Remember that marriage survey?
A couple of years ago, many of you were kind enough to participate in my survey about marriage. The results of the project can be found in my article “When Will I Get Married?”, which appears in the Aug/Sep 2010 issue of The Mountain Astrologer magazine. I share the top …
Read MoreThe Upside of Eclipses
Eclipses are coming! Eclipses are coming! Time to hide under the bed, batten down the hatches, buy duct tape to seal off the doors and windows? In a word, no. But we astrologers can sound a little like tabloid journalists as we breathlessly – urgently – proclaim the drama of …
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Give Star Guide to Weddings this bridal season!
The air is filled with the alluring aromas of Jordan almonds, roses, and fondant: it must be wedding season! With all due modesty, may I suggest my book, Star Guide to Weddings, as the perfect gift for a jittery bride, a desultory groom, a vixenish bridesmaid, a skittish groomsman? It’s …
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Eclipses in Capricorn: The Buck Stops Here
Saturn describes the universal rule that says you create your own reality. But I don’t mean to suggest that the awful things that happen to you are a function of your nasty karma or your failure to think positively enough. Rather, I consider Saturn’s message empowering, not punitive. The very word “responsible” implies that you are able to respond. Nowhere in that word will you find the concept of “blame.” Responsibility is not about assigning blame, either to yourself or others; rather, it’s about finding the most useful way to frame a given situation, and to accurately assess the ways in which you are able to respond to its challenges and opportunities.
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Everyday Astrology: The Days of the Week
Most modern American families no longer grow our own food, other than what we produce in small hobby gardens. Few households have a full-time homemaker with time to mend hems and bake her own bread. Have we jettisoned the need for planetary wisdom along with our plows and thimbles?
Read MoreNew Moon Podcast: This Astrological Life
I have a confession to make: I’m in love with my iPod. Before I fell victim to this obsession I never quite understood the hubub about podcasts. Frankly, they seemed like a bit of a bother. But since iFell in love with my iPod, I never take a walk, iron …
Read MoreMars Needs Women!
For those who missed the bat signals I sent out to my mailing list, on Mooncircles, or on Facebook: I’m undertaking a research project about the astrology of Mars and women. I want to hear from women about their experiences with the red planet – so if you’re female and …
Read MoreNew Moon in my 8th house: Other people’s projects
This may seem ironic in view of my last post… but here are a few things my colleagues are up to that I thought you might find interesting. The witty, urbane, and whimsically Canadian Matthew Currie has published the first in a series of small yet delectable e-books. This one …
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Only in it for the money
Most professional astrologers have run across people who are not just skeptical of astrology, but who have a real axe to grind against astrologers. Apparently, we are money-hungry grifters who amass huge piles of dough from the gullible saps who seek our useless guidance. Yep, they’re on to us – …
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Pucker up – Lemmys!
When my friend, astrologer Fern Feto Spring (calm, wise, and soulful voice of Wisestars.net) told me she’d nominated me for a Lemmy award, I didn’t know what the heck she was talking about. Then my stats log turned up a nomination from the awesome Joyce Mason (I had no idea …
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