HIGHER THOUGHTS

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...

I'm a true believer in silver linings.  November is one of those months where believing and having faith that good ultimately prevails will really help.  This month actually kicked off at the end of October with the full moon on the 29th.Not all of us have...

No month is without its challenges; but if you felt as though you were hanging on to the edge of a cliff by your fingernails at the end of September, you were hardly alone.  The full moon last week combined with three, count 'em three, planets preparing to shift...

September brings a shift of the lunar nodes from fiery Sagittarius to the water sign Scorpio.  The nodes are directional points, determining the push and pull of our lives.  Think of them as a compass:  north and south poles on a map.  They...

For a while now and a few years to come, outer planets Pluto and Uranus have been breaking down old patterns to make way for the new.  The new everything.  At times, this jarring movement has left us feeling bereft for the familiar and comforting. ...

June always strikes me as a mini-holiday season.  Minus the cold air, hot chocolate and carols on the radio, June often finds us giving gifts...at life cycle events such as weddings and graduations. Even if you don’t have family members in school, there...

This first week of May finds us moving toward a Full Moon....yes, that's right:   Full Moon in Capital Letters.  Popular culture has come to label Perigee full moons such as the one on Saturday, May 5th as "Super Moons".  The term stems from the...