Category: Astrology
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Threshold Days: Springing into a Bright Future with the Vernal Equinox
***Cool blueprint in the sky photo by Jenny Leigh Happy Spring! Today is a great time to make plans. It’s a threshold day. I mean TODAY, not any “today.” TODAY, this afternoon and evening in particular. Whether you have plans for a ritual celebration or don’t even bother to note the date on the calendar,…
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Thematic (vs Traumatic) Years
Are you on the right track? Photo by amanky Have you ever noticed that certain themes emerge in your life each year? For me personally, these themes work themselves out in a 2-year cycle with a new primary year starting around my birthday every year. The first year is usually a reordering of a…
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Politics and Astrology, and the Presidential Campaign
McCain and Obama…Saturn and Uranus personified? One of my favorite newsletters comes from astrologer Jim Sher (http://www.sherastrology.com), and if you don’t already subscribe to his free newsletter, follow the link below or pop in at his website. He has plenty of good stuff at his site. Jim always has a little different perspective that I…
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Time-Lining Intentions
Photo by Morti Riuuallon I’m combining long-term intentions with daily intentions in two rather effective ways. First, I hold my “morning strategy sessions with the Universe” at usually about 5:30 AM when I’m on my way to work. I have time alone to decide how I want my day to go, what I want to…
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A Small Eclipse Ritual: Under a Blood Red Moon
Photo by Black Dog Photography The lunar eclipse of 20 February 2008 was quite pretty in the here-and-there moments that the cloud-cast sky allowed a peek. I love it when I can curl up in a blanket in the back yard hammock and watch an eclipse with one of the kids with me, but the…
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The Kundalini Rise Is Rocket Fuel for a Blast from the Past
Photo of Beale AFB antennas by casch52 As with most Mercury Retrogrades, people from my past are coming out of the woodwork, but the most amazing thing was not the phone call I received late today but in what happened before. I’m left with an odd feeling of intense interest, annoyance, and a little bit…
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The Spiritual Ad Lib
Photo by Computer Science Geek Eclipses are wonderful times to harness the power of the moment for a personal new moon ritual. They also have a tendancy to surprise me with little messages that come up, sort of like a spiritual ad lib. Last night under a bright smattering of stars, with grass under my…
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Fun and Games with Eclipses
Photo of the 3 October 2005 Eclipse by Victor Nuno For those of you who follow astrology and enjoy watching patterns, a lot is going on in the next couple of weeks. We just had Pluto enter business-minded, structured Capricorn, which will have interesting ramifications on the global turf or, if you prefer, the things…