We have all experienced it: the smell of a parent or partner; the way we can fall into their arms; the ecstatic moment our children curl into us or we see our best friend’s face. I can recall many happy moments spent chatting with my mom as I rubbed her feet or she mine; or as a little girl when my friends and I would sit in a circle and play with each other’s hair. Conscious, loving touch is a force to be reckoned with and sometimes it is the only thing that can pull us back from despair or give us the strength to move forward in a challenging time.
Read MoreA total solar eclipse speaks to great changes and potent new beginnings. The spring equinox is a moment of alignment between dark and light before light regains momentum, thrusting us into longer days and warming nights. New moons mark the opening of the monthly cycle and are always the best time for new intentions.
Read MoreGemini Full Moon ~ Saturday December 6, 2014 @ 4:27 am PST My first shaman teacher spoke of the greatest challenge for healers being the ability to have one foot in each world. The worlds being the realm of spirit and the physical realm. I have pondered this challenge over the last decade and as…
Read MoreSagittarius Full Moon ~ Friday, May 24, 2013 @ 9:25 pm (PST) – It has been quite a month and a half. This past Monday May 20th was the 3rd of 7 squares between Uranus and Pluto. This cycle started last year and goes for a couple more. Uranus, ruling lightning, freedom and breaking boundaries squares…
Read MoreVirgo Full Moon, Monday, February 25 @ 12:26 pm (PST) I still struggle with Virgo. Mutable earth, ruled by Mercury, symbolized by the Virgin, how you puzzle me. But perhaps it is because the very linear, logical Saturn has started a retrograde cycle in mysterious, emotional Scorpio and tomorrow Mercury, Virgo’s own home planet, will…
Read MoreFull Moon in Leo this Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 – 8:48 pm (PST) The Leo new moon shows up in the middle of summer, signaling those sizzling hot summer nights, parties, travels, everything fun and joyful that the warm season brings. The Leo full moon shows up in the middle of winter, giving us a…
Read MoreGemini Full Moon & Lunar Eclipse November 28, 2012 – 6:47 am PST True to its dualistic Gemini form, tomorrow’s full moon and lunar eclipse carries twin messages. On one hand, it is the culmination of the last several eclipses that were in Sagittarius/Gemini. Roughly the last 2 years have been accentuated by endings and…
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