Comments and Questions

April 21, 2010 - Dream Big

Hi Georgia,

How are you doing?

In your message yesterday to those born on April 19, you wrote that this may be a powerful year and to dream big.  This echoes similar messages that I've been receiving from others, which is cool, but then I realized that I don't know how to dream big!  Or perhaps I'm afraid to...I've become quite excited about big ideas that never materialized or that I felt disappointed about because the situation wasn't what I envisioned.  After spending my life listening to my head, I'd like to listen more openly to my heart.  Can you share some insight into how I might be able to do that?

Thanks for your time - I love your column and have been reading it and sharing it with friends and family for years!

Best,
K.

Dear K.

Your words quite inspired me!   "After spending my life listening to my head, I'd like to listen more openly to my heart." Hey - anyone who can write this is alive and in the moment. All we can ever do is aspire.

You might want to read the poetry of Gary Snyder..... just a few poems... you can find them on line.. to jiggle your mind. Just now I went to amazon and bought two books (second hand) by Alan Watts  The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Yourself. and Clouds Hidden-Whereabouts Unknown.

Why?

Because I came across  a list of recommended books - and I recognized several that I already had read, and really liked, so I thought - hey why not explore more? I will forward that list to you in the next e-mail. Alan Watts was listed quite a few times.

All you have to do is get out of your comfortable rut. Read something you would never read. Listen to music you normally do not hear. Rub shoulder with bigger, thoughtful minds, and then -  you too, will become elevated to another level. Then the rest is up to you to explore further where you want to go, in whatever appeals to you.

We are creatures of habit. We like the familiar. We are also emotionally and intellectually lazy. Exploring new territories with your mind and your senses is enlivening!

Good luck! You already have a great attitude - relax. You are motivated and motivation is everything.

All good things,

Love
Georgia

P.S. Any form of meditation will help you listen to your heart. Or hanging out with children or animals.

April 18, 2010 - Karma

Hi Georgia,

I love getting your weekly horoscope, it kinda  prepares me for what's ahead. The thing I have been most interested in is, Karma. I totally believe we all have it. The reason I say this is because I have gone back in my life where I wasn't exactly good, as a kid or in my early years and what I've noticed is, what you do negatively will come back 10 fold as Karma. I also think once a person has paid for their misgivings, they get to have good Karma. I want to know what you think of this and am I right.

I have a close family member who is going through their bad Karma right now and I have looked back at their life and I can see exactly why this is happening to them. This person's partner is having bad Karma too because of their past.

Thank-you for your time,
~Cheers~ S.

Dear S.

Thanks for your note. I decided to answer you on my website because I think this is something a lot of people wonder about. I can only give you my own personal take on what I think karma is -- but I certainly do believe in karma!

To begin with, the word karma in Sanskrit simply means "activity". Therefore, the law of karma, is the law of activity. This means it really explains how all the activity we are involved in actually works. By activity, this includes obviously our deeds and our actions, but I think it also includes our mental and verbal activity as well.

I think it's a mistake to view karma as something "out there" that either will "get you", or even something out there that is "keeping score."

This is how I look at Karma or the law of activity. I believe our minds and our thoughts create our world. Let me give you an example. (This example is going to be extreme so that it is easy to see what I'm talking about.) Let's say that a person is alarmed by crime or violence. The fear in his person grows and they decide they have to get a gun. Then they think "I must keep a gun in the bedroom in case something happens when I'm sleeping." Then they might think, "I should also have a gun in my car." The "I should also have a gun in my living room for when I'm watching TV", and maybe "I should have a gun in the kitchen as well because who knows I could be trapped there?" And "maybe I should've a gun at work? Maybe I should you keep a gun in my bathroom?"

Now you can see what happens when a person's thoughts get hold of them. We are talking about fearful and anxious thoughts, and a person becoming obsessed with having guns around them. It's pretty obvious how these thoughts lead to a whole different world for this person. Imagine if somebody was living with guns all around them, anything could happen. Accidents could happen. They're aware of these guns and their so-called need for these guns, makes this person constantly fearful, and distrustful of others. And once you become distrustful of others and look for reasons to distrust people -- you will find them! Soon this person is living in a lonely, fearful world, with a very strong focus on violence either trying to stop violence or inadvertently creating it or attracting it!

This is just an example of karma. What this person thinks about slowly becomes this person's world.

Our thoughts, our words, and our actions create our reality. This is how I view Karma. But I suppose it is most simplistic way, it is not inaccurate to say that if your thoughts, words, and deeds are loving and kind -- this will lead to a happier, kinder, more trusting world for you. And if your thoughts, words, and deeds are dishonest, fearful, insensitive and rude - then this is the kind of world you are creating for yourself. That's how I believe karma works.

Having said that, I also know what you mean. I too, have looked out at others, and observed how their actions have totally -- shockingly -- led to repercussions that they virtually created. I think it is harder to see our own karma at work. It's much easier to see it working in other people.

All good things,

Love,
Georgia

p.s. Karma is like gardening. You plant daisies - you get daisies. You plant onions you get onions. It is all about planting seeds. Seed and result. Cause and effect.

March 1, 2010 - Leap Year Question

Good morning Georgia,

As usual you are informative and entertaining. Thank you!

I have a question about people born on February 29. On non-Leap Year years which birthday message should they heed, February 28 or March 1? And do you consider these people unique astrologically speaking? I'm curious about your opinion.

Thank you again.

Sincerely,
K. N.

Dear K.N.

I have always been personally confounded by the Leap Year process.

However, think of it this way: if you could see an ephemeris, which shows you where the planets are all the time (the degree they are at etc) - it looks like a tide chart. Except a tide chart is just for the Moon, whereas an ephemeris is for all the planets.

It is just a mathematical progression of time....like an ongoing moving conveyor belt. Ah yes, we are born - we live - and then we die.

So in that respect, there is no doubt about your planets, and your chart. But when it comes to those years when your birthday disappears - horrors! What happened?

I would read March 1, because we know you were not born on Feb 28, correct?

But this is what I really want to tell you, and I think it will be comforting to know. The truth is no one really knows which birthday to celebrate! Ah ha! You are not alone.

As you well know, our Gregorian calendar does not line up neatly with the heavens, which is why we have a Leap Year. So no matter what day of any year you were born, each year your "true birthday" might be the day before your birthday, or on your birthday, or the day afterward.

This is because your "true birthday" is when the Sun lines up to the exact same degree it was at when you were born.

This means that you are in the same boat as everyone else - or rather, everyone is in the same boat as a Leap Year birthday person like you.

If you tell me the time of day, and year, and place when you were born, I will tell you when your true birthday is.

(On the years when my birthday is the day before or day after my birthday, I think "Yay!! I have two birthdays!!" And I celebrate all week.

Love
Georgia

February 1, 2010 - Two Planets Causing Problems

Feb. 1, 2010

Hi Georgia,

I must say, after seeing you on the morning interview show from Vancouver and subscribing to your newsletter, I am very impressed with your site.  I especially enjoy Desiderata (which I try to read to myself every day) and the story of two wolves.

When you mentioned in your weekly report that two planets have been at work which may have explained some of what happened in Haiti, you do not say which two planets.  With my amateur interest in astrology I would have to say Mars and Uranus??

I have enjoyed astrology, as a limited hobby, for over 20 years now and want to know if you ever come through cities and perform workshops or events where you talk about the coming year, etc.  The Vancouver morning show interview was much too short. Forgive me for not remembering the name of it as I try and catch it whenever I can.  Menopause is very real!

Thanks so much. B.

Dear B.

Thanks for your sweet note. How lovely that you read the Desiderata every day. - hmmm you have inspired me to do the same!  That is such a good thing to do - to "set' your day.

The two planets in question are Saturn and Pluto. They jockeyed into position in November, and continued their dance until February. Then they clash one more time in August of this year.

Both Saturn and Pluto deal with structures both tangible, as well as organizational structures in society, particularly governments and law courts.

Because Pluto has not been in Capricorn (also the sign of the government) since the mid t 1700s (think the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Canada (1759) and the Declaration of Independence in 1776 for the US, and Bastille Day in 1789 in France) this is obviously a time of shake up to many world governments.

Pluto tears things down to make them better. Like when you renovate a house, and you tear it down until you get rid of the problem -- and then you start to rebuild. There is definitely an element of this at play.

The planets are odds with each other for months, but the actual mathematical squares (the three peak times) all take place in the early degrees of Capricorn and Cancer. Therefore, anyone with planets or significant points in their chart in the early degrees of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn will undergo some big changes in their lives. (Those four signs are like 12 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 3 o'clock, 9 o'clock.)

In my own case, I am zero degrees Libra Rising with Moon in Cancer at 4 degrees. I am definitely waiting for the other shoe to drop! But what will it be? Sexy, strappy sandal or a big gum boot? I hope it's pretty and in my size!

I am not giving workshops because I am writing a book that is coming out in October of this year.

Stay tuned!

Love
Georgia

January 3, 2010 - Children and Astrology

Dear Georgia

When you talk about horoscopes it always pertains more to adult living. How do you follow it for young children born under the signs. Thanks P.

Dear P.,

Good question.

When one uses astrology for information or self knowledge or guidance about how to make decisions, there are two distinct approaches: horoscopes versus the study of your chart.

A horoscope (in the newspaper or elsewhere) is generally predictive... commenting on what you can or might do (or not.) But your chart is a description of you. It is more static.

Since children do not control their lives (their parents do), their horoscopes generally do not apply to them. But their chart will certainly apply! Your horoscope will only be of value to you once you have autonomy over your own life to make decisions.

However, if you look at the chart of even a baby -you can learn characteristics of that child and biases, and preferences and talents and even what might happen to them. I can think of one baby who had quite a few planets in the Fourth House indicating a loving home scene, and a strong connection with home and family. However, Uranus was there showing the child felt his home life was nerve wracking and unsettled. I could never understand this until his parents divorced, and he started to share two homes - going back and forth, and back and forth each week.

Hope this answers your question.

Love
Georgia