Your birth phase: The Full Moon

  It’s said that obstetric nurses around the world know to prepare for a busy night whenever the Moon is full, as it often sends pregnant women into labor. If this were actually true, a lot of us would share your birth Moon. But it’s not. Empirical studies regularly confirm that there’s little correlation between Full Moons and spikes in birth rates. I mention this to … [Read more...]

Your birth phase: The Gibbous Moon

  You’re a thinker. That broad swath of sunlight reflected on the Gibbous Moon signifies the importance of light—emblem for conscious awareness—to your journey. You have a fine analytical mind, likely sharpened by the whetstone of a few rough times in childhood. But difficult experiences got you thinking. And that’s how your mind was well honed for problem-solving. … [Read more...]

Your birth phase: The First Quarter

  You’re a doer. You like to make things happen. Your mind is quick and your body is eager to move. You’re at your best when you can strike out in new directions, away from the past. First Quarter babies erect the scaffolding for the rest of our futures. I always remember what my astrology teacher said about your Moon tribe. It was an oddly specific detail. She said … [Read more...]

Your birth phase: The Waxing Crescent

  On your first day of life, a Crescent Moon blessed you. This Moon is so fertile and alluring, humans have been carving it into stone walls, painting it on sacred bowls, crowning their deities with it, stamping it onto coins, sewing it on their flags, and in the early twentieth century, they posed for photographs while pretending to swing merrily on top of it. For … [Read more...]

Your birth phase: The New Moon

  You were born when the Moon was New. Everybody is unique—but you’re exceptionally so. You belong to the Moon’s tribe of adventurers, explorers and visionaries. Your project this lifetime is to create the one spot in the world where you belong, which is likely a place where nobody has ever stood before. I love the resumes of my New Moon clients—they’re long and at … [Read more...]