Human beings can be profoundly contradictory. Take Pope John Paul II, who helped usher the Catholic Church into the 21st century. A passionate social activist and champion of human rights, Polish-born Karol Wojtyla was actively anti-Communist and played a big part in bringing down the Iron Curtain. A Taurus Sun sign with his ruling planet, Venus, conjunct Mercury in loquacious … [Read more...]
You know that movie, 'An Unmarried Woman'? Well - I didn't get it. I mean, I would've been Mrs. Alan Bates so fast that guy wouldn't have known what hit him!" ~ Judy Benjamin, Private Benjamin Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar." ~ Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind In the 1980 film Private Benjamin, Goldie Hawn stars as Judy, a young … [Read more...]
Dear Dana, Is there a good date astrologically in the next week or so for me to mail a letter of closure—for a love relationship I’ve been holding onto? Energetically I need to let go, but it’s so very hard, I’m seeking guidance from the cosmic skies. Thanks, Rosie Dear Rosie, If you’re wanting closure and you’d like your release to last, pick a Scorpio moon. Dark … [Read more...]
My mom, a robustly optimistic Sun in Taurus person, was fond of saying that it’s the bad times in life that make us appreciate the good ones. That’s a fine theory; but a certain amount of Moon/Pluto, Neptune in Scorpio skepticism persuaded me early on that bad times can, in fact, taint the good ones – by making us distrustful, jaded, and regretful. Consider Adam and … [Read more...]
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...]
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Jeff Jawer, The Mountain Astrologer
