Astro Enlightenment

“Michelle’s Circle Of Friends” Membership

March 8th - March 15th 2010

“If it’s not broken don’t fix it,

but if it gets broken try repairing it the old fashioned way.”

Hi Friends,

I grew up in a family of 5. My Scorpio Mother is an excellent cook. My hard-working Taurus Father loved is all sitting down for our evening meal together. We would talk about our day, joke and laugh about our lives and each other. There are hardly any nights that I can remember from my childhood that we didn’t all sit down to eat our evening meal together.

Times have changed. The hectic pace we live in these days seems to hardly give us the time to bond together as a family. Traditions such as these seem to be a thing of the past for so many. But they don’t have to be. With a little clever planning and the right recipes we can enjoy sitting around the table with each other once again.

I’ve been thinking about this for some time now. I love to bake and cook. I love to feed my own family as well as the friends of my children and anyone else I can get over here to eat with us. I always make an army size dinner (which my husband bugs me about because he thinks he has to eat all of the left overs so that they don’t go to waste - and then those leftovers go to his waste…if you know what I mean) and I enjoy making large enough portions to feed everybody.

I love to try new recipes too. Thus my new create project for you. I am going to create a new page here on my website dedicated to everyone who loves to bake and cook like I do. I will put up some of my easy and favorite recipes and you can add some of your favorites that you want to share too. This way we will all enjoy making new things for those that we love and have an extra special reason to bring back our old tradition of sitting down together at the family table. I really want to encourage you to share your favorite recipes with all of us…your spiritual brothers and sisters around the world.

Now onto my contest - what do you think this new page should be called? How creative are you? Can you come up with a new title for this section of our website? When you come up with a creative title I want you to e-mail me directly at: michelle@astroenlightenment.com and leave me your title ideas. I am going to look them all over and decide upon the cutest one with the snappiest title that catches my fancy. Come on…you can do it! I want to stimulate your creative juices too - let them go and let them flow. I am looking forward to hearing from you. The person who’s title I pick will receive something special from me and you will also see the title you created on this brand new section of our special website too. I have a good feeling that this is going to be a very popular page indeed!

Even if you can’t come up with a Title - get out your special recipe cards, you know the ones that are your favorites, or search your mind and write down the ones that you enjoy the most. Once this new section is created and up and running (which I would like to do by the end of this week) you can start sharing your special recipes with me and I will be sharing my favorites with you too.

I’m excited about this and I hope that you are too. I have a lot of cookbooks but I find that I don’t use those recipes (I do like looking at the pictures though) but I love the recipes that are tried and true. The ones that my grandmother made and my mother too. The ones that I have tasted and say “Yum - I’d like some more of that please.” I know that you have some of these kinds of recipes too.

This is going to be a fun week - filled with creativity and lots of sunshine too. Spring is coming in early this year - get ready - put the past behind you and enjoy this special time of your life.

It’s time to get back to basics and have some fun too!

Lots of Love,

~Michelle~

March 1st - March 8th 2010

“What you Perceive and Believe you will Receive.”

Hi Friends,

Every single one of us is going to perceive life a little differently. No two people have or ever will think exactly the same. Everyone has a different opinion, different likes and dislikes, and different ways of trusting or not trusting people and situations in their lives.

How do you perceive your life? What are your beliefs about yourself and the world around you? How do you perceive the people in your life? What do you believe about them?

These are just a few questions to ponder over in your spare time. Important questions though because whatever your answers are you are going to get a few more of those “Ah HA” moments when you realize that how you perceive yourself, situations, and the people around you and what you believe about yourself, these situations, and the people around you - is exactly what you are going to receive from yourself, these situations, and the people around you. - WOW - important stuff here!

If you like your answers - then keep them.

If you don’t like your answers - then change them by changing your perception and beliefs about everything for the better and then see what you begin to receive. I can say that in my own life this simple practice has been magical indeed!

Okay, so there’s your Soul’s Growth Homework assignment for now and onto some even bigger and better things!

Tuesday is my 49th Birthday. For as long as I can remember people will ask me how old I am and I’ve always wanted to say a year older than I am. I don’t know why - just seemed natural to me - to tell them the year that I am living through in the NOW moment of time. Yes on Tuesday I will have completed 49 years here on Earth in this lifetime. And yet, I want to say that I AM 50. What’s happening here is that on March 2nd - that will have been my 50th March 2nd that I have experienced here on Earth. Out with the 49 (because I’ve already completed that phase) and IN with my 50th year that I AM living in the NOW. For some reason, in my way of perceiving things (which always has to make common sense to me) I don’t want to say that I AM 50 when I’ve completed my 50th year already - I want to say that I AM 50 NOW - living through my 50th year and enjoying it fully! Some of you are going to say, “That’s just silly” and others of you are going to say, “Wow that’s the way to live!” It’s all in the way that you personally choose to perceive your life. For me, I like the NOW moments for they are the only moments that you can fully choose to enjoy!

There are so many beautiful planets moving through the sign of Pisces right now that I am happy to announce. The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Uranus are all in the sign if Pisces. This is a week of beauty, love, good communication, caring, sharing, good luck, expansion, and unexpected good surprises!

No matter what Sun sign you are - this is a special time for you too!

Celebrate my special birthday week with me - and yes - I AM one of those people who likes to celebrate not only my very own birthday day - but the whole week - and the whole time that the Sun is in my sign too! Greedy? No. Joyful - Absolutely!

I also want to personally Thank all of you who have become special members of astroenlightenment.com Your appreciation and support towards the work that I do means the world to me. For those of you who haven’t become members yet and would like to just click on this link here: Good Karma and follow the easy steps. I would love to have you join us too. I’ve got a lot of good ideas that I am going to creatively put together for my special members only and I would love to include you too. Again, to all my Special Friends - Thank You!

Have A Fantastic Week!

Love Always,

~Michelle~

February 22nd - February 28th 2010

“Only the Wise can rise above the challenges.”

Hi Friends,

It’s not always easy to rise above the challenges of your life, but the wiser you become the easier it will be for you to learn how not to sweat the small stuff. And, in the bigger scheme of life…it’s all small stuff.

The more dramatic your situations and worries were, and are, the more you will learn from them and the wiser you will become. Then the next time you have a similar situation you will hopefully have learned from the previous one and know exactly what to do.

Life is a simple as baking a cake. Someone who knows how to bake a cake can do it with ease. Someone who has never baked a cake, and is asked to do so, may find this is the hardest challenge of all. Once making the cake, after messing it up a few times, will find that it wasn’t that hard after all and may find that the hardest challenge was overcoming self-doubt.

Of course this is the simplest of examples, but the easiest for you to understand and if you can look at your life’s challenges in a fun/adventurous way then you will find that you can handle any challenge that comes your way.

Most of all give yourself credit for trying. Stop giving into your self-doubts. With the powerful Sun, beautiful Venus, lucky Jupiter, and inspirational Uranus all in the sign of Pisces right now it’s time to allow healing, loving, and inspirational energy into every area of your life. Those that are wise know how this is done. The key word here is to Allow this group of beautiful energies IN to your life and cooperate with them. This is the perfect time to count your blessings. The more you focus on what you love and enjoy - the more of these opportunities will be attracted to you.

The Full Moon energy in Virgo on Sunday will bring even more healing into your body, mind, emotions, and spirit. What didn’t make sense before can come to you in a brilliant intuitive flash and make perfect sense now. Be open for these “Ah HA” moments of your life. They will make you much stronger and wiser too.

Remember:

Don’t sweat the small stuff unless you enjoy doing it and you want more of it to be attracted to you.

Be good to yourself and all those that truly love you.

Have A Wonderful Week!

~Michelle~

February 15th - February 22nd 2010

“What you believe to perceive…is what you will receive.”

Hi Friends,

Times have been tough for all of us. I want you to know that through the challenges come the rewards. The tougher the challenge the bigger the reward. Oh sure, sometimes we fail, but when you can get back up (and that is hard part) and regain faith in yourself to try again - the reward will be that much greater!

We’ve all felt it at one time or another in our lives. Those moments of “Oh no…I just can’t do this!”

“If you think you can or you think you can’t either way you’re right.” ~ Henry Ford

We’ve all felt it at one time or another those moments of “Oh Yes I Can do this!” and that great sense of accomplishment when things turn out in your favor. You’ve learned - you grew - and you accomplished something important too! Ahhh…we all love those moments.

Get ready for more moments like these in your life! Just having the mind set of “Yes I Can” is the first step in the right direction. It’s such a healing vibration that can help you overcome anything in your life.

We start out this week with the Moon in Pisces - asking all of us to allow unconditional healing and love into our lives. The Sun moves into Pisces on Thursday at 1:36 pm adding more Sunshine, Happiness, Healing, and Joy into our lives!

Now, the only problem with the Sun moving into Pisces - and this information is for all of you, every single Sun sign, is that often…much too often…people fall into the trap of less resistance - meaning that they don’t want to heal, they don’t want sunshine, they don’t want to be happy. They enjoy things being exactly the way that they are so that they can continue to complain. Some people feel that their pain is their own reason for living. Can you imagine that? Do you know people like that? Are you sometimes like that?

Okay, it’s time to get off of the ‘poor pity me’ bandwagon and begin to allow more joy into your life. If you can believe that you deserve to be joyful and you begin to perceive (see/become more aware) all of the things, people, and situations in your life that bring you joy (yes even the smallest of things) then you will attract more joyful situations into your life!

This is the week to start doing this! Okay my friends…here is your homework. I want you to notice, each and every day, these people, places, and situations - then mentally thank them for being in your life. Soon you will begin to see more and more and more of them!

With many planets moving into Pisces and that are already in Pisces - The Moon (on Monday and early Tuesday), The Sun (starting on Thursday afternoon), Venus (now), Jupiter (now), and Uranus (now) - NOW is the time to become much more aware of the bigger picture of your life. Who are you? What purpose do you serve? What is your life’s mission? What inspires you? What are your dreams telling you? What are your passions? What areas of your life need healing? What do you really believe in? What is your personal philosophy about life and is this a positive/healthy philosophy for you? How can you bring more joy into your life? How can you bring more joy into the lives of others?

Keep on asking yourself these questions and listen to that ’still small voice’ within you. The answers you seek are there for you now and always. You may be more apt to be inspired by them now. If you have a hard time tapping into your own intuition. This would be an excellent time for you to get a personal session done for yourself. You know my e-mail address and you know my phone number. Be good to yourself and give yourself a priceless gift of a personal session with me soon. I am at your service.

Sincerely,

~Michelle~

February 8th - February 15th 2010

“When life hands you lemons -smile and make lemonade”

Hi Friends,

I’m sorry that this letter comes to you mid-week. I started feeling the cold winds blowing our way on Sunday afternoon and really began to feel under the weather myself. I thought that with a little down time to recharge my internal batteries that everything would be alright. I did recover physically - but then WHAM a huge snow storm blew in on Tuesday afternoon, keeping the kids out of school for Wednesday - which was fine - just delayed my writing to you a bit sooner. As soon as I got comfortable and began to update my weekly horoscopes for you - WHAM - our furnace went out - a cracked heater core is what I heard by the men downstairs trying to figure out the reason why it was so cold in here. Okay, what does that mean? Well it means a whole new furnace costing on the low end $2,600 that we don’t have right now. Ahhh - such is life.

My Capricorn husband came up here to my office to let me ‘in’ on the bad news. Being the Pisces I am, and all Pisces are going through a similar thing with many planets moving through our 12th house of “hey it’s my releasing and resting time right now” - I stayed completely calm and said, “Well good thing spring is going to come in soon. I guess we’ll just have to put on our coats.” I think he was stunned because usually I am so UP to figure out the answer to the problems and have the solutions handed to him on a silver platter. But hey, think of it this way - what did people in the olden days do well before furnaces were invented?

Jumping up and down, screaming and crying over something like this and acting like my life is going to come to an end if we don’t hurry and figure out something quick is just not my personality. I believe in Synchronicity.  I know that everything happens for a reason and I know that everything is going to be okay in the days to come. Some solution will present itself and we will all feel totally blessed when this solution comes. For now it’s just meant for me to keep my cool….literally.

So many people are going through so many different issues right now. This particular Mars retrograde in Leo has many people feeling under the weather physically and has many people dealing with important issues that are falling apart. Is there a solution? Absolutely! Just keep your cool, keep your faith, get some warm blankets, and believe in Synchronicity!

Mars will go back into direct motion on March 10th - rejuvenating us once again. Until then we all need to know what the issues in our lives - that need to break down are - and let them happen for our highest good. It’s time to repair and renew. Baby steps of gratitude along the way. Will it be easy? Probably not. Will you feel inconvenienced? Probably so. But in the long run - and we need to stay focused sometimes on the long run of things - situations happen for our highest good.

I can see that by our furnace breaking down like this - with no answer in sight right now about when we can get a new one - I know that some little miracle will be in the horizon and thus I can keep my spirit-filled joyful composure. A situation like this also makes me feel more grateful for other things such as: Thank God we have electricity, our phones, our house, each other etc. We become more aware of the other things that could be lost too and appreciate them that much more.

Astrologically speaking - with the New Moon in Aquarius on the horizon for Saturday night - this is a time of new beginnings, knowledge, and humanitarianism.

Love each other for love is the fuel that keeps us going.

Many Blessings to You and Those You Love,

~Michelle~

February 1st - February 8th 2010

“If you can perceive your life with an attitude of gratitude situations will easily and always flow in your favor.”

Hi Friends,

Yes, it’s true - life is always what we perceive it to be. Is the glass half empty and evaporating quickly OR is the glass half full with the ability to fill it up anytime you want to? Some people love to complain, over and over again, about all of the things that they feel are wrong with their lives. They don’t want to change them, they just want to keep them like they are so that they have something to complain about. Some people feel that they only get attention when they have something to complain about. Some people feel that they can’t talk about the good things happening in their lives because it will make other people feel bad because maybe they don’t have these good things happening in their lives - so talking about bad things and things that they can complain about gives them something in common. Sometimes people try to out-do each other with the topics they talk about, such as; “Oh My, you should see what I went through today blah, blah” and her friend will say, “Oh but you should see what “I” went through today blah, blah” - well it’s good to have a friend to share your hard times with but when it becomes an everyday thing that ‘only’ bad things are happening then it’s all because this is exactly what they talk about and exactly what they are attracting into their lives.

Don’t feel bad about talking about the good things that happen in your life. The more you talk about them, notice them, feel passionate about them, and appreciate them - the more wonderful situations will be attracted into your life! It’s not bragging when you share your positive true life stories with the people who are closest to you. They should desire to hear all about them. Your Joy and Success becomes theirs too because when they share in your Joy more Joy will be attracted to them too.

Sometimes we need to let go of some of the rules we were brought up with. Those old time rules don’t apply to us anymore. Rules such as: Children should be seen and not heard and don’t look in the mirror and say that you are beautiful that is a conceited thing to do and don’t think about yourself that is selfish and don’t talk about yourself in a positive way keep your experiences to yourself.  These kinds of things we were told as children go on and on and on - and they only take away from our ability to attract wonderful positive opportunities into our lives.

You hear about it all of the time. Why do you think people are so attracted to the News? Some people thrive on negative situations and love to talk about them. When they run out of bad things to talk about regarding their own lives then they start talking about the bad things that they’ve seen on TV. That’s another reason why some people love soap opera’s - because their own life is like a soap opera (but maybe not as glamorous) or maybe their life is so boring that they have to live through something else.

My main point here is that we all need to stop talking about the bad stuff and start looking at life from a new point of view - a more positive point of view. There are good things happening around us all of the time but often we don’t take the time to notice them. We look at these good things and just tell ourselves, “Okay that looks good so I don’t have to pay attention to it anymore” and walk away.

Now is the time to start noticing and talking about the good things! At no other point in history do we need everyone to join together in a more positive cosmic consciousness. It’s starts today, with your own life, and with the small things that you can talk about!

Try to make it a point this week to notice as many positive things happening in your life as possible. Make a mental note or jot them down. Make it a point to share your list with a dear friend or family member and help this other person to do the same thing too. Do an experiment together. See if by doing this your lives don’t easily change around for the better. Then day by day, step by step, reach out further and talk to other people about the ‘good’ things happening in their lives too.

You can make a positive difference in our world. The first step is observing what good things are happening with and around you. The second step is making the mental note and click ’save’ in your brain so that you will remember. The Third step is talking about them to someone else. The fourth step is getting someone else to talk about their positive experiences too. The Fifth step is feeling the passion, happiness, and creative flow inside of you by doing this - and then seeing if you can share this energy with even more people around you.

It’s time to stop feeling bad and start having an attitude of gratitude for everything, even the smallest and simplest of experiences, happening in your life each day.

Make this a special homework assignment that you will work on this week and see how many other wonderful opportunities flow your way!

We are moving into the brand new month of February - a time of humanitarianism and unconditional love for everyone. This month is ruled by the signs of Aquarius and Pisces.

Have a wonderful week and remember to always Think Positive!

Love and Light,

Michelle

January 25th - January 31st 2010

“If you try to second guess yourself then you will be lead astray. Always go with your first gut instinct and you will find that it was right in every way.”

Hi Friends,

We start this week off with the beautiful Moon being in the sign of Gemini stimulating your mind - and possibly your nervous system - so try to limit the amount of caffeine you drink, or other stimulants you take, so that you can think more clearly and feel a lot less edgy than you have to. Good ideas will come to the surface of your mind. Things that will have you say, “Wow, now that’s a good idea!” Listen to your inspiring thought and be willing to take action when the time is right. You can get a lot accomplished now. The Moon moves out of Gemini and into nurturing Cancer early on Wednesday morning and will help to relax your mind and body. Your heart will swell with emotions - use them wisely - use them to show affection towards those you love most. Use this energy to reach out and help others as often as possible. The Moon in Cancer always teaches us that the reason we are here on Earth in the first place is to learn how to love ourselves and love each other as often as possible. The Moon in Cancer is beautiful. Hopefully you will find that those around you are using this energy wisely too. You can ask for help and support. If someone wants to help you accept your good fortune and realize that by you receiving from this person it’s also making this person feel good too. Of course, there are some people who will want to be extra cranky - but don’t worry about them because some people just enjoy being cranky and with these kinds of people being cranky is self-love to them too. Just smile and know that they are allowed to be cranky and that you don’t have to take their moods personally at all.

The Full Moon in Leo arrives at 9:10 am Saturday morning, although you may begin to feel its beautiful light well before this time. The Full Moon in Leo is very romantic indeed. Plan something special, with someone special, for this weekend. Most of all have fun with it. If you want to, put on your party clothes and go out dancing. Single people can easily meet someone new. People in committed relationships will really be having some fun too. Sexy, sensuous, romantic and very passionate too. If you’re interested in these vibrations then relax, be available, and allow yourself to be these things too.

The Sun is in Aquarius - asking us all to become more positively focused on humanitarian issues and what we can personally do to help our families, our friends, and our world become a little more loving and secure.

Mercury is in Capricorn, a serious place for it to be, wanting all of us to speak the truth, talk the talk and walk the walk with our heads held high. Only honesty and the truth will do. You may find that people of all signs talk a bit more seriously now, and some with a dry sense of humor, but this is important to get to the root of the problems so that we can find some solutions that will make an important difference in times to come. For those of you that are into politics, Mercury in Capricorn is very Republican so you can keep your eyes on this clue.

Mars (energy) is retrograde in the sign of Leo - slowing our energy down so that we don’t trip over our shoe laces, or sometimes making us trip so that we can find a new way, a new solution, to do things a different way. Mostly it’s going to make you, and everyone around you, feel very tired. Take things slow, think things through, and give yourself plenty of time no matter what you do.

Venus is in Aquarius, which is a very good thing indeed because Venus is in charge of balance, justice, relationships, and money - thus with Venus in Aquarius we are all being asked to focus more positively and productively on these areas of our lives.

Jupiter is in its ruling sign of Pisces which represents optimism, generosity, relaxation, hope, enthusiasm, and expansion. You can feel more carefree and relaxed. Jupiter wants everyone to be happy. Just watch out for your waistline because Jupiter in Pisces can cause water weight gain or just weight gain period because when you are happy you might want to eat more too. And if you aren’t happy…you may easily reach for those comfort foods.

Saturn is in retrograde motion in the sign of Libra - giving us plenty of time to look at our government laws and regulations and see where they need to be re-adjusted for the good of all. More balance is needed in many areas of our lives. Wherever you feel unbalanced is the area of your life that Saturn wants you to focus upon. With Saturn situations need lots of self-discipline and willpower. Because Saturn is in retrograde motion you are being given a chance to just ‘think’ about what you need to do and take things slowly towards moving in a positive direction in order to change them. For instance, if you want to quite smoking, go on a diet, exercise, or take more personal control over your finances - now is the time to write down what you would like to do then day by day take small baby steps towards your goal - knowing that once you have your goal accomplished you will have more balance in your life and feel much better too.

Neptune is in Aquarius - giving us much inspiration.

Pluto is in Capricorn - breaking down, and sometimes smashing down, situations and things that have not been built on solid ground. Pluto is taking a good look at the ‘old’ ways of doing things and breaking them down to pave the way for ‘new’ things to be built. If any of the old ways of doing things, building things, or believing in things are solid and will stand the test of time - then they will continue to stand strongly, but if they are not you will watch them come down. Know in your heart that what you see destroyed will be built in a much better way in the future. There is also a special note to Pluto in Capricorn - keep your eye on Earth Changes, World Changes, and Changes in the old order of things. You do not need to be afraid, for fear is destructive too, but build your Faith stronger knowing that everything happens for a reason and in its own Divine Timing with the results being better for everyone in the future.

Okay, so there we have it for the vibrations of this week. The best thing to personally keep in mind is that we are all here to learn two important lessons, and we always return to Earth to learn and re-learn these important lessons: To learn to unconditionally love ourselves and to unconditionally love others - that’s it - as simple as it may sound…these two lessons will flow through each day of your life. Make sure that with everything that you do that you are either doing it because you love yourself and love doing it - or because you are doing it to show your love towards someone else.

Have a wonderful week!

~Michelle~

January 18th -January 25th 2010

”An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of humanity.”    Martin Luther King

Monday is Martin Luther King Day and what a fantastic man he was indeed! He had a dream - a dream for all of us - a dream that belongs to all of us - a dream that we all should have - a dream to create a better society of us all.

Jupiter - the planet of benevolence and good luck entered into the sign of Pisces (understanding, compassion, healing, kindness, and spiritual wealth) late on Sunday night. This is the perfect time for us all to join together and begin to ‘live the dream’ that Martin Luther King had for all of us. This is a time to help one another and to personally realize that having an attitude of gratitude for what we already have - and nurturing that - will help us all to get back on our feet within every area of our lives.

It may still be wintertime - and very cold and snowy in some parts of the world - but we can now begin to nurture the feelings of springtime in our hearts.

This is a time to go with the flow, nurture an attitude of gratitude, listen to your intuition, and flow through life by listening to what your heart is telling you. This is going to be much more of a feeling and healing time in all of our lives.

The people who are going to benefit most from Jupiter being in Pisces are the signs of: Cancer, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces of course. The reason being because these are the friendship signs to Pisces. The first two mutable signs - Gemini and Virgo can also do quite well too but the lesson for these two signs is to stop ‘thinking’ so much and start ‘feeling’ more often. They will be lucky too if they can use their natural ability to be a bit more flexible - to stop analyzing things so much (yes, many things are not going to make ‘common sense’ now but if you keep your eyes and heart open you can be a special part of the many miracles that are going to take place now.)

Sagittarius, also a mutable sign, is going to have quite a difficult time for two reasons. 1) Jupiter IS Sagittarius’ ruling planet - and - 2) Jupiter is in the unconditionally loving, caring, healing, and nurturing sign of Pisces. The vibrations of Pisces can easily annoy a Sagittarius because Pisces likes to do things slowly - and usually for everyone else except themselves - and Sagittarius likes to move fast, be adventurous, and with or without other people will go and do what it wants to do. The lesson for Sagittarius over this whole year of 2010 is to reach out and care for others as well as yourself - and to be extra patient with those that don’t move as fast - or know as much - as you think that you do. Being patient is not one of Sagittarius’ greatest values - but during 2010 - they will learn that it should be. Those Sagittarians working in humanitarian fields, that really have their heart into it, will do exceptionally well. Love and Luck will be with them all the way!

Other signs, such as: Aries, Leo, Libra, and Aquarius can also be lucky if they are willing to put their ‘ego’s’ aside and join in for the common cause for all mankind. These happen to be the signs that say most often, “Hey it’s all about ME…Hey you are not paying attention to ME…Look over here ‘I’ am talking to you about ME” and that kind of thinking just isn’t going to benefit very much at all during the days, weeks, and months ahead. The lesson for them is that life is much more than what you can personally get out of the situation, but about finding true joy and spiritual growth in your ability to reach out and help others. It’s time for them to learn how to put themselves in the shoes of another and have compassion as well as support towards them ‘before’ themselves. If they can do this then much good luck will be bestowed upon them too.

The sign that will probably have the hardest time right now will probably be Libra for the mere fact that Saturn is in the sign of Libra - so there is a two-fold lesson going on for Libra’s right now. This lesson is to ‘genuinely’ have self-discipline and give of themselves because - and only because - they feel in their hearts that they want to. This is difficult for Libra’s. Libra is a beautiful sign, but it can be a very vain sign too, being ruled by the beautiful Goddess planet Venus they want everything to be fair so if they give they want to know, without a doubt, what they are going to receive for it all. They want a definite big reward for their efforts, or they are better off doing something else for themselves.

Some Libra people are very selfless too and for you Libra people, let me tell you, Saturn is going to reward you big time for your humble efforts. The lesson for these types of Libra’s is to “learn to receive” - which isn’t easy at all for them to learn how to do.

So here “Balance” is the key word for all Libra people!

The beautiful planet Venus is going to be moving out of the strict sign of Capricorn and into the more humanitarian sign of Aquarius early on Monday morning. Hooray for Venus in Aquarius! This is another indicator that we all need to love each other, help each other, and have an attitude of gratitude for all that we have, all that we can do, and all that we are - separately as individuals and joined together as the human race having spiritual experiences - we are all United! When you help another - you are helping yourself. When you love another - you are indirectly loving yourself. This is the main theme starting right NOW and as time goes on.

Do you want luck in your life? Do you want to have more joy in your life? To you want to feel healthier? Do you want to have more positive experiences? Do you personally want to see miracles flowing through your life? Do you want more unconditional love? Do you want to ‘be’ more unconditionally loving?

Mahatma Gandhi said it best,

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”

To you and everyone you love - Have a wonderful week!

~Michelle~

January 11th - January 18th 2010

“The good times in your past have created the beautiful scrapbook memories of your life.”

Hi Friends,

Have you felt a little more nostalgic lately than you normally do? This is only natural right now with Mercury being in retrograde motion in the old-fashioned sign of Capricorn. Memories from your past can easily pop up when you least expect them too. You may desire a simpler life, free from heavy responsibilities, and maybe even a more mundane boring life than you have had in the past. These feelings are only natural right now. See what you can personally do about slowing down your daily schedule (yes Mars is retrograde too) and giving yourself more positive credit for everything you’ve already accomplished before setting out to do something new.

Saturn, the planet in charge of time and karma is going to be going retrograde this week too on Wednesday the 13th. Saturn’s retrograde energy in the sign of Libra will have you desiring a much more simple life too.

It’s time to go backwards (retrograde) and enjoy the people, places, things, and situations from your past - and those that are going on right ‘now’ - more often. This is not a good time to start anything new but to give yourself credit for what has already been accomplished and take things very slowly day by day. This is not a good time to be in a ‘rush’ about anything - not anything at all.

Retrograde planets such as Mercury, Mars, and Saturn are asking all of us to slow down - way down  - and begin appreciating everything about our lives.

Mercury will be going back into direct motion this week on Friday the 15th at 11:52 am. Mercury is in the old-fashioned sign of Capricorn and as Mercury begins moving forward (with Capricorn’s ruling planet Saturn in retrograde motion) it still will be time to take things very slowly. Slow and steady are the key words for success right now.

You are going to want to do everything ’slow and steady’ anyways because Mars - the planet of energy - is retrograde until March 10th - making everyone very tired anyways. No one is going to be in the mood to do anything fast. The only caution is that when people are tired you know that they can also be quite cranky too. Keep this in mind so that you don’t become too cranky yourself or take other people’s attitudes too personally right now either. Chicken soup can be a cure-all for everything. These retrograde planets are calling for lots of it! It’s winter time - hibernation time - make the most if it.

This can also be a time of intense healing - mentally, physically, and spiritually too. Reiki energy is all around. You need to make the most of this Universal energy healing too. Sit back, relax, and check out this beautiful video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77j9Eu3TWkQ&NR=1&feature=fvwp

When you click on the above link, let it start then click on the pause button until it completely uploads. Then click on the full screen mode - click start - then sit back and completely relax. Get ready to enjoy something very special - something just for you that can and will make an enjoyable difference for your mind, body, and spirit.

There are many other video’s like this one in this section too. Take some quiet time for yourself to learn how to meditate, heal, and relax. Let these healing energies really work through you. You should begin to feel better very soon.

Remember too that retrograde planets energies always work on the ‘re’ word. Anything going on in your life that requires ‘re’ is the right thing to do right now; reorganize, redecorate, rethink, reword, relax, reboot! I’m sure if you think about what is going on around you that you can add to this list of ‘re’ words very easily.

There is a New Moon in Capricorn - along with an important Solar Eclipse, happening on Friday the 15th around 2:11 am. This New Moon will allow you to ‘re’ evaluate your life, appreciate how far you’ve come, and allow you to focus forward on how you desire to bring more security and stability into your life for your near future. Because there is also a Solar Eclipse going on - which means that your emotional/heart-felt emotions will trump over your hard headed ‘ego’ thoughts - you will be better able to truthfully focus forward on your future.

Your determination and perception of situations around you will help you to succeed. Continue to be patient with yourself and all those around you. Know too that the past is behind you and your much brighter future starts NOW.

Speaking of everything that is optimistic - and we do love optimism don’t we - lucky Jupiter is moving into Pisces this week on Sunday the 17th at 9:10 pm. It’s been a long time coming and a time that we’ve all looked forward to too. Make sure that you read your weekly horoscopes to find out exactly what this means for you.

Have a wonderful week!

~ Michelle~

January 4th - January 11th 2010

“Happy New Year!”

Hi Friends,

Astrologically speaking - there is so much going on for this month that it took me all of 8 hours to put together the Monthly Horoscopes for each Sun sign. If you haven’t checked yours out yet - please do - and remember to read your Moon sign and Rising sign messages too. If you do not know your Moon sign and Rising sign, just drop me an e-mail letting me know your full name, birth date, time you were born, and the location where you were born. I would be happy to look up that information for you. “Why do we need to know this?” you may ask - because you will understand yourself so much better if you do. As you know, not all sun sign people are the same, that just wouldn’t be right. There are many combinations and different qualities when you add in your Moon sign qualities and your rising sign qualities. Your Moon sign represents the sign the Moon was in when you were born - thus explaining how you handle the emotional side of your life. When you read that sign for the week/month, you will understand the emotional things you will be going through. Your rising sign is the part of yourself that you show to the world and a part of yourself that you will identify with strongly. Thus knowing your rising sign will help you understand this part of yourself better. Reading that sign for the week/month will help you see, what other people see, you going through. Your rising sign is a very powerful and important part of who you are. So, once again if you don’t know this information about yourself, e-mail me and I’d be happy to give this to you. No fee at all - just my gift to you.

Okay, for those of you who do know your other signs and read through the whole above paragraph, you’ve either already read your horoscopes, or as soon as you’re done reading this you’re going to get right on it! Good Job! I’m proud of you!

Now onto what’s happening for this week.

The Sun is in Capricorn

The Moon is in Virgo until late on Tuesday night when it moves into Libra - stays in Libra until Friday morning and moves into Scorpio until early Sunday afternoon. Thus, most of this week is flavored by the emotional vibration of Libra. Watch out - there will be many people talking about things not being ‘fair’ or complaining about personal issues. Try not to be one of those people. Keep your good sense of humor and know that ‘this too will pass.’ Be as loving as possible and try to bring balance into these situations around you as much as possible. If you can’t then go and do something creative (a game of gin anyone?) and walk away.This weekend should be good for smoothing things over and having some fun.

I”m going to start putting together the Daily Astrological Calendar for January 2010 tomorrow night. It takes me a good 8+ hours or so to put it altogether but check back on Tuesday and it should all be completed. There you will find the planetary vibrations for each day along with my daily explanations and predictions.

So, what are you planning on doing this week? Are you going to sit around and grumble, or do something adventurous and fun, or maybe work on a hobby you enjoy that you’ve put off for too long because you had so many other things do to for everyone else? Give yourself permission this week to do what ‘you’ want to do and enjoy these beginning days - weeks - maybe even months - of this New Year of 2010!

As for me? I’m planning on enjoying each and every day the whole year long! Jupiter is moving into Pisces on the 17th bringing gifts and luck and much happiness too. Jupiter is one of the ruling signs for Pisces, making this an even more benevolent year for everyone - especially Pisces people. The qualities of the Pisces sign along with the abundant energy of Jupiter is going to get things moving in the right direction. It’s what we all need. More optimism, happiness, caring, sharing, giving, good karma, unconditional love, healing and so much more. Come on…jump on the band wagon with me and let’s sing and dance and enjoy our lives more often. Sad rainy days can be behind us - the sunshine is on the horizon and all you have to do is put on your shades and look cool!

If you haven’t already, and thank you if you have, look at the top of this page and you will see “Michelle’s Circle of Friends” click on it. This will take you to my special membership page. Read all about how to become a special member. I really appreciate your loving support for the work I do and I’ve got some special ideas that I am going to share with you, especially with you, my circle of friends. Join today and watch your own good luck grow in abundance!

It’s getting late as I write this to you - 2:12 am Monday morning - time for rest and sweet dreams. If you have any questions for me, feel free to drop me an e-mail at: michelle@astroenlightenment.com. I always love hearing from you.

Many Blessings to you always,

~Michelle~

December 28th 2009 - January 4th 2010

“A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.” ~Anon

Hi Friends,

Are you ready to close the 2009 chapter of your life? Are you ready to start a whole new chapter…all about YOU…for 2010? What do you think this chapter is going to be about? If you go back and re-read the chapter on 2009, would you remember even 1/2 of what you went through and the lesson’s you’ve learned along the way?

I highly suggest that you make a New Year’s resolution to keep a private journal for yourself. If you are ambitious you can write in it every day. If you are a bit more lax than that then practice writing in it once a week - Sunday’s are usually best. No one likes to have to repeat lesson’s in their lives, but the key to not having to repeat frustrating lessons and instead bringing in more happy days is by not forgetting what you went through - not forgetting what you’ve learned. So, start this New Year to keep a special journal for yourself. If you do, you will see, so many more happy days filled with love and prosperity!

For this week, we have a Full Moon arriving on Thursday the 31st in its natural sign of Cancer. This Full Moon in Cancer is compassionate, loving, nurturing, understanding, and passionate too. Allow these beautiful vibrations to flow through your life as you say “good-bye” to 2009 and “HELLO” to 2010!

An Optimist stays up until Midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.” ~ Bill Vaughan

Are ‘you’ an optimist or a pessimist? Which do you desire to be? How do you desire your life to transform in 2010, by being more depressed or living your life more joyfully?

You can blame circumstances or other people for your plight - but in reality - it’s up to you to make things right! And again, the only easy way to do this is by paying more attention to your thoughts, your actions, and the situations that you go through - and - the best way to pay attention is by keeping a personal journal for yourself. No one needs to ever see it, but by you putting your feelings, thoughts, words, experiences and anything else you heart desires down on paper - in your journal - then you will begin to really see the bigger picture of your life and begin to make those positive changes. It’s not hard to do - just pick up that good pen and get yourself a cheap notebook - then write, write, write…keep on writing until you begin to feel better and begin to get those “Ah HA” moments flowing into your life.

2010 should be better for all of us in so many ways. Continue to be patient, hopeful, loving, and charitable - for it’s through Faith (which takes a lot of patience), Hope (which helps you to visualize what you desire), LOVE (unconditional), and Charity (which is always good karma) that your life will blossom into one you feel really great about!

Happy New Year!

Many Blessings Now and Always!

Love and Light,

~Michelle~

December 21st - December 28th 2009

“Miracles happen in the most unexpected ways. Be aware of what is going on around you. Believe in Miracles!”

Hi Friends,

I’ve got the most wonderful news to share with you. My very first grandbaby - a beautiful baby BOY - Dayton Matthew Thomas Reed - was born on Thursday, December 16th, at 10:40 pm; weighing in at a whopping 8 lbs 15 oz! He’s totally beautiful and healthy. Both my daughter Danielle and baby Dayton are doing very well.

I want to thank all of you for your wonderful e-mails and continued support. We deeply appreciate your loving thoughts and prayers.

As you can imagine, there is a lot going on here on the home front. We were even blessed to have our oldest daughter Christine fly home from Oregon for a few days. We are all joined together to celebrate this extra special holiday season with our newest member of our family.

Due to so much going on around here, I am taking this week off from my passionate work for you and spending lots more time with my family here. You can continue to e-mail me though - I would love to hear from you! I’ll begin to start writing again for you starting early next week so that you will know all about what is going on for your sun sign, moon sign, and rising sign too. And remember, if you don’t know your moon sign and your rising sign, just write to me and I’ll be happy to give that information to you.

The planet Mars has just begun to go into retrograde motion today (12/20/2009) and will remain this way until March 10th 2010. During this time you should think about ways that you can bring more love, hope, faith, and charity (good karma through good actions) into your life.

The planet Mercury is also going into retrograde motion, in the sign of Capricorn, starting on 12/26 through 1/15/2010. “Think before you speak, meditate upon things before making important decisions, and most of all count your blessings for all the good things you have accomplished in your life thus far.” Giving yourself positive credit as well as giving others positive credit for what they have done for you - is the right thing to do over these upcoming weeks ahead.

And, one more thing, if you haven’t already contacted me to sign up and become a member of this special website - please do so soon. I’ve got some excellent creative things that I am going to be creating into the new year for my members only…and hopefully that will be you! E-mail me soon. I would love to hear from you!

Once again - Thank you for your appreciation and support!

Happy Holidays!

~Michelle~

Me and adorable baby Dayton

December 14th - December 21st 2009

“Caring is sharing in all you do - God bless me and God bless you.”

Hi Friends,

So many exciting things are going to be happening over the next two weeks. Starting this week - with the New Moon in Sagittarius on Tuesday morning at 7:02 am - you should begin to feel a sense of ‘newness’ come into your life. This is a time of introspection (walking down memory lane) and a time of many new beginnings for your life.

I am excited to announce that my very first grandbaby - a beautiful baby boy - is going to arrive very soon. His due date is Wednesday the 16th, but he can arrive anytime now. This is the perfect week for him to be born, especially around the New Moon time, for babies who are born under a New Moon are often filled with much calm, healing, and loving energy indeed. My middle daughter Danielle is doing very well. Let us all pray for an easy labor and healthy delivery for them both. If you want to know more about this exciting and joyful event, feel free to e-mail me directly at:  michelle@astroenlightenment and I’ll keep you posted.

Also, my eldest Daughter Christine is coming home for the holidays. She is a very artistic/creative young woman who goes to art college out in Oregon. I haven’t been able to be with Christine for over 2 years and there is so much we have to catch up on. She is coming home on Saturday the 19th - let us all pray for her safe travel getting here and for many happy family and friendship reunions during her visit.

This is a very special time of happy reunions for us all. Put your worries behind you. Take time to appreciate the ‘now’ moments of your life. This is a time to create beautiful memories that you can treasure for the rest of your life.

Astrologically speaking - this is a time of beautiful miracles. You know that you deserve them - and this is a time to joyfully accept them. The loving support that you desire is surrounding you now. Open your heart to ‘receive!’

Due to the wonderful events that are ahead for me, I am going to be very busy in my personal life - as you can imagine - thus I am going to take a personal vacation for at least a week. I will be checking my e-mails and responding to you directly, but I am not going to be writing the horoscopes or newsletter updates for next week. I thank you for your loving support, your positive thoughts and prayers, and especially for your dedication and friendship. May this week be the beginning of many wonderful opportunities coming into your life too.

Happy Holidays!

~Michelle~