The highlight of today has been the Moon-Jupiter conjunction in Gemini. My sister in law made this smash cake for my nephews’ first birthday party. The deal was pop the cake in the middle of a picnic rug, sing Happy Birthday quickly, and then get out…
Tag: Moon
In the Wild
I’m going camping this weekend. Ok, It’s not strictly camping per se- there are no tents or toilet rolls on a spade. There is, however, outdoor fires, a cabin in the middle of not a lot, wild animals (sure kangaroos and wombats), sleeping bags and …
Sense and Sensibility
There’s a scene in Emma Thompsons’ Sense and Sensibility where Willoughby (played by Greg Wise) and Marianne (Kate Winslet) are swapping Shakespeare sonnets- as you do when a supremely hot man has just rescued from a watery fall down a hill by thro…
How to Build a House
I learned a lot because of the Brisbane floods last year. I learned a lot about electricity- how it works, how the wires act like capillaries and the different names for light types. I learned about generators, I learned about lift curtains (and how to…
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart…
Yesterday I broke up…with my personal trainer. I even said those words that I’ve always wanted to say to someone but never have- I’ve always been the dumpee not the dumper (awwwww). So yesterday, I said it: “It’s not you, it’s me. The last …
something about painting, mess, growing up and how to open jars…
Miss 14 has spent a fair whack of the holidays (when we haven’t been stay-cationing and she hasn’t been butterfly intensive-ing) working on her major work for Visual Arts. This semester she has had to take inspiration from religious art. The theme …
something about Taurus Moon
Each month I talk about how the Taurus Moon can be one of those times of the month when one is most prone to comfort eating. For lunar types (and the Moon is exalted in Taurus) when things get too much, it can be easier to swallow feelings rather than …
Capricorn Full Moon
I’ve been thinking a lot about Failure lately- amongst other F words like Fear, Faffing and WTF. Yesterday I read a story on Salon where the author spoke candidly about her first novel, her hopes, her dreams and its failure to get published. Then she…
it takes two, baby…
Each month my writers group meets. Over coffee we share stories of pitching success, frustration over black hole syndrome, compare notes about editors who respond quickly, editors who respond slowly and editors who quite simply don’t respond. We sha…
The New Moon In Gemini: Do It Smart
There’s a New Moon on June 19th at 28 degrees Gemini. Didn’t we just have a New Moon in Gemini last month? The Solar Eclipse at 0 degrees Gemini (in May) was a super-powered New Moon at the start of … Continue reading →