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01/03/2026

Full Moon in Cancer (Jan. 3rd, 2026)
By Mitzi Johnston

“Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage war against passion and your appetite. Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody.” Kahil Gibran

On Jan. 3rd our sky is illuminated by the full moon in Cancer. As beautiful as it is, a full moon represents a tug of war between two parts of our psyche and lives. The sun in Capricorn represents our need to establish our place in the world, to work, to become our own authority, yet to look to others to govern it. It’s boundaries, restrictions, laws, and order. In our astrological charts it’s where we are determined to take charge, and climb the mountain, no matter how high. The moon in Cancer is nurturing, caring, emotional, and family oriented. Where it falls in our charts is where we make our home and establish our roots. During this full moon, we are being asked to find a balance between work and family, the outer world and home. Where have our responsibilities moved out of alignment? Do the boundaries we’ve established need to be enforced or altered? Am I more concerned about my place in the world or making money, than in nurturing myself?
We not only support our homes and families financially, but in the example we set. We show our children, partners and others around us what is most important, we help create their value system. Is work more important than rest, things more important than time? We teach each other where to put our energy and no where is this more significant than in our homes. We need to show not only how to work, but also to rest. To respect not only rules, and responsibilities, but ourselves. Both they and us have value. Between now and the new moon in Aquarius we are being given the opportunity to find a balance in these areas.

The sign of Cancer rules our stomach and breasts, problems in these areas may be showing us that we aren’t assimilating something in our life or that we have issues with nurturing. Capricorn holds ruler ship over our framework (bones, skin, and teeth). When problems show up in these areas we may have to look at how we are scheduling our lives or possibly the foundations of our beliefs.

During the Full Moon and the next two weeks the energy available to us is good for:

1. Stepping back and not letting our emotions get the best of us. This is a good time to look at the bigger picture and let reason guide us.

2. Asking ourselves if we are loving unconditionally?

3. Looking at life as all inclusive rather than exclusive. Everything is a piece
of the same puzzle and even the pieces we don’t like are needed to fulfill the divine plan.

4. Spending time with our families and seeing life from their perspective.

5. Letting go of past hurts and resentments.

6. Looking at our goals and assessing if they are still serving us. If you need to change something, now is the perfect time.

For more information on the Full Moon and how it affects you personally as per your natal chart, you can email me at this address miangels@live.ca or message me here. Consultations can be done by phone, email, or in person. Also please feel free to forward this to friends and family

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I hope this finds you living in immense joy, passion, and celebration - celebration of the LIFE you so deserve. Mitzi

12/05/2025

Gemini Full Moon (Dec. 4th, 2024)

"Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new."
Og Mandino

A full moon occurs each month when the sun and the moon are in opposition to each other in the heavens. On Dec. 4th, the sun will be in Sagittarius and the moon in Gemini. It is during the period of the full moon that things we started on a previous new moon can come to fruitation. During a Full Moon things that have been previously hidden can be brought to light and with Sagittarius/Gemini the thing that we need to find is usually information. Gemini seeks knowledge, yet it never questions too deeply. Gemini is lhappy with skimming the surface of an issue and then moving on to the next thing. Sagittarius seeks truth, at the depth of every question it poses is the truer question of who are we, why are we here, why is the world the way it is, and what can we do to make the world better? So it is during the next 2 weeks that we need the Gemini courage to ask a question, and the Sagittarian faith to listen, to consider, and to contemplate. With an open mind and heart we may need to step back from a situation where we may get an answer we weren’t expecting. This could be through another person, or our soul. We need to be able to step out of our past reactions and history and reach for a deeper meaning. We may also need to recognize that to some questions, the answer takes time and we may not be in the right position to fully grasp its meaning. This is when we need to cultivate acceptance of what is, and know that truth will be revealed when we our ready. What we need to avoid at this time is petty arguments that can arise, and search within ourselves for the reasons why these issues are arising?

Gemini rules our lungs, shoulders, arms and hands, so problems in these areas can mean we are holding on to tightly to something. Possibly we feel we are carrying to much responsibility or not enough. There can also be a fear of taking chances, hence holding our breath. Sagittarius rules the liver, pancreas and thighs. Problems associated with these areas can be from lack of faith, anger, or bitterness. Often a person suffering from one of these areas fails to enjoy the sweetness of life.

"Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions
the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy
and strength and peace."

The energy during the next 2 weeks is good for :
1.Broadening your horizons. Reading something different. Asking questions you normally don’t ask.
2.Expanding your territory. Introduce yourself to neighbors you haven’t met yet. Spend some time with coworkers you’ve never really talked to before. Frequent a new restaurant.
3.Communicate!! Share your hopes and dreams with your loved ones. Spend time journaling.
4.Learn a new way to express yourself. Music, dancing, poetry, art or stories.
5.Travel, whether it is long distance or to the next town, find somewhere new to go.

For more information on the Full moon and how it affects you personally as per your natal chart, you can email me at this address: miangels@live.ca Consultations can be done by phone, email, or in person. Also please feel free to forward this to friends and family

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I do hope that you have enjoyed a wonderful month and that the wings
with which you provided your thoughts are bringing you the fruits
of your wishes

Mitzi

11/06/2025

Full Moon in Ta**us, Nov. 5th, 2025

“We rise by kneeling ; we conquer by surrendering ; we gain by giving up . ”

With the sun in deep penetrating Scorpio and the moon in stubborn, sensual Ta**us we meet our resistance, our habits, our desires, our clinging to what was, our rage at having to let go. In these same archetypes that confine us are the keys to liberation. Ta**us offers the beauty, contentment, and the peace of our inner being. No other sign is more patient or tolerant. Scorpio brings passion, intensity, and depth. Scorpio brings the ability to see those things buried deeply in our psyche and the power of surrender. Ta**us clings to what it knows, afraid to yield to the unknown, the better the devil you know than the one you don’t. However like a river we must yield to the ever changing terrain, allowing our issues to become dammed up will only in the end see the dam break, tearing apart everything in its path. Scorpio is now asking us to be that ever flowing river, calling us to let go of our resistance. From now until the next Full Moon we need to examine our lives and honestly evaluate the things that are no longer working or growing. The Full moon offers us the illumination to see things as they really are, however we must first take off the dark glasses of denial. Once we release those things we no longer need, we make room for abundance and goodness to enter in.

Ta**us rules the throat in astrology, so if we experience laryngitis we need to ask ourselves where have we blocked the flow in our lives, what things our we holding in or afraid to let go of? A sore throat can indicate our resistance to hear the inner prompting of our souls, or the outer calls of our friends and families to change something in our lives. Scorpio rules the reproductive organs, so problems in this area can be in our inability to enjoy life or in embracing our creativity. It also rules the intestines and bowel with problems in this area asking us if we have a tendency to hang onto things we no longer need or are not assimilating needed information. No other time is more powerful than now to bring about transformation in our lives and like the legendary Phoenix bird rise above our self imposed limitations.

The energy over the next 2 weeks is good for……

1.Examining our lives and letting go of what we don’t need.
2.Cleaning our closets and dressers and getting rid of clothing that no longer fit or is no longer needed. We can work with someone else on this, but do not do it for another person.
3.Clean out our basements and any dark corners.
4.Doing a cleansing or body flush.
5.Learning to engage all of our senses. Touch, see, hear and smell everything.
6.Giving ourselves permission to just relax without any structure. Just be one with the moment.

For more information on the Full Moon and how it affects you personally as per your natal chart, you can email me at this address miangels@live.ca

Consultations can be done by phone, email, or in person. Also please feel free to forward this to friends and family

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I hope this finds you living in immense joy, passion, and celebration - celebration of the LIFE you so deserve. Mitzi

10/21/2025

New Moon in Libra (Oct. 21st, 2025 8:25 AM)

It's the age-old question: What is the meaning of life? Living this quest is as natural as breathing. It's how we learn and grow all a part of the process of life. We reach out to each other, for comfort, for love, for definition. And many times it is in our relationships that we find the meaning that we seek.

All new moons open a gateway to creating something new whether it is by recreating something already in our life or by starting at square one. New moons are a gift, a cosmic portal to rebirth. Libra is the sign of relationships, fairness, peace and balance in our lives, so it is in these areas we can reimagine the life we want to live. Today and for the next 2 weeks the universe is asking you to look at the relationships you have now, and to see where you can bring them back into balance. Think about it…you are in relationship with your heart, mind, soul and body. You have relationships with certain foods. You even have relationships with different kinds of weather, geographical regions, your thoughts, and of course other people. Give thought to your various relationships—physical and non-physical, human, or thought form—and ask yourself, "Where am I fictionalizing and not seeing or recognizing truth?" Where do you see the greatest honesty in how you perceive and tell the story of your relationship? If we see something we don’t like in anything we are in relationship with, we need to ask in what area we are out of balance ourselves. Where could we have a core belief that is keeping us in an endless loop of manifesting the same issues in our lives over and over again? What we perceive as a problem out there is really life giving us a clue into our own belief systems. Life is a mirror reflecting back to us the truth of our perceptions and in Libra we are being asked to look into that mirror honestly and openly.

In the body Libra rules the kidneys so problems here can indicate a need to flow with the changes that occur in our lives. We need to ask ourselves if we are holding on to outgrown patterns and relationships. Libra also rules the lower back with problems indicating a need to let go of past pain or to look at our value system and realign it with where we are in our lives.

Positive uses of the energy available over the next 2 weeks

1.Looking at where you are carrying around old outworn baggage (your own). Committing to cleaning it out. Literally cleaning out your purse, wallet or buying new luggage. The symbolism starts to move stuck energy.

2.Cleaning all the mirrors in your house and studying your reflection. Telling your higher self you are ready to see yourself and your perceptions clearly. It is absolutely amazing how doing this can open a floodgate into your beliefs.

3.Write out a list of what you want in a relationship. List everything right down to the fine details. New moons are the time for wishing, so make this your wish list. Once you’ve written it all down put it away somewhere and know that the universe will manifest it into your life.

4.Take a walk and watch the changing colors in nature. We need to be willing to change too, or we run the risk of drying up and withering away.

5.Ask yourselves if it’s time to change a routine. This is a good time to let go of some of the things that have become a habit more than a benefit to us.

Libra's influence is also a great time to think of things artistic, harmonious, and beautifying. You could set a goal to beautify your home, your environment at work, and even yourself. This is a time to listen to beautiful music, go to an art museum, or cultivate these artistic abilities within yourself.

"Your outer world of form and experience is a reflection of your inner world of thoughts and feelings. As above, so below. As within, so without. That is the Law."

All of us have Libra somewhere in our charts, so at some level we’re all affected. For more information on the New moon and how it affects you personally as per your natal chart, you can email me at this address miangels@live.ca

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I hope this finds you living in immense joy, passion, and celebration - celebration of the LIFE you so deserve

Mitzi

10/09/2025

09/21/2025

The New Moon In Virgo (Solar Eclipse) Sept. 21st, 2025 (3:54 PM EDT)

There is a very specific spiritual law
that states, "Nature abhors a vacuum."
Get rid of something and something new
can come in.

New Moons usually bring the energy of new beginnings, however with this being an eclipse, and happening at the end of Virgo, we are being called to release something first. What you need to let go of will depend on where Virgo sits in your natal chart, this will also be a place where you will make gains in doing so. Since this New Moon is in opposition to Saturn in Pisces conjunct Neptune, you also need to look at where Pisces sits in your chart, this will be where you can find the faith, inspiration, patience, and perseverance you’ll need to navigate this period. If you don’t have a natal chart the answers lay within your own heart, spend some time in meditation and contemplation (Pisces), and the answers will come. You may also find that over the next 2 weeks, and possibly as far ahead as the next 5 months that your nerves could become rattled by surprising events. This is earthquake energy, both literally and figuratively. Any unresolved tension will find an outlet through the earth as well as your life. Just remember that although the initial trauma can be deep, this will lead to the healing of not only this wound, but many others that may lay unresolved in your life. Also with this being a solar eclipse we can have some shocking news headlines. Solar eclipses tend to affect us at a global level. Health issues and concerns (Virgo) could also figure prominently as could issues in the work place (Virgo).

In the body Virgo rules the digestive system so problems here can be the inability to take in new information or being unable to let things go. Ask yourself if there is someplace in your life you’ve become stuck. Or where there could be something you’re not allowing yourself to understand.

The energy of this New Moon and the next 2 weeks is good for…….

1.Starting a new health routine. (Just remember you need to get rid of the bad habits first)

2 Start a diet.

3.Take up some kind of exercise program.

4.Volunteer for something and then keep doing it. (Virgo rules service)

5.Start a new job, or look for one.

6.Set practical, attainable goals.

7.Focus on concrete ways of developing self- discipline and self-mastery.

We all have Virgo in our natal chart somewhere. This is a great time to look at the qualities of organization and service in your life. Are you consumed by details, trying to attain impossible “perfection”? Or, perhaps there is some area of your life that could use a bit of tidying up. Are you giving true service in your life, or have you become an indentured servant to once treasured ideals.

"We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us". Joseph Campbell

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I hope this finds you living in immense joy, passion, and celebration – celebration of the life you so deserve. Mitzi

09/08/2025

Full Moon in Pisces (Lunar Eclipse) Sept. 7th, 2025

To confront a person with his own shadow
is to show him his own light.
--Carl G. Jung

During this Full moon your impressions of the world may not accurately reflect the world as it is. Pisces rules the hidden, the depths of our emotions and our souls. It wants to see the best in people, circumstances, and the world. Pisces wants to kiss the wound and make it better. Virgo rules the analyst and the worrier. It wants to discern every aspect of everything to the smallest quantum particle. Virgo sees the wound as a deep festering abscess in need of massive amounts of work. Yet the need, the wound we see as being outside ourselves is only a reflection of what’s within us. It is during this time with the moon in dreamy Pisces and the sun in analytical Virgo that we need to find our shadows and learn to love them, to forgive our own inadequacies and in turn those of others. During the next 2 weeks and potentially 5 months (full lunar eclipse) you may be tempted to take everything apart, analyze and criticize it and then find you can’t put it back together. Relationships can go through difficulties during this period as we make mountains out of molehills. Emotions can intensify as we see-saw from making to much of something to pretending nothings wrong. Full moons tend to pull energy back and forth between two polarities. So in Virgo we analyze something to death and in Pisces put on our rose colored glasses. We need to find a balance between these two extremes. If something calls for us to pay attention, we need to look at it (not too closely) then let it go. We need to apply faith and trust in the order of the universe to make it right. We’ll know the appropriate action at the right time. The eclipse intensifies the usual energy affecting us during a full moon, so the things that happen now can come as a complete shock, out of the blue and hit us where we’re most vulnerable. Yet out of the fire arises the Phoenix. In the body Pisces rules the immune system so problems here can indicate a need for more forgiveness in our lives for both us and others. Pisces also rules the feet so problems arising here can indicate our need for more faith in the divine order of things, in letting go and letting God. Virgo rules the digestive system so problems here can indicate our need to either let go of the past or to pay closer attention to detail, and not take so much for granted. You also need to ask yourself do you empower or disempower others.

Now and during the nest two weeks the energy available is good to:

1. Meditate or learn how. Anything that helps you go within.

2. Spend some time being creative. It’s a great time to be inspired (in – spirit)

3. Look at your diet and health. See where it needs improvement.

4. Start an exercise routine.

5. Pay attention to your dreams and keep a dream journal.

6. Read some poetry, or write your own.

7. Let go of past resentments. The only one you’re hurting is yourself.

The Pisces Full Moon is a perfect time to expand our senses and see ourselves as part of a great ocean of creation. Take the time to go out under the night sky and take in the boundless panorama of stars in the cosmos. With each breath, draw in the immense power and majesty of the universe and see yourself as a part, a thread, in the vast fabric

I hope this finds you living in immense joy, passion, and celebration - celebration of the LIFE you so deserve. Mitzi

08/23/2025

New Moon in Virgo (Aug. 25th, 2025 2:06 AM EDT)

With the moon Virgo, I struggle with finding a middle ground between the details of what is happening now, and the meaning with in the bigger picture of things. I was born with the sun in Pisces, in opposition to the Virgo moon. Even though this is a new moon in the heavens, it is my personal full moon. We all have one in our charts. It's the sign opposite your sun sign. For instance, for Cancer, it's full moon would be in Capricorn, when the moon transits there, for Leo it would be Aquarius, Libra/Aries. Quite often we feel challenged during these times.

With the moon in Virgo we tend to be more into noticing details and perfectionism, but can forget that the tapestry isn't complete until the last strand is in place. We may also be drawn to the flaw rather than the beauty with in it. Over the next couple week We will want to make sense of things but have a hard time doing so. The pieces may not fit together or we may feel as if something is missing. The challenge will be in allowing things to transpire without our interference, or judgement. Sometimes through disorder things are allowed to reorganize into something better. Allowing, during this period, is more to our advantage than controlling. Letting go, more freeing than holding on. Think of all the times in your life when the loose ends all fell perfectly into place. When like chicken little, you thought the sky was falling and the world would end, yet it only got better. Your lives right now are on the brink of something more wonderful than you ever thought possible. It is in allowing that freedom is found. It's a great period to look for the beauty in the flaw. Make note of how many imperfect things are in your closets, space, life and how much you love them. Expand beyond the details of the moment.

Health concerns (Virgo) could also figure prominently as could issues in the work place (Virgo). In the body Virgo rules the digestive system, so problems here can be the inability to take in new information or being unable to let things go. Ask yourself if there is someplace in your life you’ve become stuck. Or where there could be something you’re not allowing yourself to understand.

The energy of this New Moon and the next 2 weeks is good for…….

1.Starting a new health routine. (Just remember you need to get rid of the bad habits first)

2 Starting a diet.

3.Taking up some kind of exercise program.

4.Volunteering for something and then keep doing it. (Virgo rules service)

5.Starting a new job, or looking for one.

6.Setting practical, attainable goals

7.Focusing on concrete ways of developing self- discipline and self- mastery.

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I hope this finds you living in immense joy, passion,and celebration – celebration of the life you so deserve. Mitzi

07/25/2025

New Moon in Leo
July 24th, 2025 3:11 EDT

This New Moon is all about who we truly are at our core. It’s about where are heart is, and aligning it with our mind. It’s getting clear, and creating a plan to not only see ourselves, but become the self we we born to be. The New moon is opposing Pluto so it’s time to prepare for changes we may need to make. Mercury however, being retrograde is not a time for implementing them. Get clear, contemplate, and address any roadblocks, but wait until after August 11th to start to move forward. Neptune and Saturn are trining the New Moon so we should have the patience, discipline, and inspiration we need.

I know for myself my journey through life has been full of twists, turns, and unexpected detours. I have also become through it all, a fuller, happier, and more knowledgeable expression of the person I was as a child. The person I was before everyone else’s expectations clouded my inner light. My passion as child was to be a healer, only then I thought it meant being a Doctor. I also at different junctures felt I was a failure for not having that title. The reality is I knew who I was, but my experiences and perceptions were limited. It has only been through the challenges of life I’ve grasped its broader expression. I am the healer in every way it truly matters and yet I still have so much more to learn and give. Now is the time to find out where your inner light shines and plan how your going to let it shine out on the world.

In the body Leo rules the heart, so if Leo lacks love, applause or attention there can be problems with the heart. Remember that we need to love ourselves as well, and for many this is the hardest thing to do. Leo also rules the spine so you need to know that you can not only stand alone, but support others as well.

During the next 2 weeks the energy available to us is good for:

1. Healing our inner child. In the same way as we would treat our own children, or others, we need to extend the same courtesy to ourselves. We need to nurture ourselves and while we’re at it give ourselves a special treat.

2. Leo rules creativity, so spend some time creating. It doesn’t matter what, just find that inner spark and go for it.

3. Spend some time playing or just go for a walk through the park.

4. Cultivate forgiveness, when we don’t forgive, the only one ending up being hurt is ourselves.

5. Spend some time listening to your heart beat, then listen to your partners or your childrens. This brings us back into concious awareness of lifes rythms.

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I hope this finds you living in immense joy, passion, and celebration - celebration of the life you so deserve Mitzi

07/10/2025

Full Moon in Capricorn (July 10th, 2025)

Anything that you have to control, controls you!

Much like the lyrics of the song "The Climb" there's always gonna be another mountain, your gonna want to make it move. It's not going to be about how fast you get there or what's waiting on the other side. With the energy of Capricorn it's all about the climb. As the moon becomes full today we may be asking ourselves if it's all worth the effort? Part of us will be looking toward the peak of our ambitions and the other be drawn to the security of our roots, home, and family. Are we longing for comfort in the short term, or success in the future? There is a balance point here where we can have both, but it is up to us to find it. We can ask for help and delegate some of our responsibilities. We can bring our home and family to us by sharing our dreams and point out where we can all be once we reach our goals. This energy allows us the determination we need to make the climb, and reach whatever we are striving for. Success comes through putting one foot in front of the other, one step at a time. In someway over the next 2 weeks our faith in our path, or career may be shaken but we still need to keep moving. It's important not to lose sight of the horizon. In someway authority figures or older people may either clear our path or challenge our reserve. Either way they strengthen us if we can keep our egos out of the way. Perseverance is a hallmark of this sign so anything worth attaining is worth the obstacles we must surmount.

In the body Capricorn rules our own structures and boundaries. Problems in the skeletal system can indicate not standing our ground, or possibly being to fixed in our opinions. Problems with the skin can indicate a need for establishing healthy boundaries. Cancer rules the stomach; difficulties here can indicate our inability to assimilate anything new, or our inability to stomach a situation or person. The breasts are also ruled by Cancer with problems in this area indicating an inability to nurture ourselves, over mothering, or overbearing attitudes.

Other uses for the energy now and for the next 2 weeks:

1.Facing the issues in our lives with openness, and asking if we are calling this to ourselves by being to dependant or to controlling? Resolving to find a balance.

2. Asking ourselves if we love unconditionally?

3. Looking at life as all inclusive rather than exclusive. Everything is a piece of the same puzzle and even the pieces we don’t like are needed to fulfill the divine plan.

4. Spending time with our families and seeing life from their perspective.

5. Letting go of past hurts and resentments.

6. Looking at our goals and assessing if they are still serving us.

I hope this finds you living in immense joy, passion,and celebration - celebration of the LIFE you so deserve. Mitzi

For more information on the Full moon and how it affects you personally as per your natal chart, you can email me at this address miangels@live.ca Consultations can be done by phone, email, or in person.