Blog's Birthday

Was all overshadowed rather by the events that started towards the end of October. I have to say it wasn't really until today did I truly feel the weight lifted. Relief and joy. Having discovered the lump in my left breast and then being holed up in a hotel near work for 5 days solid I was unable to actually get to see the GP for a week. When I did it felt churlish - but there and then I was given an appointment to St Georges to the breast clinic. A day spent being poked an prodded and eventually having a biopsy. Which essentially means having a staple gun aimed in that area and drawing out tissue for the doctors to ponder on and test. The bruise has only just gone but the scar where they make an incision for the gun is still there.

A long week waiting with some discomfort and the unknown just hanging there. I worked really hard - buried myself in work work and coursework for my writing course and even exam prep for mid December. The week flew by - but was punctuated by a day of total anger which manifested itself in punching inanimate objects and then when the adrenalin had passed just sobbing at random things on TV.

Results day, afternoon. A long wait with numbers around me dwindling. To be told I was clear. I am not sure I ever imagined what it would be like to be in that position. Now I know. I retreated. Hid my fear by being strong and keeping occupied. And since then I have been coming to terms with how fortunate I am and how much there is to do in life. My friends kept me going - plenty of daily emails/texts. And my Mum lived through the entire experience with me - no matter how remote from her I was.

So yup on November 21st Blog turned 5 - off to primary school if you will. I missed it and have not been here too often. 2010 has posed itself as a challenging year. Emotionally certainly - but losing sense of physically who I was not on my list. I will endeavour to write more - in-between my creative writing work - which I am really enjoying!

And that's where I am off to now... ta ta.

Take care.

November news

Lucky Days: 1, 2, 9, 10, 19
Yucky Days: 3, 4, 16, 17, 24
Fashion Icon: Sienna Miller
Colour: Charcoal
With three major planets going direct this month, you’ll be getting some necessary clarity on important issues in your life. As a hyper-responsible Capricorn, there’s nothing you like more than knowing the practical realities on the ground. That means that this month’s astrological weather will come as excellent news. First Neptune goes direct in your money house on the 7th, clearing up any outstanding financial issues and making it easier to move forward with salary negotiations. Next, Venus goes direct in your career house, clearing up confusing issues at work, or paving the way to find a new, more meaningful job. You may have been searching for a way to put yourself on the map in recent months–you can find it faster now. At the same time, if you’ve been feeling like the work you’re currently doing is less than fulfilling, you may wake up after the 18th and have a sense of what you’re truly meant to do. Finally, lucky Jupiter goes direct in your communication zone, setting the scene for auspicious opportunities to express yourself. If you’re a writer, speaker, commentator or you just want to post a blog that’ll reach a huge audience; it’s more likely to happen during the second half of November.

Capricorn

Lonely at the top, or happy to be part of a humming team? That is the principal question posed by this month’s planets. Today’s new Moon is firmly in the latter camp; to repeat last month’s forecast, all collective enterprises are currently favoured and the next fortnight is perfect for you to establish yourself as an indispensable member of the group, or to cajole co-workers into line.

Still, with Saturn forceful in your career zone, you’ll either be finding life as the boss (you are a Capricorn) unusually demanding or feel that the powers that be are marginalising you. Maybe both (there is always someone further up the power structure, probably another Cap). Until you have passed your birthday month, however, there’s little you can do but be seen to get the job done contentedly. Wield whatever power you have and wait for your chance.

Venus reversing into your professional world for a few weeks does you no harm, and may in fact, bring help (probably female). For those of you fooling with an office romance, Venus can also bring a recent (September) crush back into contention. It’s a dalliance worth pursuing, providing you don’t mind a few weeks of indecision on someone else’s part.

Romances and partnerships are currently hard to control, either because you are pre-occupied with the professional treadmill, or because your other half needs ‘room’. You might as well grant them it for now. December and January are more amenable for you getting warm and intimate with others. Unless you are Sagittarius rising, planets in the Archer’s skies signal retreat and downtime, especially between November 22nd and 5 December. Downtime is definitely over thereafter.

Your schedules are complicated by Mercury’s awkward pattern. The messenger planet arrives in your skies on 1st December, only to turn tail on the 11th. Agreements in the first week of December are therefore provisional; the further ahead you can plan now, the better.

The full Moon of the 20th/21st is sweet but swift; find somewhere you can be sporty or arty. Born 22-25 December? The object of this period of transition is to emerge phoenix-like from the flames.


Your November monthly forecast: Remember the Tower of Babel? The builders of this ambitious structure were supposedly put in their place by the Creator who rendered them unable to communicate. But, hang on... if skyscrapers were capable of taking people closer to Heaven, New York would be full of angels. Anyway, why make them all talk in different tongues, when even people who speak the same language rarely understand each other? It makes more sense as an allegory. We want to get close to Heaven, but as soon as we do, we realise life without struggle is bland. Try seeing November's 'unfair problem' in that light. It counterbalances a great achievement elsewhere in your world.