Category Archives: Planets and signs

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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The Astrology of Diamond Wedding Rings

This blog on “Venus Square Saturn: Love the Rock” made me think of diamond wedding rings. They represent, ostensibly, love, and they are also called “a rock” as in, look at that rock on her finger! When you marry, in … Continue reading →

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The Journey to Neptune is Through the Self

Pluto, if you consider it a planet, is technically the farthest planet from the sun. Because Pluto’s orbit is elliptical, Neptune sometimes is farther. In astrological symbolism, the planets from Mercury to Saturn are the inner planets and Uranus, Neptune … Continue reading →

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What’s the Most Private Sign of the Zodiac?

As I fight, once again, with Facebook to maintain the privacy settings I so carefully put in place, I began to think about privacy itself. While I understand the Facebook is free and as such has no legal obligation to … Continue reading →

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