The Complete Guide to Astrological Self-Care: A Holistic Approach to Wellness for Every Sign in the Zodiac (Volume 6) (Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia, 6)

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The keys to wellness are written in the stars. In The Complete Guide to Astrological Self-Care, astrologer Stephanie Gailing shares a modern-day approach to the ancient healing art of medical astrology. 
Astrology is a stellar language that allows us to understand the nuances of who we are and how to live our life with more insight and awareness. And while we may look to our zodiac signs to help us navigate our relationships, career, finances, and family matters, did you know that astrology can also play quite a pivotal role in helping us optimize our vitality and well-being? 
From passionate Aries to sensitive Pisces, and all the signs in between, each astrological profile is associated with a unique temperament and different needs when it comes to nurturing body, mind, and spirit. Knowing these can help you personalize your self-care regimen by incorporating natural remedies and wellness practices more aligned with your signs.
 
Divided into twelve chapters, one for each zodiac sign, The Complete Guide to Astrological Self-Care includes an array of holistic lifestyle approaches that will help you curate an astrologically aligned self-care regimen. For each sign you’ll find dozens of recommendations in categories including:
  Areas of Health Focus Eating Tips  Health-Supporting Foods Wellness Therapies Relaxation Practices Natural Remedies Essential Oils Flower Essences Yoga Poses Sleep Tips
In addition you’ll also discover ways to bolster your well-being by connecting to the celestial cycles, featuring topics such as:
 
Stellar Life Stages: You’ll discover a road map—including an array of wellness strategies and journaling questions—to navigate your self-care from your twenties to your eighties based upon astrological invitations that occur at different times in our lives.
 
The Moons: You’ll learn about the twenty-four different New Moons and Full Moons including the opportunities and challenges each one brings. You’ll find affirmations you can do on each lunation as well as self-care rituals to undertake and several questions to use as journaling prompts.
 
Planetary Retrogrades: Get a deeper understanding of the opportunities for awareness that Mercury, Venus and Mars Retrograde yield. You’ll discover strategies to sidestep stress, self-care suggestions, ways to work with your dreams, meditation techniques, flower essences, supportive crystals, and  journaling questions.
The Complete Guide to Astrological Self-Care is part of the Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia series, elegantly designed and beautifully illustrated books that offer comprehensive, display-worthy references on a range of intriguing topics, including dream interpretation, techniques for harnessing the power of dreams, flower meanings, and the stories behind signs and symbols.
Also available in the series: The Complete Book of Birthdays, The Complete Language of Flowers, and The Complete Book of Dreams.

From the Publisher

The Complete Guide to Astrological Self-Care covers a gamut of wellness astrology topics, organized into four parts:

PART 1: ZODIAC SIGNS

In the first part, you’ll find twelve sections—one dedicated to each of the zodiac signs. Each section includes individualized wellness profiles as well as holistic health approaches targeted for each unique astrological personality.

PART 2: STELLAR LIFE STAGES

In the second part, you’ll discover a cosmic road map that will help you navigate your wellness needs throughout life, from your twenties through your eighties. You’ll learn about the invitations of different phases of life as well as the self-care strategies that may help you bolster your vitality.

PART 3: THE MOONS

Here you’ll discover how to align your well-being with the lunar cycle. You’ll learn about the different Moon phases as well as access details on the wellness opportunities and challenges offered by the twenty-four different New Moons and Full Moons we experience each year.

PART 4: PLANETARY RETROGRADES

These sections demystify the retrograde cycles of Mercury, Venus, and Mars, showing you how you can make the most of these times. You’ll access perspectives and self-care strategies that can help you feel more connected and aligned.

Your Sun, Moon, and Ascendant Signs

SUN SIGN

When most people think about their astrology profile, they focus upon their Sun sign (what you answer when someone asks, “What’s your sign?”). As the Sun represents your vitality and the essence of who you are, the sign in which it resides can tell you a lot about your individual wellness profile. Therefore, reading your Sun sign section is the first step in designing a stellar self-care approach. Our Sun signs are the easiest to determine as all they require is knowing our birthday. If you don’t already know your Sun sign, look below to discover it. Yet note that each year the Sun may change signs a day or after the ones noted. Therefore, if your birthday is on the cusp, you’ll want to calculate your chart to determine what Sun sign you are. You can readily do so using one of the websites listed in the Resources section (page 252) or by consulting with a professional astrologer.

MOON SIGN

Your Moon sign embodies your emotional being. Learning more about it can help you better learn how to nourish yourself, connect to your feelings, and understand how to feel more at home in your body and your life.

ASCENDANT (OR RISING) SIGN

The Ascendant—also referred to as the Rising Sign—is a key feature of your astrology chart that symbolizes the way in which you present yourself to the world. It represents how you engage with the environment and navigate your life. Additionally, it’s thought to describe characteristics of our physical body, making it a noteworthy signifier of health.

LEO

Personal Health Profile

Leos radiate an incandescent sense of wellness and vivacity. Roaring with stamina, you energetically participate in the many experiences life presents to you, including those that allow you to share your creative and shining self with the world.

With an ambitious and generous spirit, you may become overly fired up about the projects you undertake; this may be inspiring, and yet it can also sometimes be stressful, let alone exhausting. Luckily, your fiery nature and ability to find creative solutions will usually help you quickly rebound to your full-spirited energy level.

While Leos have an active and enthusiastic nature, it’s important to recognize that you can sometimes fall prey to streaks of laziness. Let yourself enjoy these respites, although be aware if they cause you to stray too far from your dedication to exercise, eating well, and other aspects of your wellness routine.

The motivation of Leos to continually better themselves, in addition to their desire to take control of their own destinies, makes a self-care program of wellness therapies and natural remedies very attractive. Self-care lets you rely on your strong sense of agency rather than having to depend on others, thus allowing you to maintain the dignity so important to the proud Leonine soul.

Areas of Health Focus – The parts of the body associated with Leo include: The heart, which keeps blood flowing and symbolizes love and joy The spine, through which vital life-force energy moves The hair, an expression of your luster

Healthy Eating Tips

Cancers gravitate toward food; after all, yours is the sign of nourishment and nurturance. While food can provide you with comfort, be aware of becoming too reliant on it for soothing wistful moods.

BE AWARE OF EMOTIONAL EATING LOVINGLY PREPARE YOUR FOOD COOK WITH YOUR MELTING POT

CANCER

CHARACTERISTICS Defensive, emotional, gentle, hospitable, indirect, kind, moody, nostalgic, nurturing, protective, sensitive, traditional. SYMBOL The Crab, an animal known for both its hard shell that protects a soft interior and its claws that defend and gather food. PLANETARY RULER The Moon, known for its cycles and for reflecting the Sun’s light. Selene was the Greek goddess of the Moon while her Roman counterpart was known as Luna. ELEMENT Water, which embraces the fluid energy of emotion, reflection, and nonlinear understanding. It is sensitive, personal, and responsive. MODALITY Cardinal, which loves beginnings and the first stage of a creative project. Cardinal signs are motivated, ambitious, and enterprising. They encounter stress when things are not fresh and new.

SAGITTARIUS Yoga Poses: The Archer loves to learn, and yoga can provide you with an unending experience of discovering new postures, spiritual insights, and ways of being mindful in your practice.

WARRIOR II (VIRABHADRASANA II)

Within the expansively open posture that characterizes Warrior II, you can see the speculative nature of the Archer. In this posture, you gaze into the distance over your outstretched arm, peacefully visualizing a goal that lies ahead just over the horizon.

FIRE LOG (AGNISTAMBHASANA)

With the hips as an area of focus for fiery Sagittarius, the intense, hip-opening Fire Log pose can be very beneficial for the Archer. This posture stretches the hip flexors as well as the gluteus and piriformis muscles.

HIGH LUNGE (UTTHITA ASHWA SANCHALANASANA)

High Lunge pose lengthens the Sagittarius-ruled quadricep and psoas muscles. It also teaches an important pearl of yogic wisdom: no matter how many times you do a pose, even one as basic as this, you can always learn new things about your body and breath.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wellfleet Press (April 27, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1577152344
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1577152347
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.1 x 0.95 x 10 inches