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Sunday inspiration: Sun and Pluto enter Aquarius

Photo by Dreamcatcher

The Sun and Pluto have now entered Aquarius after a brief hookup at the last degree of Capricorn. This shift from Capricorn to Aquarius takes us from the solidity of Earth (Capricorn) to the intellectual discoveries of Air (Aquarius). Pluto of course will be transitioning back into Capricorn later in the year before re-entering Aquarius for its long domicile there. This back and forth from establishing a solid base in Capricorn to looking ahead and awakening change with Aquarius will continue throughout the […]

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By |2024-01-21T08:58:45-05:00January 21st, 2024|Inspiration|0 Comments

Sunday inspiration: At the threshold

You all know how much I love John O’Donohue, and this piece is so perfect for the times we are in right now. I feel like the lack of outer planet drama this year, which will be followed by all of the outer planets changing signs and exerting powerful influence, means we are in this in-between place, a portal after the tornado when we don’t exactly know what the future holds.

For some of us this is very personal, for others we can only witness the crises that others are going through. In any case, I hope you enjoy these […]

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By |2024-01-14T07:33:16-05:00January 14th, 2024|Inspiration|0 Comments

A holiday prayer for Christmas 💖

This Monday we will celebrate Christmas in the Western world. I love the aspects of Christmas that are represented in this image (artist unknown) – the sugarplum fairies and Green Man Santa which brings joy and goodies to children everywhere. To be honest, the aspects of Christmas that I love are the old Celtic traditions of the solstice – the use of holly sprigs and berries to signify eternal life as the Holly King dies and the Oak King is reborn as the Sun begins to wax again.

Long ago I […]

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By |2023-12-24T10:33:15-05:00December 24th, 2023|Inspiration|0 Comments

Sunday inspiration for slowing down with Mercury retrograde

I have always been a do-er; with a Sun/Saturn conjunction and Mars in Capricorn I’m not really happy if I’m not accomplishing something. This is a great combination for success, but not a good combination for work/life balance, or really balance of any kind if I’m honest. When I took my little writing sabbatical I was able to step back a bit from the do-ing and step more into be-ing, asking myself questions like “am I doing this because there’s fulfillment in it?”

It’s the end of the year when the world seems to slow down a bit – the holidays, […]

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By |2023-12-17T12:49:52-05:00December 17th, 2023|Inspiration|9 Comments

Sunday poetry for a Jupiterian weekend

Jupiter dominates the skies right now – ruling both Mars and the Sun, both in Sagittarius, and opposing Venus and the Moon in Scorpio. Under Jupiter’s influence we look for the blue skies that are just around the bend, and the faith and confidence to pursue any adventure.  In reaching beyond that which is familiar that we discover the truths that otherwise lie hidden in the mundane details of our lives. 💖


photo by Joern Lindstaedt

Benedicto

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome,
dangerous, leading to the […]

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By |2023-12-09T22:19:41-05:00December 10th, 2023|Inspiration|0 Comments

Sunday Poetry for a Venus/Pluto dance

photo by me

A challenging square from Venus to Pluto has been building all week, have you felt it? Venus in Libra, longing for harmony and connection, antagonized by Pluto’s need to strip away artifice and the niceness which Libra craves. That square aspect peaks today and offers an opportunity to face those hard truths and still hold onto the beauty. This poem speaks perfectly to that tension and I hope you enjoy it! 💖


“Being alive,
it seems,
means learning to bear the weight of the passing of all things.

It means […]

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By |2023-12-04T06:16:24-05:00December 3rd, 2023|Inspiration|0 Comments

Sunday inspiration from Albert Einstein for this Gemini Full Moon

artist unknown?

The Gemini Full Moon culminates tomorrow (November 27th) at 4:16 am EST/9:16 am UTC.  You may know that the Full Moon is the midpoint of the lunar cycle which waxes and wanes each month in the dance between Sun and Moon, stirring the ocean tides and the tides of our own emotions.

The Full Moon takes us through the experiences of the zodiac just as the Sun does, but the Moon is opposite the Sun when it is full and we have an opportunity to balance the zodiacal polarities. […]

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By |2023-11-26T07:52:27-05:00November 26th, 2023|Inspiration|0 Comments

Sunday inspiration for the Mars Cazimi

Cazimi occurs when a planet is within a degree of the Sun, and that is the situation this weekend. Mars and the Sun, both in Mars-ruled Scorpio, have been within a degree of each other since last Wednesday and the exact conjunction occurred very early Saturday morning EST. We still have a few days of this fiery alignment but so far rumors of disaster have not come to pass. 

These fiery planetary alignments can inspire and energize us, especially in Scorpio where we are driven to seek Truth in everything we do; to delve into experiences that offer real meaning and […]

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By |2023-11-18T16:16:01-05:00November 19th, 2023|Inspiration|3 Comments

Sunday inspiration: The path of descent at the Scorpio New Moon

Tomorrow’s Scorpio New Moon offers an opportunity to delve into a deeper state of being and learn what is true beyond the fluff of every day life. This is my path right now (here’s an update on my sabbatical if you missed it!) and I found this piece to be inspirational in keeping me on the path of awakening. 💖


A growing down so often necessitates a “sinking to the depths.” If we do not consciously choose the journey, the journey will choose us on its own. […]

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By |2023-11-12T10:04:35-05:00November 12th, 2023|Inspiration|5 Comments

Sunday poetry: Can you feel it?

art by Helga Joy

In honor of the big transits that are happening in my own chart right now (details at the bottom of the post) and my own inner explorations, I offer this beautiful piece of inspiration to let go of blocks and anxieties that keep us locked in a prison of our own story and help us convert this prison into a prism of possibilities. 💖


Can you feel it?

Life breaking through inside us like an undeniable rising tide of wild brilliance and truth..

Asking us to wake up […]

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By |2023-09-10T08:09:45-04:00September 10th, 2023|Inspiration|8 Comments
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