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Aries New Moon: Going Viral

Thinking of others…

A new season is upon us and all of nature is coming back to life. The March 19 Equinox marks a fresh start. Yet here we are in the midst of a pandemic, trapped in our homes, insecure about our physical and financial well-being.  …

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Virgo Full Moon: The Voice of Reason

Healing Hand, Temples of Humankind, Damanhur

Sometimes it’s hard to know which end is up. We’re living in a time of hype and fear-mongering, especially over the last few weeks with Mercury retrograde in fuzzy-headed Pisces (it has now backtracked briefly into Aquarius, where it turns direct on March 9).…

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Pisces New Moon: Melt Your Frozen Heart

Are you ready to melt the glacier in your heart?

Recently I listened to an interview with shaman-elder Agaanagaq (Uncle) Angakkorsuaq from the far north of Greenland. In the Global Ecovillage Network Summit, he said that in the early 60s, his people discovered that an enormous nearby glacier was melting – something unheard of in their history.…

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Pisces New Moon: Melting Your Frozen Heart

Are you ready to melt the glacier in your heart?

Recently I saw an interview with shaman-elder Agaanagaq (Uncle) Angakkorsuaq from the far north of Greenland. In the Global Ecovillage Network Summit, he said that in the early 60s, his people discovered that an enormous nearby glacier was melting – something unheard of in their history.…

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Leo Full Moon: A Hug from Your Loving Grandmother

My Grandma with her great-grandson Kigh

One afternoon last week while driving down a peaceful boulevard in my neighborhood, I passed a slow-moving car. To my shock, the driver sped up and began aggressively tailgating me – all the way to my house!…

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Aquarius New Moon: Onward and Upward

There has been much debate about when the Aquarian Age actually
begins. Some say it already has, with the explosion of “peace, love and
equality” that happened in the mid-to-late Sixties, when Uranus (modern ruler
of Aquarius) joined do-or-die Pluto in earth-conscious, solution-oriented Virgo.…

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Cancer Full Moon Eclipse: Snatched from the Jaws of Death

Out with the old, in with the new!

I stopped by Computer Geek yesterday to get a new battery for my old Iphone. But the process turned out to be more complicated than it first appeared.…

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December 25 New Moon: Overcoming Obstacles

Let Ganesha help you through eclipse season!

Every year around this time, I tell myself I’m going to do less and enjoy it more. That I won’t let the pressures of the season build up until I become overwhelmed.…

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Gemini Full Moon: The Elephant in the Room

How can you make the elephant your ally?

In Ivan Krylov’s 1819 fable, “The Inquisitive Man,” he tells of a visitor to a museum who observes many tiny details, but fails to notice the elephant in the room.…

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Sagittarius New Moon: Roll the Dice!

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity,” observed the Roman philosopher Seneca. And certainly, doing your due diligence and being observant can lead to good fortune. But how do you explain a stroke of luck like the one that happened recently to a client of mine?…

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