What can you expect from an astrological reading?

Astrology gives answers to questions like:

How can astrology support you with that?

First, astrology cannot create anything that is not in accordance with your chart. That means certain limitations are automatically included. For example, if you are not meant to be a famous musician or actor, then astrology cannot change that. Or if you are a very introverted and security oriented person it will not transform you into somebody that is extroverted and loves to be in the center of attention. But it can show you how to make the best out of what you have been given and how to fulfil your potential- and in the end that’s what will make you happy and content. The thing is that it is up to you what you make out of your possibilities. And it definitely helps to know what these possibilities are.

 For me personally, for example, it was so helpful to understand my Venus in the 3^rd house in Aquarius. Venus in general says something about what you need in relating, how you express yourself with the other. It shows your style in relating, what you find beautiful, what attracts you, what you like and whom .If you are a man it says something about what kind of woman you find attractive.

Now, for example, Venus in Aquarius needs a lot of freedom, likes to experiment and is open minded when it comes to different forms of relating. For me that meant I needed (and need) a lot of freedom in relationships. I am very independent and need a partner that likes that-or can at least accept it. I was also in “unusual” relationships-and enjoy them-relationships which for somebody who needs more security and commitment would not have been possible. And that’s neither good nor bad, everybody has different needs. But it really helps to know it. It avoids a lot of unnecessary drama and pain, as you make different choices. In my example, if I would meet somebody that I find attractive and interesting- and I see that this person would want to be together 24/7, would have problems with me to go to travel by myself for 3 months or is not very socially aware (all important for my 3^rd house Aquarius Venus)- I know this would not work. Not that id didn’t try this in my past, J…

Now I would not do that anymore, the price to choose somebody not fitting to you is pretty high in terms of emotional pain, endless conflict, drama, discontent and suffering.

You get to understand- and love- yourself more

This is easy to say, but it has a very big impact. If you can clearly see your calling, your talents, what is good for you (and what is not) and who suits you, this will cause a movement in you to manifest these insights. For example, it is difficult to continue working in an office under a tyrannical boss when you understand that you need to find the courage to become self-employed. It’s also unfulfilling to stay in a relationship with an “airhead who doesn’t want to commit”, when for you deep intimacy with a partner and starting a family would be the next evolutionary step.

Astrology can tell you something about your karma, what did you bring into this life, so to speak. Astrology can show you the path to healing, what your evolutionary direction and goals are, and of course what you need to do to achieve them. You receive information how to realize your potential, heal your wounds, live your talents, and overcome your challenges.

An astrological consultation will also tell you about your uniqueness, your talents, and your assets, how you can best nurture and live them, and when is a good time to take important steps. It shows the way to live a good life that fits you.

How did astrology change my life?

Personally, astrology, which I am working with for almost 40 years, has helped me to make good private and professional decisions. It showed me my next steps, important lessons to learn and how to make the best of the time quality of the moment. It was for example really helpful to know that at a certain  moment in time the course of action might be no action, that it’s a time of withdrawing, of being still, of vision quest, of waiting patiently for spring to come. Or at another moment, that this time asks you to make bold changes, to stand up for who you are and what you want, to take risks and make no more foul compromises. Often astrology confirmed how I felt inside, but didn’t completely trust until then. When you are asked to be still and withdraw the mind easily tells you that you are lazy, or a coward or that you are not acting responsibly. Our culture has not much appreciation for non doing, for silence, for retreating and being alone. The idea is often the more you do the better. And if you follow that idea of doing a lot in a time that asks you something different, you encounter often a lot of obstacles and problems.

So astrology gave me permission to trust my intuition and also gave me advice when I could not hear the voice of my intuition.

It helped me to understand my nature, and how to express myself in the most harmonious- and fun- way.

To give you a little example: I have a lot of fire in my chart. Fire is action oriented, extrovert, it is warm, it laughs easily, is fast by nature and has an innate feeling for the meaning of happenings. It also can take a lot of space, be loud and can be self centred. So I had my share of people telling me that I am too loud, that my laughter is too loud and that they find it disturbing. And I had people telling me that they love my loud laughter, which they can hear from afar and it makes them smile. When I was young I tried to be quieter, to not take a lot of space, to please people. The more I understood about the fire element, the more I could see that on one hand this is just how I am –and some people will love it, and some not. And I love to laugh loudly; it just comes out of me like that. At the same time it made me aware that sometimes I need to make more space for others that are quieter, to be more sensitive, slower and more on the receptive side. Thank god I also have Neptune, a watery and very sensitive, empathic and compassionate planet, right on the ascendant. That made it a bit easierJ. All in all it was definitely an important insight that has changed my way of relating and expressing myself.

An important gift that astrology gave me was and is to understand and accept the people close to me. To be able, even when my way of perceiving things is different, to accept and acknowledge the perceptions, needs and values of my beloved, my family, and my friends. To see that their way of showing love might be different but not less or more. Their truth is for them as true as mine for me-and that’s something that is easy to forget when you are upset or hurt. And let’s face it, in close and intimate connections you will feel upset, not respected, misunderstood or not appreciated at times. To see the situation through the eyes of the other did provide me often with the realisation that their behaviour is not meant to be hurtful. They only acted from different perceptions and ways of seeing reality, from different values, different needs, and different ways of expressing themselves.

A good example for me was when I was in the middle of my 20ties I played a little astrological game with a friend: We put out the astrological circle of planetary and zodiac sign cards as you do in a astrological constellation session ( link to astrological constellation session) and both sat simultaneously in each other’s moon. So she sat in my Leo Moon and I sat in her Cancer Moon. Now, I have no Cancer planets in my chart, so Cancer as an Archetype was always a bit abstract for me. I could tell you the right definitions for Cancer archetype but didn`t really know how that would FEEL. While I was sitting in the circle with my friend I became aware of a feeling of sensitivity and vulnerability. I looked at my friend and I wanted to be there for her, as I assumed she would feel the same sensitivity and vulnerability. To make it short: suddenly there was way more “feeling” in my perception than usual. The funny thing is that she (sitting in my Leo Moon)felt more confident than usual, she was louder and laughed more -and I felt her a bit “ too loud “ sometimes – which was exactly how she sometimes experienced me. I was more quiet and introverted than usual, and she was more extroverted. This is how astrological constellation works- you “become” the planet/ the sign you are sitting in. Similar than family constellation sessions work. It’s a bit like plugging into a certain energy field. This was an “AHA” moment. I learned something about me and simultaneously something about Moon in Cancer. If I would have sat in somebody’s Aries Moon I would have probably experienced somebody sitting in my Leo Moon as enlivening, fun and stimulating. But a Cancer Moon has different needs, and it very interesting to feel them instead of just knowing them. I was more conscious afterwards when I met my Cancer Moon friend,as I knew now more about how she felt and what she needed.

And of course there is much more, some of it I will share with you in upcoming blogs.

In case you got curious and would like to hear what the starts have to say about you, please feel free to book a “Birth chart reading” on the contact me site.

What can you expect from a reading in terms of prediction?

First the “bad news”:

If you want to hear when exactly your soul mate will come into your life, or the dream job will finally come your way-then you are at the wrong address with astrology. Even though it could tell you for example:

“Next year is about a transformation in the way you relate on a very deep level. Most likely you will meet someone (as that’s often the way we learn about relating), or something will happen in your existing relationship that triggers this important next evolutionary step. Who you will be and who you will be with at the end of this time depends on the choices you make while the transits last – and on of course also on destiny.”

 It could also tell you: “The next months it’s about putting all your energy into your career. Most likely good options are coming your way –if you don’t take them they will just pass. You have the chance to advance in your career big time, but only if you courageously take steps, give it your best and focus single minded on what needs to be done.”

Astrology cannot tell you what incidence exactly will happen next month or year. But it can tell you what the quality of time will be, what areas of your life will be” affected by the stars” and how. It tells you what questions life will ask you –and what’s the best way to answer them. If you then follow that advice or not is completely up to you. For example with an important transit of Uranus it can say:

 “It´s time to be more authentically you in the area of relationships.”

You are asked to stand up for who you are and what you need in relating. It´s time to claim your authenticity, your freedom or the right to say “No”. It’s time for new choices regarding relating. That could involve a heart –to- heart- talk with your beloved where you state what you need, what is not working for you and you listen to him or her doing the same. This could bring a fresh wind to the relationship; you fall in love again and you feel more authentic with your partner. It could also be the conscious choice to leave a close friendship where you made too many foul compromises and you don´t see a way for a constructive change. And this leaves you feeling relieved and proud of standing up for yourself. You could also just “wait the transit out”, feel the pressure of not being really you relating and chose not to act on it because you are afraid or lazy-and you will miss an important opportunity. Sometimes, under a transit like that, outer circumstances correspond with the meaning of the transit. For example your partner leaves you or has an affair. That forces you to act, and either let go of the relationship or work on it to find out what happened, where you made too many compromises and were not authentic. And that can then lead to a fresh start, with both of you more in tune with who you are, feeling more free and connected to the love that originally brought you together.

“It`s up to you in the end”

I have seen people giving excellent answers to the questions the planets asked them. They faced their situation with willingness, courage, love and acceptance-and getting their reward in form of wellbeing, more self-love, matured deeper relationships, a job that fits them etc. And I have seen people making a poor answer, just trying to survive the challenge that’s in front of them, hoping that all will be better soon-and missing out on a great chance to evolve, to create a better life, to fall in love with themselves.

Sometimes also life “supports you by doing the change for you”. You get fired from the job you hate, your rental contract doesn´t get renewed and you need to make a move that proves beneficial in the future, you get sick and finally have the time to look at your life and make necessary decisions etc. And then, as uncomfortable or painful as it is in the moment, with time you realize it’s the best that could have happened to you. It brought you an important  transformation and you end up in a much better place, inside and outside.

The issue becomes difficult when you are “asked to do a certain step”, to make an important decision or change, and you refuse or don’t dare to make it. You stay in the old situation which usually feels more and more heavy, wrong and uncomfortable. You feel stagnant, depressed and out of tune with yourself and life. And that’s a high price. Thank god sooner or later you will get another chance, another transit or progression comes by to trigger the same issue or area of your life. But that doesn´t mean it gets easier to make the change, usually more the opposite. So in the end it’s really beneficial to stand up to the challenge. Understanding what exactly is the next step for you, and also what is at stake often helps you to make the right choice and do the right thing. And with that astrology can definitely support you.

Someone once said that astrology helps you to come in "an active alignment with the timing of god", which I think is very well expressed.

And that can mean, depending on the planets involved at the time, very different things. Sometimes, for example in Neptune times, you need to hold still, postpone decisions, stop moving and be silent. On the contrary when Uranus touches you , it’s time to stand up for yourself, do what you want to do, express your uniqueness -also if others don’t like it. It’s time for big changes, surprising events, uncompromising behaviour and decisions. In Saturn times its time for the next evolutionary step, it’s a reality check and you are ready to build up something new. That “new” needs to be defined, usually involves hard work and is so worth it when you chose to do it. Each Planet has its own agenda, its own question to ask you, its challenges and dynamics.

How can a transits and progressions reading support you in the next 12 months?

Astrology can tell you “what questions you will be asked”, what the upcoming year will be about, what areas of your life will be affected and how to best navigate the time.

For example, the question could be:

“This is about deep emotional healing and transformation. It will affect this specific area of your life most (depends on your chart).  Are you willing to go deep into your psychic underworld, to face your shadows, to heal emotional wounds that are affecting your life?

Are you willing to honestly and courageously look at what unresolved issues are in your psyche, in your life, and resolve to take the necessary steps for healing and transformation?

And by the way: this (depends on your chart) will be your prize, if you make a good answer.”

Astrology can give you information and options for next evolutionary necessary steps. It can give you practical advice and tools to navigate this time. It can give you important background information. In the example mentioned it would be:  what are the emotional wounds connected to, where and when did they happen, and what do they need most to heal?

It can give you information about what wants to transform in you, where does this journey lead and what is the prize waiting for you when you answer this challenge in an appropiate way. It can point out necessary decisions and give you practical tips how to make them.

It can give you information about the time frame, when does this process start and when does it end?

In case you got curious and would like to hear more what the next 12 months have in store for you, please feel free to book a “Transit and progressions reading” on the page "booking & contact".