In 2013, my friend, Ben observed that everyone in my family has some kind of obsession or compulsion. “Yeah?” I asked. “What’s mine?” “Well you used to smoke,” he said. It’s true. I used to smoke 3 packs…
Tag: psychology
The Goddess Weekend
Oh those neglected asteroids, floating around in the Kuiper belt wastes, ignored and even derided (as a bunch of rubble behind Mars). Well, no longer. The Oxford Astrology Group will be devoting an entire weekend to Ceres, Pallas, Vesta and Juno this September — and you are cordially invited. I’m very excited to be participating. I feel privileged — and a little awed — to be working with Lynn Bell and Faye Cossar, two of the smartest astrologers teaching today. If you have never heard either of them speak, you are in for a treat (and some serious brain gym). If […]
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Vision vs. Blindness: Ethereal Gift
I’m pulling this post up because I was talking to a gal yesterday, she’s been around the blog since 2005. That’s a long time! We had a long chat which ended in tears on both sides. Not bad tears, they … Read More…
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What Are You Looking For In Life?
I was talking to my lifelong friend, Ben. This was right before I was going to surgery. I told him at one point, “This is our conversation in case die.” He’s a Scorpio matched with my 8th house. He told … Read More…
The Astrology Of The Grandiose, Self-Important Personality
Wow! I just came across this, written in 2009. The Jupiter Neptune conjunction was in full swing. People really did think they were elite and special. Saturn in Sagittarius brought High Flying People Down To Earth. Saturn in Capricorn is … Read More…
Family Hero, Scapegoat, Lost Child, Mascot, Enabler?
Yesterday, someone called me, “the scapegoat”. There’s no denying this in my current circumstance. It’s a little odd because I was the undisputed, “lost child”, for decades. I wonder how and when and why this changes. It occurs to me … Read More…
Why Am I Always The Scapegoat?
Rene Girard points out that one only need be slightly more attractive than the rest of the group to become their scapegoat. It’s not at all comforting. I know a lot of people call consider themselves a scapegoat. “I’m always … Read More…
Psychology Vs. Astrology And Scale
Theoretically, if you do a lot of something, you’ll get good at it. I don’t think this is necessarily true in practice, especially in my field. I have personally paid big name astrologers to read my chart and they seemed … Read More…
Who Winds Up Loved Or Lonely?
Many people feel they will never partner successfully. In a study published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, researchers studied some of the ways loneliness is bad for your health. From the press release: “…However, when the psychologists looked at … Read More…
Mixed Messages, Gaslighting, Manipulation…
This is 2012. I am pulling it up for a client… Sometimes I work with a client over a number of months or years. I get to know the circumstances of their lives to a deeper degree and I come … Read More…