How a Ghost Story Changed My Life

... And why we need a culture that embraces that death is not the End. Today’s full moon takes place at the 23 degrees, 52 minutes of Gemini at 9am UT. Mercury, Gemini’s ruler, stations direct in Sagittarius today as well — time to harvest our insights and “ahas” from the last three weeks, and let some forward motion be restored! (“Some”, because Mars — planet of action, momentum and drive, will continue to retrograde until February 2025, so some things are still simmering.) In honor…

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More To Life

Let's dream big with today's Sagittarius New Moon... and let the grace period of the current Mercury retrograde show us what we're missing. Today’s bold Sagittarius new moon greets us at 6:21 am UT, at 9 degrees 32 minutes of the sign of the Archer.  Here’s a Sagittarian principle: “there is more to life than this” — and you can fill in the blanks as to what “more” and “this” means in your situation.  Sagittarius sees life as a never-ending quest — an adventure.  The job…

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Liberating our Wild Nature

Decoding today's radical Taurus Full Moon. The Full moon takes place today, November 15, exactly at 24 degrees of Taurus, at 21:28 UT.  Today’s charged Supermoon comes to us on the heels of Saturn in Pisces stationing direct only hours prior — and only four days away from Pluto finally crossing the threshold of Aquarius. Pluto’s sign change is permanent this time, and will usher in the next two decades of radical transformation and confrontation with the Shadow, at an individual and collective level.  So far…

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How Do You *Really* Feel?

Navigating the deep and powerful currents of the Scorpio New Moon. Today’s Scorpio New Moon takes place at 12:46 UT, at 9o 34’ of Scorpio, heralding the mega-charged opposition between both its ruling planets, Mars and Pluto, which will be exact on November 3rd.  While the Moon will be in Scorpio only until November 3rd this month, and we’ll continue traversing Scorpio season until the Sun moves into Sagittarius on November 22nd, the aspect between Mars and Pluto will continue to unfold until late April 2025 thanks…

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Taking Up Space

No matter how hard we may try to avoid it, I've come to believe we always take up all of the space allotted to us. How we do that makes all the difference. I did a psychic reading for a client not long ago. As I went to look at her energy field, two things became apparent: one, she naturally had a fiery, highly creative quality to her nature. This showed up on my “viewing screen” (in my mind’s eye) as colorful flames all around her.…

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Love Calls Us to Something Braver: Libra New Moon Eclipse

Or, what is over-and-done in your relationship with others, yourself and the world? It's time to let go. As we welcome the incoming Libra New Moon, we’re greeted by a relational reckoning of sorts. Let’s keep in mind that while, generally, New Moons are the perfect time to set intentions for what we’re wanting more of in our lives, this lunation comes with a few plot twists. As a South Node (solar) eclipse, today’s New Moon energy is amped-up. But rather than having us look directly at the…

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Glimmers of Transcendence: Pisces Full Moon Eclipse

Friends, we’re about to cross the mystical portal of a Pisces Full Moon Lunar Eclipse.  The Full Moon takes place on Sept. 18 at 2:34am UT, at 25 degrees, 06’ of Pisces, just a few days before the Libra Equinox decidedly shifts the balance of light and dark, placing us squarely in Autumn here on Gaia’s Northern half, while those of you in the Southern hemisphere enjoy the blooming of Spring. Our upcoming Full Moon plunges us into the oceanic waters of the final sign of the…

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Living In Your Home Frequency: A Guide

The Importance of Aligning with Our Unique Vibration.Why “Home Frequency”?  This term originates with author Penney Peirce, and is described in her aptly named book, “Frequency”. I like the feel of it, so I’ve adopted it in conversation. It’s a handy way of referring to something I also like to call our Soul Glow (or just simply “Glow”). These are shorthands for a complex phenomenon: a dynamic, utterly harmonious, blissful vibration which comes about from being completely filled with ourselves in the best possible way.  In Context If you’re…

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Bring Forth What is Within You

New Moon in Leo, and a deep dive into the power and vulnerability of authentic expression. Today’s new moon greets us with all the irrepressible joy of the sign of the Lion! The New Moon occurs exactly at 11:12 am UT, at 12 degrees 33’ of Leo. We’re heading into the Cross-quarter day of Lughnasa/Lammas in the Northern Hemisphere, and Imbolc in the Southern Hemisphere. (Wait, didn’t that already happen a few days ago? Traditionally this feast day is celebrated on August 1st, but astrologically we’re looking for…

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The End of an Era

Harvesting the final pieces of Pluto in Capricorn with the Full Moon On July 21, at 10:16 UT, we have our second Capricorn Full moon in a row! (At 29° 08’) This Full Moon takes place at the final (AKA anaretic or critical) degree of Capricorn. The anaretic degree of a sign has a “last hurrah” feel to it; the planet moving through it feels extra intense, condensing the energy of the sign into an urgent final statement or lesson before moving on into the next…

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