Astrology Newsletter: Aquarius 2019

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Enjoy the Aquarius Newsletter for 2019!

The Signs of the Time–There is a Supermoon Lunar Eclipse Blood Full Moon on January 20 at 00 degrees of Leo. Eclipses are life changing and require full attention to what needs to change in our life. But this Eclipse will be like no other because of its length and effect on the earth and all us people. The full experience, from the start of the partial eclipse to the end, will last 3 hours and 17 minutes. The peak of the total lunar eclipse will happen shortly after day’s end on Sunday, Jan. 20, on the U.S. east coast, at 12:16 a.m. EST (0516 GMT) on Monday, Jan. 21. This peak is also known as the “greatest eclipse” and is defined as the moment when the moon comes closest to the axis of Earth’s shadow.

None of us knows exactly what will happen event-wise but my intuition plus knowledge of the celestial world tells me that we are going to undergo massive changes and some not so beneficial to all of us.  My reminder to all of you is that this is the unreal world and the landing strip for karmic face-time. But we still need to be prepared that what you least expect more than likely will happen.

During this Aquarian Solar Cycle there will be no retrograde planets. This rarely happens. But when all planets are direct in motion their affect on us is multiplied ten-fold.

There will be a New Moon on February 4 at 15 degrees of Aquarius. This bodes well for the Water Bearers as well as other Air Signs, Gemini and Libra as well as Fire Sign, Aries, Leo and Sagittarius.

Since this is the first SI Newsletter of 2019 let me encourage each of us to face what comes with the notion that with time and action and different choices the world will right itself. As old as I am I can assure you that there are better times ahead; just how ahead in time I have no clue or educated opinions. I do know that there is a God and He has a divine design to make our lives better.

Fire Signs

ARIES (March 20 – April 19)–Early degree Aries are going to get a big boost from the Lunar Eclipse Full Moon on January 20. Uranus in your Sun Sign is also going to keep you hopping. Also your ruling planet Mars is going to be in Aries until Valentine’s Day. Jupiter and Venus in Sagittarius are also going to bless you this Solar Cycle. But Venus goes into Capricorn on February 4 so be watchful because the Sign of the Goat squares you. In addition Saturn and Pluto could be a fly in the ointment this month as well.

LEO (July 22 – August 22)–The Lunar Eclipse supermoon Full Moon at 00 degree of Leo on January 20 will be a huge warning for you lions and lionesses to hold back on Major Stock Market investments. You may want to spend what you can’t afford as well. It’s a good time to meditate on your bank balance and do what you can not to put yourself in harm’s way. You are creative so learn to paint or garden or write. It takes awhile to make a book but everything is one day at a time when you think about it. Get started with something new.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 20)–Half of the planets in signs are going to benefit you greatly this Solar Cycle. For starters, Venus will remain in Sagittarius until February 4th. It gets no better than that since Jupiter, your ruling planet, is in Sagittarius for the rest of the year. Mercury in Aquarius from January 24 until February 10 will also be in major favor to you. Mars in Aries until February 13 will also give you huge momentum in whatever you want in your life. Uranus in Aries will bring sudden windfalls for you. One caveat: Do not take all these fabulous aspects to roam aimlessly. Apply yourself.

Earth Signs

TAURUS (April 20 – May 20)–After February 4 when Venus goes into Capricorn you will reap the benefits. But Venus in Capricorn can be no nonsense and a bit cold, not at all like a Taurus requires. However, Capricorn is an Earth Sign as is Taurus, so the element is consistent with you. Mars goes into Taurus on February 14, so be very careful about where you go and with whom. You may find the Mars titillating but is can also be a bit scary. Overall this is a Solar Cycle when you want to exercise caution at all costs. Delay pleasure.

VIRGO (August 23 – September 22)–We are going to give you a new way to look at your ruling planet Mercury when it goes into Pisces on February 10. One of the Wizards of Celestial movements often taught that your opposing Sign teaches you more than any other. Virgo by nature tends to be picky, critical and analytical while Pisces are the opposite. Notwithstanding all the things with which Fish have to deal to change their lives, they are also dreamers and creative types and risk takers. Virgos paint within the lines and Pisces wherever it pleases them. My positive point of this aspect is for Virgos to see that being mirrored by their opposing neighbor, Pisces.

CAPRICORN (December 21 – January 19)–The Queen of the Holy Roman Empire once said no sign works harder to make the world better than a Goat. This month the Upper World conspired to make sure that your hard labor was not only recognized but rewarded. Pluto and Saturn continue in Capricorn. Venus will be in Capricorn from February 4th throughout this Solar Cycle. If any sign will be able to right the wrongs that have spread like a virus in 2018 it is the Sign of the tireless hardworking Goat. Whatever has been your purpose its time has come for super benefits.

Air Signs

GEMINI (May 21 – June 20)–Your planet ruler Mercury will be in Aquarius from January 24 until February 10. This is a great window of opportunity for you Twins to make some daring moves in your personal and professional life. Nothing else seems to bolster your sign with the rest the planets in signs that are not so compatible with Gemini. But, hey, Mercury in a compatible Air Sign is a huge three weeks for you this Solar Cycle. My intuition tells me that you may be in for a promotion at work or a great relationship gets better.

LIBRA (September 23 – October 22)–There’s a lot of good news for your Scales of Justice Libra this month. For early degree Libras from October 23 through the 30th, the Lunar Eclipse supermoon Full Moon at 00 degree Leo on January 20th will bestow blessings. And even better blow back will occur on February 4 under the New Moon at 15 degrees of Aquarius. Your ruling planet Mercury in Aquarius from January 24 until February 10 will be the shot in the arm to get you moving. It looks like this Solar Time of the year is what you’ve been waiting for.

AQUARIUS (January 20 – February 17)–The Lunar Eclipse New Moon on January 20 may cause trouble for you early degree Aquarians. The major problem you may encounter is in a love relationship. Aquarians are known to be a bit stubborn and “my way or the highway” won’t resolve anything in the misunderstanding between you and your partner. We suggest you talk it over with someone you trust, particularly a professional therapist to work through these tough times. Open your heart more than your mouth.

Water Signs

CANCER (June 21 – July 21)–Nothing seems to favor you Moon dudes and duchesses this Solar Cycle. But remember the Moon changes signs every two and a half days. Here are your compatible days of the months that will benefit you, lunar-wise. January 23 from 5:22 PM EST until January 24 until 6:02 PM EST; January 27, 28; February 6. 7; February 10 from 3:28 PM EST until February 12 at 12:26 PM EST; February 15 until 5:31 AM EST. Stay tuned and on-point; the month of March will align with you like a Soul Mate.

SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21)–You should always remember that your ruling planet Pluto in Capricorn was designed to give you everything you are willing to work for. Venus in Pisces from February 10 throughout the Solar Cycle will be a big boon for you. And when the Sun goes into Pisces on February 19 you are in the driver’s seat. But it is never a time for Scorpio to try to coast through anything. You are the work horse of the Zodiac. When the going gets tough don’t hide; be on the front line to get what you deserve.

PISCES (February 18 – March 19)–Now that your ruling planet Neptune is out of retrograde you may be feeling the pressure of ennui that overlaid you Fish during the retrograde. Direct planets are always going to ask the most and best of you. Your tendency oftentimes is to divert your attention away from the work at hand. We suggest you make a work schedule and stick to it. Your creativity is going to be at an all-time high, so be ready for whatever comes.

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Women of the Month:

Three Jewish Women Plus 1

Cathy Ovson Friedman, Carole Marcus Pizitz, Louise Nagrodzki Abroms and Kathy George Mezrano

If ever I met women who are life-changers and precious and proactive in all ways it is these four. I suggest you Google them. Get to know who they are: as activists as well as wives and mothers and grandmothers.

Cathy Ovson Friedman

I met these wunderkind women about the same time. More than 30 years ago they came back into my life to make me a better person.  Cathy Ovson Friedman and her husband Paul attended a Soul Mate lecture I gave at the now-closed Lodestar Bookstore on Southside in Birmingham, Alabama. The next day she was my first private session which was her 40th birthday. It was love at “hello”. We both felt there were other lives at different times that we had been together. We were convinced one of those times was the French Revolution.

She became my Booking Agent from that day on and introduced my work to what seemed like every one of her Jewish friends. You would be reading until sunup if I recorded everything we have ever done to deepen our love and devotion. I refer to Cathy as Miss Israel because she is so proactive with all aspects of groups and organizations to make Birmingham and the world a better place, particularly all Jewish causes. My particular interest is in Birmingham Holocaust Education Center.

I have often said that if Cathy moved to Israel she would soon follow in the footsteps of former Prime Minister of Israel, Golda Meir, and become the second woman Prime Minister of Israel. There is simply no one like Cathy Ovson Friedman, one of the greatest women I ever met. Did I mention that she is as gorgeous as any movie star? And she is dangerous. Cathy can cut to the quick when you write or speak or throw in with bigotry or liars or anti-Semitism. If there is a cause within the sound of her voice or zip code that she believes in, she’ll be on the front lines of the effort.

I refer to Cathy as Mama Rose from Gypsy. She and Paul are parents to two of my favorite young women, and they are grandparents to four granddaughters and an adorable grandson.

I could go on forever as the song says but let me put a period here after writing in stone and steel that everyone’s life is better because her mother Honey gave birth to her all those years ago. G-d bless Cathy Ovson Friedman as long as she lives on the face of this earth.

Carole Marcus Pizitz

Next is one of Cathy’s best friends and ally in so many causes they work together on. If you ever wanted to know the kindest and most giving woman you could ever meet, say hello to Carole Marcus Pizitz.  I met her ages ago and I must say she has evolved 3,000%. When we would get together and I would be about to deliver the message of the moment she would have the mien of wonderment and surprise on her face.

No one has ever appreciated her life more or embraced the heavy responsibilities of it like she has. Single when we met, she has been married umpteen years to “Big Mike” Pizitz who himself has a heart of gold but can come at you oftentimes with the roar of a lion. When the Jewish Federation wants something done right as well as right now they call Carole–and she delivers like the trouper she is.

But there is a side to her that few know. She is not a whiner or complainer. If you want a ribbon cuter call somebody else. But if you want someone who rolls up her sleeves and goes to work to get a project done right, count on Carole. But she does not suffer fools lightly.

What I loved about her from “hello” was she intuited whether you came with the goods or self-service. Like Cathy, Carole is beautiful as an ageless Conover model but her looks is not her calling card. She is as real as sunshine and lights up a room when she walks into one. One of her brightest lights is her devotion to her children, their husbands as well as her grandchildren.

It is my pleasure to know this one-of-a-kind woman is still in my life and making it better for being there.

Louise Nagrodzki Abroms

I will never forget the morning I met Louise as I was seeing clients across the street from Highlands Bar and Grill at the Pickwick Hotel in 1988.  Louise was quiet and extremely private but with a spiritual depth that allows her to live her life as she desires. But we magically clicked from first words and we have ever since. Louise and I later said how quickly we bonded and I have been known to call her a soul mate.

Cathy and Carole are more outgoing and are known to head up a lot of charities and philanthropies that are very important to them. Louise likes to help behind the scenes. Perhaps some might think she shuns the limelight or maybe she is more effective leading where cameras don’t look. Whatever the case, it impresses me that she is who she is without a lot of folderol.

One of her passions for years was going to hospitals with her dog Brewster to comfort and heal patients. The day I got my Wire Fox Terrier, Mr. Darby, I think our mutual appreciation deepened and widened. Sadly, Brewster made his transition on December 5, 2017.

Several years ago Louise and her husband Dr. Jimmy and her three young children came to Sedona on holiday. We ate outside and I was amazed how intrigued I was with these two girls and a boy since I have never had children of my own. I gave each youngster their own crystal as a memento of their visit here.

When I think of Louise Nagrodzki Abroms–and I do a lot–I revel in her quiet understatement. Her faith is deep as China and her love and compassion for all Mankind know no bounds. If there is one other person who has affected me with laser affect it is this champion from her powerful but quiet corner.

Kathy George Mezrano

I have known Kathy more than 30 years and I have loved her every minute I have known her. When we met in a professional session in Birmingham she was selling pita sandwich to doctors and business men who were too busy or too lazy to go out for lunch. You know the type: less important than they think they are. But this was how Kathy G started out in the Magic City.

Today Kathy is Founder and President of Kathy G & Company. She is a super star and one of the most successful caterers in the Southeast. She wrote a successful cook book, Food, Fun and Fabulous and she also lectures around the country and has frequent appearance on television cooking her concoctions.

Starting with the historical Donnelly House and Gardens, Kathy G & Company served as exclusive food service to the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center and Park Lane in Mountain Brook.

Throughout our 30 year-plus  relationship she has been reluctant to spill the beans about what was bothering her–but I pulled it out of her every time.

“Kathy, keep doing what you’re doing and you’ll keep getting what you are getting:  Success beyond words.”

She gifted me with a catered book signing at her event space in English Village in Mountain Brook, Alabama when my first book, Clearing for the Millennium came out in 1997. Kathy travels the globe and is mother to two children and has three grandsons to whom she is devoted. If there is anyone you want to cater an affair, hold your hand when you are weepy, show up at an event to honor you or simply delight you with her indefatigable energy, Cathy G is your woman for all seasons and reasons.

Birmingham Holocaust Education Center Fund Raiser

Although I am not officially Jewish I am a devotee of the Holocaust Center in Birmingham, Alabama. My dear friend Cathy Ovson Friedman made me aware of BHEC and I decided I wanted to make friends of the Sedona Intensive aware of their unbelievably deep and abiding work for the  Center.

I encourage everyone to support this Center’s efforts to educate everyone about the work being done to make sure that through awareness of the horrors of the Holocaust the world will never have to survive such atrocities again.

The Sedona Intensive is making a donation to BHEC for $1,000.00.  Please join us in making a contribution as well.

Love and Gratitude, Albert Gaulden

More from their website: The Birmingham Holocaust Education Center (BHEC) seeks to educate the people of Alabama about the history of the Holocaust so that new generations will apply the lessons of the Holocaust to the construction of a more just, humane, and tolerant future. By preserving and sharing the stories of local Holocaust survivors and commemorating the events of the Holocaust and the lives of those who perished, the BHEC seeks to promote a moral and ethical response to prejudice, hatred, and indifference for the benefit of all humanity.

More information and Donate: http://bhecinfo.org/

NEW! Stay-at-Home Sedona Intensive™

I now use SKYPE to be able to see and be seen by clients as I counsel them. This allows those who choose to stay at home and work through life issues to use a service we are now offering called Stay-at-Home Intensive™. Inquire now, 928-282-4723 or albert@sedonaintensive.com to find out more about this service. This Intensive is spread out over several weeks right from your home rather than the 5-days in Sedona.

NEW BOOK by Albert Clayton Gaulden
Moments and Windstorms: Take Back Your Power

This ground-breaking book offers an in-depth journey through the author’s eye-opening addiction to alcohol and how he eventually got sober. Gaulden has written a number of books as well as being Founding Director of the Sedona Intensive, one of the country’s most highly regarded alternative personal growth programs.

The author shares all the ways God was leading and guiding him even when he was still drinking. “Most of us look at false paradigms to measure success in our lives. So much of where I went and the jobs I took helped me remember what I was to do as my life’s work.”

Gaulden’s book is divided into five parts. Each section explores different parts of his journey, incorporating all the places he’s been, the studies he’s made and the people he’s met. His point of view is that each client who sought his help made him a better person. At the end of the book, he has some daunting but hopeful words about the conditions of the planet Earth and what we need to do to survive as a race.

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The MELT Method is a breakthrough self-treatment technique that restores the fluid state and the supportiveness of the body’s connective tissue to combat chronic pain, improve performance and decrease the accumulated stress caused by everyday living. People find their sleep and digestion also improves. The method uses props…three small balls on your hands and feet and a soft roller for your body.

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“I have benefitted from Gail Bell’s M.E.L.T. expertise for several years. It is amazing what a few small balls and a roller can do to de-stress and rejuvenate the whole body. Gail is a practitioner for my Sedona Intensive clients. Her breath work is miraculous, especially for performance work and acting. If you’re in New York, call her and sign up for a class or private instruction. You will realize a significant change in your body from the first session.”
–Albert Clayton Gaulden, Founding Director, The Sedona Intensive™

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How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali by Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood

The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali is a major work on the practice of yoga and meditation. Learn through these aphorism how to control your mind and achieve inner peace and freedom. Although these methods were taught over 2000 years ago, they are as alive and effective today as they have ever been. This translation draws on the inspired commentary from both Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood.Our flagship title has been completely reset in more readable type, with a new index.

The book is widely used in yoga classes as an important introduction to Raja Yoga. Promoted by George Harrison and featured in his last album.

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“No book ever straightened me out about the Divine and Creator like How to Know God. It is stylized much like a meditation text. You can read a page a day and the sensation of a connection with a Higher Power will grow exponentially. Om. Tat. Sat. Om.“
— Love and Gratitude, Albert

Couples Who Went to the Extreme to Save Their Marriage
An interview with Carl and Joyce Gioia in RedBook Magazine

When Joyce Gioia couldn’t think of anything else to save her marriage and solve the trust issues that were tearing her and her husband, Carl, apart, she decided to make an investment into what she hoped could be a life-long, loving marriage.They packed their bags and headed to the Sedona Intensive: A $16,000 week-long intensive therapy session that helps people release all self-destructive behaviors.

The purpose of this particular therapy was to help them become stronger individuals, and the counseling was never couple-based. In fact, they only saw each other once per morning at 7 a.m. when they attended a 12-step meeting. The meetings addressed addictions—but it had nothing to do with substance abuse—it was focused on things like work addictions and co-dependence issues.

Between the supervised journaling, visits with renowned mental health professionals, and their genuine will to make things work, Carl and Joyce were able to recover their relationship.

“I believed that the nature and the intensity of this self-learning experience would help us move beyond the impasse that was preventing a resolution in our marriage,” Joyce said. And she was right. By looking at each other as total individuals, they were able to discover what was most important to their spouse and cater to those specific needs. Two years have passed and they’re more in love than ever.

Q & A

RedBook – Explain what the Sedona intensive is. 

The Sedona Intensive is a rigorous, weeklong self-exploration. During the week, through concentrated journaling and visits with mental and physical health professionals, we each invested a lot of effort and energy in self-discovery. This self-learning experience is designed and managed by well-respected psychologist Albert Gaulden and includes daily meeting with Albert to monitor progress and ensure results.

RedBook – How did you find out about it?

My brother, who is a nationally acclaimed Emergency Department physician, had gone through this experience with his wife Amber and highly recommended it to us.

RedBook – What did you do at the Sedona intensive? 

Every day, we began by attending a 12-Step Meeting with AA. Then, we had a rotating schedule of appointments with a psychologist, a psychiatrist, a yoga instructor, and/or an energy-balancing professional, and of course, Albert. In our “spare” time, we took independent hikes, though the spectacular Sedona canyons.

RedBook – What made you decide to go to this? 

We decided to do it, because nothing else seemed to be working to resolve our trust issues. I believed that the nature and intensity of this self-learning experience would help us move beyond the impasse that was preventing resolution of our marriage.

RedBook – How did it change your relationship?

We both worked very hard to discover why we engaged in self-destructive behaviors that stood in the way of our sharing the loving relationship we both thought possible. Two years later, we are more in love than ever before.

RedBook – Would you recommend it to others?

Yes, absolutely, if the two people are prepared to approach the experience with open hearts and minds and they are truly interested in doing the work to strengthen the relationship.

Lindsay, as I said before, “I honestly do not know what else we might have done that would have been so effective in turning the relationship around”.

Joyce Gioia

From the Blog

What Our Clients Are Saying About The Sedona Intensive

“The Sedona Intensive was a life changing experience for me. I had been searching for happiness and serenity for over 20 years and as a result of the Intensive I found that I was looking in all the wrong places. I not only experienced what happiness and serenity truly are but now understand the process needed to maintain and enhance that state of being. It doesn’t mean that I don’t experience the ups and downs of life but what it does mean is that those downs do not even come close to impacting me the way they used to. There is now a presence of mind that provides clarity and purpose that did not exist for me prior to the Intensive.

It is impossible to put a value on such a quality of life enhancing experience that the Sedona Intensive provides the person willing to do the work.It is by far the most significant thing I have done in my 62 years.

I came across a quote last week that summed up what I experienced and learned while attending the Sedona Intensive – ‘Once you stop clinging and let things be, you’ll be free’ -Bodhidharma (440ce – 528 ce), the Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma: A Bilingual Edition.”

— Gary, Ontario

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ALBERT CLAYTON GAULDEN

Transpersonal psychologist, astro-intuitive, author, lecturer, and founding director of the Sedona Intensive, Albert Clayton Gaulden has influenced countless individuals from all walks of life — actors, athletes, financial specialists, teachers, families, psychologists and psychiatrists — from all corners of the earth — helping them to retrieve their authentic selves and to tap into the inner core of their power. Discover Your Authentic Self with Albert Clayton Gaulden

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