Posts in Relationship
And Discernment?

On the journey of self-discovery, we inevitably find ourselves at some point entering into the “dark forest” as so eloquently expressed in Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, Canto I:

 

Midway upon the journey of our life

  I found myself within a forest dark,

  For the straightforward pathway had been lost.

Ah me! how hard a thing it is to say

  What was this forest savage, rough, and stern,

  Which in the very thought renews the fear.

So bitter is it, death is little more;

  But of the good to treat, which there I found,

  Speak will I of the other things I saw there.

I cannot well repeat how there I entered,

  So full was I of slumber at the moment

  In which I had abandoned the true way.

 

Dante takes us lyrically and metaphorically into the first submerged layer of our process. It is dark, difficult to see, and there is much we don’t yet understand…

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Catharsis Anyone?

With the intensity of the cosmic play by play of this Capricorn season, who needs Netflix? Throughout time we have sought actors to reflect the emotions we desire to access within our own hearts. Theater can bring us into these depths we haven’t known or perhaps have hidden far away. In this moment now, our personal truth is on center stage, asking for our attention and to stay tuned for what it has to say.

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What Is Death?

Do you know the sensation of sinking into the earth without a return in sight? When your skin feels as if it is rotting, molting off of itself, and staleness casts a shadow over the moment of what has been? Caught within the transit of dying while still breathing...perhaps through a breakup, a swift change, remorse, pain, surrender, purification, clarity, renewal, and so it goes around and around.

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What’s at Stake?

Everything. From our inner peace to a piece of land, what was once fertile ground is now in a state of desertification. I just finished watching my brother Ryland and the crew of Kiss The Ground’s long-awaited and perfectly timed documentary*. Following the pre-screen viewing, I am left with a sensation of possibility and rebirth amidst the dire straits of these times we barely know we are inherently facing.

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Are You on the Trajectory of the Churn?

If I am a human being on planet earth nearing the new decade of 2020, then there is no way that I am not churning, deeply. And for those of you who are not “in the churn” according to your personal opinion…I respectfully disagree, from my perspective…you are.

What does it mean to be on this trajectory of sorts? From over here, it seems that we are all being fortified, tested, and squeezed if you will. It is up to each of us to approach this consciously or unconsciously. When we have an opportunity to have foresight, it would behoove us to listen rather than dismiss. However, history has shown us that as stubborn as we are as a species, we generally do not learn until we are in a retrospective mood.

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What is Your True North?

When asked this question by a dear friend in her effort to lend support at a moment of crossroads, I immediately went to the page. What is my true north? As an astrologer, I tend to think of the nodes, north, and south. Our lunar nodes in our birth chart reach to the furthest ends of the spectrum, stretching from who and where we have been into who we are becoming and to where we shall go. They bookend a life of purpose, indicating a hero’s/heroine’s journey of deep inner learning, full of trials, cyclops, sirens, and detours along the way.

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What Does Partnership Look Like to You?

We have entered into the autumnal season, where the fruit is ripe on the vine and the winds are stirring. Change is everywhere and decisions are to be made. The weighted balance of dual nature is reflected in that of man and woman, hot and cold, near and far. Tis the season to explore the equilibrium of life. Libra asks, “To be or not to be?” and the skillful initiate knows the answer at any cost.

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Why Is Your Jaw Dropped?

Anyone else out there feeling like you are growing and churning from the inside out? And although painful, there is some sweetness knowing that it is for the benefit of your future and all of your relations? Me too. Something around these current moon cycles has left a lasting impression upon my psyche in a way I haven’t experienced in many years if ever, truly.

Today’s full moon in Aquarius continues to fortify the unpredictability of the current cosmic mirror. Both Venus and Mars are in opposition to this fullness providing deep inner tugs onto our moods, temper and relationships. Pluto is in the mix, quincunx to the Sun/Venus and the light reflected by this potent moon, asking us to reconcile what is lurking under our friendships and intimate relationships.. This dynamic brings forth the complexities that have been brewing below the surface seeking karmic resolution. Ultimately the challenge is to look within ourselves, assess our own projections onto others, and notice what we notice at a time when the energy is so expansive and outwardly dominate.



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What Are You Grateful For?

I’m sitting on a cozy cloud-like denim couch in a northern California farmhouse with a precious Jack Russel named Amor nestled as close to me as he can get. I couldn’t be in a better seat to answer this question and I am surrounded by the paradox of the bustling nature of a working farm as well as the deep peace that those who live here exude from their hearts.

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Do You Believe in Miracles?

Hasn’t this question been asked in songs, hallmark cards, on Shakedown Street and in strange psychic parlors throughout time? I raise my hand excitedly as if I can’t withstand shouting the answer out loud. YES! I believe in the magic that is exposed through the miracles of life. Some days are more radiant than others and yet, each day offers a healthy dose if only I am open to it. It is mostly the animals, predator birds and the fecund nature where I live that reminds me on a daily basis.

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What is the Mirror of Compassion?

The new moon in Gemini has brought forth gifts of new thought, curious inner dialogue and countless ways to see ourselves in the mirror of others. 

How many of us are feeling deep aches running through the center of our bones? A longing for a new future perhaps? An insatiable desire to connect with that which is greater? How about grieving a loss of sorts? Of a loved one or a time past?

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Why Do I Project Onto You?

Well, we all do this actually. Can you see the me in you and can I see the you in me? Maybe that is the better question. I’ve been reflecting on the deep stretches of time and space that take us further into the landscape of our relationships; the good ones, the hard ones, the everything-in-between ones. My beyond blood family has always taught me that relationship is a path of awakening and recently I’ve had more personal insights revealed through the mirror of other people in my life…my favorite teachers.

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