Category Archives: Planets and signs

Through Capricorn to Aquarius – The Current Pluto Cycle

At the end of the calendar year it’s a good time to talk again about cycles. I hope talking about cycles doesn’t bore you since at some time or another it will come back into conversation again . . . … Continue reading

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The Day After the End of the World – Reality Awaits

Sagittarius truly went out with a bang this year – not only did we have our usual pre-Christmas eating, drinking and shopping celebrations of abundance, we also made grand pronouncements about the world ending. How does it feel the morning … Continue reading

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The End of the World

Are you reading a blog with the title “The End of the World” because you’re scared or curious or expecting satire? I’ve been thinking that as an astrology blogger I ought to address the idea that because some Mayan calendar … Continue reading

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The Astrological Age of Anxiety

If you follow astrology news, you often see stories about full moons, eclipses and intense aspects between transiting planets (like Pluto and Uranus right now) with lots of write up about what it means in your life and for society … Continue reading

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Happy Sagittarius, I Mean Thanksgiving

So many Americans love the sign Sagittarius and don’t know it. Instead you hear, “I love the holidays.” The “holidays” begin around the time the sun enters Sagittarius and culminate at Christmas when the sun enters Capricorn. The sun entered … Continue reading

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Believing is Seeing

“Belief” has always been a strange word to me and more so during a general election as people take sides of a arbitrary split and seem to “believe” that one particular man can save us. We enact this same drama … Continue reading

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Renegade, Rebel, Revolutionary – What’s up with the Letter R?

Thinking today about someone I know, the R words came to mind – renegade, rebel and revolutionary. Oh, how I love a revolutionary! Really, revolutionaries are few and far between and our use of the word has gone way, way … Continue reading

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Attachment

I can’t let go of the idea of writing about attachment, as great a subject as it is. I’m thinking of it both in the common meaning of attachment and the Buddhist idea of attachment. If I understand the Buddhists … Continue reading

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What sign of the zodiac are apples?

My health insurance website has a picture of an apple with a measuring tape around it. Apples, I reflected, clearly represent good health. Of course, there is the saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This website lists … Continue reading

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Scorpio Mud Slinging: Not Just for Politicians

My 12th grade political science teacher told me all I think there is to know about politics. I quote Mr. Silverman: “Politics is power and it’s all about whose ox is being gored.” It’s funny how you can learn the … Continue reading

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