Without a doubt, my favorite part of authoring two books was writing the acknowledgements pages. This is a writer's chance to offer shout-outs to the cast of characters who’ve helped or inspired her on her path to authordom. Mine included teachers, publicists, editors, mentors, favorite authors, and of course, family and friends. My cats are still annoyed that they were left … [Read more...]
Aquarius Full Moon: Who Do You Think You Are?
Madonna, Mussolini, Mick Jagger: With larger-than-life representatives like this, it's no wonder Leo has a reputation for being more than a little bit in love with itself. Born with the Sun in Leo, I'm naturally quick to jump to my team's defense ("Hey, we're not all scenery-chewing, spotlight-hogging narcissists!"). Indeed, at its best Leo demonstrates that each of us is … [Read more...]
Capricorn Full Moon: The Business of Taking Care
Astrologers are in a strange business — and so are therapists, doctors, and nannies. By nature, we're caretakers, healers, and helpers, not moguls. In another age, we'd have been retained by the king or by wealthy patrons and wouldn't have needed to charge for our services. But the modern day astrologer has got overhead to meet and no benefactor to write hefty monthly checks … [Read more...]
Scorpio Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse: Snake in the Grass, Dragon in the Heart
My mom, a robustly optimistic Sun in Taurus person, was fond of saying that it’s the bad times in life that make us appreciate the good ones. That's a fine theory; but a certain amount of Moon/Pluto, Neptune in Scorpio skepticism persuaded me early on that bad times can, in fact, taint the good ones - by making us distrustful, jaded, and regretful. Consider Adam and … [Read more...]
Virgo Full Moon: Practical Magic
For awhile several years ago, we were visited twice each month by a marvelous woman who cleaned our house. The place felt terrific after Angela had been here – not just clean, but calm. Centered. It was as though the place had been Rolfed, instead of merely mopped and dusted. Angela came to us through our elderly neighbor, Mildred. One day, after she had been coming to our … [Read more...]




