tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32467707168281041252024-03-19T00:30:53.111-04:00The Private Papers of a Reluctant AstrologerHow do astrological predictions effect us? Do we believe in them and use them to make better decisions--or do they simply unnerve and scare us? This blog is a book in progress--a story about the unfolding nature of love as well as the story of a professional, but reluctant, astrologer, as she ponders how fate, destiny and free will have played out in her life. "The final mystery is oneself" said Oscar Wilde. But can one know more?Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-12563627618199639372013-06-08T11:07:00.004-04:002013-06-17T08:10:39.391-04:00I have a new website where you can buy the book: www.SaturnReturnsBook.com Happy reading! ~Elizabeth~
Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-176724669452891622012-02-22T10:41:00.002-05:002012-02-22T10:47:37.522-05:00Sunday, February 26th, Class on Saturn and NodesThis Sunday, at the Dome at "Soul Centered" on Montgomery St in Ojai, California, I'll be speaking on Saturn, Saturn Returns, and the North and South Nodes.$15 donation. Workshop is 1:00-3:00. I'll also have a few of my books there, but mostly they are available on amazon.com---"Saturn Returns~The Private Papers of a Reluctant Astrologer" and "North Node Astrology; Rediscovering Your Life Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-68785846488594514842012-01-02T07:39:00.003-05:002012-01-02T07:49:11.523-05:00"Saturn Returns; The Private Papers of a Reluctant Astrologer" now on Amazon.comFinally! The book has just been released on www.amazon.com. This book has two parts, the first and largest "Book One" is a fictionalized memoir and "Book Two" is the non-fiction book on "Saturn and the Saturn Returns" that Isabelle is writing. A unique way to learn astrology...but they say it's good to have a box of tissues next to you as well....Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-19719912206940673332011-05-05T11:21:00.000-04:002011-05-05T11:21:40.945-04:00Prologue to "Predictions: The Private Papers of a Reluctant Astrologer"
“Falling in love with yourself is the beginning of a life-long romance.” Oscar Wilde
When I first met Peter I believed in predictions. Now I know “it’s complicated.” That’s the phrase people use to describe their love relationships when some things are true and some things aren’t as they’re meant to be. “It’s complicated” we say—like when two people love each other but question Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-32357881001155112792011-04-09T16:31:00.000-04:002011-04-09T16:31:08.178-04:00A Sweet Surprise...
Dear Elizabeth~
I finally bought your book on my Kindle "North Node Astrology: Rediscovering Your Life Direction and Soul Purpose." I was inspired to buy it after reading the heartfelt piece on your blog 'Simple Grace' about your mother's death.
I am nearly finsihed, after not being ale to put it down for several days. Thank you for this refreshing and intelligent piece of work. Your Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-42299300640612299502011-04-05T06:51:00.000-04:002011-04-05T06:51:19.781-04:00Chiron: Key to Relationships and Story of the Wounded HealerChiron: the Key
Peter was supposed to arrive by evening, though I didn’t know just when. Sophie had just left me alone in her apartment as she went out to get us some food for supper--maybe something for Peter too if he showed up as planned. I wondered if it would be awkward, and if we would all be making small talk instead of being with everything that had just happened. I hoped not. I had Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-51989570825875681782011-04-04T20:06:00.001-04:002013-06-17T08:11:40.103-04:00Chiron: "the Key" to Relationships and the Story of the "Wounded Healer"Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-85877408250680711082011-03-30T09:53:00.000-04:002011-03-30T09:53:58.287-04:00Astrological Predictions of Death: Simple GraceSimple Grace
The prediction was coming true…or at least I thought it was. Astrologers proclaim that it is completely unethical to predict death, and the idea of “desiring death” for another is unacceptable for everyone. Yet during the past few months I had clearly seen the astrological “significators” for death in my Mother’s chart, particularly as it was reflected in my chart. Death is more Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-85174921052741903712011-03-22T10:41:00.000-04:002011-03-22T10:41:50.876-04:00Astrological Predictions
Predictions
When I first met Peter I believed in predictions. Now I know “it’s complicated”. That’s the phrase people use to describe their love relationships when some things are true and some things aren’t as they’re meant to be. “It’s complicated” we say—like when two people love each other but question whether they are meant to be together—when they look at their partner and say: “I can’tElizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-72248865490325892072011-03-14T17:20:00.000-04:002011-03-14T17:20:13.050-04:00Feather on the Breath of God~Jung's Bollingen Stone
When you really know someone, you know what they like. And it should be simple to give them what they like, but it’s not. We don’t even allow ourselves to give us what we need. How strange…is it lack of courage or selfishness? But there are times when we do care and we give.
This was one of those times. Peter cared. He knew what I wanted—he knew enough about me to know that if I was in Zurich Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-75368692277719216532011-03-12T13:30:00.000-05:002011-03-12T13:30:32.760-05:00Jung's house...setting for a scene in book: Private Papers of a Reluctant AstrologerElizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-58436654814863464892011-02-28T19:56:00.001-05:002011-03-09T08:10:04.456-05:00Private Papers of a Reluctant Astrologer “Why do you call these “Private Papers”? Peter asked while clutching my manuscript to his chest. I had just left the sun room, leaving scattered chapters of my book splayed out on the coffee table. I took the papers out of his hand, and sat down with our wine glasses.
They’re not so private when I’m going to publish it, eh?”
“These "Private Papers" of yours--is it a novel, memoir or-Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-43330691749039314772011-02-19T11:30:00.001-05:002011-02-19T11:36:41.936-05:00Astrology ReadingsI'm back!--and doing a limited number of astrology readings again- on Wednesday and Saturday mornings/noon EST. Contact me through elizabethspring@aol.com and put "Reading" in the subject line so I don't miss your email.
Readings are 90 minutes long, and focus on the meaning of your Nodes as well as your "astrological forecast", through transits and progressions, for the next year ahead. Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-26782780076319495782011-02-08T12:05:00.000-05:002011-02-08T12:05:14.673-05:00There are No Atheists in Foxholes
“Hell is hot, isn’t it?” I shouted to Peter while hurrying through the Paris airport. I thought how hell happens in the “in-between times”: the times when you don’t know if you will make it or not—those times between the biopsy and the result, between the labor and the birth, between the knowing whether you are loved or not. We were in-between planes, and yet I had been looking forward to the Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-80044046274798817202011-01-16T09:34:00.000-05:002011-01-16T09:35:09.699-05:00Ophiuchus and The Einstein EnigmaOphiuchus and The Einstein EnigmaElizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-38656252543949630952011-01-05T17:04:00.000-05:002011-01-05T17:04:37.403-05:00Ah~Good News! After over a month's absence, my creative muse has recovered! Yes, she collapsed in fatigue and almost died....but I am happy to say that encouraging emails from readers, and the New Moon eclipse has re-birthed "Private Papers." The new writing is progressing quickly....do I dare say, I rose at 4:00 am this morning to write? It's true.
 Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-45852218883657054662010-12-02T14:21:00.000-05:002010-12-02T14:21:44.593-05:00A Llittle Flurry of Letters...
Dear Isabelle~
I thought about your last email, and about what you said and didn't say. I know you said not to judge, but I don't trust this man Tomas; I don't trust that chart, and I don't even like his name. I don't care if it's Gaelic, it sounds affected.
I wonder if you're telling me everything? Do you like him????&Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-64006326252047711662010-11-29T15:51:00.003-05:002010-12-01T11:02:31.872-05:00The Letter and the Journal: What is Said, and What is Felt
Dear Kendra~
Yes, all that Pluto in Tomas’s chart is a bit unnerving! Pluto can be ruthless and strip our egos of everything we think we need—even our health and closest relationships. Yet this Pluto, this “God of the Underworld” is somewhere in everyone’s birth chart—and it’s always busy “revolutionizing” by clearing away the old and making room for the new.
I think Tomas’ strong Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-31070791166377077852010-11-29T10:10:00.000-05:002010-11-29T10:10:51.477-05:00"Don't Let Reality Get in Your Way" ~ Caroline Casey
“Don’t Let Reality Get in Your Way” ~Caroline Casey
Dear Isabelle~
It’s been so long since we wrote! I’m so glad we finally caught up with each other, and our lives, and that you finally sent me your new friend’s chart to analyze. I thought it might be good practice for me, as an “aspiring astrologer” to try to interpret Tomas’ chart--or maybe just to question you about it.
You seem Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-62692425708536207812010-11-29T09:21:00.000-05:002010-11-29T09:21:15.621-05:00The Fortune Teller
“The Cure for Anything is Salt Water—Sweat, Tears or the Sea”
K. Blixen
I hung the painting of the ‘Fortune Teller’ in my new office. It fit perfectly above the mantel, and I was able to furnish both the studio and small office with furniture from home. I wouldn’t need a car here.
I brought my old oak desk and placed it opposite the paned window. It was a Larkin desk; a desk bought Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-60289316754364626292010-11-29T08:58:00.000-05:002010-11-29T08:58:42.894-05:00It is Never Too Late to be Who You Might Have Been"
“It is never too late to be who you might have been.”
Mark Twain
My hands gripped the steering wheel as if the car was going to go out of control at any minute. The radio was turned up high to a country-western station. Thoughts and words flew around me like the lyrics to the songs: ‘Free at Last’, ‘Wild Woman’, 'On the Road Again'. I turned Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-38942041731540677852010-11-16T13:30:00.000-05:002010-11-16T13:30:54.923-05:00The Prediction Was Coming True
"The prediction was coming true—of course, astrologers don’t like to call it a prediction, but it was a prediction nevertheless. And it was worse in this case because Isabelle herself was the astrologer; the predictor. She certainly wasn’t a fortune teller, and she certainly believed that free will could overcome any karmic challenge that might arise, but it was shocking to see how her lifeElizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-11951252831224355332010-11-15T14:11:00.002-05:002010-11-17T13:23:18.118-05:00Meeting Alistair. Seeing A Chart for the First Time.
“The birth chart is like a conference table, and the planets circling around it are like the different parts of your Self sitting around the table. The Sun is the chairperson and represents your basic identity, the Moon reflects your emotional nature, the Ascendant is your style of “moving” in the world, and the Nodes are about your life direction and soul purpose. The aspect lines Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-46906350270975476422010-11-12T10:20:00.000-05:002010-11-12T10:20:29.243-05:00Tomas's Chart
Dear Kendra~
Here's Tomas's chart and an ancient chart I found in an old book today...
I don't know why I included the other one...maybe it's the alchemical and mysterious nature of that one. It's bizarre, yet fascinating. The pictures for the signs are all in the wrong places, as you see the Pisces symbol of the two fish is in the "first house" at the position of nine o'clock. I Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246770716828104125.post-15239557290734683042010-11-11T11:57:00.001-05:002010-11-11T12:55:53.041-05:00Tomas Re-appears: Saturn Conjunct NeptunePrivate Journal~
I look at the photo of this gate and wonder how I can possibly walk through it into the next stage of my life. I wonder how transiting Saturn conjuncting my Libra Sun, Neptune and Venus now will play itself out. Melancholy and disillusionment? Or becoming a “wise old crone”? I don’t feel that old, yet they say Saturn “ages” one….Saturn conjuncting Neptune can be illusive and Elizabeth Springhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913744861377073587noreply@blogger.com0