Well it has finally happened.
We have found our dream property, sold our existing property, waiting for both to settle and packing up 10 years of life into a shipping container to store whilst we await moving to our new property.
16 beautiful acres with a seasonal stream running beside it.
An old rustic timber house that is quirky with a wood fire stove awaits us.
Clean country air and the chance to grow my own food.
A new place to call home, new things to experience and a new life to start.
This move is all about getting well and living the life I want to live.
It has not come without trials, tribulations and trauma thus far.
Family relationships have been strained, arguments have happened and a lot of issues could just have been avoided.
I choose not to focus on this. My focus is on moving forward.
I have had a great crash health wise and I am hoping to make some gains back to where I was and stabilise in the near future.
Now just to finish packing, clean and start on our new journey.
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
Monday, 30 May 2016
In Limbo is not a great place to be...................
It is on the brink of June 2016.
I guess I thought that I would be in different place than where I currently am.
I thought the house would have sold, I thought we would have moved to the Country, I thought I would be on the path to wellness....................................... and so many other things.
Being in the land of limbo really kinda sucks.
The house is half packed up and things are put away. Winter is a coming and I will probably have to unpack a few things as I will need them.
It is difficult to make decisions on the future when things are so uncertain.
All we can do is wait it out and let the Universe provide what it is meant to.
I guess I thought that I would be in different place than where I currently am.
I thought the house would have sold, I thought we would have moved to the Country, I thought I would be on the path to wellness....................................... and so many other things.
Being in the land of limbo really kinda sucks.
The house is half packed up and things are put away. Winter is a coming and I will probably have to unpack a few things as I will need them.
It is difficult to make decisions on the future when things are so uncertain.
All we can do is wait it out and let the Universe provide what it is meant to.
Monday, 23 May 2016
Regrets......I've had a few..... but then again.... too few to mention..........
As the song goes........ but I did it MY WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
I have at times throughout my life, reflected on the people I have met, loved and lost as well as the interactions that have made huge impressions on me.
Sometimes the names of people will pop into my head and I will have a little cringe or wonder what ever happened to them.
I also wonder if they ever have my name pop into their head...... lol
I guess it is all a learning process.
I don't think I have ever caught myself dwelling on a situation, it is more like asking myself the questions of why did I do that and what did I learn from it.
Sometimes the answer is very clear and other times it is not.
I guess what I am trying to say is that we all do things in our lives that we could have done differently.
Owning and learning from it are the things that make us grow stronger and into better people.
Then there are the people that play games and try to draw you into their webs.
I am sure everyone has come across many of those.
I guess I am lucky that I can now spot them a mile away and have the skills to deflect them.
I strive each day to be my authentic self and have gotten to a place in my life where I have accepted myself, flaws and all.
It doesn't mean that I like the place that I find myself in, it just means that it is not permanent.
I embrace change and challenge.
Previously I was afraid of change and like everything to be in a certain order.......... but look where that got me.
My Mother always tells me........ "Don't sweat the things you cannot change".
I have reconciled this within myself and embrace it whilst looking for a different path.
Being on this learning curve over the last 3 years has taught me a lot and all of which I am eternally grateful.
I have at times throughout my life, reflected on the people I have met, loved and lost as well as the interactions that have made huge impressions on me.
Sometimes the names of people will pop into my head and I will have a little cringe or wonder what ever happened to them.
I also wonder if they ever have my name pop into their head...... lol
I guess it is all a learning process.
I don't think I have ever caught myself dwelling on a situation, it is more like asking myself the questions of why did I do that and what did I learn from it.
Sometimes the answer is very clear and other times it is not.
I guess what I am trying to say is that we all do things in our lives that we could have done differently.
Owning and learning from it are the things that make us grow stronger and into better people.
Then there are the people that play games and try to draw you into their webs.
I am sure everyone has come across many of those.
I guess I am lucky that I can now spot them a mile away and have the skills to deflect them.
I strive each day to be my authentic self and have gotten to a place in my life where I have accepted myself, flaws and all.
It doesn't mean that I like the place that I find myself in, it just means that it is not permanent.
I embrace change and challenge.
Previously I was afraid of change and like everything to be in a certain order.......... but look where that got me.
My Mother always tells me........ "Don't sweat the things you cannot change".
I have reconciled this within myself and embrace it whilst looking for a different path.
Being on this learning curve over the last 3 years has taught me a lot and all of which I am eternally grateful.
Sunday, 1 May 2016
Reflections on the lead up to Labour Day celebrations in OZ
I may not look sick, but I struggle with what others take
for granted each day.
I may always reply to your question of “How are you” with a “Fine
Thanks” but I don’t tell you how it really is because explaining it just takes
too much energy and I find talking about it just so boring.
Only those that I live with understand the extent of change that
has happened in my life.
It is at this time of the year, being Labour Day that I feel
it the most.
I mourn the loss of my old life. I mourn the loss of being
active in my life.
I mourn the loss of the friends that have fallen by the
wayside.
I am grateful that I have reached a recovery point of
60% and have stabilised.
I want more and know it will take time to get there.
I know you want to help and offer up suggestions about ways
to get well.
I thank you for sending me information and rest assured I do
research things to see if I have tried it already and if not, will it be of
benefit.
Sometimes it can get very lonely.
I am blessed to have a loving Husband that understands how
it is.
He encourages me to leave the house when I have been within
the walls for too many days.
I do not post this for any other reason than to let my
friends know, you are often in my thoughts and in my heart.
Some days are worse than others so reaching you can become
tough.
I know I don’t look sick……….. but there you are ……. not everything
is always as it seems.
Friday, 15 April 2016
Total wipeout today..............
Things sometimes just get difficult.
As if dealing with this horrible illness is not bad enough, things are sent to try me.
As part of getting benefits I have to go to job placement appointments.
This is whilst I am sorting out my application for DSP.
Well my second appointment occurred today.
It was scheduled for 9am.
The woman sat and argued with me that my appointment was 1.30pm.
She really upset me and told me I was wrong.
Works out she was looking at the wrong person on her computer screen.
She made a mistake and was not that apologetic about it.
A piece of paper was also thrust at me telling me that I had to apply for 6 jobs in the next 2 weeks.
This is all outrageous.
She also told me I was being shuffled off to another consultant.
The new consultant was a Manager in another State for the same organisation.
This all fills me with great hope........ NOT......................
With my qualifications and job history I would not have a problem in getting a job.
The issue I have is that with my illness I am not able to work at this time.
What part of this is so hard to understand.
I came home deflated and have had to go to bed.
Will take me a few days to get back up to being upright.
Until then....... one step at a time.
As if dealing with this horrible illness is not bad enough, things are sent to try me.
As part of getting benefits I have to go to job placement appointments.
This is whilst I am sorting out my application for DSP.
Well my second appointment occurred today.
It was scheduled for 9am.
The woman sat and argued with me that my appointment was 1.30pm.
She really upset me and told me I was wrong.
Works out she was looking at the wrong person on her computer screen.
She made a mistake and was not that apologetic about it.
A piece of paper was also thrust at me telling me that I had to apply for 6 jobs in the next 2 weeks.
This is all outrageous.
She also told me I was being shuffled off to another consultant.
The new consultant was a Manager in another State for the same organisation.
This all fills me with great hope........ NOT......................
With my qualifications and job history I would not have a problem in getting a job.
The issue I have is that with my illness I am not able to work at this time.
What part of this is so hard to understand.
I came home deflated and have had to go to bed.
Will take me a few days to get back up to being upright.
Until then....... one step at a time.
Thursday, 14 April 2016
Fear of the Dentist.........................
I try and get to the Dentist every 6 months for a check up to ensure that I don't encounter any more problems than I need to.
Fluoride is definitely not my friend. It maybe great for my teeth but with Fibromyalgia it really makes me kinda ill.
Each time I have a check up and teeth clean the same thing happens.
Some form of an allergic reaction and then the crash for a while.
I guess I have to weigh it up........... a small set back in health for protection of my teeth.
The thing is that teeth don't fix themselves, they don't regrow.
You get two sets in your lifetime and the alternative to not having them is pretty ordinary.
I hate going to the dentist as it is but would hate it even more if I had to have major work done.
So for the time being............ check ups and fluoride it is.
Fluoride is definitely not my friend. It maybe great for my teeth but with Fibromyalgia it really makes me kinda ill.
Each time I have a check up and teeth clean the same thing happens.
Some form of an allergic reaction and then the crash for a while.
I guess I have to weigh it up........... a small set back in health for protection of my teeth.
The thing is that teeth don't fix themselves, they don't regrow.
You get two sets in your lifetime and the alternative to not having them is pretty ordinary.
I hate going to the dentist as it is but would hate it even more if I had to have major work done.
So for the time being............ check ups and fluoride it is.
Tuesday, 5 April 2016
Getting up to somehow be knocked down again......
I had an appointment with a job network provider as this is a requirement by the Government when you are on benefits.
She took one look at my resume and it was obvious from my work history that I have never been out of a job.
I could apply tomorrow for a position and start work the next day.
The problem that I have is that this bloody Fibromyalgia knocks me over every single time
No one would seriously want this in their life.
On the outside you appear to be totally normal.............but there in lies the problem...... you are unable to function like everyone else.
It takes you ten times longer to do anything as you just don't have the stamina or energy.
You try and do things that everyone else takes for granted and you simply fall into a heap.
As an example. Simple things like shaving your legs or washing your hair....... you put off until you cannot stand it any longer as you simple need the energy to do other things.
CRAZY...................................
I must be thankful though.
At least I am not bedridden anymore.
Spending more than 20 hours in bed was just torture.
Now I go to bed to have a rest and to sleep at night.
Since my appointment with the job provider I have stepped up the search for a job that I could do.
There are plenty out there but none that are part time.
I have to put the handbrake on and not feel to pressured into forcing myself into something that will only end in disaster and tears.
Who knows how this will all play out.
All I can do is take one step at a time and continue to put one foot in front of the other.
The other is to be thankful each day for everything that I am and everything that I have.
Onward and Upwards..........................................................
She took one look at my resume and it was obvious from my work history that I have never been out of a job.
I could apply tomorrow for a position and start work the next day.
The problem that I have is that this bloody Fibromyalgia knocks me over every single time
No one would seriously want this in their life.
On the outside you appear to be totally normal.............but there in lies the problem...... you are unable to function like everyone else.
It takes you ten times longer to do anything as you just don't have the stamina or energy.
You try and do things that everyone else takes for granted and you simply fall into a heap.
As an example. Simple things like shaving your legs or washing your hair....... you put off until you cannot stand it any longer as you simple need the energy to do other things.
CRAZY...................................
I must be thankful though.
At least I am not bedridden anymore.
Spending more than 20 hours in bed was just torture.
Now I go to bed to have a rest and to sleep at night.
Since my appointment with the job provider I have stepped up the search for a job that I could do.
There are plenty out there but none that are part time.
I have to put the handbrake on and not feel to pressured into forcing myself into something that will only end in disaster and tears.
Who knows how this will all play out.
All I can do is take one step at a time and continue to put one foot in front of the other.
The other is to be thankful each day for everything that I am and everything that I have.
Onward and Upwards..........................................................
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Honesty sometimes scares people away.......
I had a friend that I have not spoken to or seen in a number of years message me on Facebook and ask how my Husband and I were going.
I was honest ( as I always am ) and told it like it was. Also asking after him and his family.
Well the silence was deafening.
There was no response back from my message and he went on his merry way posting on Facebook about his break over Easter and other general stuff.
I know he has read the response as it shows on the message.
Why do people message others and then not respond to the reply message????
It made me start to think about all the friends that have fallen by the wayside since I became sick over two and half years ago,
I guess people just don't understand how CFS/ME/Fibromyalgia effects the health of a person and how much energy they have to socialise or even talk on the phone.
It can be very lonely.
I am blessed to have a beautiful family who are close and a Husband that supports me in everything I do.
I have spent a lot of time thinking about people that have been in my life as well as things that have happened over the years.
I am learning to let it all go and give thanks for the things that have happened on my life as well as the people that have come and gone out of my life.
I have to be thankful and accepting of my new kind of normal life and be positive about any improvements and gains that may come my way.
One day.......... I will have a little more normality.
I was honest ( as I always am ) and told it like it was. Also asking after him and his family.
Well the silence was deafening.
There was no response back from my message and he went on his merry way posting on Facebook about his break over Easter and other general stuff.
I know he has read the response as it shows on the message.
Why do people message others and then not respond to the reply message????
It made me start to think about all the friends that have fallen by the wayside since I became sick over two and half years ago,
I guess people just don't understand how CFS/ME/Fibromyalgia effects the health of a person and how much energy they have to socialise or even talk on the phone.
It can be very lonely.
I am blessed to have a beautiful family who are close and a Husband that supports me in everything I do.
I have spent a lot of time thinking about people that have been in my life as well as things that have happened over the years.
I am learning to let it all go and give thanks for the things that have happened on my life as well as the people that have come and gone out of my life.
I have to be thankful and accepting of my new kind of normal life and be positive about any improvements and gains that may come my way.
One day.......... I will have a little more normality.
Saturday, 12 March 2016
Another day...... another Open House.......
For some unknown reason I was wide awake at 5am this morning.
We have another Open House today in the attempt to sell the house and to start our new life.
It has been almost 2 weeks that the place has been on the market.
We just need someone to fall in love with it and buy it.
I am sure it will happen, will just take a little time.
I have also been revisiting many thoughts from my past.
It is interesting to look back and think.......what was I thinking.......
Many people have come and gone in and out of my life.
Some I have been puzzled by and some I have just judged so wrongly..... trust my instinct is the lesson that comes up time and time again.
I am in the right place..... the place that I am meant to be in.
A new chapter of my life is unfolding and I am excited by it.
No expectations.
No fear.
Acceptance of change and ready for all the new challenges.
We have another Open House today in the attempt to sell the house and to start our new life.
It has been almost 2 weeks that the place has been on the market.
We just need someone to fall in love with it and buy it.
I am sure it will happen, will just take a little time.
I have also been revisiting many thoughts from my past.
It is interesting to look back and think.......what was I thinking.......
Many people have come and gone in and out of my life.
Some I have been puzzled by and some I have just judged so wrongly..... trust my instinct is the lesson that comes up time and time again.
I am in the right place..... the place that I am meant to be in.
A new chapter of my life is unfolding and I am excited by it.
No expectations.
No fear.
Acceptance of change and ready for all the new challenges.
Tuesday, 16 February 2016
How much humiliation can a person go through........................
Well this morning I had an appointment with a Job Capacity Officer who went through all the reasons why I am unable to work at the moment.
This is in response to my application for the Disability Support Pension.
It was embarrassing, humiliating, awful and I felt like I was there to justify my existence.
I never in my wildest dreams ever thought I would have to do any of this.
My whole world has changed and crashed since getting ill.
No one would ever choose this.
No one would ever fake this and no one would ever not want to get on with living a life full of working and fulfillment.
After spending an hour in an interview process, I came out feeling exhausted and having to have a rest.
This whole process makes me upset, makes me sad and I have to say I cried through out the whole process.
Now I just have to wait and see what happens from here.
This is in response to my application for the Disability Support Pension.
It was embarrassing, humiliating, awful and I felt like I was there to justify my existence.
I never in my wildest dreams ever thought I would have to do any of this.
My whole world has changed and crashed since getting ill.
No one would ever choose this.
No one would ever fake this and no one would ever not want to get on with living a life full of working and fulfillment.
After spending an hour in an interview process, I came out feeling exhausted and having to have a rest.
This whole process makes me upset, makes me sad and I have to say I cried through out the whole process.
Now I just have to wait and see what happens from here.
Friday, 5 February 2016
Each Day I will choose to do the things that make me Happy.
I push to the side everything that does not make me happy.
I choose to not engage with people that wish to use me and my generosity.
I will not tolerate fools.
I will use my intuition to weed out the people that suck my energy and I will refuse to participate with those that are not genuine and pure of heart.
I breathe in the energy to make me well and exhale to self doubt, angst and uncertainty.
My life will be filled with love, light and energy.
How hard it is to be a step-parent.
I have been a step-parent for almost 9 years and I have to say a lot of the time it has sucked.
I opened my heart, life, finances and emotions to 2 children that I gave my everything to.
I sat down and wrote a letter to the 14yr old step-daughter that she may never read, but it really sums up everything that I feel.
I opened my heart, life, finances and emotions to 2 children that I gave my everything to.
I sat down and wrote a letter to the 14yr old step-daughter that she may never read, but it really sums up everything that I feel.
4/2/16
Dear Renee
I am writing this letter which you may never read, which is
ok with me.
This is really to put down in words how I feel about what you have
done and how your behaviour has effected both myself and your Father.
You have displayed behaviour that is really unbecoming of a
young lady.
You have been rude, arrogant, self-absorbed, insensitive, sneaky,
deceitful and not willing to participate within a family unit.
You are not the child I have spent the last 9 years raising
and instilling good morals and values in.
I hope that you are happy at your mothers, I am sure she
will let you get away with everything. I am sure you will starve yourself,
become sick, not improve your mental health and most probably you will end up
just like your mum, pregnant and a single mother with no University degree and
working in a dead end job with no house or security.
Good luck with all of that.
You have torn your Father’s heart out. We both feel so
betrayed and hurt by you and your behaviour.
Your Father and I have stood up for you with the school and
others. We have fought battles for you that were really yours to fight.
We have lost relationships over you and your behaviour as we always put you first.
As a step-parent I have treated you as if you were my own flesh and blood.
I have done nothing but support and love you, as well as put
you first before me for the last 9 years.
Well, this ends now.
You have made your choice, you continue to do things that
hurt and I will not stand by and let you continue to hurt your Father or my
heart any more.
After hearing the lies that you have told everyone today, I
am further disappointed.
We did not kick you out. It was your choice to leave.
You
made the decision to change your number and not tell us the number.
Your choice was to push us away.
You have told many lies to your Grandmother. I believe it is
to just make you feel better about the decisions you have made.
You have to own
everything you have done and stop blaming your Father and myself for what you
have done.
So it is done. What has been done cannot be undone.
We are starting our new life without you in it.
We will no longer consider you when we are making decisions.
Good luck to you.
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
New life begins now.
It is now two days after the angry step-daughter declared she was moving back to her mothers.
I have had a big crash today after all the stress and the cleaning of her dirty disgusting pit of a room out.
It seems that the step-child does not want to live by our rules, does not want to participate in family life, does not want to look after her cat and is self absorbed, vain and thinks that the whole world revolves around her.
So, my Husband and I have decided to start our new life together.
We will sell our house and move to the country.
There is no way that we will have the step-child live with us again as she has made her decision.
We have done nothing but support the step-child, take her to all the appointments, be patient with her moods, try and fix her eating problems, spend loads of money on ensuring she has everything.
I guess it really comes down to being a family unit and as a step-parent I treated her as if she was my own daughter.
I now have to protect my heart and distance myself from all of this.
I cannot do it any longer.
On-wards and upwards, time for her mother to take responsibility for all of it.
No longer my problem.
I have had a big crash today after all the stress and the cleaning of her dirty disgusting pit of a room out.
It seems that the step-child does not want to live by our rules, does not want to participate in family life, does not want to look after her cat and is self absorbed, vain and thinks that the whole world revolves around her.
So, my Husband and I have decided to start our new life together.
We will sell our house and move to the country.
There is no way that we will have the step-child live with us again as she has made her decision.
We have done nothing but support the step-child, take her to all the appointments, be patient with her moods, try and fix her eating problems, spend loads of money on ensuring she has everything.
I guess it really comes down to being a family unit and as a step-parent I treated her as if she was my own daughter.
I now have to protect my heart and distance myself from all of this.
I cannot do it any longer.
On-wards and upwards, time for her mother to take responsibility for all of it.
No longer my problem.
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Very valuable lessons to be learned....................
Yesterday was a day for learning lessons.
We were having an issue with our upstairs toilet.
It has been leaking for a while.
Which is quite annoying as the toilets were replaced not so long ago in the refurbishment of the house.
So my Husband and I went off to the hardware store and plumbing supply centre as the builder that did the job was not answering his phone.
We got the parts which cost us just over $45 and came home to install.
Well...................... the toilet was faulty and it broke.
So we called a friend who is a plumber, but alas he also did not answer his phone.
The last port of call was my father.
The moral of the story is to not ask anyone for help.
My husband and I are always giving of our time, energy and money to everyone in our lives.
It seems that the same favor cannot be returned by people surrounding us.
This will not stop us giving of ourselves in the same manner, but we will be discerning in who we surround ourselves by and who we extend a helping hand to.
My stepson has grown into a beautiful caring young man that has his Father's nature.
He came over to help install the new $179 toilet by helping his father out.
I really should not call the kids my stepkids as I really look on both of them as my own son and daughter.
I guess I don't call them my children for fear of offending their mother and opening up a big can of worms. Maybe I should just not care and do what is in my heart..............................
So all up, this little household crisis exercise cost us $224.
All's well that ends well.
We were having an issue with our upstairs toilet.
It has been leaking for a while.
Which is quite annoying as the toilets were replaced not so long ago in the refurbishment of the house.
So my Husband and I went off to the hardware store and plumbing supply centre as the builder that did the job was not answering his phone.
We got the parts which cost us just over $45 and came home to install.
Well...................... the toilet was faulty and it broke.
So we called a friend who is a plumber, but alas he also did not answer his phone.
The last port of call was my father.
The moral of the story is to not ask anyone for help.
My husband and I are always giving of our time, energy and money to everyone in our lives.
It seems that the same favor cannot be returned by people surrounding us.
This will not stop us giving of ourselves in the same manner, but we will be discerning in who we surround ourselves by and who we extend a helping hand to.
My stepson has grown into a beautiful caring young man that has his Father's nature.
He came over to help install the new $179 toilet by helping his father out.
I really should not call the kids my stepkids as I really look on both of them as my own son and daughter.
I guess I don't call them my children for fear of offending their mother and opening up a big can of worms. Maybe I should just not care and do what is in my heart..............................
So all up, this little household crisis exercise cost us $224.
All's well that ends well.
Monday, 25 January 2016
Reminders of the past..........focus on running your own race.
Little things pop into our lives to test us.
I am sure that they are there to test our resolve and see how far we have progressed on our journey.
This morning I am being tested big time.
I happened to come across an old friend of mine's web page.
He is playing a gig at a pub in the Brisbane area.
Previously he would have called me to see if he could stay at my house, use me for all I was worth...... food, alcohol, lifts to the gig and home again, CD sales etc etc.....
Since the last time I declined to accommodate him due to being so ill with Fibromyalgia and CFS, he hasn't contacted me.
I came to realise that it was all about him.
He never called to see how I was.
It was all about what he get from me. When I was no longer useful..............
So I have no desire to go and see him play, to support his lifestyle or to condone any of his actions...... which have been disgraceful to people that he supposedly loves.
This is a continuing lesson in running your own race.
My focus must be on what I need to do and not what others are doing around me.
I do not wish him ill, I simply release him back to the universe to allow KARMA to attend to his actions.
Love and light.
xxxxxxx
I am sure that they are there to test our resolve and see how far we have progressed on our journey.
This morning I am being tested big time.
I happened to come across an old friend of mine's web page.
He is playing a gig at a pub in the Brisbane area.
Previously he would have called me to see if he could stay at my house, use me for all I was worth...... food, alcohol, lifts to the gig and home again, CD sales etc etc.....
Since the last time I declined to accommodate him due to being so ill with Fibromyalgia and CFS, he hasn't contacted me.
I came to realise that it was all about him.
He never called to see how I was.
It was all about what he get from me. When I was no longer useful..............
So I have no desire to go and see him play, to support his lifestyle or to condone any of his actions...... which have been disgraceful to people that he supposedly loves.
This is a continuing lesson in running your own race.
My focus must be on what I need to do and not what others are doing around me.
I do not wish him ill, I simply release him back to the universe to allow KARMA to attend to his actions.
Love and light.
xxxxxxx
Saturday, 2 January 2016
What the horoscopes are saying for me this year.
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WELCOME TO 2016.
By all accounts, my horoscope is letting me know that 2016 is going to be a year to remember.
From all that I have read, this is the year for healing and starting the project we have been working on for the last 2 tears.
mindbodygreen.com has summed my Libran Horoscope up very well.
Libra
Summon those spirit animals, call upon your guides!
Until September 9, horizon-expanding Jupiter vision quests through your ethereal twelfth house, a time for soul-searching and surrender.
Forget forcing an agenda for the future. Instead, make your motto, “be here now.” Signs, serendipities and miracles pop up at every turn.
Your job, Libra, is to pay attention.
Keep that iPhone tucked in your bag for a while. Develop a meditation practice that quiets that “monkey chatter” in your mind so you can hear the wisdom of your own divine intuition. Jupiter in your twelfth house wants you to heal and deal. Tie up loose ends, complete projects, make amends, detoxify your body and declutter your life.
Freeing yourself of dead weight prepares you for lift-off when Jupiter blasts into Libra on September 9! This visitation only happens once a decade and you’ll want to be baggage-free (or close to it) for the voyage! Before September, reach up for support, tapping experts like doctors, therapists, nutritionists and coaches.
Jupiter could bring some incredible Yoga figures your way, especially near the health-oriented eclipses on March 3 and September 1 and 16.
While you’ll need more solitude in 2016 there’s no risk of becoming a lone wolf. Solid Saturn journeys through Sagittarius and your third house of kindred spirits and communication all year bringing reliable companions your way. Joint ventures will nourish your soul and pad your pockets. But heed Saturn’s warning label to develop slowly and put all agreements in writing.
Motivator Mars spends four months in Scorpio and your work and money sector (from January 3 to March 5, then May 29 to August 3) helping you pursue cash-positive professional opportunities. Need to set a date to complete a project? On March 23, you could celebrate an EPIC victory during a lunar (full moon) eclipse in Libra. This eclipse is the last of a series that began in October 2013 so you could see the culmination of efforts that you’ve been developing for the past two-plus years.
Romantically, Jupiter’s trail through your twelfth house can bring fairy tale moments in spades this spring and summer. Love feels like a sweet escape for many Libras, and you’ll happily don the rose-colored glasses. Single Libras could meet a soulmate under this transit or finally drop your defenses and let a suitor in. Just make sure you aren’t screening out red flags or getting codependent with your partner.
Rescue missions are not romantic; they’ll just drag you down. If you have some mourning to do, turn it into a sacred ritual. Set up an altar for a dearly departed love — or a bonfire for the stuff left behind by your toxic ex, the one who kept coming back like a bad case of scabies.
You’ll host ardent Venus (your ruling star) from August 29 to September 23, high season for dating and romance. When Jupiter hits Libra on September 9 — followed swiftly by your 2016 new moon on September 30 — you’ll be quite the risk-taker. If that means nudging a relationship to the next level, plunge on in!
But save whitespace in your schedule for “me time” too. The right measure of absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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