<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633</id><updated>2012-02-05T21:03:12.077-08:00</updated><category term='Physical symptoms'/><title type='text'>NorthPoint Astrology</title><subtitle type='html'>Addenda to my NorthPoint Journal, as well as ponderings on all things astrological and metaphysical -- especially as related to our consciousness expansion and spiritual/emotional wholeness.
To post a comment, click on the word "comment" in green at the end of the entry. Since this is a moderated blog, there will be a delay between posting a comment and seeing it appear. If you have a question not related to an existing post, please email me at pam@northpointastrology.com.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>196</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-8771201417234987030</id><published>2012-02-01T07:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T06:56:24.803-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Precession of the Ages</title><summary type='text'>I received a question by email today that I thought might be on others' minds as well:

Very interesting reading about the upcoming shift to Neptune in Pisces and I appreciate the way you are breaking it down. However, the following paragraph has me confused. I kept reading it over and over. Is it possible that the two signs were transposed?

As we shift INTO the Age of Aquarius, Neptune will be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/8771201417234987030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2012/02/precession-of-ages.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8771201417234987030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8771201417234987030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2012/02/precession-of-ages.html' title='Precession of the Ages'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-8810039873911550678</id><published>2012-01-14T08:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-14T08:46:38.446-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Coronal hole and solar winds</title><summary type='text'>As happens from time to time, a large coronal hole has recently appeared on the Sun. The solar winds from that opening in the Sun's magnetic field will be reaching Earth in the next few days -- on January 16 or 17, by scientists' estimate. Here's a UV image of that coronal hole (shown as dark blue) from the Spaceweather.com website for January 14:

And, by synchronicity, this wonderful </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/8810039873911550678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2012/01/coronal-hole-and-solar-winds.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8810039873911550678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8810039873911550678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2012/01/coronal-hole-and-solar-winds.html' title='Coronal hole and solar winds'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-2639446178907448976</id><published>2012-01-02T08:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-02T08:30:59.929-08:00</updated><title type='text'>No, Mercury is not retrograde!</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday's Journal seemed to indicate Mercury might be retrograde! But it's not -- just my mind working backward.

Specifically, I wrote that Mercury was leaving Aquarius and entering Capricorn, when actually Mercury is leaving Sagittarius and entering Capricorn. The reverse would be true only if Mercury were retrograde (moving backward).

So, thanks to those of you who caught my error!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/2639446178907448976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-mercury-is-not-retrograde.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2639446178907448976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2639446178907448976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-mercury-is-not-retrograde.html' title='No, Mercury is not retrograde!'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-7800097255549504973</id><published>2011-12-21T20:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-21T20:51:14.170-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Capricorn New Moon</title><summary type='text'>From an astrological viewpoint, the Capricorn New Moon (exact on Saturday, December 24 at 10:07am PST) symbolizes "New Year's Day" much more than the first day of January. Some years, the Capricorn New Moon occurs in January -- but this year, it occurs in December, and less than three days after the Solstice. This means we're getting a "jump start" on 2012! So, no more waiting. We're there. We're</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/7800097255549504973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/12/capricorn-new-moon.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7800097255549504973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7800097255549504973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/12/capricorn-new-moon.html' title='Capricorn New Moon'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-4488261531490694220</id><published>2011-12-18T11:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-18T11:18:23.881-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I can't believe...</title><summary type='text'>I neglected to write about the New Moon on December 24 in this week's Journal!

Watch this blog later this week for my interpretation of the Capricorn New Moon energies, exact at 10:07am PST on Saturday, December 24.

Blessings,

Pam</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/4488261531490694220/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-cant-believe.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4488261531490694220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4488261531490694220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-cant-believe.html' title='I can&apos;t believe...'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-1568730417780908441</id><published>2011-12-16T06:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T06:56:11.233-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Comet Lovejoy lives on</title><summary type='text'>How appropriate! 

The newly-discovered comet named Lovejoy was headed, according to astronomers' calculations, for a dramatic demise through a close encounter with the sun. But headlines this morning read: "Comet survives fiery plunge through sun, NASA says" ...

I'm taking this event as very symbolic and affirming -- reminding us that Love and Joy are powerful energies that can take us through </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/1568730417780908441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/12/comet-lovejoy-lives-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1568730417780908441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1568730417780908441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/12/comet-lovejoy-lives-on.html' title='Comet Lovejoy lives on'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-6164162641269197898</id><published>2011-12-10T08:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-10T08:01:54.140-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Did you see it?</title><summary type='text'>Well, that was pretty magical. I woke up just in time to be able to watch the total eclipse through the trees for about 10 minutes, then it slipped behind the fir branches and was gone...

Here's a photo I just grabbed from SpaceWeather.com, that looks exactly how I saw it from my yard:


It felt very cleansing to me, and the air is lighter afterward.

How did it (and does it) feel to you?

Pam</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/6164162641269197898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/12/did-you-see-it.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6164162641269197898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6164162641269197898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/12/did-you-see-it.html' title='Did you see it?'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-5118589836668104366</id><published>2011-12-07T19:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-07T19:46:43.592-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Eclipse and Uranus and Mercury, oh my!</title><summary type='text'>I suppose we should have known that this week would be memorable, between the Total Eclipse and Uranus (the "god of chaos") stationing and Mercury retrograde... But forewarning doesn't always equip us, although it may help a bit in understanding and tolerance.

So, if things feel scattered and you are feeling ungrounded and like you're juggling life with no platform beneath you, you're not alone!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/5118589836668104366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/12/eclipse-and-uranus-and-mercury-oh-my.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5118589836668104366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5118589836668104366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/12/eclipse-and-uranus-and-mercury-oh-my.html' title='Eclipse and Uranus and Mercury, oh my!'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-3430286026514855243</id><published>2011-12-04T20:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-04T20:21:54.920-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Amazing auroras</title><summary type='text'>Forgive my lack of posts lately -- life has been busy!

But I just saw this photo on SpaceWeather.com, and just had to share. It's of auroras December 3 over Fairbanks, Alaska (photo by Ronn Murray):


Spectacular, no?

Happy Eclipse week!

Pam</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/3430286026514855243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/12/amazing-auroras.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3430286026514855243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3430286026514855243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/12/amazing-auroras.html' title='Amazing auroras'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-8275092970547737972</id><published>2011-11-20T15:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-20T15:28:57.362-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Insight from a reader</title><summary type='text'>I just received this email from a reader regarding my "fork" vision about this week's Solar Eclipse -- and I love her insights! And she has generously agreed for me to post her words here, so I offer them to you:

I was reading about your vision over your right side a "Y" with a fork. When I read this, it occurred to me that it was a tuning fork. For whatever it is worth, my interpretation would </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/8275092970547737972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/11/insight-from-reader.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8275092970547737972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8275092970547737972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/11/insight-from-reader.html' title='Insight from a reader'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-6395318228145697923</id><published>2011-11-18T17:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-18T17:52:38.822-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Question about Saturn return</title><summary type='text'>This question was sent in during our teleclass last night, but we didn't have time to answer it at the time -- so here's the question, and my answer:

I was born in July 1956. Will I have two 2nd Saturn returns because of Saturn retrograde? 

In July 1956, Saturn was at 26 degrees Scorpio. Your second Saturn return is a couple years away -- but it looks like Saturn will just pass over your natal </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/6395318228145697923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/11/question-about-saturn-return.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6395318228145697923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6395318228145697923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/11/question-about-saturn-return.html' title='Question about Saturn return'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-7158005638031936775</id><published>2011-10-31T18:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T06:47:10.034-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Question about 11-11-11</title><summary type='text'>I received this email today from a reader:

I wonder if you have any comments to make, astrologically speaking, on the date just passed of 28th October 2011, which some eminent people like Carl Calleman, Barbara Hand Clow and various others of the same calibre have been saying that this date is the real (or spirit of) end of the Mayan Calendar, according to their calculations.

This will be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/7158005638031936775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/10/question-about-11-11-11.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7158005638031936775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7158005638031936775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/10/question-about-11-11-11.html' title='Question about 11-11-11'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-6121103781310149979</id><published>2011-10-30T13:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-31T18:37:06.922-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Auroras this past week</title><summary type='text'>The auroras that graced Earth's skies this past week were incredible. They appeared much further south than they usually do. 

If you were able to see them in person -- how wonderful! If not, here's a link to three pages of photos on the SpaceWeather.com website:

http://spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_01oct11.htm

Here's one of my favorites (in addition to the one on today's Journal), showing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/6121103781310149979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/10/auroras-this-past-week.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6121103781310149979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6121103781310149979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/10/auroras-this-past-week.html' title='Auroras this past week'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-1820584852783246314</id><published>2011-10-22T18:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-22T18:03:01.496-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Effects of the lunar cycle on Cancer natives</title><summary type='text'>I received this question by email this morning:
My question has to do with the effects of the Full Moon on a Cancer Sun Sign and the New Moon on a Cancer Rising Sign.

Specifics regarding these questions: Through four to six years of peri-menopause I (being the Cancer Rising above) noticed a waxing-to-Full Moon accompanied periods of insomnia -- but after menopause this sleeplessness is now </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/1820584852783246314/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/10/effects-of-lunar-cycle-on-cancer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1820584852783246314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1820584852783246314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/10/effects-of-lunar-cycle-on-cancer.html' title='Effects of the lunar cycle on Cancer natives'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-5055549031529873047</id><published>2011-10-15T08:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-15T09:09:02.010-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Saturn effect</title><summary type='text'>Whew. It's been quite a week, with the Full Moon opposing Saturn on Tuesday, and the Saturn-Sun alignment in Libra on Thursday. Relationship issues that have been with us since last fall (when Venus was also in Scorpio) have recycled for another level of completion.

In general, Saturn requires that we be responsible, mature and practical. It also often insists that we learn a new level of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/5055549031529873047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/10/saturn-effect.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5055549031529873047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5055549031529873047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/10/saturn-effect.html' title='The Saturn effect'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-8807441628549704017</id><published>2011-10-07T19:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-07T19:37:36.779-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mark your calendar: 2012 Teleclass Thursday, Nov 17</title><summary type='text'>I'm pleased to announce I'll be offering a teleclass on the planetary energies that we will be working with in 2012!

More details to come, but here's the graphic I've been working on, just as a teaser:

Watch for more information in my NorthPoint Journal over the next few weeks! In the meantime, mark your calendar for Thursday, November 17, from 4pm to 5:30pm Pacific Time (7pm to 8:30pm Eastern </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/8807441628549704017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/10/mark-your-calendar-teleclass-on.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8807441628549704017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8807441628549704017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/10/mark-your-calendar-teleclass-on.html' title='Mark your calendar: 2012 Teleclass Thursday, Nov 17'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d3YxpcdqDL0/To-2DOYm11I/AAAAAAAAAHU/_P5YjMw_HOw/s72-c/classlogo+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-3163136585930438498</id><published>2011-10-05T07:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-05T07:05:29.286-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Another CME headed toward Mercury and Venus</title><summary type='text'>A major explosion on the Sun has sent another solar wind toward Mercury, perhaps with even greater effect than the one referenced in my last post. Here's what Spaceweather.com posted this morning:

The CME will hit the innermost planet on Oct. 5th around 04:30 UT plus minus 7 hours. Energetic particles accelerated by shock waves at the leading edge of the cloud could also have minor effects on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/3163136585930438498/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/10/another-cme-headed-toward-mercury-and.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3163136585930438498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3163136585930438498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/10/another-cme-headed-toward-mercury-and.html' title='Another CME headed toward Mercury and Venus'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-8629116595156868249</id><published>2011-09-30T11:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-30T11:14:41.684-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Solar winds affecting Mercury</title><summary type='text'>I read this article is on Spaceweather.com today:

SOLAR WIND BLASTS MERCURY: At a NASA teleconference yesterday, researchers working with data from the Messenger spacecraft offered new evidence that gusts of solar wind are penetrating Mercury's magnetic field and eroding material off the planet's surface. The spacecraft has actually flown through plumes of ionized sodium scoured from the surface</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/8629116595156868249/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/solar-winds-affecting-mercury.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8629116595156868249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8629116595156868249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/solar-winds-affecting-mercury.html' title='Solar winds affecting Mercury'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-298135829796256238</id><published>2011-09-28T07:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-28T07:47:25.797-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Amazing auroras</title><summary type='text'>I may use this image in next week's Journal, but it's so amazing, I had to post it here today.

This is a photo from today's Spaceweather.com page, of auroras this week over Norway (photo by Fredrik Broms):


Incredible. It would have been amazing to see this in person!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/298135829796256238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/amazing-auroras.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/298135829796256238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/298135829796256238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/amazing-auroras.html' title='Amazing auroras'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-4661720252191587862</id><published>2011-09-27T07:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T07:54:21.990-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Those all-important zzzzzzzzzzz's</title><summary type='text'>With all the high-frequency solar flares unleashed this week, along with the powerful interaspects involving Uranus and Pluto, it's especially important to get extra sleep now. I've been trying for at least 8 hours, sometimes more, and even that doesn't seem like quite enough!

Our physical bodies definitely need the extra rest, and our mental/emotional bodies as well, as we work with these </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/4661720252191587862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/those-all-important-zzzzzzzzzzzs.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4661720252191587862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4661720252191587862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/those-all-important-zzzzzzzzzzzs.html' title='Those all-important zzzzzzzzzzz&apos;s'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-7542589564892166706</id><published>2011-09-26T17:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-26T17:53:16.030-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A comment on the aurora photo</title><summary type='text'>I received this email from a reader after sending out this week's Journal:
Good morning Pam,I wanted to comment on the photo of the Aurora Borealis from Finland. I see the real message in that tree top. It looks like the top of an old pine. Probably Hemlock. It struggled many years in a harsh environment as evidenced by the bare trunk. However, it exhibits new growth and a healthy state over the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/7542589564892166706/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/comment-on-aurora-photo.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7542589564892166706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7542589564892166706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/comment-on-aurora-photo.html' title='A comment on the aurora photo'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-3456893084974088502</id><published>2011-09-22T18:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-22T18:34:11.032-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Quincunx soup</title><summary type='text'>What a week it's been, eh? A lot of jagged edges to work around with all these quincunx aspects going on, but a lot of nice things happening, too. 

We're rather programmed, as a human species, to focus on the negative. For some reason, we get a lot of attention by telling our horror stories, sometimes more than what we get when we share a positive event. And it also seems like our minds often </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/3456893084974088502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/quincunx-soup.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3456893084974088502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3456893084974088502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/quincunx-soup.html' title='Quincunx soup'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-929030055769327532</id><published>2011-09-13T17:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-13T17:10:01.520-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Correction to this week's Journal</title><summary type='text'>Yikes! Thanks to a watchful Virgo reader, I've realized that when I referenced 15 years for a transit of Neptune in this week's Journal, I was thinking about how long Neptune was in a sign, not how long it took for the planet to transit the zodiac.

Neptune actually takes about 165 years to go through the entire zodiac, about 15 years per sign.

Sorry for the confusion, and thanks to the reader </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/929030055769327532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/correction-to-this-weeks-journal.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/929030055769327532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/929030055769327532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/correction-to-this-weeks-journal.html' title='Correction to this week&apos;s Journal'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-4494310300403658169</id><published>2011-09-12T07:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-12T07:54:29.339-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Honoring our experience</title><summary type='text'>Jennifer Hoffman's newsletter for this week includes this paragraph under "Uriel's Message," which I find very helpful at this time:

Honor each aspect of your life today, the lessons and teachers, situations and events, the fears and challenges because they are no more than energetic aspects of your chosen journey. And when you honor them you know them for what they are and do not empower them </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/4494310300403658169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/honoring-our-experience.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4494310300403658169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4494310300403658169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/honoring-our-experience.html' title='Honoring our experience'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-2076896436465294019</id><published>2011-09-11T18:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T18:34:09.691-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Link to "Soul Transitions" blog</title><summary type='text'>I just finished reading an excellent post from Nancy Ward about the current energies -- and am adding the link here for others who are interested:

Soul Transitions Vibe Report September 2011

Enjoy!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/2076896436465294019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/link-to-soul-transitions-blog.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2076896436465294019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2076896436465294019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/link-to-soul-transitions-blog.html' title='Link to &quot;Soul Transitions&quot; blog'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-3019930649697599729</id><published>2011-09-11T09:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T09:04:03.084-07:00</updated><title type='text'>This week's solar flares</title><summary type='text'>There was a flurry of activity on the Sun this week -- two X-class solar flares (the highest designation) and some M-class (the middle designation) as well. This means that extra waves of solar energy were directed our way, and have been creating auroras for the past couples of days as they interact with the Earth's energy field.

Auroras are always a beautiful sight, and seeing them reminds us </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/3019930649697599729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/this-weeks-solar-flares.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3019930649697599729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3019930649697599729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/this-weeks-solar-flares.html' title='This week&apos;s solar flares'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-7048225714103964581</id><published>2011-09-04T08:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-04T10:03:56.545-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Weight gains</title><summary type='text'>I've heard complaints from a lot of people recently about having put on extra weight. And yes, while this tends to happen for many as we grow older, especially women as they go through menopause, there are also other reasons.

I find that when the energies are heightened, my body's response is to want to eat. This was abundantly clear to me yesterday, as I was sitting with two friends who are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/7048225714103964581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/weight-gains.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7048225714103964581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7048225714103964581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/09/weight-gains.html' title='Weight gains'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-498839814423723129</id><published>2011-08-28T08:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-28T08:38:48.044-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Earthquakes question</title><summary type='text'>I received this email from a client this week:

I just read that there were 90 earthquakes throughout the U.S. yesterday. I thought you might have some astrological insights concerning this.

I monitor a couple of websites daily -- one of which is the USGS earthquake site. It does seem that this past week has brought more than the usual number of earthquakes, as well as a significant number of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/498839814423723129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/earthquakes-question.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/498839814423723129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/498839814423723129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/earthquakes-question.html' title='Earthquakes question'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-8290534183636542334</id><published>2011-08-21T09:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-21T09:29:07.578-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Success story</title><summary type='text'>Just proof that things CAN go well when Mercury is retrograde -- with a little extra help.

A while ago, a robin started building her nest on the arm of a downspout, right beneath the eaves of my house. As the nest took form, I thought that it was a precarious place for a nest, and that if she laid eggs, the nest would soon tip over from the added weight.

Still, I've had other robins build nests</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/8290534183636542334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/success-story.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8290534183636542334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8290534183636542334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/success-story.html' title='Success story'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-2503402878607392631</id><published>2011-08-20T08:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-20T09:33:17.381-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comets and cataclysms</title><summary type='text'>I've received several emails from readers over the past couple of months, wondering about the comet Elenin and my thoughts on the subject. Here's my reply to Anne, who asked a similar question in her comment to the post entitled "Mars crossing the July 1 eclipse degree" below:

About Elenin -- I do not have the sense that this comet's arrival is a major cataclysmic event, as some have predicted. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/2503402878607392631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/comets-and-cataclysms.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2503402878607392631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2503402878607392631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/comets-and-cataclysms.html' title='Comets and cataclysms'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-1796463291584736998</id><published>2011-08-19T19:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-19T19:23:33.634-07:00</updated><title type='text'>At the e-gym</title><summary type='text'>Every day this week has felt like being in a different room at the e-gym -- with the "e" standing for emotional instead of electronic.

Mars in Cancer has been (and continues to be) our personal trainer at this particular gym, putting us to work at different types of exercise equipment and telling us how many reps to do. This past week, Mars has crossed over the degree of the July 1 Solar Eclipse</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/1796463291584736998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/at-e-gym.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1796463291584736998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1796463291584736998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/at-e-gym.html' title='At the e-gym'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-1189311070500794055</id><published>2011-08-17T19:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-17T19:23:12.926-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mars crossing the July 1 eclipse degree</title><summary type='text'>I didn't mention in this week's Journal that yesterday (August 16) was the day that Mars crossed the degree of the July 1 Solar Eclipse, acting as a "trigger" to issues and energies represented by that eclipse. (For reminder, that eclipse was at 9 degrees Cancer.)

So, if amidst the positive energies of the Sun-Mercury-Venus alignment, you've also experienced some emotional issues yesterday and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/1189311070500794055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/mars-crossing-july-1-eclipse-degree.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1189311070500794055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1189311070500794055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/mars-crossing-july-1-eclipse-degree.html' title='Mars crossing the July 1 eclipse degree'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-196902290109807833</id><published>2011-08-14T13:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-14T13:37:38.282-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Response from Texas</title><summary type='text'>Received today from a reader in Texas:

Hey Pam,

We always so much enjoy and appreciate your journal. Thanks again. A slight reprieve sounds good, doesn't it! 

When my niece was very young and on a multiple-hour trip with my parents, her comment was, "How old will I be when we get there?" It's one of our favorite family sayings and I couldn't help but think about it and giggle when I read your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/196902290109807833/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/response-from-texas.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/196902290109807833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/196902290109807833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/response-from-texas.html' title='Response from Texas'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-7595813895706849034</id><published>2011-08-09T07:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-09T07:33:26.437-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Things are heating up</title><summary type='text'>The Sun released a very high-level/high-energy burst this morning -- an X-7 class solar flare. Although the energy of this burst is not aimed directly at Earth, we are likely to feel some effects in the next couple of days -- so the ride continues!

Here's the impressive photo from the main page of SpaceWeather.com this morning:



Onward and upward...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/7595813895706849034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/things-are-heating-up.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7595813895706849034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7595813895706849034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/things-are-heating-up.html' title='Things are heating up'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dFR8s8hdioc/TkFE1Y4XSOI/AAAAAAAAAHA/3ZV05nHVPCk/s72-c/x7_flare_8_9_11.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-7098205596836888658</id><published>2011-08-08T20:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-08T20:25:45.380-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Riding the rollercoaster</title><summary type='text'>Perhaps it's the Mars-Uranus-Pluto energy already making itself known, or maybe we're still working with the electromagnetic shifts that came in with the recent solar winds -- but my oh my, it's been quite a rollercoaster ride today. Emotional extremes, odd dreams, miscommunications (that one may be from the Neptune-Mercury opposition)... it's been quite a mix. And, I'm guessing the next couple </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/7098205596836888658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/riding-rollercoaster.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7098205596836888658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7098205596836888658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/riding-rollercoaster.html' title='Riding the rollercoaster'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-1489200425792063384</id><published>2011-08-04T07:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-04T07:53:08.602-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Geomagnetic storm on the way</title><summary type='text'>The Sun has been very active the past three days -- so much so, in fact, that scientists expect a major geomagnetic storm to reach Earth on Friday, August 5. The timing is not exact -- early morning here in the Pacific Northwest is likely.

Here's the report from SpaceWeather.com:
UPDATE: This morning's M9-class eruption propelled a CME toward Earth. Moving at an estimated speed of 1950 km/s, the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/1489200425792063384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/geomagnetic-storm-on-way.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1489200425792063384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1489200425792063384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/geomagnetic-storm-on-way.html' title='Geomagnetic storm on the way'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-4313050048603004978</id><published>2011-08-02T07:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-02T07:21:20.814-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Making use of Mercury retrograde</title><summary type='text'>I have a theory.

After reading an article about the THREE brains in our bodies (yes, three), I am considering that when Mercury goes retrograde, we really only have problems when we rely too heavily on one of those brains -- the one in our heads.

But, given the fact that we also have a brain in our belly (our source of gut instinct) and a brain in our heart (our source of feeling response), we </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/4313050048603004978/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/making-use-of-mercury-retrograde.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4313050048603004978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4313050048603004978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/08/making-use-of-mercury-retrograde.html' title='Making use of Mercury retrograde'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-8673070168178583724</id><published>2011-07-29T12:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-29T12:05:18.562-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's time</title><summary type='text'>Tomorrow's Leo New Moon marks a new beginning in several ways. Yes, of course it is the beginning of a new lunar cycle, always an important time to start anew. But it is also our first New Moon since May that is not weighted with the extra impact of a Solar Eclipse, which leaves us a bit more wiggle room in choosing how we want to use the energies. And, it occurs the day before Day Five of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/8673070168178583724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/07/its-time.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8673070168178583724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8673070168178583724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/07/its-time.html' title='It&apos;s time'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-3386597325242264022</id><published>2011-07-23T08:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-23T08:35:12.444-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mars and the South Node</title><summary type='text'>The alignment between Mars and the South Node in Gemini this week has been intense -- perhaps moreso for those of us who have the South Node in Gemini in our natal charts (anyone born between September 1936-March 1938, April 1955-October 1956, October 1973-July 1975, and August 1992-January 1994). The negative qualities of that South Node have been exaggerated, and difficult to sidestep: worry, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/3386597325242264022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/07/mars-and-south-node.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3386597325242264022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3386597325242264022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/07/mars-and-south-node.html' title='Mars and the South Node'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-3514308113673539621</id><published>2011-07-17T16:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-17T16:38:25.906-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Two Hours From Hawaii</title><summary type='text'>My dear friend Molly McCord has written a great article describing our "in-between" stage right now -- she's entitled it "Are You Two Hours From Hawaii?" and here's an excerpt:
A plane ride to Hawaii from the West Coast takes over five hours to cross the Pacific Ocean. Along the way, there is a point in the route where the plane does not have regular contact with air traffic control on either </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/3514308113673539621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/07/two-hours-from-hawaii.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3514308113673539621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3514308113673539621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/07/two-hours-from-hawaii.html' title='Two Hours From Hawaii'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-2040994919206269433</id><published>2011-07-15T07:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-15T07:21:28.512-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Zzzzzzzzzzzz ...</title><summary type='text'>Maybe it's been the Full Moon this week, bringing to fullness the energy of the Solar Eclipse on July 1 -- but my oh my, has this been a SLEEPY week. 

Sleep is a good thing, both for rejuvenating the immune system and for doing that "other" type of work that happens on spiritual and emotional levels when we're in deep zzzzzzzzzzzz. I am presuming that our bodies and minds are aware of our great </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/2040994919206269433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/07/zzzzzzzzzzzz.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2040994919206269433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2040994919206269433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/07/zzzzzzzzzzzz.html' title='Zzzzzzzzzzzz ...'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-3708843216671610559</id><published>2011-07-09T19:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-09T19:28:04.021-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The BIG question</title><summary type='text'>I received an email from a reader this week, who wanted to know:

"In this week's Journal, the information seemed to be saying that the intensity was not letting up much. I'm wondering, as we're in the first week of July, if you see any light at the end of this tunnel we're all in."
I can so relate to the desire to know WHEN we're going to be through the challenges. The first week of July, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/3708843216671610559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/07/big-question.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3708843216671610559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3708843216671610559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/07/big-question.html' title='The BIG question'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-4801640709331712408</id><published>2011-06-30T19:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-30T19:08:46.246-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Building to tonight's Eclipse</title><summary type='text'>It's been such a BIG day energetically, I would be remiss not to mention it in some form.

Physically, our bodies are having a time of it, adjusting to this eclipse and grand cross energy. Highlights of the week include heart flutters and back pain (often just behind the heart chakra). Fluctuating between never feeling full to feeling satiated after a bite or two. Ranging from extreme sleepiness </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/4801640709331712408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/06/building-to-tonights-eclipse.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4801640709331712408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4801640709331712408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/06/building-to-tonights-eclipse.html' title='Building to tonight&apos;s Eclipse'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-3326821290992907224</id><published>2011-06-24T09:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-24T09:07:20.404-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Riding the wave</title><summary type='text'>The energy wave has felt immense this week. In meditation on Wednesday morning, I had the sensation of an enormous wave that was carrying us all -- and the knowing that when it again deposited us, we would be in a much different place.

I did not get a sense of a timeframe, and was assuming it was associated with our triple eclipses. But, later in the day, I heard another woman's channeling that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/3326821290992907224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/06/riding-wave.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3326821290992907224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3326821290992907224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/06/riding-wave.html' title='Riding the wave'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-988425348821388513</id><published>2011-06-18T12:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-18T12:08:03.233-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Interesting morning</title><summary type='text'>Waking up this morning, I had a feeling that there was something of a wobble in the energetic field -- and then I remembered, oh yes, Uranus squares Mercury today. Filed that thought away, went about morning routines as usual, but with an awareness of something being "in the air," so to speak.

Sat down to talk with my first client of the day, a woman in the Southwest who is dealing with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/988425348821388513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/06/interesting-morning.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/988425348821388513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/988425348821388513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/06/interesting-morning.html' title='Interesting morning'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-3648261164003136000</id><published>2011-06-14T19:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T19:06:52.049-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh, and did I mention....?</title><summary type='text'>A little more information about tomorrow's Lunar Eclipse -- it is aligned (within 3 degrees) of the Galactic Center, the point in space around which our Milky Way revolves (along with many other galaxies), the point that is often called "the Sun of our Sun."

Not such a little thing, that.

Here's what Mary Elizabeth Jochmans writes about the influence of the Galactic Center, which she calls "the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/3648261164003136000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/06/oh-and-did-i-mention.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3648261164003136000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3648261164003136000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/06/oh-and-did-i-mention.html' title='Oh, and did I mention....?'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-2634003656815390386</id><published>2011-06-10T08:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-10T08:31:57.183-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Life as a dream</title><summary type='text'>In my Journal for this week, I compared this time between eclipses to being in a "through-the-looking-glass" world  -- and that other-worldly feeling has definitely increased as the days have progressed.

The story of "Alice Through the Looking Glass" is filled with themes of time and space not acting quite as expected. And, the telling of Alice's second adventure ends with a poem, the final </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/2634003656815390386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/06/life-as-dream.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2634003656815390386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2634003656815390386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/06/life-as-dream.html' title='Life as a dream'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-2002016217195046930</id><published>2011-06-01T08:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-01T08:41:46.015-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Other perspectives on today's eclipse</title><summary type='text'>Many astrologers (of course!) have been writing about today's eclipse, and the trio of eclipses we're experiencing in these next few weeks. I'm sharing here some of my favorite quotes from recent articles, and links to the complete text, in case you'd like to read more:
Patricia Liles writes that these energies "are like the exhilaration you feel when crossing a raging river over a big log. You </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/2002016217195046930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/06/other-perspectives-on-todays-eclipse.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2002016217195046930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2002016217195046930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/06/other-perspectives-on-todays-eclipse.html' title='Other perspectives on today&apos;s eclipse'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-7393895302935717511</id><published>2011-05-29T09:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-29T09:54:02.098-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dreaming of Happy</title><summary type='text'>Right now, I'm in the middle of writing today's Journal, with one of my dogs lying at my feet under the desk -- her usual place when I've working at the computer. (My other dog prefers the comfort of the bed a few feet away, being one who needs her "space.")

I'm taking this quick break to post this blog entry, because what just happened was so perfect: 

Just as I was writing about the positive </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/7393895302935717511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/05/dreaming-of-happy.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7393895302935717511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7393895302935717511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/05/dreaming-of-happy.html' title='Dreaming of Happy'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-8620366771027658835</id><published>2011-05-21T18:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-21T18:56:33.128-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Eclipse questions from teleclass</title><summary type='text'>In response to a participant's question during my teleclass on Thursday, I'm doing a little research about how often there are "new" eclipses, as well as how often there are three eclipses within five weeks. That is our current scenario, as we have eclipses on June 1, June 15 and July 1, with the June 1 eclipse being a "new" eclipse.

Background story: Eclipses usually occur in pairs. They also </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/8620366771027658835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/05/eclipse-questions-from-teleclass.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8620366771027658835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8620366771027658835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/05/eclipse-questions-from-teleclass.html' title='Eclipse questions from teleclass'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-5775608047954161722</id><published>2011-05-15T08:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-15T08:05:12.663-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Busy week!</title><summary type='text'>Maybe we can point to the Jupiter-Mercury-Venus link-up as the energy behind the rapid pace of life this past week. Even Mars entering Taurus last Wednesday hasn't seemed to slow things down. But, today both Mercury and Venus enter Taurus, too, so I'm anticipating a somewhat reduced-pace week ahead. 

Still, with the Triple Eclipses just around the corner, changes and movement are to be expected.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/5775608047954161722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/05/busy-week.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5775608047954161722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5775608047954161722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/05/busy-week.html' title='Busy week!'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-8731479710238578035</id><published>2011-05-02T19:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T19:03:18.215-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Current events</title><summary type='text'>A reader has posted this question about the events of this past weekend:

I don't know if a positive or negative attribute might be placed on this, but... would you also consider that the Jupiter/Mars conjunction is the perfect confluence of energies for the bin Laden event? Perhaps you might be able to also shed some light on how the Saturn/Venus opposition might illustrate something about that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/8731479710238578035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/05/current-events.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8731479710238578035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8731479710238578035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/05/current-events.html' title='Current events'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-5284861634135522671</id><published>2011-04-30T07:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-30T07:57:09.803-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Polarities</title><summary type='text'>The polarities in the headlines today are striking, and a clear manifestation of both the positive and negative expressions of the Saturn-Venus opposition and the Jupiter-Mars conjunction.

On the one hand, we have news about the Royal Wedding that took place yesterday. In the positive, Jupiter and Mars in Aries contribute to hope for the future, and help us find the energy and courage needed to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/5284861634135522671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/04/polarities.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5284861634135522671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5284861634135522671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/04/polarities.html' title='Polarities'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-8652379508342639517</id><published>2011-04-23T16:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T16:23:32.762-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Recovery time</title><summary type='text'>At long last -- as of this morning, Mercury has completed his Aries retrograde phase. This one has been particularly rough for many, including yours truly. Perhaps because there is so much about Aries that wants to Move Forward, and so much about retrograde Mercury that says Not Time Yet.

Not that issues have completely resolved in the past 13 hours -- but already, new information has come </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/8652379508342639517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/04/recovery-time.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8652379508342639517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8652379508342639517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/04/recovery-time.html' title='Recovery time'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-1479260851523031558</id><published>2011-04-21T18:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T18:04:23.534-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Upgrades and downloads</title><summary type='text'>I received a couple of messages this week about the adjustments we're needing to make as we work with the higher frequencies coming in now ... 

Yesterday, my cell phone froze with an odd message on the screen about being ready for an download. The technician I talked with was amazed that I had gotten this message -- seeing that I have the very basic phone -- because that kind of error "usually </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/1479260851523031558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/04/upgrades-and-downloads.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1479260851523031558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1479260851523031558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/04/upgrades-and-downloads.html' title='Upgrades and downloads'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-1548447568552115374</id><published>2011-04-15T10:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-15T10:07:13.079-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Article on "Conscious-Cool-Chic" blogsite</title><summary type='text'>Hi everyone,

A dear friend of mine has started a new blogsite with all things "Conscious-Cool-Chic" -- and has asked me to write a short article for her "Soul Growth Adventures" page. I wrote my essay in response to the question: At this place, in this moment, what are you celebrating in your life?

If you'd like to read my article (and explore this wonderful blog!), here's the link: </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/1548447568552115374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/04/article-on-conscious-cool-chic-blogsite.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1548447568552115374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1548447568552115374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/04/article-on-conscious-cool-chic-blogsite.html' title='Article on &quot;Conscious-Cool-Chic&quot; blogsite'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-8844482090655211753</id><published>2011-04-13T19:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-13T19:07:10.231-07:00</updated><title type='text'>In between a rock ... and another rock</title><summary type='text'>We had the Pluto-Mars square two days ago (on Monday, April 11) and will have a Saturn-Mars opposition next Monday (April 18) -- talk about being between rocks!

Since Monday, I've been very aware of my mind searching for things to be upset about, to blame about. For the most part, I've been pretty successful at diverting the train, but it's taking some conscious effort. And I know others are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/8844482090655211753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/04/in-between-rock-and-another-rock.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8844482090655211753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8844482090655211753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/04/in-between-rock-and-another-rock.html' title='In between a rock ... and another rock'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-3287515783423314935</id><published>2011-04-07T07:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-07T07:20:11.560-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Question about Neptune transit</title><summary type='text'>I received this question from a reader this week, and thought the answer might be of interest to others as well:

I have a quick question: With the information out about Neptune in Pisces starting this week where would I look in my chart to determine how it will affect me...The house where I have Neptune or the house where I have Pisces? I am always confused by this. Thank you!

The answer is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/3287515783423314935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/04/question-about-neptune-transit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3287515783423314935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3287515783423314935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/04/question-about-neptune-transit.html' title='Question about Neptune transit'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-726393332159993668</id><published>2011-03-29T17:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-29T17:05:27.764-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Prayer letter from Dr. Masaru Emoto</title><summary type='text'>Hello, all. If you are familiar with Dr. Emoto's work, you know the impact our thoughts and prayers have on water. In light of the nuclear disaster occurring in Japan right now, I am sharing this with you in case you want to participate.

Here is the letter from Dr Masaru Emoto: 

To All People Around the World,

Please send your prayers of love and gratitude to water at the nuclear plants in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/726393332159993668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/03/prayer-letter-from-dr-masaru-emoto.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/726393332159993668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/726393332159993668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/03/prayer-letter-from-dr-masaru-emoto.html' title='Prayer letter from Dr. Masaru Emoto'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-6328242373438290301</id><published>2011-03-25T19:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-25T19:11:33.973-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blame it on Neptune</title><summary type='text'>Perhaps we can "blame" the Neptune-Saturn dance going on this week -- but it feels more than ever that we are somehow poised between realities at the moment... And sometimes dipping into either one side or the other more completely. Narcoleptic bouts of sleepiness, followed by wide-awake nights... An unexpected feeling of euphoria and connection followed by sadness and fear when observing world </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/6328242373438290301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/03/blame-it-on-neptune.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6328242373438290301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6328242373438290301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/03/blame-it-on-neptune.html' title='Blame it on Neptune'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-2651853256512722336</id><published>2011-03-17T18:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-17T18:45:53.562-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pepper Lewis</title><summary type='text'>I found myself needing some reassurance today, and thought of Pepper Lewis, who is a channel for Gaia. I went to her website, and found an 11-minute recording called "Earthquake in Japan." I did find it reassuring.

If you'd like to hear the channeling, click on the link below, which will take you to Pepper's website. Scroll down just a bit, and you'll see the graphic for listening to the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/2651853256512722336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/03/pepper-lewis.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2651853256512722336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2651853256512722336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/03/pepper-lewis.html' title='Pepper Lewis'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-263886802452225566</id><published>2011-03-13T15:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-13T15:09:07.163-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Links for today's Journal</title><summary type='text'>I have learned not to put too many live links into my weekly NorthPoint Journal -- it does interfere with delivery at times!

So, here are the links to two websites I referenced:

SpaceWeather.com

USGS Earthquake Hazards

Many blessings,

Pam</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/263886802452225566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/03/links-for-todays-journal.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/263886802452225566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/263886802452225566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/03/links-for-todays-journal.html' title='Links for today&apos;s Journal'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-6197324225344129783</id><published>2011-03-11T21:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-11T21:35:33.765-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Red Ray</title><summary type='text'>Two nights this past week, I have awakened with "Red Ray" in my consciousness. While I could make some guesses about what that meant, I decided to google those words to see what I could find online. Here is one description I found:
You now move into the Red Ray of Completion. The contemplation of your life and its spiritual meaning have shown you what you can no longer do what you have been doing</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/6197324225344129783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/03/red-ray.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6197324225344129783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6197324225344129783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/03/red-ray.html' title='Red Ray'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-1643499376284923794</id><published>2011-03-11T08:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-11T08:47:09.418-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dramatic beginnings</title><summary type='text'>As we sit on the Pacific coast of the North American continent, grateful that the tsunami seems to be only gently affecting our shores, we also feel great heart connection to the people in Japan who are, at this very moment, dealing with so much devastation.

The unseen (but clearly sensed) energies have been in crescendo for about a week now, this morning feeling even more powerful. Obviously, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/1643499376284923794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/03/dramatic-beginnings.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1643499376284923794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1643499376284923794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/03/dramatic-beginnings.html' title='Dramatic beginnings'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-116217274207633255</id><published>2011-03-06T13:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-06T13:32:01.661-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Error in today's Journal</title><summary type='text'>Ooops! Of course, it's always after you press "Send" that you realize a mistake.

In today's Journal, I wrote:
ONLY THOSE who are 84 years of age or older have experienced Uranus in Aries before -- and that was from 1927 to 1934, at a much different time in humanity's evolutionary cycle and level of consciousness. It should say instead:
ONLY THOSE who are 84 years of age or older have experienced</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/116217274207633255/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/03/error-in-todays-journal.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/116217274207633255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/116217274207633255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/03/error-in-todays-journal.html' title='Error in today&apos;s Journal'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-6670561677518141959</id><published>2011-03-02T19:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-02T19:11:57.303-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Reader's question about the Great Depression</title><summary type='text'>Here's an email question I received a couple of days ago, that I thought others might also be interested to read about:

I just have a quick question for you related to your journal for the week. You mention that the last time Uranus was in Aries was from 1928 to 1934, which was the time of the Great Depression. How does that relate to what's currently going on with our world?

And here's my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/6670561677518141959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/03/readers-question-about-great-depression.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6670561677518141959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6670561677518141959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/03/readers-question-about-great-depression.html' title='Reader&apos;s question about the Great Depression'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-4640344108098101235</id><published>2011-02-27T20:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-27T20:38:48.214-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Higher octave planets</title><summary type='text'>I received this email today about my comment in today's NorthPoint Journal that Uranus is the "higher octave" of Mercury:

I have not heard of planets as "higher octave" and was a bit baffled as to how we got to Mercury from Uranus and Aries. I read it over a few times and began to understand you were making an association I had never heard of. Might you please explain further what a "higher </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/4640344108098101235/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/02/higher-octave-planets.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4640344108098101235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4640344108098101235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/02/higher-octave-planets.html' title='Higher octave planets'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-5081465939231693523</id><published>2011-02-23T18:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-23T18:27:24.644-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Neptunian synchronicity</title><summary type='text'>There is a theatre in Seattle's University District that I pass nearly every day -- it's called the Neptune Theatre, and it was built in 1921.

A couple of weeks ago, the theatre's marquee showed a message of farewell instead of the usual movie title. Not knowing what had happened, I assumed the vintage building would be torn down, and I felt saddened. It also occurred to me that there was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/5081465939231693523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/02/neptunian-synchronicity.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5081465939231693523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5081465939231693523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/02/neptunian-synchronicity.html' title='Neptunian synchronicity'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-5746365169647927922</id><published>2011-02-18T08:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-18T08:56:33.781-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Last night's Full Moon and kunzite</title><summary type='text'>The Full Moon last night was a powerful one, and continues to work with us today -- and, in some respects, for the next three days, given the growing energy of Sunday's Neptune-Mars-Mercury alignment.

One of the main themes of this lunation is Freedom of Self-Expression, due to the Sun being in Aquarius and the Moon being in Leo. A primary purpose of this Full Moon is to open and expand our high</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/5746365169647927922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/02/last-nights-full-moon-and-kunzite.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5746365169647927922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5746365169647927922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/02/last-nights-full-moon-and-kunzite.html' title='Last night&apos;s Full Moon and kunzite'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-3771616623245675042</id><published>2011-02-12T08:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-12T08:21:07.319-08:00</updated><title type='text'>"Greasing the Gears"</title><summary type='text'>"Remember, as soon as we love ourselves fully, we are no longer afraid to be true."This is just one quote from an excellent new "energy update" from Lauren Gorgo. I've read it over several times now, and continue to find nuggets that speak directly to me.

If you don't receive Lauren's emails, and would like to read this one, click here: Greasing the Gears.

And let me know what you think!

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/3771616623245675042/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/02/greasing-gears.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3771616623245675042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3771616623245675042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/02/greasing-gears.html' title='&quot;Greasing the Gears&quot;'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-6164548579441611333</id><published>2011-02-02T19:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T19:42:46.183-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Another perspective</title><summary type='text'>I just watched the online video of the most recent Virtual Light Broadcast -- a monthly gathering of healers and channelers in Las Vegas, facilitated by Steve and Barbara Rother. Steve channels entities who call themselves "The Group," and I usually like their messages best of what is presented. (If you follow the link, scroll down to segment #6, called "Magnetic Whip," and click on the video to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/6164548579441611333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/02/another-perspective.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6164548579441611333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6164548579441611333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/02/another-perspective.html' title='Another perspective'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-900351640927015493</id><published>2011-02-02T07:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T07:14:22.361-08:00</updated><title type='text'>For the changes</title><summary type='text'>It seems that now, more than ever, the only constant is change.

In that light, I'm sharing an affirmation I've found very helpful in the past week. I hope you may also find it of benefit.

I am thankful today for the perfect, divine timing of events taking place in my life.

I ask to feel the embodiment of my Soul's essence and see the divinity that I am, so that the changes can be made easily, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/900351640927015493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/02/for-changes.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/900351640927015493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/900351640927015493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/02/for-changes.html' title='For the changes'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-3811301369605116213</id><published>2011-01-31T11:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-31T11:27:01.497-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Solar winds on Wednesday-Thursday</title><summary type='text'>The sun is contributing in a grand way in the energy waves this week. According to the SpaceWeather.com website, a large coronal hole has opened up on the sun, "spewing a stream of solar wind into space." This solar wind should be reaching Earth on Wednesday or Thursday, just in time to amplify the energies of the already-powerful New Moon in Aquarius.

On a physical level, when solar winds reach</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/3811301369605116213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/01/solar-winds-on-wednesday-thursday.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3811301369605116213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/3811301369605116213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/01/solar-winds-on-wednesday-thursday.html' title='Solar winds on Wednesday-Thursday'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-2748556138101541112</id><published>2011-01-29T20:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-29T20:54:03.813-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The waves keep on rollin' in</title><summary type='text'>It truly feels like there have been wave after wave of changes for months now... and every new wave takes off another layer that needs to be shed, getting us closer to the essence of who we really are.

Jupiter's recent entry in Aries certainly feels to have speeded up the process. And Uranus will follow in just a few weeks, on March 11.

Water wings, anyone?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/2748556138101541112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/01/waves-keep-on-rollin-in.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2748556138101541112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2748556138101541112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/01/waves-keep-on-rollin-in.html' title='The waves keep on rollin&apos; in'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-569744000241617293</id><published>2011-01-23T16:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T16:42:32.961-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Checking in</title><summary type='text'>Hi everyone!

Yes (as someone recently mentioned in another post), I've been quiet this week. But I'm still here! Just dealing with my own "stuff" at the moment -- and very busy with work and readings! 

That Full Moon last week was conjunct my Midheaven and triggered a Grand Cross in my chart, so the busyness makes sense, in addition to the opportunity to deal with other issues that are core to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/569744000241617293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/01/checking-in.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/569744000241617293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/569744000241617293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/01/checking-in.html' title='Checking in'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-4225667762367674461</id><published>2011-01-15T10:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-15T10:01:57.047-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The eclipse effect continues and Tucson</title><summary type='text'>This current energy stream, which started back in December with the Total Lunar Eclipse on the Solstice, continues to bring up major challenges and situations that stir our deepest fears and deepest angers.

Perhaps because that eclipse was at the 29th "critical" degree of Gemini, we are seeing strong effects on people's mental states. Even those of us who consider ourselves mostly stable have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/4225667762367674461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/01/eclipse-effect-continues-and-tucson.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4225667762367674461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4225667762367674461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/01/eclipse-effect-continues-and-tucson.html' title='The eclipse effect continues and Tucson'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-7860849644649226137</id><published>2011-01-14T18:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-14T18:49:43.947-08:00</updated><title type='text'>In the news</title><summary type='text'>I've received several emails (and a phone call) about the news article today about astrological signs having changed. Here's what I have written in reply:

Thanks for your question! In answer, I think it's easiest just to paste a quote from another article that was online today:

Astrology experts say the shift in zodiac signs does not apply to most Westerners, who follow the tropical zodiac, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/7860849644649226137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/01/in-news.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7860849644649226137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7860849644649226137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/01/in-news.html' title='In the news'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-2865459371826907433</id><published>2011-01-05T19:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-05T19:00:28.492-08:00</updated><title type='text'>About "redemptive purposes"</title><summary type='text'>Hi everyone! I received an email from a reader this morning, and thought others might also have the same question, so am posting both her question and my response here:

I was reading your wonderful Journal this week and came across a statement that I would really like some clarification on. The quote is: "The squares to Neptune and Chiron may correspond with opportunities to heal disillusionment</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/2865459371826907433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/01/about-redemptive-purposes.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2865459371826907433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2865459371826907433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2011/01/about-redemptive-purposes.html' title='About &quot;redemptive purposes&quot;'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-5258750016750681973</id><published>2010-12-29T18:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-29T18:19:23.944-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Question from a reader</title><summary type='text'>I received an email in response to this week's Journal, regarding my comment about it being important to move out of our comfort zones. The reader wanted clarification on that comment. 

And I know there are some shades of gray to that advice -- certainly, we want to be in touch with our intuition about any new directions we take, so shouldn't we actually feel comfortable if we're moving forward </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/5258750016750681973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/12/question-from-reader.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5258750016750681973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5258750016750681973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/12/question-from-reader.html' title='Question from a reader'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-7221638289066008628</id><published>2010-12-24T11:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-24T11:20:00.265-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Gemini Lunar Eclipse</title><summary type='text'>Several related issues have ridden in on the energetic wave of the recent Lunar Eclipse, which occurred at 29 degrees Gemini. The main themes involve how we communicate -- with others and with ourselves -- and how we use words, especially when we are under stress. No real surprises there, since Gemini rules our ability to think, speak and hear. Issues are also complicated by the fact that Mercury</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/7221638289066008628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/12/gemini-lunar-eclipse.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7221638289066008628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7221638289066008628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/12/gemini-lunar-eclipse.html' title='The Gemini Lunar Eclipse'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-5125696950681125618</id><published>2010-12-21T07:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-21T07:04:36.282-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Eclipse aftermath and Solstice morning</title><summary type='text'>If you've tapped in to the energies this morning, you may have felt the difference. Something has changed since yesterday. In between yesterday and today we had our Gemini Lunar Eclipse, which opened portals of communication. How we use those openings is the next step.

The Gemini theme for this Total Eclipse is also clear in the opportunity to release karmic contracts and agreements that we are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/5125696950681125618/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/12/eclipse-aftermath-and-solstice-morning.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5125696950681125618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5125696950681125618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/12/eclipse-aftermath-and-solstice-morning.html' title='Eclipse aftermath and Solstice morning'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-9194254949167511800</id><published>2010-12-17T07:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-17T07:05:14.776-08:00</updated><title type='text'>December energies</title><summary type='text'>The energy waves continue to roll in, taking us higher and then offering us a look back at where we've been. The question is asked: Do we want to return to the old ways, those driven by fear and ego? Or are we ready to be lifted up, to raise our vibrations and become the Self of greatest potential?

This month of December is powerful for our launching into 2011. Astrologically, we have the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/9194254949167511800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-energies.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/9194254949167511800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/9194254949167511800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-energies.html' title='December energies'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-6809843372145825170</id><published>2010-12-10T18:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-10T18:30:47.091-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Riding the wave</title><summary type='text'>The latest energy infusion has been a big one, and seems to be ongoing. Astrologically, the heightened energy corresponds with the influence of Uranus being stationary and with the effects of the Eclipse Zone, which began with the New Moon last Sunday.

Of all the planets used in astrology, Uranus is probably the one most associated with high-vibrational energies. Uranus represents higher </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/6809843372145825170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/12/riding-wave.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6809843372145825170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6809843372145825170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/12/riding-wave.html' title='Riding the wave'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-2657799783257004408</id><published>2010-11-25T09:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-25T09:04:51.344-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks Giving</title><summary type='text'>Greetings to All!

I write this on the day of Thanks Giving, and count you all among the things I am most grateful for in this life. I appreciate this community of like-minded souls, and am thankful for this technology that allows us each to share and receive insights so easily.

Over the last few days (it's rather lengthy for a one-sitting read), I've been reading Dr. Suzan Carrel's November </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/2657799783257004408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/11/thanks-giving.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2657799783257004408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2657799783257004408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/11/thanks-giving.html' title='Thanks Giving'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-4327509306451565278</id><published>2010-11-19T09:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-19T09:24:10.929-08:00</updated><title type='text'>And so it begins</title><summary type='text'>With yesterday's about-face of both Jupiter and Venus (on Thursday, November 18), we should now have a little more clarity on some questions we've been asking, specifically about certain relationships and our finances/resources (areas ruled by Venus), and perhaps also about a personal truth that has recently come to the surface (ruled by Jupiter). If you've been dealing with issues in these areas</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/4327509306451565278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/11/and-so-it-begins.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4327509306451565278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4327509306451565278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/11/and-so-it-begins.html' title='And so it begins'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-4925361220480343507</id><published>2010-11-08T19:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-08T19:34:24.299-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Transiting Chiron opposing natal Pluto</title><summary type='text'>This is a special posting for those of you, like me, who were born in the mid-1950s, in particular those born when Pluto was between 25 and 27 degrees of Leo. That covers people born:

from September 1954 through February 1955
from July 1955 through September 1955
and from March 1956 through July 1956

I've just (re)read astrologer Rob Hand's interpretation of transiting Chiron opposite Pluto, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/4925361220480343507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/11/transiting-chiron-opposing-natal-pluto.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4925361220480343507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/4925361220480343507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/11/transiting-chiron-opposing-natal-pluto.html' title='Transiting Chiron opposing natal Pluto'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-5325555552538914804</id><published>2010-11-04T22:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-04T22:05:23.314-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I-N-T-E-N-S-E</title><summary type='text'>So far, this week has been quite intense -- and I'm guessing we're not quite done with it yet. The Scorpio energies are taking us deeper and deeper into the dark corners of our psyches, exposing the fears and manipulations that have been holding us hostage. At the same time, Chiron and Neptune stand still in the sky, bringing up our deepest wounds and simultaneously offering the means to release </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/5325555552538914804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/11/i-n-t-e-n-s-e.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5325555552538914804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5325555552538914804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/11/i-n-t-e-n-s-e.html' title='I-N-T-E-N-S-E'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-2420769519402009416</id><published>2010-11-03T07:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-03T07:17:22.260-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Helpful reading</title><summary type='text'>Good morning, all...

I have found two channelings for the month of November to be especially helpful, so thought to share them with you. Each has given me a better understanding and higher perspective on the month ahead -- very much needed right now!

If you're interested, just click on the titles below to go to the online articles:

"Akashic Transformations November 2010 Message" by Jen Eramith</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/2420769519402009416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/11/helpful-reading.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2420769519402009416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2420769519402009416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/11/helpful-reading.html' title='Helpful reading'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-5454132664234149806</id><published>2010-10-24T19:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-24T19:40:18.255-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Neptune and Chiron, too</title><summary type='text'>After sending out today's NorthPoint Journal, I reflected that I should have included something about Neptune and Chiron as I was discussing the intensity we're now experiencing. It may be true that we can point to Venus retrograde and Saturn in Libra as being the primary contributors to current pressure on relationships -- but woven into that energy is also the ongoing Neptune-Chiron alignment, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/5454132664234149806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/10/neptune-and-chiron-too.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5454132664234149806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/5454132664234149806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/10/neptune-and-chiron-too.html' title='Neptune and Chiron, too'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-2932637078425333627</id><published>2010-10-19T07:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-19T07:56:56.766-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comet 103P/Hartley 2</title><summary type='text'>The comet with the unromantic name, Comet 103P/Hartley 2, will be at its closest proximity (11 million miles!) to Earth tomorrow, October 20. I've received questions from readers, wondering what comets mean astrologically. Synchronistically, in the book I am currently (re) reading, Patterns of the Past by Judy Hall, I just this week read this passage, which describes a comet's astrological </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/2932637078425333627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/10/comet-103phartley-2.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2932637078425333627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2932637078425333627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/10/comet-103phartley-2.html' title='Comet 103P/Hartley 2'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-2115718135112763395</id><published>2010-10-15T12:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-15T13:00:54.043-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Chilean miners, the Cardinal Grand Cross and Saturn in Libra</title><summary type='text'>A blog follower asked this question in response to my "An intense week" posting from October 8 -- and I thought it deserved an entry of its own! Here's the question:

Pam -- What are your thoughts on how the astrological configurations tie in with the Chilean miners and their rescue? It's nothing short of a miracle -- and the fact that the reason they survived is being put down to working </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/2115718135112763395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/10/chilean-miners-cardinal-grand-cross-and.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2115718135112763395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2115718135112763395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/10/chilean-miners-cardinal-grand-cross-and.html' title='The Chilean miners, the Cardinal Grand Cross and Saturn in Libra'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-1990156331748215248</id><published>2010-10-15T09:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-15T09:09:42.349-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Teleclass announcement</title><summary type='text'>Hi everyone!

If you're signed up to receive my class notifications by email, you probably already know about my teleclass on December 2! If not, here's the scoop:

The title is:

Astrological Energies for 2011: What We Can Expect in the Year Ahead
During this two-hour class, facilitated by Energy Intuitive Elsie Kerns, I'll talk about the astrological energies and events coming our way in 2011. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/1990156331748215248/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/10/teleclass-announcement.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1990156331748215248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1990156331748215248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/10/teleclass-announcement.html' title='Teleclass announcement'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-279081292919797036</id><published>2010-10-08T08:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-08T08:20:17.920-07:00</updated><title type='text'>An intense week</title><summary type='text'>This week has been a wild one! The Mars-Venus conjunction in Scorpio has intensified relationship issues, as the god of war dances with the goddess of love. And with Venus going retrograde in Scorpio today, we're probably just at the entry point of a longer journey through once-hidden emotional realms.

The good news is that what comes to the surface now needs to be revealed. It has been working </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/279081292919797036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/10/intense-week.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/279081292919797036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/279081292919797036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/10/intense-week.html' title='An intense week'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-6478193801324387427</id><published>2010-09-30T20:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-30T20:35:02.885-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Checking in from Cannon Beach</title><summary type='text'>Hi everyone!

Not an astrological update here, just wanting to check in and let you know I'm off on vacation in Cannon Beach, Oregon. My two sisters and I decided, after both of our parents' passing a couple of year ago, that we would get together at least once a year and have a retreat weekend together.

So, this year we chose Cannon Beach, a magical place. Just to give you an idea, here's a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/6478193801324387427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/09/checking-in-from-cannon-beach.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6478193801324387427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/6478193801324387427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/09/checking-in-from-cannon-beach.html' title='Checking in from Cannon Beach'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-2275385411953587670</id><published>2010-09-19T19:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-19T19:07:45.863-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comment on this week's Journal</title><summary type='text'>Hi everyone,

I received an email from a reader today that I'd like to share with you, since it comes from a channeler I respect and gives some additional insights and timelines to our current process of energy shift. Here is a slightly abridged copy of the email text:

Dear Pam,

Thank you for writing in-depth about the Uranus-Jupiter conjunction at 28 degrees Pisces. My Ascendant is at 28 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/2275385411953587670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/09/comment-on-this-weeks-journal.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2275385411953587670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/2275385411953587670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/09/comment-on-this-weeks-journal.html' title='Comment on this week&apos;s Journal'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-7107243681811414829</id><published>2010-09-17T09:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-19T13:35:18.275-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh, my!</title><summary type='text'>Here we are, Dorothy and Toto and our companions, skipping down the yellow brick road -- but our song is not about "lions and tigers and bears," but rather about "conjunctions and equinoxes and Full Moons," oh, my!

To clarify, over the next seven days, we will be seeing the Uranus-Jupiter conjunction (Saturday, Sept 18), the Equinox/Sun entering Libra (Wednesday, Sept 22), and the Full Moon at </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/7107243681811414829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/09/oh-my.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7107243681811414829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/7107243681811414829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/09/oh-my.html' title='Oh, my!'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-541193771153689578</id><published>2010-09-06T13:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-06T13:10:18.169-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Saturn in Libra and REAL-ationships</title><summary type='text'>With all this retrograde Mercury fogginess, it's interesting that relationships are now coming into better focus.

Saturn is fully embracing his Libra tasks now. For many, this involves a reality check when it comes to important relationships and partnerships. Saturn's requirements are very straightforward: work harder on relationships that have value in your life, and be willing to let go of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/541193771153689578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/09/saturn-in-libra-and-real-ationships.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/541193771153689578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/541193771153689578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/09/saturn-in-libra-and-real-ationships.html' title='Saturn in Libra and REAL-ationships'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-1021585491336870974</id><published>2010-09-04T18:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-04T18:01:07.602-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Whew</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday's conjunction between the Sun and Mercury Retrograde had a great deal more impact than I would have expected -- but then, this entire Mercury Retrograde time (since August 20) has seemed to have greater effect than usual. Perhaps because we already don't really know which way we're going, or how to define reality, that adding a Retrograde Mercury can have the effect of tipping us even </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/1021585491336870974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/09/whew.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1021585491336870974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/1021585491336870974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/09/whew.html' title='Whew'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-370760082078491683</id><published>2010-08-29T08:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-29T08:53:38.393-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Through the looking glass</title><summary type='text'>This has been an ODD week. Like Alice's adventures through the looking glass, everything seems not quite real. 

Now, grant you, I haven't seen bodyless grins from Cheshire cats glowing from a nearby tree, nor even seen a white rabbit hopping down a hole. But there is certainly a feeling of being "not quite here, yet not quite there." 

Perhaps, as the pundits are saying, we have already shifted </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/370760082078491683/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/08/through-looking-glass.html#comment-form' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/370760082078491683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/370760082078491683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/08/through-looking-glass.html' title='Through the looking glass'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122174313378901633.post-8334680679417615262</id><published>2010-08-22T11:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-22T11:55:58.007-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mars</title><summary type='text'>Every August, for the past several years, reports have circulated around the Internet regarding Mars being so close to the Earth that it looks as large as the Moon. 

In case you've recently read that, please know that it is not true. Mars was at its closest proximity to the Earth a few years ago -- and was very bright -- but, as SpaceWeather.com said this morning, "To see Mars as large as the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/feeds/8334680679417615262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/08/mars.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8334680679417615262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9122174313378901633/posts/default/8334680679417615262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northpointastrology.blogspot.com/2010/08/mars.html' title='Mars'/><author><name>Pam Younghans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006907433948383278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcZOJuOCD9U/ThkOcGTF1TI/AAAAAAAAAGg/t8Gr5BsN_Ys/s220/Opt-2cropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
