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Oh, the Vertex, what a game–he’s hiding all the cards.
The Vertex is in charge of finding treasure in the dark,
And watching over lucky clover–isn’t that bizarre?
Every little thing the Vertex does
Leaves you answered with a question mark. (“The Reflex”—Duran Duran)
Okay, so I like to dance through my house [...]
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Originally published in Third Degree and Rising, 2007.
This is important for reasons I cannot yet fathom, except that I’m looking for what is real.
We’re so sure of what reality is. We gaze at the night sky, at what’s not visible in the glare of harsh light, and congratulate [...]
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Sitting in the cemetery at sunset, 8 months into a year with Solar Return Sun in the dreaded Eighth House; Photo copyright by Aislinn Bailey, AisPortraits, Niceville, Florida
My birthday’s coming up in just a few weeks, and you know what that means? I’m finishing up a year when my Solar Return Sun was in my [...]
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I know a lot of you come here for info on what I called “applied astrology.” I am NO EXPERT but enjoy astrology as a hobby because I love looking at patterns and personalities, and I’ve learned the most about it by looking specifically at what’s going on in my chart and the charts of [...]
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A few favorite cards from Raven Grimassi and Stephanie Taylor Grimassi’s The Well-Worn Path deck
I have a lot of friends who read Tarot cards–and every last one of them is pretty good at it! Invariably, when we get together, we somehow end up drooling over the beautiful artwork of the newest deck among us [...]
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The Helix Nebula. Photo Credit NASA, ESA, C. R. O’Dell (Vanderbilt University), M Meixner, and P. McCullough (STScI)
Astrology has certainly had its share of skeptics and non-believers—and for good reason: most people are familiar only with vague one-liner newspaper horoscopes that can apply to almost anyone. If you’ve spend any significant amount of time exploring [...]
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NASA photo: The Galileo spacecraft surveyed the moon on Dec. 7, 1992, on its way to explore the Jupiter system.
The September Full Moon in Pisces, aka the Corn Moon, occurs on September 4, 2009 at 11:03 AM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. Last month’s Full Moon was about letting your dream take you [...]
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NASA photo: Earthrise
Super sensitive. That’s what I am. I’m still trying to assimilate the weirdness (thus far) from yesterday’s eclipse, August 5, 2009. I had some strange physical effects, and it felt like the veil between the worlds was thinner than ever yesterday. In fact, I know it was, based on what [...]
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The August Full Moon in Aquarius, aka the Sturgeon Moon, occurs on August 5, 2009 at 7:55 PM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. Last month’s Full Moon was about dreaming your dreams a little differently. This Full Moon, I feel, is all about…letting your dream take you by the hand. More on that….
Aquarius, [...]
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Astrologically, this Total Solar Eclipse of July 21 (22, depending on where you are), 2009, will have a major effect on just about everyone. With the sun being eclipsed at the 29th degree of Cancer, it’ll have the most impact on those with Sun and Ascendant in that sign but everyone will feel it in [...]
The July 2009 Eclipse (7/7/09 full moon lunar eclipse) repeats the saros 110 pattern. For the related meditation/ritual, see Moon in Capricorn Rituals and Meditations: July 2009
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The July Full Moon in Capricorn, aka the Buck Moon and sometimes called the Thunder Moon, occurs on July 7, 2009 at 4:22 AM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. Last month’s Full Moon was about telling your story the way you want it to be, even if it’s not always the way it’s [...]
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The June Full Moon in Sagittarius, aka the Strawberry Moon, occurs on June 7, 2009 at 1:12 PM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. Last month’s Full Moon was about speaking your truth. This Full Moon, I feel, is all about…telling our story, the way we want it to be even if it’s not [...]
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The May Full Moon, aka the [...]
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The April Full Moon, aka [...]
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The March Full Moon, aka the Full Worm Moon or Full Crow Moon, occurs [...]
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For years, I’ve been a little terrified of what it would mean when Uranus transitted 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 science and that it’s all about patterns with celestial bodies as the [...]
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The February Full Moon, aka the Full Snow Moon, occurs in Leo on February 9, 2009 at 8:49 Central time here in [...]
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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, [...]
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Wondering what the January 2009 Solar Eclipse portends for you? Look at the patterns in your own life, particular where the eclipses of this particular eclipse “family” have hit before. The general feeling for the current eclipse is that it will have a huge impact on everyone, with the result [...]
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Every time there’s a New Moon, Full Moon, or an Eclipse, I get thousands of search engine hits from readers looking for rituals/meditations [...]
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From earnest followers of astrology to people who know only that “Mercury in Retrograde” is the herald of computer crashes, missed messages, and flat tires, most people I know cringe when they heard the phrase. If you’re a believer in the ill effects of the seeminly backward motion of this [...]
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The January Full Moon, aka the Wolf Moon, occurs in Cancer on January 10, 2009 at 9:27PM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. This Full Moon, I feel, is all about…the heart.
Cancer is generally a sign of emotions, nurturing, motherhood, nesting, home. Right now, the Sun is in Capricorn, to me (Pisces that I am) a [...]
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There’s an edginess that’s been in the air for the past couple of hours. It’s the kind of feeling you get after a fight with a lover or when a dream just got deferred. I can’t pin it down but it’s been intense. Weighty. It’s nothing new…but I wasn’t [...]
