Tarot Blog Hop: Short Form Tarot Interpretations As the wrangler of today’s hop, I proposed the topic: Short Form Tarot Interpretations. The idea is to find the essence, the kernel, the seed of meaning for a tarot card, while expressing…
Mars is moving quickly, passing through the sign of the Fishes in just over six weeks and advancing into Aries by the end of June. Mars gains a mystical mindset in Pisces normally. But his current high energy applies the…
Pondering the summer retrogrades, heralded and enfolded by Pluto’s long regression, I was struck by the mythological significance of the final aspect made to Pluto before he turns backwards. Today Mercury squares Pluto, prior to and holding position as Pluto…
I realized today that the April Moon in Sagittarius square to Neptune in Pisces enacts the myth of Artemis and Orion. I have a couple versions of the astro-limerick for you, one that expresses the myth, and one that’s more…
Today’s Lunchtime Astro-Limerick addresses the Full Moon in Libra with the Sun at the exaltation degree. I use the metaphor of an ingenue actress coached by a prominent director. See select Lunchtime Astro-Limericks here or all of them on my…
Venus in Gemini is the topic for today’s Lunchtime Astro-Limerick. I discovered a fascinating parallel in mythology to the current Venus-Mars cycle. It re-enacts with surprising detail the story of Atalanta and Hippomenes. The limerick can hardly capture it all! …
This week, as a bonus class for the intermediate astrology class I’m teaching, I offered my thoughts on how to connect with intuition while working with the often overly analytical process of chart delineation. I started off with an exercise. I…
Kokoro: Heart, Mind, Spirit The following is excerpted from the student manual for the Daiseishi Bosatsu Reiki class that I teach. One of the goals of traditional Japanese Reiki is to approach Reiki from a culturally Japanese perspective. What does…
Poetry is an important aspect of Traditional Japanese Reiki. The Usui Reiki Ryôhô Gakkai included 125 poems, called waka, in the hikkei, or handbook, given to members. Meditations on gyosei, the poetry written by the Meiji Emperor, reflect the nationalism…
