NAVIGATING by the stars

The Winter Solstice is a time often hailed as the return of the light:  On the darkest day of the year, the Sun metaphorically is born again. A seed of possibility is planted during the shortest...

There is an innate wildness within all of us.  A way of moving, a pulse, that silently draws us forward. An instinctive knowing that seemingly, inexplicably draws us along our path. It knows what...

  New Moon in Sagittarius December 1, 1:21 am EST/November 30, 10:21 pm PST I have a long four-foot wooden plaque that is designed to be a Christmas decoration, which is inscribed with...

The way we pay attention to the world around us shapes our world. Our attention, what we focus on,  is a lens that filters both how and what we see, what we are able to receive from the world and...

On Friday, November 15, at 1:29 PST/4:29 EST. our last supermoon of the year, a Full Moon in Taurus takes place.  The Moon is the heavenly body that is the closest to us, both astronomically and...

Life is messy.  More often than not, the unexpected shows up at our door. Something or someone we never anticipated. Something we didn’t believe was possible. What happens next is...

The Parable Of The Drowning Man is a short story, often told as a joke, most often about a devout Christian Minister who refuses several rescue attempts in the face of approaching floodwaters, each...

Late this past Tuesday, October 22, we collectively entered Scorpio season, which admittedly is one of my favorite times of the year.  When the Sun shines its light on things, it gives them life...

This week, late on Tuesday, September 17 at 10:34 pm EDT/ 7:34 pm PDT, we officially enter eclipse season. In astrological terms, eclipses bring powerful events. They are markers of change. ...

Experience has led me to believe the most significant need we all have in common is a felt sense of belonging.  We rarely think about it but implicit in this primal need lies a a yearning for a...

A funny thing happened while writing this.  I completed the draft yesterday afternoon, I just wanted to take a moment away so I could make sure I was clear in what I wanted to share with you so I...

Have you ever noticed that right after a thunderstorm the air feels clearer?  It has been changed by the electrical nature of the storm and what seemed stagnant before has been swept away....

We just passed Lammas, a pagan holiday celebrated at the midpoint between summer and autumn. Considered to be one of the turning points in the year, Lammas takes place when the Sun reaches 15...

Full Moon in Capricorn Sunday, July 21, 2024 3:17 am PDT/76:17 am EDT: Moon at 29:09° Capricorn/Sun at 29:09° Cancer Early Sunday morning, July 21,  a Full Moon in the sign of...

About twenty-five years ago I was eating lunch at a restaurant that had a deck of Osho Tarot cards on each table.  I eagerly drew a card; the Stress card. The essence of it has reverberated...