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Libra Full Moon: In the Name of Love

How far would you go to protect someone you love? I just finished watching Wild, Wild Country – a Netflix documentary about the controversial spiritual teacher Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his disciples, in particular his personal secretary, Ma Anand Sheela.…

Pisces New Moon: The Wounds that Bind

Oscar Wilde, Irish poet, playwright and bon vivant, was sentenced to two years’ hard labor in 1895 – for the crime of being homosexual. During the time he was incarcerated, Wilde became determined to turn his suffering into a spiritual journey.…

Virgo Full Moon: Back to Earth

Life has been quite a roller coaster ride since last August’s total solar eclipse in Leo. Like it or not, we’re being revolutionized. This crazy energy reached a peak at the Feb.…

Aquarius Solar Eclipse: Throw Out a Bone

Kathy Wilkes-Myers was walking along a highway in central Tennessee recently when she came across a scrawny, starving Rottweiler. The dog, who she later learned was named Ella, rubbed against Kathy’s leg looking for reassurance.…

Leo Full Moon Eclipse: A Defining Moment

Late one night back in 1926, Grace bundled her two small children into her car and fled Memphis, Texas for good.  She’d had enough of her no-good husband and was determined to start a new life in Corpus Christi.…

Capricorn New Moon: Time’s Up!

By now you’ve no doubt heard Oprah Winfrey’s galvanizing speech at last weekend’s Golden Globe Awards. Winfrey was one of many Hollywood heavy-hitters who spoke up that night to support  projects like the newly formed Time’s Up campaign.…

Cancer Full Moon: Down with Resolutions!

If you’re like me, you’ve probably been making the same New Year’s resolutions year after year. Each January, we vow to lose weight, make more money, find true love or be a kinder person.…

Sagittarius New Moon: Changing Perceptions

 

From fake news, inflammatory tweets and breathtaking roll-backs on vital policies to devastating floods, earthquakes and fires, at first glance it might seem that 2017 was a bust. Yet consider how far we’ve come:

After years of pressure by environmentalists, the World Bank  just announced it will cease all investments in oil and gas exploration over the next two years.…

Gemini Full Moon: The Voices in Your Head

Recently I sank into a funk. For over an hour, a voice in my head had been accusing me of terrible things. Like not doing enough to save the planet – and thereby being responsible for its imminent demise.…

Scorpio New Moon: Rising From the Ashes

For two years, Wayne Winters and his wife had been hoping for a kidney donor to save her from stage five kidney failure. But Winters was tired of waiting. So with passion in his heart and resolve in his 74-year-old bones, he took to the streets of Farr West, Utah last month with a sandwich board sign reading: “Need Kidney 4 Wife”.…