Image from Deviant Art Last week’s harmonious alignment between Saturn and Neptune is still in strong effect. I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: Where Neptune can inspire us to dream and imagine, Saturn encourages us to put those dreams to work. And where Saturn’s influence can become somewhat dull as we […]
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Art by Pamela Matthews Seek the beauty in life’s betrayals For all is forgivable in this grand dance Find the courage to see through ugliness and be grateful for the reflections of each mirror For all is an archetypal character playing a part in your own blockbuster movie Give yourself permission to fail […]
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Mars is squaring Pluto today, completing a cycle of the past week or so in which Mars linked Saturn and Pluto by forming a square first to Saturn last week, and now Pluto. Mars is the planet of aggression and warfare, and when conflicting with Pluto, which represents death and destruction resulting in regeneration and […]
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This week marks the final phase of the harmonious interplay between Saturn and Neptune which has worked for much of this year to facilitate the merging of our dreams (Neptune) with the reality check of Saturn. Where Neptune can inspire us to dream and imagine, Saturn encourages us to put those dreams to work. And […]
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“This is the time to draw nearer to each other. This is the time to forgo building our businesses to build intimate relationships; relationships of meaning and care, of day-to-day relevance and the wisdom of skin-to-skin. This is the time to measure our merit based on our actual, measurable relevance; relevance to the people around […]
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An interesting study at the University of Chicago recently found that a religious upbringing was associated with a reduced level of altruism. A team of developmental psychologists led by Prof. Jean Decety examined the perceptions and behavior of children in six countries. The study assessed the children’s tendency to share—a measure of their altruism—and their inclination to judge […]
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Art by Wendy Andrews I just returned from a trip to Ireland, where the holiday of Hallowe’en is said to have originated with the ancient Celts who called this holiday Samhain, or “summer’s end”. Traditionally the holiday was celebrated on November 1st, but some sources say that the festival lasted seven days, or […]
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Mercury turns retrograde on October 31, 2019, but its effects are already making themselves known. Mercury, planet of the mind, mental function, learning, communication equipment and travels of short duration, is currently traveling through Scorpio, a fixed sign of power and intense emotion. Mercury in fixed signs tends to be more…well, fixed – we becoming […]
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Enter the wild with care, my love And speak the things you see Let new names take and root and thrive and grow And even as you travel far from heather, crag and river May you like the little fisher, set the stream alight with glitter May you enter now as otter without falter into […]
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Deviant Art Scorpio season is all about the darkness – our inner passions, our secret world of dreams and nightmares, the truths that must be told. The Scorpio New Moon on October 27th will provide us with an opportunity to dive deep into these depths where the subconscious and the soul meet – […]
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