Month: February 2009
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Throwing Good after Bad
There’s an old saying about throwing good money after bad. It means that you’ve discovered something isn’t working but you continue to spend money on it, usually hoping that more money will improve on something useless or inefficient. But what if it’s not money or anything physical? For me, it was a major hump to…
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Applied Astrology: “Terrifying” Uranus-Venus Conjunctions
Exploring the transformative journey of the Uranus-Venus conjunction reveals unexpected shifts in creativity, relationships, and self-perception. For years, I’ve been a little terrified of what it would mean when Uranus transited my Natal Venus. If you’re not conversant in astrology, please understand that I tend to think of it as a language rather than a…
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Believing in Myself: 3 Moments I Knew I Had my Confidence Back
I’m a big fan of looking over your shoulder every now and then to know how far you’ve come. I can point to three different events in recent months that have been solid proof to me that I have my self-confidence back, and really, maybe even to a point that I have never before had…
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Losing the Sense of Abundance: How Relationships (Even Great Ones) Can Hinder a Prosperity Mindset
For many of us—especially those of us raised in an environment of real or imagined scarcity—getting into a mindset of abundance and prosperity is a real milestone on our spiritual journey. Reaching that peak is a true celebration, yet we can fall off that peak and back onto a pit of impoverished feelings rather quickly…if…
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Having a Family Is Not an Excuse for “No”
One of my colleagues, when she was 8 months pregnant, was asked with great disdain why she would consider having a child and didn’t she know that having a family life would hurt her career as a contract negotiator? I wanted to think we’d come a lot farther in women’s equality, especially since I’ve never…
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It’s Valentine’s Day: Do You Know Where Your Sweetheart Is?
For a born romantic, I’ve never really been a fan of Valentine’s Day. Maybe that’s because, to me, the best way to show me affection is throughout the year rather than with a dozen roses on the same day everyone else gets a dozen roses and a card from Hallmark. I have much fonder thoughts…
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Pick One Thing–and Re-Define It
So here’s your assignment: pick one thing that society defines a certain way, however small, and re-define it for yourself. For me, it’s…house dresses, for lack of a better word. Here you see me having a “blessed laundry day” at my house. What’s different? A lot of things. But it started with a change in…
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February 2009 Full Snow Moon/Lunar Eclipse in Leo: Ideas for Meditations and Rituals
The February Full Moon, aka the Full Snow Moon, occurs in Leo on February 9, 2009 at 8:49 Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. The extra oomph for this full moon is that it’s a lunar eclipse, meaning the Earth eclipses the moon, at 20 Leo 52. Lunar Eclipses are all about culmination, particularly…
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What I Wish I Could Say, 2009 edition
When I first started my “What I Wish I Could Say” exercise three years ago, I had 30-something people I wanted to say something important to but for some reason could not. Sometimes it meant that they’d be too hurt by my honesty. Sometimes I feared for my job or the relationship or even my…
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Solar Return Fun – The Importance of your Rising Sign for the Year
I’m a huge fan of solar return charts. These are special “birthday” charts that give you an idea of the influences around you for the year following your most recent birthday, though you may feel some of these influences up to three months before and after your actual birthday year, depending on the progress you…
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Hope, Freezing Weather, and the Heart in Winter
I’ve been told there’s a huge blessing coming for me in the Winter. Well, I’d say Winter’s here and I have a wild sense of anticipation. This is the coldest Winter I’ve experienced in the 24 years I’ve lived in Florida. Today is the third straight day the temps have hovered in the 20’s, and…
