NAVIGATING by the stars

Experience has led me to believe the most significant need we all have in common is a felt sense of belonging.  We rarely think about it but implicit in this primal need lies a a yearning for a...

A funny thing happened while writing this.  I completed the draft yesterday afternoon, I just wanted to take a moment away so I could make sure I was clear in what I wanted to share with you so I...

Have you ever noticed that right after a thunderstorm the air feels clearer?  It has been changed by the electrical nature of the storm and what seemed stagnant before has been swept away....

We just passed Lammas, a pagan holiday celebrated at the midpoint between summer and autumn. Considered to be one of the turning points in the year, Lammas takes place when the Sun reaches 15...

Full Moon in Capricorn Sunday, July 21, 2024 3:17 am PDT/76:17 am EDT: Moon at 29:09° Capricorn/Sun at 29:09° Cancer Early Sunday morning, July 21,  a Full Moon in the sign of...

About twenty-five years ago I was eating lunch at a restaurant that had a deck of Osho Tarot cards on each table.  I eagerly drew a card; the Stress card. The essence of it has reverberated...

Tomorrow, June 20 at 4:50 pm EDT/1:50 Pm PDT the Summer Solstice officially arrives. The wheel of the year turns and we collectively enter 2024’s Cancer season.  Even though this is a...

We are just about a little under a week away from the Summer Solstice which officially marks the transformation of spring into summer. We are in the final week of Gemini season 2024. All of the...

In a mere five days, on May 20, the Sun moves into Gemini ushering in Gemini season 2024.    This means for the next 30 days Mercury is the planet being highlighted by the rays of the...

    New Moon, Tuesday, May 7,  11:21 PM EDT/8:21PM PDT  18° 02 Taurus This evening, Tuesday, May 7, a luscious New Moon in Taurus enfolds us in the power of the...

At 6:59 am  PDT Friday, April 19th the Sun officially enters Taurus kicking off a season that begins with a bang as the following day (and for all intents and purposes it is already aligned as I...

In the ancient world, the sky was seen as a tablet upon which the Gods wrote messages. Eclipses and other phenomena were viewed as portents of the divine. Even today, beyond words or logic, when we...

We’re currently sitting in liminal space, the time in between eclipses.  The first occurred on March 25 at midnight Pacific time, and the next, a total eclipse of the Sun, arrives on April...

. Lunar Eclipse Monday, March 25, 2023, 12:00 am PDT/3:00 pm EDT: 5°7  Libra We live in an extraordinarily responsive universe. When we honor our connection to it, when we become...

New Moon in Pisces March 10, 2024 : 4 AM EST/1 AM PST   As we approach the Vernal Equinox on March 19, an annual time of new beginnings,  overnight we have a potent and enchanting New...