Astrology thinking back-up business forecasts for women
Trying to read the Sunday Times is always a challenge with my 7 and 4 year old competing for my attention. However, without fail I always manage to peruse the Style Magazine for any juicy features and see what Shelley’s astrological musings reveal for the next week. The first edition for the new year had an article entitled “Meet the lipstick entrepreneurs” written by Fleur Britten, forecasting huge gains for women in business over the next decade. Mm, I thought that resonates with some of my astro thinking! Apparently “Femterprise” is on the rise, partly due to the “mancession”. Well then how do we explain that astrologically? A series of eclipses during 2010 and 2011 will be focussing their attention on the signs of Capricorn and Cancer, the traditional rulers of men and women, father and mother, home and career! Eclipses bring certain matters to our attention and is likely to serve as a catalyst for change in this domain. A report by Avon cosmetics claims that in the last year there has been a significant growth of female start ups and women entering the workforce for the first time due to the recession. So anticipate the rise of the homeworking “mumpreneur” (of which I am one) who can manage her home, child and work committments around her own schedule. Now in addition to the eclipses, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto are all squaring up to each other in 2010 and 2011, all instigators of change in one form or another. Uranus in the mix requires a change from the norm, Saturn in Libra will require greater fairness and equality in business and Pluto in Capricorn will ensure that transformational changes will occur particularly for women as the karmic degree of the T square points to the sign of Cancer (ruler of women). So we may start to see more women in top jobs and on the board of directors. The Future Laboratory argues that female methods make a lot more sense now as companies are beginning to value feminine skills of intuition, communication and caring. Perhaps the whole astrological picture is really just about valuing the feminine approach to business and adopting some of those skills and attributes. Nevertheless, here come the girls!
