Venus in retrograde continues to unearth the dark feminine veins of gold from within our soul. While conjunct our Sun, she infuses the Scorpio sunlight with her deepest lessons, inviting us to review the quality of love in our heart.
Read MoreWe the People of the current state of being are all in the same boat. There is no getting off this boat unless we transition out of this body. This body? My body. Your body? We each have a body. Same, same, but different, different. Who judges our bodies? Do I? Do you? Take sides? Take care. This boat may sink if we don’t take care…of each other.
Read MoreWhether in real progressive time or in true retrograde fashion, the Lordess Venus rules the realm of love within the celestial canopy. Love is a synonym for grace…can one truly exist without the other?
Read MoreThis is unfathomable and continues to be a mystery to me, however in recent years I have researched this phenomenon and have some thoughts to share.
Read MoreImagine a world where we reclaim our mind. Where we no longer doubt ourselves in the face of authority, relationships, institutions or identify ourselves with the brands who rule our capitalist tendencies. Imagine respecting one another, our thoughts, emotions, opinions, ways of being, and preferences without the need or desire to change each other. Imagine learning new skills from those who have learned before us without the cost of giving some of your soul away. Imagine sharing what you have learned with others from the true purity of your heart without the need for glamorized recognition even if under the misused guise of devotion or gratitude.
Read MoreIn a moment such as this full moon, the celestial realms are speaking directly to our conscience. It appears as a storm is on the horizon, the wind eerily calms and an unexpected warmth brings new scents of autumn into the senses.
Read MoreSetting the intention to slow down is one thing. And then asking myself why that is important is another.
Read MoreThe harvesting cycle seems to run throughout my soul no matter the season. At times I am emotionally about to burst, the joy or the tears are nearing capacity and something has got to give…or physically I feel more voluptuous within my personal rhythms aligned with the moon. Sometimes an idea that has been brewing is now coming into form and ready for birth into the world.
Read MoreMy heart is pulsing and yearning…and my head? At times spinning or perhaps contemplating. Breath is my sanctuary and reminds me I am alive and have been held from the moment I arrived here. My body is both tired and energized while my creativity is afire or teasing me out of overwhelm. I have the privilege of choice and I notice this, again.
Read MoreI am a woman who has seen a few things and the light of this moon reminds me of where I have been, what I am working through, and who I am coming to be.
Read MoreLiberation! After a decade of swallowing my thoughts and emotions due to fear, I now face a new and welcomed type of trepidation. No longer am I hiding behind a mask or behind an image of perfection. I am completely free in my humanness and with an ever-growing hunger to express that which has been oppressed within me for so long.
Read MoreBesides eat Chocolate? Try to stay hydrated since I am mostly likely shedding tears at moments. Move my body and get the blood going, yoga is always my friend in these cases. I tend to write it out and look at my words as I ink them onto the paper of my journal.
Read MoreBehold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves. ~Matthew 10:16
Consider we are both sheep and wolves and that the way to resolve this dualistic internal battle coincides with the wisdom and innocence Matthew alludes to.
There are many types of dreams, both in waking life and while “asleep”. Dreaming in one sense is the exploration of my mind…
Read More“Identity was a liquid state, ever interchangeable, and adaptable to its surroundings... It was better to not have favorites - a snake didn't mourn when it had to shed its skin.” ~Leonardo Donofrio
Read MoreI love this quote. “Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders.” Diane Nash
Read MoreWomen, of course! And Women are Now. At JOS, we see them as leading the march into a new future.
Read MoreThat is a big question…maybe a book in itself. Complicated? Honoring? Immense? Colorful? Daunting? A work in progress for sure.
Read MoreIt is one of my favorite ways to get to know myself.
Read MoreThe New Moon of this moment exudes the Taurean feminine nature of mystery, beauty and rootedness to prepare us for the coming years that will mirror more than we have seen in our lifetime. We could bask in the glory of her artistic and earthly gifts for paragraphs, however, today is potent even beyond honoring a new moon cycle. We are collectively stepping into a new 7 year cycle that will undoubtedly change our lives in the most unsuspecting ways...
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