Creativity is a quality that most astrologers associate with Leo, the sign of this New Moon eclipse, and with its ruler, the Sun. And there's something especially intriguing about contemplating creativity at a Leo solar eclipse, when the Sun—our ancient symbol for vitality, confidence and creative power—temporarily disappears. Absolutely everyone is creative, with a mad desire … [Read more...]
Modern astrology offers contradictory messages about Aquarius, the sign of this Full Moon: Aquarius symbolizes weirdness, iconoclasm, and innovation, but also friendship and membership in groups. So which is it? Well, I guess it’s both, really. Aquarius signals sensitivity to the collective, whether it’s because you feel an affinity for it or something a bit like horror. And … [Read more...]
When my mother's only sister passed away in 2000, right around the Cancer Solstice, she took with her an entire era of my family’s history. Hers was a generation which seemed to produce more than its share of great ladies, my aunt and my mother among them. You can judge the success of a person’s life, I think, by how many phone calls must be made to notify people of their … [Read more...]
On the first day of this year, I swore I would make no resolutions beyond trying to be a kinder and better version of myself. I lied. Well, that’s not exactly true; I was sincere, actually. But old habits die hard, and I didn’t stick to that no-resolution resolution. I soon returned, like a swallow to Capistrano, to my calendars and planners and markers, sketching out an … [Read more...]
Most of us don’t remember learning to speak in our native language. We may not recall, exactly, how we picked up reading and writing, tying our shoes, or riding a bike. Somewhere along the way we learned other skills, too, like how to get a library card, put on makeup, drive a car, flirt. Some of these we learned from brothers and sisters, some from neighbors and classmates, … [Read more...]
