December + New Moon

I haven't made much time for the blog lately. For anyone that may actually keep up with me, I apologize for that. I was going to post a few tarot card readings, but as I thought about sharing them, it didn't feel right. The last few I've had have been really personal, and things that I just don't want to share with everyone. So that's why I haven't shared one in awhile. I'm going to do a tarot card reading for the new moon this Friday, and depending on how that goes, I will share it.

A few days ago, it was my 21st birthday. The days I spent surrounded by (most of) my family in Sarasota meant a lot to me. After this year, many of us will be going in different directions, and even though I know I will see them all again after the fact, I don't know when that will be. So I truly cherished our time together this weekend.

As the year begins to wrap up and classes wind down, the fact that it's almost 2016 kills me. I can't believe how quickly time is passing. I can't even say how the world will be in five years. I feel like everything is changing rapidly. I'm not sure what's going to happen but I feel pretty anxious.

But back to the new moon happening on Friday morning. As always, the new moon welcomes new beginnings. So we should begin some new goals or refocus on our goals. This new moon occurs in the sign of Sagittarius, which is all about independence, adventure, and honesty. Ask how you can use these traits to improve your well being these next two weeks. Mercury also shifts into Capricorn this week, which can go hand-in-hand with the new moon. Mercury in Capricorn is all about realistic goals and practical tasks. So perhaps using the honesty and expansive nature that Sagittarius influences us to use can be applied in the workplace. This is all about the big picture, planning for the end than for the temporary.

Venus moved into scorpio on the 4th, which honestly explains a lot for me. My Venus is in Scorpio, and I have been feeling very intense lately when it comes to the relationships I have with others.  Scorpio in Venus signifies extreme closeness, not physically but also mentally. I feel this so much!

Taking time to reflect on all of this is important to me. I don't depend on this to tell me the future, but as a time to sit back and realize that I may have been ignoring something. Have I set myself back? Have I lost focus? What more can do? How can I use these things to better my life? How can I help not just myself, but others as well? Astrology has helped me get to know myself better. Someone told me that they think astrology is weird because "it's just another label to slap onto someone." But what that person seems to forget is that this is how the human brain works. We divide things and people an places into categories because it helps us to understand the world better. And I don't think that there is anything wrong with that.

-Maria