Today is the winter solstice, one of nature’s many calls to rest. Our culture’s disdain for rest is a symptom of the patriarchy: rest, passivity, and the ability to cycle (in this case between rest and action) are functions of the divine feminine, so the enormous strength of rest goes unrecognized and undervalued. Rest is the hidden side of genius. READ MORE...
The lights (sun and moon) do not tend to cause external events: they ask us questions by shining light on certain dynamics or areas of life. I think the question posed by this full moon configuration is: do you have the power for non-action? READ MORE....
Most people are familiar with the practice of affirmations – writing or saying or thinking repeatedly a phrase that represents our desired reality – but truthfully, most of us don’t like them. I don’t like them either, but I have made what my uncle calls a “liberating discipline” of them. Why do we resist them, and how do we push through that resistance and make them effective?
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 Even for someone with a very Piscean chart, Pisces is just one flavor of their character and it will take the entire zodiac wheel, refracted through the individual’s very particular lens, to offer even a snapshot of their consciousness let alone describe its unfolding over time. Sun sign astrology reflects the lazy ego’s desire to establish itself simply and quickly through overidentification with a single archetype. READ MORE....