Dana Gerhardt, the founder of this website, once wrote, "Feeling envious of someone else means you're not thinking big enough for yourself." Leave it to a Sagittarian to remind us of our limitless potential! Realizing that potential, however, relies on cultivating a vibrant imagination. Envisioning something that hasn't existed before is not unique to people born under the … [Read more...]

The movie Fearless tells the story of Max, a man who survives a horrific plane crash. His survival has convinced him that he's immortal and this belief has made him utterly (and dangerously) fearless. He does seem almost supernatural - for instance, his life-long and deadly allergy to strawberries seems to have miraculously disappeared since the accident. But he's also become … [Read more...]

The degree of this Aries Full Moon (20.14 Aries) falls on the Sabian Symbol, A pugilist enters the ring – so even before looking at the Full Moon chart, we know the coming weeks will be marked by conflict, competition, and courage. But that chart paints a full, stark portrait, with the Sun and Moon at 20.14 Libra and Aries, both square Pluto at 20.39 Capricorn. The … [Read more...]

My sister-in-law tells a story about the man her company hired to sweep the leaves outside their building. He spends most days dancing around the courtyard in a graceful pas de deux with his gas-powered leaf blower while recalcitrant leaves scurry around him. "He’s not very efficient," she says, "But he seems to be having an absolutely wonderful time." Which is more … [Read more...]

A friend sent me a stunning photograph from her boyfriend’s summertime expedition in the northernmost reaches of the Pacific—floating on a ship amidst a sea of ice floes “as thick as I am tall,” he wrote, for endless summer days that never turn into night that far north. Viewing it from San Diego, where delayed summer has given way to warm, sticky, exhaustion, I found it a … [Read more...]