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Libra Full Moon: Welcome the Shadow

“Anything done for another is done for oneself.” –Pope John Paul II

Human beings can be profoundly contradictory. Take Pope John Paul II, who helped usher the Catholic Church into the 21st century.…

Pisces New Moon: Keep the Faith

At age 35, Jennifer Flewellen was put into a medically induced coma after crashing her car into a pole. Doctors soon became certain she would never recover and encouraged Flewellen’s mother, Peggy Means, to take her off life-support.…

Virgo Full Moon: Perseverance Pays

“Newton was sitting under an apple tree when an apple fell on his head and he discovered gravity. And we here are living in darkness and tragedy, and rockets are falling on us, therefore I thought of creating light.”…

Aquarius New Moon: Moving On!

There’s no place so identified with car culture as California.  Once the fourth-largest crude oil producer in the U.S., my home state’s abundant fossil fuels and balmy weather helped birth a culture of iconic cars, highways, drive-in theaters and restaurants.…

Leo Full Moon: The Thrill of Creation

Martha Graham’s provocative dance, Errand into the Maze

In the mid-1940s, legendary dance choreographer Martha Graham was on a flight to Iran that got caught in a brutal snowstorm. As the plane was tossed about, everyone onboard went into a panic – terrified that they were going to die.  …

Capricorn New Moon: The Real New Year

“Relax” is my word for 2024. At first I was annoyed when I drew this rune from a bag. What do you mean, relax? That’s all I’ve been doing in 2023!…

Cancer Full Moon: Soft Power

When Time Magazine asked Taylor Swift to pose for the cover as their Person of the Year, her response was, “Can I bring my cat?”

That’s how Swift and Benjamin Button (one of her three cats), ended up on the Dec.…

Sagittarius New Moon: Revive and Regenerate

When legendary photographer Sebastião Salgado took over family land in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, instead of the tropical paradise that he remembered as a child, he found a barren landscape devoid of wildlife.…

Gemini Full Moon: Boldly Go

Last weekend, as the Sun ganged up with combustible Mars in Scorpio, the second SpaceX Starship test flight took place in Texas. Unlike that of its predecessor in April, this iteration’s liftoff was perfect.…

Scorpio New Moon: Be Yourself

Mary Moody Emerson was an original. The eccentric aunt of Ralph Waldo Emerson, she had a great influence on the man often considered to be the greatest thinker of his time.…