The sky of the Full Moon in Taurus is so stark as to look plainly and simply mechanical. A metronome that only tics one way, a wind up clock that takes us into a time we seem to be avoiding.
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Samsara (Starshine Show Episode 8)
What we start now is in relationship to what has already been.
What we start now, we start compelled by fear and opportunity in equal measure.
What we start now, has love at it’s worried little heart.
We would like to be doing the right thing.
Wake Me From This Animal Sleep (Starshine Show Episode 7)
That’s how it starts, with the hope that things can change. It takes a lot of individuals to rewire human consciousness, to release limitations around what is and is not possible.
The Unimaginable Future (Starshine Show Episode 6)
We don’t know what magic will come out of this moment or the next. We don’t know in what ways our small generosity, our kindness, our fair and gentle touch is rescuing each other and even ourselves.
The Sea is Entirely Bells (Starshine Show Episode 5)
It could be an emotional story, but if it is one, and if an ending is required, you’ll be able to make it happen alright. You can walk away from the car crash, call whoever is important on your cell, and make a new plan for a new day.
Every Little Bloody Red Beating Drum (Starshine Show Episode 4)
On the evening of August 18 a pretty New Moon in Leo arrives. It’s a bright beginning. The LEO Sun and the LEO Moon conjunct Leo Mercury at 26 and 28 degrees and there they trine Aries Mars at 24.
New Moon in Leo, August 18th 2020
Our world revolves around the Sun. We know that, but somehow, it’s hard to comprehend. No Sun, no us. LEO is our heart, our Sun as the heart of our body, our system. Our solar system. We say systemic, that’s one of our words these days. We unravel our systems to arrive at the beatingContinue reading “New Moon in Leo, August 18th 2020”
Gift Planet by Brenda Shaughnessy
My six-year-old said, “I don’t know time.” She already knows it’s unknowable. Let it be always a stranger she walks wide around.I fantasize about outer space as if I have some relation to it besides being an animal in its zoo. No visitors. No matter how far I travel on earth I wind up sittingContinue reading “Gift Planet by Brenda Shaughnessy”
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The Tipping Points of Time (Starshine Show Episode 3)
For the Full Moon on August 3rd, accident mixes with anger and intent… Cancer Mercury does have a sense of humor, also, she holds a grudge. It’s CREATIVE but maybe in the worst kind of grammar school teacher speak. As in, there’s a lot of other things it is too, and we don’t like those things.
(Simple Scopes for a Complex Time) Aquarius Full Moon and Beyond August 2020
Aries: Chew off your own foot to get out of a trap? Don’t do it. Recognize the creative and generative power of language, of framing. Taurus Is there a value to interdependence? You are going to go your own way no matter what. Your life itself is a love poem. New chapter, new verse. GeminiContinue reading “(Simple Scopes for a Complex Time) Aquarius Full Moon and Beyond August 2020”
Lost Highway (Starshine Show Episode 2)
The New Moon in Cancer on July 20th looks painful. In a simple way it suggests bad news. A sucker punch, a bad beginning, someone has hurt the baby, the mother, your feelings. If a New Moon is an image of a fresh start, this one comes bearing an old fashioned ball and chain
Every Day We Don’t Die (Starshine Show Episode 1)
It’s time to get real about what you know. It’s the best and only strategy. We are not done going backward. We are nowhere near done looking back. Oh we want to be done. We want more than anything to be done. Are we close? We are not close.
There existed an Addiction to BLOOD
Fuck the Bread. The Bread Is Over.
Great Article by Sabrina Orah Mark in The Paris Review. Aptly titled Fuck the Bread. The Bread Is Over. She’s talking about the fairy tale of the life we knew…
a talk I gave at a Seven Daughters of Eve Zoom Church 4/26/20
You are being moved. Everything will stop you now, and everything will not let you rest. Rebellion and control. This will go on for a couple of years
The end of Chiron in Pisces, the transition to Chiron in Aries
We are all trying so hard right now to not let go, of our lives, our impossible circumstances, the reality, the facade we have constructed, and at the same time we can see that we have to.