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ZODIAC PREDICTIONS JUNE 2020 may be a sexual liaison from the world of your associates.
SAGITTARIUS (22 NOVEMBER
-21 DECEMBER) There may be new connections that come
ARIES (21 MARCH–19 APRIL)
This is a month where both singles and those with partners can advance at speed or change with dramatic intensity. Money and relationships figure strongly. There may be beneficial news, important opportunity and romantic meetings all coming at you. However, you’ll need to take a hard look at spending.
TAURUS (20 APRIL – 20 MAY)
You will have luck on your side so make the most of it and strike while the iron is hot.Opportunity comes through those you meet and you may expand your activities into new areas through such influence. All of this may contribute to career development.
GEMINI (21 MAY – 20 JUNE)
This is an expansive phase where you can gain greatly through being out there, keeping a clear and positive attitude and being ready to take the chances that come. New ideas, new working associations and new social directions are keys to the future.
CANCER (21 JUNE – 22 JULY)
Your dynamic style will attract attention from on high, and you might shift career tracks within the same business or industry. Whether single or committed, some may have to
LEO (23 JULY – 22 AUGUST)
You may decide to study or increase the dimension of your knowledge as you move from one level of wisdom to the next.You may develop new practices or skills to use later on. A new relationship may change the state of things, where you’re living and even life direction.
VIRGO (23 AUGUST – 22
SEPTEMBER) It will be a time of quiet planning, and you’ll need plenty of privacy in order to see things as they really are.Your perseverance in the love department pays off in a lovely way. Couples make interesting new sparks now, while singletons can find someone to warm their heart.
LIBRA (23 SEPTEMBER – 22
OCTOBER) Your big heart and grand intentions fuel you this month. Your natural optimism will be a spiritual optimism drawn from the deepest of wells within you. You’re electrified by a new vision, whether it’s one of reconnecting or starting fresh, and you’re electrically attractive as well.
SCORPIO (23 OCTOBER – 21
NOVEMBER) You may have dealings with wealthy or powerful people. You may discuss money in a new way. You may embark on a course of learning that brings deep knowledge. For some there into emotional and domestic sphere of your life and alter your living conditions. Singles can soar through, while couples might plan a great escape together.You may begin to devote energy to a cause or a new spiritual direction.
CAPRICORN (22 DECEMBER – 19
JANUARY) This month will draw you on the path of a search for truth and deeper meaning. For some, this will bring an enrichment of current direction as you seek to know and understand more of what you do. Others will study them insightfully through detachment.
AQUARIUS (20 JANUARY – 18
FEBRUARY) This is a testing time and big decisions may be better left till later. You may feel pulled in different directions, and it can be hard to find a balance and to fill your own personal needs. You may fall out with someone or someone may leave your circle.
PISCES (19 FEBRUARY – 20
MARCH) New projects will go well for you, though they will occasionally reach a hectic pace.The investments may be an appealing prospect and you will want your money to work for you. Your natural optimism will no longer be in any way a surface or superficial cheerfulness. leave a lot behind in order to 30 MANISH KUMAT ARORA • EMAIL: manish@manishastrologer.com
WELLBEING SAM FOLEY - YOGA W elcome summer. paintings of her is June the 21st Botticelli - the birth Summer Solstice of Venus, pictured with officially marks the the seasons around her, summer season and the floating on a shell, coming Ancient Greek festival of out of the sea. Aphrodisiac. This year is going to be a very different season with Covid-19 in the background, even more so important to catch those sun rays and top up our bodies with essential vitamin D. Aphrodite is the Goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, passion and procreation. She blesses relationships, marriages and self love. Her symbols are the White Swan - true love, sea salt to cleanse, Rose But let’s not start summer Quartz Crystal -love and with doom and gloom, it’s a healing, Red Roses, Honeytime to light up up your life sweetness nectar, Water and shine! Cyprus the birth and wine. place of Aphrodite-let’s connect to this Goddess of love by bringing that love in to our own lives. How do we do this? Well let’s start by understanding who she is. In Hesiod’s Theogony, Aphrodite is born of the coast of Cyprus from the foam (Aphros) produced by Uranus’s genitals, which his son Cronus have severed and thrown into the sea. However in Homer, lliad she is the daughter of Zeus and Dione. She is Venus in Roman mythology. Go to the sea at summer solstice and sit by the waves and visualise Aphrodite arriving at the shore , as she asks you how can you bring more love into your life? Decide now to let love in. Listen to waves gently caressing the shore and let go of anything that does not serve you anymore. Then begin to see yourself smiling, and allow the warm sunshine to charge up your body with light and make your heart glow. One of the most famous
Know that you can hold this energy and feeling for as long as you want too. Then collect some shells, wear some of your favourite clothes, spray your body with perfume and really wear it. Light a candle and send love to your friends and family by saying a prayer of gratitude for them, thanking them for all their help and love - this opens the heart centre and releases the fear. Self love and self care has a beautiful domino effect on those around you, it encourages people who are near you to take notice and help them to, want to experience self love and care. Maybe you want to experience this for yourself and visit one of the many caves and light a candle for love in the world right now. However you want to celebrate the longest day of the year in Cyprus, allow yourself a little love and be your own aphrodisiac.
LIVERPOOL AUTHOR NATALIE REEVES BILLING talks to Lifestyle about her new best selling book, Ben And The Bug, has shot up to number one on Amazon’s Hot Best Sellers.
TELL US ABOUT BEN &
THE BUG I started working on Ben and the Bug as the UK entered lockdown. My social enterprise, Split Perspectives, was just a couple of weeks old. It’s ethos, to look at stories from alternative angles in order to increase wellbeing in children and family groups. I pondered over how I could apply that theory to the Coronavirus crisis, with families facing uncertainty, hemmed in together 24/7. I believe it alleviates fear and anxiety, while also giving factual guidance on basic hygiene.
WHERE DID YOU GET
THE IDEA FROM? I knew I wanted the Bug to be spiky and awkward-looking but in 32
a cute, goofy kind of way. I had the poem, The Owl and the Pussy Cat going around in my head, and I wrote to that pattern.
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE
YOU TO WRITE? This one was a pesky little rhyme. It took a bit longer than usual. A good few rewrites. All in all, about a week. But I was always tinkering with it right up until the moment I pressed print.
WERE YOU SURPRISED IT WENT TO NO 1 ON
AMAZON? I certainly was. I hadn’t launched the book yet, I had merely uploaded it and finalised the categories where it would live. I woke the next morning to find it at number one. I was about to start celebrating when I discovered Amazon was about to pull my books. For containing the words Coronavirus and Covid19. They were worried about fake news and incorrect science. They pulled the plug on my eBook. I was devastated. My heart and soul had gone into this work. The book covers basic hand hygiene, nothing much else, but nonetheless, as the process is automated. The decision will stand. It was a bittersweet day, and as my book climbs the charts in many categories, I know it’s living on borrowed time. I’ll need to find it another accessible home.
TELL ME ABOUT THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE DELIVERING BOOKS TO SCHOOLS IN UNDERPRIVILEGED AREAS
Yes, sure. Split Perspectivz looks at life from different angles, to explore, to grow, to question, to learn. With a mix of funding, commercial sponsorships, workshops and events, I aim to visit schools in underfunded areas and offer enriched workshops and materials, bringing learning to life. Helping children to really get to know who they are. Storytelling is such a versatile tool. We can use it to illustrate any point. But more importantly, through writing things down, and letting our thoughts flow, we find out who we really are and what we believe.
AND WHAT WORKSHOPS DO YOU
RUN I ran a workshop in Toxteth just before lockdown called Carry Love. A group of young teens coming together to write and create art around knife crime. The idea is to look and deal with the root causes rather than the symptoms, catching it before it even starts. Preventative action. We are launching a book of the same name together. Seeing the work of those young people in print will make everything worthwhile. There are so many more in the pipeline, but any plans must, unfortunately, be put on hold until it is safe to resume.
HOW HAVE YOU COPED WITH LOCKDOWN AND HOW HAS IT AFFECTED
YOUR BUSINESS I’m lucky as I have a lot of garden space, so mentally, although I miss my friends and family, we have muddled through quite well. My business was markedly affected, as funding pots dried up, plans were put on hold, launches became digital and more costly as we tried to use PR to bridge the gap. More than half of an indie author’s income comes from school visits, parties, and events. A lot of work for a social entrepreneur comes from networking and meeting other like-minded people. During this period, income dropped to book sales only. My business, being fairly new, has not really been able to start yet.
Ben and the Bug
When Ben meets Bug at the swing park, they instantly become the best of friends. But when everyone around them gets sick, Ben begins to wonder about the identity of his strange new playmate. Ben and the Bug is for families looking for a friendly approach to opening up discussions around Coronavirus.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE CHILDREN WILL GET FROM YOUR BOOK
I hope families come away feeling thoroughly entertained, intrigued, and happy. If readers have learned a little something along the way, then that’s a bonus.
AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT BEING A PUBLISHED AUTHOR? HAS IT ALWAYS BEEN A
DREAM? I am absolutely thrilled. I only wish I could share it with my friends and family. Really share it. Internet drinks just do not cut it!
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AUTHOR Lifestyle chats to.. DANIELLE HAMPSON Author of ‘Am I On The Spectrum?”
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO
WRITE THE BOOK? I had the idea in my head for around 8 years after a close family member was diagnosed. What I began seeing in my clients as a psychotherapist was patterns of behaviour linking specific personality traits and behaviours to the autistic spectrum. No one could specifically tell me what the spectrum looked like and the autism doctor advised me to watch the big bang theory which wasn't particularly helpful. Once i linked certain behaviours to the autistic spectrum such as anxiety, depression, addiction, suicidal idealisations, anorexia, bullmenia, gender, domestic abuse and personality disorders such as borderline and bi polar. It started to make sense both to my clients and other people in industry. Science is slow to connecting these traits and there is a 25 year clinical gap before this information will be handed down to medical clinicians in practice.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM WRITING THE
BOOK? As a late diagnosed dyslexic myself - this was a 36
huge challenge personally and professionally to structure the sentences and the grammatical English. You can have the best idea’s in the world but executing them is a whole different ball game. Id like to think I learnt how to make a complex subject more easily understood for a wider audience.
HOW LONG DID
IT TAKE? It took a year for me to write, I set myself a deadline of a chapter a month - as a single mum with an interest in 7 business it was a hard challenge.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO
ACHIEVE? My main reason for writing this book was to raise wider awareness of a complex condition. As more and more children are being diagnosed there are generations of parents, grandparents and great grandparents out there who possess these characteristics and don't understand if they have contributed to the situation. I have devised what the spectrum could look like to the average person and have colour coded it so its easier to understand with sections. No one could explain to me what the autistic spectrum looked like let alone what was it comprised of - so I believe in this book I’ve created a really useful tool.
HAVE YOU ANY PLANS TO
WRITE A SEQUEL? I do. I also have a few other book ideas going on in that brain of mine - so there's a lot going on that need to come out lol.
WHAT HAVE BEEN THE CHALLENGES YOU HAVE FACED RAISING CHILDREN
ON THE SPECTRUM? I think for me food was and still is a big issues with food sensitivities anorexia and bulmenic behaviours, I think meltdowns for any parent are always a big challenge, but most importantly we are who we are and our children are who they are and i hope with more understanding of the wider spectrum these challenging behaviours will be more easily recognised and by writing about them to help others is how I overcome these obstacles by greater understanding.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU
WANT TO ADD? Available to buy on Amazon £12.99 - Am I On The Spectrum? An Aspies Guide to the Autistic Spectrum I am on it and so are you!
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