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The Bright Spot of Your Sun Sign, by Kristy Robinett

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

The twelve sun signs each have their own unique positive traits that helps to make them who they are. Often, we focus on the most complicated and annoying character traits, but knowing the positive characteristics is just as important for personal success and growth and assists in coping in various situations that appear throughout one's life. These are the bright spots of each sun sign.

Aries Bright Spot
The Aries is a leader; they are ambitious and full of energy. They can overcome any challenges that try to trip them up. They walk their walk, and talk their talk, with great enthusiasm and passion. A generous and loyal friend, they see the positive potential within others. A facts keeper, the Aries is grounded, levelheaded, and the bravest of the brave.

Taurus Bright Spot
The Taurus is a "rock" for many. Dependable and trustworthy, they make friends for a lifetime. Goal-oriented in both their personal and professional lives, they see this existence as one big itinerary. They are quick to help get their inner circle back on track, whether it be with debt or soul-searching. They prefer safety and security, which makes them devoted and true-blue.

Gemini Bright Spot
The Gemini is never boring, always witty and exciting. They are highly intelligent, and skilled in anything they put their mind to. They love problem-solving, especially when it comes to a vexing drama. The Gemini is the one to go to and talk it through with. They don't just want to hear the gossip (they do love their gossip), but they also want to share their skill of expressing their opinions.

Cancer Bright Spot
The Cancer is the sleeper of the zodiac. Often discounted because they are so loyal and steady, this sign is multi-passionate and surprisingly spontaneous. They love their home as if it was their castle, and they fill it with friends and family. The Cancer is naturally friendly, and extremely intuitive and intelligent. They have an uncanny ability to facilitate their energy on nurturing the right person, at the right time for that person.

Leo Bright Spot
The Leo is an amazing manager in both their personal and professional lives. They wear their confidence like a cloak, and are loyal and protective of those they love, providing for them in an undying fashion, with generosity and passion. The Leo is often surrounded by people, as they are the beacon of light, a magnet of goodness, quick wit, creativity, and love.

Virgo Bright Spot
The Virgo is highly intelligent, including their cache of common sense. Whether planning a toddler's birthday party or heading an executive meeting, the Virgo has amazing attention to detail. They have a clear picture of what they want running through their head like an award-winning movie, and they keep control of every situation. The Virgo strives for stability and pragmatic thinking.

Libra Bright Spot
The Libra is charming, charismatic, and well-balanced (in most situations). They make amazing friends and are excellent mediators because they can see all sides of the story. They are gentle souls who simply want justice, peace, and love, and will do whatever they can to try and create an environment that emulates that same energy. The Libra wants uncomplicated and unassuming simpleness.

Scorpio Bright Spot
The Scorpio is intense and passionate. They work a crowd well, often perceived as the life of the party with their wit and humor, all the while craving introversion. Their mysteriousness and deep-thinking make them one of the most loved and most hated of the Zodiac. Although they may claim that what you see is what you get, they will quickly change the scene when you get too close to solve the perceived puzzle of their soul.

Sagittarius Bright Spot
The Sagittarius is versatile, always curious and strong-willed. They are amazing organizers, researchers, and managers, always thirsting for more knowledge and personal expertise. A cheerleader to their family, friends, and co-workers, they have a simple optimism. You will know where you stand with a Sag as they have a "tell-you-like-it-is-without-any-sugar-coating" attitude that is refreshing.

Capricorn Bright Spot
The Capricorn are ambitious and methodical. They are rational and practical, no matter whether its their approach to work life or romantic notions. They have big ideas and goals they set out independently to achieve, knocking down whatever obstacle that may attempt to dismiss them. Creative thinkers, they find solutions even in the most difficult situations. They aren't afraid of tough decisions or being assertive.

Aquarius Bright Spot
The Aquarius is the encourager. They have a compassionate, yet frank way of helping others see their true potential. They have big ideas, on a grand scale, to help others better themselves and the drive to better the world. Innovative and a bit eccentric, they are the old souls of the Zodiac who aren't always taken seriously. Yet, the Aquarius has a beautiful part in helping bring love to the negative energy without drawing attention.

Pisces Bright Spot
The Pisces loves deeper than most, with deep compassion and sensitivity. They are generous, open-minded, and will move heaven and earth to try to help those they love to be happy. Creative and highly in-tune with people, animals, and the energy around them, their quick wit and intelligence may be surprising, as they rarely want to be a showoff.

In Conclusion
Although you share sun signs with many others, whether optimistic or introverted, confident or quiet, your traits should be loved for their individualistic authenticity. The portfolio of your soul is yours and only yours. They can be cultivated, shined up, or dimmed down according to life situations, but they still are part of the core of who you are. It's your best traits that makes you each born under a good sign.

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2019. All rights reserved.

My 14-year-old niece has been visited by a boy who appears to be around eight years old. He has been around since she was four years old. He has never said anything to her. He has tried to approach her on a few occasions. She says that an old woman came into the picture a few years ago, and she takes him away with an angry look on her face like she is upset with my niece for noticing them. This is starting to really scare her. Now he is everywhere, even in school. I really want to help her but I don't know how. There are cases of bi-polar disorder and OCD in my family, but her pediatrician doesn't believe she has a mental disorder. For some strange reason, she is terrified of priests and she refuses to go near them. This is getting out of hand and I'm desperate to find help for her. If she goes to a psychologist, they won't believe it's paranormal and I'm afraid she'll get worse if she's told it's all a hallucination and she is mentally ill. How can we tell if this is a ghostly encounter as opposed to a psychological disorder?

Astrea:

First you all have to get together and send that poor little boy into the light, and the YiaYia, too. He's been stuck between here and there for many years now, maybe 200 or more. He didn't speak when he was alive - that's why he doesn't speak to anyone who sees him now. He is desperate to leave the Earth Plane and sees your niece as a miracle of hope.

The YiaYia is a manifestation of his imagination; it drags him away to wander the in between space eternally. There are easy, safe rituals to send him into the Light. Personally, I use the prayer to St. Michael the Archangel, ring the bell, close the Book, blow out the candle and have a nice trip, goodbye! Warn your niece to expect to miss him for a while, for they've been together a long time.

Ruling out the possibility of mental illness in any teen is tricky, but your niece's case is pretty clear. Her generation is the first in the family to feel safe in revealing what is going on between them and those from Beyond the Veil. Their communication with spirits is going to be so much more natural than was the case with our generation.

Here is how you can help: Supply the tools she needs in order to process what is happening within her. If she's not keeping a journal of these experiences, have her start now. If you can, buy her an inexpensive laptop to use as a notebook so what she's experiencing stays in one place - on that laptop.

Always let her know that you accept everything she says as true so she doesn't have to convince you; you just need to know what's going on so you'll know what other tools to get for her. By skipping the painful you have to believe me part with you, she can approach her growing powers with a clearer head.

Her fear of priests is normal, for I'm sure she went up against the Judges in a number of past lives. She senses an old danger from priests. Maybe the priestly outfit scares her too, the way some kids are scared of clowns. She's not possessed by a demon (even though the poor kid probably thinks she is at times), and the people she sees can't and won't hurt her. In fact, she can help them.

Finally, you can call on medical doctors or open-minded psychologists who believe that what is happening to your niece is within the range of possibilities. Take your time and find a mental health professional who can guide your niece toward peace with her psychic ability.

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Susyn:

You pose an interesting question. As a psychic, I do wonder how often paranormal activity is dismissed as an illusion or hallucination.

New terms for various disorders (such as Bi-polar, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)) continue to be created in an attempt to cover a select set of symptoms or behaviors. I have often found that clients who have been diagnosed with some mental disorder are really suffering from a haunting, possession, or the attachment of a discarnate spirit.

Psychological disorders are presumably caused by chemical imbalances or traumatic experiences that skew the patient's perceptions. In your niece's case, you don't mention any basis for tying her experiences to a mental disorder.

Your niece noticed this boy at a young age, which suggests the presence of a poltergeist, earthbound spirit or familiar spirit from a past life who longs to be near her. Sometimes when a twin dies in utero, the spirit of the twin can visit the surviving twin in childhood. You might want to question her parents to see if this is a possibility.

Before children reach the age of 5 or 6, it is very common for them to see spirits no one else can see and to recall their past lives in vivid detail. Your niece's aversion to priests could have originated from a traumatic past life experience. After a point, these memories diminish, so even if a small child has an invisible playmate they see often, these experiences will tend to fade away as they grow older.

There are a number of ways to determine if this is a paranormal event, and there are actions your niece can take to rid herself of an unwanted spirit if need be. You might encourage her to visit a psychic or even a priest or minister in order to determine the identity of this boy spirit and get more peace and clarity. In other words, it's time to seek spiritual help.

If this little boy is a discarnate spirit, a good psychic will know how to send him towards the light and help him cross over to the other side. If that is not effective, a priest can perform the rites of exorcism to alleviate this haunting.

It's a good idea to get some help for your niece now to prevent psychological problems in the future, for if she continues to encounter spirits and have psychic experiences that others consider crazy or impossible, she may begin to doubt her own sanity.

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.