Wednesday 20 November

Moon in Gemini

So anyways, yesterday I got the team from Jo Tracey Astrology together for a brainstorming session. Ok, fine, the dog and I had a chat. Well, I talked to the dog- she didn’t talk back, but she did look interested and wag her tail a bit.

I’m trying to determine what goals to set for next year- how my teaching will work, how my writing will work, how my client readings will work. How do I draw a line between “office” time and family time? How do I value my work appropriately? How much time do I spend on activities where there is no immediate return? What priority to I give to each income source?

It’s a tough one. I’ve been doing small classes on skype- which I love- but I can only work one night a week and I would like to do more. Do I take the risk and hire a room for weekend workshops? Do I offer more sessions during the week on skype at hours that may suit the Northern Hemisphere? Do I pre-record sessions and make the content available as correspondence learning? Do I pitch to the local community college and use their resources? Do I partner with someone? Could I commit to and manage a partnership?

And what about my writing? How do I make the balance between fiction, non- fiction and feature articles work? Fiction is my first love, but it’s also the slowest to get happening, has the poorest return for time investment and is, quite frankly, the road to heart break. I’m also trying to break into the travel writing market- but how much time do I invest here too?

Then, of course, there’s the brand development work- my media, my social media, my blogging…all of the stuff that brings no immediate return for the investment of time, but is both enjoyable and essential.

I’m not so worried about the disparities in what I do- the astrology and the mainstream- that sits quite comfortably on my shoulders. It’s more about managing each and growing the income.

I don’t have the answers yet. Nor does my dog. But that’s ok, the Gemini Moon is the time to explore the options, get the information in, join it together…it’s not necessarily the time to make decisions.

I haven’t been one to make concrete goals in the past- we’ve talked about my Saturn and its relative strength (that’s a laugh) before. But, if I’m solely responsible for my own resourcing, that has to change. I also have to be clear about my mission statement and purpose- and clarity is also not one of my strong points- we’ve talked about my Neptunian tendencies in the past too…

The Gemini Moon is a great time to do stuff like this, toss ideas around, talk about them, brain storm them, take other suggestions on board, talk about them too.

With Mercury still in Scorpio, and still retracing ground he’s previously covered, its’ a great time to think about these things and take them deeper and further than you did before.

Don’t try and fine-tune your plans yet- wait until the Moon is in Virgo before you do that. I’ll be using the Capricorn Moon next month to get serious about documenting them…which brings me to another germ of an idea that I’ve had whirring around me head…but more on that one later…