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In this months news letter I have included the Tides of Life, which will help you work with the coming month of Leo. A follow on article "What are the Chakras for" I hope you enjoy this issue and find it useful if you no longer wish to receive these monthly newsletters then you can unsubscribe from our website www.libracentre.com or you can simply reply to this email with the word unsubscribe as the subject.

Leo(July 23 to Aug. 22)

The sun is high in Leo, and shines at its best. This is the feel of the Leo time, Leo teaches us to express, bring the growth process to fruition, act out our own personal truths and be ourselves, fully, even to the extent of imposing it on others. We must make something of these ideal conditions, and Leo says 'I know what the best thing is to do, follow me, everyone, for this is the moment'. Leo acts out the play of life, dances the dance for all to see, believes in itself, and does it, really does it. Welcome to my party, everyone! Underneath, though, there is a concern as to whether everyone else actually wants to come, or is taking any notice. In Leo we are beginning to become aware that I, myself, need others to validate me. While the sun is high and summer is hot, there is no time to worry: I'm just doing my own thing, and that's what's right for me. Evolutionary tendencies have reached their peak of expression, yet meanwhile, integrative tendencies are setting in just as evolutionary ones were doing in Aquarius, the opposite sign to Leo.
Leo is the joy child, full of fun and laughter. Go out and do something fun, be gay and frivolous but realise the deeper meaning. An actor needs a stage and an audience, the 'other' is a necessary part of ourselves we are not isolated we are all connected and integrated. Love is a joint undertaking. And love is a mirror through which we come to know ourselves.

What are the Chakras for.
The following table will help you to understand the psychological and spiritual meanings of the Chakras in a developmental way.

Chakra	Central Question	Description	Colour
Base Chakra:	"Who am I?"	Search for identity. The first step in development is to know exactly who you are. This has nothing to do with what you do, your title or what you own. It is you as an individual. To do this is to hold your power. To seek it outside of yourself is to give away your power. Frustration is looking in the wrong place. This accounts for the idea of red meaning anger, whereas red is power.	Red.
Sacral Chakra:	"Where am I from?"	Working with personal history. The second step is a realistic and creative relationship with your past. This is not being locked into the past and stagnation. It is the ability to be creative. One should use your history as a thrust block to the future not as an anchor to the past. Learn from your mistakes and be strengthened by your success. Taking a different viewpoint is creativity.	Orange.
Solar Chakra:	"Where am I now?"	Current coping strategies. The third step is to maintain a balance of feeling and logic. Feeling without logic is fancy, logic without feeling is sterile. A refusal to be classified as a rational or an intuitive type. Taking a balanced view will help to maintain your own balance. Try standing on one foot, now consider, under-standing. What do you feel or think, is there a difference.	Yellow.
Heart Chakra:	"Who is in control?"	Central control. The fourth step is the realisation of your true essence, the being in "to be" and to work from the centre. Not self-centred but a centred self. A person who is centred as more control of themselves and the way their environment affects them. Consider yourself as the point at the centre of a circle of awarenes. Whatever the size of the circle the centre remains the same.	Green.
Throat Chakra:	"What are my needs?"	Self expression. The fifth step is an understanding that you have worth and a place in the scheme of things which needs to be nurtured. Not to exclude but to included. Everyone is here for a purpose and has something to offer, not to express yourself is to deny the cosmos your uniqueness. What will we do without your specialness you have not only a right to be here but a duty.	Blue.
Brow Chakra:	"What is my connection?"	Connection to the external. The sixth step is the discovery of your relationship to that which is in your world. This is spirituality in essence. Have a clear understanding of what is in your world and how it affects you and you it. With this description everyone is spiritual or has their own unique spirituality. We all have a brow Chakra and can use it.	Purple.
Crown Chakra:	"Where to begin again?"	Recreation. The seventh step is to take another look at yourself starting from step one. As you have approached this point you have grown and need to understand and develop the new you. All of life is based not on creation but on recreation. Every cell in your body is constantly being renewed, so we should be constantly renewing and recreating your whole self.	Magenta.

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