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I admit, looking at the astrological coordinates for March, I felt intimidated.  There is SO much to cover in this month's blog.  I grit my teeth and buckled down.  Where to begin?  Of course, came the reply.   Start where anyone...

All through this winter we are asked to turn inward in some key aspects of our lives.  To slow down, review, reflect and revisit what otherwise gets passed over in the constant shuffle forward.  With the New Moon recently past on January 30 and Venus...

Each New Moon offers a time to pray, make a wish or set intentions for the coming month.  It is a rare occurance to have the New Moon fall exactly on January 1st, New Years Day.  It is very special indeed.  Knowing this, it is good to remember the...

Undoutedly bumpy, this autumn has brought some of us to the edge of the void, while others have stared deeply into it, while still others have been smack dab in the void.  Way, way down inside.  Any one with even the smallest shred of awareness...

I don't know about you but October ran a bulldozer over me.  Wow.  The weeks left me feeling grateful to be in tact and relatively unscathed.  Grateful for what is working in my life and where I do not have to struggle.  It was enough to cope with...

It's hard to imagine that we could pack anything more into this month of October.  Fall is usually a busy time as we resume our routine, projects and work after the languid days of summer.  Now that the kids are back to school, life seems more hectic than...

August afforded us opportunities to make leaps of faith and September follows up by encouraging our will to match our desires.  This is no small thing.  Take advantage of it!The Sun is now in the sign of Virgo which rules health and work.  The old adage...

As August begins, we continue to be supported by the grand trine between Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Mars and the North Node of the Moon in water signs Cancer, Pisces and Scorpio.  The effect of this gives an underlying, soothing safety net, cradling our efforts,...

In the raggle-taggle race and noise of life, grace seems to be something of a lost art, an increasingly lesser-known virtue.  Along with "elegance of movement, manner or design," one dictionary defines grace as "God's loving mercy towards mankind."It is this...

Focus on Family!The forces pushing and pulling us for a while now and for a while yet to come give us a bit of a reprieve at the outset of June.  After the latest round of eclipses in May, we are momentarily allowed to come up for air the first week of the...