New Page 1

Recently, the contaminated
pet food scare terrorized my friends and clients, many requesting transit and
timing consultations for their dear pets. Yes, a horoscope can and should be
elected for animals – especially for observing health related concerns, also
helpful in choosing a new pet for the family. (A pet that gets along with you,
your family and with your other pets.) Your 6th house from your
rising sign and your 6th house from your Moon is the house of pets
(those that serve you). So you can look at the transits to your own 6th
houses for the current situation for your pet.

 

Well, I have been happily
making my own pet food, cooking chicken, veggies and basmati rice (plus
vitamins) for my 4 canine companions for the last 18 years. I felt such empathy
for those who were worried about their pets, and such relief that I home cook
for mine. . . and then my little rescue dog number 5 came into my life 2 weeks
ago….and turned me all around. He came with canned (oh No!) dog food and seemed
to be healing from his car accident very well on it – I researched the 2 brands
the foster vet had him eating:

 

Chicken Soup for the Soul 


http://www.chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com/
and Merrick  http://www.merrickpetcare.com/

 

Merrick had food with no
recall and has no wheat gluten (I have one dog with wheat allergies) and now
also, Chicken Soup for the Soul is healthy and safe.

 

So here is the story of
Lakota – and the shamanic timed way he came into my life:

 

In the last few years I
have begun taking people in my workshops on dream journeys and vision quests in
tune with my Cherokee and Ute Native American Heritage (I look like the Irish
side though the Ute is from that side too). My paternal great grandmother was
tribal Cherokee from Oklahoma. So, many of these genetic gifts of the shaman and
the medicine man I figure are in my DNA. My own totem animals assisted my
healing from an acoustic neuroma brain tumor restoring a good portion of my
resultant hearing loss (but that is another story).

 

So, I am sitting on my back
deck bordering on the beautiful open spaces of Colorado in meditation when the
dogs (of course) start barking. There is a beautiful hawk flying with a green
snake in its mouth who proceeded to drop it on my deck. No longer alive, I
guessed that this bird had "dropped" his dinner accidentally – still I uneasily
moved the snake off to the garden. The next day, meditating again on the deck in
the lovely sunset time when all is still, it happens again. Another garter
snake. This time the bird dropped it in a pot of organic yellow tomatoes beside
my deck chair. Not alive again (thank goodness). So, I figured (like a cat
brings you a mouse) they were trying to feed me. Well, I ate rattlesnake growing
up in Oklahoma, but I am so Not interested in eating snake now!

 

The next day (Thursday) I
related the story and commented to my chiropractor – "now why did I have to get
snakes and Cobras for my totem animals (I'm afraid of snakes) why couldn't I get
a cute little bear? A cute little black furry baby bear! He went on to say
"because of who you are, and because of what you do. . . and lovely kudos, which
I appreciated but I was just being rhetorical and trying to figure out the
meaning of the strange coincidence of two snakes two days in a row.

 

Friday, the day following,
I drop Shukra and Chandra (sanskrit for Venus and Moon) off at the vet for
dental cleaning.

 

Shukra and Chandra

 

When I picked them up, I
noticed all the doctors and nurses in a room with a little black dog with a
broken leg. At the doorway I asked if that was a little black Pom? They shrugged
and said "don't know." I went back to get my two Maltese thinking (I'm ashamed
to say judgmentally) don't they even know what kind of dog they have!

 

Then, everything hit the
fan and broke loose if you get my meaning – an emergency arrived – – dog stung
by wasps and in shock – and they put this little black broken leg dog back in
the kennel where I was sitting waiting in the back office. He started to walk
towards me on his broken leg and I said no sit! He immediately sat down (Like
Poppy my Pomeranian who died in 1999) and he sat so like her, with a very
straight formal pose, that I said out of habit, "time to meditate. . ." He
immediately crossed his little front legs in front of him (broken leg and all),
I said "put your head down," and he put his head down! Just like Poppy! …and I'm
thinking.. no it couldn't be, I do personally believe in reincarnation to a
point, and I did read Richard Bach who wrote Jonathan Livingstone Seagull
where he said to be aware of animals you meet after yours cross over, to note if
they have the same tricks, mannerisms, they just might be looking for you, and
don't expect them to look the same, the might be another breed. Hmmm.

 

Poppy

 

Then it was time to leave
the vet (at this point, I am thinking, this is somebody else's dog so I need to
just put these ideas out of my head) when the vet tech with this black fur ball
under her arm on her way home, tells me she is just fostering him and do I want
him! I said, "Well, I've already got 4 dogs!" "Do you know anything about him,
his name or anything?" She said, "Well, we suspect he was hit by a car, then he
escaped after we set his leg and when found again had a wet nasty cast with
maggots and needed more surgery where he lost 2 toes and the footpad of his
right foot. We don't know his name, but we have been calling him Little Bear,"
and I thought – Oh! I just wished for a little black bear yesterday at the
chiropractor!

 

Not wanting to act without
thinking (like I have done before), I went home and thought about it for 48
hours, then left a message on Sunday that I would take him.

 

He finds, notepaper,
napkins, his blanket to cover over his food bowl when he is full, he can count
with his feet – when you ask him "do you want another one?" he hits the floor
with his foot, and many other traits that Poppy had (I have two other Poms, Luna
and Leo and they have none of these "tricks." I taught them to Poppy because I
didn't want her to beg bark).

 

Luna and Leo

 

So here I am, an astrologer
who knows the actual birth time of all my registered dogs, so I can follow their
health and life cycles — with a little rescue dog with no birthday!

 

I have rectified his
horoscope, based upon his broken leg, and what time period (dasa) he would be in
when he found a new safe home (and new mom) and we will celebrate his 2nd
birthday on August 24, 2007, using Fort Lupton, Colorado for his place of
birth,(where he was rescued.)

 

Lakota Bear knows his new
name and is happy loved.

 

 

Some astrological days
to be aware of for the month of September 2007

 

 

September 1, 2007

 


*     
We begin the month of September
with Mars, ruler of an Aries moon aspecting many
planets – the Ascendant, Saturn, Ketu, the Sun and Mercury in the sign of Leo
(who though changing signs at the beginning of the month moves into exaltation
in Virgo for the month) and Jupiter in
Scorpio.


*     
The Leo
Sun
, though in its own sign in the first part of the month will be
afflicted by Ketu planet of Karma and change,
and his enemy Saturn (Saturn
is the son of the Sun).


*     
This Mars
influence will make a strong expression of pitta like conditions in the home
(fighting) and short temper and competition in the workplace… take caution not
to throw the baby out with the bathwater! This transit will be pretty tough on
government and people in positions of power and authority.


*     
These four planets being aspected
by Mars, on the individual level, especially for
Leo people or those with Pisces rising or moon, can cause health, bone or muscle
problems so be very cautious of straining your lower back this month. (Cancer
rising and Moon people should visit the dentist!)


*     
Usually Leo presents as a good
solar month for beginning new business, better I feel to wait for the Virgo
Sun which begins its change to Virgo on the 16th
and has a degree in that sign by the 19th of September.


*     
Mars
moves into Gemini on September 17th as the
Sun
moves to Virgo. They will be in aspect and 00 degrees – so please
travel 2 days earlier or 2 days later. Mars will
aspect the Sun for the rest of the month. People
in computer, engineering and communication fields will be working very hard.


*     
Venus
the planet of love and beauty is retrograde in Cancer until the 9th
(love seems to "go backwards,") so wait for the 9th to propose or
make permanent commitments. Then, Jupiter's
aspect from Scorpio will make love flow. Venus
will be changing signs on September 29th and 30th moving
into Leo (her enemy's house) but joining her friend Saturn. She will leave the
beneficial influence of Jupiter and will "love," work a bit more than pleasure…
Also, Venus traveling along with
Ketu makes ups and downs with love!


*     
Important to note:
There was an eclipse of the full moon in Aquarius with the Sun in Leo on August
28th (in case you were wondering what was going on the last couple of
days) and this effect will still be apparent as we move towards the solar
(new Moon) eclipse on September 11, 2007.

This day is for meditation, silent reflection, appreciation of spiritual
values, chanting mantras, Vedas, and not for travel. If you have to travel do
the things that help you be present and grounded, and allow extra time for
departure and arrival at destinations!

 

 


So enjoy your pets and pals – and check out their charts too. You will love it!
A Taurus pet will often have a tendency to eat too much, just like its human
counterpart!.


 


 



Christina Collins,
Jyotish Kovid
,
Jyotish Vachaspati
is a 3rd generation astrologer specializing in the
Vedic system. She received her honorary titles from the late Dr. B.V. Raman,
former President of the ICAS (Indian Council for Astrological Sciences) in New
Delhi and Bangalore, India. She is the first and sole American woman to be
honored by this highly held title of Jyotish Vachaspati (Jyotish – the light
bearer and Vachaspati – the one who speaks the truth and whose predictions come
true.)
She serves as faculty and on the board of ACVA (American College
for Vedic Astrology)
and is President of Celestial Resources where she
serves corporate and private clients from students to celebrities. You can reach
her in Lafayette, Colorado at 303-665-9996,  jyotish@indra.com
or by visiting  http://www.vedicastrologer.cc
 


 

Subscribe to our HW&W List

You’re about to get ‘Insider Access’ most people will never have, to bring more Health, Wealth, and Love into your Life!…

You have Successfully Subscribed!