I just feel like sometimes I’m a force to be dealt with. My talents are sometimes overused and also sometimes underused. It’s not easy being me. Ben Affleck – Leo (Aug. 15, 1972) Today, the Sun moves into the sign of Leo. The famed Lions, so the tradition goes, are “on” 24 hours a day, … Read more
Everything is Waiting for You by David Whyte Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. As if life were a progressive and cunning crime with no witness to the tiny hidden transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny the intimacy of your surroundings. Surely, even you, at times, have … Read more
When I was one I’d just begun, When I was two I was nearly new, When I was three I was hardly me, When I was four I was not much more, When I was five I was barely alive, But now I am six! As clever as clever! And I think I’ll stay six … Read more
We are a circle, within a circle, with no beginning, and never ending. Blessed be. ~ Beth
Too Alone by Ranier Maria Rilke From Rilke’s Book Of Hours translated by Anita Barrows & Joanna Macy I’m too alone in the world, yet not alone enough to make each hour holy I’m too small in the world, yet not small enough to be simply in your presence, like a thing— just as it … Read more
With the Sun in Cancer (which is ruled by the Moon), and the Full Moon last night (or early this morning depending on your time zone) in Capricorn, which it almost immediately left for Aquarius, I offer a beautiful, but challenging analysis by astrologer Julia Bondi. May we all find the deep nurturing and love … Read more
If we are together nothing is impossible. If we are divided all will fail. ~ Winston Churchill Finally, only about half-way through July, we begin our discussion of the matters to do with the Seventh House. And this is kind of a shame on my part, because it is a topic that we could spend … Read more
Ocean Sky by Alex Cherney on Vimeo. This time lapse video is the result of almost 1.5 years of work, 31 hours of taking images during six nights on the Southern Ocean Coast in Australia. The sound track is by Redmann. For a really good time, I recommend that you hit the four-way arrows on … Read more
Wind of knowledge Simple and wise, Bringer of the lightning That strikes in our minds. Come to us. Be here now. From Circle Casting Song © Susan Falkenrath Wolf, from Reclaiming Second Chants Thank you with all my heart to everyone who has been sharing your own experiences here. Your responses are profoundly inspiring. It … Read more