Why You Shouldn’t Fear the Dark Moon

It’s the word “dark” that does it.   Often when I tell people they’re in a dark moon period, they’re triggered.  Instantly they revert to a childhood bedroom, when the dark meant being alone and vulnerable to unseen dangers, when monsters could leap out from the dresser or under the bed.  We are creatures who love the light.  Dark suggests something dismal, gloomy, even … [Read more...]

Top 3 Ways the Aquarius New Moon is Calling You

Call in Aquarius this month by breaking out of your box.  Wake up from any slumbering limitations. Your inner genius is ready for a revolution.  Anywhere you’ve been feeling stuck?  If you’re not living the life you want,  listen.  Fresh Aquarian thoughts are sounding through your mind-stream now and in the week ahead.  This New Moon arrives with an in-breath of Aquarian … [Read more...]

Aquarius New Moon: Call and Response

It’s another New Moon! The wishes you make now may indeed be super-powered, but if you don’t have a strong relationship with the archetypes, don’t expect special favors. If you rarely visit your eccentric Aunt Ella, don’t expect her to gift you with the latest iPad on your next birthday. New Moons are potent times to forge alliances with the gods. Open yourself to their touch. … [Read more...]

Moonlight ecstasy under the year’s second most passionate Full Moon

The Moon is full in earthy Taurus, opposite the Sun in mysterious Scorpio.  What will happen? What sort of magic emerges when transformation meets sensuality and pleasure?  Maybe you'll taste new vitality in something ordinary and routine. Perhaps you'll discover new comfort with a strange situation.  It's a propitious moment to seek transformation. Consider the basics: … [Read more...]

It’s Green Fire time!

Through Scorpio's eyes, a sudden disaster is just an efficient way to start over.  That’s the message of its Phoenix— the mythical bird who, when cremated on a funeral pyre, rose from its ashes into new life, colored by shimmering rainbow feathers. It’s good to let go of things! Life improves.  Release is the central gesture of the Scorpio New Moon. The Green Fire ritual is … [Read more...]