Mercury Direct, Nessus and Your Cue to Be One

Dear Friend and Reader: In August, the sky starts to open up and the energy flows more freely. The obstacle course that we’ve been running since January morphs into the art studio / healing space indicated by the Leo-Virgo line, which the Sun is gradually approaching. If you’ve been having productivity or creativity challenges, prepare … Read more

Dark Knight of the Uranus-Pluto Square

Dear Friend and Reader: It’s been a trying week. Both the Moon and Mars moved through the Uranus-Pluto square, forming a grand cross on Wednesday shortly before the Cancer New Moon. With much of the United States engulfed in stultifying heat and humidity and many other places in drought, the weather as well as the … Read more

Moon in a Grand Cross: An Edgy Tuesday

Dear Friend and Reader: I’m here with a short note about today’s astrology. At the moment the Moon is in Cancer (sensitive, receptive, moody), making many aspects to planets you may be familiar with: the Uranus-Pluto square, which currently includes Mars in Libra. Mars, Uranus and Pluto are now in a very close alignment — … Read more

Who Was Woody Guthrie?

Dear Fellow Traveler: Who was Woody Guthrie, really? I ask this acknowledging how little we know about the human experience — where we come from, where we are, the true history of our planet, and what the purpose of our journey here is. One thing we can say for sure is that we experience considerable … Read more

Pholus the Centaur: Small Cause, Big Effect

Dear Friend and Reader: In prior editions of this column I have mentioned Chiron, a planet orbiting our Sun that was discovered in 1977. Chiron, named for one of the wise (as opposed to rogue) centaurs of Greek mythology, addresses matters of holistic healing and is therefore directly related to homeopathy and all forms of alternative … Read more