Astro Alchemy

Rioting in the streets. Cop cars torched. Protests in at least 140 cities. After the horrifying May 25 killing of George Floyd by police, frustrations already stretched to the breaking point during Covid-19 lock-downs could no longer be contained. And around the world, people are standing in solidarity with those

Lately we seem to be living in a parallel universe. Fact or fiction?  Wisdom or delusion? When reality is as distorted as a fun-house mirror and people are at each other’s throats, it’s hard to say for sure. As the specter of death and financial ruin continue to loom, do

What do you do when you’re at your wits’ end? You step outside and howl. You howl for a front-line worker who died in a car wreck on her way to work. For your dog that’s about to be put down. For your wedding that had to be cancelled. For

“The times are urgent. We must slow down.”  –African proverb. Watercolor by Isobel Lillian Gloag What are you doing these days to stay relaxed and connected? Lately I’ve been taking afternoon siestas in the garden (when it’s not raining), where I created a sitting area. Stretching out my bare legs

This time of worldwide illness and quarantine is frustrating beyond belief. But it has also proved to be an incubator for creative collaborations – from teenagers shopping for elderly neighbors to people rescuing foster pets at drive-through shelters. And, things can happen quickly when motivation is keen. For instance, manufacturing

In the midst of a pandemic, as we scramble to shore up our financial resources, comes a timely blessing and opportunity. Tomorrow, March 27th we have Venus, powerful in her own sign of Taurus along with the Moon, exalted in Taurus, on a Friday, the day that’s sacred to Venus,

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.  It’s a strange state of affairs,

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). The latest virus scare is a

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. That was their

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! As I got out of my car, the red-faced woman screamed at me,

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. Others are speculating that the December

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. As Omar, the quirky proprietor, was removing the old battery, it suddenly caught fire! He yelped as a chunk of charred metal

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. Yet each year the combination of a lot more socializing and an extra-busy work schedule becomes too much,

“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? This woman had