TIME TO GET PRODUCTIVE

ALL of my astrological clients come to me with relationship issues and what they are going through is so specific to their chart. Without disclosing personal identification I am going to start describing some of these issues as they may be helpful to others who read my blog from time to time.

Here's one that was significant. This woman had several planets in Virgo in her 7th house including the Moon which told me she was not only highly critical, she also attracted partners who were critical of her. I told her if you BOTH recognize you have a strong critical streak, make a pact with your partner that if either of you starts nagging or fault finding and it's over the top (you can tell it's over the top by the emotion involved) that you will say out loud to each other: TIME TO GET PRODUCTIVE. Let's go clean out the garage or let's go work in the garden... Let's do something together to get busy until we calm down and can discuss whatever it is you want to discuss. This will depotentiate the critical streak inherent in your characters. You aren't going to get rid of this part of you so might as well learn ways to put it to good use. Instead of tearing each other to shreds with criticism, make yourselves become the Virgo TEAM! Remember the 7th house is what we can do together!

Then later instead of criticizing, how about asking for what you want! A wonderful concept. Easier said than done and takes practice, but practice makes perfect... hehe another Virgo term.

Rising Sign carries shadow content too!

This past weekend I was giving a free lecture on my book, The Shadow Dance & Astrological 7th House Workbook at Spirit Quest Center in Spring, TX and a very interesting dialogue took place with one of the participants. In the discussion, she realized a lot of the qualities that were shadow content for her were actually the negative qualities of her rising sign. In my book, there are key words for each sign both the positive and the negative qualities as each sign has it's own dark side. Keeping in mind that dark is only hidden from consciousness and not necessarily evil.

Our Shadow, a concept of C. G. Jung is whatever we deny, disown, repress or project out because we don't know about it. It's basically in our unconscious.