all our relations

We are seeing so many changes on the planet and in the collective consciousness. My jaded and cynical self puffs and pants in disillusionment and frustration over the slow pace and inferior quality of most change. Yet my optimistic and hopeful self cheers and is uplifted that there are bright pockets of progress available to sustain and support us. 

all for one & one for all

At moments when I find myself distraught or defeated, I reflect on my long and winding path to self acknowledgement and personal healing. Some of the trauma I hold in my cells and DNA are deep and ancient inheritance from ancestors of old. 

I remind myself to take my cue from nature - listing all the healing a year of human retreat from its onslaught has provided us. How quickly a natural balance comes into play, as long as we step aside and allow it to happen without impeding its process. 

I am grateful for the support and commitment I can so easily access in the generous communities that surround me. This makes me doubly appreciative as I feel the dangerous pull of the collective energies of division and fear that prevail in our world. 

Trusting and surrendered that as change in nature happens in its own perfect timing and I too am a part of it all. Blessed be. 

LEO | mysterious & empowered feminine

The Sun has just moved into Leo and the full moon in the sign of Aquarius. This full moon carries healing energy thanks to the presence of the asteroid Chariklo.

This healing energy is spiritual in nature, guiding us to reconnect with the love that is our soul and the wholeness that is our spirit. Work with this beautiful healing energy through some chakra clearing for the Aquarius Full Moon. 

Leo has a reputation for being self-focused, but this year you will feel as if the self you've so carefully constructed is being unraveled. The people you feel closest to will offer you reflections about who you are, and the truth may bring about a shift of radical proportions.

sun in Leo & full moon in Aquarius

New people will come into your life to assist you in uncovering more of your uniqueness and even eccentricities. Allow yourself to become a wilder, stranger version of yourself.

Cancer | the divine feminine

In Greek mythology, when Hercules battled the Hydra, Hera sent Cancer the Crab to distract and delay him. During the fight the crab bit Hercules' foot and in his rage he killed it. Hera rewarded Cancer the Crab with a place of honor among the stars and cursed Hercules as her eternal enemy. 

Cancer the Crab - 14th c. Arabic manuscript, Book of Wonders

Cancer is a cardinal water sign. Represented by the crab, this oceanic crustacean seamlessly weaves between the sea and shore, representing Cancer’s ability to exist in both emotional and material realms. Ruled by the moon, the celestial body that represents comfort, self-care, and maternal energies.

In Hindu astrology the sign of Cancer is named Karka and its Lord is Moon. Divine associations with Cancer in Renaissance astrology are Luna and Diana, both goddesses that represent the Moon, Cancer's ruling planet.

These few years of necessary chaos and change are best met and embraced if we want a future transformed - where we can all thrive.

It is the divine Feminine that grounds this work, as she appears to us now - Lady Wisdom, Sophia, Mary of Magdala. Wisdom in its feminine aspect of caretaker and nurturer.

Wisdom is a gift our world has suffered without for too long. It needs to return to our collective consciousness for our survival as a species on this planet.

Women are the bearers of Wisdom. Hopefully men will work with Wisdom and share in the labor of birthing a new world order. One that isn't organized and run by corporations or driven by the need to consume.

One created by, for and of the people.

great sky river

Throughout the ages, the Milky Way has hung above humanity in the sky, a beautiful marvel shining steadily each night.

Nowadays, most city-bound folks rarely see the full splendor of our home galaxy stretching across the heavens.

Pablo Ruiz - Riaño, Spain

The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes our Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.