Astrologer Speaks on Self Help

How to Use Astrology to Improve Your Life

One of the best methods of working with astrology is using the messages from the universe to improve your life. Many times when one is looking at an astrology chart it is easy to focus on the negative or more difficult planets. Yet if we get bogged down in the negative we can spend years simply keeping it together to plough through the tough times.

This is not to say that the difficult planets, Saturn and Pluto especially, do not present challenges, they certainly do create a myriad of problems to encounter, face, work through or let go and move on from. However it is in the realm of the positive influence that we can rise above the problems, find the solution that will transform the difficulties, and consciously find happiness even when circumstances do not warrant joy.

Focus on the helpful planets and where they are moving in your chart when you have difficult situations; whether it is money issues, relationship problems, health concerns or family tragedies. Learn which houses transiting Jupiter and Venus and your progressed moon are in your personal natal chart. The chart is divided into twelve houses, each house representing a different area of life. It is in the houses that Jupiter, Venus and the Moon are moving through that you will find opportunity for growth and happiness.

Jupiter brings opportunity and protection. If Jupiter is in your house of career, you are protected at work even if others are being laid off or fired. If you happen to be given the pink slip and you have Jupiter in the tenth, think of the attitude and beliefs you had about your work during the previous year, were you hoping for more time for yourself? Jupiter will bring you what you want and your new job could be the time you were telling yourself you needed to do your true vocation, whether it is to write the book, start a new business or many other ideas.

The Moon moving through the houses will tell you where you will benefit from for your emotional well being. If it is in the house of relationships then it is time to give and be with a significant other. During this passage you will find that connecting with compatible partnerships can provide you with warmth and contentment that you never expected in the past. If the moon is moving through the house of independence and self it is time to connect with who you are and reclaim where you feel you have lost your inner sense of authenticity.

Now is the time to protect your being through positive structures that will counteract negativity in your life and what you can be picking up and experiencing from the emotional climate in the worlds environment. Listen to your inner guidance system to hear where your own opportunities exist, then take action to put into motion that which you know you need to do.