by Alison | Nov 13, 2020 | Blog, News
This November new moon sets the scene for our month ahead and of nurture and nourish…
We are all still facing outer restrictions in some way or other and yet remember just how many times we, as humans, have been tested and re-covered. And this November new moon has all the possibilities and ‘newness’ for just that. It is so helpful right now to see Uranus retrograde in Taurus giving collective inspiration for re-viewing our way forward especially with finance I suspect!
I’m writing this as news of a vaccine is breaking and a feeling that we have that sense of hope and new vision brewing away.
Mercury in Scorpio … Mars in Aries (retrograde turning direct on the 14th) … Venus is in Libra (will enter Scorpio on the 21st) …
Your love letter:
What makes your heart sing? Is there something that you can do to bring a sense of beautiful peacefulness to your body … or your mind … or your soul?
Maybe a walk in nature followed by quiet dreaming time. Perhaps a home spa with gentle music. Or mad crazy dancing to some seriously loud music!
Writing, doodling, painting and using colour. Bring vibrancy into the home and your world. Move cushions, change the tea you drink or even just give permission to your eyes to watch the sky.
And let me know – I love to hear how you are enjoying moments right now.
And scroll down to the end of this email if you wish to get to something really joy-full from youtube!
My News!
Still not on social media! There are some people and groups that I miss however (!) the space, still-ness, quiet, time for email / letter / calls, quiet (did I say that already!) and … most of all … I feel a gentle balance returning to all of my energetic fields.
I may dip my toe into LinkedIn again very soon but not just yet.
And so my email list and website remains my main focus which is like a breathe of fresh air. And I’m tidying up my website and office in readiness for the new work to enter as we move closer to the Solstice gateway. More about that later as we truly are at a strong planetary shift time which continues into next year.
Planetary News!
New Moon on Sunday in Scorpio (see the theme here!).
Here we go. Moon & Sun both at 23º Scorpio at 05:08 15th November GMT.
An intriguing new moon energy. Especially given (and I’m loving this) Venus is still in Libra and making a square to Pluto, Jupiter and Saturn all in Capricorn. Now some would say that the square brings in a challenge and I say that the challenge is necessary. Test out how to balance those Capricorn energies as we prepare for the Winter Solstice in December. Walk a labyrinth and let gentle love wash over your soul.
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Other Resources
This to cheer!!
Dorothy Dandridge with Fayard & Harold Nicholas (the Nicholas Brothers) performing “Chattanooga Choo Choo” in SUN VALLEY SERENADE (1941) dir. H. Bruce Humberstone …
Thank you!
thank you for reading and for being here alongside me on our journey together. I would love to hear from you – keep well, safe, warm, and go gently through this amazing New Moon energy.
As always, with love from Alison xxx
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by Alison | Nov 3, 2020 | News
The turning wheel of the year reaches the 31st October and …
a second full moon for this month and Samhain/Halloween as well … are you ready to enjoy, and delve into, the turn of the season? 
Samhain / All hallows eve / halloween … the 31st October is the festival of the world sleeping. We are in the darkest of time at this point in the turning wheel of the year and, we know, about to go into the coldest. This festival marked the last time for this year that our ancestors could safely travel before closing doors to keep warm and dry.
Insights
It is traditional to place a lit candle in the window for travellers to see and to know that a warm welcome will be waiting.
Now-a-days a lit pumpkin in a window will offer that warm welcome to trick or treaters – although movement around streets is different this year.
However the symbolism and deeply held memories are still there and so a lit candle brings in that sense of loving friends and families uniting.
Another tradition for this time is to lay an extra place at the dinner table. Again this is a part of the warm welcome given to travellers seeking refuge and also an act of remembering those that are now in the spirit world.
And this brings me to the phrase ‘the veil is at its thinnest at this time of the year’. Insights and messages. Seeing beyond the real. Working with the imagination. As we are encouraged to be indoors and ‘inside’ so the inner world and all that we have within beckons to be heard.
Scrying – possibly one of the most ancient and beautiful ways of giving the imagination permission to roam. Whether you light a fire or a candle the art of scrying is one of those ‘remembering’ parts of who we are.
Magical Life – An E-book for living in harmony with the elements is available to purchase via my website and I have put it on sale for Samhain!
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Astrology
And we’re here at the astrology part!
The Full Moon (31/10/2020 at 14:48 London) at 8º Taurus and conjunct Uranus. The Sun will be at 8ºScorpio and making a special trine with Neptune. Just this aspect creates a wonder-full (and welcome) pattern in the sky for inspiring independent thoughts. Are you dreaming a lot? If so be gentle with them and allow the deeper insights to slowly appear. Draw or doodle away to your hearts content as the imagination offers a light for the path ahead.
In addition (!) Venus opposite Chiron brings an awareness of making sure we consider our ‘self’ from a healing point of view together with the planet. Venus is the goddess of love, beauty and art. Chiron the centaur bringing healing to wounds.
Is there a part of your self that would love to create something? Or nurture and nourish?
And my final ‘snap shot’ insight for this particular chart of the heavens would be that it has a strongly cardinal and earth weight to all of the aspects. Opportunity for us to be who we really are and to allow time for the deep changes that are coming to really unfold in their magical and beautiful manner.
I’m reminded of a card I have on my shelf from St Julian’s Church in Norwich with the words of the Anchoress Lady Julian
‘All Shall be Well.’
thank you for reading and for being here alongside me on our journey together. I would love to hear from you – keep well, safe, warm, and go gently walking forward.
As always, with love from Alison x
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As always, with love, from Alison
by Alison | Jul 21, 2020 | Blog
A new astrological chart is created when we make a significant move to another place geographically. A secret held within the astrology of your relocation chart waiting to be unlocked perhaps!
The first part of what I offer here is to say that ‘you remain the same’ after a change of location. The second part is to say ‘you may be aware of subtle differences, new impulses, different opportunities and maybe a change in language.’
The chart set up for your relocated situation does not replace your birth chart however it will offer you more to look at and consider. An extra chapter hidden away and waiting to be unlocked and read.
A change of permanent residence is a serious matter and significant. Therefore it follows that the astrology around it becomes a major influencer on the path being travelled.
What changes?
Different parts of a birth chart will unlock and allow something new to emerge – a secret held within your relocation chart! 
The birth of a human being on planet earth is a special and momentous occasion. That moment in time and space offers a road map and shows all of the potentials. Choices and chances. Opportunities and traits. How relationships are built. Deeply held purpose. And travel.
By watching a birth chart, and the patterns made to it by planetary energies, we see many things including the different types of travel that appeal. Sometimes travel geographically and then again there is travel within the mind. And always moving forwards, evolving and growing towards the best version of ourselves.
There is a very big difference in looking at the astrology of temporary travel to that of a more permanent change of residence.
Are the planets the same?
The planetary positions remain the same as they are fixed in the Universe for the ‘clock’ time under consideration. For example if Venus was at 18º of the sign of Taurus then that planet would still be in the same place and likewise if the Sun was in Gemini at 16º then it would still be at that position! 
So what does change?
The Latitude & Longitude is determined by the geographical place. And so it follows that, when we make a significant move or journey, the mathematics around where our position or place changes. And then the chart drawn up will give us a new perspective of the Universe around us. We will view the stars and the planets from another angle as the angles of the chart will quite literally alter. Planets may now even appear in different houses – parts of the chart concerning character, career, where we fit in to the world etc. And this will bring chances to evolve and grow into a different pathway created for us. 
In my own chart a change of Country shifted my chart to shine a very different light onto my path. My rising sign became Leo instead of Virgo and that gave me a different view of my path through the whole chart. I began to ask questions again and to re-visit the bigger questions of my relationship with the world from a different perspective. I looked for the secret held within my own relocation chart … Exciting! Especially as the ‘next step’ is to look at planetary movements and so future opportunities!
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Astrology gives us beautiful choices all uniquely designed for each one of us by the Universe. Free will and choices. The joy of looking at our birth chart is that it becomes our road map. Giving us the best potentials and energies with which to work.
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As always, with love from Alison x
by Alison | Jun 30, 2020 | Horoscopes
July with inner sparkle! And July begins with 5 planets still retrograde: Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto.
By the end of July Mercury will have turned direct bringing us the insights and thoughts, learning and clarity, new arts & crafts …
And, for July with inner sparkle, the beautiful feeling of the world turning and all is moving on for us and we really do not need to rush out there to prosper. 
Perhaps the key to our July with inner sparkle is in the retrograde planets plus that Mercury direct and a requirement that we all begin to see how to weave our way forwards again.
Interesting to note that the new Moon this month is also in the sign of Cancer and so will bring the energy from the Solstice forward for illumination. Especially as the third eclipse of this season occurs in July as well!
Making and doing and exploring new energy.
Taking time out to relax and allow the ‘new’ times to gently unfold into what will be-come.
Oh! And get ready for the meteor showers at the end of the month.
They may be spectacular to see!
A true July with inner sparkle shining in the sky!
♈️ Aries
Mars is one of the few planets driving forward in a more usual pattern and, towards the end of the month, forms an inspiring square with Mercury. Push ahead with your dreams and goals this month and doors will begin to open. Perhaps you will be altering how you present yourself, or your work, however there is always room for making improvements and those will evolve quite naturally over the coming months. And so give everything a polish and let the planets help you dance and laugh and move forwards.
♉️ Taurus
Remember last month and making time to dream again? Keep going Taurus as family, or maybe ancestral, needs and wishes will feed into your perception of your months ahead. What does that mean? Well, a combination of listening to family, providing the taxi service that you do so well, making sure all are fed with beautiful food (which you also do so well!) and also hearing the voice of inspiration for yourself. Take some moments to do something creative to help remember your purpose and dreams.
♊️ Gemini
There is a great social aspect to your month ahead Gemini … yes really! More than ever your sparkly wit and gentle turn of words will be in demand. New people to meet and different places to go and a balance of on and offline events. And there is also a money story going on as well. And so another side to balance as well. Keep an eye on those books and your bank account and have a longer term view of available funds. You may be making decisions now of just which events and parties you wish to attend. Choices! Gemini you have choices!!
♋️ Cancer
Hello Cancerians and last month we talked about balance and seeing the joy (celebration) as the Sun moved into your birth sign. With a second new moon in your sign at the end of July, and Mercury turning direct before the Sun leaves your sign, this is quite an opportunity to really craft your vision. Set a goal for the next month, Cancer, and the energy will assist you. Break it down into imaginative steps and consider each one at dawn and again at dusk. The magic begins!
♌️ Leo
The Sun moves royally into your sign on the 22nd and it is perfectly fine to use the fist part of July to prepare for that celestial event. Self-care and love of body, mind and spirit, plus revitalising parts of home or garden – all are indicated for thought and some actions! Take your favourite jacket out of the wardrobe and look at the seams and pockets. Are repairs required? Or perhaps a new brooch or buttons. Permission to spend time on you especially if a part of your celebration in July is going outside to make a wish on a shooting star.
♍️ Virgo
In these horoscopes there is usually at least one sign of the Zodiac that I give particular thanks to. Virgo, this month, it is you! You will be bringing an air of gentle earthiness to the planet which is very well needed. Your style of earth magic ranges from the making, weaving, pottery, cooking amazing meals, planning and preparation. Towards the end of this month please make time for you. Emotions may well become heightened around you and you will, of course, have a tissue at the ready – however you do not have to do it all. Allow that time to step outside and breathe. Stretch your body if you can and visualise that amazing yoga pose of saluting the sun. Time for you.
♎️ Libra
Venus in the directors chair gives you options as you navigate business and employment this month. Problems become slowly solved during the weeks and that new project starts to become something to really enjoy. You may find that some things need relinquishing in order to make space for that project and that is fine. Just go at your own pace, quietly forging ahead and remember to make time for new people and/or inspirations which will be emerging as we go into this second half of the year.
♏️ Scorpio
A great gift, Scorpio, is to see the bigger picture in all detail and all layers. You are able to look deeply beneath the surface and see the amazing qualities often hidden. This is a month for you to be delving into those depths whether for yourself or for others. Don’t be surprised to be, at times, very much in demand and then to be completely quiet. Take time to go within and celebrate the insights. And write. Maybe this is the time for that fantasy novel to begin. Or perhaps you take one out of the library to read!
♐️ Sagittarius
Those plans that you began to ponder on during June now require structure. Possibly this is far, far way away from where you really thought you would be in July! And there is your key for this month. Your destination is nearer than you think and, when you release that arrow and send your dreams flying forward, the structure of how to get there comes into view. Think of a bird flying so high and yet so visible. Your plans are fine and will just take time to unfold. One plan. One action. A structure. All is moving forwards.
♑️ Capricorn
With the full moon in your sign on the 5th and at 13º, so almost in the centre, prepare to release some connections with the past long overdue. New territory awaits you Capricorn. And the joy of being in the middle of a significant lunar cycle is that you can take your time over this. What new energy will you welcome as we go through the months towards the Winter solstice and your birth sign? No fast decisions required. A gentle walk forward into new energy. And perhaps a new role at work beckons …
♒️ Aquarius
Uranus offers those new opportunities for you this month as well Aquarius. As new structures in workplaces and society are slowly becoming more apparent so, too, are you able to express your versatility. It seems as if your words are no longer hidden in a need to conform! Indeed your energy is required to spark conversations and bring new ideas to the table. Life is colourful Aquarius and you may find yourself wearing a rainbow of colours.
♓️ Pisces
Neptune is offering you a calm, beautiful and intuitive time as you take those steps out into the world. Mercury will also offer the right words as you emerge into the open. The world wants to hear your message Pisces however please be gentle with yourself as you go. There is likely to be money news for you during the second week and this will empower a decision about work, business or utilities. Keep yourself grounded and yet also have a sparkly laugh of enjoyment too!
As always, with love and a little bit of July with inner sparkle! 
Alison
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by Alison | Jun 4, 2020 | Blog
The Wheel of the Year
By watching the Wheel of the Year we are acknowledging the ever changing seasons, with all the gifts they offer, and also a rhythm known through time by our ancestors and also those still to come. It is both logic and magic. It gives us time and balance. And connections …
I’m Alison & this is why I use the Wheel of the Year
December 2019 and we moved to a place that had been on the cards for us for many years. The actual house move had been fraught and filled with all of the twists and turns of a great thriller, and our move took place over three days, however the joy of realising those dreams was huge.
And I realised that, amongst many astrological aspects at the time, transiting Mercury was opposite my natal mid-heaven and inspirations and insights ensued!
And so we celebrated Winter Solstice, and the sun rising into Capricorn, in a new land and yet one that we recognised on a deep level.
Sun-rise on the morning of the Solstice.
The key to working with the Wheel of the Year is to fully appreciate the turning of that wheel. That every moment of every season has joyous intent for life moving forwards. Every festival honouring the turn of the seasons holds within it an appreciation of agriculture and of the stars. And also holds within it sustenance on every level – physical, emotional, spiritual and connections with others.
I invite you to watch the wheel of the Year as it turns and turns about.
This is written in the Northern Hemisphere and all is opposite for the Southern hemisphere … absolute balance of our planet!
Winter Solstice – around the 21st of December
The shortest day of the year and the longest night. A time for the earth to begin to waken. And yet it is the darkest and coldest time. Families indoors making do with whatever they stowed away before the weather turned.
This is a festival of the light with candles & fires burning to encourage the Sun to return. And a festival of love as those inside took care of each other and the animals.
Re-birth of the Sun as, astrologically, the Sun moves into Capricorn.
New.
Imbolc – Beginning of February
The Sun is in Aquarius.
Snowdrop festival. The first lambs are born and the first spring growth appears.
A strong agricultural festival as our ancestors celebrate the return of crops growing and light returning – what a special time this is!
Hope.
Spring Equinox – around the 21st of March
The Sun moves into Aries and the green year shows us Spring in all of her natural glory. Abundance begins.
Day and night are equal and light balanced. Equinox is balance.
Growing.
Beltane – Beginning of May
The Sun is in Taurus and we celebrate the first day of Summer usually on May 1st. Flowers of different colours are picked and ribbons attached to trees ready for dancing.
Bees are occupied with spreading pollen and making honey.
Friends & Family.
Connections.
The longest day of the year and the shortest night. The Sun moves into the sign of Cancer and the Sun is high in the sky.
This is another festival of the light with candles & fires burning to honour the Sun as it will begin to draw back in light.
A joy-full time of warmth and unity.
Love.
Lammas – Beginning of August
The Sun is in Leo and it is time to start properly the Harvest. Children are out of school to help and the weather is still warm and usually dry.
The first bread and cakes are baked using newly harvested crops and the celebrations take place often on the first of August.
Bounty.
Autumn Equinox – around the 21st of September
A time of equal night and day in perfect balance. The Sun moves into Libra and nature begins to withdraw back into the earth.
Harvest is at highpoint as the crops need to be brought in safely before the weather turns and stored.
This is the time to honour and celebrate our gifts both actual and symbolically.
Prepare.
Samhain – usually celebrated on October 31st
The Sun is in Scorpio and these will be the last days when travel is easy. Families gather together.
October 31st and the veil between worlds is at the thinnest. A custom is to set an extra place for evening meal and this may be for someone who has passed or for a late-comer to the table.
Ancestors & families gather.
Honour.
And then a new Winter Solstice …
The ever turning Wheel of the Year.
A rhythm for us to know and to remember that we are a part of nature and have a part to play in the dance of the seasons.
As always, with love, from Alison
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Summer Solstice – Celebration of beauty of the Sun
