There are often horrific events during Mars retrogrades. The Mars impulse--always in danger of getting dicey--comes more easily unhinged during these weeks. Events in Orlando just last week are a heartbreaking testament: Christina Grimmie's murder, the Pulse nightclub massacre, and the alligator who grabbed the little boy on a Disneyworld vacation. Bad things happen all the … [Read more...]
Venus and the Darker Angel of our Nature
Venus suggests flowing robes, laughter like music, and a sensuous ease with life. She's feminine receptivity, beauty and grace, unless you're talking to an astrologer, for whom Venus the planet is primarily a symbol of love and money. But are these associations accurate? What is our real experience of the Venus archetype? And how does this correlate with her position in our … [Read more...]
Moonskills 101: The Great Mama Field
Moon mystics and particle physicists are similarly obsessed with the invisible world. The physicists voyage into the unknown using the predictive power of their equations. In the 1960s mathematical conjuring took a few of them—the most renowned was Peter Higgs—to a startling conclusion. They’d been trying to solve the mystery of what happened in the instant just after the Big … [Read more...]
What’s your journal doing right now?
Has it been sitting on a shelf? Are its pages silent? Gemini is THE cycle for talking and writing. And one of the best ways to do this--without risking the mischief that thinking out loud can cause--is to visit your journal if you already have one. Or start one if you don't . Anne Frank is one of the world’s most famous journal keepers and not surprisingly, she had Sun, … [Read more...]
Healing with Moonlight
Full Moons can be busy times. If you’re feeling tired and a bit off balance, you may be suffering from “energy retention,” a condition much like water retention (which is also common during Full Moons). With energy retention, the currents or flows in your field seem to expand without actually going anywhere. It can feel like you just ate a big meal, stuffed and lethargic. If … [Read more...]





