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Cancer Full Moon: All in the Family

Sometimes good deeds get rewarded!

At the holiday season, we all crave the comfort of family around us – as difficult as that may be this year while the pandemic rages on.…

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Sagittarius New Moon Total Eclipse: Changing Direction

A surprising holiday season ahead!

What would you do if you found a live koala nestled in the
branches of your Christmas tree? When she first spotted the adorable cub, Amanda
McCormick of southern Australia couldn’t believe her eyes.…

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Gemini Full Moon Eclipse: Cultivating Curiosity

Last night my cousins and I held our Thanksgiving gathering over Zoom. The Nevada City contingent kept cutting in and out, but we made the best of it, thankful to see one another again after an entire year.…

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Scorpio New Moon: Changing Times

Art by Sketch, IG@thisissketch

Come gather ’round, people wherever you roam

And admit that the waters around you have grown

And accept it that soon you’ll be drenched to
the bone

If your time to you is worth savin’, then you
better start swimmin’

Or you’ll sink like a stone, for the times they
are a-changin’

There are times when you can feel the zeitgeist shifting.…

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Taurus Full Moon: Ancestral Magic

Goddess Oya brings winds of change…

In her wonderful book, Jambalayah, Yeye Luisah Teish tells of a strange event that happened near the end of 1982. She was alone, bedridden with a severe upper respiratory disorder.…

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Libra New Moon: Judge Not

Years ago, a prominent spiritual leader shared an intriguing incident that impacted her life.  In the May 2020 issue of Science of Mind, Rev. David Ault recalled her story of attending her first high-profile political fundraiser.…

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Aries Full Moon: Stoking the Fire

These are fighting times…

Some stars burn more brightly than others; Ruth Bader Ginsburg was one of them. She mightily stoked the fires of justice, leaving a legacy we’d all do well to emulate.…

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Virgo New Moon: Figuring it Out

Have faith in one another…

We are living through extremely chaotic times. As Thomas Paine said just prior to the American Revolution – another very volatile period – “These are the times that try men’s souls.”…

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Pisces Full Moon: Take a Time-out

I’d paddled out far into the tranquil bay on that warm summer afternoon. Close enough that my parents could still see me, but far enough away that I was blissfully alone.…

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Leo New Moon: A Time for Heroism

It was July
21, 1944, a blustery day at Mitchell Field, Long Island. As gale-force winds
buffeted the plane he was in, Dad’s heart raced. He knew it was not safe to jump.…

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