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...]

The Sleeping Goddess

It’s the last Full Moon before Spring arrives.  The weather is changing and changeable. Our bodies are adjusting to the coming season.  But maybe it's still too cold  to sit under the Moon. Or the temperature is fine, but it's cloudy. Here's a lovely indoor Full Moon practice that begins as you drift off to sleep. The Moon of course is not just that round orb in the sky, she is … [Read more...]

We’re entering Pisces too!

The Sun--the source of our vitality--enters Pisces on February 18--just three minutes after our second Aquarius New Moon.  Pisces is the sign of the Dreamer, the Artist, and the Mystic.  The solar Pisces month encourages us to renew our vitality by nourishing these parts of ourselves. Grant some "me time" to the inner dreamer, artist, or mystic. These characters are most alive, … [Read more...]

Moonskills 101: Holding Things

Moon knowledge isn’t gotten like any other knowledge. You can’t read about it in a book. You can’t study your notes one night and pass a test on it the next morning. You have to make it personal. You need to explore. You need to use your body and your emotions—both are ruled by the Moon—to discover all the ways the Moon is now alive in you. Astrologers throughout the ages … [Read more...]

Get hold of yourself!

Maybe this happened to you as a child: someone with an alarmed expression looked at you and shouted, “Get hold of yourself!” Maybe you were being impatient or dancing out a tantrum or you just couldn’t let go of something. Maybe an authoritative person even shook you by the arm. But your nerves were firing and you had no idea how you were supposed to control them. If only … [Read more...]