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Today the Taurus Moon offers an opportunity to be still and wonder at the beauty and peace of the natural world. When our heart and soul can take a moment of quiet, it becomes easier to become more open to the natural development of the buds of personal growth that are always ongoing. If you have ever planted something from a seed you know that it seems as though nothing is happening for the longest time, and suddenly there is a plant or a flower that comes […]

Out of clutter, find simplicity.
From discord, find harmony.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

This quote, widely attributed to Albert Einstein but probably not his exact words, struck me this morning as I have been wrestling with the amount of clutter and discord in my own house. It’s easier for me to see my husband’s clutter, but I am realizing just how much disarray I am living with, and how much it affects my mental health.

The Moon has just entered Capricorn making this the perfect time to do […]

I don’t know about you, but I am pretty wired right now. Sleep does not come easily, and my mind is full of ideas that won’t stop. Between the eclipse and this weekend’s conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus, I feel as though I were plugged into an electrical socket. 

I had planned for this Sunday’s post to be about breaking paradigms and liberation, but instead I found myself craving silence. I attempted to meditate and was successful for about ten minutes before I convinced myself to […]

art by Lindsay Kokoska

I posted this back in 2006, and have never been able to discover the source. Since then, there has been a proliferation of Hellenistic and other ancient techniques which have added a great deal to the astrologer’s toolbox, but not, in my view, to the ability of the practitioner to help a client to heal the wounds of the soul and find better psychological integration for more effective lives. This is how I see the magic of astrological symbolism and hope you will find it […]