Does everything inside you rebel against authority, making you want to scream, “You can’t control me!”? If so, it’s true. No one can control you unless you agree to it. The fact that you don’t allow others to control you anymore is a sign of progress. It means that you’re moving away from a world of dependency and are claiming your personal authority as a self-directed, conscious soul ready to take responsibility for yourself.

Challenging the authority figures in your life is a necessary step in your growth. However, you must realize that not everyone or everything in your path is necessarily working against you. Ask your Warrior Guides for the courage to challenge what oppresses you and for the wisdom to know when to respect authority. Your Warrior Guides’ message: “Stand up for what’s important to you, and ask for it. However, don’t fight for its own sake. Respect the leadership and rights of others as well.”

The abundantly prosperous and infinitely loving Divine goddess Venus delights in guiding you in your business and money making matters. As the goddess of love and relationships, she affirms that at the heart of all success in business, you’ll find good relationships between people who trust one another. She points you to new levels of mastery in applying love in order to create the most advantageous business partnerships possible.

She wants to move you past any resistance to her garden of earthly abundance and learn the art of creating prosperity and success. With her assistance, you’ll find that you genuinely love what you’re doing professionally and have a new appreciation for those you work with. This win/win approach to business will empower your efforts, and soon you’ll find yourself in a state of grace when it comes to succeeding on the material plane. With Venus as your Divine mentor, you’ll be guided to the right place at the right time and blessed with the right ideas to create a successful outcome for all. Let your heart be as generous as possible in your work, and approach it as an art whose creations you delight in. Guard against becoming greedy or drunk with materialism. Venus’s message: “Business is an art, which you can master if you work from the heart and work with love.”

Your Healer Guides surround you and lovingly embrace your momentarily injured spirit. They want you to recognize that all attacks, betrayals, or injuries you’ve suffered (whether they were through the unconscious behavior of others or through your own misunderstanding or poor choices) have left you psychically wounded and fragile. It’s no wonder your guard is up! It’s difficult to trust even yourself at this time, but you must. And the only way to do so is to stop blaming yourself or others for what has occurred, and forgive all the way around. Learn from your experiences, and strengthen your boundaries and judgment.

All human beings make grave, and sometimes terrible, mistakes. It’s not your fault that you feel violated; it’s a lesson to learn from. Nor is it weak to acknowledge that you’ve been hurt. Denial may serve you in the midst of crisis, but it only handicaps you if you stay mired in it. Admit to your injuries and disappointments, and allow the nurturing forces of your Healer Guides to step in now. They’re able to soothe your soul and reweave your aura with their loving light and nurturing forces. Trust their influence by dropping your defenses and acknowledging your wounds. They urge you to seek support from capable, caring professionals who can help you learn from these disturbing experiences and show you how to prevent them from occurring again. Their message: “The danger has passed; you are safe. It is time now to heal and learn from your experience.”