Friday, January 9, 2015

Capricorn

Overview

There is a huge plot change for you this year, Capricorn. Your ruling planet, Saturn has been navigating the dark and fixed waters of Scorpio for the past two plus years, teaching you everything there is to know about deep feelings, letting go and resourcefulness. You've been putting a tremendous amount of energy into your career and life goals and committing to the long haul. This has served your career well. The only downside is that you've been a bit all work and no play, dear. You're so ready for a serious break and more you-time in 2015. Saturn will now spend the next few years in your sector of sleep, escapism and retreat. Cultivate as much time in your daily schedule for soul time, zoning out and tuning into your dreams as possible. This summer, Saturn will dip back into your house of goals and social networking between June and September. Use this time to finalize any loose ends or revamp any of your bigger schemes that still feel clunky. This year brings the final of seven Pluto-Uranus squares in March. You've been on a crash course of growth, evolution and power for the past few years. Actually, this intense metamorphosis began in 2008 when Pluto first entered your sign. You have until 2024 to go for the final transformation, but this could be one of the most pivotal of all in terms of a huge growth surge. You're truly stepping into your power and determination to build work and relationships that last. Integrity is where it's at, as always.

You'll have the continued power and presence of the North Node of Fate at the top of your chart pushing you hard to achieve more worldly goals. This influence started last year in your career zone and will continue throughout all of 2015. This makes you a bit obsessive about taking your status to the next level. It feels fated. This April, there is a total lunar eclipse occurring at the top of your horoscope. This will totally catapult your career to crazy new heights. Expect to be ridiculously busy and popular (even more so than last year). In order to balance all of this ambition and success, you're going to be in need of serious downtime. Make a plan to slow down this summer if not sooner. It's time to give back to yourself for all that you give, Capricorn.

Jupiter will continue to bless your house of resourcefulness until August, so expect generous support from friends, benefactors and people who just want to help and support your empire. There's nothing wrong with an abundance of gifts, just be sure to show your gratitude to keep it flowing. You're also tapping into your own depths and learning how to transform any archaic fears and insecurities into your greatest strengths. The first half of the year is excellent for research and introspection. Give yourself plenty of private time to go deep. You're preparing for some major breakthroughs during the latter part of 2015. When Jupiter changes signs in August, you'll be ready to expand your horizons in a major way -- perhaps even internationally. Loads of long-distance travel is definitely in your future from late summer and well into 2016.

Romantic

The full Moon arrives in your relationship zone right at the start of the year on January 4. This first week will highlight love themes from 2014 that are culminating and perhaps ending now. Relationships are still a huge theme this year, Capricorn. It's all about balance and the never-ending give and take. You tend to be the caretaker and forget the importance in giving back to yourself. This year, you're learning how important it is to take equal if not more time to replenish your own heart. You're also more aware than ever how necessary it is to make quality time for your relationships. Ambition has to take a backseat to your love life in order to regain the lost balance from 2014. Making your romantic realm the priority will actually sustain every other area of your life, because it will fill you up.

The total lunar eclipse in April puts the focus on partnerships. Peace, harmony and compromise are the continued lessons in love. You're a born diplomat at heart, so you may be teaching others in your life how to get along with more peace and sweetness and less conflict. You've been a bit obsessed around relationship themes, patterns and for several years now, but this is the time you may actually and finally get the clarity you have so desperately been wanting. Mars and Venus will have a sexy collision at the base of your horoscope this April, so you can look forward to a sassy little springtime renewal. Venus, the planet of love and beauty goes retrograde in the sign of romance this August, Expect old lovers to come crawling out of the woodwork when you least expect it, Capricorn. This transit will take place in your house of sexuality and intimacy, so should bring a heightened sense of drama to your love life. If you're tempted to go back to an old flame, make sure this isn't just a nostalgic fancy that will shift again when Venus comes out of retrograde at the end of summer. It's probably just a little summertime reminiscence of romantic days gone by. Enjoy, but best not to remain attached. You're totally ready for the higher love in 2015.

Career

Your career continues to be stellar and clipping along at crazy speed. You're forever ambitious but you're definitely in an especially potent success groove in 2015, Capricorn. The North Node moved into your career zone last year and continues to bring fated opportunities to keep your status elevated and moving forward to even greater heights. There is a total lunar eclipse occurring at the top of your chart in April. This is the most prominent professional surge of the year. Expect your eyes to be blasted wide open to epiphanies this spring. You're being shown the perfect way to balance home and career in a way that radically alter your life for the next 19 to 20 years.

Saturn, your ruling planet will spend the first half of the year taking you into more of a research mode, Capricorn. Better to reflect than do. When Saturn goes direct on August 2, you'll feel like you're able to turn some of your more elaborate and expansive dreams into gold. Your imagination continues to be your best asset this year, so don't underestimate the power of drifting and fantasizing. It's, in fact, not a waste of time. You need regular intervals to unplug and tap into your creative force in order to prepare for a new and more glamorous cycle with your work. Your resourcefulness is your second best asset this year, with Jupiter bringing heaps of wisdom and creativity. Give yourself plenty of time for private time and research because that is often where you will reap the greatest inspiration. This could mean you're less social than you have been in the past few years, but it's just a phase and it will totally pay off, Capricorn. It's worth embracing your inner introvert in order to access your inner world of infinite possibility and ideas.

The real expansion phase begins late this summer when Jupiter moves into sister Earth sign, Virgo and emphasizes your travel zone. August kicks off a year of wanderlust and the need for foreign travel. Adventure is calling and you should have plenty of opportunities to expand your horizons. This is all preparation for your best and luckiest career phase in late 2016. You are cultivating global experience to enrich your world of inspiration and understanding. In other words, the more travel, the better in late 2015. Your career will greatly benefit as a result, so there is no need for guilt over the extravagance. Jet set your way to success!

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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Say Geronimo!



My anthem for the season
Because I'm still trying to rise up amidst all my emotions.

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Feeling of Emptiness


I guess my 2015 isn't off to a good start. I feel empty and left out. Sorry if I'm being a drama queen but that is what my life feels like these days. The emptiness comes from deep within. Another quarter life crisis? I don't know. Probably not. I thought I'm past that stage already. Besides, I'm already 28. All I want right now is to have a stable and happy life. But how? Sometimes I just wish that my "the one"/prince charming would come along, we would fall in love, get engaged, be married, and build a happy family. You know, the kind of stuff adult or mature people do. And then, I also dream of pursuing my goals, career-wise. I still dream of becoming a doctor. I still dream of doing that big MD-PhD thing in a world-renowned university. Or maybe I can do a PhD first, then MD.

Dreams, dreams, dreams.

Right now, I feel like I'm light years away from all of them.


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Sunday, January 4, 2015

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Goodbye and Thank you 2014

Before the year ends, before we bid goodbye to 2014, I'd like to reflect on the year that was. There's really a lot of things to be thankful for.
  • Work. I am surrounded by encouraging and inspiring bosses. My labmates are all kind and enthusiastic. Those are exactly the things that I prayed for back in 2013! 
  • Health. I am also thankful for good health. Really, health is wealth! 
  • Family. My loved ones are always there to listen to me, support me, and love me. They are my treasure.
  • Friends. Old and new, they bring sunshine into my life.
  • Savings. Little by little, I am learning to save up for my future.
  • Travels. My travels would probably be the highlight of my 2014. I am not your typical traveler though. I am not really an adventurous person (but sometimes I can be, hehe). I actually travel to de-stress and to see and experience culture.
Pandin Lake, San Pablo City, Philippines

The Ruins, Talisay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Victorias City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Calaguas Islands, Vinzons, Camarines Norte, Philippines
Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
Apsan Park, Daegu, South Korea
Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea
Bukchon Hanok Village, Seoul, South Korea

Deoksugung Palace, Seoul, South Korea

Marco Polo Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines



Thank you 2014! You are amazing!

Hoping that 2015 would be great as well, awesome and wonderful...and a year filled with love. 

Home for Christmas


Here in the Philippines, Christmas is a very important event where families come together, attend mass on Christmas eve, and have noche buena (dinner/feast) in their homes. Thus, even if I'm working and living in a different province, I really make it a point to come home for Christmas. 

Every year I also make sure to wrap some presents for my mom, dad, grandmother, and brother. It's a time of giving and it always makes me smile whenever I see them opening the gifts.


I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!



And, of course, let us not forget the reason for the season:

Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. It is a time of remembering and giving thanks for God has sent his one and only son to save us.

Happy birthday Jesus!