True Love Horoscopes

“Part of the practice of tantra is learning to connect and detach consciously, and with love. One benefit of this practice is a greater sense of wholeness and peace within yourself. It also allows us to come to each partnering fresh, letting go of the past, and of all the things that can get in the way of our spiritual practice with another. And finally, the practice of consciously reconnecting to ourselves after being in partnership gives you a chance to know who you truly are within, without the influence of others in your life. This process of unfolding to ourselves is a kind of wisdom, but wisdom has never really been my goal. Since I was a little girl, all I wanted was to live a joyful life, and indeed that is what many people, fragmented and wounded, long for. Even those who are happy always have room for more joy. Joy is a frequent result when we fully embrace our freedom. “

–from “Journey to Sexual Wholeness” by Kypris Aster Drake
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“Ayni is a Quechua (aboriginal Peruvian) word for “Right Relationship”. It refers to cultivating a spiritual alignment with the world so that we are not always bumping up against the other beings in the world and creating chaos.

It is important to cultivate this Ayni not only within yourself, but also within your partnership. Being in right relationship with your partner can sometimes require difficult acts of courage, like returning phone calls and using civil language even when you are really angry. Like going to a healer or therapist for help in retooling your inner world. Like reading this book and doing the exercises in it. Like being willing to reveal to your partner what is truly alive inside your being. . The work of relationship is not easy, but is is simple. It is a process of continual excavation and polishing until one day you finally unearth the diamond inside you. The pressures of life create the diamond. Sometimes the struggles and difficulties in relationship cut the facets of the diamond. But eventually it is polished and ready, and you are at peace.”

–from the forthcoming “True Love 101″ by Kypris Aster Drake

Moon in Aries — Bring It!

“I have seen many people come to the practice of tantra with great certainty that they cannot practice tantra with the partner who is in their life because their partner is not willing or interested. A great spiritual practice is to love the relationship you’re in, and do your best to practice with that person. Even if your partner is not following the tantric path, you can still run your own energy and do your own spiritual practice when you connect with them. You can practice gratitude and acceptance of who they are, without the need to change or fix them. In partnered work, this approach can bring a shift of consciousness in you and in the relationship. I have seen old patterns of conflict and resentment in my relationships slowly change through this practice”

–from “Journey to Sexual Wholeness” by Kypris Aster Drake
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Moon in Aries — Be Bold and Daring

“Another way to let go and come into a more open heart with your partner is the practice of breathing together. Sharing breath harmonizes you and your partner into a beautiful synchrony of total presence. Breathing consciously always brings us into presence with ourselves. It has such power to not only make us aware, but to sweep away anger and distrust, if we are willing to allow it. Sometimes it takes awhile. If you are new to the practice, if you and your partner have been building up old patterns and resentments for a long time, it may take awhile to clear. Regular practice together is the key. Practice when you are not upset with each other. The magick that is created when both partners are really committed to letting go of the past and recommitting to the present brings a power to the practice that is incomparable. The practice is simple to begin: You simply breathe together with your partner. The man leads, the lady follows. This may be hard for some couples who are used to doing everything cooperatively and as a team: To let one lead and tell the other to follow may seem somehow unfair or inequitable. And yet breathing together is like dancing. One person must lead, otherwise there is chaos and it all becomes a jumble. Letting the man lead allows him to begin to exercise the use of his inner divine masculine power, and letting the woman follow allows her to begin to experience what it is like to drop into the divine feminine state where she can relax and be guided by trust. “

–from “Journey to Sexual Wholeness” by Kypris Aster Drake
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Moon in Pisces — Take the Spiritual View

“When an argument is at an impasse, or when a conflict begins to spiral out of control and turn into a yelling match, it is time to retreat and take a deep breath. There is so much drama and insanity that often comes into relationships, and TV, movies, and novels in our culture have taught us that this is a normal and acceptable way to act. But is it really normal and acceptable to hurt someone you love because they are not seeing things the way you do? Or is this true insanity? When conflict in a relationship reaches a place of anguish or conflagration, then it is time to ask Spirit for help, and to know that through magickal coincidences, the conflict can resolve itself. At these times I connect to Spirit with the Sacred Tree Meditation and listen for guidance. This may sound like simplistic cop-out thinking, but I have seen it work over and over. I have even seen it work in my own divorce, where if I would just take a deep breath and a step back and ask Spirit to guide me, things would resolve effortlessly. In my current partnership I have seen it bring us to miraculous resolutions of many conflicts over things that had me in total mental anguish. Somehow our conflicts always resolve, no matter how painful. The trick is to take a step back, to take some space apart to breathe and let Spirit come in to work its magick, to perhaps shift perspective, and to juice us up with love. So often when we come back together, we can’t even really remember why we were so upset with each other. Spirit works its magick on us over and over again because we are willing.”

—from “Journey to Sexual Wholeness” by Kypris Aster Drake

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Moon in Pisces — Spiritual Healing Time

“Tantric touch takes the sexual healing modality to a deeper level, allowing us to really feel in our body how and why and when someone is touching us. Many of us need the healing that comes from loving touch, not only on our torso, legs and arms, but also on our genitals and breasts. When we allow this touch to come from a safe and sacred healing massage that includes energy healing, deep shifts in the genitals begin to happen, and layers of body armor begin to be released. Often we experience an awakening of our sexuality through regular massage, but imagine if you were to receive a massage that included loving touch on your lingam or yoni? This type of touch is important to our sexual wholeness, and I urge you to practice giving and receiving this touch with your partner. There is something magickal about receiving the gift of intimate touch from someone who does not need or even want you to touch them back or to do anything at all. For a woman receiving yoni massage, it is so beautiful to have the yoni adored without any demands to make love afterward. The yoni awakens when given this kind of touch, and especially when the touch does not insist on focusing on the g-spot. Men also benefit greatly from tantric massage that includes the lingam and the prostate without any need to be aroused. This touch on the lingam especially helps to remove armoring that stands in the way of greater sensitivity.”

—from “Journey to Sexual Wholeness” by Kypris Aster Drake

Moon in Aquarius — Expect the Unexpected

“When my heart is fully open, I feel loving and sexual at the same time. There is an openness and compassion that helps me expand my consciousness out all around me, not only to the universe of stars and planets above, but to the universe of people all around me. Others can feel this energy coming from me, drawing them in to my personal space for some inexplicable reason. An open heart makes us more receptive to love, more likely to find love and keep it flowing in our lives. Work to open your heart through practicing kindness and gratitude, as well as doing the practices in this chapter. Expanding his heart, the man discovers that an open heart is not to be feared, that his abilities as a lover expand, and that lovemaking becomes a powerful spiritual and emotional experience. Many men come to me in my private practice complaining of dissatisfying and empty sex lives. They instinctively know that there is something more to the whole thing, but they aren’t quite sure what it is. This opening of the heart is part of the key to that puzzle. A woman’s journey is almost the opposite of a man’s. In healing her heart, the woman finds herself opening more sexually, and becoming more willing to connect deeply with men. As she opens, she draws men to her like a magnet, and her experience of connection with them becomes more joyful and ecstatic. To experience these things, to shift the heart, requires patience, surrender, dedication, and unconditional love.”

–from “Journey to Sexual Wholeness” by Kypris Aster Drake
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Moon in Capricorn — Connect to the Earth

“Strong power objects come from the earth and the animals that walk upon it. On my altar are seed pods, leaves, rocks, feathers, and crystals. I use each of these objects for different purposes. A hawk feather reminds me of my commitment to soar above life’s obstacles, and to strive for clear perception. A rabbit’s foot recalls my awareness of the sensuality and softness of my being. A snake’s skin echoes my continual transforming, shedding old behaviors and beliefs through my tantra practice. Each of these objects is a gift from Spirit and must be treated with reverence. Any object that I collect from nature is always collected with permission from Spirit, with thanks, and with an offering of cornmeal, hair, water, or saliva. To ask permission, I simply go into a meditative state and ask the question, “Is it right for me to take this object from its natural home?” I pay attention to my first and immediate reaction when I ask this question. That reaction tells me all I need to know. When I give my offering, I do so with reverence, and with presence, bringing myself deeply into the moment and into a sense of gratitude to the plant or animal or land for the gift. When I have finished my time working with a power object, I return it to nature, or gift it to another human who will benefit from its energy. “

–from “Journey to Sexual Wholeness” by Kypris Aster Drake
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Moon in Capricorn — Get practical

Today I woke with a lovely feeling of everything just being exactly right in my relationship. It’s not often I get that feeling, and as I lay in my beloved’s arms slowly waking up, I felt my heart open with love and gratitude. Partly what I’m feeling is a “hangover” from our tantric practice a few days ago–only I would call it more of an afterglow than a hangover. Its amazing to me how this practice is so able to drop me deeply into a powerful connection with another person. Even with all I know, and all I’ve experienced, and all the ways I’ve changed over the years, there is still enormous power in simply DOING the practice.

Moon in Sagittarius — Do the Wild Thing!

Yesterday I reconnected with the reason I teach sacred sexuality. Like most of you, I had gotten busy with my life. My busy life was keeping me from making time to connect deeply with my beloved through shamanic tantra practice. Yesterday I recommitted myself to weekly practice with him. The opening I felt as we connected our breath, our spirits, and our bodies was so deep. It opened something up in me that has been dormant for a few years, a deep feeling place full of passion and fire. Once again I have woken the dragon inside me. Now let’s see if I can ride it, and possibly even learn to steer!