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Libra New Moon: Soul Mates

Who Might Your Soul Mate Be?

Plato’s theory of the soul mate or “split-apart” asserts that initially we humans had four legs, four arms, and a single head with two faces.…

Harvest Moon: The Fruits of Our Labors

The future is in our hands…

It’s been almost a week since Hurricane Dorian ravaged the Bahamas. At least 45 people are dead, hundreds are missing and some 70,000 are homeless.…

Virgo New Moon: Kiss the Ground

Mom and Dad at Camp Cedar Glen, mid-Sixties

My Virgo mother disliked camping almost as much as she did
gardening. The dirt! The bugs! It was more than her fastidious nature could handle.…

Aquarius Full Moon: Widen Your World

Weaving a web of connection…

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”  –George Eliot

Many years ago, I turned down a job that would have given me an exotic, international life.  …

Leo New Moon: Open-Minded and Open-Hearted

Melanie Knecht and Trevor Hahn: The Dream Team

Melanie Knecht was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair – but she still manages to pursue her life-long love for camping.…

Capricorn Lunar Eclipse: Hold Your Center

An aboriginal tribe had embarked on a long journey. After walking for a few days, they made camp and paused for another couple of days before moving on. When asked why they did this, one of them replied, “We need to stop and rest so that our souls can catch up with our bodies.”

This story, recounted by Wayne Muller in his book Sabbath, reminds me of something Joseph Campbell said in the first episode of The Power of Myth (now on Netflix).…

Cancer New Moon Eclipse: Suffer the Little Children

Elizabeth Gilbert, photo by Heather Sten

I have always been a big fan of Liz Gilbert’s. Though I’ve yet to read her latest work, City of Girls, I’ve devoured everything else she has written, from Eat Pray Love to Big Magic.…

Sagittarius Full Moon: Dream Big

Do things in a big way at this Full Moon!

I moved from L.A. to Sedona, Arizona in the late Eighties, seeking refuge from big city life. But as I soon discovered, the once-charming little town was fast becoming an overcrowded tourist destination.…

Gemini New Moon: Stretch Your Mind

Jean Houston often took her dog on after-school walks down Park Avenue in New York City. One day, distracted by grief over her parents’ divorce, the 14-year-old girl accidentally knocked down a frail old gentleman.…

Scorpio Full Moon: A Time for Divination

After tending to a sick relative for hours, Peggy came home
exhausted and fell into bed. At some point in the night, a noise awakened her.
Groggy, she stumbled into the hallway to investigate – where she encountered a
stranger.…