalyst, 1900-1980)

13* Scorpio New Moon

13* Scorpio New Moon
By Tara Sutphen


13* Scorpio New Moon (no moon – starry dark sky, the time of dreaming), culminating November 6, 2010. This Scorpio New Moon is about communicating on a deeper level, a time to convey thoughts into meaningful words. Thinking deeply doesn’t always give way to articulation. We can do an awful lot of talking without necessarily creating a constructive flow. All talking including chatter to your inner you or to others should be constructive in nature, not destructive. Are you harboring personal secrets, misleading yourself of what you want or fooling yourself. What dynamics or issues are within your love life, family, friendships, career or health, this may be a chance to come face to face with your needs. Why not free your mind and voice to find your power within. Keeping effective counsel in your dreaming, speaking and functioning is a way to create positive thoughts, words and deeds. Make changes to alleviate some of the stress you experience. What is your inner dialogue, in your mind or under your breath, are you listening to what “you say”.
Sometimes we find others having a certain hold on us, and we may feel they keep us from achieving our full potential. In actuality, we cannot blame others for our lack of success in any area of life. We can wonder how we found ourselves on rollercoaster loop to loop’s, but do we know when we should get off the ride? It might be time for an attitude adjustment and maybe even a physical change. Our viewpoints come into focus when we are thinking more clearly and precisely. We may have expectations that everyone will someday click into deeper reasoning. That is not necessarily so. And the sooner you concentrate on your abundant self worth and your inner beauty. True consciousness will come to light. For finding the resplendence within gives you the ability to shine for others. Hold your inner counsel.


Journal Questions:
Describe dialogue to yourself on these subjects: Go ahead and be critical if you want. -For your eyes only-
1-7 sentences describing how well you do in these areas or not.
• Exercise
• Meditation
• arguing
• ignoring
• processing
• dialogue with others
• Counseling
• Unsettled behavior
• Over reactions
• Under reactions
• Busy errands
• Crying
• Irrational
• Realistic
• Steps to solve
• Dilemma
• Home
• Inner
• Outer
• Personal
• Secret
• Love
• Health
• Work
• Career
• Success
• Friendship
• Family
• Sexual
• Overweight
• Bad habit
• Alcohol
• Drugs
• Learning
• Self esteem
• Confidence
• Money
• Anxiousness
• Frustration
• Overwrought
• Grief
• Non issue but making a dilemma
• Boredom
• Panic
• Out of control situation
• Holding on
• Letting go
Are you doing every constructive criticism you made for yourself?
Give yourself 1 -10 – 1 being least effort , 10 being greatest effort

“Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.”
~Akhenaton quotes (King of Egypt, 14th century BC)

Full Hunter's Moon

Full Hunter’s Moon
By Tara Sutphen

The Hunter’s Moon at 29* Aries will culminate October 22, 2010 6:38pm pdt/ 9:38pm edt (almanac). Last full moon was to get our body up and moving, repositioning our attitude to the wonder of a new day. And this Full Moon we are asked to begin to master our destiny. Stop putting off what could be done today. Be proactive every moment of your life. Don’t just dream or speak what you want, but move into slow and sure action. It’s not about change, it’s about enhancing. We are to radiate our whole lives to create grace with this multi complex life we find ourselves. If you close your eyes, what comes into your mind. And if it’s your problems, nix those. Come into daydreaming, Success, Happiness, Love, Places, People and Things. Or do you daydream about escapism, beer, socializing, events, shopping and more problems. Our energy goes where our thoughts flow. There is no escape, this is your life. There are blocks and karma, but we can be armed with steadfast assertiveness. And this isn’t about other’s, it’s about you and your epiphanies.
You can’t necessarily incite other people around you and ask them to listen to misconceptions, fears and attributes. Our fears are not others, when they are troubled it is in our best interest to show them mercy, wisdom and love. We look into others lives very easily and can see what we think is best for them, but it really comes back to what is good for you. You can be concentrating outside of yourself and keep missing your own boat. Can you be your own appraiser. Doing a critique on yourself, is not being your worst enemy. It’s only laying a little groundwork to follow. Stop justifying peoples bad moods or bad habits, or your own bad behavior. Time to walk our talk and talk our walk. Our family and friends are to be meaningful, our work is to create fulfillment, our being is to shine. We don’t have to be like anyone else, only ourselves, doing the best we can.




Journal Questions:

Enhancing Destiny
• Physical level
• Emotional level
• Intellectual level
• Spiritual level

Who enhances your life?

• Parents
• Children
• Lovers
• Spouses
• Friendships
• People
• Places
• Career Choices


How can you sidestep their idiosyncrasies to create a more perfect life for yourself?

• Parents
• Children
• Lovers
• Spouses
• Friendships
• People
• Places
• Career Choices

10 sentences or more.

What is your spiritual worth?
What is your emotional worth?
What is your physical worth? Not financial…

You are to have self worth and self love. What areas are you hard on yourself?
3 – 10 sentences

• Love
• Money
• Wellness
• Happiness
• Playfulness
• Wisdom
• Contentment


What could enhance your destiny? Simple pleasures or complex issues? What’s the fear of leaving complexity behind?

• 3-10 sentences each question.

Critique 5 people in your family or friends
• 5 building blocks
• 5 mistakes they are making

Create
• 5 building blocks for yourself
• 5 mistakes you are making
• Resolutions to the mistakes

We will be called many times in life to step onto the boat of risk. Will you take a step forward or take a step backward – think of those times and how your life might’ve changed? Are you confused and overworked, or over wrought by our society and your family? It’s time to leave the stress behind. Live life on your terms. Look into the mirror and smile or acknowledge yourself, if you’ve been ignoring yourself….please don’t anymore.


“Taking him by the hand, the Lord and Master merges into Himself that person, upon whose forehead such destiny is written.”
~Sri Guru Granth Sahib

14* Libra New Moon

14* Libra New Moon

By Tara Sutphen





15* Libra New Moon (no moon – starry dark sky, the time of dreaming), culminating October 7, 2010. This Libra New Moon is about taking action and paying attention to you. Assessing your sensibilities and needs, what inner work do you need to do on you. Are you being nice to yourself, I mean really nice. We can get caught up with a lot of busy activity and not focus on clearing up our frustrations or anxiousness. Where do we need to re-stabilize, and bring harmony into depth of being. We can remain a mystery even to ourselves unless we tune in. Tuning in instead of tuning out, why is it that we can see into others problems but sometimes we just can’t seem to fix our self. The stress that accumulates in our lives needs to be set free. How do we leave behind everything that holds us locked up and unable to function, or interact the way we want things to turn out. Are there simple tricks and anecdotes or will it be grueling hard work that will take years to accomplish a sense of rightness and peace. And what does it matter. We see plenty of people that don’t work on their inner child or their inner adult. They seem to meander and make a lot of mistakes and sometimes we think they get along just fine with all the problems. We see plenty of others who have never awakened to a spiritual connection, they do what they do. But why are you compelled to know more, dig deeper, is it to access the knowledge that this vast universe may hold. Basically I do think we know when we leave this existence we will carry thoughts, sentiments, and any unrest. We will carry our feelings and love. For this new moon, you’re going to focus on the real you, the truth that lies deep within. To balance the outer and the inner you is to be in wellness, striving for clear thinking and oneness with body, mind and spirit. To flow in your environment and everyday life. Letting burdens of the modern world slip away. Breathing in harmony and exhaling chaos, going deep within and opening your mind. Recognizing your soul and it’s callings and resplendence.



Journal Questions:

Describe the ‘Inner You’?

Are you tuning into yourself too much or too little?

How many times a week are you releasing stress? In what way do you release stress?

■Exercise,
■inner dialogue
■meditation
■arguing
■ignoring
■processing
■dialogue with others
Can you take advice well? Why or why not? Do you need to learn the hard way and why?

What person, place or thing brings you the most contentment? Why?

What activity makes you feel peaceful?

How do you feel you escape your problems?

Do you intellectualize your problems?

Do you feel too much or too little about the important issues in your life?

How are you working them out?

■Meditation
■Counseling
■Unsettled behavior
■Over reactions
■Under reactions
■Busy errands
■Crying
■Irrational
■Realistic
■Steps to solve
If you are taking steps to solve your problems or issues.

What steps are you taking

Step 1 – 10

It can start with panic, but should end in balance and a realistic ending.

Dilemma

■Home
■Inner
■Outer
■Personal
■Secret
■Love
■Health
■Work
■Career
■Success
■Friendship
■Family
■Sexual
■Overweight
■Bad habit
■Exercise
■Alcohol
■Drugs
■Learning
■Self esteem
■Confidence
■Money
■Anxiousness
■Frustration
■Overwrought
■Grief
■Non issue but making a dilemma
■Boredom
■Panic
■Out of control situation
■Holding on
■Letting go


Confidently write down why you deserve:

■Love
■Money
■Wellness
■Happiness
■Playfulness
■Wisdom
■Contentment
“You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self. Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them.”

~ Richard Bach (American Writer)

Full Harvest Moon

Full Harvest Moon

By Tara Sutphen

The Harvest Moon at 0* Aries will culminate September 24, 2010 2:19am pdt/ 5:19am edt (almanac). Last full moon was a spiritual occasion. And this full moon gets our body up and moving. Not only is it the Fall Equinox about World Thanksgiving. It’s about putting our gratitude for life into action. We are asked to begin again, refresh and regroup. What were those interrupted dreams in your past, you can go far back as childhood. What goals had meaning to you and sidetracked you to be responsible or dutiful. Regress and meditate for a few minutes, recall what makes you tick. We forget over and over why we came to earth. Who are we supposed to be. Who are we supposed to love. What is supposed to make us happy. Have others made it hard to like or love them. Did you change directions in a career. What has veered you in other directions. What has been gifts. What has been a total sacrifice on your part. Do you know or did you start going with the flow awhile ago and stopped being who you want to be. We all want to be realistic for our survival. But there comes a time to think outside the box and risk in practical matters. You might experience joy or fulfillment, you seek and need. You risk at helping others, you risk at love, you risk at money, you risk at setting intentions. You risk to open your energy instead of close yourself down.



0* Aries is the start of a “new day, new emotions, new physical well being, new viewpoint, a new spiritual journey, new projects, new goals and new random adventures”. Begin to live…for you, a higher order, wide awake, wide awake……….no more humdrum days.



Journal Questions:



New Beginnings:

8 sentences of dreams, desires and goals for your new future or enhanced current future in these life areas, EACH subject.

■Physical level
■Emotional level
■Intellectual level
■Spiritual level


What in your past have you regretted somehow? 3-10 sentences for each subject?

Parents

■Children
■Lovers
■Spouses
■Friendships
■People
■Places
■Career Choices
■Eating Habits
■Exercise Habits


We can’t change the past or the growth experienced. We can learn from mistakes and past actions.

Your greatest lessons:

■Physical
■Mental
■Emotional
■Spiritual


What is it in the now of your life that you can change, it may be a slow change but what is possible?

Write out 3-7 sentences on how you change to enhance your life. Each Subject.



■Love
■Career
■Health
■Happiness
■Knowledge
■Success
■Weight
■Appearance
■Shyness
■Confidence
■Accessibility
■Hobby


Write out how you must start to think outside the box?

7-10 sentences or more on each subject.

■Love
■Career
■Health
■Happiness
■Knowledge
■Success
■Weight
■Appearance
■Shyness
■Confidence
■Accessibility
■Hobby


“Virtue tested: "Have I not survived hunger and thirst, suffering, and mockery for the sake of the truth which heaven has awakened in my heart?" ~Kahlil Gibran (Lebanese born American philosophical Essayist, Novelist and Poet. 1883-1931)

Happy Mabon

Happy Mabon, the Autumn Equinox Current mood: grateful Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

Happy Mabon, the Autumn Equinox. Celebratration of the harvest. I only know one sungazer, they gain sustenence from the sun. For the rest of us nourishment is essential for all life. And as Thanksgiving gives thanks for America and her gifts, Mabon is a time of giving thanks for the World. Gratitude of food for all people.

Our Mabon plans will be to sit around a nicely laid out table with some family and friends. We will say what our best and happiest summer memories were and what we wish to happen this fall. Cheyenne will lead a blessing, lighting of the candles and a toasting ritual. We will toast our appreciation for the farmers, markets, cooks and nurturers.Gratitude, the first of many steps to living a well to do existense. A celebration of life.

What are your warm and cherished memories from your summer? What are your plans for this fall? Are you setting goals?

I wish you a blessed Autumn.Love & Light,Tara Sutphen







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MabonAutumn Equinox, 2nd Harvest, September 21st

Mabon, (pronounced MAY-bun, MAY-bone, MAH-boon, or MAH-bawn) is the Autumn Equinox. The Autumn Equinox divides the day and night equally, and we all take a moment to pay our respects to the impending dark. We also give thanks to the waning sunlight, as we store our harvest of this year's crops. The Druids call this celebration, Mea'n Fo'mhair, and honor the The Green Man, the God of the Forest, by offering libations to trees. Offerings of ciders, wines, herbs and fertilizer are appropriate at this time. Wiccans celebrate the aging Goddess as she passes from Mother to Crone, and her consort the God as he prepares for death and re-birth.

Various other names for this Lesser Wiccan Sabbat are The Second Harvest Festival, Wine Harvest, Feast of Avalon, Equinozio di Autunno (Strega), Alben Elfed (Caledonii), or Cornucopia. The Teutonic name, Winter Finding, spans a period of time from the Sabbat to Oct. 15th, Winter's Night, which is the Norse New Year.

At this festival it is appropriate to wear all of your finery and dine and celebrate in a lavish setting. It is the drawing to and of family as we prepare for the winding down of the year at Samhain. It is a time to finish old business as we ready for a period of rest, relaxation, and reflection.

Symbolism of Mabon: - Second Harvest, the Mysteries, Equality and Balance.

Symbols of Mabon: - Wine, gourds, pine cones, acorns, grains, corn, apples, pomegranates, vines such as ivy, dried seeds, and horns of plenty.

Herbs of Maybon: - Acorn, benzoin, ferns, grains, honeysuckle, marigold, milkweed, myrrh, passionflower, rose, sage, solomon's seal, tobacco, thistle, and vegetables.

Foods of Mabon: - Breads, nuts, apples, pomegranates, and vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, and onions.

Incense of Mabon: - Autumn Blend-benzoin, myrrh, and sage.

Colors of Mabon: - Red, orange, russet, maroon, brown, and gold.

Stones of Mabon: - Sapphire, lapis lazuli, and yellow agates.

Activities of Mabon: - Making wine, gathering dried herbs, plants, seeds and seed pods, walking in the woods, scattering offerings in harvested fields, offering libations to trees, adorning burial sites with leaves, acorns, and pine cones to honor those who have passed over.

Spellworkings of Mabon: - Protection, prosperity, security, and self-confidence. Also those of harmony and balance.

Deities of Mabon: - Goddesses-Modron, Morgan, Epona, Persephone, Pamona and the Muses. Gods-Mabon, Thoth, Thor, Hermes, and The Green Man.

Mabon is considered a time of the Mysteries. It is a time to honor Aging Deities and the Spirit World. Considered a time of balance, it is when we stop and relax and enjoy the fruits of our personal harvests, whether they be from toiling in our gardens, working at our jobs, raising our families, or just coping with the hussle-bussle of everyday life. May your Mabon be memorable, and your hearts and spirits be filled to overflowing!

15* Virgo New Moon

15* Virgo New Moon

By Tara Sutphen





15* Virgo New Moon (no moon – starry dark sky, the time of dreaming), culminating September 8, 2010. This Virgo New Moon is about taking action toward your dreams, your romances, children and creativity using detail with earthly practicality. If you want something you can no longer be a dreamer, you must step into the material world of reality. Remember it only takes one small step and then another. And let’s look at your birth pre-plan…..brave, taking on too much physically and emotionally. Are you in control or have you lost that. Have you forgotten how to love, how to dream, how to create your reality. Are you watching as you walk forward or are you still entranced in the past.

Real life didn’t promise to be anything but perceptible. We will all lose and we will all gain. Sometimes we lose our footing due to not having enough energy to deal with circumstances and must gently strive at wellness and wholeness. Work at being strong enough to live life on your terms. We know many that suffer and it is our mercy and wisdom to help them along also. It’s hard to help others unless you are in a position to offer thus. Create health, genuine love and exploring your talents and ideas. It’s never too late.

Journal Questions:



What needs to be created again in your life? Write 3-5 sentences on each category.

How can you enhance ______?



■Love
■Money
■Wellness
■Happiness
■Playfulness
■Wisdom
■Contentment


Do you believe in yourself? Do/Did your parents believe in you? Who has believed in you?

Who do you believe in?



What needs to be changed in your health routine? Write out advice if it was for someone else.

What are you proud of yourself for?



List your talents: Extensively

List your ideas: extensively



Create a story of your perfect health.

Create a story of your perfect love.

Create a story of your perfect reality.



Make a daily record, grocery note and add a goal to that list.

(example: enhance my love life, I’d like to learn to paint – slot it into your schedule)

Life stares us down, tries to run us over, and people bump into us. We can be dazed and confused until we awaken and take our lives back and continue on the way, tapping into our depth of being and full consciousness. Stepping into our personal power and creating the life we are meant to live.



"Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American Poet in the 19th century, 1807-1882)

Full Sturgeon Moon

Full Sturgeon Moon
By Tara Sutphen

The Sturgeon Moon at 1* Pisces will culminate August 24, 2010 10:05 pdt/1:05pm edt (almanac). This moon is a powerful and spiritual occasion. A gift, we don’t have aspects like this every day. A time to intercede logic and try to understand our deeper mind and motives. Where have we come from. What are we doing on earth. Why have we come into being. As a recollection we speculate we have been on a search starting long ago for soul recognition in the darkest regions of earth and space. Our subconscious mind knows where we come from but our conscious mind is wiped clean of pre-birth memories. As we study other’s past theories, we may come to conclusions and think we know. We may study our whole life to gain a well spring of belief and yet only reveal idealogies. In daily life we may have it figured out what we want on an intellectual and/or physical basis. But to research the soul’s agenda, it is hidden. We are here on earth stumbling around, trying to do our best or maybe our worst. How do we ignore our self, pamper our spirit or should we fill it with dogma. Are we lost, ever roaming the universe going from one reality to another. Lost is only a state of mind. The opportunity may be to open your mind and be present with the oneness of all. You have been given this individual journey, the wondrous sanctity of life. Recognize where your feet are this moment. Start thinking and doing what enhances your life instead of what breaks it. Make the connection between the cosmos, your soul and your breath.


Journal Questions:

Describe your personal theory on what is your soul. Is it matter? Try not to use anyone else’s preconceived concepts. Create your own story. Make it 5 sentences or more.

If you had a soul agenda, what would it be?
Would you be doing something differently than you are now?

Rate your Strengths 1 lowest-10 highest

• Knowledgable
• Likable
• Lovable
• Organized
• Even tempered
• Thoughtful
• Congenial
• Knows boundaries
• Conscious
• Understanding
• Helpful
• Supportive
• Approachable
• Unafraid
• Brave
• Adventurous
• Enterprising
• Honorable
• Polite
• Sympathetic
• Professional
• Qualified
• Skillful
• Accomplished
• Gifted
• Capable



Make a list of bad traits or habits in others?

Do you cast judgment or compassion?

What are your bad traits and habits?

What’s the remedy to change them. List each one and give yourself a quick fix. Can you be good to yourself?

In the process of creation, the union is sparked by feelings of love and chemistry. Remember to love yourself.

What do people like about you?

What do you like about yourself?


Have compassion for your soul’s journey. Gain courage, potency and wellness. You know your spirit is strong. Your mind and brain are strong. Your body is strong. So it is…………….

“I have but shadowed forth my intense longing to lose myself in the Eternal and become merely a lump of clay in the Potter's divine hands so that my service may become more certain because uninterrupted by the baser self in me.” ~ Mohandas Gandhi

17* Leo New Moon
By Tara Sutphen


17* Leo New Moon (no moon – starry dark sky, the time of dreaming), culminating August 10, 2010. This Leo New Moon is about taking action toward developing contentment with people, those encircling you and those you want surrounding you. Satisfaction should consist of people who support you and give emotionally, intellectually, physically and spiritually. We learn our manners and behavior from society, peers and relatives. We are on constant renewal with our emotions, and sometimes we let them influence us for days or years. What is the behavior for creating meaningful exchange. There is depth of soul connection to everyday interactions with some people. Who has helped you and who has hindered you. Where have you allowed yourself to become passive or maybe aggressive. Are your communication skills at work for or against you. Life can be long and boring without connection. Examine what it is needed and how to acquire those desires. Where does one begin to create reciprocity.
Acknowledgement and interchange can work wonders. You don’t have to talk or do a lot, you can smile. Most others want their existence to be noted. And when we find those others personally significant, our lives can truly be enriched. Every day can be an analysis of love if you allow it. You should make it alright with yourself that who you love, is who”you love”. No matter what trials and tribulations you both go through. Sadly there are people that make life difficult or unhappy, there are many circumstances throughout our lives that are beyond our control. You know what tests you’ve been through and how you have learned. Is it time to start revising unending discord. Much like a musical instrument that is untunable, sometimes it takes work but every instrument can brought back to harmony. Fate can’t always be changed overnight, but it can be adjusted over time. There are new ways to refigure competitive or combative behavior. Your test to outthink the dilemma, not embroil yourself in it. And we know how disappointed we will be if we don’t at least make an attempt and exert effort. Refresh your perspective on others around you. Restore or start friendships. Renew your love life. Improve your relationships with your family members. Spark your creative drive. Open yourself for Love…

Journal Questions:
What kind of friends do you have? Do you want new friends? What are your old friends like? Are they supportive? Do you make friends easily? How could you make friends?
Do you have a lover or partner? Do you have a strong connection? What are the solid parts of the relationship? Are you experiencing weak connection and why? List what areas you or your partner need work.
Is your connection:
Write on each, in detail

• Emotional
• Intellectual
• Physical
• Spiritual

What makes a Friend or Lover
Write your views


• Enthusiasm
• Cooperation
• Fair trade
• Good sportsmanship
• Availability
• Appreciation
• Confidante
• Supporter
• Consultant
• Companion
• Listener
• Attraction


Make up a story of a make-believe friend. Have them fulfill all your expectations.
Make up a story of a make-believe Lover. Have them fulfill all of your expectations.
Is your life remotely similar to these inner desires? Why or why not?
List of Expectations:
Write in detail concerning your expectation with each point

• Family
• Friends
• Social
• School
• Emotions
• Reactions
• Physical
• Goals
• Security
• Money
• Environment
• Community
• City
• State
• Country
• Nation
• World
• Universe
• God

How are you reacting with each area of expectation? Are you a family person? Friend? Career person? A Community Server? World Person? Where are you realistic and idealistic?
There is inner knowing what is right, what is wrong when dealing with others and general mankind. Trust is an ideal, Love is an ideal, Happiness is an ideal…we will still try over and over to reach them. It is important to not give up hope, to play the game. Life………You are Here.
“True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island..to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.”
~ Baltasar Gracian (Spanish Philosopher and Writer, leading Spanish exponent of conceptism, 1601-1658)

Full Buck Moon
By Tara Sutphen

The Full Buck Moon at 2* Aquarius will culminate July 25, 2010 9:37pm pdt/July 26 12:37am edt (almanac). This enchanting summer moon is a time to make plans for the future. To sit under the moonlight pondering, closing your eyes and making wishes. And in our inner knowing, it is time to become like the butterfly. In our lifetime will we become the butterfly instead of the caterpillar. Look at the caterpillar with it’s 3 sets of legs and 8 eyes, it leisurely slinks along the ground, drags the earth and slowly gets to where it wants to go until it uses it’s ability to transform. Once in the cocoon, growing, deep in thought and plans for the change. Emerging brand new, forming beauty and wonder, flying and no longer crawling. The butterfly flies with grace and easily lands on soft flowers instead of dirt. The metaphor is much like us as humans, we go slowly and deliberately feeling half blind at times with narrow ideas and untried measures until we soon get tired of not taking some steps to right our lives. Knowing that we must change into our best and highest selves, we must strive toward securing our lives. And once we are a butterfly to spread light and love to anyone in our path. We all need assurance and the will to accomplish. To try new things. A butterfly tastes with it’s feet. How do we get to butterfly status. You don’t want to wait till you die to know, you want it now…on earth.

When you dream, daydream or hope about anything that could be a possibility in the world, easily let yourself be free. Your mind is a powerful tool. There are times when you will only see colorful illusions, but allow for some intervals of rest and play. When you sorce and pray, let your vision be for real things upon the earth. Your intentions become your world.

Journal Questions:

Write in your journal for the full moon and throughout the month.

Dreaming:
• Do you remember your night time dreams?
• Do you pay attention to your daydreams?
• Do you have wishful thinking?
• Do you have expectations?
• Do others have expectations of you?


Are you someone who moves your wishes into action?

• Do you feel you create a plan and easily bring those plans into fruition?
• How do you do it?
• How do you feel when you accomplish what you want?

What areas do you feel accomplishment?
(write a sentence, paragraph or more)


• Money
• Love
• Friendship
• Family
• Happiness
• Wisdom
• Knowledge
• Exercising
• Eating well
• Good Health
• Fun
• Beauty

What is your first impression about yourself in these areas?
(write a sentence, paragraph or more)

• Money
• Love
• Friendship
• Family
• Happiness
• Wisdom
• Knowledge
• Exercising
• Eating well
• Good Health
• Fun
• Beauty


Dreaming and Wishing doesn’t mean we’ll get what we want, but it certainly can’t hurt to create a mindset for goals . With all the changes that happen around us, we want to change into our best selves. To become the butterfly…

“I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man” ~ Chuang Tzu (The most significant of China's early interpreters of Taoism, 389-286 BC)

19*Cancer New Moon

19* Cancer New Moon
By Tara Sutphen

19* Cancer New Moon this month (no moon – the time of dreaming), culminating July 11, 2010. There is also a Total Solar Eclipse 12:40pm pdt/3:40 edt. The eclipse will only be visible through the South Pacific and it will be intense lasting over five minutes. Eclipses are about change or letting go, it can be to bring something exciting or illuminating into your life. This Cancer New Moon is about your emotions and finding balance in your home life. How might we use the eclipse to change our personal world to the one we really want to be in. By using your instincts to center yourself, balance your needs, and to recognize where you belong. When your instincts are in a quandary, you might find yourself irrational and irritable. Let us come back to solid ground. Your life starts at home — your wellness starts from the home, your beauty starts from the home, your success starts from the home. And your spirituality starts from the home. This is why it’s important to create a sanctuary and wholesome life. What you walk out your door with every day is “structure” to get you to your next level of wellness, happiness, success, and love. Inner formation of strength and vitality renews your spirit to conquer an outer world.

You may not live in a castle, you may not be near to living in a place of your dreams, let alone with the people who surround you or the city or town you find yourself in, so what will you do. You could complain and become overly anxious, we must ask for a certain amount of help to gain help. But complaints can lead to whining and disapproval, people can shut off instead of being supportive. Often seen in the eyes of our elders we must be reasonable or have something to trade. Be it time and energy to work ethic. We must stay open, tuning into our primal survival instinct and our conscious motives. We must conform to what is good for us, helping us sustain our home life and feelings of emotional stability. If everything is going wrong for you, what is going right for you. Where are you not listening to the inner workings of your heart, of your wants, your mind, your goals and your treaties. Those compromises you’ve made to be living the life you are living right now. You’ve made choices and now find yourself where you are. Is it what you want or do you need a correction. Look at your feet…where do you stand. Look in the mirror…who are you. Look at your hands…what do you do.

Journal Questions

Natural Behavior:

List a positive and a negative trait you posses with each word

* Attainment
* Circumstances
* Conduct
* Development
* Enjoyment
* Enlightenment
* Growth
* Happiness
* Human condition
* Journey
* Knowledge
* Lifestyle,
* Participation
* Personality
* Realization
* Suffering
* Trials

and tribulations

* Way

of life

Natural Instincts:

* Killer Instinct – Hunger (luckily we have grocery stores)
o Could you hunt for food or grow a garden?

* Sex Instinct – the other hunger – Perpetuation of Humans
* Are you hungry for love and fulfillment?

You know when you feel right about things or feel wrong. Tune into your inner knowing again. It takes some practice. It will help you overcome moving too fast or too slow or stalling when you should be acting.

We often say we are confused and don’t know what we want, but it may be that we don’t know how to get what we want. So we settle…

* What home would you like to have?
* What “home life” would you like to have?
* Are you living in the right place?
* Why if so or if not.
* What type of land do you like?

Make a fantasy of a house, what kind of land it’s on, what it looks like on the outside, what it looks like in the inside.

* How many bedrooms?
* Do you allow guests?
* What are your electronics?
* What are your toys?
* Pets?
* Friends?
* Relatives?
* Children?
* List anything that would make for a happy home.

When you are faced with problems, do you freeze, crumble or go into action?

Life’s Details, Actions & Results

How are you going into action on your problems right now?

* Make a list and write a solution. (No killer instincts)

Are you happy with the results so far in your life?

* When were you happy?
* What were you doing then?
* How can you readjust to a happier now for the same result?

Are you making the most of where you live?

* Home
* Environment
* City or Town
* Country

Look at your Feet…

Stories: 7 sentences or more

* Where are your feet?
* Create a fantasy on where your feet should be.
* Make a realistic scenario where your feet should be.

“Try to put your happiness before anyone else’s, because you may never have done so in your entire life, if you really think about it, if you are really honest with yourself. ~Margaret Cho (American Comedian, b.1968)

Full Strawberry Moon

Full Strawberry Moon
By Tara Sutphen

The Full Strawberry Moon at 4* Capricorn will culminate June 26, 2010 1:31 am pdt/4:31am edt (almanac). There will also be a Partial Lunar Eclipse. This is when the moon will cross through the southern portion of Earth's shadow and will be visible to those in western and central North America. The Umbral shadow will cover 54 percent of the moon's surface. Eclipse's are about change or letting go, it can be to bring something exciting or illuminating into your life. Especially true this month as there is extra ‘jet fuel’ coming from Pluto. When we have such big events happening in the sky, it might stir up not only our personal worlds but the planet itself. It could be a time to joggle us awake.
The meaning of this full moon is about our homes, places we conduct business and how we offer ourselves to the betterment of mankind. You don’t have to do major things in the world to help out, it’s the little things that sometimes matter, the support we receive close to home. What are your giving traits, spiritually, emotionally and physically. As earthlings we act in our self interest. Healthy self interest that flow into talents, ideas, and service allows a person to have something to share. We see when people go overboard with being greedy, jealous, hateful or angry. Why does this happen? Where is the perspective to keep it real. And what is real? If we look into the sky, and stretch our minds eye to go farther out away from the world into space and now past our solar system and turn ourselves around to look back at earth. Where are we? What are we? We are a human speckle. We deem ourselves as important speckles on missions. As a speck we want to create something worthwhile for ourselves. At our end, we’ll have wanted to share a few hugs and helped do a little something here or there. We know we’re exceptional. What makes for a meaningful life? What is your mission?
Journal Questions:
Write in your journal for the full moon and throughout the month.
10 areas of life or chores you need help with?
10 Ways in how you can help others?
List your self-less traits
How do you give?
• How do you give spiritually?
• How do you give emotionally?
• How do you give physically?
How are you feeling ‘lack’?
• Do you have family issues with people and lack?
• Do you have friend issues with people and lack?
• Do you have business issues with people and lack?
• Do you have success issues with lack?
• Do you have health issues and connect them to lack?
Where do you trade or exchange with people as in your job… in your home….with your family…… with your friends?
• What are your goals?
• What is your personal goal?
• What is your business goal?
• What is your success goal?
• What is your happiness goal?
• What is your health goal?
• What is your World goal?


What do you feel is a meaningful life?
What do you feel is your mission?

Selfless actions and thoughts actually bring a person more satisfaction and contentment. Sometimes we aren’t acknowledged or feel appreciated. At least your effort was for the right reasons to bring something good to another. You will give many times and it won’t be returned from the same source. You may crave the same sentimental attitude that you offered to another. Or what was given would be returned in an even exchange. But that is not truly giving, that would be manipulating. In your heart and minds eye, visualize your open hands to receive. Staying accessible in mind, heart and body will bring many rewards. Seek emotional simplicity and value. Your true mission will soon be clear.

He was no martyr. He was no hero. But in the last two years, selfishness gave way to selflessness, lies gave way to truth and indulgence gave way to spirituality, and anyone watching that couldn't help but be moved by it.”- Lex Lasry

21* Gemini New Moon

21* Gemini New Moon
By Tara Sutphen

21* Gemini New Moon this month (no moon – the time of dreaming), culminating June 12, 2010. This Gemini New Moon is about communicating and finding balance through your vocal skills, your internal process of sending and receiving. A part of good communication is a willingness to be a listener. What or who are you willing to listen to, are you growing or learning or just going through the motions of babble and criticism. How have you established your connection with your higher purpose. When you converse are you able to convey thoughtfully or are you too busy trying to be liked. We start learning from childhood, and the remarks of others stay deep within our subconscious and conscious mind. We’ve all had someone tell us that we couldn’t achieve this or that, or we weren’t good enough, smart enough, or worthy enough. Did you go ahead and bulldoze through those self esteem busters or were you held back and down by comments of the fearful. And sometimes they were from well meaning loved ones, but we have our internal source of what is right for our individual lives and being worthy should be at the top of your list. There are people who feel free to find fault or point out the negative in situations. The key though is where your judgment comes into play to find a solution. Break down concepts of what are right or wrong for you. With every criticism is a bridge to improvement. With every stumbling block, there is a stepping stone.

Lets visit the concept of being liked by others and going along with conversations that are out of our character, such as hateful gossip or inane speaking about nothing in particular. Are you too accessible, ‘like me, like me, like me’ or do you hold your own. Have you become quiet or talk about everything other than what is important to you. Do you dump and whine about your problems. Do you go along with mundane conversations or are you competitive and it’s hard for others to keep up with you. Have you shut down, becoming cold and silent. Many people find that they have no one to talk to, feeling lonely in this huge world. Others speak angrily or defensively and there is no need to let others talk down to you. Who are you talking with. Who are you attracting. Where are people bringing value into your life. There is a secret here, what value are you bringing into their life. Maybe you are always to be the wise one, or bigger person. The evolving soul who soothes others in their endeavors or pain. . As a species we are deeply wounded and for reasons unbeknownst even to our deepest selves. The question though is do we allow our feelings and the remarks of others to make or break us. We should be able to take constructive criticism. We are to win at life and to make our lives wholesome and workable. We are to succeed and live well, no matter what others tried to do to make our lives hard.

Journal Questions:

Do you need to retrain your inner dialogue? Are you your best friend or worst enemy? You may want to take the rose colored glasses off about yourself and be realistic, yet loving. Treat yourself well. Others will follow that lead…

The 5 categories that we talk about are trivia, facts, opinions, feelings and needs.

• Trivia – Familiar and conventional comments, questions and answers
• Facts – Data and details about people, places and things
• Opinions – Points of view, suggestions, examinations, forewarnings, and judgments
• Feelings- Emotions, receptivity, sensitivity, perceptions, understanding, and sympathy
• Needs – Requirements, wants, fulfillment, claims, and essentials

There are ways of sharing problems and creating constructive reprogramming and fixing the ways of sharing verbal intimacy, not with just a partner but making connection with friends and family. Good conversationalists ask questions and listen.

Write out your expectations in these relationships. Hopes, Desires, Wants…Write the fantasy or good feelings of each one. What you want? Do you uphold your level of receptivity? What are your motives, notions, and overall outlook? Where can you improve? How reliable you are? How reliable are others? Who do you consider Prospects? Where do you find your friends or acquaintances? How do you feel about commitments? How trusting are you of others? What are your Presumptions? What is your Reality? What are your fantasies? How can you change your life and relationships? Where are problems? Write out a hopeful conclusion or a solution.

• Acquaintances
• Friendships
• Partnerships
• Family Relationships
• Love Relationships

Communicating:

• Sharing information – Are you informative. When is it constructive or destructive?
• Sharing feelings – Where do you support others as they should support you?
• Sharing ideas – Are these ideas moving in the direction of goals or fixable solutions? Every good idea has steps toward achievement. Know that you can move ideas to pro-active acquirement or attainment.
• Sharing knowledge – How do you share common sense and perceptions? There are ways to help through constructive wisdom and good reasoning.
• Deep sharing – Intimacy in love and connection. How are you opening to your intrapersonal thoughts, motivations and desires? Is there equal measure of spiritual linking? Is there equal measure of emotional bonding? Is there equal measure of physical expression and affection? What do you lack, or give too much of, or not have at this time?

You cannot falsely advance the process of deep sharing; you’ll have to build steps with someone who deserves your time and attention. Do not force this type of interaction, it should be natural. Until the time of finding someone special, concentrate on rewarding yourself with positive intrapersonal dialogue and support, upgrade your soul level of worthiness, and practice good conversations with others.

“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible – the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.

~ Virginia Satir (American Psychologist and Educator, 1916-1988)

Full Flower Moon

Full Flower Moon
By Tara Sutphen

The Full Flower Moon at 6* Sagittarius will culminate May 26, 2010 1:07pm pdt/4:07pm edt (almanac). Last month for the Full Pink Moon we looked at fear and how that impedes our lives, this month is listening to our own best advice. What can you tell others about their health, career or love life and take that a step farther, and tell yourself what it is you also need. How do you seek liberation from the self. Health should be the primary concern as many put self-care on a backburner. There are those that are hypochondriacs and then there are others who never check in to the way they are functioning until it’s too late. How can we carol ourselves into wanting to create what is really good for us. Is it deep kindness to our mind and soul, giving ourselves permission to really live and love ourselves and others. Can you honestly look at the way your heart works. Are you shut down or too giving. Do you deem others worthy for the company and comradery you give them. How do you go about getting the necessary love you might crave. How do you go about working a job that demands you give in areas that are uncomfortable to your well-being. Or a lifestyle that no longer holds fascination or interest. We can go through the motions without really gaining what we need and want in our lives. It doesn’t mean excess, it doesn’t mean boundaries – it may mean good judgment. Do you use your inner knowing or instinct. It takes energy to have relief and self-determination. Take a breath and alleviate your body and mind of stress. Halt the heaviness that life hands you, and start letting go. Breathe in the breath of life, all the way to the bottom of your stomach, inhale peace and exhale chaos. It’s time to reactivate your life force…….freedom.
Journal Questions:
The time of being emotionally true to who you are…take a significant look at yourself. Who are you? How do you see yourself? How do other’s see you? What do you feel you’re capable of? In a career? In your personal life? How do you give to others? How do you hold back?
• List 10 ways to create better health
• List 10 ways to create a better lovelife
• List 10 ways to create better job skills
• What is ideal health?
• Lofty version.
• Realistic version.
• What is Love?
• Lofty version.
• Realistic version
• What is your ideal job?
• Lofty version.
• Realistic version.


To dream is to create the beginning flow of our goals. Your mind meets your communication skills meets your actions…….. step by step.
"He who nurtures benevolence for all creatures within his heart overcomes all difficulties and will be the recipient of all types of riches at every step." ~ Chanakya Quote (Indian politician/writer 350 BC-275 BC)

23* Taurus New Moon

23* Taurus New Moon
By Tara Sutphen


23* Taurus New Moon this month (no moon - the time of dreaming), culminating May 14, 2010. This Taurus New Moon is about reorganizing your time and energy. Are you wasting time on a non satisfying job. Is romance in other lives but not yours. Are you happy, content and carefree, but still missing something. This new moon even though it is silent in the darkness is the most intense aspect of the zodiac. If you'd like to burn off some mistakes or bad decisions, it's time to find the energetic pathway to make resolutions. You can't leap to new untried ways of life, but you can take thoughtful steps to a sound future. A life, that in time is gratified. If you can be clear on what it is you have been denying yourself or how you might be deluding yourself each day.Start forward progress to your stuck and outworn ideas or lifestyle. You'll have to dig deep for questions you might ask yourself, look for answers that are elusive or barely visible, you might have to trust penetrating the core of your being. And remember, we get nowhere unless we are honest with our self. It's not what others think you need or want, this is about you.

The Full Moon late April was a very intense clearing time, and now you have another chance to explore your imposed limits. You are to fully recognize and stop kidding yourself on who is your friend and who isn't your friend. Whether this is family or people in your environment. You are to be clear on how you make money and if you are fulfilled and satisfied or lacking a livelihood. If you are satisfied then it's time to stop complaining, about anything and everything. You can burn off that karma and make progress. Leave your enemies behind, leave your fears and frustrations behind, leave your boredom and upsets. You no longer need to disallow, withhold or work against yourself. Say yes to your life. Empower yourself to have whatever it is you think you require. It doesn't matter where you take wrong turns, it only matters you start supporting a life that belongs to you. We're talking of constructive change here, not destructive bad habits that you think might need justification. Take off your sunglasses, take off your rose color glasses -- take a magnifying glass. Who is the 'real you'.

Journal Questions:

Think of all the complaints you tell others, and you need not share this journal w. anyone else. This is for you to look deeply into yourself. Unveil your paranoia, your unrest, your lack of trust, your feelings, your untested personal power and general issues.

1. Write down 20 complaints or more
2. Write a critique with each grievance.
3. Give yourself an antidote or solution.

Recognize when you are short-sighted with your friends, co-workers, relatives, or your environment. Are you appreciative for what you have in things or love from others.

1. Write down your faults
2. Write down other's faults
3. Correction of your faults

How are you mismanaging your life?

1. Communication - write out how.
2. Self Esteem - write out why.
3. Motivation - write out solution.

Correction on management - Write 5 general fixes.

“Once I knew only darkness and stillness...my life was without past or future...but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living." Helen Keller

Full Pink Moon
By Tara Sutphen

The Full Pink Moon at 8* Scorpio will culminate April 28, 2010 6:48 pdt/9:48am edt (almanac). The time of thinking deeply, examining changes you want in your emotional and mental framework. Look at the facts about yourself. Are you lacking self esteem and where does this distinguish or peculiarize you. We symbolize and personalize ourselves with our culture, creed, religion and eras. We can feel lost until we develop goals, ideals and intention. Where are your values and are they being recognized at this time. Values are morals and sense of honor, are you in conscious contact with your beliefs and standards. You can wonder ‘Am I living up to who I want to be’. ‘Am I being true to myself in love’, ‘Am I clear on who I like, what I like and why I like it’. What are the real truths deep within. Are you numbed by disappointments, drama or trauma. Do you spout statements or go over in your mind how angry you are, how your family makes you unhappy, how you have no friends, or your friends aren’t real friends, or your job is going to kill you one day. Do you slip from real thoughts and emotional reasoning to frustration over others. Many people turn away without reasons why from each other, instead of keeping their feelings at an even keel. I see many unreasonable upsets started because there are no questions asked, no feelings explored, and no resolutions encountered. No communication or connection. Ignore your needs and you may be able to sustain your life for five minutes, five years, or 50 years but we do eventually have to come back to ourselves and if we’re lucky we answer to a few beloved others. You may feel like others blocked your life. Do you think it’s other people who hurt or inhibit you, or is it you who puts yourself in a position to fail or to grow.
This moon aspect is all about digging for your trouble spots and taking them out for a little examination. Those personality traits that you abhor in others and could be afraid are within your character as well, I know we would like to think it isn’t so. You don’t want to be like someone you resent. Search and clear up any history and issues. If you ask someone what your weakness is…many could write you a long list. They might not tell you to your face, but we all know that people judge us for our strengths and weakness’. We shouldn’t really care about someone else’s opinion unless it genuinely helps us achieve greater things in ourselves. You may have a few bad habits though needing to be discarded. Why do you hold onto restrictions. Are you afraid of change, or are you changing too rapidly in your life and can’t stabilize. Mental illness and stress can start as bad habits. Think of others and their complaints or fear. Fear of love, being hurt in love, not being good enough, not being strong enough, body image, job image, self confidence issues, unhappiness, the list can be long. And at this moon we will look at the uglies we need to reform, as we know what strengths we seek. Passion, Pleasure and Personal Power are our goals. How are we going to learn to love, to the depths of the universe. How are we going to learn to succeed, to the highest plateau of the earth. How are we going to learn to be wise and overcome all obstacles, we stretch until we get it right.
Journal Questions:
Give yourself permission to write out unsavory characteristics about yourself. You don’t have to share them with anyone. It is up to you to make yourself aware of what you may need to change? Think of ways to change gracefully. What do you perceive as your ‘uglies’? Bad temper, rotten self image, putting down others, unhappy, ungracious, condescending, cunning, manipulating, under handed, jealous, greedy, bitter, unreasonable, procrastinate, offensive, obnoxious, unpleasant, hopeless, full of excuses, can’t, won’t, afraid…Are these a part of self-esteem issues? Write out where you lost your confidence? Write out who contributed to your dis-ease? Where did these people hurt you, how did it help you grow? Why did you hold onto the bitterness? Did they hold onto the bitterness too? What would happen if you let your mind go free? What would happen if you allowed yourself to care about yourself again. Caring about your well-being and happiness? That you can form another habit of thinking you deserve a great life. That to create a good life, you must recognize what doesn’t work for you and what certainly might work, if given a chance to step toward success, happiness, great health or love. It may not happen overnight, it could be a process. Allowing the process to move forward, changing your viewpoints and fears. Where is your money right now? Where is your love right now? Where is your health right now? Where is your spirituality right now? Where is your mental health right now? Where is your living arrangements right now? What’s the view point on each? And how can these change for the better? Move out of your ‘uglies’ to be minor disturbances and pretty soon they will disappear. And your road will be one of creating life on your terms. Changes will only be growth spurts.

24* Aries New Moon

By Tara Sutphen
24* Aries New Moon this month (no moon – the time of dreaming), culminating April 14, 2010. The Aries new moon is about activity. Are you dashing about or do you have a game plan. Are you making money, nurturing yourself, taking care of your health. Where is your stress level. Are you just staying glued enough not to fall apart. What’s wrong w. that picture. What do you need to change so that your life goes into a groove again. That your life is the life you dream it to be. You think you’ve wanted this and it’s become what you envisioned but the responsibilities, the duties, the drama can be too much. Allow yourself to think of conclusions, if I attempt this – what will happen, what is the outcome. This is a time when you want to make some fast hard changes, make sure to be realistic so that your path will be comfortable and viable. Does your competitive streak get you to your goals but then there is nothing to show for the life you really want. Time to be competitive with yourself again in the right way and get what you want this time. Life is to be lived and waiting for YOU………..

Journal Questions:
Do you take time for yourself? Hot baths? Vitamin shopping? Eating Healthy plans? Where do you cut corners? Where do you stay within your means in your job, with your family, friends…..do you down size or cut time and yet stress about civilization. Society will not save you….only you can save you. Society gives you opportunities for you to help yourself. And it’s by taking small steps to the life you want. Lets write out 20 steps that you can do to start active change. Is it time to get back into your personal power…whether you know what that is or not anymore. Managing to become sincere with yourself and those around you. The meaning of sincere is genuine, guileless, honest, natural, and open.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Full Maple Sugar Moon
By Tara Sutphen

The Full Maple Sugar Moon at 9*Libra will culminate March 29, 2010 7:25pm pst/10:25pm est (almanac). The time of using your mind to be in balance. To set in motion your equilibrium, allowing for poise and a steady way of being. Harmonizing instead of polarizing. You are in 'the now'. Assessment of your routines, your job path, your mind set. How do you connect to your inner being and access your personal power. Are you connecting or disconnecting. Connection with yourself begins with feeling in tune with who you are. Are you unfocused or well rounded. When do you feel confused and side track your success, your love life, your health, and your fitness. Do you sabotage yourself, berate yourself with low self-esteem behind closed doors. Do you tell yourself you want change but stay in stagnation. You could be thinking advancement and maybe speak it, but can you move your ideas into action. The development of your thoughts into process and effort. Propelling forward and forging ahead is always a risk. What if you make the wrong choices and create mistakes, what will be the plan to 'save you'. Life can be gripping, hairy, heartbreaking, heartrending, impelling, impressive, meaningful, mind-bending, and mind-blowing. And how do you create balance and LIVE. You begin over and over: activate, actuate, excite, inspire, instigate, introduce, lead, and most of all you prevail. Counterpoise and counterbalance what is important and what is not. What is good for you, what is not.

Journal Questions:
What is important to you? What is not important to you? What do you try to make important? What are your personal needs? What are your household needs? Are they in balance? What do you need to do to bring them into balance? Where are you not being responsible to you and your needs? Why do you feel stuck? How can you become unstuck? Write reasonable plans and preparations. When you are sad do you counterbalance this? What do you say to yourself? How do you feel? What do you need to say to bring yourself into better balance. When you are angry, how do you come to terms with how you feel? How can you come into better balance when you are agitated or frustrated? What brings you into balance when you are angry. Do you replay anger in your mind? Do you need to reprogram your anger process? Do you feel this is hyper behavior? or Frustration? Are you communicating your thoughts and ideas? (journaling counts) When you are happily excited, do you stay that way for a long time. Or do you only stay excited for a short while and then feel self conscious? Do you recognize what makes you excited? Is it a normal state of being or what are the circumstances? Can you be happy when you are alone? Why? Are you only happy around others? What do others do for you? What do you do for others? Emotionally and Physically. How do you want to improve? Your reactions, your friendship skills, your happiness level, your living condition? How do you come into balance in these areas? How do you improve your self worth? How do you improve your situations you find yourself in? Family situations? Work situations? Love situations? Health situations? What will bring balance in these settings ? Give yourself workable solutions. All problems, all quandaries are fixable. You can find yourself in uncertain dilemmas and be unsure how to stabilize. Align, focus, mend, put in working order, and readjust your attitude and intentions. Being reasonable and tolerant of your drawbacks, gaining strength and betterment. Never give up, allow yourself to change and grow.

Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. ~Author Unknown

Suggestions to raise your self esteem
Stop putting yourself down
Get sober
Practice self-care
Stop trying to be invisible
Be receptive
Do not compare yourself to others
Stop being self-conscious
Find your passion
Communicate your feelings
Don't get even, get excellent
All problems are fixable
Create solutions
Decide what is best for you
Be Assertive
Give up fear
Stop the drama, don't over react
Self help support (articles,books, cd's)
Recognize who supports you
Make goals