YOUTH, ADOLESCENCE AND VENUS

How beautiful is our adolescence?

Any way we spent our adolescence, or are spending it right now it is a breathless period in one's life: colorful and magic, desperate and happy!

Venus in Astrology is the ruler of youth. Under her influence, youth discovers love, sexual attraction, social gatherings, new alliances, creating new attitudes towards society!

Along with all that, adolescence brings an acute, inner turmoil; Venus pushes young people from one extreme to the other ( Libra is ruled by this planet).

To harmonize this continuous imbalance shifting, from one scale to the other, the minds of the young, need be trained to discriminate. To experience what is essential and what it is not, to separate genuine desire from fake desire, freedom from fake freedom.

With discrimination in youth, real values begin to take shape and we can really say that youth is a very educative period of our lives, whatever this means for you.

Studies have shown that although we have learned history by memorization, it doesn't mean that we understood the real causes of events. Probably the real explanation lies in a non-obvious relationship between a subjective cause and its outer reality.

The external world might be just a symbol, an effect of this truth, because often reality veils the real causes of an event.

Youth is well represented by the coming of the Aquarian Age, and a new cycle of history has already partially begun. Youngsters desire to know that they are not learning through blind faith, but wish to understand with both heart and mind what is going on.

These coming generations, have a greater interest in their surroundings than the previous one. This is a sign of the Aquarian Age.

In the future, it is possible, that psychology will be studied in higher school and this will be a great progress. The turning of the youthful mind to a more reflective approach to life, will put them in touch with the nature of their Souls and in consequence their relationship with the World-Soul!

Under good direction, Meditation, might be a valuable subject for them, helping to focus and giving them more intuitive capabilities.

Venus can be refreshing and inspirational if turned into arts or creative expressions, therefore the acute pain of adolescence can be transformed into burst of creative outlets.

Aquarius age will bring a new wave of education, allowing youth to be more aware of their place in society, their place in the family, and the potential of their generation.

Venus, in Soul- oriented Astrology, rules the principle of Loving-Intelligence and the youth, in the future, will become more attuned to it.

Leni provides a large variety of astrological services, workshops, readings and is an accomplished lecturer and writer, in both English and Italian. She has appear on television and radio, and is much in demand for the both traditional and soul centered astrology.
Leni Sibilio
http://.astrominds.com
leni@astrominds.com

HORNBEAM, a flower's remedy for Pisces

*Do you feel tired, exhausted, with an heavy sensation in your head, and you think you didn't get enough sleep?

*Do you feel you are lacking: ”l'elan de vivre” ( the vitality of life)?

*Are you finding that your life-style is too organized and feeling is like a boring routine?

You might begin to be worried about your strength to cope with daily events, you might think you are not able to find the force to go on successfully; your eyes are red and begin to itch: it is time to take a flower's remedy!

Hornbeam is a spring remedy, because it will regenerate you ,both physically and spiritually.

The psyche will be more cheerful because it will be refreshed, and you will feel more joy within.

The mind becomes sharper and alert, shedding that Monday-morning feeling. You will feel in control once more, no longer the hostage to routine. This will leave you with more space for fresh ideas, intuition, and a general feeling of positive creativity.

Hornbeam awakens the creativity in small events. Even cooking spaghetti can become a creative act!

The force and energy of springtime are yours with this flower's remedy, Hornbeam heals wounds!

Leni provides a large variety of astrological services, workshops, readings and is an accomplished lecturer and writer, in both English and Italian. She has appear on television and radio, and is much in demand for the both traditional and soul centered astrology.
Leni Sibilio
http://.astrominds.com
leni@astrominds.com

BAGHDAD,AN ASTROLOGICAL EXPLANATION!

I was very surprised to see that the sign of Virgo rules the city of Baghdad, and I found myself delving into the astrological history of this city.

It is said that during the period from 810-865 A.D., when the Byzantines were spreading their magnificence, and Charlemagne initiated a cultural flowering in Europe, lifting it from the Dark Ages.
At the same time, the Islamic Dynasty of al-Mamun in Baghdad, brought Muslin science, literature, medicine, astronomy and architecture to a new higher level.
This magnificence was the seed that led to the flowering of Western European culture.
Parallel to these events, the mystical sect of Sufism and in India the Hindu Vedanic philosophy, was inaugurated.

This was a period that was called “the Copper Age”, and it is very much impressed by the passage of the planet Neptune from the sign of Scorpio, up to the sign of Aquarius.

Whenever we find the collective outer planets: Neptune, Pluto and Uranus, high in the sky, transiting from Scorpio to Aquarius, we can be quite sure that some changes, in the collective sphere, are at stake, because the masses of the world population respond to vibrations of these outer planets.

Human culture develops.

Baghdad was founded on the West bank of the Tigris in the year 762 A.D., it was probably the largest city in the world at the time,,nearing one million of inhabitants and became famous as a seat of learning; the first astrological school in Baghdad was founded in 777 A.D., the famous astrologer Abu-ma'shar influenced the European scholars in the West, at that time.

Why, you can say, am I taking into consideration Baghdad with Virgo, I am trying to see Bagdad's astrological history in relation with her past to understand her present?

The answer might be that Virgo, the city's sign is, right now, in deep stress from the continuous energies which come from the outer planets, positioned, all three together, high in the sky.

Currently, Uranus is in Pisces, Pluto is in the end of Sagittarius and Neptune is in Aquarius.
If we take Uranus in consideration, we see that is opposite to the sign of Virgo, this relationship causes revolutions which, later, can develop into innovations: Uranus causes changes and the city can take the change, or totally deny it!

Change and revolution is made up of lots of shocking events and upheavals will occur before an innovative independence can be achieved.

Neptune too, is in a stressful position, for the city-sign, and this state of things indicates the city is dealing with a lot of suffering, but there is healing, and help and compassion is needed. Disintegration, either mental or physical, it is a chaotic situation. Remember that Neptune rules oil.

The World's people will cooperate with this city, helping to raise herself again from the ashes. Making Bagdad, shine once more!

On the other hand, Pluto, the other outer planet,still in Sagittarius, in relation to Virgo, shows a disturbing aspect, it can bring into the open shadowy psychotic outbreaks in the collective unconscious, causing many unseen secretive events with Pluto high in the sky.

In the 2008 Pluto will leave Sagittarius and enter Capricorn, the planetary interactions will then be much more in tune with Virgo because both signs are in the same element: earth.
Many outmoded trends will be burned out, in a kind of purification, but the new and fresh start of the city will be instigated by world wide good will.

Here, again, Astrology allows us to read between the lines of world-events: the outer planets are indicative of development and future evolution, when all of them are found high in the sky, but the field must be fertile, and there must be harmonic equilibrium. Without harmonic equilibrium there will be just disruption.

Like in the past, Baghdad will flourish again, one day, on an higher spiral motion which characterizes the development and growth of the whole planet Earth.


Leni provides a large variety of astrological services, workshops, readings and is an accomplished lecturer and writer, in both English and Italian. She has appear on television and radio, and is much in demand for the both traditional and soul centered astrology.
Leni Sibilio
http://.astrominds.com
leni@astrominds.com

URANUS IN PISCES

Uranus the awakener, Uranus the flash of intuition, entered the sign of Pisces in March 2003, and will remain in Pisces until the end of 2011.

Uranus creates a type of energy which brings sudden revelations. Uranus within the sign of Pisces creates a very mystical and musical inspiration, and will show many spiritual insights into the mysteries of life and death.

The skill of the newborn generation, under such a configuration, will be its capability to catch sudden sparks of clarity, and to understand what is behind the appearance, either on personal and on collective level.

Pisces is a sign related with the mass of the people, it is also the sign of Karma, and mass-Karma. Uranus is bringing an energy to the world which can awaken the consciousness of the masses, changing and intervening in the karmic debts of the World.

For instance, the United Nations (ruled by the sign of Pisces) shows concern for every difficult national issue of the world. The UN with Uranus in their sign, might take sudden new dispositions in the

difficult task of solving the problems of humanity.

With Uranus in Pisces the sociability of the individual is held in much esteem, to the detriment of materialism. As well, compassion is awakened as are imagination and humility.

Much of the unconscious collective stuff, which has to do with international problems, can be solved in a sudden way, with Uranus in Pisces.

Electronic music has the shape of Uranus in Pisces. Music as a healing art, is born as a brand new scientific instrument, also for tapping the higher levels of the Soul, I experienced this personally!

Uranus is the rebel of the Zodiac, and Pisces the most imaginative sign, if we blend the element of water with electric-magnetic vibes, the result is chaos or the birth of a brilliant Einstein!

Leni provides a large variety of astrological services, workshops, readings and is an accomplished lecturer and writer, in both English and Italian. She has appear on television and radio, and is much in demand for the both traditional and soul centered astrology.

Leni Sibilio

http://.astrominds.com

leni@astrominds.com

THE ELEMENT OF AIR IN ASTROLOGY AND PRANA

The element of Air is the life-energy which has been related by the Eastern Wisdom to Prana.
Prana it is a part of our breath, the eternal inflow and outflow of the vital air.

Prana not only is linked to all the living beings on earth as a basic factor , but it is “the life essence of every plane in the Cosmos” (Master D.K.).

The air brings within this aspect of life a vivifying and correlating energy pervading everything, anywhere. Prana radiates from the sun and when it comes into contact, via the ether, with our inner thoughts, ideas or ideals, it can modify their vibrational qualities; prana strengthens the fertile mind and the open heart.

Prana gives birth to all creatures, sustains them, and nurtures them.

The element of Air in Astrology rules relations, Prana energizes them, it is “the active power behind all vital phenomena “( Blavatsky).

In the East they believe Prana is the seventh element existent, the sixth, they say, is represented by the mind (“Manas” in Hindi), the others are :Fire, Earth, Air, Water and Ether.

If we take into consideration the relationship within the interconnection of Prana-mind-air, via ether, we can understand why man creates, partially, through his ideas.
The Heart helps these ideas to be more inclusive towards other beings.

A spiritual principle has to be an universal truth, therefore its strength lies in the brotherhood of sharing. Prana-mind-air ,via ether, in its universality, acts upon the planet in a concrete way.

In Sanskrit language, Prana is Pra= forth, An=to breath.

To whom who wants to Know and Experience , consciously, the Prana-energy, the help and the direction of a good willed disposition, along with the right training, such as studying the Ageless Wisdom, and Meditation, can expand the heart and the mind to achieve a succession of expansions.
A graded series of awakenings which put us in tune with the Whole.

IT IS ALL IN THE AIR!

It is Spring, get out, enjoy the changes, and open yourself to Prana.


Leni provides a large variety of astrological services, workshops, readings and is an accomplished lecturer and writer, in both English and Italian. She has appear on television and radio, and is much in demand for the both traditional and soul centered astrology.
Leni Sibilio
http://.astrominds.com
leni@astrominds.com