Peace, love, and harmony are significant threads in the weaving of Libra's Full Moon. They belong to Aphrodite. Call her in. This ritual can be done in a group--or alone in your bedroom. Preparation Find a quiet place where you can protect yourself from intrusion. Then, as the Sufi teacher Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan recommends, take steps to "surround yourself with a zone of … [Read more...]
Pisces New Moon: Closing the Circle
The circle—a timeless image used in Tibetan mandalas, Native American medicine wheels, and astrology—conveys the ever-turning wheel of life. And in the circle of the year, the Pisces New Moon always arrives before the Spring Equinox. In three weeks, the Sun will emerge from Pisces into Aries, signaling the start of a new astrological cycle. Thus this New Moon in watery … [Read more...]
Cross Quarter New Moon: Imbolc
What an auspicious New Moon, occurring on Imbolc--one of my favorite cross-quarter holidays. The need to cleanse and refresh our lives at this time is coded in our DNA, as humans have been honoring this turn on the wheel for millennia. Below is what shaman, poet and mooncircles friend Jane Galer has to say about the holiday. Whether you live in northern snow, or the … [Read more...]
Capricorn Meditation: Think like a Mountain
Capricorn is a striver. This sign loves to climb and achieve. But it couldn't reach its goals without knowing patience. To deepen into the heart of this New Moon, you may wish to cultivate the quality of interiority and receptive waiting that defines Capricorn's patience. One way to do this is to "think like a mountain" and attune to the consciousness of eternity as it is … [Read more...]
Becoming Who You Were Meant To Be
According to astrology tradition, you were born under a special star of destiny. It will take 26,000 years for your birthday's unique pattern of stars to repeat itself in the heavens. The secret fate encoded in your chart is a sign that, as the Jungian thinker James Hillman said, "We are each born called." Imprinted on your soul the split second it assumed a human body is the … [Read more...]