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May Horoscope Video all signs with Michele Knight 2014

Hello Gorgeous Soul,

Such apologies for not doing this weeks weekly astrology. I’ve been ill and lost my voice as well as being buffeted about by all the intense astrology! This month we have 2 Cardinal Grand Crosses but thank goodness Mars the planet of action and vital life force is going direct 0n the 20th. A lovely Earth and Water trine gives us a great sense of healing and a shot of optimism.

Love Michele xx

 

 

Numerology For Those Born on the 14th or 23rd

If you were born on the 14thor 23rd day of any month you should have already read the section which governs your Life Path Master Number which is a 5. However, those of you born under ‘double digits’ which reduce down to a 5 have the additional influence of your double number which reveals information about your Soul Power and Soul Path. So, if your birthday falls on either the 14th or 23rd – read on.

Soul Power Number 14

You soul task is to be who you want to be and not what others think or expect you to be. Your life path will take you on a journey of discovery – to the real you! This is the promise of your birth number. As mentioned before, the Number 5 has a duality about it and your birthday out of all the 5’s is the one that is called to integrate this duality into wholeness. When we become a whole person – literally ‘whole hearted’, we become the masters or mistresses of our fate. So, you need to take all aspects of yourself – even those qualities which you might think are unlovable or which others have told you are ‘unacceptable’ – and own them all and in doing so you will unlock your power and potential. Remember – when people criticise you or tell you how you should be living your life they are telling their story – not yours! You will know when you are in your power and on the right path when you are content to step back and see what life brings you instead of trying to make things happen. When you start to do this you will become more and more self-confident which in turn will attract the very people and situations you need to help you. No matter how successful you become, once you have stepped into those powerful shoes, please don’t fall into the trap of taking yourself or life too seriously. Always maintain a joyful, childlike, free-spirited attitude to life even if you end up in a position of leadership or responsibility. If you don’t you will end up with your personal freedom curtailed and become pompous, puffed up with self-importance and overweight to boot!

A word of warning: guard your creative ideas carefully as they could be ripped off, plagiarised or mismanaged by others.

Soul Power Number 23

This is considered an extremely fortunate birthday to have and one of karmic reward. It promises help and favours from people in positions of power and authority who will offer resources and advice. Although this is an extremely protective number – almost as if you have a Guardian Angel at your shoulder, it cannot completely protect you from life’s ups and downs. But let’s just say that it can cushion any falls for you. You need love like others need air, food and water. You will either have one person for the early part of your life and out-live that partner or you will fall in and out of love for the first half of your life only to find true and lasting love in the second. You will find that your 50’s are the best decade of all when life will bring you exactly what you want.

You need to learn to live in the moment and find the funny side of life and if you so you will have the success you crave. You’ll travel far during your lifetime and you will always be under some kind of protection when you do no matter how strange the places you visit. You may inherit money at some stage in your life or else be the recipient of payout of settlement in your favour.

Although this is a number of reward it does not mean you are exempt from learning spiritual lessons. You are on the wrong path if you are attracting people who are selfish, untrustworthy or unreliable. If so, you need to develop all your positive traits a lot more. Be more selfless, trustworthy and reliable and you will attract in kind. The world truly is your mirror if you were born on the 23rd, so make sure the mirror reflects back something you like to see.

 

 

Daydream Believer! How To Imagine Your Way to Success

Who hasn’t indulged in a spot of daydreaming at one time or another? Some of us may recall tuning out at school during classes whose subject really didn’t resonate with us – and being told off for it! And let’s be honest – as adults we are all prone to the escapism of daydreaming at times when we’re stuck doing something mundane or life appears to be more about spinning our wheels than forward progress.

However, your daydreaming can actually be a powerful tool when it comes to setting and attaining your goals. Many people find affirmations difficult to stick too but as we all know that our thoughts can change our reality and that our minds cannot distinguish between what is real and what we visualise. Therefore because  daydreaming allows us to visualise our goals in great detail and also add the all important ingredient of how we feel into the mix, we can utilise our capacity for daydreaming and turn it into a powerful manifestation tool – and have fun while we do this!

Ready to get dreaming big? Each night before you go to sleep imagine you have the thing you want or are in the situation you want to be in – perhaps that ideal love relationship or dream job. Fill in all the details that you possibly can. See how you are dressed, where you are and above all – what you feel. Really go to town as you allow yourself to drift off to sleep. If you can get into the habit of doing this every night you will find that this can literally fast-track your desires but concentrate just on one goal at a time. Once it becomes a reality then you can move on to another. This is an especially good technique for those of us who lead busy lives and don’t feel they have the time to spend on visualisation techniques. After all – we all have to sleep! Of course, if you do have time then you can indulge yourself in some additional daydreaming time but like any visualisation or meditation exercise, ensure you turn your phone off and won’t be disturbed.

The great thing about using this technique it that it also unlocks our creativity. You are giving your imagination free-rein here and one of the unexpected benefits of this technique is that you may see increased creativity and problem-solving abilities in other areas of your life as a result. It’s important as part of this process that we don’t censor ourselves when we imagine what our future goal looks like. By placing limitations on what we believe is possible for us to achieve we not only limit our opportunity for success, but we can slow or stall the process, stunt our creative growth and also restrict our ability to recognise opportunities to attain our goal once they start to manifest.

Make the time it takes you to drift off to sleep work for you in ways that are only limited by your imagination. This technique is not only easy but also incredibly relaxing too and you may find it a lot easier to get to sleep if this has been a problem for you. You have your dreams for a reason and that is for them to come true. So dream on and wake up to your dreams coming true.

Advanced Tarot Techniques: Seeing Connections Between Cards

We’ve all had Tarot readings where we’ve been amazed at how the reader has been able to make connections between the cards and come up with so much amazing information for us. Of course, for many readers the Tarot is merely a gateway they use to access higher intuitive knowledge, but there is no doubt that much of what they are able to tell us comes directly from the Tarot. As we are learning our craft it is understandable that we want to be able to work towards a similar level of expertise but are unsure how to go about it. However, learning to read the cards with this type of depth begins with seeing relationships between cards and looking out for when they appear together in a reading – and this is something we can begin practicing at any point in our development.

Ready to begin? Grab your trusty Tarot journal and your cards. Now – go through your deck and separate out the Major arcana cards from the Minor arcana. With the Minor arcana cards separate these out into suits – Cups, Wands, Swords and Pentacles.

You’ll need a large table or a clear space on the floor for this. First of all, take the Major Arcana cards and put The Fool at the top. Then – lay out the rest of the cards in thee rows – seven cards to a row. When you look at the cards this way you will start to see not only the Fool’s journey clearly but start to see connections between the cards themselves. With today’s modern decks many of the artists sometimes depict characters from one card in another. For example, in some decks the couple depicted in The Lovers are the same as the couple chained in The Devil. See if you can find anything like this in the deck you are using. Sometimes the visual message is more subtle. Look at where colours are repeated or symbols. When you find these (and believe me you will – and many once you look closely!) write them down in your journal and also what you think they mean. Now start to think about what these cards which share imagery in common would mean if they appeared together in a reading. What added information would they be telling you? Write this down too. To use the example I gave you earlier – if you discovered that the couple in The Lovers card in your deck is the same one as the couple in the card of The Devil – if they were to appear in this order in a reading this could well indicate a relationship where issues like obsession, manipulation, control and co-dependency could appear.

Now, keep the Major arcana cards out and lay out the Minor arcana one suit at a time in order starting with the Aces and on to the King. If you have room lay them out in a single row – if not try to make it three rows as you did with the Major arcana. Once you have laid out all four suits in this way take as much time as you need to look first for where imagery, colours, symbols or layout from the Major arcana cards is repeated anywhere in the suits of the Minor cards. Do any of the court cards or people in the Minor cards resemble any of the people in the Major cards? Again, take note of any similarities no matter how minor as that’s the thing about the Tarot – what is hidden from us or takes us a while to see is the important stuff! Now, look at the suits themselves and again, study them to see where imagery, layouts, symbols, colours or people look similar. This can even be clothing the people are wearing. If you like and have the space and no one will disturb your cards, you can leave them out over several days and keep coming back and looking at them some more. This allows your subconscious to process the visual information and alert you to new connections and relationships between the cards next time you come back to them. Take your time an be prepared to repeat this exercise and with different decks if you have them.

As the connections between the cards emerge don’t forget to keep writing down in your journal your interpretation of what these cards appearing together in a reading signify and again, don’t worry if your interpretation flies in the face of the traditional one. It is ultimately the reader’s ability to see these connections and place their own interpretation on them that gives the reading the depth we are all seeking.

The Tarot contains so much information but it takes time and practice – as well as observation – to access. This technique will help you tune into a new level of knowledge and have the people you read for wondering how on earth you knew that!

Advanced Tarot Techniques: Become a Tarot Detective!

The term ‘arcana’ which is used in Tarot to describe the Major and the Minor suits is actually derived from the Greek word meaning ‘secret’. So, we can say the Tarot is actually comprised of secrets – big ones for the Major cards and smaller ones contained within the Minor cards and it is our job as readers to uncover and interpret these secrets. Think of yourself as a profiler or detective interpreting the information and then placing it in context of yours or the person you are reading for, question.

So, what’s a good way to be able to access even more secrets that the Tarot contains above the traditional interpretations we’re given in books? Well, think about a real detective for a moment. They gather evidence but very often they also rely on their intuition as to whodunit as well allowing them to ‘hone in’ on a suspect while of course profilers build a psychological profile based on the evidence. So, your ‘evidence’ is the cards that appear in the reading. Hopefully you’ve also read my article on seeing relationships between cards. Another valuable technique for accessing the secret information in the Tarot involves developing your own interpretations of the cards – just like that detective also relies on their intuition!

As usual, you’re going to need your Tarot journal but for this exercise you are going to need more than one deck of Tarot cards. It’s usual for us to start off with a Rider Waite deck (or one very similar) when we are learning to read the cards. However, what usually happens is that as our confidence builds we acquire other decks especially when we encounter a deck we are especially drawn to or whose imagery resonates with us. I know of many readers who collect Tarot decks but no matter how many they have they usually only use one or two. For this exercise if you have several decks use the two decks that you are most comfortable with but which have very different imagery and styles to start with.

You’re going to need a fairly large, uncluttered surface – a table, desk or even the floor if you are comfortable there. First separate out the Major arcana cards from both decks. Now, set out the cards of the Major arcana from both decks in order side by side – in other words the two Fools next to each other, the two Magicians and so on. When you have done this sit back and take note in your mind of the similarities and differences between the same cards in both decks. Once you have taken note of both start to really concentrate on the differences between the same cards. Based on the traditional interpretation of the cards in question what are these differences telling you? It is understanding and interpreting the ‘secret’ between the differences that gives you additional information. It doesn’t matter if it flies in the face of what you have been told the card means – what matters is what you intuition is telling you it means. Now, write this down in your journal and move on to the next card and do the same thing. You have now accessed and ‘detected’ some new information – new ‘evidence’ you can apply to a reading in future.

When you have finished working with the Major arcana then use the same process to work through each suit of the Minor arcana. Obviously this process takes time but you’ll be building your skills as you do. If you have several decks you can repeat the exercise using either two completely different decks or else just substitute one and you will be amazed at the different information – the ‘secrets’ that are revealed to you each time that you do.

Weekly Astrology Video With Michele Knight 21st April 2014

 

Yes and No: The Two Most Powerful Words to Attract Romance!

When we are seeking that special relationship we can become so fixated on how/when/where we will meet them and what qualities they will have that we forget to look at the other 50% of the equation – and that’s us! If we are looking to attract an authentic partner then we have to begin by being authentic ourselves. This begins by becoming aware of what we are agreeing to in our lives – in other words – where we are saying ‘Yes’ and ‘No’.

You may now be asking what this has to do with attracting romance into our lives – or anything else we may desire for that matter. Well, when we say ‘Yes’ but actually mean ‘No’ we are not coming from a place of authenticity and power. Having the courage to stand up for what we want and to say what we mean – to put pleasing ourselves first rather than just pleasing other people, reconnects us to our truth and to our self-worth. It sends a message to the universe that we value ourselves. Very often we grow up conditioned to people-please. We are told either covertly or even overtly that pleasing others is more important that pleasing ourselves. On doing this we become increasingly disempowered and if we continue doing so, this can lead to us no longer knowing what it is we truly want.

When you look at it in this way – if we don’t know what we want how can we know if a relationship is actually right for us? If we’ve stopped respecting ourselves how can we hope to gain our partner’s respect should we find ourselves in a relationship? And if we are coming from a place where we no longer consider our needs to be important, it’s highly likely we’ll be unable to attract the right kind of relationship in any case.

So, if you’re single and still seeking, take the time right now to have a Yes and No audit. Think back to all the times you can remember when you said ‘Yes’ to someone’s request – but really wanted to say ‘No’ instead. How many times has this happened in the past in a relationship? When did the idea that you are not allowed to say ‘No’ to someone you care about – ever – begin? Usually this starts early on with our families. Think back to how you really felt when you agreed or felt pressured into doing something you really didn’t. And most importantly of all – do you think that if you say ‘No’ to someone they won’t like or love you anymore? Very often we say ‘Yes’ when we want to say ‘No’ out of fear – fear that we will lose the person. But the fact is that numerous psychological studies have proved that the people who are unafraid to stand up for themselves and don’t people-please are the ones who have the most successful relationships.

The ability to agree only when we want to, and to say ‘No’ and set boundaries with confidence has a beneficial effect across all areas of our lives. Operating from a place of authenticity is what opens up our hearts and makes us unafraid to let love in. We know we have the skills then to make good choices – both in love and in every other area. It lets potential partners know that we are someone to be valued. It sends out the right ‘vibe’ to the universe – a major factor in attracting someone whose energy matches our own. So – don’t be afraid to say ‘Yes’ to love, an ‘No’ when you need to show you love yourself as well.

Spiritual Make Overs: 5 Simple Steps to Get Back on Your Soul Path!

I’m sure it doesn’t come as a surprise to most of you when I say that after relationship issues, one of the top reasons for consulting our readers has to do with clients feeling they have lost (or indeed never found) their soul path or purpose. New research has shown than those of us lucky enough to have discovered this live longer and lead happier and more fulfilled lives than those who have quite literally ‘lost their way’. So, it’s no wonder that this issue ranks so highly and that discovering what we are here to do is so important for us.

Very often we find ourselves stuck in a job or career that is just what other people expected us to do. We look back to our childhood dreams of what we thought we would be doing when we were ‘grown up’ and realise that they bear no resemblance to what we have ended up doing. If this all sounds too familiar and if you are wishing that your life could change but are not even sure what form that change should take then read on as I’m about to help you reconnect to your path or purpose. Notice I say ‘reconnect’. That’s because you came here knowing what this was and all that’s happened is that due to outside influences that made you doubt yourself, you’ve lost touch with this knowledge – and with your authentic self and power to achieve this in the process.  And all this takes is five simple steps. Have your journal ready so you can write down your experiences.

1: Back to the Future! Think about all the activities which gave you pleasure when you were younger and your dreams of what you wanted to do. Think back and hone in on a few. Your pre-teen years from 9 to 12 are usually particularly rich here.

2: Connect to your emotions. Think about how you felt when you were engaged in these activities and write down these feelings. Also, write down what you fantasised about being or doing when you became an adult. How did that make you feel back then? Excited? A little daunted but nonetheless filled with energy? How do you feel now reliving those emotions? Are you sad? Filled with regret? Or are you feeling a sudden surge of hope and energy from reconnecting to these dreams?

3: What was the role you saw yourself playing? Think about this as if you are starring in an alternative movie of your own life. If you believe in the multiverse theory in an alternate universe there could well be another ‘you’ who took this path. Think of this part of the exercise as tapping into their energy. See how their live evolved and also experience emotionally what it is like to actually live this dream.

4: Write the screenplay for the rest of your life. Now you know the role you were born to play take your journal and open it to a new page. Write on the top of the page ‘I am a . . . (successful business person/landscape gardener/teacher/game designer/dog groomer – whatever your dream is)’. Write it in the present tense as if you are already living your soul purpose. Now comes the fun part – brainstorm all the ways you can think of how you can start to make your soul purpose your reality.

5: Barn Raise! Understand that life is a collaborative venture and we all need people to barn raise – in other words help us build our dreams from the ground up. Once you have brainstormed on how to achieve your soul path goal and broken it down into the steps you have to take don’t forget to go to people for support and assistance. However, choose these carefully as often if people have lost their own purpose they can feel threatened by someone who is re-discovering theirs. And remember – even taking the smallest step towards our soul purpose fills us with energy as we tap into our authentic selves once more – the authentic self we were when we first had these dreams as a child. You have your dreams for a reason and the reason is to be the person you were always meant to be.

 

 

 

 

Weekly Astrology Video With Michele Knight 14th April 2014

What’s Your Gut Telling Your About Your Friend’s Relationship?

There’s probably not one person amongst us who hasn’t speculated on the state of a particular friend’s relationship at one time or another. Whether we’ve sat at a wedding and thought ‘I’ll give it a year’ or wondered why two people who argue so much stay together, chances are we spend more time analysing what’s going on with our friend’s relationships than we do our own. Obviously for most of us, wondering what may be going on with a friend’s relationships stems from caring about them and just wanting them to be happy. If you’re developing your psychic skills then obviously, what you pick up around relationships that isn’t being said is an important part of developing your skills.

Recent studies reveal that what we pick up about a friend’s relationship is usually more accurate than we think as there are certain signs that tell us when a couple is not as happy as they may be letting on. So, if you’ve got that nagging doubt about what’s happening with your friend and his or her significant other – check out the first signs psychologists have identified as possible indicators for stormy weather ahead.

1: Your friend is critical of their partner. Happy couples tend to view their partner through rose-tinted spectacles in some respect no matter how long they have been together. They gloss over their partner’s faults or down-play them. Maintaining a few illusions about our partner is, according to psychologists, a good indicator of a happy relationship whereas criticism or absence of illusions can indicate trouble ahead.

2: Your friend’s friends are splitting up. Divorce or breaking up can be like a cold – it can spread. A 32-year study published in 2013 showed that an individual’s likelihood of divorce increases 75% if a close friend gets divorced, and 33% if a friend’s friends get divorced. While this is not a given, the researchers concluded people may be more likely to consider separating if they have friends who have also done so.

3: Your friend makes a lot more or less money than their partner. Believe it or not, this is still the major source of inequality or dissatisfaction in a relationship. We all know this shouldn’t matter but studies in Sweden show that inequality in earnings can affect relationship stability and the greater the difference between this, the more susceptible the relationship may be to break-up or divorce. Of course, much depends on how both parties view money and whether they believe the person who earns the most calls the shots in the relationship. But when we consider that after adultery, arguments over money is the second highest reason couples divorce, it’s easy to see the link here.

4: Your friend or their partner is defensive. We’d rather not have to witness arguments between our friend and their other half, but sometimes this happens or our friend may confide in us about a recent argument they’ve had. While arguing is not necessarily a sign of an unhealthy relationship, defensive behaviour can be. Psychologists Lannin, Bittner and Lorenz have identified a trait known as Defensive denial, a type of defensiveness which involves making excuses for one’s behaviour and refusing to own responsibility in a problem. They discovered  that engaging in this form of defensiveness is toxic to relationship wellbeing which in turn, fuels other issues in the relationship.

5: An absence of public displays of affection. You’ve noticed your friend and their partner don’t hold hands, touch or kiss in public – ever. No matter how long you’ve been together, little touches and hand holding are indicators of the level of intimacy in the relationship.

6: You just don’t think the relationship will last. Strangely enough it’s been proved that an outsider’s gut feeling about the ultimate fate of a relationship is usually more accurate than that of the participants – as proved by the study published by psychologists Agnew, Drigotas and the aptly named Loving back in 2001. Therefore your gut assessment is usually the right one.

Obviously what we see or what a friend may tell us is only part of the picture as relationships are very complex. Our gut feelings however are usually right and are alerting us not only to potential problems but ensuring we are able to provide support to our friend should they need it. As with any intuitive exercise however, we should tap into its wisdom in our own lives too – so take a step back and see what you gut tells you about your own partnership – hopefully that’s a healthy message.