Every year it arrives, like clockwork. We start feeling bad. Off-center. A little more anxious. Tired. Irritable. The feeling of wanting to crawl into a hole, wait it all out. The question can be heard far and wide: Am I getting sick? I think I’m getting sick… Nope it’s not the flu. It’s not the name […]
Tag: Illuminated Lunations
Taurus Full Moon: Subtle Guidance
Intuition is so subtle. Spirit guidance arises in subtle, small, quiet moments. Yet we pay attention to drama, the loud kids in the room. We give our full attention to THE noise. You know the NOISE, right? It is here, there and everywhere all the time. 24/7. Obviously, we do often need certain loud information […]
Scorpio New Moon Q&A: “What’s Up with the Planets?”
“There must be something planetary happening right now?” came the text message from a friend who also described people as coming unhinged and life as being just generally hard. Then, I received a similar inquiry in an email to my social media inbox. They wanted me to explain the astrology. No, it’s not eclipse season, […]
Aries Full Moon: Let It Rip
I found myself, recently, in an uncomfortable and prolonged state of hyper-vigilance. I could feel the way my body wouldn’t allow myself to fully relax. The tension behind my heart, and in my shoulders, as if bolstering myself, readying myself, for the next fresh hell to appear, the next tiger or bear to attack. It was […]
Libra New Moon: Who Doesn’t Feel Good?
What had started out feeling good no longer did. So, I did the hard but right thing. I decided to take space from the relationship. To adjust the situation, take care of me, instead of adjusting myself. My Ego protested. But I love this friend! Isn’t there another way?! My Soul replied, This isn’t about love. […]
Pisces Full Moon: Clearing
I was sitting down to a breakfast I’ve had for 15 years due to dietary limitations. The almond butter was arguing with me. It had been itching my throat lately, so I got the peanut butter and cashew butter out of the pantry. No, no, and no. Dry mock “toast” for me. I burst into […]
Virgo New Moon: I’m Okay
I was at a beach in Kauai, topaz blue waves gently lapping, when I overheard a conversation between the two women next to me. “I’ve been so screwed up…something something… Mercury retrograde…something something…I just can’t figure things out,” said the younger woman, festive earrings dangling from her pretty but pinched face. Like a mantra, her […]
Aquarius Full Moon: What If?
I’m so great at anticipating, I told the nurse who was about to jab me with a needle, that if there were an award for the skill of anticipation, I’d have it. In fact, I’d worked myself up into such a state of feverish anticipation over the prospect of seeing my own blood and the […]
Leo New Moon: You Do You
When I saw, on social media, that the founder of a magazine that consistently rejected my work had died, I felt that old feeling of rejection rise up again. It brought up another more recent interaction, too, when, on the cusp of being super jazzed about being able to apply my creative gifts to songwriting, […]
Capricorn Full Moon Lunar Eclipse: Profound Presence
Okay. Wow, that eclipse period was super intense. How was your eclipse? Wait, don’t tell me. I don’t want to know. I’m not going to tell you what happened for me, either. For reasons you’ll understand as you read along. When something difficult happens in our life, it’s normal to seek out emotional support. To […]