by Jessica | Apr 17, 2015 | Aries, Illuminated Lunations
The truism goes, you have to love your self before you can truly love another. Like most truisms that sound too simple to be true but have the gravity to change your life, this one hit home when I’d given the love I should’ve been giving to my self to another...
by Jessica | Oct 6, 2014 | Aries, Illuminated Lunations
Confession time: I’ve always had a fear of not being liked. Caving in to social pressure, via the desire to please another person rather than bare the uncomfortable pain of disappointing them, is probably my biggest and most persistently troubling life lesson to date....
by Jessica | Mar 29, 2014 | Aries, Illuminated Lunations
At springtime, Mother Nature inspires us to begin anew so last weekend we got in the spring spirit and lined our red flagstone walkway with potted flowers and herbs. Mothers are known to nest when preparing for the imminent arrival of their new bundle, and as we...
by Jessica | Oct 17, 2013 | Aries, Illuminated Lunations, Libra
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the fluke of me (what? huh? me??!!) living in Stockholm for these four months. Most often, I’ve been awestruck, amazed, overwhelmed with gratitude that my husband, soul mate and now Fulbright Scholar has given me the gift of this...
by Jessica | Sep 28, 2012 | Aries, Illuminated Lunations
Since the last new moon I have faced a few obstacles: a head cold, a broken pipe that led to no water for six days, more signs of a rapidly declining website, a printer refusing to print…each obstacle requiring more time and attention than I wanted to give. And each...
by Jessica | Mar 21, 2012 | Aries, Illuminated Lunations, Uranus
As the Sun moves through the constellations, once again we find our selves at the beginning: Aries. The zodiacal sign of Aries has over the years, earned my admiration. Full of vigor, can-do and the enthusiasm of perpetual springtime, Aries has the power to turn away...