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Find Your
COSMIC
CALLING
A Guide to Discovering Your Lifes Work with
ASTROLOGY
Natalie Walstein
Contents
CHAPTER 1
What Is a Cosmic Calling?
What am I really here to do with my life? is a question that many of us ask ourselves at one point or another. It is easy to look around and see that the world could use our help, yet its often difficult to determine what we can do personally to create positive ripples of change in the way that feels most in alignment to us. This all begins to shift when you know why you are here and what you were born to do.
Now, thanks to the modernization of the ancient wisdom of astrology, finding your true calling has become less complicated than ever before! In this book, you will discover how to read your own astrology chart. This powerful star map of your soul can help you tap into your unique gifts and harness your best skills and talents to leave behind a lasting impact that is purposeful and rewarding. Whether you are feeling unfulfilled with your current work, getting ready to start a business, or looking to follow new dreams in retirement, you will discover how to share your unique energy with the world in an enjoyable way that calls to you on a more meaningful soul level.
As each planet and point unravels a new layer of meaning and insight into the grander plan the cosmos has in store for you, dreams and desires will be validated, inner workings will be demystified, and deeper soul-level insights will be gained. You will be able to better understand yourself, the people around you, and the greater potential of your lifes work that has secretly been calling to you all along.
How to Use This Book
This book was designed to take you on a cosmic journey through your astrology chart. On the way, you can uncover the blueprint behind your life purpose so you can more mindfully determine who you really are and what you were born to do. In a way, you can choose your own adventure. Each section is meant to be read with a copy of your astrology chart handy so you can seek out the interpretations that apply to you based on where the planets and points fall on your chart. The process of finding and calculating your chart is laid out step by step in the section How to Read Your Astrology Chart (see ).
If you choose to read all the interpretations instead of only the ones that apply to you, you will learn a great deal about the range of human archetypal behaviors and their characteristics. We are all wired in a completely unique manner depending on where in the sky the planets and other points were when we were born. Seeing this may make it easier to accept and appreciate others differences. Taking in the limitless combinations of energies that one can be born with may also help you acknowledge how special it is to have ended up being who you are.
After you have decoded your cosmic calling, you may wish to use this book as an ongoing resource for finding out more about the people around you. Reading and decoding the charts of others will allow you to better understand and appreciate their needs and differences, whether these are people you live with or work closely with. It is much easier to collaborate with and have compassion for another person when you can see into their soul, determine what makes them tick, and encourage them to do what lights them up most. If only we could all be so lucky to have a friend like that!
What Is a Cosmic Calling?
Many of us spend our lives living on autopilot, letting the outside world guide us and override our own inner knowledge. Thats how we end up working in jobs we hate for yearsor even decadesand basing our idea of success on what other people have accomplished rather than what we, deep down, truly desire in our heart. Its easy to lose ourselves in pleasing others when we are not tuned in to and aware of our own needs, desires, and passions. That is part of why it is so important to tap into your cosmic calling.
Your cosmic calling is what you were born on this earth to pursue. Its your souls mission and your lifes work. It is comprised of your souls gifts, what fulfills you on an emotional level and a spiritual level, your role in this world, and how to accomplish greater levels of success in alignment with your true desires, motivations, and dream for the future. You can discover your cosmic calling by reading your astrology chart and decoding the placement of each planet in the sky when you were born.
Your astrology chart, which contains a map of the solar system at the exact date, time, and location of your birth, is like your souls blueprint. Your cosmic calling is one of the things you can come to understand by decoding this blueprint. Overall, no matter who you are, your cosmic calling is the same as everyones: to embrace your natural-born gifts while overcoming the challenges that stand in the way of following the plan your soul has created for you. That plan is exactly what we will be seeking to explore and uncover in this book.
CAREER VS. CALLING
In todays world, the meanings of the words career and calling are not always aligned. Our lives are spent working and trying to get ahead so we can make a living, whereas our personal and spiritual development is often seen as something that would be nice to have instead of a top priority. Unfortunately, we are majorly missing the mark with this perspective. We cannot exactly take our bank accounts with us when we die. Yet as infinite souls, we will be able to take pride in the joy we spread and the growth we achieve from the challenges we overcome.
It would be amazing if more of us could use our career to pursue our calling. We would see our quest for true inner alignment as more important than any college degree, parental expectation, or sparkly accolade we could receive in the outer world. We would realize that knowing ourselves and listening to our intuition is what will truly bring us the most success in the end. We would see what can help us make the greatest difference in a world that deeply needs us to stop hiding and start harnessing our talents and passions for the greater good of all, and we would make it happen by contributing our unique piece to the puzzle.