Water is a highly sensitive medium. It can receive, hold, and transmit energy. And the Moon, of course, has a special relationship with water, as the prime mover of our inner and outer tides. Since New and Full Moons are high tide moments, doing water practices at these times can greatly increase your energetic sensitivity to the Moon. It will also give you a magical liquid for … [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...]
Is This the Right Time for That?
Blending Intuition with Astrology My client had three Scorpio planets in her chart. I was discussing her intuition when she asked, “What is intuition?”—which is typical of the Scorpio nature—not to let big concepts breeze by without investigating them. This sign likes to get to the bottom of things. It was a good question. My answer was “anytime you know something you have no … [Read more...]
Quick and Easy Transformation Meditation
Here's a 3-minute imagination exercise that can reboot your psyche for the season. It draws from the power of Scorpio's Phoenix, that mythical bird of radiant plumage who, when cremated on a funeral pyre, rose from the ashes into new life. We all have this soul capacity. If you've ever experienced loss and difficulty and survived to smile and laugh again, you have an inner … [Read more...]
The Gift of Oil in Autumn
Lighting candles and performing rituals is wonderful, but celebrating the Moon with ordinary gestures can be even sweeter and more intimate. The winds are blowing, leaves are flying. It's the Libra New Moon when Nature fills with the restless, drying qualities of air. Since we aren't separate from Nature, we've become drier too. Our skin is less supple and our thoughts may … [Read more...]
