MERCURY RETRO CAME IN LIKE A LION...!!

So yes, Mercury started its retro journey yesterday and by 11.30 a.m. I was a complete and utter wreck - a shadow of my former self lol. This one really came in like a raging bull. It began first off at 7.00 am when I was trying to phone Ireland to book hotels for our forthcoming trip. People kept banging the phone down saying they couldn't hear me. I was hoarse from shouting 'CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW...'  I had to dial each hotel at least four times before I was eventually heard. I had a busy day ahead of me so decided to put the dinner into the slow cooker, but first the pressure cooker to tenderise the meat. I knew I wouldn't have time to cook it later. I had an astrology client coming in so did a quick tidy around the house while the meat was tenderising and low and behold when my back was turned, the pressure cooker started spewing out this vile grey gunk. It was just like Mount Vesuvius with the steam rising and the noise deafening. I threw two dishcloths at it to shut it up but no, it was on a mercury retro mission to destroy my stove, and my life. The steam dislodged the plastic guard from the stove, which duly fell off in my hands. As for the mess...I'll be finding bits of it next summer. That had all happened by 9.00 am but there was more...WORSE to come. I had a 9.30 appointment with my personal trainer. I flew into town, put the money in the parking meter - enough for an hour at least. When I came out I had a bleedin' parking ticket on my window! In the blink of an eye I knew what it felt like to be a pressure cooker. All that steam inside and needing a bit of release! I got into the car and turned on my christmas CD and fast forwarded to the Pogues and their 'Fairytale of New York'. We sang along together 'You scumbag, you maggot, you sweet lousy faggot...' and it was great. In the corner of my eye I spotted the ticket monster. He had a big smile on his face as he was having a bonanza morning. (Ticket monsters and computer doctors benefit hugely when mercury is retrograde). I have to blame my own fuzzy thinking as I was sure I had put in at least an hour's worth of coins. As soon as I got home, I went out again to bring Victoria up to the University. Then back for my client. who had emailed me to say she was running late. Of course, I hadn't got the email because Mercury being retro, communications go gaga. So I was late picking Claudia up from school, and late getting into the office with Kevin. RUSH RUSH RUSH - Everything to do with Communications today, was everything Mercury retrograde had promised...Forewarned in my case did not help me one single bit!! Ah well - tomorrow is another day...

Talk Soon!

Patricia xxx

THE NEWS YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR...

For some of you it's probaby 'Who won Dancing with the Stars? and if you belong to that category, the answer is J.R. and Karina. The initials J.R. standing for 'just right' since they were dubbed to win from the get-go. If you think Rob was robbed of the title, don't worry, he's a good loser, and by the looks of things he and Cheryl will be opening a dancing school in the near future, with the Kardashian bucks. That's my prediction.

No, that's not the 'Big' astrological news I was talking about the other day...BRACE YOURSELVES...On this coming Thursday 24th November, the planet Mercury, which governs communications of every kind, will be doing its little mischievous retrograde dance in the heavens. It happens only 3 times each year. This cycle will last until the 14th of December. This is nothing like the dancing we saw on t.v. tonight - NO! Mercury's retrograde dance can cause major frustrations in communications, travel, computers, appliances, contracts, exams, writing - you get the message!

The following are some suggestions on how best to prepare for this 3 week retro dance:-

1. Prepare to be 'flexible' with your travel plans. Expect delays, tell yourself, as I have told myself many times when in the midst of travel frustrations (losing your suitcase being just a taste) 'oh go to hell Mercury'. I never take it out on the poor clerk at the airport desk. Once I know the darn planet is doing the retro dance, I am prepared for the inevitable frustrations.
 

2. If you are a writer - NEVER EVER EVER - send out a manuscript to a publisher during this period. It will either get lost or lost under a massive pile of rejections.
 

3. If you are a Realtor - BE PREPARED - check the dotted line 100 times. This is where mercury retro can get really nasty...be prepared for frustrations with contracts, etc. Things will get signed, and then unsigned...it has happened!
 

4. If you have just listed your house - be patient - NOTHING will move until Mercury has gone direct again. Trust me, I've been there - done that!
 

5. Get your christmas presents bought before the 24th - lol!!

6. BACK UP ALL COMPUTER FILES...don't say I didn't tell you...

7. Don't leave messages on answering machines - they will be misunderstood.

8. Finally - REVISE, RE-WRITE, RE-THINK, REVIEW.

Coming as it is, just before Christmas, I think it is a good time to UNWIND after the year just spent. Take it easy, don't go krazy...be extra vigilent in your communications with others. Think carefully about the words you use, be extra clear. If writing exams during this period - REVISE, RE-WRITE, RE-THINK, REVIEW...REVIEW...

That's it for now folks! Am SO glad Karina won the dancing trophy this year. I was curious as to which Pisces would win it - Karina or Rob. As you may, or may not know, the sign Pisces rules the feet and some of the best dancers in the world are Pisceans!
Karina and Rob both proved the point tonight!

Way to go Karina and Rob!!

Talk Soon and don't forget to be CAREFUL with all communications over the next three weeks - me too!!

Patricia xxx

They could have had it all...rollin' in the hay...

Instead they're rollin' in the mud... being hurled at them from every direction. My heart goes out to both Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher.The sad truth of the matter is - they never could have had it all - NEVER EVER and it has nothing to do with the fact that Ashton is to puberty what Demi is to menopause. No, that's neither here nor there. The only thing that could save their marriage would be if Ashton were to go back to his mother's womb for two weeks and re-emerge a Pisces. Fat chance of that happening. I only have their dates of birth, not the times, and from what I could see it is nothing short of a miracle that they lasted this long!

Ashton has his Sun, Moon, Mercury and Venus all in the cool, stubborn, detached, freedom-loving sign of Aquarius. In utterly amazing contrast, Demi has her Sun, Mercury and Venus in red-hot, passionate and magnetic Scorpio, with her moon in warm, cosy and ever-so sensual Taurus. How they lasted this long, I can only surmise is they both wanted to prove the critics wrong who said at the beginning of their liaison that it would never last. They are both double fixed signs and both would be equally stubborn in their ways.

I hate to see people make mistakes, especially avoidable ones. Demi should have stayed with Bruce Willis. The astrological chemistry was so much better there. They could have got therapy and actually worked it out. But...maybe Bruce and Demi could do the Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton thing, (getting married and un-married 3 times) since they are both the same star signs reversed. When a scorpio (Demi) loves a pisces (Bruce) the embers of love forever burn...When she married Ashton it was to show Bruce what a scorpion's sting felt like...

Too bad the stars of the silver screen don't pay more attention to the stars in the heavens. The rules are the same for all of us.

Now that the damage is done and Bruce is happily married with a new baby, I think Demi and Ashton should do a clean swap with J-Lo and Marc Anthony. Seriously, I'm not kidding, from the astrological perspective Lioness J-Lo and Ashton would make more than sweet music together, and rumour has it she loves younger men. I pride myself in my matchmaking skills. Sensitive Marc Anthony with his Sun in gentle Virgo and Moon in equally sweet and gentle Cancer would be a match made in heaven for Demi.

Please oh please...If I could only get this information out to the Universe and Hollywood and Ashton, Demi, J-Lo and Marc - Just think how many people I could make happy! There is a mate out there for every soul.

Tune in tomorrow for very important news concerning a major astrological planetary event happening on the 24th November which is going to affect everyone of us...I'll give suggestions on how to best deal with it.

Cheery bye bye for now!

Patricia xxx

Hey, so what's your sign?

Picture the scene - I'm sweating it out at bootcamp, swinging from a rope like Tarzan, breathless, when the dulcet voice of my trainer asks "so hey, what's your sign?" What the...! It surprised me, as usually I'm the one asking that, and she had no idea I was into Astrology. After we finished our session we got talking, and soon everybody was joining in. Strangers were now friends, with a name, and a sun sign to go with that name. That's the magic of Astrology! By pure co-incidence I had brought in a copy of my book 'Children of the Stars' as a birthday present for my other trainer, who had just become a new dad. So it was a star kissed day.

As I was walking to the car after my workout, I decided to reward myself with a Starbucks. While waiting for the coffee, my eyes were drawn to a message somebody had written on a sheet of paper in front of the Barista, which went like this...'Listen to the people all around you. Every phrase, gesture, laugh, fear or unspoken thought is a small segment of a person's life, combining to create a biography or a moving portrait...' 
Isn't that the very essence of Astrology? ...listening to the people...listening for the signs...trying to understand...

Your birth chart really is a biography or moving portrait of your life. I like the word 'moving' as it suggests the living, rhythmic energy pattern within which you are constantly growing and developing in harmony with the cycles of nature. It is part of life's purpose that all things should grow - and that includes us. We need to develop as human beings, move on with our lives, roll with the punches, celebrate the joy, and always keep our face towards the sunshine.

My mission statement, as a practical, no-nonsence, non-tech Astrologer, is to heal and reveal, empowering you to do what you can, with what you have, where you are... 'what you have'... being the astrological cards you were dealt at birth. It's how you play them baby...Now that's the fun part!!

Let's talk again soon.

Patricia xxx