Trust the intelligence of your body. Without consulting a calendar or reading the blogs, it knows that Solstice is coming. It cares nothing for fiscal cliffs or the much misunderstood Mayan "armageddon." It simply knows that on December 21, 2012, we enter a new season. In the three weeks before and after new seasons begin, our bodies change accordingly, and they're vulnerable. … [Read more...]
It’s another new moon: when the magically minded make wishes and astrologers attempt to divine this cycle’s intentions. But fates are personal. Even if a new moon chart could be forced to describe them all, no single astrologer could tell that many stories. The wishes you make now may indeed be super-powered, but if you don’t have a strong relationship with the archetypes, … [Read more...]
Lighting candles and performing rituals is wonderful, but celebrating the Moon with ordinary gestures can be even sweeter and more intimate. Full Moon Sesame Bath Everything is juicier and more out-of-control during the Full Moon—which makes this brief massage with sesame oil especially rich and rewarding. It is grounding and beautifying. It’s also an easy way to tune into … [Read more...]
Perhaps it’s because I have Saturn in Scorpio, I feel the need to keep serving him. In his quick march through the early degrees of Scorpio the cultural conversation has taken a sharp turn down Scorpio pathways, with sexual scandals, fiscal cliffs, scathing reviews, and gritty, complex realities. I had planned to mention a few of these stories, but at the last minute I got … [Read more...]
Nobody expected the election to go as it did. Pundits and astrologers—red and blue—expected the results to be tight and hotly contested, with questions about the legitimacy of the winner lasting for days or weeks. Mercury stationed retrograde on Election Day just a week before the Solar Eclipse, and we all knew what that meant: trouble! On both sides, lawyers were lined up and … [Read more...]
