Year: 2015

Mars and Venus in Aries

Mars and Venus are conjunct in the sky now through March 11. The Sabian symbol associated with the conjunction at the powerful degree of 0 Aries is, “A woman has risen out of the ocean, a seal is embracing her.”

This symbol speaks of the cycles of becoming and echoes the ancient Irish tale of the selkies – or seals – who emerge from the sea one day of the year to take human form. In one of the tales the selkie’s skin is stolen by a man who loved her wildness and she was forced to remain in human form with him until years later when her hidden sealskin was discovered and she was free to don it and go live in the sea once again.

In the cycles of personal evolution it is important to periodically clarify and shed old ways of being and perceiving that no longer apply – particularly beliefs integrated from authority figures that hindered your ability to move in a direction of increased personal authenticity. Now is the time for broad horizons.

Amelia Shea specializes in issues of family, relationship and transition as well as life path and career.She can be reached at 603 654 1043, amelia.shea@comcast.net Her readings start at $30 and can be done by phone, email and in person. Sabian symbol from Lynda Hill’s 360 Degrees of Wisdom

New Moon in Aquarius and Chinese New Year

“Redeem the time.Redeem
The unread vision in the higher dream
While jeweled unicorns draw by the gilded hearse.”
from Ash Wednesday by TS Eliot

The New Moon at 29 Aquarius falls on Ash Wednesday, February 18, the first day of Lent in the Christian/Catholic tradition and on the eve of Chinese New Year. Many Catholic bishops in East Asia have granted Asian Catholics a special dispensation from traditional Lenten fasting in order to celebrate the Chinese New Year. This special dispensation shows a willingness on the part of the Church to adapt in order to interface in a reasonable way where religious views and cultural differences appear to be at odds. We see this theme manifesting in many ways in our time as we struggle to find an appropriate and respectful balance between the two. The Sabian symbol associated with this time is, “A crowded marketplace,” a reminder that we live in an interconnected global community.

Over the next few weeks Mars and Venus will be traveling together in Aries – a good time for increased energy, assertiveness and courage. The New Moon is part of a cycle of beginnings and endings. It is a threshold time – good to clarify what is ending, what is new and what your aspirations are for moving forward.

Amelia Shea specializes in issues of family, relationship and transition as well as life path and career.She can be reached at 603 654 1043, amelia.shea@comcast.net Her readings start at $30 and can be done by phone, email and in person.