december 2014 horoscopes by madame sonja

Dear readers, Merry Christmas and Surprise! This month i am excited to unveil something new I've wanted to offer you for the longest time to give you an added boost with your month-to-month endeavors. From now on we will rate every month on a few crucial indicators that readers around the world are really looking out for when they are flipping through their horoscopes.
They are:
Eloquence and charisma
Fortune/Success quotient
Romance quotient
Risk quotient

What does this all mean for you? Read on.
Eloquence and charisma relates to your ability to communicate, sell, charm and entertain. Occasionally in a year the spotlight is on you and you are granted some boost juice with a 5 star month or so. Why not work with this stroke of luck and milk it for what it's worth.
For the introverts, this doesn't mean you become a lothario though it can happen if you are a closet extrovert, but it sure means the words, calculations or your cognitive wheels turn and flow faster. If you're in engineering, computing, writing, that is a great time to focus and get most of your work done.

Fortune and success relates to your financial luck, windfalls, rewards and even meetings with gurus and teachers. This may be a time to play with the lottery, bask in the glory of accomplished goals or learn from the wise. While the signs do show you may be protected if you take some risk, watch your Risk rating so that you don't overdo, overspend or overinvest. A High Risk rating means you should be extra cautious with your temper, commuting, spending, relationships (ie give people around you a wider berth for annoying you, YOU are antsier than usual).

Romance tells you about your own attractiveness and flirtatiousness  this month. It also tells you if you will have a pleasure-filled month (satisfaction of senses). Note, it doesn't say anything about your virility and its satisfaction- watch your Risk rating to determine how vital, healthy and passionate you could be. It's always interesting to see how these two match up.  If you have both a high risk and high romance rating for a month, I think both you and your partner will be very excited in and out of the bedroom that month. I'd also say that high risk means you are more at risk for inflammation of some part of your body than at other times. So watch this if you have a pre-existing health problem like chronic high blood pressure, obesity, or arteriosclerosis. Take more cooling and cleansing foods when you read this indication. 

When you have a 4 or 5 star month in an area of your life, experiment with charging ahead (it's the reverse for a 5 star RISK month--halt!). If it is a 3-star month, your life probably follows the same pattern as dictated by your birth chart's unfolding. If it's a 2-star and below month, pause before taking action or take things as they come.

In case you were wondering, each rating corresponds with my reading of the interactions of specific planets with other planets and their favorable or unfavorable locations in the sky. Therefore each rating will not take into account of how some other aspect of your life is doing and how it will influence your experience of the month. An immediate example would be that you have a great month for Fortune/success but you are low on charisma and romance, you may still be the life of the party (even if your hair is out of place and you can't quite get your thoughts together) because another spotlight, this time on your achievements and accomplishments, is on you.

Over the years, I've found that progress in some parts of your life and lags in others can still interact with each other and give you the experiences you desire (or not). There are a myriad routes to one point in time, experience, space or meeting and if you are a student of astrology you'll understand how complicated and how impossible it is sometimes to predict the best and the worst times in the future. We are acted upon by countless forces at every moment every day. Just physically, there is Gravity, the wind, the tides, the spin of the moon and all that. Then we have the forces of partnership, the bonds of family, society, nations etc and a whole list before we even talk about history, time, fate, karma and destiny.

What are we to do in the face of all these forces? Never underestimate yourself and your own willpower to overcome these forces, no matter how slow or small the progress. The human will is an amazing force if you know to harness it, Even if you have only the esteem the size of a mustard seed, you have yet to be crushed by the sheer weight of the  atmosphere!
Take heart and listen hard, self-mastery is the most powerful tool you have to counter these monstrous forces. Whether you believe in astrology or not doesn't matter, what you really need to be aware of are the recurring patterns of your life, your own frailties and strengths and be aware of the subtle changes taking place around you. With this knowledge, you can create your destiny.

What about astrology? For people like me who were born nomads  in society, weak, confused, uncertain, unanchored, lost and directionless and tossed about by life's volatile forces.  Astrology is a compass that
helps you to scope out your strengths and even manage your time. This is my gift to you who are too busy fulfilling your life purpose (dharma), serving out your karma and performing your deeds and actions (Artha). With this little tool of self-mastery, I hope one day to help you achieve moksha (freedom).

Let me know how this system works for you and I will refine it further.
Write me at [email protected] with your thoughts and feedback.

Aries
Eloquence and charisma rating 3
Fortune/Success rating 3
Romance rating 3
Risk rating 3

Taurus
Eloquence and charisma rating 1
Fortune/Success rating 2
Romance rating -3 (highs and lows)
Risk rating 4

Gemini (no particular favors from the gods, just complications and knots to untangle)
Eloquence and charisma rating 3
Fortune/Success rating 3
Romance rating 3
Risk rating 3

Cancer
Eloquence and charisma rating 4
Fortune/Success rating 5
Romance rating 3
Risk rating 1

Leo
Eloquence and charisma rating 3
Fortune/Success rating 3
Romance rating 3
Risk rating 3

Virgo
Eloquence and charisma rating 3
Fortune/Success rating 3
Romance rating 3
Risk rating 4

Libra
Eloquence and charisma rating 3
Fortune/Success rating 3
Romance rating 3 (highs and lows)
Risk rating 3

Scorpio
Eloquence and charisma rating 3
Fortune/Success rating 3 (some luck if managed well)
Romance rating 3 (some romance if managed well)
Risk rating 4

Sagittarius
Eloquence and charisma rating 3
Fortune/Success rating 3 (some luck if managed well)
Romance rating 3 (some romance if managed well)
Risk rating 4

Capricorn
Eloquence and charisma rating 5
Fortune/Success rating 5
Romance rating 3
Risk rating 3

Aquarius
Eloquence and charisma rating 3
Fortune/Success rating 3
Romance rating 3
Risk rating 3

Pisces
Eloquence and charisma rating 3
Fortune/Success rating 2
Romance rating 3
Risk rating 4