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COLOUR PSYCHOLOGY CONNECTIONS

Many years ago I was asked to teach Colour Psychology at an Interior Decorating College.      The students were very interested but as I know that Colour has so many other applications I asked the Principal if I could talk to them about the colours of the Chakras and how they were affectected by them.    The results were amazing.   The students were fascinated by this new information and the influence it had in their lives.
However I know from experience that Colour is involved in every part of our lives.  
From the moment we wake up in the morning, if it is a bright sunny (yellow) day we find it easier to get up and feel cheerful and ready to go.   When we wake to a cold (grey) day we often feel like not moving and not so cheerful.

Then, the food we choose for breakfast has Colour.   All the cereal we choose to eat puts a yellow energy into our bodies.   This affects the Solar Plexus Chakra, (the start of our digestive system).  The Solar Plexus is the area that is connected to the things we worry about.   So without realising it we are putting Yellow into our bodies to help us cope with our worries.    Toast, being made of cereal has the same affect and so does the Yellow of an egg.
For many years my mother had cold (Red) tomato on toast for breakfast each day.   She must have needed the energy of the Red to give her physical energy.

This is just the start of our Colour day.   We then choose the clothes we are going to wear.  If we do not have to wear a uniform and can choose what we wear we will be attracted by the Colour the body needs for the day.  If you have not been well and need energy you are usually attracted to Red based colours.
If you have been stressed you often feel the need for Grey or Blue to calm your nerves.  Or if you feel the need to hide your problems and put on a brave front you could choose Black.   
Whatever Colour you wear you are making a statement about your feelings (at the moment).   Colour is seen by the eye as a reflection.   When light hits a coloured object the rays that make up that Colour are reflected out and the eye sends that ray energy to the brain where it is recognised and is seen as a particular energy.    When light hits Black, it is totally absorbed and nothing is sent out to be recognised.   Therefore when you wear Black you are not telling anyone what your feelings are at this time.  Within the protection of Black you can be anyone you wish to be.   

The colours you live in will also be having an affect on you.   Blue, whilst it is a calming, peaceful colour can affect a person who is already feeling 'blue' and make them more depressed.    Orange, being the colour of communication and relationships works well when it is softend down to Apricot or even paler to go in rooms where we need to relate and communicate with each other, such as a living room.   Pinks and Mauves have always been popular in bedrooms as they are connected with love.
Then, when you go to work, if you have to sit all day in an office that is painted Grey you can feel worn out by lunch time.
There are so many ways we are living with Colour, crystals, paintings, flowers, curtains, carpets , furniture etc.

One of the most important things we need to do is to get some sunlight (that contains all the colours) on to our bodies each day.   The Chakras need sunlight to be filled with their Colour.  (In very cold/dark countries where the do not have sunshine for months many people get SAD disease.)    They lose all their energy and they are treated by having to stay for hours in rooms lit with lights that contain all the colours 
It is not necessary to lie in hot sun, just spend a little time early or late in the day to allow your body to ingest this life giving force.
There is so many ways that we are being cared for by the Colours we choose to live with.   Most of them we do not recognise.

ADDITIONAL ASTROLOGICAL FACTS

Most people only know what they read in the paper about Astrology.   
What you read in the paper only relates to what Constellation a Planet is travelling through at the time and what aspect it makes to the other Planets.    This of course is interesting and a lot of people get some help or guidance from this.   Especially if you feel that the Astrologer is very good.

One of the facts that you never hear is that each sign has three sections called Decans.  This means that each sign has three different ways of expressing itself.   Quite often I hear people say " I am a Taurus" or " I am a Cancerian" but I am not like my friend/sister/mother who is the same sign as me.
Each Astrological sign is 30 degrees of the Zodaiac and  starts around 21st of each month.   The first 10 days of the sign equal 10 degrees.  Each sign has it's own element, Fire, Earth, Air or Water.
The first 10 degrees of the sign of Leo is Leo/Leo.  This has the affect of maximising the Leo traits.   The next 10 dgerees is Leo/Sagittarius (as Sagittarius is the next Fire sign of the Zodiac)   This adds the need to learn and travel to the Leo.   The third 10 degrees is Leo/Aries (Aries being the next Fire sign after Sagittarius)  This adds impatience to the Leo.
The characteristics of each of the following signs slightly alter the basic Leo traits.
If the person was Cancerian, the first 10 degrees would be Cancer/Cancer, the real mumsy Cancer.   The next 10 degrees would be Cancer/Scorpio, adding the need for more control and wanting to get to the bottom of each situation.   The third 10 degrees would be Cancer/Pisces.  This adds a more 'dreamy' 'arty' aspect to the Cancerian, not so 'mumsy' as the Cancer/Cancer.
This happens with all the signs and is just one of the different issues in Astrology.

Another most important issue is the placement of the North and South Nodes of the Moon in a chart.
These are not planets.  They are places where the Moon cuts across the Sun's path.    They represent the reason you have taken this trip back to the Earth School, what you have come to learn and what you have come to overcome this time.
The position of the North Node in your Birth Chart indicates what you wish to change in your life in order to progress.   The position of the South Node indicates habits and attitudes you have built up over many lifetimes.   These are the easy things to do as you are so used to these behaviour patterns.  Without realising it most people spend a lot of time in their lives trying to overcome past life habits.  There is a very good book called Astrology for the Soul by Jan Spiller that explains this very well.  

Your Ascendant or Rising sign is very important.  Quite often people relate to this rather than your real Sun Sign.   Your Ascendant sign is the one that is coming over the horizon when you are born.  It is your outward personality and quite often carries the look of that sign.   Your Ascendant is rather like a protective cloak around you until you are 40 years old.   By then it has become a part of you.  Usually people do not like others to see past this protective exterior.   You will find that this outer 'layer' is a protection for the work that is going on inside ( rather like a butterfly growing from a grub to a butterfly)   A quiet/emotional Pisces could have an Aries Ascendant that would give her/him the strength to do things that they did not think they were capable of.   A Capricorn Ascendant could give a Gemini a sense of practicality to help them in the world.

Another important part of your chart and personality is the sign that sits at the top of your chart on the 10th house.  This is the Mid Heaven aspect.   Whatever is sitting there is how people see you at work or in public.    I have dealt with many shy ladies who had Leo or Aries Mid Heaven positions and they were constantly surprised that people saw them as leaders and 'forced' them to take positions of authority.

All of thes things are important in your life as they make you the unique person you are with the unique job you have come to do in this world.

ACCEPTANCE

Recently the word Acceptance has been brought to my attention over and over again.
Having studied and taught Astrology over the past 40 years has helped me to accept the ideas, views and personalities of others.   I know that it does not matter what I think or what my values are the other person has their own thoughts and values that are just as important to them as mine are to me.   Having looked at hundreds of Astrology Charts and taught many students I have found that No one has exactly the same birth chart as anyone else.  We all come into the world with our own mission and our own personality.  So, how do we think we have the right to say that our way is the only way to go.

This is also connected with my interest in Relationships as most problems in relationships are brought about by the fact that each person has to find a way to be their own person whilst connecting with another.   If each person thinks that what they think and what they expect from the other is the only way to go relationships cannot last long.  But if we can find a way to still have our own beliefs and accept the fact that the other person does also we should be able to live in harmony.

This can be true of all relationships, parent and child, lovers, friends etc. Our society is programmed by movies, TV, magazines etc.  The main topic in magazines is 'who is breaking up with who' or 'who cheated on the other'.  On TV as soon as a couple get together or 'fall in love' you can be sure that within the next few weeks they are fighting or 'breaking up'.  This is usually caused by the fact that one of the couple does something that the other does not feel is right.  Quite often it is just talking to someone of the opposite sex or saying something that does not suit the other.  If they truly 'loved' someone they would accept that the person really 'loved' them and was not intending to do anything that would offend them.

Being 'in love' seems to imply that each person worship the other and has no interest in anyone else in the world except them.  They can not be friends with another or even look at another person.  This creates so many heart-aches that now seems to be the accepted way to live.

At the moment there is a town in Australia and one in China where they are trying to create a 'Peace City'.  A representative from each of the different religions in the town have joined together in a group in order to accept the views and ideals of all the other groups.

Obama said on telly that he wanted to get together with the opposition party and work on America's problems together!!  Fancy two opposite political groups getting together.  Our leaders also have recently joined forces to fight child abuse.
If these leaders in the world are starting to pick up the idea of accepting and working with not against, then we are starting to work along with the new Aquarian Age we are now in.

ONE DAY

One day recently I realised that all of the information I was receiving and feeling passionate about was about Relationships..  I see Astrology as a major factor in the way we relate to others so I was astounded to receive on my computer an article from a well known American Astrologer writing about Astrology and Relationships.  His words and ideas were very much like the words and ideas I had just written about on my Blog.

When something needs to be brought to the attention of people it seems that the idea is sent out by the Universe and picked up by various people who suddenly get the urge to talk about it.  Many inventions have been created at the same time around the world.  often causing arguments as to who thought of it first.   This does not matter as it must have been the right time for that invention to be made available to the public.

Day after day I have been receiving articles about this important year 2012.  I have read so many articles about how important it is to change our old values and accept others for their values.
Relationships with all the people you have lived with during your life need to be seen in a different way if humanity is to grow and be able to handle the new energies entering the Planet now.
We need to understand that every person is unique.  We all came back here to School Earth in order to learn and grow to our full potential.   Every person has brought with them a map of their personality and direction for this life in the form of their Astrology Birth Chart.   So it is important for all of us to recognise the needs of others just as we recognise our own need.
Each life has a plan.  Each person is part of a soul group and has come here to play their role with this group.  Your partner this life could have been your mother or child in another existence.  You both have things to learn from the other so acceptance of their personality and behaviour is required.  A soul group is about 12 people who swap roles each lifetime to learn whatever is needed for their growth.  This group cannot finish their comings and goings to the Earth until all of the group has evolved.  This is why we often feel so stressed when someone close to us, partner, mother, father, child or friend does not seem to be trying to evolve.  This of course is our way of thinking.  The person we are upset with is probably growing in their own way and must go through certain situations before they decide to change.
Because Planets move all the time through the constellations they influence all of us in different ways.         We may suddenly have a need to do something entirely different to anything we have done before.           This will shock those around us unless they understand that this is a perfectly normal situation and that they too have probably changed some of their ideas and expect others to accept them.
The lack of understanding about others close to us can also be applied to others in other religions, countries or colour of their skin.
One day has been coming for a long time.  This year 2012 has been predicted for thousands of years in many countries as a year when there are to be great changes.
Changes start with each person.  If every person in the world (particularly those who run countries) changed their attitudes from war to peace the world could finally be the beautiful place it was intended to be. 

RELATIONSHIPS

RELATIONSHIPS..

Just think of the times in your life when you were crushed, devastated, felt bad,or useless.    What was the cause?  Relationships.  Of all the happenings that can occur in your life relationships are the things that can affect us the most.   The happiest times in our lives can also be attribted to our relationships.
A relationship does not have to be a romantic one.   Think of the relationship you had with your mother, your father, your brothers and sisters.  What about when you had to leave the family and go off into the world of schooling, and then have to go on to the next level of schooling to work out your future?
This was the start of your attitude in any relationship you have had in your life.
Were you made to feel important?, clever? good looking? or were you made to feel stupid, dull,silly or weak? 
We often relate to our friends and lovers as we did to our family or our growing up 'School experiences   The major influence in our personalities is contained in our Astrology Birth Chart.  Your basic personality, way of loving and speaking is shown there.  Attitudes and beliefs from past lives also show up in this chart.  Your partner, friend, child or parent has their own personality from birth                                                   Do you know why a baby needs love and cuddles?  Because love makes you feel safe.
This is why orphan babies who were loved and cuddled survived and the ones who were left alone in their cots became sick and often died.


What we are looking for in any relationship is to be loved and feel safe. This is why people who are 'in love' or think they are 'in love' declare that they will always be there and that they will always be the same and love you in the same way.
This of course is very unlikely and almost impossible.   From the moment we are born we are under the influence of various Planets that are moving and as they move our needs and wants move also.  The object of our affection also is influenced by changes in life as their Planets move.   Our progressed Astrological chart when we are grown up is very different to the chart we have when we are born.
There is an old saying 'the only thing constant is change'.   How many times do you hear people say 'if I knew then what I know now things would have been different"
We can only deal with life with the stage of development we are at and what influences have been presented to us.   Much of the 'romantic' information young people gain from TV, movies and songs sounds good but is often unrealistic when we try to live like that in this world.  We are trained to think that in order to be happy we must be the only one in our partner's life.   They must think about us and never look at another as we are so important to them.   We are given the idea in so many songs that no other influence will come into our partner's lifes, that they will love and worship us to the exclusion of others.   And that we have a right to be annoyed if they show any interest in another person or another interest      

Each time a Planet moves into another constellation it can bring a new energy or interest into our lives.  Each constellation (Star sign)is very different to the previous one.   This is all part of our development and what makes us so special.          
There are the few lucky ones who found the special person who was made for them or who came back to be with them in this lifetime who can manage to go along with all the changes in their partners.  However even these wonderful situations contain lessons to be learned by both parties (and their families) or they would not have had to come back here to learn or teach.

Relationships need to be experienced in a different way now that we are entering the Aquarian Age.   There is a need to understand the needs of others and to realise that each person has many different abilities and needs and that they are learning and growing just as you are.                                                      The Bible said it all...
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING

I have been an Astrologer for over 40 years. I studied with a man who taught us the Spiritual Aspects of Astrology and the importance of understanding what made you 'tick' and the purpose of your time here in this lifetime.                                                                                                                                               

 During my many years of working with people and helping them to understand themselves through Astrology I have had couples come to me to help them to understand their differences.                          

Understanding and accepting others is a key factor in moving into the Aquarian Age                                  All confrontations, personal, religious and countries are all based in the idea that I am right, you are wrong, My way is best, or the only way, your way is wrong. When this happens in a personal situation it is extremely helpful to have an Astrological Birth chart made for each person and be able to show each one why they have certain attitudes that are different to the other. Once each person can see that the other person has planetry patterns that make them think a certain way it is easier to understand their behaviour.

The word relationships seems to be more important than ever now as we are going into a new time of helping and undersanding each other. This is different to the old Piscean way of sacrifice and following whatever has been taught to them.                                                                                                              

I am available for Relationship Counselling for lovers, parents and children, friends etc. I will create a Birth chart for each person and spend time with you both showing you the reasons that you find it difficult to communicate and also suggest ways in which you can work together and accept the others needs. You can come and have a consultation with me at my home in Mayfield West (Newcastle) or I can do charts for you and do a reading for you on a USB stick.   You can contact me on my e mail address shirleydarby@dodo.com.au or by phone (02)40238406.