The Awakened Heart: Learning to Love What Scares You

A few years ago, I discovered that I had to have a tooth pulled. Big deal, right? Yet I was astonished at the intensity of my reaction. Most nights I found myself awake at 3:00 a.m., tormented by thoughts of mortality. My poor old tooth prompted fears that growing older would mean a future in which I drop limbs like a diseased tree. Before long I’d be old, old and frail, old … [Read more...]

Virgo New Moon: Practical Magic

For awhile several years ago, we were visited twice each month by a marvelous woman who cleaned our house. The place felt terrific after Angela had been here – not just clean, but calm. Centered. It was as though the place had been Rolfed, instead of merely mopped and dusted. Angela came to us through our elderly neighbor, Mildred. One day, after she had been coming to our … [Read more...]

Cancer Full Moon: Can Hard Times Make Us Whole?

It’s been a chilly holiday season here in San Diego. Not when compared to anyplace with real weather, of course, but the discomfort is real enough to us. Cold is a relative thing, and when a place that seldom sees daytime highs below 65 degrees experiences a string of days in the 50s, folks around here get a little testy. Of course, we’re testy – scared, really – about a lot … [Read more...]

Divination 101: When an Ancient Spire Falls

We sense an almost mystical importance with events like the burning of Notre Dame Cathedral.  The ancient kings employed teams of magicians and diviners for just such a moment.  The fiery plunge of a much revered spire would have been seen as an omen.  A warning.  A message from the gods--who spoke as much via events on earth as they did via events in heaven. On some level … [Read more...]

Spell for the Harvest Moon

It's a special Full Moon. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, it's the Harvest Moon, the Full Moon closest to the Autumn Equinox, when the Sun entered Libra and the Earth turned toward a new season. Libra is a cardinal sign and in cardinal months we're often inspired to take new action. There is energy for movement and change! But first, bless yourself with a little Moon magic. … [Read more...]