NAVIGATING by the stars

Full Moon in Gemini Wednesday, Dec 7, 2022  11:07 PM EST/8:07 PM PST I have been obsessed with an exploration of listening since I was studying with Martin De Maat at Chicago’s...

As I write this I am feeling that the adage time flies is a massive understatement. It is astonishing to me that it is already December. And as the year quickly is drawing to a close...

  New Moon in Sagittarius  Wednesday, November 23 at 5:57 p.m. ET/2:57 p.m. PT “Within my body are all the sacred places of the world, and the most profound pilgrimage I can...

This week I read the story of a 95 year old woman who has been nominated for a Grammy and I posted it on Facebook with the  comment never give up. This woman loved music but never planned to be a...

There is an innate wildness within all of us. A way of moving, a pulse, that silently draws us forward. An instinctive knowing that seemingly, inexplicably draws us along our path. It knows what...

New Moon Eclipse in Scorpio Solar Eclipse Tuesday October 25 3:49 am PDT  6:49 am EDT Moon at 2:00 Scorpio, Sun at 2:00 Taurus   Early tomorrow morning the skies will be...

In the eyes of the ancients, Venus was believed to be a star rather than a planet as she was so bright in the night sky. Metaphorically, and on a certain level literally within our psyche,...

The Moon is one of the most potent and visible symbols in the sky. Its path over any given month mirrors our own experience. Like the Moon we, our lives, are constantly evolving, never the same from...

We are in a brief three week sweet spot this month that will culminate with a Venus cazimi on October 22. There’s magic in the moment the Sun & Venus unite, cazimi means heart of the Sun and...

In the past few weeks I have found my self contemplating liminal space much of the time. This Mercury retrograde has been surprisingly chaotic for me in a manner I didn't anticipate as it...

We so often rush forward, barely giving ourselves time to catch our breath. This is what I love about retrogrades in general; to me they are always an opportunity to slow down and reassess. As I...

Once again we are in a Mercury Retrograde period. The planetary messenger stationed and turned retrograde late on Friday, September 9 and will remain there through October 2.  Often...

Though we don’t usually consciously acknowledge it, we, our lives, are always moving through cycles of becoming. From an astrological perspective there is this unending gorgeous dance of...

The etymological root of the of the word desire simply delights me. Its earliest latin origins are believed to have come from considerare "to look at closely,...

Carl Jung remarkably mused “Life is a luminous pause between two mysteries that are yet one.” Conceptually this is stunningly beautiful to me. One of the more profound things about aging...