On Scorpios – the unbearable vulnerability of our depths
“Birth for Scorpio is the end part of a process, the reincarnation that follows a previous death.” – Lindsay River & Sally Gillespie Moving behind closed doors From the courtship of Libra, we now move to what really takes place behind closed doors in every relationship. This is where the real dance of […]
On Libras – The Mirror of our Relationships
“The psyche is a self-regulating system that maintains its equilibrium just as the body does. Every process that goes too far immediately and inevitably calls forth compensations … Too little on one side results in too much on the other.” – C.G. Jung What our relationships say about who we are Think about […]
September – The month of Mars
“What a retrograde planet needs is a good obsession. I have repeatedly found that the frustration engendered by a retrograde planet is primarily due to the person’s lack of interest in something that drives and compels.” – Erin Sullivan The Month of Mars Mars represents our vital force, our competitive edge, and our […]
On Virgo – Life as a craft
“Virgo attempts to achieve by mastering the tools that the world offers it, by creating an orderly, dependable relationships with the world around it.” – Robert Hand Analytical craftsmanship in life Look to the zodiac signs like a METHODOLOGY OF LIFE. Each sign is part of a process, and one leads into the […]
Don’t be a jackass
“Complexes interfere with the intentions of the will and disturb the conscious performance; they produce disturbances of memory and blockages in the flow of associations; they appear and disappear according to their own laws; they can temporarily obsess consciousness or influence speech and action in an unconscious way. In a word, complexes behave like independent […]
The gifts of Venus & Neptune
“When Neptune transits Venus we are attracted to anything that takes us beyond the boundaries of our separate self, and this accounts for the enhanced religious, spiritual, or mystical longings some people feel at this time.” – Howard Sasportas One of the signatures of this week is the conversation between Venus, finishing up her […]
On Leos – the Myth of Narcissus
“…there is a genuine fascination with the self, and a desire that others be similarly fascinated. But only in defective strongly Leonine personalities does this pattern emerge as egotism or show-off behavior. In most adult Leos it comes out as a need for personal recognition, a desire to be impressive, and a need to control […]
On Cancerians
“Cancer is the custodian of the truth that ‘what we tend will then tend to us.’” – Caroline Casey My husband is a Cancerian. One of my best friends, Steve, is also a Cancerian. I confess that most of my life, many of my closer relationships had been with Capricorns – the polar opposite sign […]
We are the cleanup crew
Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one. Voltaire What is unfolding in the news and all around us, rising from the depths of our society’s psyche is both overwhelming and daunting. But it also holds the keys to the creation of a new way of being in the world. Birth is […]
Courage and Temerity
“Conspiracy theory is never really a problem of intelligence. It’s an emotional wound that overpowers the higher faculties of the mind – and is, therefore, best treated not with a barrage of countervailing facts, but with reassurance, kindness, and love, for it’s here that the problem invariably began.” Alain de Botton I’ve been thinking […]
