It doesn’t have to be drudgery

It is a very antiquated idea that your job should be work. That it shouldn’t be fun or something you enjoy doing. Sure, you might enjoy aspects of it (when you get to eat lunch or go home) but the job it self isn’t meant to be something engaging and enjoyable.

It’s called “work” for a reason, right?

Let’s just say you enter the work force around age 23 (assuming you have an undergraduate degree, it could be later if you get an advanced degree, but for the sake of a number, I’ll just use 23). And you retire at 65. Again, it could be sooner or later depending on a lot of factors. That is 42 years (between 23 and 65).

If you re reading this right now and you aren’t 42 yet, it will have been your whole life so far. If you are 42 or over, you can also calculate how much of your life (so far) would have been spent doing this job.

And I understand that you can change jobs. You might not work at the same company or business for all 42 years. But let’s assume you stay in the same field. Or general area. Maybe in another city or state. Maybe a higher paying position. But it’s the same general area of work.

Forty two years. Are you okay with that?

Are you okay looking back on your life and confronting the fact that you spent 42 years of it (give or take) doing something you didn’t enjoy doing? Waking up to go to a job you didn’t even like? Worrying about work related issues when it isn’t something you’re even passionate about?

Forty two years.

You should be doing what you love. You should be doing what excites you. What you are passionate about. If you are doing anything less than that…you’re wasting your life. Or, at least approximately 42 years of it. It’s time to love the life you’re living. Every day. You deserve that.

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Beware people who don’t share your joy…

It probably sounds cliche to mention that people who don’t clap for you when you win…probably aren’t your friends. Yes, true enough. But it’s really important that you pay attention to the people who are always trying to talk you out of your dreams. These people can be friends and/or family. And often the reason why they do it is fear and jealousy. They are afraid your movement up will be movement away from them. They’re afraid they’ll lose you in some way.

And jealousy. You are holding up a mirror to them and they are forced to ask themselves why they aren’t going after their dreams or setting goals for themselves. If you can do it, so can they, right? But they aren’t. There could be a whole host of reasons why. They’re afraid it won’t work, they’re afraid people will laugh, they’re afraid it/they will fail, they’re worried about how long it will take, what will their parents or friends say or think…on and on.

But all of those reasons are their reasons. They aren’t yours. And you shouldn’t ever let somebody else’s fears and worries and jealousy keep you from pursuing something you really want to do.

A lot of the time, this will come in the form of little snide comments. Passive aggressive statements. If you tell them that you’re going to not drink (alcohol) for the next month or two, they might tease you. And then try to coax you to go out, “one last time, come on, it’s not going to kill you.” Or, “oh, someone thinks they’re too cool to go out and have a beer with us now, huh?” Those comments saying a lot more than what they’re saying. They are laced with insecurity. And with jealousy.

Let them be insecure. Let them be jealous. We all have demons to slay in this lifetime. If you have found a new goal you want to achieve or a dream you want to pursue, go after it. And don’t let anybody’s bruised ego stop you.

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Eclipse in Scorpio

There’s a new moon solar eclipse in Scorpio today. Prepare for some intensity.

Scorpio rules the eighth house of “sex, death and taxes.” Or, sex, transformation and money. A new moon can usher in new energy. And eclipse means it might be sudden and feel fated.

The energy from an eclipse can last 6 months. So from now until Taurus season (April), this energy can be at work. Just expect change. Expect transformation. In your own life and with others. Keep in mind that if you’re handling changes in your life on a positive way, others might be struggling.

Scorpio is intense. It dives deep and isn’t afraid of what is hidden or what is secret. Use this energy to uncover shadow aspects of yourself so you can confront them. You can’t confront what you refuse to acknowledge. It has to be brought to light. Welcome in the change.

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The calm before the storm…

We’re about to have eclipses again. The second set of this calendar year. A new moon solar eclipse in the early degrees of Scorpio will kick things off on October 25.

If you have any fixed signs at 0-2 degrees in your birth chart, this might impact you more. Fixed signs are Scorpio, Taurus, Leo and Aquarius. This is an opportunity for a new beginning. And it might be pretty profound and intense.

Eclipses bring fated events. So welcome in what is coming in. It’s for your growth. Y

The next eclipse is on November 8, a full moon lunar eclipse in Taurus. More on that one later.

Just know that these few days might seem kind of calm. Enjoy them. Because eclipse energy can be sudden and full of change.

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Venus cazimi…

That’s an astrologer term for when a planet is within one degree of the sun. There will be a Venus cazimi on October 22. The energy will last for a bit.

Think of this as a reset. Possibly with relationships or love. Or your relationship with money. Venus is all about love and romance. And nice things. And nice things cost money. T

This is also a good time to heal if you are still in need of healing. Your heart, specifically. Healing from a breakup can take years. In a way, it’s no different than a death. Don’t rush this process for yourself. Let it take as long as it needs to.

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Thinking TOO much…

I saw a quote that said anxiety is thinking too much and doing too little. I’m not trying to oversimplify anxiety. It can be crippling and really challenging to overcome and to deal with.

But for those moments when it is possible to climb out of that hole….why not just start doing. Start doing something. Start doing anything. We can get paralyzed by our thoughts. By the fears we create and the rabbit holes we can go down.

But a relatively easy way to snap out if that is to just begin. And maybe not begin the goal or task you’re worried about. But just starting to DO, to be physically engaged in something…it can take you to a different mental space. And out of the darkness of anxiety.

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Your new “birth” year…

A lot of us in the western world celebrate January 1 as the beginning of the new year. Astrologers use the beginning of Aries season to celebrate the new astrological year. You can also use your birthday as the beginning of a new birth year.

This can be a time when you set forth new resolutions or intentions for yourself. And you can use your sun signs full moon as a six month check in to see how you are doing. Some people set one or two goals to be met by that six month deadline. And then another one or two to be met by their next birthday.

You can also use your birthday to look back on the year and see what you’ve accomplished. What you failed to accomplish. Why? What you’ve learned. What you want to learn next year. Or what you learned that you intend on carrying forward. Some lessons are “one and done.” Some lessons are lessons you carry throughout your life. Did any of those happen for you?

As a Libra sun, I can tell you that I learned a lot of lessons this past year. And almost all of them I will carry forward for the rest of my life. They weren’t fun while I was going through them, but looking back, they were necessary. And I’m grateful for them. The universe really does have a funny way of giving us exactly what we need, exactly when we need it.

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Celebrate yourself…

One of the most dangerous things is to need outside validation and attention for your decisions and your life. And one of the best things you can learn to do for yourself is to celebrate yourself.

Your decisions and choices. Your wins. The learning moments. The times you dodged a bullet. The sacrifices you make in pursuit of a goal. Your lifestyle. Your approach to things. Your mind. Your body. What you create.

Celebrate you. For you. Become your biggest fan. You’ll never be without a cheerleader.

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Get excited to begin…

When was the last time you were genuinely excited to start something new? When you couldn’t sleep at night because you were thinking about it. Or when you couldn’t stop coming up with new ideas, new possibilities, new options?

It’s time to recapture that. It’s time for you to get genuinely excited about your life. Or at least something in or about it.

So maybe it’s time to start something new. It doesn’t have to be massive. It can be a small change. But something that you want to do. Something that you’re interested in and excited about.

Life is too short to not be excited. It’s too short to always be waiting for Friday and dreading Sunday. To be looking at the clock waiting for it to get to lunch time or time to go home. Find something that excites you.

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Stir clockwise…

There are countless ways to bring magic into you daily life. One of them is as simple as the direction you stir a drink or food you are cooking.

If you add milk or cream or sugar to coffee or tea or mix protein powder into a shake or stir in anything, stir clockwise to bring in what you want. You can either think about it coming to you or say it.

Stir counter clockwise to banish something or pull it away. Again, just think about it or repeat it out loud. And this isn’t just for coffee or tea in the morning. You can do this stirring food that you cook as well.

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