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London calling
Having slept only 3 hours in the past 24, I’m in London, UK. Arrived at Heathrow this afternoon in a swirl of baggage and a whirl of profiling all the cultures I’m seeing (not a multi-national traveler yet, just beginning). This is only my second trans-Atlantic trip, and I have to say, I didn’t expect to love this mercurial city (Sun sign Gemini according to astrologer-colleague). But it’s more about the so-so cities and the cities you love, more than the unbelievably narrow streets...
Full Moon Cancer, Saturday, January 14, 2006, 1:48 AM PST
Full Moon Cancer, Saturday, January 14, 2006, 1:48 AM PST At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Capricorn perpetuates the hard (so-called) truth of reality, in the reflective threadbare light of mid-January. New Years promises we did or didn’t make are in their last week as the Sun soon moves from steadfast Capricorn to change maker Aquarius. Resolve. The New Years resolution has lost its allure in America- maybe the new American dream has tricked us that with enough self-improvement...
New Moon Capricorn, Friday, December 30, 2005 7:13 PM PST
New Moon Capricorn, Friday, December 30, 2005 7:13 PM PST I am going to tell you something and you're going to find it difficult to believe- Ready? All astrological indicators predict that 2006 is going to be a marvelous new year. Trust it. Trust it even though its been raining for so many days you forget what day of the week it is. Trust it even though your Christmas was hard, traffic a nightmare and right now things show little sign of improvement. Trust it because spring follows winter, the...
Full Moon Gemini, Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:15 AM PST
“…I think something is burning. Now you've ruined the whole thing. Muffle the smoke alarm. Whoever put on this music Had better quick, sharp, remove it… Pour me another. Oh, don't wag your finger at me. It's that time of year, Leave all our hopelessness’s aside (if just for a little while) tears stop right here I know we’ve all had a bumpy ride …I’m secretly on your side†- Imogene Heap -- Just For Now Full Moon Gemini, Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:15 AM PST It’s that time...
New Moon Sagittarius, Thursday, December 1, 2005, 7:01 AM PST
Knowledge is the wisdom of experience. - quote on teabag What made me think I could start clean-slated? The hardest to learn is the least complicated. - Indigo Girls New Moon Sagittarius, Thursday, December 1, 2005, 7:01 AM PST What do you believe? Sun in Sagittarius 'tis the season of hide and seek, the season of listening to the stories we tell ourselves, the dreams we have for the coming year, the possibilities we envision, the reality we co-create. Where do we find our options, our...
Full Moon Gemini, Friday, November 26, 2005 12:07 PM PST
Full Moon Gemini, Friday, November 26, 2005 12:07 PM PST The Sun in Sagittarius has moved our focus from our complex inner world into greener pastures. The seeing in the dark quality of Scorpio has given our vision a just sharp enough edge. Sagittarius rushes in like the holidays-despite other intentions you find yourself caught up in a kind of frenzied excitement. People are no longer brooding and reticent but chatty, conversant and full of opinions. Intuition has had time to simmer and...
Full Moon Taurus, November 15, 2005 4:57 PM PST
What is to give light must endure burning. -- Viktor Frankl Full Moon Taurus, November 15, 2005 4:57 PM PST The time of year is autumn, the date is any year. Dropping into the season lifts us from chronological time into kairos time, the truest time. Let nature in-what a relief! Kairos time measures the eternal cycle of death and rebirth in nature & reminds us that in this life, we are 'off the clock'. Inhale the smell of burning leaves bequeathed to us from our ancestors, those who have...
Full Moon Aries Lunar Eclipse, Monday, October 17, 5:14 AM PST
Ideally, there should be no kindness in the role of either the man or the woman. Self-seeking, in one of the paradoxes with which love abounds, they find each other. -- Jessamyn West When love walks in the room Everybody stand up! Oooooh, it's good! good! good! Say Iloveyou!Iloveyou!Iloveyou!Iloveyou!Iloveyou!!! -- Chryssie Hynde Full Moon Aries Lunar Eclipse, Monday, October 17, 5:14 AM PST Who really knows the alchemy of what our soul needs most? What is that magical spell that weaves around...
Libra New Moon Solar Eclipse, Monday October 3, 2005 3:28 AM PST
Libra New Moon Solar Eclipse, Monday October 3, 2005 3:28 AM PST At New Moons we always find a new birth. New Moon in Libra is the birth of Venus- she is the Venus of Botticelli, the moment that divine beauty entered the world. We are relating, dialoguing, creating art, and blazing paths for new levels of intimacy in the world. In the great work, Venus arrives fully born, on a shell-chariot fresh from Mediterranean breezes on a spring day. She is inhumanly flawless and so was her birth- no...
Pisces Full Harvest Moon, Saturday, September 17, 2005 7: 01 PM PST
A cool small evening shrunk to a dog bark and the clank of a bucket -- And you listening. A spider's web, tense for the dew's touch. A pail lifted, still and brimming -- mirror To tempt a first star to a tremor. 'Moon!' you cry suddenly, 'Moon! Moon!' The moon has stepped back like an artist gazing amazed at a work That points at him amazed. -Ted Hughes Pisces Full Harvest Moon, Saturday, September 17, 2005 7: 01 PM PST Autumn is coming, the spider webs are everywhere shimmering like gossamer...