Author: astroaries

Angel is the author of ASTROLOGY REALNESS and also hosted the AOL astrology show ASTRO TALK WITH ANGEL. His interest in astrology started early, when at age 5, he found the daily horoscope in the back of his local newspaper. Years later, he was pulled more deeply into the world of mysticism when he began working at a metaphysical bookstore while at school in San Francisco. His passion for astrology and other forms of divinity quickly blossomed as he studied with a variety of teachers, and by age 23, he was working as a professional astrologer. Angel has since read for clients all over the country. He also works in film and is an avid music lover.

So. It’s a new moon in Scorpio. What about it?

Ready or not, Scorpio is here.

I woke up this morning to the sound of rain trickling down against the pavement outside my apartment.  As boyfriend, pup, and I stirred against the 6:30 am wake-up call, I found myself drifting amongst the scattered images of my just-concluded dreams.  The visuals were so clear that they almost felt like memories of real instances.  I honestly had to pause and deduce whether I had just walked the dog or not, while he was carrying his own umbrella.  As I let reality sink in and focused my eyes on the still dark room, I felt a haze drift over me.  It was cool and rainy out.  My little family and I were all snuggles under the covers.  I thought, fuck the gym.  I can sleep some more.  The pact that the Aquarius and I had made the night before to shake each other awake seemed void when the snooze button was hit.  Ah, sweet dreams, round two.  Well, all that laziness was put to an end when the man shoved the covers off and jumped out of bed.  In a flash, he was in gym clothes and ready to hit the door.  I didn’t have time to truly reflect on his commitment.  All I could do was respond.  I jumped up too and got the day going.  There wasn’t room for a Libra-like response: somewhat wishy-washy or indecisive.  I could’ve stayed there, scratching the puppy’s belly and pondering the pros and cons of missing my date with the elliptical.  But there was an underlying urge once my feet touched the ground to get the ball rolling.  Ready or not, Scorpio is here.  And for some of us, it’s here just in the nick of time.

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So. It’s a full moon in Aries. What about it?

As my boyfriend, The Aquarius, and I were walking through the quiet, charming community where his mother lives, we stared up to the vast sky and took in the burgeoning moon.  I wondered aloud what this upcoming Aries full moon would be about.  Thankfully, I’m graced with a man who totally gets it and has not just an interest but also an understanding of the way the cosmos operate.  So we talked it out and hypothesized, all while taking into deep consideration that a full moon brings the need for release while the Aries nature is all go-go-go and interested in new beginnings.  We came to some conclusions, but I still didn’t feel like I completely comprehended its message.  I blame the wine.

Later, I continued pondering this interesting dichotomy and tried to apply it to my own life.  Being an Aries, I am greatly in touch with the fact that we, as a Zodiac race, like to start something new before finishing up the last thing.  In fact, I was in the middle of reading something that I am desperate to get through when I received the inspiration to start writing this piece.  What are you gonna do, huh?  Anyhow, an Aries full moon is a time then when we must resist the urge to begin some new direction, project, or task.  Instead, we need to place our focus onto the thing we have been working so tirelessly at pushing up the hill to completion.  Whether it is the quest for a new home, job, or pair of shoes to go with that new jacket you got at the outlet mall, you can’t give up too easily, especially when you have come so far and invested so much time and energy into it.  So how do we know what part of our story needs a proper conclusion during this full moon?

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So. It’s a new moon in Libra. What about it?

How do we create a life that feels completely balanced and more our own?  

When you take a look at how you spend your time, it can be extremely eye-opening.  I’m talking like breaking it down into a percentage.  Most people spend a third of their day working.  Now if you take away about another third of that for sleep, you’re left with one third of the day for yourself.  Now that doesn’t include whatever commuting you need to deal with, as well as the basics of eating, getting ready, etc.  So then how do we spend those few precious hours that are all our own?  Well, there are movies and TV to watch and things to buy and websites to browse and phone calls to make and gym routines to do.  You get my drift.  It’s fucking hard to balance everything out.  My tired eyes are proof.

I believe that one should live a full life, but it’s challenging when you work so hard to get everything you want in and still feel like you haven’t accomplished much at all.  Maybe I’m an over-achiever in that I have a million aspirations.  Or I am just so good at piling a billion things onto my plate that I ultimately just keep myself from giving my all to any one thing.  Well, either way, I’m struggling to find balance in my life.  I do my best to wake up and get in some ‘me time’ before I have to get into the car and drive to the office.  But there is so much I want to do for ‘me’ that a couple of hours before work barely cuts it.  I want to meditate.  I want to write.  I want to read.  I want to work out.  I want to play with and walk the dog.  I want to cuddle with my boyfriend.  It’s so much to try and split into tiny little pockets of time before my long day of work actually begins.  Sometimes, I think that I need to better organize it all, or I need to get up at 5:45 instead of 6:45.  But then my brain will be so slow from the lack of sleep.  What to do?  It’s a major frustration and one that I know I’m not alone in facing.

So what do we do?  How do we create a life for ourselves that feels completely balanced and more our own?

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So. It’s a full moon in Pisces. What about it?

We have to allow ourselves to go beyond the beyond. 

A few days ago, I was chatting with my friend at work, the Taurus, about this upcoming full moon in Pisces. We were talking about doing some sort of guided meditation to commemorate it and given that my guru friend who is excellent at leading them was going to be out of town, we started to think on other options.  I felt like she was fishing a bit for me to offer to lead one, since she’s always pushing me to embrace my spiritualist side more.  But I didn’t want to cave.  I’m not the guy that sits in front of others and guides them into the inner depths of their souls.  But almost as if someone else spoke for me, I heard myself offering to do it.  I riffed on what a full moon in Pisces could be about and in moments had a firm concept for a guided meditation.  However, I left our chat with some major trepidation about the whole thing.  Sure, it’s just going to be me, and a few of my friends, but still I didn’t want to fuck it all up.  Was this going to be a huge mistake?

Since then, I feel like I’ve received signs that have confirmed my thoughts on this full moon.  First, I got deeper into planning the meditation, and in talking it through with my boyfriend, the Aquarius, found myself to have some own inner breakthroughs about it.  Then, I received some intriguing, slightly frantic texts from a Pisces/Aries friend who was in need of some spiritual therapy.  As we hopped on the phone and I pulled some cards for her, we were able to unearth some truths that were in total alignment again with what I thought the full moon was trying to bring on.  And the Aquarius has a Pisces rising, so he too was digging into places that only felt amplified by his full moon task.

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So, it’s a full moon in Aquarius. What about it?

Aquarians want nothing more but to live up to the ideals of a harmonious world. 

Aquarians are a free-spirited, fun-loving breed.  I should know.  I was born from one.  A closest friend is one.  And I date one.  So, I am certainly no stranger to the Aquarian nature.  It’s an inspired, athletic, and eccentric energy.  The Aquarius needs to be paid attention to but not entirely out of ego.  They have an excitement for the world around them and need to feel connected to it in a major way.  If their enthusiasm goes unnoticed, they feel a sense of false living – as if they are here without true, concise purpose.  And that is certain death for an Aquarius.

I see this worldly hope in the three Aquarians whom I hold close to my heart.  My mother is one of the most energetic humans I know, but her greatest reserve stems from an almost childlike need to appreciate everyone and everything around her.  However, she can easily slip into a negative place if her excited approach to life isn’t fully allowed or accepted.  Same goes for one of my best girlfriends.  She craves mental stimulation from the second she wakes up in order to properly function.  And my Aquarian man?  Well, he just wants to see the best in everyone, even when they are offering him the worst.  But this tireless desire coupled with an enthusiasm to be a positive influence on the world keeps him pushing toward the best version of himself on an hourly basis.  See, Aquarians want nothing more but to live up to the ideals of a harmonious world.  So how does that translate to this weekend’s full moon?

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So. It’s a new moon in Leo. What about it?

Be a larger presence in every room.

Many moons ago, when I was first introduced to astrology, someone looked at my chart and said that I had Leo problems.  “What the hell does that mean”, I asked her.  As far as I knew, the last guy I had dated (and by dated, I mean made out with for a week) was named Isaac.  “You have a problem with letting yourself take center stage”, she said.  Now those who have known me long enough can confirm that though I have never been shy, I certainly have found myself being more comfortable in the background.  Well, in the past at least.  Nowadays, I still have some trouble leading with confidence, but I certainly do enjoy the spotlight a bit more.  However, that took some work and time.

See, my Leo problems stemmed from a rocky childhood that forced me toward seclusion.  I grew up in the type of household where I didn’t want to be noticed, so I dug into my bedroom where my imagination and creativity could come alive.  In there, I was a showman.  A diva.  A dancer.  But outside in the world, I didn’t really want to be the one who had all eyes on me.  I guess in some way, I didn’t think that I deserved the attention, so I didn’t strive to attain it.  So at age 23, when a woman I barely knew said that I needed to get comfortable being “center stage”, I listened and made it a focus to blossom in areas where I had been hiding out.  I allowed myself to express my inner feelings more and made an effort to be a larger presence in every room.  It was actually soon after that I started doing professional readings.  And let me tell you, when you’re in charge of giving someone some serious life advice, there’s nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.  The reading may be about them, but their attention is on me and I can’t be afraid.  Thankfully I’m not anymore, or else I would have missed out on the opportunity to share my astrological gifts with others.

It’s okay to demand the spotlight. 

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So. It’s a full moon in Capricorn. What about it?

Let presence be life’s co-writer.

I recently reconnected with one of my closest friends, a Capricorn, who for the month of June and some change was on a spiritual journey along El Camino de Santiago, a sacred pilgrimage route across Spain that has been traveled for over a thousand years by a countless number of seekers.  It was so magnificent to hear his voice.  Not only because I missed him, but because I took such joy in hearing the lightness and enthusiasm in his words.  See, in the past, he always seemed to be troubled by something going on in his life, and this frustration or unease tended to give him a heavier presence in whatever room he was in.  But now that he had created a life for himself where he could be rid of any unnecessary responsibilities that may have bogged him down before, he was free to make room for more magic and wonder.  Yes, I said magic and wonder.  A Capricorn.  One of the more stable-headed, “I got to see it to believe it” types.

I think what’s happened is that he has granted himself an adventure which has allowed him to discover a newer, more updated version of himself.  He found a new narrative and let presence be life’s co-writer.  For me, he embodies the lessons of this full moon.  Now, that’s not to say we all need to quit our jobs, relationships, and have an Eat.Pray.Love-like adventure.  But perhaps it’s time to take the lessons of the earlier Cancer new moon a bit further.  Shall we?

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So.  A new moon in Cancer.  What about it?

Why have I felt for these past few months like I’ve been asleep?

I recently had dinner with one of my dearest friends from college, The Leo.  The two of us hadn’t seen each other in far too long.  I have been busy with work and being in love and she has been swamped under owning her own business and being impeccably fabulous.  It was so lovely to dig into each other’s lives and do the catch-up dance, especially with someone who truly knows me and vice versa, insecurities and all.  The conversation ended up being quite a bit about me and my confusion around certain areas of my life.  It’s certainly nothing that a good friend and two glasses of wine can’t help.  As we spoke, I found myself building to this crescendo of a statement.  I said, “I just miss the guy that I used to be.  The guy who had confidence and forced people to listen to him.  Who felt like he had something to say and wasn’t afraid to tell everyone.”  Essentially, I felt like I had lost that version of myself I knew in college who had vision and insight to share.  Where was he now?

Well, the Leo picked at her kale salad for a moment and then sipped from her glass of red before making a face.  “But you still are that guy, Angel.  He is still inside of you.”  And I tried arguing a bit that yes she’s right, he is, but not in the same way, etc.  But then, as I really allowed myself to stop and ponder what she was saying, I couldn’t argue.  And even now, as I type this story out and reflect on myself and the days that I live, I see that she is right.  In fact, this blog is a good example of that guy.  Sure, I’m not staging plays in the middle of a college campus anymore, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t have opportunities in my life to utilize my powerful voice and share the wisdom I have been given.  So why have I felt for these past few months like I’ve been asleep?  Like the true essence of me has been on some rock in Sedona meditating while my body and mind have been sleepwalking through the motions of my existence?  Well, I have an idea.  And this weekend’s Cancer new moon is the perfect time to address it.

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So. I love astrology. What about it?

Approach life with a sense of curiosity rather than with fear, doubt, or annoyance.

I don’t remember all of the details around the first time I saw my astrological birth chart, but I do remember the feeling it gave me.  It was like that moment in a blackout when someone first turns on a flashlight or lights a candle.  Illumination.  Suddenly, you can see.  That was me as I sat in a tiny, dimly lit room at the Psychic Eye Bookshop in San Francisco.  Aeion, the most jolly, teddy bear of a man, was giving me a reading.  He kept saying things like, “Whoo!” and “Oh boy” as he studied the intricate, colorful spider web of a pie chart that was presumably my star make-up.  Now to some skeptics, and I was one myself in those first few mysterious moments of his verbal assessment of ‘me’, this show was just meant to lure me in and hook me into thinking he knew something about me that I didn’t.  But what eventually came out of his mouth wasn’t some general or vague evaluation that could apply to just anyone.  It had very specific meaning.  Not only to my personal history but to the exact state of my being at that time.  I mean the shit that just kept me up at night.  That’s what Aeion was tapping into.  And yes, those same skeptics could also say I was desperate in my search for answers to hear anything that may be close to a solution for my confused, early-twenties life.  But, in all honesty, I had simply entered into that room and the reading as a curious person.  And funny how when we approach life with a sense of curiosity rather than with fear, doubt, or annoyance, that the world then opens a doorway to possibility, awakening, and complete, unabashed transformation.

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So. A full moon in Sagittarius. What about it?

 If we look back on the life we have lived thus far, we are able to see what chameleons we each can be.

If we look back on the life we have lived thus far, we are able to see what chameleons we each can be.  In my 34-ish years, I have already lived so many lives and have been an array of different people.  Some versions of myself have been angrier than others.  Some have been less responsible.  Others have been more frugal, more creative, drunker, and poorer.  But at the core, they have all been me.  Over the years, I have been able to let go of aspects of myself that were not working or have forced myself to change them when the going got tough.  I mean, we’ve all done it.

Take a minute to look back at your life ten years ago.  For me, I was living in San Francisco, working as a full time astrologer and tarot reader.  My schedule from day to day was never the same.  I had seven roommates: three humans and four cats.  And I was probably out dancing instead of at home typing.  I also was incredibly insecure, secretly fearful, and believed I was meant to rule the world.  Who were you?  Which aspects of you were working and which weren’t?  Did you like the you that existed then?  Have you changed much?  I look back and have you ask all of these questions in honor of this week’s full moon in Sagittarius.

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