The astrology of Joanna Macy: Healing and reconnection
“The most remarkable feature of this historical moment is not that we are on the way to destroying our world–we’ve actually been on the way quite a while. It is that we are beginning to wake up, as from a millenia-long sleep, to a whole new relationship to our world, to ourselves, and to each other.”
This is not intended to be an in-depth chart analysis, but rather an astrological tribute. Joanna Macy, an eco-Buddhist warrior and teacher, died last weekend at the age of 96. She was a powerful presence and a […]
Yesterday I played some music for a community event called “Death and Cupcakes,” an exploration of the expression of grief. Although there were a few men in the group, it was the women who shared their stories. One whose husband died from ALS and struggles for her children to find a way forward after this devastating loss. One whose son died a few years ago and seeks to find a ritual to remember him on the third anniversary of his death. One who struggles with “anticipatory grief” knowing that someone she loves 
Last night I went to a birthday party for someone I have known for over 30 years, since I first moved to North Carolina. A large group of us that were involved in the same meditation group relocated to North Carolina at the same time, but because I left that group in the mid-1980s there were quite a few people I haven’t seen for many years, so there were people at this party that I hadn’t seen for years.
