Author: April

Aquarius New Moon: The Unexpected Guest

by April • January 26, 2017

To be agents of change, we need to connect with friends, colleagues, and like-minded strangers. We have many ways to do that in the digital age. But we have just as many ways to insulate ourselves from the uninvited, whether it’s blocking Facebook friends or hanging terse signs on our front doors. To unite in a larger mission requires that we seek ways of confronting and dancing with the things that we find difficult.

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Cancer Full Moon: The Awakened Heart

by April • January 10, 2017

Alone with my sundry tooth terrors in the wee hours, I found something else in my heart: compassion. I found a lot more empathy for people coping with pain, loneliness, and troubles much more profound than my own. Pema Chodrin calls this compassion “the awakened heart,” akin to the bodhichitta. Feeling what we feel, the negative as well as the positive, is a doorway to the complex hearts of others….

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Capricorn New Moon: Merit Badge

by April • December 29, 2016

A friend with several Capricorn planets complains that today’s parents are too gentle with their children for fear of injuring their self-esteem with a harsh word. “You know how you build self-esteem?” she’s fond of saying. “You do things, and you do them the right way. That’s how you build self-esteem.” That’s how my mother built my self-esteem, all right. Badge by stinking badge.

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Gemini Full Moon: Grownups at the Table

by April • December 11, 2016

I could not tell you what the adults at that table spoke about. It didn’t matter to me in the least. It just mattered that the voices I loved were swirling around me like a protective cloud. It meant that the grownups were on the scene, and I was safe….

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Sagittarius New Moon: Reluctant Pilgrim

by April • November 28, 2016

While the chart most popularly used for the United States has the Sun in clannish, protectionist Cancer, it also has Sagittarius rising. We are wary of the unfamiliar, but with Sagittarius leading the way we must continually grapple with it….

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Taurus Full Moon: Fearless

by April • November 13, 2016

At the Full Moon in Taurus, life regains some of its flavor and color. We are reminded of life’s blessings, not just its perils. We find ourselves opening a window to simple, happy pleasures, letting go of obsessive angst and allowing the world to simply be what it is. We are alive….

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Scorpio New Moon: Season of Long Shadows

by April • October 28, 2016

I don’t want to live in an immortal world. I want to mourn my dead, savagely, because I had the pleasure of loving them so dearly. I want to fight death because I’m determined to embrace life ecstatically. I want to proceed with joy into everything that makes life difficult, because they are the same things that make life dear.

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Aries Full Moon: Grapes of Wrath

by April • October 11, 2016

Anger stamps a vintage from the grapes of normal, healthy, Aries wrath, bottles it up and places it in a dark cellar for months. What results might be a great wine – but will more likely turn to vinegar, corrosive and sour….

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Libra New Moon: The Leap of Love

by April • September 29, 2016

The Libra New Moon is close to Jupiter, which recently entered Libra for a one-year stay. Astrologers rejoiced when Jupiter left Virgo, figuring that since Jupiter is supposed to be a “lucky” planet and Libra is the sign of relationships, everything would soon be coming up rainbows and unicorns. But anytime someone starts talking about how wonderful a transit is going to be, it makes me itchy….

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Pisces Lunar Eclipse: How to Survive Quicksand

by April • September 12, 2016

Gentle motion, flexibility, and floating: These are your survival skills for this Pisces Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse. If there is an astrological equivalent of quicksand, a Pisces eclipse would pretty much have to be it. At times like this, surrender—not struggle—is the key.

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