What role does fate have in my life?

01/04/2012

 
Q. Is my life fated/mapped out from my birth chart? Do I have any options for change? Or is it always going to be this way? What could I do to make things run differently?
Your first question is one of the greatest questions following “why am I here” and the subject of debate from time immemorial, “is my life fated?” or “how fated is my life”.

Certainly the whole basis of astrology rests on the notion that we are fated. If an astrologer was at the birth of a child, he or she could construct a chart and immediately be able to tell the parents a great deal about the child’s future, life paths, gifts and challenges. In an eastern context, we would be talking about the little one’s karma, good and bad.

The real question from my perspective is “how much of this is set in concrete and unchangeable? To answer that, I draw from the same karmic teachings of the east, that there are 3 types of karma...Click 'Read More' below to continue...
 

Bullying from colleagues uncovering deeper parts of Self

01/03/2012

 
Q. I've been experiencing many challenges including bullying from colleagues & bosses in the last 6 years since I've changed careers from business to teaching children, and previously I'd always had good rapport with colleagues, bosses and clients. Am I now in the wrong career or was this due to challenging transits/progressions? And regardless of the reasons, how can I overcome these obstacles and obtain harmonious relationships and shared vision with those I work with? 

A. There are lots of different layers to this obviously painful and demoralising situation but the one that stands out the strongest is that this all has to do with the implosion of your own power...click 'Read More' to continue...
 

Suicidal

10/10/2011

 
Q. I’m reaching out before the end of the line, trying to put myself together again and defeat the demons that want to drive me into a telegraph pole or agree to a permanent sleep. I don’t want less than body, mind and soul? Why is it so difficult to find my spiritual path?

A. Firstly, I’m not going to attempt to minimise the strength of the “demons” you’re facing. 

On one hand you do have a very difficult chart (Saturn in Scorpio squaring Moon conjunct Pluto, Venus conjunct Uranus square Neptune, Lilith conjunct Chiron conjunct Ascendant, Mars oppositions etc) and there’s no doubt this is tough shit to face. But you also have a gifted chart, not just because of the obvious (Sun/Moon conjunct Jupiter, Saturn conjunct North Node at the top of a kite involving Mercury and Chiron, a Grand trine between Mars, Venus and Saturn) but because of the tough stuff! 

And the tough stuff can and should be worked with, not to defeat the demons (an impossibility, you can’t destroy any part of self, however destructive it appears to act) but to transform them; not to block the pain with drugs but to embrace it and pass through it; not to implode your rage but to own it as part of your power... click 'Read More' to continue...