In the Balance - In México |
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Hi friend,
I've been getting little hints and winks from my surroundings, variations on the theme of 'balance'. We just celebrated the vernal equinox, after all, when night and day are in equal measure – the start of a brand new zodiacal year. 'Balance' is a principle I have neglected of late. I've been cooped up in my little casita, cobbling away at projects, hardly getting out into this amazing place in which I have been living. So I gave myself the assignment of taking an adventure.
Wednesday morning I hopped on my local bus in San Felipe to Oaxaca Centro. I chased down an old, beat-up collectivo whose driver made the clunker look like a Camero. As we puttered up the main road northward I chatted with the crusty cuss in my awful Spanish. The old bugger began flirting with me, rather confidently.. I'm not entirely sure he didn't propose to marry me before the ride was through! I politely declined. I think he understood. He let me off at the entrance of the Plaza de Etla for their Wednesday Tianguis. |
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The market was a'buzz with the town folk scoring their weekly sundries from venders selling amazing looking and smelling foods, palm-woven baskets and sun hats, iridescent green glazed pottery, and almost anything else you could want. I strolled the blocked-off boulevard, browsed, bought my groceries, and then sat a long while, watching the people, and soaking up the scene. |
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And I took some pictures, too, which I've added to my photo album. Click the link and have a look: |
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Happy Aries Season!
Even though the equinox was a couple of weeks ago, today marks the Aries New Moon – the beginning of this next new zodiacal cycle – the start of the astrological year!
Well, friend, you've probably heard me say it before; all new moons are 'seed' times. Periods of fertility within the cycle of conception of what we long to materialize into our lives. But the Aries new moon in particular is a spunky go-getter of such a seed! It is an energetically powerful time to clearly state your dreams, your visions, your desires for the year to come. It's a great time to make a Vision Board, do some journaling about your desires, allow time for creative visualization – or as Carl Jung put it, active imagination. Let yourself settle into the excitement of that thing! Feel the potentiality of it in your body! Just sit with it for a moment today. It might surprise you how quickly that spark of eager intention can make a thing real. |
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“Change is the end result of all true learning.” ― Leo Buscaglia |
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As for my new imaginings this Aries season, I'm almost ready to announce the opening of the Astrology Foundations course curriculum that I've been developing! The beta-testing process is nearly complete and the couple of private students I've been working with have helped me hone the process, the presentations, and the material! I'm so excited to tell you more about this series of course offerings... soon!
Preceding the 4-week Foundations courses I will be offering an optional single session class, Introduction to Astrology. This one-off intro class will give people with little-to-no astrological knowledge some basic building blocks before launching into the astronomical mechanics and technical applications of astrology. This will explain the essential components of the planets, signs, and houses. |
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Curious about the course? Or about booking your own private astrological consult? |
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Whether as part of the course or in a one-on-one birth chart consult with me, your own singularly unique astrology can help you: |
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Live into a deeper awareness, understanding and acceptance of yourself and others.Uncover areas of blockage, resistance, struggle, or pain in your life, and how to navigate through them.Gain a greater sense of meaning & purpose in your life.
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Click the button above for more info about the work that I do. And as always, you can reply to this newsletter. I love hearing from you! |
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That's all for now, friend. There's more to come soon! Thanks for your company along the way.
Adios and namaste,
Love, .mg |
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Melissa Greener Certified Professional Astrologer |
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