Astro Alchemy

“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

We are about to experience something auspicious that only happens about thirteen times in a century. Astronomers call it a “transit of Mercury,” in which the Winged Messenger passes directly across the Sun. Usually Mercury’s activities are hidden from view during its retrograde phase, but during this transit on November

Toward the end of his illustrious career, psychiatrist Carl Jung shared the story of a young female patient who had been to two doctors prior to him with no relief. She suffered from what Jung termed “animus possession,” (he defined the animus as the “deposit” in a woman of her

If you’ve been sensing a “do or die” feeling in the air lately, you’re not alone. Our world is in a precarious place. A new U.N. report on the climate crisis just issued us a dire warning. From the precarious state of the oceans to coastal flooding and monster storms,

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. But at some point, said the Greek philosopher, we started to become as strong as the gods – so Zeus split us into halves to

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. There is no power or running water. Aid is arriving slowly to the island of Grand Bahama, which sustained the worst damage – the kind

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. Each summer, however, she’d put on her tennies and sun hat to accompany us to church camp in the local mountains – but only because

“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.  I’ve often wondered what things would have been like if I had gone down that path. What fabulous country

Melanie Knecht was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair – but she still manages to pursue her life-long love for camping. Trevor Hahn became blind five years ago after contracting glaucoma, but hasn’t let it stop him from scaling tall peaks. The adventurous Fort Collins, Colorado, duo met

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

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. Maybe it’s because we’re both Cancerians, but I resonate strongly with the deeply feminine themes

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. Jeep tours stirred up dust and noise near awe-inspiring red rocks once sacred to the Anasazi. And

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. But he just laughed as she helped him to his feet, and thus began an

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. “Are you lost?” she inquired, instinctively putting her hand on