Aries never looks before he leaps. His mother never cautioned, "If you run with a stick you'll poke an eye out!" At six, he challenged bullies twice his size. At sixteen he built his castle; he made the ceilings tall as sequoia trees. He strung an acrobat's tightrope from room to room—sixty feet up, no net below. Now that he's much older, he flies a hang-glider from the bedroom … [Read more...]
Fire! How I Spent my Mars Retrograde Station
Mars turned retrograde on September 9. During its powerful station the day before, a wildfire devastated my Oregon hometown of Talent. I’m so fortunate my home survived. The Almeda Fire raced from the highway into my town—down my very street. It came within 200 feet of my house! Thanks to the gods, the firefighters and the asphalt of Talent Avenue—the cross … [Read more...]
Leo New Moon: Making a Comeback
For the first time since 1952, cheetahs will soon roam wild in India once again. Eight of the big cats, famed for reaching speeds of 70 mph without breaking a sweat, are set to arrive in August from Namibia, to make their home at Kuno-Palpur National Park. A combination of hunting, habitat loss and food scarcity led to the cheetah’s extinction in India, but thankfully, now … [Read more...]
The Surprising Reckoning: My Saturn/Uranus Journey
The Saturn/Uranus square is a tight symbol for old worlds colliding with new ones. It’s easy to see the extreme divisions and dire straits all around. Clashes are ongoing and everywhere—between right and left, the powerful and the powerless, democracy and autocracy, the believers of reason and those who tell lies. Things are tense around the globe. That also means, … [Read more...]
Transform! Why Venus retrogrades are important.
Venus stations retrograde soon, on December 19. It station direct on January 29. Consider committing to using this sacred interval to achieve an important desire. 40 days and 40 nights—it’s how long the Buddha sat under the Bodhi Tree before reaching enlightenment. Jesus fasted this long in the desert while resisting the Devil's temptations. Moses spent 40 days … [Read more...]
