Daily Horoscope for Leo

Horoscope Cast for Saturday, October 17th, 2009

by daniel "bud" dowd

Daily Horoscope for Leo Summary

On the way home today, I had a discussion with my buddy Markquis on the effect of relativity in competition and its effects on a person's development. People need to be pushed, challenged to dig deep in order to reach higher levels. If you practice doing something, say for instance, lifting 140 lbs., over and over again, you might get really good at lifting 140 lbs. but you won't be in any shape to lift 300 lbs. At some point you need to challenge yourself in more difficult scenarios in order to get better.

The same works with people. If you're 6 foot 3 and you play basketball against little kids all the time, you're not developing your skills. You need to play against people who will actually defend you and force you to adapt in order to find success, and then subsequently growth.

Those are physical examples but the same goes for the mental side of things as well. If you learn the same subject material over and over again, you can become quite adept with it, but unless you try to learn more advanced material or more advanced techniques, your learning will stagnate.

This brings us to the chart energy for the weekend. At first glance, this energy would seem “tough”. Chiron's involved which usually requires us to get knocked down before we get back up again. It represents the challenges we're likely to face right now. It's hooking up with Neptune (which makes this a largely mental transit), which will strengthen our ability to arise from our shortcomings and make the adaptations necessary to progress. Both are connecting to the Sun in a manner that will take a lot of the “initiation” issues out of our hands; the Universe is going to put us into these situations rather than us having to find a way to cause them ourselves.

You put it altogether and we're likely to get thrown into some “rough” spots, that might be briefly uncomfortable, but are designed to get us past certain hurdles we've been letting hold us back. Sometimes the universe has to pinch us to make its points, but a pinch is usually sharp, brief and before long, we've forgotten the sting. When all is said and done, if you can manage to face some of your flaws or mental hang-ups, this energy will lift you up. But if you try to evade such things, they'll linger and you won't move past them. Dig deep and show some adaptability. Best of luck.

Bud

The Daily Horoscope for Leo

There might be an insult or two hurled your way (even if it's just a friend busting your chops) that can resonate more deeply than you'd like. But this might be the thing necessary to inspire you to change a personal attribute that you think reflects poorly on you. The flipside is also possible: you might think to yourself, such an insult isn't worth worrying about and I'm not going to let it bother me anymore. Your personal perception is more important than usual this weekend because it will have a big impact on how passionately you try to develop your current skills. If you're happy with where you are, you might be complacent as such, but if you want to be better, you'll find a way to get better.

...Show some Love...

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daily horoscopes:

( Red = Fire ) * ( Green = Earth ) * ( Purple=Air ) * ( Blue = Water )
Aries  Taurus  Gemini  Cancer  Leo  Virgo 

Libra  Scorpio  Sagittarius  Capricorn  Aquarius  Pisces 

weekly horoscopes:

  ( Red = Cardinal ) ( Green = Fixed ) ( Blue = Mutable )
  Aries  Taurus  Gemini  Cancer  Leo  Virgo 

Libra  Scorpio  Sagittarius  Capricorn  Aquarius  Pisces 

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Today's Astrology Quote of the Day:
Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars...
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Daily Tao

The Tao masters of antiquity
Subtle wonders through mystery
Depths that cannot be discerned
Because one cannot discern them
Therefore one is forced to describe the appearance

Hesitant, like crossing a wintry river
Cautious, like fearing four neighbors
Solemn, like a guest
Loose, like ice about to melt
Genuine, like plain wood
Open, like a valley
Opaque, like muddy water

Who can be muddled yet desist
In stillness gradually become clear?
Who can be serene yet persist
In motion gradually come alive?

One who holds this Tao does not wish to be overfilled
Because one is not overfilled
Therefore one can preserve and not create anew

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