Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves – Confucius

Kung Hei Fat Choy – Happy New Year; the year of the Chinese Water Dragon. May your year be filled with love, happiness and good fortune.

The Moon starts a new cycle on Wednesday 26th at 19.55 GMT. 

It signifies a time for ’new beginnings’, to look forward, to start new projects, relationships or just to make major changes in your life. 





Well I am back…….. I have had a break over the summer as I moved house, the second time in 10 months.

This time was stress free as I was very organised and the house I have moved to is, feng shui, a wise a lot better. It was only after I had moved into my last house that I found out it had been an undertakers!! OK, it had been knocked down and rebuilt but the huge garage (which was once a cow shed) was where they drove the departed into before laying them out in the chapel of rest which was my kitchen…..

The feeling in the house was very, very yin even though I did everything possible to lift the atmosphere but in the end it got irritating. I never felt worried or picked up on any presence so I can’t say that but it just didn’t ‘feel’ right.  

Things are settled now; I have a nice office, good aspects and lovely water feature so I am happy.

My crazy friend Di came to visit today, she is the yoga teacher who lives on the idyllic Christchurch/Bournemouth boarder. Her house is literally a few minutes’ walk to the beach so she is very fortunate. Di has a lot going on in her life so I took her off to have her Tarot cards read. She emerged from her reading beaming, she said Pat (my tarot lady) was extremely accurate and she had a fabulous reading. It was nice to spend time with Di as she has such wonderful, positive energy that always rubs off on me.

Forgot to say I have a ‘rock star’ that lives in the house that backs on to the end of my garden!!!!!! Not sure who he is but Saturday evening someone was playing a guitar, it was like heaven – and the cars that are parked at the front of his house……. maybe I will have to call him ‘RS’ like columnist Liz Jones does about her man – think I will have to drop one of my business cards in…….

I had a fabulous day out yesterday with my friend Joanne.

We drove to Avebury, the home of the Avebury ring which is the oldest stone ring that is known to be in existence anywhere in the world and is even older than Stonehenge.

The large circle contains a grass bank that measures about 427m in diameter and reaches as high as six meters.  Within the grass area is an inner ditch that can be entered via four entrances at each of the points on a cardinal compass. It is thought that the circle must have originally contained about 98 stones, but sadly only 27 stones have survived.

Within the circle of massive stones are two smaller stone circles that sit inside the centre of the ring.  In the Northern sector there are four of the 27 stones left and in the Southern sector of the ring five of the original 29 stones are still standing.

It is speculated that the inner circles were created first in about 2600BC while the outer circle and ditch were created later in 2500BC.

Joanne and I were very impressed; we had wonderful tea and cake in the National Trust restaurant next to the stones and walked round at a leisurely pace taking in the atmosphere. Although it was popular (school holidays) the area is so vast that you are not overcrowded.

A real couple of plus points, the car park is just £5 for the day, (this goes towards upkeep of the stones) but entrance to the stones is free and unlike Stonehenge you can touch, hug and get close to them. Also, it is not ‘touristy’, there are a couple of shops but the NT really do not want it overloaded with tacky shops so full marks to them. You could spend the whole day walking around the area and for a fiver you really can’t go wrong.

After leaving Avebury we made our way to Glastonbury. OK it is not the easiest of places to get to but I have visited many times before and never get bored. You can see the Tor with St Michael’s tower proudly perched on the top long before you reach the town, who needs sat nav with such a beacon?

We wandered around the shops gazing at crystals, spells and witches broomsticks, I did purchase a potion from one of the magic shops for my friends who are having trouble with their neighbours – only something gentle to calm the noise down. I did pick up a beautiful wishing thread, some angel ornaments and potions, but trust me there was a whole load of goodies that if I had the bank balance would have been purchased in a trice – still next time maybe!!!!

The day was finished off with a fab veggie meal in the 100 Monkeys and a bus ride nearly to the top of the Tor.

You do have to be fit and wear sensible shoes to make it to the top, it does make the heart pound and the legs ache but trust me it is so, so worth it as the view is stunning. As the last bus had long gone we took a slow stroll back the town just as the sun was setting. All in all it was a wonderful day.

A friend emailed this to me this morning – I like the sentiments.

A little girl had been shopping with her Mom. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence.

 It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there, under the awning, just inside the door of a supermarket. 

We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day.

I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world.  Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child came pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day. 

Her little voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in, ‘Mom let’s run through the rain,’ she said. 

‘What?’ Mom asked. 

‘Let’s run through the rain!’ She repeated. 

‘No, honey. We’ll wait until it slows down a bit,’ Mom replied. 

This young child waited a minute and repeated: ‘Mom, let’s run through the rain.’ 

‘We’ll get soaked if we do,’ Mom said. 

‘No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,’ the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom’s arm. 

‘This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?’ 

‘Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, ’ If God can get us through this, He can get us through anything!’

The entire crowd stopped dead silent.. I swear you couldn’t hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one left. Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say.

Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child’s life. A time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith. 

‘Honey, you are absolutely right. Let’s run through the rain. If GOD lets us get wet, well maybe we just need washing,’ Mom said. 
Then off they ran. We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and yes, through the puddles. They got soaked.They were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. And yes, I did – I ran.  I got wet.  I needed washing. 

Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories…So, don’t forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories everyday.

I HOPE YOU STILL TAKE THE TIME TO RUN THROUGH THE RAIN. 

Sunday – sat in my conservatory with the rain pounding on the roof. Ok I know people will be moaning about it but at least the gardens are having a good soaking, crops are benefiting and reservoirs are being replenished.  I love it, I feel all cosy, and have even lit a couple of candles to add to the atmosphere.

I have had tonsillitis for about 10 days now. I finally gave in after a week and started a course of antibiotics; they have started to kick in so I feel a lot better.

A very dear friend of mine emailed and said what an awful friend she was not realising that I had been poorly. She is a busy lady and is always on the go rushing around at a 100 miles an hour.

As I said to her true friendship is something very special. To me it is being able to turn up on a friend’s doorstep at 4am if I have a problem. They will not shout and scream about the early hour, but will calmly just put the kettle on and listen.

There are times in everybody’s life when we don’t keep in as much contact with our nearest and dearest as we should. But true friendship is being able to pick up where you last left off without any awkwardness, too fall back into effortless conversation without any hesitation, judgement or retribution.  

So how would you judge true friendship?

So Miss Beckham has finally made her long awaited arrival into the world.

David and Victoria have named their new daughter Harper Seven, but then we would not expect anything ordinary, would we?  

I decided to work on Harper’s 9 Star Ki numbers – I already knew that her birth Star would be 7 Lake, as all people born since the beginning of February this year are. So are mum and dad really into Feng Shui, and is this why she has the unusual middle name?  Her Inner Star is the 3 Thunder, and outwardly she will shine and illuminate with the 9 Fire Star.

Harper’s footballer dad loves wearing 7 on the back of his shirt; he took the number over from Eric Cantona after he left Manchester United. Now David may not have known why he was drawn to this number, but coincidentally he is in fact a 7 Lake Star as well!

7’s are the youngest daughter – outgoing and fun loving. They like to indulge, spending money on fashion, having a good time and can be quite materialistic. 7’s have a carefree spirit and usually let their older siblings take care of things. So, with three older brothers to wrap around her carefully manicured finger Miss Beckham should breeze through life with little or no concerns.

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” – Albert Einstein

Petra Kvitova was seeded 8th at Wimbledon. No ladies 8th seed has ever gone on to win the ladies title! Petra’s 9 Star Ki Birth Star is the 1 Water Star, and she is in an 8 phase this year!