Money, music, and women
All are ruled by Venus, which is turning retrograde on March 6. Retrogrades often seem to take things away from us, like a tide going out and carrying with it precious sand (and perhaps our beach umbrella). But sometimes when the retrograde tide goes out, we find unexpected treasures lying …
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Eating my vegetables.
Right. Where were we? It took a week or so, but I finally shook off my post-vacation funk and the residue of that nasty flu. I’m working against a writing deadline for Llewellyn’s 2010 Moon Sign Book, but this particular article has been rather shockingly easy to put together… naturally, …
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Gods restrain me…
Venus (goddess of property) is getting ready to oppose Saturn (god of getting way in over one’s head) tomorrow, and I’ve fallen dangerously in love with a house – a surprisingly affordable 1929 bungalow in a great part of town. It’s a bit of a mess (because that’s what I …
Read MoreMy motherboard, my self.
Getting my computer problem fixed wasn’t quite as easy as Peter made it sound, of course. First I had to go another round with The Gatekeepers: a different agent and his supervisor, who were determined to shift the blame for my laptop’s spectacular demise to me. I stood my ground, …
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Watch your mouth
Just when I’m ready to throw Don Imus a bone for at least admitting his comments about the Rutgers women’s basketball team were offensive, he keeps coming out with the kind of tone-deaf comments that only make the situation worse. Basically, his message seems to boil down to this: “I …
Read MoreGetting Unstuck
Two great friends of ours just made a huge move from San Diego to London. For months, they downsized in preparation for the move; they must have had three or four yard sales, and everytime they visited us they left boxes and bags of household items. They spent weeks scraping …
Read MoreThursday Thirteen, Vol. 26
Painting by my brilliant pal Claudia. Hi! Long time no blog. Every now and then you just have to curl into a fetal position and let the world pass you by for awhile, yes? Took a few days off last week and zipped up to L.A. for a couple of …
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Eclipses to Venus: Not without your permission.
Friday’s Venus/Uranus opposition came and went without much angst, at least in our household. Yesterday’s Sun/Pluto square was, likewise, a non-event, even with a visit to see my family – which given our clashing perspectives on affairs of state and events of the day is always a potential landmine. But …
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Venus in Leo? Can’t complain.
Venus entered Leo on Saturday – opposing my natal Jupiter and trine my Ascendant – and immediately got to work making my life more pleasant. My neighbor presented me with a completely unnecessary and utterly breathtaking bouquet of flowers – a thank you gift for spending time with his parrot last week while he was out of town. Hey, my pleasure! Two of my best friends extended last week’s Aprilpalooza by taking me out on Sunday for a belated birthday lunch. Gracias, amigos! …
Read MoreVenus throws a hissy fit.
This afternoon, Venus in feisty Aries gave a nasty little 90-degree square, “I’m the boss of you!” hip-check to Mars in Cancer. You know, just because it could, exactly like some bratty little girl bullying a shy boy on the playground. People were feeling a bit out of sorts, I …
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