After five days in a small town helping souls to navigate past-life memories and the afterlife, Amanda Moreno finds herself in bustling New York City. Both experiences carry a beautiful reminder: everyone has a story and is carrying around so much under the surface; once in a while, we are privileged to hear those stories.
When the victim-perpetrator dynamic plays out in the media (for ex, with the Waking Life coffee dudes) we have a public figure onto whom we can project our own shadow material. Amanda Moreno discusses the necessity for spaces where conversation can happen outside of victim-perpetrator polarization, and the need to recognize Shadow on personal and collective levels, rather than casting parts of ourselves out.
Although Amanda Moreno appreciates Pope Francis’ stance on global warming and similar issues, and does not expect political leaders (which the Pope is, by heading a very powerful, problematic institution) to be perfect, she’s not ready to jump on the bandwagon. We are so eager to give someone else our power to change the world, when in reality the power to change always lies within.
In a world where ‘spirituality’ has a definition so broad as to be almost useless, and where legitimate humanitarian crises compete with superficial media spectacle, how does one make choices and act in meaningful ways? Amanda Moreno explores the territory — noting that as much as ‘spirituality’ can calm and connect us, it can also divide and conquer — and seeks to bring the conversation to the table.
Amanda Moreno reviews her physical and sexual ‘detox’ phase of Venus retrograde, combined with Saturn in Scorpio — and welcomes a renewed sexual energy to go with her clarity about aligning with her values and fluctuating needs. For some, bringing a Utopian vision to Earth is not an option; it’s the reason for being here.
Amanda Moreno’s conversations this week have been marked by a question of reality versus fiction, the Earth’s ecological tipping points, and vision versus embodiment. It’s all apropos of the Virgo-Pisces axis, which speaks to the need for intentional commitment to some kind of practical service at the same time as it reminds us that we have to let go — and that nothing is permanent.
This week, Amanda Moreno takes a look at the astrologer’s ability to time travel, and the ways this can feel both daunting and empowering. Using astrology as a spiritual tool for consciousness, the potential for encountering our shadows, or the parts of ourselves we try to hide, is heightened. But perhaps that is how we can get back in touch with our intuition.
Amanda Moreno writes that, during this Venus Retrograde period, she’s begun to open herself up to whatever vision for her life resonates the most with her soul’s intentions. Inspired by the work she does with her clients through astrology and tarot workshops and regression sessions, she asks what inspires readers’ hearts.
