From raging hurricanes and flooding in the Gulf Coast to out-of-control fires in Lake Tahoe’s primeval forests, each day brings more dire warnings from Mother Nature. Despair is rampant. What to do? We can raise our voices about climate change and support alternatives to fossil fuels, but how do we break the patterns that got us in such trouble in the first place (like allowing … [Read more...]
Leo New Moon: Seeds of Love
If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life.” — Cher Recently I watched a series on Netflix called Love is Blind. In it, young couples get to know each other, sight unseen. Some fall in love as they forge an emotional bond prior to physically meeting. As their wedding day looms, they confront their fears and foibles. It’s painful to watch … [Read more...]
Call and Response: Cancer New Moon
New Moons are potent times to forge alliances with the gods. Visit the invisible world. Bow and open yourself to their touch. Make an offering. Humans have been rendezvousing with these archetypes for thousands of years. When you call out to the zodiac, the gods do respond! Water was Cancer’s first language. As a child, she babbled like a brook, thundered like a waterfall, … [Read more...]
The Saturn/Uranus Impossible Dream Challenge: Act 2
The Saturn/Uranus square is exact three times in 2021, giving us a long interval in which to make magic: from February 17, June 14/15, to December 23/24 To my “Crane Gang,” here comes part two of your Saturn/Uranus Impossible Dream ritual! In the glow after my first covid shot, the car in front of me all the way from the clinic to the freeway offramp had … [Read more...]
Taurus New Moon: The Bottom Line
Feeling flush? If you won the lottery, what would you do? Most would go on a spending spree, and soon the money would be gone. (Studies have found that bankruptcy rates soar for lottery winners three to five years after their win.) But Rachel Lapierre did something quite different with her 2018 lottery proceeds. The Canadian nurse quit her job and started a charity, Le Book … [Read more...]
