Thank you, and bless you!
Doria Gambino
Editor, Metamorphosis Magazine

IN THIS ISSUE:

This Month’s Planetary Healing Focus
Article: Developing An “Attitude of Gratitude”
This Month’s Global Citizenship Project
Health Corner: Staying Healthy During the Holidays
Recommended Reading
Article: Gifting From The Heart
Great Holiday Gift Suggestions
Astrology For Parents: Jupiter: Your Child’s Key to Success
Money Corner: How to Save Thousands of Dollars

THIS MONTH’S PLANETARY HEALING FOCUS:

YOU’RE INVITED! -- Every week, I invite my readers to participate in a synchronized, worldwide prayer/meditation to promote World Peace. I welcome you to join us and combine your energy along with thousands of other people in sending love, light, and healing consciousness to the planet by focusing on the following “affirmative prayer” topic in prayer or meditation this Sunday at 12:00 noon Eastern Time:

Everyone and everything on this planet is interconnected on an energetic level. Therefore, sending out positive thoughts uplifts the entire world, and sending out negative thoughts drags it down.

Think of yourself as a microcosm of the larger whole. How do you feel when someone criticizes you and puts you down? How do you feel when someone treats you like you’re nothing special and you have no value? How do you feel when someone uses you or takes you for granted? Pretty bad, right?

Well, this is how Mother Earth must be feeling these days. We are fortunate enough to live on a planet full of beauty and abundance, yet we fail to appreciate it properly, and we even abuse our precious world. When we take something for granted, we often fail to take proper care of it. Our earth has provided unlimited support and resources for us, but because we’ve taken our world for granted, we often do not appreciate these gifts. This month, let’s change all that. Let’s send some genuine, heartfelt appreciation to this planet. It’s our home, and it’s the only one we’ve got, so let’s give it the love and appreciation it so richly deserves.

Start the meditation, as always, by taking a few moments to center yourself, and then reach out mentally to connect with all of the other participants in this meditation around the world, combining our energy together into a great loving and benevolent force.

When you feel ready to begin, send out a huge wave of appreciation, a mental “thank you” to the earth. Thank this world for being your home, for sheltering you, for providing food for you, and for providing a richness of experiences. Acknowledge and appreciate the blue sky above your head, and its changing colors when the sun rises and sets, or when clouds are present. Acknowledge and appreciate the great variety of plant-life all around you -- the tall trees that provide shade, the colorful flowers, the edible plants that provide food for your table, and so forth. Appreciate the water that exists in oceans, lakes, and rivers, both for its beauty and for quenching your thirst. Acknowledge and appreciate the animals that live on this planet. If you are a meat-eater, take a moment to thank the animals for providing you with food. Thank the bees for pollinating the flowers. Thank the rescue dogs who find lost, injured people. If you’ve ever had a pet, thank it for all of the love and joy it gave to you. Thank all of the living beings on our planet for contributing their variety to this beautiful world.

Can you feel how much Mother Earth loves you? Can you recognize that she has given you EVERYTHING: the very air you breathe, the food that sustains and nourishes you, all of the tools and resources you need to be sheltered and clothed, the metals that were used to manufacture the car you drive to get from place to place, the wood that was used to make the violin your favorite musician plays to delight your soul with music -- the list is ENDLESS.

You have been loved and nurtured by this beautiful, bountiful planet from the moment you were born. Mother Earth has freely and generously offered her abundant resources to you, to all of us, yet we have not honored her enough. Let’s correct that now by truly sending our earth as much love and gratitude as we can possibly generate. Visualize a bright, white light flowing out from your heart, a light filled with love and gratitude, and imagine this light growing larger and larger, until it surrounds the entire planet. Spend as much time as you like sending love, gratitude, and positive energy to Mother Earth and all of the many, many gifts she gives freely to us, her “children.” We cannot survive without her, so let’s take good care of her! Send this healing light to the world for as long as you wish to remain in meditation, then end by saying, “Thank you, Mother Earth, for all that you have given to us.”

Since our world is a reflection of our collective thoughts, it makes sense for us to work together on an energetic level to create a world of global harmony. Each one of us has the power to shape reality by simply choosing to emanate thoughts and feelings of Love, Oneness, and Peace. And as individuals combine their consciousness by working together in groups, this power increases exponentially. A relatively small number of people can shift the energies on this planet towards peace.

For complete information on participating in the weekly Planetary Peace Gathering and to read an Expanded Feature Article about this month’s topic, please visit the “World Healing Projects” section of www.MetamorphosisMagazine.com (New Subscribers: Please read about the project on the website before participating.) There is a lot of fascinating information about the power of human consciousness, including scientific evidence indicating that prayer DOES have the power to create measurable results!

PLEASE HELP ME INVITE MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN THE “PLANETARY PEACE GATHERING”: Feel free to forward this e-zine to anyone you know who is interested in spiritual growth, planetary healing, and self-improvement. We can each make the world a better place by combining our energy and working TOGETHER to create Planetary Peace. Thank you!

THIS MONTH’S FEATURED ARTICLE:


Since it’s Thanksgiving here in America, I thought this would be an appropriate article for this month:

DEVELOPING AN “ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE”
by Doria Gambino

Dwelling on all of the bad things that happen to you can cause you to develop a "victim of life" attitude, an attitude that leads you to see only the negative sides of things. Thinking about all of the things you do not have can make you forget how many blessings you do have, until eventually you end up feeling that your whole life has been a bum deal, and that nothing good will ever happen to you.

In a sense, if you walk around with a "poor me" attitude, you really do have nothing, for even your greatest blessings will be no good to you if you cannot see or appreciate them. It's the old story about viewing the glass as either half-empty or half-full -- your choice affects whether or not you will happy with your life.

Someone I knew many years ago once said to me, "When you have ten bucks, you're poor. When I have ten bucks, I'm rich," and he really meant it. He was a guy who was always inches away from being broke -- a situation that would depress most of us -- yet he was one of the happiest people I've ever known. Life was fun to him; he fully enjoyed each and every day, and made the most of whatever he had.

Why is this person able to go through the day smiling even when he has less than other people have? And why are other individuals glum and miserable despite the fact that they have lives most people would envy? It's because LIFE IS ATTITUDE. Quite simply, if you make up your mind to be happy and to savor even the small things, ANY day can be a good day.

Now, the purpose of learning to appreciate life more is not to suggest that you should accept negative circumstances without trying to change them for the better whenever possible. The message here is simply that you do have a choice in how you feel, and it's entirely up to you whether you experience life as full and rich or empty and meaningless.

You can always find something to be annoyed or disappointed about if you want to: the weather, a slow driver on the road in front of you, the mail doesn't arrive on time, you discover that the milk in your refrigerator has turned sour, and a hundred other things that happen during any given day. Conversely, if you choose to look at things from a different angle, you can always find many things to be thankful for today. Plus, you always have the promise that, no matter how bad things might be today, tomorrow can be better.

When you are "in love with life," when you can genuinely appreciate the experience of living, you have the ability to feel good no matter where you are and no matter what you do or do not have. Learning to appreciate all that you have and all that you are does not change the circumstances surrounding you all by itself, but you will FEEL almost miraculously as if your entire life has changed for the better. Practicing the “Attitude of Gratitude” can do profound things for you:

Gratitude puts you into the mindset of LOOKING for the positives in life, which in turn increases positive THINKING, which in turn increases positive FEELINGS. If you are busy appreciating each thing in your life, you will become a happier person, for that is actually the secret of happiness -- enjoying whatever is going on in your life in the present moment.

As an additional bonus, the happier you are and the more positive your attitude becomes, the more your social life will improve. You will attract more friends, because people naturally enjoy being around someone who is smiling, upbeat, and radiating positive energy. And, of course, everyone likes to be appreciated, so the more you appreciate others, the more they will enjoy your company.

When you walk through each day with an attitude of true appreciation, the whole universe will begin to open up for you, right in front of your eyes, because you will feel more connected to everything around you. And after all, the true essence of spirituality is this feeling of being connected to all of life, and of loving all that you encounter.

The following exercises can help you begin to awaken these kinds of feelings.

EXERCISE #1: Make a list of everything in your life that you are grateful for having. Include everything that comes to mind: Your health; the fact that all of the many organs and systems in your body function properly. Features you like about your body: your nice teeth, your pretty hair, whatever. Your skills and talents -- can you write poetry? Are you good at math? Do you know how to grow vegetables in your garden? Are you a good cook? The people in your life: family and friends who love you -- what you do cherish and appreciate about each of these individuals? A pet who loves you unconditionally and is always happy to see you, even when you have bad breath and you’re having a bad hair day. Your material possessions: your home, your car, your furniture, your appliances, the pots and pans in your kitchen, your clothes, etc. Your environment: depending on where you live, there might be pretty trees, a lake or ocean, the song of birds, a neighbor’s flower garden, and so forth. Local sites you get to enjoy: a nearby park, favorite restaurants, a place to ski, all of the stores where you buy your household goods, the movie theater, and so forth. Your entertainment: favorite TV shows, favorite books and movies, favorite music, and so forth. Memorable experiences: the trip you took to Paris, the perfect summer day you spent at the beach last August with your best friend, the time you saw your favorite singer in concert, and so forth.

Make this list as long and as detailed as you possibly can. Then, if you’re ever feeling down, or going through a time in your life when nothing seems to be going right, take out your list and read it. It will remind you that your life is blessed with incredible abundance.

EXERCISE #2: Another good way to develop an attitude of appreciation is to sit down at the end of each day and write down at least ten things you were grateful for that day. These things could include a tasty and nutritious meal, or a good friend, or the fact that the day went smoothly and you felt peaceful, or a book that taught you something valuable, or the fact that you had enough money in your bank account to pay the car insurance bill, finding a good parking spot at the mall, and so forth. (I’ve been keeping a “gratitude notebook” for three years now. At the end of every day, I write down everything I am grateful for that day, and it has really changed my perspective by helping me look for the GOOD in my life.)

Try it and see -- if you spend one entire day taking the time to appreciate EVERYTHING you have and use throughout the day, you will feel like the wealthiest person on earth!

EXERCISE 3: Get into the habit of thanking everything in your life for the contribution it makes to your well-being. This may sound nuts, but I often say “thank you” out loud to inanimate objects in my life for serving me so faithfully. When I arrive at a destination safely, I will thank my car for doing a good job. When I turn off my stereo, I will thank it for playing the music for me that I wanted to hear. I thank the plumbing for providing hot and cold running water. I thank my stove for cooking my dinner. I thank the soft cozy blankets on my bed for keeping me warm in the winter.

Develop the habit of APPRECIATION. When you get up in the morning, thank your body for serving you so well; thank your heart for beating, and your lungs for breathing, and your eyes for seeing, and so forth. Give thanks for your food at every meal: thank the earth for providing the food, thank the farmers for growing it, and thank the food itself for providing you with nutrients and sustenance. When you drive to work, thank your car for getting you there. When you sit down to watch your favorite movie, thank the producers, directors, actors, and crew for making this movie for your entertainment. And so on. When you get into the habit of acknowledging all the good you have in your life, EVERY day becomes a GOOD day.

Appreciate all of the little things you take for granted, one by one, day by day. If you stop to notice and give thanks for all that you have been fortunate enough to receive, you'll find that you get more pleasure out of all situations. And, when it comes to the people in your life, giving thanks to them for all that they have given to you will not only help you appreciate them more, but will make them feel better as well -- a double benefit!

EXERCISE #4: You can also heighten your appreciation of what you have by sharing your bounty with others. Whenever you pass along part of your good fortune, you are creating a chain of energy that expands the good fortune, a chain that allows it to brighten more lives that just your own. Plus, you'll find that when you share something with others, it makes the thing you've shared seem somehow more real, more tangible.

Happy Thanksgiving!

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP PROJECT FOR THE MONTH: LET’S MAKE THANKSGIVING A YEAR-ROUND EVENT: Why do we only make it a point to “give thanks” during one meal out of the whole year? Let’s make “giving thanks” a regular mindset by practicing this habit every night at dinner. When your family sits down to eat, ask each family member to list several things he or she felt grateful for that day, any positive events s/he experienced or witnessed. You will find that something wonderful starts to happen when you stop to “count your blessings” on a daily basis: You will begin to truly notice and appreciate how much GOOD is in your life every single day!

The goal of “The Global Citizenship Project” is to help anyone who wishes to make a difference find something suitable to their interests and talents, and availability of time and resources. Listed on the website are hundreds of suggestions that any person can use to make the world a better place by following “global citizenship” practices -- feel free to send in a suggestion of your own when you visit! (Parents and teachers -- help the world by raising “globally conscious” kids. Check out the website for complete details... www.MetamorphosisMagazine.com)

Small contributions to the common good add up to big contributions when enough people are inspired to participate. Each small act of kindness adds up; there is power in numbers. One person may not be able to change the world much, but 1,000 people can make a huge difference, and 100,000 people can move mountains! Think about it: If EVERYBODY on the planet committed just ONE tiny, little act of kindness or generosity every day, that’s 6.3 BILLION positive contributions to the world, every day, every week, every year. How powerful is that!

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HEALTH CORNER: Staying Healthy During the Holidays

For many of us, the holiday season puts extra stress on our bodies for two reasons: 1) We are often so busy running around shopping, celebrating, and socializing that we get a little run down, and 2) Our normal, everyday diets often go right out the window and we end up eating holiday goodies all day instead.

For issue # 1, here are some simple tips that can help you be less stressed out:

* Take ten minutes out of each day to center yourself, relax, and meditate. It will make a huge difference!

* Put off non-urgent chores (like repainting the bathroom, washing and vacuuming your car, going to the dentist for your teeth cleaning, and so forth) until after the holiday hecticness is over.

* Schedule one evening every week to have some “relaxation time” to recharge your batteries. Leave one evening free of appointments, social get-togethers, errands, and chores, and just do something that relaxes you: read a book, do yoga, listen to music, rent a DVD, play board games with the family. You’ll actually have a lot MORE energy in the long run if you take regular rest breaks in the short run.

For issue #2, try these methods:

* Indulge in the holiday goodies only during special occasions. In between, make sure your regular, everyday meals are as healthy as possible. Have oatmeal for breakfast instead of that leftover pumpkin pie. Have a garden salad for lunch. Eat an apple or an orange as an afternoon snack. And so forth. This way, your body won’t feel like a toxic waste dump at the end of December, and your waistline won’t inflate, either.

* Make sure you still get adequate nutrients into your body even on days when your diet is full of junk foods. Take a high-quality multivitamin to get those essential ingredients that are missing when you’re not eating enough vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and other healthy foods.

And for both issue #1 AND issue #2, get some exercise! Brisk exercise will both release the stress from your muscles, and also burn off some of those extra calories you may be eating!

RECOMMENDED READING:

This month, instead of recommending a book, I’d like to recommend a movie the whole family can watch together. The holiday season is supposed to be about “brotherly/sisterly love”, right? Well, this movie beautifully illustrates that amazing and wonderful things can happen when human beings put aside their petty differences and learn to live and work together in a spirit of cooperation.

The movie is called “Remember the Titans.” It’s the true story about a high school football team in the South during the civil rights movement and what happened when the school was forced by law to become desegregated. At first, there was nothing but racial tension and hostility among the football players, but then the coach did something brilliant: He required all the boys on the team to get to know each other one-on-one, and even paired interracial roommates together during their two-week training camp. It’s easy to hate a group of people you’ve stereotyped from afar, but that hatred melts once you get to know an individual on a personal level and you realize you have more in common than you have different. After the coach made the boys get to know each other, within two short weeks, the hostility had given way to genuine friendship amongst the boys, and they came together as a solid team. Moreover, the whole town was transformed by their example.

Coach Boone’s methods are the key to peace. Before we pre-judge, condemn, fear, or dislike others, we should get to KNOW them. Why not rent this movie during the holidays and share its uplifting message with your children? Teach your kids about “brotherly/sisterly love” by exposing them to different cultures, different religions, and so forth. Part of being a true “global citizen” is recognizing that the richness of diversity in this world is a beautiful thing.

GIFTING FROM THE HEART
by Sandi McArthur

“To Gift or not To Gift,” that is the question that plagues so many of us as we near the holiday season. I want to honor people and celebrate those special occasions and still stay true to the ideals I hold dear. Sometimes I feel those ideals are compromised when I buy something for someone in an act of last minute pressure shopping.

So to keep my blood pressure from going up and my bank account from going down, I have come to think of gift giving from a different point of view. I always keep in mind the words of a graduation speech I heard some years ago, which keeps me focused on what is important and prevents me from running to the mall for that last minute gift. In essence the message was, “We all have too much stuff and it’s cluttering up not only our homes, but our minds and hearts.” We spend so much of our lives wanting and obtaining stuff, and the rest of the time worrying about it. We buy it, store it, clean it, collect it, move it, dust it, and protect it. We always seem to want and accumulate more, needing bigger and bigger spaces just to store our “stuff.” We have placed such significance on having things that we lose sight of what is really important to us. Our stuff just seems to be adding to the clutter and chaos of our lives while at the same time we feel we are losing that precious commodity, “time.” So here we are in a situation of having too much stuff and too little time. Over and over again, I hear friends and family bemoaning the fact that they don’t have enough time. Time is becoming more valuable than money. So my holiday ritual is coming up with ways to give the gift of time, which I believe is truly a gift from the heart.

The possibilities are endless. Just let your creative juices flow! Here are a few examples:

* Gift that someone special with your time, such as: Watching their children for a night or even a weekend; this is such a great gift to all of those who are parents. Make and deliver a home-cooked meal, freeing people up for an evening. Clean someone’s home, attic, or basement. Pet sit. Wash windows, weed a garden, paint, or help on a building project, tune up a car -- the sky’s the limit here. If you can’t decide what would be most helpful, give out a blank coupon good for “X” amount of labor hours and let them choose how to use it.

* Another way to give of yourself is time spent doing something with a friend, relative, or co-worker. You make the plans and preparations and the person just needs to show up! Give a picnic complete with food, a canoe ride, a hike in the country. Take them to a concert, movie, play, or sporting activity. Think about that special person and what activities they enjoy doing, but might not do for themselves.

* Taking the time to make something for someone is another way of letting that person know how much they mean to you. For example, give a beautiful jar of home-preserved tomatoes, salsa, pickles or jam from your garden. Or perhaps a lovely hand-knit or sewn item. Edible items like breads or baked goods, hand-built, carved or crafted items, hand-made paper for corresponding, or bouquets of fresh flowers from your garden. Your creative talents can be your guide here.

* Giving the gift of a class or lessons of all kinds is great for the person who may not do this for themselves. Music, art, dance, yoga, sculpture, writing, kayaking, etc. The list is endless here and might involve your own talent or that of others in your own community.

* Sharing the abundance of what we have with those less fortunate, strengthening our communities or helping to fund the ideals we believe in, is another wonderful way to gift from the heart. There are so many ways to accomplish this simply by finding out what is near and dear to the heart of the person receiving the gift and giving to that cause in their name. This can be on a local, national, or international level. Ideas like giving to a local food pantry or shelter, Habitat for Humanity, Heifer International, and other organizations helping to break the cycle of poverty. Plant a tree, or give a gift subscription to a CSA farm (Community Supported Agriculture).

There are so many ways to show people how much we care about them. When we think outside the gift box and let our creative imaginations take hold, we can feel good about our choices by giving others gifts from our hearts and hands. Peace to All.

(Sandi McArthur is the Education/Outreach coordinator for Oryana Natural Foods Market in Traverse City, Michigan.)

SPECIAL HOLIDAY GIFTS

In accordance with the principles of giving from the heart described in the article above, I offer a number of gifts on my website that are genuinely useful, are unique and personal, and won’t add to the useless clutter in people’s lives.

Metamorphosis Magazine is and always will be FREE for everyone who wants to read it. I support myself by selling the products available on my website. I appreciate your purchase of any of these products, as the income from my website allows me to continue developing and promoting my humanitarian projects, such as The Planetary Peace Gathering, and The Global Citizenship Project.

GREAT HOLIDAY GIFT FOR PARENTS:

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GREAT HOLIDAY GIFT FOR SMOKERS:

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GREAT HOLIDAY GIFT FOR EVERYONE!:

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ASTROLOGY FOR PARENTS:

JUPITER: YOUR CHILD’S KEY TO SUCCESS
by Doria Gambino

(NOTE: Although this article is written for parents, the Astrological information it contains can be applied to the charts of adults as well)

Since the holidays are coming up, and many of us are thinking about gifts, I decided that this month’s Astrology For Parents article should be about the personal “gifts” that each of us receive through the largest planet in our solar system: Jupiter.

Astrologically, the planet Saturn symbolizes “karmic lessons.” It shows you the obstacles your child must overcome within him or herself in order to manifest the potential talents and gifts in his or her chart. However, just as each child’s Astrological makeup presents specific challenges to her or him through Saturn, each child’s chart also provides a source of assistance in the form of Jupiter.

Jupiter can show your child HOW to overcome the obstacles Saturn may bring into her/his life, because Jupiter reveals the best path for each individual to follow in order to transcend his or her Saturnian karmic challenge. Jupiter is like “Santa Claus” -- it brings gifts into your child’s life by revealing the types of actions, places, people, circumstances, and methods that will lead to the best opportunities for success in every area of your child’s life: school, social groups, hobbies, interests, goals, dreams, and personal life-path. Jupiter provides the resources and tools that show your child his or her own personal “key” to attaining his/her goals and dreams.

All parents would naturally like to see their children reach their optimum potential in life. Jupiter provides essential clues as to how to help this happen, because Jupiter acts as the “great benefactor” that can help your child transform his or her natural talents and deepest dreams into concrete realities. Jupiter is like “the wind in your sails” -- if an individual taps into her/his Jupiter gifts, s/he will get where s/he wants to be.

Be aware that the energy of Jupiter’s placement in your child’s chart may differ markedly from the primary energy patterns of her Sun, Moon, and Ascendant, so your child may not automatically know how to access her Jupiter energy and bring those dormant gifts to the surface. By learning about and helping your child explore his personal Jupiter tools, you can help your child discover the optimum paths for reaching and maximizing his goals and dreams, as well as how to minimize the effects of any “challenging” aspects in his chart.

In order to fully understand how your child can best utilize her/his Jupiter gifts, study both the sign and the house placement of Jupiter in your child’s Astrology chart:

JUPITER IN ARIES OR FIRST HOUSE: The best results will come to your child if she follows an “Arian” approach to situations by being somewhat bold, daring and adventurous. If she takes a self-confident and assertive approach to things and isn’t afraid to promote herself and her ideas, she will dazzle and motivate others and attract the right kinds of attention. Also, if you teach this child to trust his gut instincts, he will find that impulsive actions often pay off handsomely for him. Try to give your child the freedom to be independent, to take risks (within reason, of course) and explore uncharted territory. If you encourage this child to blaze new trails rather than following the crowd, success will surely follow.

JUPITER IN TAURUS OR SECOND HOUSE: This child’s best successes in life will come through taking a very practical approach to things and building solid, lasting structures in all areas of his life. A patient, consistent approach is the key, sticking to an endeavor over the long-term so that she builds up the skills, resources, and experiences that create a stable foundation. Slow and steady gets the prize for Taurus Jupiter, just like the tortoise who ran the race in the famous fable, “The Tortoise and The Hare.” Encourage this child from an early age to develop productive routines and habits that will serve him in the long run, because once Taurus energy develops a habit, it’s very hard to get him to change it later.

JUPITER IN GEMINI OR THIRD HOUSE: The gift that Jupiter bestows upon this child is the gift of communication. Working with ideas, and then communicating them either through speaking or writing will bring many benefits into this child’s life. Networking, interacting with others, and using language in all of its forms will serve her very well. This child should be encouraged to ask questions, gather information through books and websites as well as other forms of study and research, and then share the information he learns with others -- Jupiter in Gemini people make great teachers, writers, publishers, and public speakers. This child also has the gift of versatility and adaptability, as Gemini is the “Jack of all Trades” energy -- she will probably excel at a variety of hobbies and talents, so don’t pin her down to narrow paths of exploration.

JUPITER IN CANCER OR FOURTH HOUSE: Cancerian energy is the “nurturing” energy of the zodiac, so this child will find her greatest successes when she uses her innate sensitivity to adopt the role of caretaker, by making others feels included, comforted and supported He will get good results in life when he uses his ability to emotionally devote himself to others, whether that is his family on a small scale or his community on a larger scale. A child with this placement will often find that he has a natural ability to “heal” others by attending to them either physically or emotionally, and Cancerian Jupiters are also good at guarding and protecting whomever and whatever is near and dear to their hearts; they are geared towards honoring and preserving traditions. As long as Cancerian Jupiter is able to build a strong sense of “security” in her life, she will have the courage to pursue her dreams.

JUPITER IN LEO OR FIFTH HOUSE: Leo’s gifts will manifest best when you encourage your child to think big, dream grand dreams, and seek the spotlight, for Leo was born to be “the star” of the show. Whenever Jupiter Leo becomes the center of attention, the energy of this sign gets activated and its natural warmth and charisma charms others effortlessly. Jupiter in Leo children will shine when they are encouraged to “strut their stuff,” as others find their innate enthusiasm and creativity very entertaining and uplifting. Leo Jupiters should be encouraged to take charge and organize situations whenever appropriate, as they possess natural leadership ability. This, coupled with the fact that they are so much fun to be around, will lead to popularity, which in turn opens doors and leads to all kinds of opportunities. Whenever Leo Jupiter takes a spontaneous, creative, outgoing, and joyful approach to situations, she will likely get good results.

JUPITER IN VIRGO OR SIXTH HOUSE: Jupiter will bestow its best gifts upon this child when he is encouraged to take a methodical approach to tasks and pay attention to the various details. Virgo energy gives this child the ability to “fix” or improve situations that are not orderly. Encourage her to follow through and do a thorough job on any task, as she has the ability to really get things right if she takes her time. A common-sense, precise, discriminating approach to projects will serve him much better than a flashier approach or taking shortcuts, and will lead to the greatest productivity and end result. Virgo Jupiters also benefit personally in the long run whenever they do things to help others, as Virgo is the sign of “service” and “duty,” and Jupiter always rewards you for properly using the specific gifts of the sign or house it occupies within your chart.

JUPITER IN LIBRA OR SEVENTH HOUSE: The symbol for Libra is the scales, and therefore Jupiter bestows its gifts upon this child when she is encouraged to weigh decisions carefully, take a balanced approach, consider both sides of the equation, and seek win-win solutions that benefit others as well as herself. Libra is also the sign of partnerships, and therefore this child will have the best success when he teams up with other people, because this gives him access to their gifts and talents as well as his own. Libra energy provides natural “social graces,” and this child will shine when she is coordinating and facilitating any kind of social function. His natural charm and good manners allow him to create harmony, cooperation, and compromise within his friendships. Libra also rules fashion, art, and interior design, and thus this child’s innate sense of style also contributes to her ability to create beautiful social settings.

JUPITER IN SCORPIO OR EIGHTH HOUSE: With this Jupiter placement, your child will excel whenever he taps into Scorpio’s ability to focus its concentration like a laser beam. No other sign is capable of either the intensity or duration of single-minded focus towards a goal, and therefore he can complete endeavors that other signs would find far too daunting. Challenges actually fuel this sign’s energy and push it to even higher planes of success, as Jupiter Scorpio can remain cool in a crisis and possesses the kind of incredible stamina and drive that allows the individual to achieve so-called “impossible” goals. Encourage this child to push herself as far as she desires to go in her endeavors, and teach her how to delve under the surface and discover all facets of any situation, as Scorpio Jupiters are natural “detectives.” Scorpio energy is also highly mystical and even psychic; thus, encouraging him to tap into and trust his deep intuition will allow him to make good decisions even when “logical” information presents incomplete or confusing data.

JUPITER IN SAGITTARIUS OR NINTH HOUSE: A child with this Jupiter placement will find that life always “works out” for her as long as she has faith and maintains an optimistic outlook. Sagittarius energy seeks truth with a capital “T,” and therefore this child’s best approach to situations is to be honest and direct, and to hold fast to his ideals. Encourage your child to develop a personal philosophy of life based on sound ethics and/or religious or spiritual beliefs, and teach him to never compromise these ideals even when faced with challenges. Sagittarius energy also bring gifts from distant lands -- encouraging this child to travel and develop a “worldly” attitude by learning about a variety of cultures will bring many opportunities into her life. A cheerful, adventurous, open-minded approach to situations will help him maximize his talents and dreams.

JUPITER IN CAPRICORN OR TENTH HOUSE: Capricorn energy is ambitious, so don’t be afraid to encourage this child to set big goals and high standards for himself. He will reach his goals if he takes the “tried and true” approach: steady, persistent, and methodical. Encourage him to set long-term goals, and teach him how he can reach these goals with a “step by step” game plan. Cutting corners will usually not work out well for this child -- she will succeed best with a conservative, self-disciplined course of action. Gaining levels of mastery through consistent practice and building a distinguished reputation for excellence over time will open important doors for this child as she gets older. However, also encourage him to rely on his sophisticated sense of humor, as that can help lighten him up when he gets too “serious” about life.

JUPITER IN AQUARIUS OR ELEVENTH HOUSE: A child with this Jupiter placement will do best when he takes a “future-oriented” approach to life, as Aquarius is the sign of the visionary, and he can come up with ideas that are way ahead of his time. Encourage this child to be “intellectually progressive,” and to think outside the box and explore uncharted mental territory. Uniqueness is the gift that Jupiter bestows upon her, and she can invent new ways of doing things that would never even occur to others as long as she is given free reign to think for herself rather than being pushed to conform to the crowd. Aquarius is also the “humanitarian” sign, and thus this child will succeed in a big way when he focuses on helping humanity evolve to higher levels of peace and brotherly/sisterly love. He may possess a natural gift for working with humanitarian groups and associations that can influence long-term social development.

JUPITER IN PISCES OR TWELFTH HOUSE: One gift that Jupiter gives to this child is the gift of deep sensitivity and compassion and a strong intuition, which grants her the potential to be a great healer, as she is so empathically attuned to and considerate of the welfare of others. Encourage her to develop a spiritual path and to connect to “cosmic consciousness” (meditation is a great activity for this child once she’s old enough), as this can help her work more effectively with the sensitivity of Piscean energy. Jupiter also bestows on this child a vivid and creative imagination. This gentle dreamer can accomplish magnificent things in life if he is allowed to explore the territory of his own “inner world.” The gift of Piscean energy through Jupiter is the ability to visualize a more beautiful world than the so-called “real” world, and then bring this beauty INTO the “real” world. This child’s heightened imagination, if channeled properly into an endeavor, can create incredible works of art: writing fiction, making films, painting, songwriting, making jewelry or other crafts, and so forth.

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SPECIAL THANKS TO:

This Thanksgiving, I would like to say “thank you” to my family and friends for all your support throughout the year, and I would also like to thank all of the subscribers of this magazine for taking the time to read the magazine, participate in the Planetary Peace Gathering meditation each week, and for all of the kind feedback I’ve been receiving from you. I feel truly blessed that you enjoy and appreciate the fruits of all of my hard work and the work of the other authors who contribute to this magazine. May you all be blessed with great happiness and abundance!

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