Your Divine Helpers are here to help you take off your blinders and more honestly assess the difficulties in your intimate relationships. Although you’d prefer to believe that ignorance is bliss, the truth is that denial is not a river in Egypt, nor is it a genuine form of protection against unhappiness. Your guides gently ask you to summon the courage to honestly admit the real problems that exist in your relationships. As difficult as they may be, until you do so, there’s no chance that these shadows will ever heal. So, for example, admit when your wife isn’t just tipsy, but, rather, is drunk, as she can be on many nights. Or admit (at least to yourself) that when your son says he can’t find a job it’s because he isn’t looking that hard. Or that when your partner says he must work late every single night for months that an affair or other digression is likely. Most important, admit what you might be hiding from your loved ones: Acknowledge your fears, addictions, excuses, and failures honestly and with compassion. Realize that what your mind blots out, your heart knows . . . and so does everyone else. In other words, when you’re in denial, you’re only kidding yourself. What your mind blots out, your heart knows.

Your Divine Helpers want you to acknowledge these unpleasant realities because until you do, you’ll be stuck with them. Not every unpleasant reality needs to be challenged or changed, however. Sometimes it’s best to compromise, or let things be. If your partner is generally sloppy, for example, but is otherwise a gem, let it go. However, if your partner is in serious trouble (or vice versa), you’re only harming yourself and others—and perpetuating the problem—by denying it. Your Divine Helpers’ message: “Take off the blinders, and be open to the truth about others and yourself. Only then can you learn and grow past problems.”

For every new ambition, relationship, and experience you seek at this time, there’s a commitment in place that must be eliminated to make way for the new. Current routines, habits, and even types of free time must be sacrificed so that you can open up to new energies. Your Master Teacher is present, urging you to identify what must go. Be honest in your assessment, and also be realistic and thoughtful in setting your goals so that you don’t overreach and fail.

Your Master Teacher reminds you that even though the Universe does support your heart, it doesn’t allow you to bypass the work necessary to manifest your desires. In other words, “You reap what you sow.” And the best way is to systematically move toward your priorities while simultaneously discarding what no longer serves you. If you want to lose ten pounds, you must release jelly doughnuts. If you want to work for yourself, you must let go of the need for others to take care of you. If you want to create a new love relationship, you mustn’t brood over past heartbreaks any longer. The message from your Master Teacher: “To reach for something greater, you must first let go of what’s in your hand.”

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.”