The Way of Beauty

With one week to go in the Venus ret­ro­grade cycle of forty days, Mer­cury chimes in by also “pass­ing Earth on the inside track” as it turns ret­ro­grade today until May 3^rd.

The gift of Venus ret­ro­grade is to encour­age a more intro­spec­tive, pen­sive con­sid­er­a­tion with regards to the hier­ar­chy of val­ues in your life. The source and sub­stance of every val­ue (and of your val­ue), the true means of mea­sure­ment and ruler of val­ue, is found in the spark of the Divine which resides with­in the heart of each par­ti­cle of Cre­ation. Your ines­timable val­ue is your birthright; your foun­da­tion-source of worth is the uncon­di­tion­al love that is forged and formed in your spir­i­tu­al heart by a lumi­nous spark of Divine Love.

It is more than wel­come that Mer­cury begins this ret­ro­grade in the very sign ruled by Venus, whose spir­i­tu­al inspi­ra­tions are cen­tered upon these med­i­ta­tions of val­ue, the sign of Tau­rus. Though many will note (and com­plain) that Mer­cury ret­ro­grade seems to be the source of so many mishaps and mis­un­der­stand­ings, the prob­lem lies with our lack of appre­ci­a­tion for what is indi­cat­ed (and required of us) when Mer­cury the Mes­sen­ger bends your aware­ness back upon yourself.

For this is the whole point of Mer­cury ret­ro­grade. You are to take the next three weeks and make them an oppor­tu­ni­ty for greater self-reflec­tion. You are being led into deep­er self-exam­i­na­tion (and self-crit­i­cism), so that you may ascer­tain the true val­ue or sub­stan­tial valid­i­ty of your thoughts and ideas. You are being giv­en anoth­er chance to sep­a­rate your thought-forms and dis­cern what are the sub­stan­tial “facts” or truths, and what are mere­ly your insub­stan­tial assump­tions or opinions.

This is hard work, and it requires focused inten­tion, patience and hon­esty. For­tu­nate­ly, Tau­rus is the sign of per­sis­tence and deter­mi­na­tion, with a rig­or­ous devo­tion to last­ing beau­ty and val­ue. It is help­ful to have some out­ward exam­ples of essen­tial val­ues to guide you, as you sep­a­rate your “wheat from chaff”, as you deter­mine your know­ing from some­one else’s opin­ion. For exam­ple, it is most use­ful to take more time to notice and appre­ci­ate the beau­ty in your world, (and so in your­self). As you con­tem­plate the val­ue of this or that in your life, immerse your­self in the beau­ty of nature, take a walk in the woods, or on the beach, watch the sun­rise or set, touch the earth and smell the scents of nature and so be remind­ed that there are many things which will always and for­ev­er be true, and you can build on that.

Like­wise, enjoy the beau­ties that have been fash­ioned by the artists of yes­ter­year and today, and make time to vis­it a gallery or muse­um, or attend a musi­cal con­cert, play or some oth­er per­for­mance. Cer­tain­ly, you should make some time and take up with your own hand, or voice or what­ev­er is your pre­ferred instru­ment of self-expres­sion and let the beau­ty with­in find a sub­stan­tial form through you.

Yes, as always, you must avoid the mishaps of Mer­cury ret­ro­grade too. Under­stand that every­one is more inward­ly atten­tive, though many may be unaware of this change in them­selves. So, that even if you are lis­ten­ing care­ful­ly as well as com­mu­ni­cat­ing clear­ly, oth­ers may not. Again, be patient with them as with your­self. Estab­lish clear­ly what are the “facts”, assump­tions or points of view that each of you is hold­ing. Firm up your com­mon­al­i­ties and build from there to restore, renew or build up your bridges of mutu­al under­stand­ing and love for one another.

Mer­cury is turning,
And so should you.
Time to ground your awareness,
In Ever­last­ing Beau­ty and Truth.

Lis­ten attentively,
Think Lovingly,
Act Kindly.

And may you Walk in Beau­ty every day.

Astro­log­i­cal Obser­va­tions April 2017

Today I will con­sid­er a Astro­log­i­cal review of cur­rent con­di­tions, and tran­sits to charts in the news. Among the charts we will look at are the USA, Don­ald Trump, Vladimir Putin along with charts of oth­er nations and world lead­ers. Lis­ten­ers may call in and pose a ques­tion regard­ing the top­ic, or about their own charts (please have your birth infor­ma­tion ready if you wish to do this).

If you are not able to lis­ten live, all shows will be avail­able on demand. I will also be adding to the library by cre­at­ing short­er clips of commentary.

In addi­tion to these hour-long broad­casts, I intend to host short­er live shows for a top­ic or event.

If you wish to sug­gest a sub­ject or top­ic for a future show, please email or call me as I would be hap­py to hear from you.

Here is the main link to Astrologer Bill Attride Radio: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/astrologerbillattride

Here is the link to the show on Mon­day April 10th @ 4 pm EDT: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/astrologerbillattride/2017/04/10/astrological-observations–april-2017

The phone num­ber to call if you wish to ask a ques­tion is: (516) 531‑9638.

I very much look for­ward to being “live” with Mon­day April 10th!

Warm regards,

Bill

Reminder:

Astro­log­i­cal Obser­va­tions March 2017

I will be start­ing a new forum for my Astro­log­i­cal prac­tice next Thurs­day, March 30^th at 2 pm EDT. In addi­tion to the blog I will be host­ing live radio shows. The shows will com­pli­ment and extend the writ­ings in my blog. I will announce each show about a week before in the blog(s), as well as on Face­book, Twit­ter, etc.

My inten­tion is to start with an hour-long month­ly spot with var­i­ous Astro­log­i­cal obser­va­tions. Lis­ten­ers can go to the web address for the show and lis­ten in. But you are also wel­come to call in if you wish to ask a ques­tion about the top­ic, or you may cer­tain­ly ask a per­son­al astro­log­i­cal ques­tion. If you do wish to ask some­thing about your own chart, please be ready to pro­vide your birth infor­ma­tion, (Date, Time and Place).

If you are not able to lis­ten live, all shows will be avail­able on demand. I will also be adding to the library by cre­at­ing short­er clips of commentary.

In addi­tion to the hour-long broad­casts, I will host short­er live shows for some top­ic or event.

I you wish to sug­gest a sub­ject or top­ic for a future show, please email or call me as I would be hap­py to hear from you.

Here is the main link to Astrologer Bill Attride Radio: Astrologer Bill Attride Radio Show

And here is the link to the show on March 30, 2017 @ 2 pm EDT: Astro­log­i­cal Obser­va­tions March 2017

The phone num­ber to call to ask a ques­tion is: (516) 531‑9638.

I very much look for­ward to being “live” with you next Thursday!

Warm regards,

Bill

Astro­log­i­cal Obser­va­tions March 2017

I will be start­ing a new forum for my Astro­log­i­cal prac­tice next Thurs­day, March 30^th at 2 pm EDT. In addi­tion to the blog I will be host­ing live radio shows. The shows will com­pli­ment and extend the writ­ings in my blog. I will announce each show about a week before in the blog(s), as well as on Face­book, Twit­ter, etc.

My inten­tion is to start with an hour-long month­ly spot with var­i­ous Astro­log­i­cal obser­va­tions. Lis­ten­ers can go to the web address for the show and lis­ten in. But you are also wel­come to call in if you wish to ask a ques­tion about the top­ic, or you may cer­tain­ly ask a per­son­al astro­log­i­cal ques­tion. If you do wish to ask some­thing about your own chart, please be ready to pro­vide your birth infor­ma­tion, (Date, Time and Place).

If you are not able to lis­ten live, all shows will be avail­able on demand. I will also be adding to the library by cre­at­ing short­er clips of commentary.

In addi­tion to the hour-long broad­casts, I will host short­er live shows for some top­ic or event.

I you wish to sug­gest a sub­ject or top­ic for a future show, please email or call me as I would be hap­py to hear from you.

Here is the main link to Astrologer Bill Attride Radio: Astrologer Bill Attride Radio Show

And here is the link to the show on March 30, 2017 @ 2 pm EDT: Astro­log­i­cal Obser­va­tions March 2017

The phone num­ber to call to ask a ques­tion is: (516) 531‑9638.

I very much look for­ward to being “live” with you next Thursday!

Warm regards,

Bill

Hap­py Astro­log­i­cal New Year!

The Les­son of Pres­ence — Mov­ing through the Eter­nal Now

What are you going to do now; how do you begin; where do you begin? How should you start the day, the week, the year? Because this is most impor­tant, it is fate­ful­ly impor­tant to you.

The first thoughts you think, the first feel­ings you feel, the first actions you take, they flow forth from you, and they will both mold you and give form to what you cre­ate. By these first steps, “you make what you make of you”.

Each and every step you take will set in motion a chain of cau­sa­tion that echoes down through time and space. Though every sin­gle step mat­ters, it is the first one that sets the pat­tern for what is to fol­low. So, con­sid­er wise­ly what are you going to do; who are you going to become?

Today you begin the Astro­log­i­cal New Year in the “Cir­cle of the Liv­ing Ones”, the fun­da­men­tal Spir­i­tu­al Hier­ar­chy of Life you know as the Zodi­ac. Today you start the next jour­ney of you in Aries.

In your life, as in all things, first things come first…This is the Les­son of Aries, this is your les­son of “Pres­ence”. It is here, right now in Aries, it is always here that your past and your future are brought togeth­er in the only place you are free to be the cre­ator, here in the Eter­nal Now.

You must remem­ber this, that you are in fact a unique com­bi­na­tion of all twelve ener­gy-forms of the Zodi­ac. Some part of you is Aries, some oth­er part Tau­rus and even Gem­i­ni is part of you too. This is because these Sacred Twelve form the Spir­it-Sub­stance of Cre­ation. From the small­est infin­i­tes­i­mal on up to the grand­est stel­lar won­ders of Galax­ies and beyond, each part and par­ti­cle of Cre­ation is at its core a radi­ant par­ti­cle of the One Spir­it whose “Cen­ter is Every­where and whose Cir­cum­fer­ence is Nowhere”.

In life after life and through all the moments in any life, you move through Space-Time in this “vehi­cle” of you: your body, feel­ings, thoughts and spir­it. In each moment, you bring your­self into some “space”, and that space changes, and so do you. You turn a cor­ner and encounter something/someone; you enter a room and are faced with the Ener­gy-Forms that were already present. And in the very next instant, you must deter­mine how you will be, what you will be, and who you will become.

Aries is the begin­ning, it is you aware of you. It is by Aries that you take the first step. It is by Aries that you are self-aware and new­ly awak­ened to and so inspired by the pow­er and joy of new begin­nings. But before you leap into the next moment or the new day, before you move out you must under­stand you…before you go “out” you must look within.

How you meet the moment before you is formed by your lev­el of self-aware­ness, which is most cer­tain­ly revealed by what informs your “Pres­ence”, your Moti­va­tions and Inten­tions. What is in your head and heart, what do you “Desire”? Because if you wish to know “where” and “how” you might be going, you must look with­in to under­stand the “why” you are com­ing from.

As you move through space-time, as you enter a “new-space”, you must imme­di­ate­ly ascer­tain what you should bring to bear to meet this moment well. If the sit­u­a­tion is already too ener­gized, then you need to bring your calm­ing self. And if the sit­u­a­tion is lack­ing in ener­gy, then you must bring more live­li­ness to bear.

If you lean in too much, you will be over­whelm­ing; and if you hold back over­much you will be under­whelm­ing. But it you can bring to bear in each moment that per­fect bal­ance of you that fits, then you will be wel­com­ing and wel­comed, and you will be well-met indeed.

For each encounter with the Now, there is a hier­ar­chy of con­sid­er­a­tions that should be formed into your pres­ence. It will often mat­ter how you are attired. It will very much mat­ter how you hold your­self, as your demeanor or dis­po­si­tion will be crit­i­cal to your recep­tion. It will mat­ter how well you speak, and how well you listen.

But all of this and more will flow from your aware­ness; all of this comes from your inte­gral com­bi­na­tion of Right-Inten­tion, Right-Think­ing, and Right-Feel­ing. It is by this that you are tru­ly you in Right-Action. Your spir­i­tu­al aware­ness, your lev­el of inten­tion, will deter­mine how you will be and what you will next become.

If you under­stand the “Why” of you, then you will know that you are one of many ones whose jour­ney is the Song of Spir­it. If you can tru­ly under­stand that each of you is pre­cious, then you will know that you are equal­ly pre­cious for one anoth­er too. Then you will under­stand this “Why”; you will know that the truth of you is Love. Then you will stand in the Eter­nal Now, the place of Free­dom and Truth, and when you do this you will tru­ly shine.

You are here to be who and what you are, and only you will make it so. If you have lis­tened to your soul’s true nature, you will bring ever increas­ing Light and Love into every moment met in the Eter­nal Now. You will take your next step in your self-becom­ing as you:

Lead with Kindness
Act with Courage
And love one anoth­er as you love yourself.

Because this is who you are; this is who we are.
You are one of the ones of the One.
You are here because of Love,
You are you to be this Love.

Fol­low the Wis­dom of the Ages,
It is writ­ten there in your heart.
Know Thy­self; Love One Another,
And you will be you as you,
Live by Love in the Eter­nal Now.