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  Years ago, I read Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. Gilbert wrote the popular book “Eat, Pray, Love” that was subsequently turned into a movie with Julia Roberts. Lesser known is her intriguing book on creativity, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. In the book she writes about disembodied ideas looking for hosts to midwife […]

Having stationed direct two days ago, Mercury’s reticular activating system is booting up in a sign that remembers everything. Cancer may not always speak her mind, but she feels things deeply. As a Cardinal sign, Cancer is responsive and will address the challenge, even if she has to come at it sideways. With Mars having

July 4, 2020 at 10:43pm Central—American folk musician and fiddler John Hartford said: “The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals.” With this in mind, it’s interesting to look at Saturn’s cycle through Capricorn. Saturn entered Capricorn December 2017 holding the coattails of the #metoo movement. That same month, Time

June 29, 11:17pm Central—Jupiter and Pluto come together every 13 years. At these times, we’re given the opportunity to find meaning (Jupiter) in decomposing structures (Pluto). In Capricorn, we’re scrutinizing the unchecked power of systems that supposedly provide order. These include our government and elected officials, the police, the judicial system, and banking and financial

, Mars gets ready to set up shop in his home base of Aries tomorrow, but not before opposing the Moon this afternoon. In the bounds of Saturn, this can be a cantankerous Mars. Be aware of short fuses and a wackamole of irritation. Be prepared to stake out a spot for a power nap

Neptune stations retrograde today, floating back to 18° Pisces where it stations direct in November. We often hear how Neptune transits accompany anxiety, fatigue, deception and confusion. Perhaps they do. But that hasn’t been my experience. In fact, I’ve found just the opposite: Neptune transits have been times of awakening. As my Sun and Ascendant

Once upon a time, the Greek hero Heracles lost his mind and killed his wife and children. As penance, Heracles performed twelve difficult feats, called labors, in service to his cousin Eurystheus, the King of Mycenae. His second labor was to kill the Hydra of Lerna, a serpentine water monster with numerous heads. She had

June 20, 2020—Solstice marks the day in the Northern Hemisphere where the Sun reaches his zenith and begins his descent. The Moon’s reign begins to lengthen as the Sun enters Cancer, the Moon’s domicile. In Cancer, the solar self dims as we fold into kin. We remember the past, regaling stories steeped in nostalgia. We

Last night’s hard rain ripped off San Miguel de Allende’s top layer of skin. This morning felt wired as the birds, busses, and hammers serenaded a new Sun. Its growing light illumined standing puddles of water, shiny mirrors everywhere, lifting them up into the sky again. Every rooftop dog had something to say. And then

May 22, 2020 at 12:39pm Central—We’re really feeling the Gemini part of our charts at this time as not only are the Sun and Moon there, but Venus, Mercury and the North Node have pitched their tents as well. I can picture them roasting marshmallows, swapping stories from the sky while they speculate about this