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Mercury Retrograde

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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. — George Bernard Shaw As the retro-experienced know, two or three times every year, the planet Mercury appears, from our perspective on Earth, to go backwards in its path through the zodiac.  Ever since April 18, this has been happening.  Mercury … Read more

The Outgoing Tide

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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself. — Alan Watts We are now in the last week of the Year of Justice, poised before the first decade of the new millennium is gone forever and the next begins.  And we are in a very magical time out of time. The … Read more

Ceremonial of Quietness

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As I watch the stars of evening, and in the morning open my window toward the east, I shall observe the Ceremonial of quietness of heart, of simplicity, and poise of spirit, that I may keep my soul and the souls of others free from entanglements in the machinery of the day.— Ceremonials of Common … Read more

Last Few Day – Mercury Retrograde Contest!

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Only a few days are left! Enter the contest you wish you wouldn’t win! (But it’s great if you do!) Beth Owl’s Daughter Mercury Retrograde contest! As you may know, about three times per year, from the viewpoint of standing on the Earth, it appears that the planet Mercury seems to go backwards in the … Read more

Announcing — The Original, One and Only: Beth Owl’s Daughter Mercury Retrograde Contest

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This morning at 3:17am (Eastern US time), the planet Mercury went retrograde. Huh? What is Mercury retrograde all about? Three times a year, Mercury, the planet that influences communication, travel, technology and commerce, appears to back up in its orbit. Of course, it doesn’t really – it only appears to, from our point of view … Read more

Blessings of the Gemini New Moon

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The Fairies Barque by John Anster Christian Fitzgerald Hand in hand let’s dance a round,For this place is fairy ground. — from The Queen of Fairies, anonymous Creating a special meeting place with an altar is an integral part of building a relationship with the Fair Ones. And today, with the New Moon in Gemini, … Read more

Venus Retrograde and a brief departure

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And now ‘tis dark, and going I shall fall.’‘In night,’ quoth she, ‘desire sees best of all.’— from Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare On July 27, we entered a phase in which the planet Venus went retrograde, an event that occurs only once every eighteen months, and this year in conjunction with stern Saturn’s … Read more