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Summer Solstice - Weekly Horoscope - June 21 - June 27
"He believes too much, and he knows too much. That's what we call mad."
— Theodore Roethke
This week begins with the Sun's arrival into Cancer — the Summer Solstice. The Moon reaches Libra about 12 hours after the Solstice, marking the 1st Quarter lunar phase. The activated 1st Quarter Moon forms an intellectually stimulating Grand Air Trine with Uranus and Pluto that is followed up by an opposition to Neptune. We reach important breakthroughs in our pursuit of the 'intellectual/emotional integration' that has been required in order to make the most of the current lunar cycle that began with last Sunday's Gemini New Moon (7:53 PM PDT 24° Gemini). The Sun's arrival into Cancer helps to integrate the 'intellectual curiosity' of the lunar cycle with the emotional security concerns that are drawing our focus as Mercury slows down to [...]
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- Great Spiritual Teachers
A while back, a friend shared a great spiritual truth with me that has stayed with me and helped me get through some very difficult times: She shared, "I have found that the greatest spiritual teachers on my journey are the people that really piss me off."
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- July 2015 Full Moon
I'm kind of the "Rip Van Winkle" of bloggers, I'm afraid. I can't seem to get in to a steady rhythm of posting new articles and, in the meantime, some writers are so prolific, I'm just amazed at how much they've written.
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- Spiritual Context
In my last post, I tossed out the term "Spiritual Context" and as soon as it was posted, I thought, "I need to explain what I mean there by Spiritual Context." So, I sat down to write another post - a month ago, actually - but it's taken some time to formulate how to say [...]
- An Astrologer is (Re)Born
As some may have noticed, I’ve been giving this website quite a bit more attention under this retrograde Mercury. The latest (re)visions are in preparation for my (re)turn to astrological consulting. It has taken me several years to make the decision to accept clients again and the process has felt very much like a continuation [...]