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Virgo Horoscope for week of December 14, 2006

Verticle Oracle card
Here's the bad news. Sometimes your perfectionism verges on being a sophisticated death trip--a manic compulsion to trap life inside a tight little cell where no change is allowed. Here's the good news: You now have the power to strip away the pathological part of your perfectionism and liberate the healthy core of it. Please swear to me that you'll figure out how to be more fluid and playful with your zeal for excellence. Spend less time running your mind in vicious circles and more time running your mind in upward spirals.

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Hrm....my mind running in vicious circles... *check*
perfectionism...*check*

Yup that's my horoscope.

Current Mood: amused

November 28, 2006

Thinking Productive Thoughts
Virgo Daily Horoscope

You may feel aimless and scattered as your attention is pulled in many
directions today. You might be struggling with a heavy workload and too many
demands on your time, or you might be confused and overwhelmed by obstacles in
your personal endeavors. Since trying to focus on too many thoughts at once can
exacerbate confusion, you might find it beneficial to spend some time releasing
unnecessary worries and concerns. Simply find a quiet place where you won’t be
disturbed, and focus first on emptying your mind of all thoughts. Allow your
awareness to rest in serenity and peace and feel this essence filling you with
calmness. You can then choose to embrace only thoughts that are conducive to
productivity and optimism and enjoy a greater sense of control over your
activities today.

By freeing our minds of cluttered thoughts, we enjoy increased clarity and focus
that enable us to stay on track with our objectives. While hectic surroundings
can contribute to a scattered mind-set, we also might have the tendency to worry
more than we need to and make our sense of being overwhelmed worse. By
consciously releasing cluttered thoughts and placing our awareness solidly on
serenity and peace, we are able to balance our emotions and focus with clarity
on our present activities. Not only are we then able to complete our tasks
quickly and easily but we also feel less stressed while we do so. Taking control
of your scattered thoughts can bring back the focus and calm you need to be
productive today.

Current Mood: annoyed

October 13, 2006 Releasing Perfectionism Virgo Daily Horoscope

You may feel optimistic today and enjoy the knowledge that the possibilities for your life are limitless. You may be making great progress on your goals or feeling excited about your ability to create success in your endeavors. This mind-set can be empowering but may not be all-encompassing, and you may want to give some thought to areas where you are still held back by limiting thoughts today. Perhaps you believe that you would be more successful if you could just lose weight, find the right life partner, or overcome bad habits. Rather than fighting against these blockages or allowing them to hinder your progress, you can simply choose to embrace them as one small aspect of the bigger picture. By doing so, you will affirm to the universe that perfection is not your objective and that you can still create success despite any perceived imperfections.

By releasing our attachment to perfection, we are able to focus more on the positive aspects of our progress rather than becoming mired in the negative. We are often harder on ourselves than we are on others, demanding perfection and nothing less, which can be self-sabotaging and limiting. If we instead choose to embrace our perceived flaws and acknowledge that our success can exist in spite of them, we begin to believe in truly limitless possibilities. With this newunderstanding, we can continue focusing on the positive and enjoy every moment of our progress. You can free yourself from self-limiting thoughts today by simply embracing your imperfections and allowing your success to arrive anyway.

Current Mood: sleepy

Writing in The New York Times, Joyce Wadler captured the essence of a genre that has lost its once-heady repute. "Poetry, if we may take a moment to explain to the young people," she said, "is an art form somewhat like rap, only it does not sell, and since the death of Lord Byron [in 1824] there has been a paucity of bling-bling." At the risk of nudging you toward a cultural dead end, then, Virgo, I'll ask you to expose yourself to concentrated doses of poetry this week. In my astrological opinion, you need to have your brain scrambled and heart flushed in a lyrically healing way, which good poetry can do. Here are some excellent sources: (1) James Broughton, http://tinyurl.com/zabt9. (2) Mary Oliver, http://tinyurl.com/z325h. (3) Pablo Neruda, http://tinyurl.com/l6684. (4) Rainer Maria Rilke, http://tinyurl.com/gsy3t. (5) Daniel Ladinsky, http://tinyurl.com/f9w2j. (6) Lots of poets, http://tinyurl.com/kyqzc.

Poetry...huh?? Guess I'll start by packing that section of the book case...

Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Yagyu Jubei

September 13, 2006

Authentic Connections
Virgo Daily Horoscope

You may feel disconnected in your interactions with others today and notice that
you have trouble making yourself understood in conversation, or you might feel
that your opinions are drastically different from those of everyone else. You
might want to consider whether your disconnection from others could be a
mirrored reflection of an inner disconnection. If you take some time to explore
your feelings and resolve any inner conflicts today, you will likely find that
you are able to relate better to others. One good way to reconnect with your
spiritual self is by spending time in meditation. By first releasing all
scattered thoughts and turning your attention inward, you should feel a greater
sense of awareness and balance returning to your state of mind.

By connecting more deeply with our inner selves, we are able to connect more
genuinely with others. We may not always notice when we become disconnected from
our spiritual selves, until other areas of our lives stop running so smoothly.
If we choose to see our outer sense of disconnection as an indication that
something is happening within us, we can better work through it and resolve it
quickly. By strengthening our awareness and forging a stronger connection with
our authentic selves, we are able to feel more balanced and stable from within.
This helps us interact with others from a place of honesty and truth, which will
make our interactions much more productive and meaningful. Reconnecting from
within today can help you enhance all of your relationships, including the one
with your authentic self.


_{ok...the trick is making this a priority...}

Current Mood: wore down
Current Location: home
Current Music: TVIMH clamouring for attention

August 9, 2006

Focused Efficiency
Virgo Daily Horoscope

You could feel overwhelmed by work projects today, and the pressure could make
you feel nervous and irritable. Rather than trying to push yourself beyond your
limits in order to complete your tasks, you might want to focus on calming your
mind and getting organized because you will be able to complete the same amount
of work with less effort. Simply take some time to get into a relaxed state of
mind by engaging in a restful meditation and doing some deep breathing. Then
turn your attention to your objectives and formulate a plan that will help you
stay on track today. You could make a list of tasks that need to be completed
and order them by priority, or simply set up a structured schedule and work on
each task in turn.

With a calm mind and organized approach, we strengthen our efficiency and
complete our work with ease. Our first reaction to feeling overwhelmed is often
to work harder and longer in an effort to catch up, but doing so can scatter our
focus and limit our productivity. If we instead take some time to release
tension and adopt a peaceful, centered mind-set, we strengthen our mental focus.
If we also combine this serene mind-set with an organized approach, we are able
to work efficiently and complete our tasks with ease. By taking the time to
organize your tasks and adopt a calm mind-set, you can free yourself from
tension and increase your efficiency today.

Current Mood: surprised

August 1, 2006 Harmonious Communications - Virgo Daily Horoscope

Your expectations may be strong today, which could lend intensity to your communications with others. This might urge you to speak more forcefully in an effort to get your point across to others and that could cause them to pull away. By consciously working to tone down the potency of your thoughts, your words will also seem gentler and more cooperative to others.

One good way to do this is by developing a peaceful, harmonious mind-set. Simply detach from your expectations and allow yourself to feel calm and relaxed. Take some slow,cleansing breaths and visualize a peaceful scene such as a forest or meadow.Imagine being in this place, attuned to the beauty surrounding you, and allow the peaceful energy to soak into your mind and body. Affirm that events are unfolding exactly as they should today, and carry this peaceful feeling with you as you resume your regular activities.

By fostering a peaceful mind-set, we are able to interact harmoniously and productively with others. Our forceful attitude is usually brought on by thoughts of urgency regarding our plans, but this can result in hasty actions,as well as repel the very people we are working with in a team environment. If we instead choose to adopt a relaxed, peaceful state of mind, we don’t feel so attached to our expectations anymore. We can simply enjoy our interactions with others and make steady progress on our plans at the same time. Your peaceful mind-set is the key to creating harmonious cooperation between yourself and others today

me and my forceful attitude has also been defined as "know it all"... damned military training....

Current Mood: amused

Some scientists believe our brains are in a continual state of war.Writing in LiveScience.com, Bjorn Carey reports that our grey matter is a battleground where competing thoughts and impulses struggle for supremacy, brawling and jousting for our undivided attention. I have reason to believe that this ruckus will be far more pronounced than usual for you in the coming weeks, Virgo. All of your pairs of opposites will intensify their conflict, with each side clamoring and aamaneuvering to be declared winner. What I recommend may surprise you. I think you should just sit back with amused tolerance and let them fight it out. There really is no pressing need for you to be anything other than a radiant bundle of fascinating contradictions.

Current Mood: amused

Virgo Horoscope for week of March 9, 2006

Verticle Oracle card Virgo (August 23-September 22)
The ancient Greeks had words for love that transcend our usual notions, writes Lindsay Swope in her review of Richard Idemon's book Through the Looking Glass. Epithemia is the basic need to touch and be touched. Our closest approximation is "horniness," though epithemia is not so much a sexual feeling as a sensual one. Philia is friendship. It includes the need to admire and respect your friends as a reflection of yourself--like in high school, where you want to hang out with the cool kids because that means you're cool too. Eros isn't sexual in the way we usually think, but is more about the emotional gratification that comes from merging souls. Agape is a mature, utterly free expression of love that has no possessiveness. It means wanting the best for another person even if it doesn't advance one's self-interest. The phase you're currently in, Virgo, is providing you with opportunities to explore the frontiers of at least three of these kinds of love. _{**good to hear...I could use the love**}

Current Mood: busy
Current Music: Joe chatting at me

Virgo Horoscope for week of February 2, 2006 Verticle Oracle card Virgo (August 23-September 22) I decided to work on your horoscope while out in nature today. Armed with my notebook of astrology data, I found a fallen tree to use as a chair on the muddy bank of Ross Creek. As I gazed into the rain-swollen torrent and thought about you, a little voice in my head said I should give you the following message: To invoke the awareness that will help you formulate this week's most important questions, spend quality time watching water flow through the earth, watching clouds stream through the sky, and watching thoughts glide across your mind's eye.

I hate it when he tells me to look at those things. Yup. I'll be sure to book some time to cloud watch.