25 November 2007

Oh, the joys of Saturn

I've been so busy with so many things that I haven't taken the time to post a blog...or really even had much to say (unusual for me, I know). At this time I have managed to live through the first Saturn pass over my Mars/South Node/Lilith (Black Moon & Asteroid) conjunction in the 11th (square N. Saturn in the 8th, sextile Venus/Moon/Jupiter in the first) and he is approaching my Sun. At the same time Saturn was passing, T. Pluto was in exact square to my natal Mercury/Pluto conjunction on the 12th house cusp. It was not fun, but then again I know the fun is just beginning. With Saturn around, I am much more quiet and lacking in energy to spur myself too much...so I am trying to keep steady and keep on keeping on. It's the only way the tortoise can make it to the finish line, lol. You can take a peek at my natal chart here

I am studying Medical astrology...actually sinking into it when I have time to do so. It is intriguing, complicated, and a difficult read - the joys! Actually, it is right up my alley. I have always been drawn to complicated things, even when it comes to movies and reading. My only wish would be that I had more time for it as I think I have a lot I could be contributing in the field...all in good time, I suppose.

I hope everyone has a wonderful and joyous holiday season...expect to see new projects (and old ones I need to finish) come to life next year!

25 September 2007

Mercury Retrograde October/November 2007 - HEADS UP!

Mercury is retrograde from 10/12/07 - 11/01/07


On September 21, 2007 we will enter the Mercury retrograde 'shadow' period at 23 degrees of Libra - Mercury will return to this degree again and pass over this point November 1 as he stations direct and prepares to leave the storm on November 6. Prepare to rethink, redraw, replan, renegotiate, etc something that is happening this weekend (Sept 21 - 22) around then (Nov 1 - 5)! This Mercury retrograde will stir up the most trouble for Libra, Scorpio, Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Capricorn, Leo, and Aquarius - early degrees of Scorpio/Taurus/Leo/Aquarius and late degrees of Libra/Aries/Cancer/Capricorn. Check your natal charts to see where your Sun (or other planets) lie in any of these signs to see how this Mercury retro will affect you (or let me do it for you!).

On October 5, Mercury enters its 'Storm' (this is when the planet moves less than 40 minutes of arc per day) so if you have a lot of things you need to get started, I advise you get it moving now...

Read more about this Mercury retro, the aspects Mercury makes during this retrograde period, how Mercury retro expresses itself in Libra and Scorpio, and much more, including information about Mercury and Karma...pop in to my website!

18 August 2007

This is an Illusion

Astrological Poetry...an Ode to the Sun :)

This is an Illusion

I watch you rise,
Climbing higher in the sky,
Glowing magnificently over the trees,
So close…warming my face,
Arousing me in your silent ascent.
We are alone in this space, this moment,
At one in the early morning hours,
Your touch - your powerful surge of energy -
Mine…all mine
Forever, however briefly.
Each moment lingers for eternity inside my soul,
And knowing that this is an illusion,
That you are not mine,
That you belong to the Universe,
….this does not distract me from the holiness of these moments
Lost in your glorious rays, this eternal minute in your embrace.

Dena L Moore
August 18, 2007


Currently Reading: Astrology and Fate by Liz Greene and Eclipses by Celeste Teal

11 August 2007

Real Love...

Here's a quote for today - "Real love is always supportive and encouraging rather than possessive and manipulative." From Stephen Arroyo's Astrology, Karma,& Transformation: The Inner Dimensions of the Birth Chart

Working on a Soul Path and ran across this quote that just resonated SO fully at this very moment that I felt the need to share.

Currently Reading: the book above by Stephen Arroyo, and Karmic Connections by Judy Hall

Currently listening to: MY Song, lol...Why Can't I by Liz Phair...ahhh...

10 August 2007

Morals, Values, and the Sad State of the close-minded

As a Priest-cast Artisan (or an Artisan-cast Priest - still not sure if I am in total agreement with the Priest-cast :)), it is my very nature to share my deeply spiritual beliefs through my creativity and my counseling ability. We are at a cross-roads now in our evolution as a world group and many more people are awakening to the increasing frequency and allowing their minds to open to the possibility that yes, there is a deeper essence to our Universe than any of the current 'religions' can grasp.

I've had the pleasure of dealing with a very close-minded, moralistic person over the past few days who seems to spew her spiritual ignorance with nearly every word uttered! Her morals and her values appear to be those semi-ancient (certainly dating back to Augustine, but not much further), out-dated, and worn out morals and values that drive us into war, into separation, and hatred against others. She would sacrifice her own children in the name of 'morals'...which reminds me of a passage in the 'Holy' Bible - "Take your son, your only son – yes, Isaac, whom you love so much – and go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will point out to you." (Genesis 22:1-18) I can only pray that an Angel will come and halt her hand from doing more damage to her own family (Metatron - obviously your assistance is needed here!).

The point is, that there are so many, many close-minded people in this world who are extreme hypocrites. They can preach and judge others yet if they LOOKED in their own backyard, they might find a few bodies buried...surprise, surprise. And if they bothered to LOOK in their own mirrors in the morning instead of spying on other people (in order to judge and preach their own ignorant 'morality') they would CRACK the mirror as the true inner DEMON gazes out at them!! It's easy to project fear, suspicion, and hatred outward to other people...but it takes a strong, solid Soul to stay firm in their beliefs even when the tempest blows. A strong Soul who can accept their actions and admit to their faults. Sadly, these same moralistic people are the very weak Souls who need guidance the most, yet they think THEY have all the answers when the fact is, they have none at all. So they will never seek the help they really need, help that will awaken them to the inner truth and the possibility of reaching their full potential.

It used to upset me on a personal level when others attacked or reproached me, now more often than not I am sad or amused...it depends on the situation. But when children are involved, and mothers use their children as weapons or wish to abandon the beautiful souls they have helped create...I can only shake my head and wonder what can be done to help these lost, ignorant, and hopeless people. Love sometimes isn't enough, especially for those who have no idea what true love really is...it certainly isn't judging and condemning a husband and family based on out-dated, hopelessly ignorant 'values.'

Currently listening to: Fidelity by Regina Spektor

Currently Reading - Astrology and Fate by Liz Greene and Solitude: A Return to the Self by Anthony Storr

PS If you are wondering about my Casting and Role, it is from the Michael Teachings. I had mine done by Shepherd Hoodwin (they say he's the best!) but I was already aware of being a Priest prior to the channeling...and whether it is my Casting or my Role, it is still an essential aspect of my Soul since I was 'sparked'...LOL

02 August 2007

A Message from Metatron - August 1, 2007

A Message from Metatron - August 1, 2007

Heartaches are a gift, a growing pain. As a child wrenched from the womb wounds the mother and the child, so too do heartaches of adulthood wound each partner.

The safe nest, the cozy confinement ends with a forceful push and rush, in spasms and contractions, pushes forward and then retreats, pushes forward, then retreats, until you are forced back out into the world, vulnerable and naked, your old view shattered as you squint into the bright light. You are no longer protected by the dark shadows of the mother’s womb - or the dark shadow of blind love.

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Currently reading: Current editions of the "Today's Astrologer," "The Astrological Journal," and the "Astrology and Medicine Newsletter."

Currently listening to: Lily Allen's "LDN"

03 July 2007

Spiritual Being within the material world

Being in crisis has a way of forcing me to focus on my Spiritual well being...recognizing that all things are temporary (including life...and my moods! lol), I must confront the demons in the closet and the cobwebs in my soul.

We are always on a spiritual path though so many of us (sadly) are very unaware that this is so. Life can seem heavy at times, but when we take a step back and LAUGH we can see clearly how we have created such a mess and that it is up to us to solve it. Not to say that all things - or even most - can be solved, but matters on the physical plane and within our relationships can be. It takes strength of purpose, communication, and courage sometimes, but it can be done. It takes great courage and guts to reach out to others in our times of need and I am honored that in my profession I am able to be there for those courageous individuals.

My personal path has been long, twisted, and arduous but no matter how difficult it is at times, I continue pushing forward (sometimes after a good cry or reaching out to others myself) and I find my work - helping others to understand some of the most difficult aspects and relationships in their life - to be fulfilling and mutually healing for both myself and my clients. There has been very few clients who come to me that I do not recognize a synchronicity within or learn from myself.

I have been in a crisis for some time now, but particularly so in the past few days. Some people have the false impression that spiritual healers/astrologers/metaphysicians/etc are unable to help others when they themselves need help, but this is not so...at least not for me. Indeed, the deeper and more powerful my own crises, the stronger my connection to Spirit and the more intensely I throw myself into my work. Sometimes I am physically unable to keep up with what I need to do and have to take more breaks and days off, but when I do get back to being productive, the work I produce is at its peak. I am lucky in that my regular clients are willing to wait and be patient for me to deliver, and I thank them from the bottom of my heart. My health is still very much affected by the car accident I was in two years ago and I am struggling to find the funds to pay for medical procedures I need, but I will put my trust and faith in the Universe that I will be provided for. Perhaps one benefit of that nasty accident is that I am more interested in health and physical healing than ever before, when prior to it I was more focused on the state of the Soul.

I am currently reading various texts on the Michael Teachings, the Creative Astrologer by Noel Tyl, and The Schwarzbein Principle by Dr. Diana Schwarzbein.

I took this test earlier that is called the Personal DNA test...I turned out to be an Benevolent Inventor. You can read the entire thing here if you like:

08 June 2007

Traveling like The Fool...

Hello! I am currently in the Cincinnati OH area and have been traveling since last Friday morning - early :) It's been an adventure, albeit a slow and meandering one. I try to be laid back but it's very difficult for someone like me with so much Virgo and Scorpio energy...so of course I have been working every day, just not so many hours!

It's so beautiful driving through the Mountains, so peaceful and green, lol. Where I live in Florida we've been having a bad drought and forest fires so the nice greenery and cooler weather further north has been more than welcome. I do so love traveling and seeing new things, places, and people. Karmically, for me, I have often been on the move in the past (in past lives and also in my childhood) so it is a 'natural' fit and helps me feel more peaceful.

I am well pleased with the Karmic Love Scopes I've started, I've seen the accuracy playing out in my own life and in those around me, so I hope that some of you will be able to benefit from them.

I have other things in the works but not sure when I will be able to present them as I have to deal with lawyers and court, etc when I return home (due to my car accident and subsequent injuries in 2005). I will be glad when it is all over with, not that it will ever be over with regarding the pain and doctors I will likely have to continue with indefinitely. The way people are these days often amazes me, how they can more or less ruin your life (or nearly so, I am such a positive person most of the time that I just struggle through it) and then still have the audacity to deny or try to take advantage of the injured person.

It's raining here today but I dare not complain, I haven't seen much rain in months!

10 May 2007

Karma, Karma, Karma...

It's a sunny day here today in St. Pete but windy...a subtropical storm formed off the coast of GA a day or two ago and we've been feeling the breeze here! Tuesday morning was terrible with smoke so thick you could barely breathe if you opened the door, the result of fires in N Florida and Georgia and the storm blowing it down toward us...so, yeah, I'm very happy with today's weather :)

I've been thinking a lot about karma and how it builds and grows, changes, releases and how we can be our own best friend or worst enemy when it comes to our personal evolution. Sometimes it is difficult to see beyond our every day life and what is happening in the now and while living in the 'now' works for some, it doesn't work for all of us (myself included). Focusing on the past often helps me to not only understand what is happening now, but also understand how I can create my own future based on my past experiences. Our life path - our SOUL path - is circular, but not in the sense that it is a flat ongoing circle. Rather it is a spiral, we can circle up the path or circle downward. Consider Dante's Journey...or the DNA double helix...and as I am writing this, the symbolic world and spiral pattern becomes more than words in my mind. Saturn awakens from slumber...he is such a strong, spiritual planet so often treated with fear and loathing. His 28 year 'return' cycle marks major turning points in our lives and while these changes may not be easy, what would we do without this energy? Saturn may be personified as a cold, distant, father time figure but how do you envision God (the universe, Spirit)? Is your vision of Spiritual energy the all-knowing, forgiving, loving father? My vision of Spirit is of an objective, powerful energy source...sure, many of us long to return to that source, but it is so far beyond what we, as humans, know....I work with Metatron energy and this energy is not a loving, happy, let-me-take-care-of-you energy. It is a very powerful, objective source with little emotion - ok, no emotion - and a source of great insight and knowledge, but not in any sort of humanly comfort way. I feel he (that is what I consider this energy though in truth it is really sexless) feels that we can help ourselves, that we are responsible for ourselves and our actions, and that he is there to help us see how we are helping or harming ourself with our actions, behaviors, thought patterns, and beliefs.

I am currently writing an article for the website about Karmic Moon Signs and am also in the process of developing a new karmic scope - I would say more about it but as it stands, I will be the first and only to offer this type of scope on the web (to my knowledge, I looked and scoured google links for some time!) and I don't need the copycats to jump ahead of me and steal my ideas. I was the first on the web to offer an entire astrology site devoted to Love...there are so many others copying me now, it makes my head spin! That may be great for you, my customers and clients, as you have options and other's opininions on things but....

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Love, Light, and blessings,

Dena

29 April 2007

Medical - Health Astrology

Well...I can't say enough about how amazing astrology really is...the more I learn, the more I want to learn. The accuracy is outstanding and I've run across some articles and formulas lately for something that interests me (death astrology) but something I will never practice professionally. My interest in Medical/Health astrology is growing each year and I have started my studies in it. While I love my work as a relationship astrologer, I feel that I will likely move into the medical field as I grow older...only time will tell.

What's intriguing is that I am studying my chart and my children's charts using my growing knowledge of indicators of health in the natal chart and the 'cookbooks' even are quite accurate. Of course there are complications and conflicts, but that's the astrologer's job to sort out...and sort out I am. It's amazing that it has taken me nearly 36 years to come to understand that gluten is like a poison to my body...but I opened up a medical astrology cookbook type thing and there it was under Virgo (I have a LOT of Virgo). That was a surprise! Too bad I didn't read that years ago...

So what's happening with the sites? I am preparing to post the Tarot scopes at Voices from Venus - http://www.voicesfromvenus.com/tarotscopes.html and the Love Scopes at Through Night's Fire Astrology - http://www.throughnightsfire.com/scopesfromvenus.html and I am building new indexes for the candles at Venus Illuminated - http://www.venusilluminated.com to make room for the numerous varieties of candles I will be offering by next year. In addition, I am still working on the Celtic Jewelry index at Venus Illuminated. It's slow and tedious process but will be done asap! :D I am adding so many lovely new talismans, amulets, and jewelry, I really can't wait to share with everyone!

At Through Night's Fire I am redoing the consulting pages yet again...there will be conflicts and differences on some of the pages until they are ready. If you didn't get a chance to see my photo I took of the Libra Full Moon in April, here is the link to the pic: http://www.throughnightsfire.com/Full_Moon_in_Libra_April_2__2007-2WMP.jpg
I will be taking that link off the front page soon, after all the Full Moon in Scorpio is coming! I was very pleased with the photo - I took it with my new digital camera and was simply stunned at the quality.

It's almost May so I better get moving...

22 April 2007

A lovely day, but....

I am inside working...I have toyed with the idea of booting up the laptop and going out on the patio to finish up, but I am nearly done if I could prevent my mind from wandering! lol The tarot scopes for May are nearly complete...for a while there I felt I would not be able to get to them in time but I've been working 15 hour days again just to stay on top of things. I really do love my work and my websites and my clients and visitors...yet I will need some time for myself soon.

I may take Friday and Saturday off as my son's birthday (Gare :)) is the 28th and we are having a family cookout...I am thinking bacon-wrapped shrimp on the grill, but he is sure to want hot dogs! So we will see, I can swing for both and then figure out what else I want to make later on. And Friday I have planned a long walk on the beach...I like to give myself these little motivations to keep me going strong on my long days in front of the computer. I have been working out at the gym most mornings but it just isn't the same as being outside in nature...it's a struggle for me in FL as it gets so overwhelmingly hot here in the summer months. Eventually I will be in the UK all summer though, with patience, determination, and continued hard work.

For those of you who have inquired about my health, I am still in therapy 3 - 4 days a week but the TMD specialist has taken me down to every other week now, which I hope is good news. I still have the chiropractor and massage and physical therapy 3 days a week and no indication yet when that may change, though my chiro did say on Friday I am making headway again. He's an amazing chiro, so if you are in St. Petersburg, FL and need to heal, here is his website: http://www.floridachiropractor.com/ My chiro is Dr. Sandefur. His entire staff is wonderful and very caring and friendly.

Soooo...I suppose I should get back to it here in a moment...I am currently redoing all of the Astrology consultation pages too, so those should be up and live sometime this week. I am adding many new consultations that I hope my visitors/clients will find useful.

Venus Illuminated is coming along...I am adding so many new items it boggles the mind! lol It will be some time before it is complete BUT the Celtic Talisman Index should be done sometime in May. http://www.venusilluminated.com

Love, light, and blessings...

Dena

19 April 2007

A new beginning...or just an update?

I've been blogging for a while on various sites sporadically and decided that now is the time to really get in gear and create a blog for the website(s). Sometimes it may seem that I am not doing many updates to the sites, or writing anything new, but the truth is I am working hard day after day to develop new content and keep on top of what I currently offer. When I have many clients at once I must turn my full attention to them - that is the main purpose after all, isn't it? My goal is to help others who come to me, so my clients are always top priority over free content! Unfortunately there are visitors who do not understand that and I receive some of the most terrible email sometimes if I miss a month of the free Love Scopes! Go figure...

I bet most of you didn't realize this was a one woman show, did you?? LOL

The primary purpose of the blog will be to keep my visitors informed of what I am working on, what's going on behind the scenes, and offer a place for me to explain why this or that wasn't done...all in all, I can be a rambler and I may not stay on topic but what I can offer is a unique, cruel, and creative look into the mind of this Astrologer/Writer/Poet/Tarot Reader/Metaphysician/Spiritual Consultant/Web Designer/Customer Service/Advertiser/eBaying Mother of 2...Yes, it gets hectic and very crazy sometimes, but I can say I live a VERY full and darkly beautiful life...

Don't say I didn't warn you...