Things should have been easing up for you over the last weekend with the Sun entering Sagittarius. With a lighter spirit and more optimistic view of life we tend to perceive the world and people around us in a more benevolent way. It is easier then to keep up our faith and focus on all the good we experience in our live.

This is a perfect week for the traditional Thanksgiving feast and family reunion many of us will face. It is the time to get together with your family of origin or chosen family of friends. Our lives are built on relationships and without the connection of love and intimate relationships we feel separated, lonely, depressed and without much zest for life. Even if we don’t have a family we feel happy and cozy with, it is our history and has formed us into who we are today and we have to deal with that one way or the other. Even a difficult childhood can be turned into a successful life on many levels.

Sometimes it even seems like especially a difficult, even traumatic childhood sets us on our way to grow and develop compassion and a high level of consciousness.

I had my share of trauma in my very early life and still I would not want to change anything even if I could. It made me into the person I am today and I have come to love that person. It has served me for a life of spiritual search and growth and a level of acceptance and love I treasure. I think that is what Thanksgiving is about, to see all the grace in my life; how I have always been guided from a higher place and the many blessings I have been given.

If you don’t have a family you feel close with or they all might have passed on it is still in your own hands to create a life with loving relationships and friendships to take care for.

In many spiritual traditions gratefulness is treasured as a high level of spiritual accomplishment. To be able to focus on what is good and valuable in your life will raise your consciousness and your emotional well being. It can become a spiritual practice to be totally present and aware of your emotional state and the accompanying thoughts which create the feelings. Thanksgiving can be a reminder and invitation to count our blessings and celebrate them with our loved ones.

Venus Jupiter Square
The Venus Jupiter (Scorpio-Aquarius) square will be triggered the beginning of this week with the Moon in Aquarius joining Jupiter briefly on her way. Both pleasure loving planets look for opportunities to expand their joys and fulfill their desires. With a square there might be a tendency to go overboard and ignore sound reasoning and balance. But after the intense soul searching time with the New Moon in Scorpio last week and the Sun in Scorpio last month I believe that in the bigger picture there will be balance even in going overboard with catching up on fun filled experiences. It for sure sets the tone for this week.

Sun Sextile to Saturn on Tuesday
No need for worries to truly indulge too much with the Venus Jupiter activities because with the logical reasoning of Saturn we will temper our actions (Sun). The Sun in Sagittarius will find reasonable goals with Saturn’s clarity and guidance.

Moon in Pisces
Also on Tuesday the Moon floats into Pisces and introduces us to our more gentle nature, more subtle dimensions of our soul and heightens our sensitivity for our needs as well as others. With Moon in Pisces there is a sense of oneness and loving connectedness which fits right in for this week.

Thanksgiving Thursday
On Thanksgiving itself there will be a Mercury Mars trine (Sagittarius-Leo) which will speed up communications and put ideas into motion. It is a nice constellation for such a social day when we get together and exchange our ideas and stories. Our discussion will be lively, smart and entertaining. There will be a flow and ease and a feeling of understanding each other better.

The Venus Neptune square will bring exquisite awareness and openness for feeling the deep oneness in your heart. Venus Neptune both deeply value expressions and feelings of love. For Venus it is the very personal experience of receiving and giving love with friends and loved ones. For Neptune it is the trans personal experience of all encompassing, unconditional love for all life. Because of the square between them they might help us along with voicing old resentments and hurts we have hold onto for too long and allowed to be in the way of our love and appreciation.

Think about it! Do you have some unfinished business with somebody in your family or a friend? Or even your most significant one? If you are aware of it you have a better chance of not being surprised of the direction events might take on your get together. You could make a point in clearing things up at the beginning of your meeting.

In the evening the Moon is marching into fiery and spontaneous Aries with a square to Pluto. Whatever you have tried to put under the cover might blow up into your face. If you have not cleared the path earlier in the day, stirred up emotions might get out of hand with feelings of resentment, frustration, anger or irritation.

With other words it is a perfect day for dealing with your family in all the facets it usually brings out in us.

On Saturday the Aries Moon forms four harmonious aspects with Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune. Most of us still might share time with family we will visit and it will give us more time to integrate our new found feelings of forgiveness and honest self expression. With Moon settling into Taurus on Sunday we will be able to relax more and get comfortable in the new found peace and feelings of connection and oneness. If you don’t end up there on Sunday night it just means there is more for you to look at and integrate.

Remember life is not a problem to be solved or get done with; it is a mystery and journey to be lived every moment to the best of your abilities.

Happy Thanksgiving and many blessings, Shakti.

Shakti Carola Navran: astrologer, jeweler and author

Shakti Carola Navran has written the book: Jewelry and Gems for Self-Discovery: Choosing Gemstones that Delight the Eyes & Strengthen the Soul and  many articles about the healing properties of gemstones and their use in daily life for meditation, balance and meaningful jewelry making. She teaches you about true Birthstones which are based in astrology and their possible application for Soul Jewelry.

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