We cannot help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water. --Rumi (Coleman Barks) The shifting times are taking us toward the voice of water. In a later stanza of the same poem, Rumi asks us to cleanse our ears and listen for something we haven’t heard before, which is perfect advice for this moment. Saturn is entering the oceanic-water sign of Pisces for the … [Read more...]
Leo Full Moon: Unexpected Treasure
Let your childlike sense of wonder be your guide…you never know what you might find! Nine-year-old Molly Sampson has dreamed of becoming a paleontologist for most of her life. She often hunts for fossils in Chesapeake Bay’s Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, with her father Bruce. And she’s always had one specific goal in mind: To find a tooth from a 15 million year old … [Read more...]
Full Moon in Cancer: Belonging
This Full Moon in the family-oriented sign of Cancer (Jan. 6, 2023, 3:07 pm PST) brings to mind a story from a 2018 trip to New Zealand. Jonny and I are standing in a tiny house, part of a museum in Okains Bay, a remote village on an out-of-the-way peninsula southeast of Christchurch. We’ve made a pilgrimage here to visit the general store, built by Jonny’s great grandfather … [Read more...]
Gemini Full Moon: Stay Focused!
Edwin Lusichi, head keeper at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi, with a six-month-old orphaned baby elephant. Without their mothers, such calves have few survival skills and are vulnerable to despair. Once upon a time, when an elephant walked through town with its keeper, the pachyderm’s trunk would tend to wreak havoc. Expressing the intelligent animal’s … [Read more...]
Taurus Lunar Eclipse: Cracking Our Comfort Zone
What will this Uranian eclipse bring? In The Call to Courage, now streaming on Netflix, researcher Brene Brown asserts that it’s impossible to be brave without being vulnerable. The tough-talking Texan, who came to fame in a 2010 viral Ted Talk on vulnerability, has made it her life’s work to dispel the deeply ingrained myth that this quality is a weakness – instead of our … [Read more...]