Issue 14 - InJoy Magazine

diary ofan astrologer...21insight Simon SewellThe MatingInstinct.Recently there has beena noticeable upsurge ofinterest in composite orsynastry readings — andmany more questions aboutrelationship dynamics thanpurely personal readings… lookslike the mating instinct is in the air.I guess this could be rationalised withthe onset of spring however there isalso a deeper astrological reasoning.In this article I’d like to play a littlewith the movements of Mars andVenus, the inner planets that don’tusually have an impact on long-termtrends but certainly do act as triggersor precipitators. First however, let’stake yet another look at Neptune,due to it ruling the collective longingfor a love that is pure.Neptune has been transiting Aquariusfor years creating, on one level, anabstract or mental attitude to loveand relationship through the virtualor cyber realities of the internet. Forsure most know the enormous timeand energy invested in facebook,twitter and online connection. It’salmost as if throughout this transitmany are dematerialising in thehope they will stay connected, andpossibly meet that someone specialin cyberspace.This is far from the ancient andvisceral need to express love andconnection through the Pan andPriestess archetypes, and early nextyear when Neptune leaves Aquariusand enters Pisces the deep sufferingfrom aloneness and separation willbecome all too real and the need towithdraw from the ‘world’ will bean imperative so as to re-spiritualiselove.This transit of the planet Neptunethrough Pisces should really beginto heal that pain of separation theinjoyhuman psyche has beenexperiencing.How to prepare?That brings us back to Mars andVenus, currently in Scorpio,which is often considered one ofthe sexiest of signs. Well, Venusis set to stay in Scorpio for anunusually long time frame of fourmonths and she is currently stickingvery close to Mars. These planets bothrule ou Café r drive for relationship,hence this drive is being highlyaccentuated now, bringing with itthe impulse to understand moredeeply the implications of romance,sex and friendships, particularly theapparent lack of these qualities as wehave been engaging in more virtualand non-real manifestation.So it really is the perfect time toexplore the ancient paradigms,to wake up from the fogginess ofanxiety, fear or dissociation that hasbeen the theme for the last severalyears. If we can’t love one anotherthen how can we move togetherinto loving the planet as is needed byNeptune in Pisces next year.It is time to explore those deepermotivations between our self andothers close to us and weed out theritual of selfishness and separation.No more of that ‘yes dear’ avoidance;use the Scorpio intensity to get tothe bottom of things in the dynamicsbetween yourself and those nearestto you.Remember back when Neptune wasin Scorpio in the sixties, it was theage of free love, and here we areagain presented with an opportunityto free up love through the agencyof these two very personal planets,Mars and Venus.for individual sessions call Simon0266 84349710.10.10 . . .According to numerology websites, 10-10-10 represents new beginnings, freedom andself-expression . . . and a huge number of loved-up couples flocked to get married on the10th day of the 10th month 2010, a date that comes around only every 100 years.More than a hundred couples were booked to tie the knot at registry offices in NSW onSunday, October 10, 2010. “Only once in a hundred years can couples tie the knot on thespecial date 10/10/10,” NSW Attorney General John Hatzistergos said on Wednesday in astatement.It was the busiest day for registry weddings in NSW since the office was set up in 1856, hesaid. “The date has been so popular with couples the registry has been taking bookingssince over a year ago.”The NSW registry has not seen such demand since 96 couples got married on 08/08/08and staff worked hard to accommodate the couples by hiring extra venues and bookingas many celebrants and ushers as possible for the auspicious 10.10.10.source: Isabel Hayes, AAP October 7, 2010beautiful, loving, charismatic, alluring and drawnto all that glitters (according to mythology).Venus therefore represents everyone’s approachto relationships, what we look for in a partner,and what we bring to our relationship with ourpartners. Venus also represents our approachto the things we draw to us, and therefore itsignifies our relationship with money, income,possessions, resources and anything that wehave.• Today’s world is a much more complex andinclusive place than it was when concepts firstbegan being associated to the movements ofthe planet Venus. As well as representing the wellknown aspects of Venus’ such as sexuality, desire,beauty and attractiveness Venus is now alsoknown to represent the Yin; the receptive, creativeor “Right-Brain” side of both men and women.http://www.evolvingdoor.ca/miscarticles/venus_introduction.htmVenus is everyone’s experience of attraction • bothbeing attracted to something (or someone) andattracting something or someone to you.Named after a female deity. Venus is what wemight think of as the quintessential woman, being