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Illustration for “The Stratosphere” from Chimney Town. Published 1934. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.(1888-1960).

Powerful attracting action steps:

1. Write your goal out by hand everyday.  Anything you will not write down by hand on paper, isn’t something you really want.  2. … Write out your goal with your non-writing hand everyday. This activates new neural pathways in your creative brain and tells your subconscious mind you’re serious.  3. Brainstorm different plans, however unrealistic they seem. It costs you nothing to imagine. 4. Read up on people that have had similar success. Even if their successful in a different industry, it feeds your brain with “like images” it can begin to create.

5. Stuck? Ask the Universe a question and then forget about it. Questions stir your brain to search for the answer. If it cannot answer, it will connect with Universal Intelligence to find an answer.  6. Do something that feels good. And repeat.  We have desires because we think they will make us feel good. By feeling good now in whatever small way, we align with our dreams. 7. Fall asleep asking yourself one question: if my wishes were fulfilled how would I feel? Your subconscious mind assumes you want more of what you want when you fall asleep thinking about it as if it’s already done. 

Going to have some custom natal charts and constellation art prints up in my Etsy shop hopefully by the end of January when I reopen my shop! Here’s some of the designs I’ve been working on :)

The wonderful thing about astrology and similar fields is that you can learn so much simply through introspection, meditation, and self-exploration. Writing your thoughts or talking about your thoughts to others interested in astrology (like on forums or on chats like those held by @atmospheria) is a great way to learn more, but first, you do need a solid foundation to get started.

Like any other field, you need to study astrology in order to learn about the findings of astrologers before you. So how do you study astrology? Not everybody has access to astrology classes, so we need to find other resources.

Books:

Perhaps the best place to find information about astrology is through books, since, generally speaking, you need to know your stuff if you want a book published. I’m personally not much of a reader (oops), so these recommendations are mostly based on other people’s recommendations.

For beginners who are interested in learning the quick and dirty basics of astrology, check out The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need by Joanna Martine Woolfolk (there’s a free copy on archive.org), The Secret Language of Astrology by Roy Gillett, or Astrology for Dummies by Rae Orion. However, if you know the basics and want to move forward in your knowledge, don’t stick with these. You’ll just be reading the same information over and over, and you may get caught up in description-based astrology. So you’ve got to challenge yourself!

Here’s a tiny list of books that allow you to push your mental boundaries in astrology. There are probably other, longer lists of recommended books floating around.

Relating: An Astrological Guide to Living With Others On a Small Planet by Liz Greene

The Luminaries by Liz Greene & Howard Sasportas

The Inner Planets by Liz Greene & Howard Sasportas

The Outer Planets and Their Cycles by Liz Greene 

The Twelve Houses by Howard Sasportas

Encyclopedia of Heavenly Influences by James R. Lewis

Astrology, Psychology, and the Four Elements by Stephen Arroyo

A Collection Of Stardust: A Journey Through The Twelve Archetypes by Emma Hill

And of course… Your Microcosm by Marina Kuhn

Also check out the astrology books at your local library or bookstore! They’re usually with the New Age or spirituality books.

Don’t be discouraged if you don’t understand every word of what you read. We’re all learning, and simply being exposed to higher ideas can do so much for the learning process!

Websites:

Can’t afford books? Hate reading books, like I do? There are also tons of fantastic websites to learn from!

Cafeastrology, Astro.com, and Astrotheme are great website with tons of articles on different topics.

AlwaysAstrology has pretty great descriptions of all the different basic placements, if that’s what you’re looking for.

I ADORE The Mountain Astrologer! There are so many great, in depth articles.

Also check out Bob Marks Astrologer, South Florida Astrologer, and Astrology Library.

Youtube Channels:

Learn best through videos or lectures? There are sooo many awesome Youtube channels with videos on astrology. Simply search the topic that you want to learn more about, and you’ll find tons of videos to satisfy your need for knowledge.

Alyssa Sharpe is a well known Youtube astrologer. I hear she’s really good, though some of her videos are sort of superficial and silly, which isn’t entirely bad.

Ayyries is run by the perfect @ayyries and everything she says is golden, so you should check out her videos as well.

@scorpio-astrology also has an awesome channel, called Jake Astrology.

And I’ve been attempting to launch my own channel, Astrology Addict, and it has a few videos you can check out.

Tumblr Blogs:

Not ready to dive right in and study in depth? Following informative astrology blogs and having that exposure to more advanced astrological topics on your dashboard can do a ton. Check out…

@astrofairies

@ayyries

@astrologanize

@astrawrlogy

@scorpio-astrology

@thenatalchart

@starlilium

@astr-logy

(2) who are abused? They didn’t ask for that. That quote made me feel angry because life sucks now and I’m tired of life being hard. Like, why would spirits/The Universe make things hard for certain people and it’s as if other people don’t even struggle? I know some people who don’t know what it’s like to struggle. They’ve never lived in poverty, they’ve never been abused, and everything is fine for them. So what’s wrong with me and everyone else who struggles on a daily basis? Thank you.”

This is such a good question! I actually totally fundamentally disagree with that quote, as well as the idea of us choosing a soul contract of suffering or the Universe choosing suffering for us to teach us something. As someone who was a victim of abuse, I’ve thought tons about this. 

I do agree that the Universe is completely benevolent and loving and that it displays this love by constantly self-correcting and directing us towards the most joyous path. Another way the Universe gave it’s love was by creating free will: empowering each individual to make their own decisions, even if that meant turning away from love. This is what some people do and, sometimes, these people will hurt another (like an abuser abusing someone). 

It’s never the Universe’s fault, since it was the person’s free will. And often it’s not the individual consciously deciding to put themselves in a place where they are abused or hurt or the victim of some other tragedy. The lessons people craft from this come from them deciding, after the pain, to transform it into something they can learn from–lessons from tragedy aren’t forced upon us, they are our choice too. For instance, I’ve learned a lot from the abuse and my recovery, but the abuse wasn’t necessary for me to learn these lessons. So when we learn from pain, it’s because we choose to take something senseless and give it meaning by our own design. 

In essence, there’s absolutely nothing that determines who will and who won’t suffer certain hardships. Often, it’s simply someone targeting you, an unexpected circumstance, or systematic injustice (in the case of poverty and such). The Universe does want us to be happy, so it will constantly create infinite paths to give us the best opportunity given our situation–sometimes those paths are easier, sometimes they take more work, but ultimately this path is loving and not meant for us to suffer. The sources of pain aren’t on this path, the Universe simply helps us get past the pain others and society or the world cause us. 

I do want to mention there are probably some cases where spirits do decide to put themselves in positions of hardship before incarnating. It certainly doesn’t seem to be common, but some individuals (for instance, Jesus) may choose to be in a position where persecution is likely and they decide to self-sacrifice. But, ultimately, the Universe never ever forces anyone into that role. 

What is energy, what is an aura, and do you have a field of energy around and within your body?

We feel that it exists, that it’s there, but what is the proof that tells us unequivocally that we are right – and not just imagining it?

Luckily, over the years, a number of key scientific experiments have been conducted to answer the question of “Does energy exist?”.

I am the valleys and craters of Mercury.

I am the burning clouds of Venus.

I am the life that blooms on Earth.

I am the dust and darkness of the Moon.

I am the towering mountains of Mars.

I am the swirling storm on Jupiter.

i am the frozen rings of Saturn.

I am the floating mist of Neptune.

I am the diamond rain on Uranus.

I am the subterranean ocean of Pluto.