Banishing Ritual for the Aquarius Full Moon

On this fine summer evening, the full moon is in the air sign of Aquarius, opposite the sun in the fire sign of Leo, offering the elemental interplay of fire and air. These elements are ideal for rituals of purification: fire flames up and out, burning to ashes what obstructs. Air refreshes, blowing away what is old and stagnant. Purification rituals are especially potent … [Read more...]

Uranus enters Gemini: Choose Your Revolution

Uranus enters Gemini on July 7, 2025, then retrogrades back into Taurus in November. It re-enters Gemini in April 2026 and remains until 2033/34. A young farmer clutches his musket behind a stone wall at Concord, heart pounding, awaiting the shot that will ignite a revolution. Voice trembling, a Virginia slave, who’s secretly learned how to read, whispers passages from Uncle … [Read more...]

Full Moon Play: The Great Mama Field

Sacred Vedic texts say that if the Goddess Devi closes her eyes for just one second, the entire universe will disappear.  This is not a preposterous claim.  Something similar happens every time we lose our connection to the Divine Feminine or the "Great Mama Field." We fall --  into a dull, meaningless, unkind,  chaotic world in which our own significance seems to … [Read more...]

Gemini New Moon: Power of the Mind

What if, all through your childhood, your dad told you things like, “You’re gonna shake up this world,” and, “You’re gonna win Wimbledon.” And drove you past mansions in the wealthy part of town, assuring you that some day you’d have one of your own. For two young Black girls growing up in the 1980s in a sketchy neighborhood south of L.A., such aspirations may have seemed … [Read more...]