One afternoon last week while driving down a peaceful boulevard in my neighborhood, I passed a slow-moving car. To my shock, the driver sped up and began aggressively tailgating me – all the way to my house! As I got out of my car, the red-faced woman screamed at me, calling me a danger to the neighborhood. I am a good driver. Clearly, she was having a bad day. But did I … [Read more...]
Aquarius New Moon: Is it the Age of Aquarius Yet?
There has been much debate about when the Aquarian Age actually begins. Some say it already has, with the explosion of “peace, love and equality” that happened in the mid-to-late Sixties, when Uranus (modern ruler of Aquarius) joined do-or-die Pluto in earth-conscious, solution-oriented Virgo. Others are speculating that the December 2020 Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in Aquarius, … [Read more...]
Cancer Full Moon Eclipse: Snatched from the Jaws of Death
I stopped by Computer Geek yesterday to get a new battery for my old Iphone. But the process turned out to be more complicated than it first appeared. As Omar, the quirky proprietor, was removing the old battery, it suddenly caught fire! He yelped as a chunk of charred metal flew out of his hand. Acrid plumes of smoke filled the air. I stared in horror. Omar turned on a fan … [Read more...]
Capricorn Solar Eclipse: Let Ganesha Help You
Every year around this time, I tell myself I’m going to do less and enjoy it more. That I won’t let the pressures of the season build up until I become overwhelmed. Yet each year the combination of a lot more socializing and an extra-busy work schedule becomes too much, and exhaustion ensues. How about you? Has the too-muchness gotten to you yet? This year we have an … [Read more...]
Gemini Full Moon: The Saturn Pluto Elephant in the Room
How can we make the elephants in our rooms our ally? In Ivan Krylov’s 1819 fable, “The Inquisitive Man,” he tells of a visitor to a museum who observes many tiny details, but fails to notice the elephant in the room. Since then, that evocative phrase has come to symbolize any enormous, emotionally-charged … [Read more...]
