HIGHER THOUGHTS

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...

May 1st marks the ancient Celtic festival Beltane.  It is the Rite of Spring celebrating fertility and welcoming Summer which may find some of us dancing around the May Pole.  Camelot's Queen Guinevere noted how lusty the month of May can be, a...

A universal truth is that all things are difficult before they are easy.  Such is the transition we find ourselves in this Springtime between March and April.  Rarely is there a month where astrologically, so many blessings and opportunities may be...

The month of March kicks off with planets seemingly swimming in an ocean of water.  Until the New Moon on March 11th, five planets plus the asteroid Chiron are all in watery Pisces.  For the record, these planets are:  Neptune, Venus, the Sun, Mercury...

No, it is not October or near Halloween, nor the in-between seasons of fall and spring.  But we are finding tornadoes and twisters blowing in the southern United States, most likely due to global warming.  Seeing that news, I was reminded of...

The beginning of 2013 offers significant promise:  an immense capacity for communication, ideas and ingenuity effectively tied to raw collective strength.  Wow.  Aim your words right, written or verbal, and you will do well.  It is a particularly...

As a survivor of last month's cosmic land mine, I hope you were also able to dodge and sidestep yourself to safety.  WHEW!  We made it to the other side.  The likes of such upheaval and scrutiny are rare indeed.  Thank goodness.  But it is...