Author: jo

Mercury Retrograde December 2023

Mercury has slowed right down and later today (AEST), just a few hours after the New Moon, will turn retrograde at 8 Capricorn 29′. What does this mean? Well, that’s a tricky question, but to find out more about Mercury retrograde and how t…

Mercury Retrograde Survival Guide

In our lives, we are so busy multi-tasking, juggling devices and schedules that we forget to notice the details. We miss things. For me, Mercury retrograde has always been that time when we’re reminded that a little back-tracking, a little revision, a …

Sagittarius New Moon

Tomorrow’s New Moon in Sagittarius is about hope, spontaneity, optimism, faith and adventure. Wherever it falls in your chart is where you need an injection of these things. For that reason, this is one of my favourite New Moons of the year. It’s…

What dreams are made of …

The copy edit for the first in my Whale Bay mysteries came back yesterday which means it’s time for me to begin playing with images for the cover – not that I do my own covers, I’m not that clever or creative. I do, however, have to h…

What dreams are made of …

The copy edit for the first in my Whale Bay mysteries came back yesterday which means it’s time for me to begin playing with images for the cover – not that I do my own covers, I’m not that clever or creative. I do, however, have to h…

Venus in Scorpio

Venus has just moved into Scorpio – a sign in which she’s not at all comfortable. When Venus is in Scorpio, you see, she’s in what traditional astrologers term the sign of her detriment. This doesn’t mean that Venus is weak in Scorpio…

Mercury in Capricorn – Drawing lines in the sand

Since leaving my day job a couple of months ago I’ve struggled with daily structures and routines. Rather than being more productive with my writing, I’ve been less, and rather than using my time more efficiently, I’ve regularly found myself faffing ab…

Gemini Full Moon

My daughter has always loved a question – not in that incessant “but why” way many kids have, but other … deeper … questions. Things like “We only see them out in the rain so where do snails go when it’s not ra…

Handling your truth

So hubby and I have been wearing one of those glucose monitoring thingies on the back of our arms over the last week. It’s something a visiting medical friend suggested last week. Hubby, you see, has been in denial about things like that – what you can…

Freedom and the Aries Full Moon

So anyways, yesterday I walked away from my day job. It wasn’t as dramatic an exit as that sounds, it was, instead, quite lovely and something I’d made a decision on and been working towards for a couple of months. I know I’ll miss my…