Sparking the Fires of Consciousness

Dear Friend and Reader: Early Thursday morning, the Sun passed the midpoint of the sign Aquarius. In the old calendar, this is the sabbat of Imbolc, one of the four cross-quarter days. Said simply, we’re at the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox — at least here in the Northern Hemisphere. This … Read more

Perspective and Power

Dear Friend and Reader: There has been heaviness in my heart, as I imagine there might be in yours. Waking up yesterday to the sounds of the latest news reports from Paris set a dark tone to my day as I prepared to write the first draft of this piece. Yet our lives, like the … Read more

Cause and Effect are Never Separate

Dear Friend and Reader: Yesterday once again the world was greeted by a mass shooting. This one happened in Paris, a place free from serious terrorist attacks for more than 50 years. Tweets and therefore news reports rippled out within minutes of the incident. It became a global event, which I will define as spreading … Read more

Mercury, Weaving the Story of Nessus

Published June 6, 2014 | Link to original Those children who are beaten will in turn give beatings, those who are intimidated will be intimidating, those who are humiliated will impose humiliation, and those whose souls are murdered will murder. – Alice Miller Dear Friend and Reader: Nessus, the third centaur planet (discovered in 1993, orbit … Read more

Mercury, Weaving the Story of Nessus

Those children who are beaten will in turn give beatings, those who are intimidated will be intimidating, those who are humiliated will impose humiliation, and those whose souls are murdered will murder. — Alice Miller Dear Friend and Reader: Nessus, the third centaur planet (discovered in 1993), recently entered water sign Pisces. This is a slow-moving … Read more