Leo Full Moon: Carry the Light

On the morning of January 24, on a frigid Minneapolis street, all hell broke loose as intensive care nurse Alex Pretti was brutally murdered trying to help a woman who’d been accosted by masked ICE agents. Pretti was pepper-sprayed, then shot repeatedly by an ICE agent, in a horrifying incident that closely mirrored the January 7 shooting of Renee Good. It turns out this … [Read more...]

Capricorn New Moon: One Foot After Another

When photographer Henry Eiland heard that Buddhist monks on a 2,300-mile Walk for Peace were coming to Alabama, he felt compelled to see them. So, on Christmas Day, he attended their peace gathering at a church in Opelika. There he saw people of every culture and background. As Henry told Stay Inspired News, “I haven’t seen that many different kinds of people come together … [Read more...]

Cancer Full Moon: Healing Your Feelings

In her audacious memoir The Reluctant Psychic, Suzan Saxman tells the story of an elderly woman who once came to her for a reading. The client remained stern and unemotional throughout the session, though she did acknowledge things that the psychic pointed out.  It was clear to Saxman that this individual had led a tough life and found it difficult to open up. Then at the … [Read more...]

Sagittarius New Moon: Stranger Things

My mom’s father, who grew up on a Kansas farm in the early 1900s, had a front row seat for the tail end of the wild west. And as a Sagittarian, he loved to tell tales. We were never sure if his outrageous yarns were actually true, a complete fabrication, or somewhere in between. The following story may have been embellished for effect, but my cousin the genealogist has … [Read more...]

Gemini Full Moon: Moved by the Spirit

Recently, the 75th birthday of Archbishop Bernard Boberg was celebrated with a full-on rave. The event, at a 14th-century Slovakian cathedral, was emceed by Pope Leo XIV. To the sound of pumping beats and the brilliance of flashing lights, he extoled the virtues of coming together and living life with enthusiasm. The former Robert Prevost has always loved words and dramatic … [Read more...]