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Our Sacred Duty to Choose Well: The Message of Mercury Retrograde in Virgo

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Written by: Sarah Varcas

Our Sacred DutyIf there are difficult conversations to be had, the next three weeks may just be the time to have them, even though Mercury retrograde is usually characterised as bad for communication. In fact, painting it as such is just a simplification of a far more complex landscape. So bear in mind that whatever you read about this particular passage of Mercury Retrograde...

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Living Life On Purpose with the Power of the Eclipse Season

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Written by: Sarah Varcas

Living Life On Purpose with the Full Moon in Aquarius
This isn’t an ‘easy’ Moon, but it is a liberating one for sure, with gifts galore for all who commit to seeing life through fresh eyes, not allowing the tyranny of a ‘tried and tested’ past to jeopardise a creative and fulfilling future. If, however, we...

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Progress Is Ours as Mars Enters Sagittarius

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Written by: Sarah Varcas

Progress Is Ours as Mars Enters SagittariusMars's entry into Sagittarius indicates a shift to a lighter and more future-focused energy. One which carries with it inspiration and excitement: a vision of possibility that motivates us to soldier on. If you’ve been wading through emotional...

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Heart-Centered Rebellion: Living in Intense Times

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Written by: Sarah Varcas

Heart-Centered Rebellion: Living in Intense TimesWe live in intense times: intensely unpredictable, intensely beautiful, intensely unsettling, intensely transformational. Both the best and the worst are rising to the surface, revealed in their fullness for all to behold. These are times of opportunity, when we can change the course of so much and...

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Was Sigmund Freud Right About Dreams After All?

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Written by: Josie Malinowski, University of East London

Was Sigmund Freud Right About Dreams After All? It is the most well known – and perhaps infamous – theory of dreams in the Western world. At the turn of last century, Sigmund Freud published his book, The Interpretation of Dreams, arguing that our dreams are nothing more than wishes that we are looking to fulfil in our waking lives.

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Could We One Day Heal The Mind By Taking Control Of Our Dreams?

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Written by: Adhip Rawal, University of Sussex

Could We One Day Heal The Mind By Taking Control Of Our Dreams?About 50 per cent of us will at some point in our lives experience “waking up” and being conscious while still in a dream – possibly, we may even be able to act with intention in it. Such “lucid dreams” are not only a vivid and memorable experience for the dreamer, they are also of huge interest to neuroscientists and psychologists.

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Why Can't We Remember Our Early Childhood?

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Written by: Jeanne Shinskey, Royal Holloway

Why Can't We Remember Our Early Childhood?Most of us don’t have any memories from the first three to four years of our lives – in fact, we tend to remember very little of life before the age of seven.

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The Cosmic Mass: Risking to Follow Inner Promptings

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Written by: Barry Vissell

The Cosmic Mass: Risking to Follow Inner PromptingsJoyce and I have written before about the importance of listening to those sometimes subtle promptings that can change our lives. If it were up to our minds, we might never take these risks. If we want to follow the higher path of life, we need to not only listen but also act on these inner promptings.

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Understanding the Different Types of Blue Moons

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Written by: Sarah Varcas

What's The Difference Between Blue Moons: Seasonal, Calendrical, or Astrological

Blue moons are often seen as significant astrological events, but their meanings can vary. There are three types: calendrical, seasonal, and astrological blue moons. Each type has its unique characteristics and implications, with astrological blue moons being the most impactful for personal growth and reflection.

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The Wisdom of Fear and Reaching Beyond Our Comfort Zone

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Written by: Sarah Varcas

The Wisdom of FearNow more than ever Pluto’s transformative power supports a positive manifestation of our collective destiny. In this motif we see the potential for change which consolidates progress even if, at first glance, there appears much cause for despair.

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Revolution Within and Without: Claiming Our Power to Take a Stand

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Written by: Sarah Varcas

Revolution Within and Without: Claiming Our Power to Take a StandAt a planetary level Eris conjunct Uranus will shake things up like never before. Revolution is in the air and we ain’t seen nothin’ yet! She is a warrior goddess for Mother Nature mobilised to protect her at any cost. Taking no prisoners she stands beside those who honour our great mother, confronting those who exploit her.

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Sharing the True Self: Reflections on the New Moon

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Written by: Sarah Varcas

Sharing the True Self: Reflections on the New MoonThis New Moon augurs unexpected developments that may surprisingly ease progress despite conditions that indicate the opposite! Take nothing at face value right now. Remember, the universe is born of its own design... We simply cannot see the whole picture and much is destined to remain a mystery.

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Question Assumptions and Connect with Your Internal Guidance System (IGS)

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Written by: Zen Cryar DeBrücke

Question Assumptions and Connect with Your Internal Guidance System (IGS) Some people (often because of their careers) have to live in their minds — strategizing, planning, and creating all the time. If this is true for you, you may be so used to not feeling the sen­sations your body produces...

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What One Sees Without Eyes

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Written by: Jacques Lusseyran

What One Sees Without EyesIn order to adapt to the world of the seeing, blind people are obliged to declare themselves unable to see — and, believe me, I know what I’m talking about, for that has happened to me even when I knew very well that it didn’t correspond to reality and was not true.

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Intuition, Intention and Insight: The Keys to May 2016

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Written by: Sarah Varcas

Intuition, Intention and Insight: The Keys to May 2016Reflection and receptivity are key to how this month unfolds. There will be great motivation to honour the truth, make decisions that serve it well and reflect our deepest knowing, no matter the immediate cost of doing so.

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Mysterious Magic When Mercury Goes Retrograde

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Written by: Sarah Varcas

Mysterious Magic When Mercury Goes RetrogradeIf life has been somewhat puzzling of late, throwing up questions and queries we’ve struggled to address satisfactorily, this passage of Mercury retrograde offers hope in the form of new information, opportunities thus far overlooked and some good old fashioned common sense to ground insights.

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Full Moon in Scorpio: Authentic Love Is Not the Love of Fairy Tales

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Written by: Sarah Varcas

Full Moon in Scorpio: Authentic Love Is Not the Love of Fairy TalesThe Moon is full in the 3rd degree of Scorpio at 5:25 UT on the 22nd of April 2016. It reminds us of the power of love to see us through darkness and its iconoclastic role in these changing times.

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Dream Yoga: The Practice of Waking Up

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Written by: Joel and Michelle Levey

Dream Yoga (flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/3297822565)Many people say their lives are so busy that they don’t have time for meditation. Yet every living being must sleep. During sleep time, we don’t schedule meetings or have appoint­ments to keep. The time is ours, and is usually subject to the mindless, random chaos of our undisciplined minds.

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What Makes Us Conscious? Are Dogs and Computers Conscious?

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Written by: Matthew Davidson, PhD Candidate - Neuroscience of Consciousness, Monash University

ConsciousnessDo you think that the machine you are reading this story on, right now, has a feeling of “what it is like” to be in its state?

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Seeing Auras Is Normal

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Written by: Susan Shumsky, DD

Seeing Auras Is NormalSeeing colors is considered normal for sighted people. Yet, to the visually challenged, ordinary colors do not exist. Those who are blind to the auric field also have a disability, for seeing auric colors is as normal as seeing colors through the eyes. We are all born to perceive subtle energies.

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Knowing When We Don’t Know: New Moon in Aries

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Written by: Sarah Varcas

Knowing When We Don’t Know: New Moon in AriesWe may find ourselves strangely liberated by something which, to all intents and purposes, looked set to bind us. Things prove not to be as they seemed and a way through a particular challenge may make itself known. But for this to happen a new perspective is called for.

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