A few weeks ago my inbox was flooded with spiritually-minded emails suggesting prayers and visualizations for healing the Gulf of Mexico. I haven't seen many since. When I ask my spirtually minded friends how their healing attempts have gone, their eyes go curiously vacant. It seems that more of them have thought about doing it than are actually doing it. I understand. … [Read more...]
Mid-April 2010: The planes were grounded, liquor was flowing, and Mercury was retrograde during the weeks that journalist Michael Hastings traveled with General McChrystal and dutifully recorded the comments that eventually got the General fired. Mercury retrograde is the sleeptime of the mental cycle, when travel plans are derailed (what was supposed to be a two-day meeting … [Read more...]
I'm not complaining; however, it should be noted: If you’ve opened yourself to Uranus and Jupiter at their glorious conjunction, expect to be buzzing with energy. Energy is fun. We like energy. We load up on coffee and buy energy drinks. But too much and we get jittery, perhaps a little manic and ungrounded. The same is true of drawing the energetic pulses of Jupiter and Uranus … [Read more...]
I’m dancing as fast as I can. In fact I tripped and slammed into the stone steps leading up to my house the other day, surprised I didn’t shatter my knee. I’m feeling fragile, over-stretched, and under-prepared these days. Most everyone I meet feels the same way—as though we’re already caught in the undertow of the coming eclipses and that big cardinal square between Saturn, … [Read more...]
When Mercury goes retrograde, for three weeks every four months, communication and machinery break down, and the logical mind goes on vacation. The trickster gums up our thinking so that we find ourselves storing the butter in the dishwasher and dropping our checkbook in the trash. It's an aggravating time. But the next time we curse this tri-annual event, we should remember … [Read more...]
