LunarEclipse in Capricorn: lighting the quivering fuse
The chart for the June 26 lunar eclipse at 4.26 Capricorn is a doozy, with the Moon conjunct Pluto, the Sun conjunct Mercury, and the whole shebang square Jupiter/Uranus on one end of the sky and Saturn on the other (click image below for a larger view). Eclipses always symbolize …
Read MoreNew Moon in Taurus: A Vengeful Heart
The New Moon in Taurus is on Thursday, May 13, 2010, at 6:04 pm PDT, 9:04 pm EDT, at 23.09 Taurus. A Vengeful Heart Mom loved westerns – adored Gary Cooper and Audie Murphy – and she loved the West, with its wide-open spaces and the freedom they represented, freedom …
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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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New Moon in Virgo: The Lingua Franca
My husband and I have a long-standing disagreement about language. I’m kind of a grammar, punctuation, and spelling nazi. I believe that respecting these elements of our language brings precision to our discourse and helps us make ourselves understood. Plus, attention to these details suggests to me that a person …
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 MoreA MoonShadow of My Former Self
In the past couple of days, I’ve become preoccupied with two things: snacks, and Airstream trailers. The former is a textbook response to a looming Solar Eclipse (tonight at 7:35 pm PDT) in the food-loving sign of Cancer. And as for the Airstream… well, they’re so darned cute, cozy, and …
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New Moon in Libra: The Red Wall
Recently, an artist friend gave me a delightful, whimsical painting that I immediately hung in a place of honor, above the living room fireplace. But the painting’s colors are so rich and exciting that, by contrast, they transformed the pale, yellow walls of my living room from tastefully neutral to …
Read MoreRevenge of the Bed, Pt. 2
When last we checked in with April and Jonny’s bed, it had been mobilized by Mars in Cancer into a particularly savage display of aggression. Today, a new and apparently fatal development in the battle of the bed: Jonny perched on the edge of the mattress this morning to don …
Read MoreNew Moon, New Website
New Moon greetings to you all (9:14 am PST) – here’s a little something from my archives to mark the occasion. And don’t forget to set your clocks forward before you go to bed Saturday night. Daylight Savings Time… the “springing forward,” she is so very cruel. I’ve launched a …
Read MoreIn which I send Adrian Grenier on a beer run.
I remember my dreams infrequently, and they’re seldom populated by the rich, famous, or good looking. That’s why I get a kick out of it when, say, a Zach Braff or an Adrian Grenier stumbles into my nocturnal Second Life. Mr. Grenier, to the uninitiated, is the handsome young star …
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