Today we continue our exploration of play time in the Fifth House. This is all quoted from the essential classic (and not necessarily for women only!), The Woman’s Comfort Book: A Self-Nurturing Guide for Restoring Balance in Your Life, by Jennifer Louden. Try these, or adapt as you wish (ex: maybe a red clown nose … Read more
When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life. ~Jean Shinoda Bolen In the Fifth House of the astrological Wheel, we are concerned with matters to do with what is created from our love – love for the world, … Read more
If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are — if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life … Read more
Joy is our goal, our destiny. We cannot know who we are except in Joy. Not knowing Joy, we do not know ourselves. ~ Marianne Williamson At last, I am back and (more or less) rested from my trip! However, today, I am headed right out the door again, to give readings at the Dancing … Read more
When we are authentic, when we keep our spaces simple, simply beautiful living takes place. — Alexandra Stoddard As we continue our journey through the matters of the Fourth House, we are discussing the importance of our home and the idea that our homes are templates of energy. This template creates a fundamental pattern that … Read more
Several times in my life, I have survived very close calls with tornadoes. Yesterday was one more, as the tornado that skipped through downtown Raleigh passed over the bookstore where I was giving readings. (There is no mistaking that sound). Our home in Durham was untouched, I am grateful to say. Although at first I … Read more
We shape our dwellings, and afterwards, our dwellings shape us. ~ Winston Churchill We continue to explore one of the main components of the Fourth House, which is our sense of Home with a capital H. We are considering the idea that our home can create a pattern for our overall energy. As our most … Read more
You can never go home again, but the truth is, you can never leave home, so it’s all right. ~ Maya Angelou We continue to explore the components that are associated with the Fourth House of the astrological chart. The Fourth House rules our domestic life, our inner security, and our deepest sense of rootedness, … Read more
Home is a name, a word; it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration. ~ Charles Dickens We continue our journey today exploring the gifts and challenges of the Fourth House of the astrological chart. As most awakened people realize, we create reality based … Read more
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. ~ Bernard Shaw Instead of an attempt to gather and synthesize a number of different views on the Fourth House of the astrological chart, I am printing in its entirety an article I found by astrologer Eleanor Buckwalter. In … Read more