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This is Easter Sunday.

It is supposed to be a day of LOVE. In the Higher sense, as the Christ taught LOVE.

I am not a Christian by birth, but I have studied and come to have deep love and respect for the teachings of the Christ. Yet, I see none of that evidence in the culture I live in, which is downtown NYC, Saugerties NY, and the internet.

What I see mostly among people is one thing.

Judgment.

And it THE MOST DIVISIVE thing you can do. Judgment is VERY EFFECTIVE at keeping people apart, creating bad feelings, destroying groups that are doing good work, hurting feelings irreparably, and creating very bad karma.

So why do we judge?

Filter.

We need to filter the ONSLAUGHT of information that is coming at us. We have to make decisions. This person is OK, this one is NOT. Then we can dismiss certain people and even entire groups of people as “bad” and move on with our day. Meanwhile, the world burns. Do we care?

There is another element to LOVE that makes the world go round. And that is RESPECT.

But you cannot show respect when your EGO needs to be in full control. Showing respect could be seen as a sign of weakness, as you acknowledge another person. So we can’t appreciate each other. We find things we “don’t like” about each other. Things that “idiot” did “wrong” so we don’t have to like them or support them in any way. If anyone suggests we might have made an error or misinterpreted something, they are, of course, stupid and WRONG!!!

So where is the LOVE?

It can’t show up when the ego has to be #1.

So LOVE, like Venus, is still Retrograde. Waiting. Until conditions change. When hearts start to open and realize. Hating is being DUPED.

Lauren
artcharts.com

ps, loads of new paintings of Saugerties and Woodstock coming soon!!!

Hi Everyone!
So nice to get lots of “good wishes” email. Meanwhile…. our great GOOD TIMING SALE goes unnoticed by all but 1 person! Now we’re up to 2;-)

Viewers are telling me 2 things at once. You enjoy this, keep it up. AND the other message— no one should have to pay for anything.

I enjoy writing about astrology. I’d love to be able to justify the time it takes to think through and write up what’s happening, much more often. But, since that info can be had freely anywhere, regardless of its merits, i am just not in the position to spend all my days. I did it for over 12 years. It’s not functional to work without incoming energy. Good wishes are nice energy. But they don’t pay bills and take time to reply to. Again, thanks for all the good wishes. It is very sweet.

Viewers and clients tell me they know astrology, they know their chart, but when i start to discuss it with them, 99.999% do not really understand their charts or their transits. The transit forecasts have piles of transits. What’s important, how does it work? That’s the JOB of an astrologer. But if we all know better, even if we don’t, then our egos are in full control and there’s no point in going on….

I know, Full Moon on Good Friday, lots of interesting things to discuss. And it should be free, but since that is not realistic and you can “get this stuff free anywhere”, I will wish you well. Happy Easter:-)

With Much Love,
Lauren

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