Call and Response Virgo New Moon

It’s another New Moon: when wishes can be super-charged with sparkling fresh energy. Yet if you don’t have a strong relationship with the archetypes, don’t expect buckets of fairy dust. New Moons are potent times to forge alliances with the gods. But you must be willing to meet the invisible world. Bow and open yourself to their touch. Make an offering. Humans have been … [Read more...]

The Sun enters Virgo: August 22

Virgo’s Prudent Heart is well known.  She can walk into chaos, facing tasks of overwhelming difficulty, and make them quietly doable, organizing them into simple steps.  She knows that anything is easy to do if you break it down, piece-by-piece.  That’s why one of my client always pays her bills on a Virgo Moon.  What seems daunting on any other day, becomes in Virgo a kind of … [Read more...]

RIP Jupiter

For the past 12 years (one Jupiter cycle), my Catahoula Leopard Dog Jupiter has been my companion—neither faithful, nor particularly loving, but nonetheless, much loved. He’s been one of the great teachers of my life, opening me to wider patience and compassion, and initiating me into secrets of the heart I couldn’t have touched any other way. Bodies age and die, but to the … [Read more...]

The July 29 Star of David

If only Kate Middleton can wait until the 29th! That's when a rare alignment known as the "Star of David" occurs. According to ancient astrologers, this aspect heralds the birth of a king.  Astrologically minded historians believe that this was the "star" the three wise men were actually following when Christ was born.  Those born on July 29 this year should be blessed with … [Read more...]

The Sun enters Leo

On this Full Moon, the Sun moves into his own sign—ripening his favorite qualities! The Leo season celebrates love, self-confidence, generosity, romance, dignity, joy, enthusiasm, pride, courage, and passion.  This is the month to see life through the eyes of a child.  Children live in the moment; having fun is their primary goal. Especially when they’re feeling safe and seen, … [Read more...]