Call in Aquarius this month by breaking out of your box. Wake up from any slumbering limitations. Your inner genius is ready for a revolution. Anywhere you’ve been feeling stuck? If you’re not living the life you want, listen. Fresh Aquarian thoughts are sounding through your mind-stream now and in the week ahead. This New Moon arrives with an in-breath of Aquarian … [Read more...]
Aquarius New Moon: Call and Response
It’s another New Moon! The wishes you make now may indeed be super-powered, but if you don’t have a strong relationship with the archetypes, don’t expect special favors. If you rarely visit your eccentric Aunt Ella, don’t expect her to gift you with the latest iPad on your next birthday. New Moons are potent times to forge alliances with the gods. Open yourself to their touch. … [Read more...]
Full Moon Sesame Bath
Lighting candles and performing rituals is wonderful, but celebrating the Moon with ordinary gestures can be even sweeter and more intimate. Everything is juicier and more out-of-control during the Full Moon. That makes this short sweet massage with sesame oil especially rich and rewarding. It is grounding and beautifying. It’s an easy way to tune into the Full Moon every … [Read more...]
Get your Venus blessings!
“The invisible world wants to help us,” declares visionary activist and astrologer Caroline Casey, “but spiritual etiquette requires that we ask.” I especially like asking Venus for a little extra juju, using the Santeria ritual for Oshun (described by Casey in her Making the Gods Work for You). As the Yoruba goddess of fresh waters, Oshun oversees the same delights that … [Read more...]
The Practical Moon
Lighting candles and performing rituals is wonderful, but celebrating the Moon with ordinary gestures can be even sweeter and more intimate. Full Moon Sesame Bath Everything is juicier and more out-of-control during the Full Moon—which makes this brief massage with sesame oil especially rich and rewarding. It is grounding and beautifying. It’s also an easy way to tune into … [Read more...]