Author: Lorna Tedder
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The Grief We Grow Old Enough to Understand
I didn’t understand the old woman’s words of wisdom then. They were something it took 50 years to grow into.
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What Juno Really Means in Astrology (And Why It’s About More Than Marriage)
Forget the engagement-ring version of Juno. In your natal chart, she’s the blueprint for every sacred contract you make—who earns your loyalty, and on what terms.
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The Last Page Before Dawn: May 2026
The May 2026 issue of The Last Page Before Dawn — monthly notes from the writing desk. This month: a man unearthed at Pompeii holding a bowl over his head, a 2,000-year-old star catalogue read through a palimpsest with X-rays, and a month of solar-return travel, ritual, and quiet refusals.
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Gemini Season: Follow the Thread of Curiosity
Gemini season is restless by design. It wants you to follow the thread—the random idea, the unexpected connection, the question you’ve been too afraid to ask. This is the season that rewards curiosity over certainty.
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Travel for Solar Return: Month One’s Surprising Results
Part 7 of an ongoing experiment in relocation astrology. After traveling to Colorado for my Solar Return, I came home to Tampa—and found that Month One looked almost entirely like my home chart. Structured productivity, systems building, emotional containment. The Colorado imprint hasn’t taken hold. Yet.
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Learner CliftonStrength
The Learner CliftonStrength thrives on growth—but what about unlearning? For those raised on ‘push through the pain,’ our aging bodies are now asking for a new kind of partnership. Here’s how to stop overriding what your body is trying to tell you.
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Still Walking, Thank You Very Much
A red hiking pole from the Camino de Santiago became my mother’s, then mine — and an unexpected conversation with a 90-year-old neighbor about why we refuse the cane.
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Input CliftonStrength: The Joy of Collecting Pieces That Matter
The Input CliftonStrength isn’t hoarding—it’s building a reservoir. As a writer who collects books, ideas, and half-formed concepts, I’ve learned to treat gathering as fuel, not clutter. Here’s how honoring that instinct changed everything.
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Florence + the Machine: When a Concert Becomes a Ritual
At a Florence + the Machine concert, I recognized the same charged collective energy I’d felt in Southern Baptist tent revivals and large Wiccan gatherings. Different traditions, same underlying current—songs functioning as spells and prayers.
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Travel for Solar Return: Is It the Location — or the Solar Cycle?
The experiment has focused on location. Now the uncomfortable question: what if the pre-Solar Return activation has nothing to do with where you travel?
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The Problem I Didn’t Know Was Mine
A rushed afternoon, a dangerous open water meter, and a small decision that wasn’t really my job. Sometimes the fix you make for someone else quietly circles back — landing exactly where you step at 2 AM in the dark. A reflection on doing the right thing before it becomes someone’s emergency.
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Taurus Season: Stay Long Enough to Bloom
If Aries lit the spark, Taurus builds the hearth. Taurus season asks: Can you stay with it? Can you nurture what you started? Here’s how to root into this season’s steady, devoted energy—and let what you’ve begun slowly bloom.
