Dear Friends: I've been consuming too much news and it is affecting my sanity. As an astrologer, meditator, and wellness practitioner, I understand the need to prioritize my mental health, especially during specific transits. I marked March as the most highly charged month of the year with so much change happening quickly. I made no plans to travel, sign contracts, or undertake anything new or strenuous. So there's that. However, I have been seeking answers to the chaos and cult of...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Hello Friends: I'm having an existential crisis about social media (among other things). I want to let people know about our Myth as Medicine event at the end of this month, and feel like I still need to post on Facebook and Instagram for folks to be aware of it. Despite posting on various local calendars and asking friends to share, I drag myself into these portals of promotion. Less on Instagram, but definitely in FB, I am bombarded by political posts--albeit many from friends who share my...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Hello Friends: “Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” -Anne Lamott. I'll add that they should not be what Anne calls "beggy" prayers with a god playing the role of Santa. Courage shows up differently for each of us, but it often appears when we least expect it, disguised as necessity or opportunity. Comstock, Ferre, & Co., Old Wethersfield, CT now Heirloom Market I left home at the age of 16 and moved into a tiny apartment in a white Victorian house in historic Old Wethersfield,...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
Hello Friends: I received a text yesterday informing me that our furry family member, Percy, had passed away that morning. It was the new moon in Aquarius with a stellium (traffic jam) of planets in that sign, amplifying the collective, innovation, and new beginnings. Percy in his early robust, happy days in Austin Percy came to us through Small Chance Rescue (we’re sure he was rescuing us) on November 3, 2014. I had hoped for a companion and friend for Gabe during his weekly change of homes...
2 months ago • 6 min read
Hello Friends: The Sun now in Aquarius ushers in themes of new perspectives, and big societal ideas. Aquarius is ruled traditionally by grounding Saturn and in modern astrology by unpredictable Uranus. The ‘new’ challenging what ‘has always been.' At the threshold of the sign of Aquarius, Pluto at 1° answers the door. The planet of the underworld and the ghost-of-Christmas-past-and-future has just left Capricorn, where it transformed our structures and foundation for the past 16 years. Its...
2 months ago • 5 min read
Hello Sweet Friends, I happen to celebrate the new year on March 20th when the Sun moves into Aries signaling it's time for spring. It just makes more sense to my Capricorn efficiency nature when the energy is available to be DOING things. Not working against my body desperate for hibernation. This morning, I woke hearing "far niente" short for "il dolce far niente" or the sweetness of doing nothing. This is a foreign phrase (pun intended) for productive signs like Capricorn, Aries, and...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Hello Friends: This has been quite a September. Ok, quite a few intense several months. Like a country song, my car died, my dad died, my son left for college, and I am saying goodbye to my home of 18 years. Six days from listing it and hosting an open house on Labor Day weekend, I am under contract with a beautiful family from Toronto, birthing their baby on Monday the 16th. Their eagerly awaiting almost three-year-old big brother has already picked out his room. Deaths and resplendent life,...
7 months ago • 3 min read
Hello Friends: Venus will experience quite a shakeup in August. She recently emerged as the evening star, bringing all she learned in the underworld to the surface. You can see her just after the sun sets and feel her influence in your relationships, especially the one with yourself. What new wisdom have you uncovered and are now integrating? Leo will face challenges this year, with its usual grandeur and exuberance tempered by difficult planetary transits this month. The two benefics,...
8 months ago • 6 min read
Hello Friends: This week has the energy of courage and boldness, even though it's not quite Leo season. That's because Mercury, the planet of communication, ideas, thoughts, learning, and travel has moved from Gemini to Leo today. Submit that screenplay, perform at an open mic, learn something surprising, and have those evocative conversations. On June 29th, Saturn (foundation, boundaries, time, and commitment) stationed retrograde until November 15th. You've likely sensed a slowing down, but...
9 months ago • 3 min read
