When Standing Out May Be the Only Real Option

Dear Friend and Reader: When everyone around you is wounded and hurting, if you initiate and pursue your own healing it will probably make you stand out. I suspect countless people have had this thought before, but it came to mind as I was thinking about tomorrow’s conjunction of the Sun and Chiron in Aries. … Read more

Mercury, Neptune and the Full Moon Equinox

Dear Friend and Reader: This week is the equinox: when the Sun enters Aries and spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere. That takes place Wednesday, March 20 at 5:58 pm EDT). Moments after the Sun enters Aries is the Libra Full Moon, making this an unusual equinox with quite a lot of momentum carrying both … Read more

Reflections from the Perfectly Imperfect

Dear Friend and Reader: Have you ever looked at your reflection in the water with the Sun directly behind you? Your reflection ends up being mostly a silhouette that’s gently distorted by the movement of the water; and though you can’t see your own features very well, you can see all the color and detail … Read more

Around and Around

Well the joint was jumping, going ’round and ’round, Hey! reelin’ and a rocking, what a crazy sound, Well they never stopped rocking, till the moon went down. Dear Friend and Reader: Lately I’ve been looking at the astrology charts, and getting the same feeling, wondering the same thing: when does the story resolve? When … Read more

The View from the Other Side

Dear Friend and Reader: At last, the major astrology of this week (this month, really) has occurred: Mercury is retrograde in Pisces as of Monday; Uranus is in Taurus as of yesterday, and the Pisces New Moon is separating. As I write this, it’s all so fresh that I’m still getting a feel for whether … Read more