“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupery Last week I serendipitously caught a clip of Patti Smith talking about her new book, Just Kids, which just won the National Book Award and tells the story of her life with Robert Mapplethorp. Intrigued, I downloaded the book on my Kindle. Patti…
Category Archives: New Moons
The December New Moon in Sagittarius – Three Tips to Hit Your Personal Bullseye
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.” Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 – 1860) The New Moon and Business If you’ve been following my newsletter then you might remember that I’m also preparing to launch a line of all natural dog grooming products, Pure Pooch. It…
The November New Moon: Change Your Mind Change Your Fate
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.” Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965) Two weeks ago I returned from an astrology retreat offered by the Organization for Professional Astrology. The retreat was a wonderful way to meet other astrologers from all over the world as well as participate…
October New Moon: What’s So Funny ’bout Peace, Love, and Understanding?
“Laws alone cannot secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.” Albert Einstein If you’ve watched the news lately then you may be aware that there have been five suicides by gay teens in the past three weeks. On…
The August New Moon: Life is Beautiful When You Lead with Your Heart
“And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.” -Marianne Williamson In the movie “Life is Beautiful” actor Roberto Benigni convinces his young son that their experiences in a Nazi concentration camp are only part of an eleborate game in order to shield him from the…
The July New Moon Solar Eclipse: What Feels Like Home to You?
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.” -Helen Keller I’ve had the opportunity to do a little traveling over the past month, visiting Provincetown, Pittsburgh, and…
The New Moon in Gemini:
“Data is not information, Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not understanding, Understanding is not wisdom.” -Cliff Stoll & Gary Schubert We live in a world that is layered with meaning. And meaning is derived from many sources- from our perceptions, our senses, our reasoning, and even our intuition. But the starting point for any…
New Moon in Taurus: I Said Water It
“There is a fullness of all things, even of sleep and love.” -Homer (800 BC – 700 BC) Over the past four weeks since the last new moon in Aries, we may have had the opportunity to plant something new in our lives. And like any thing that we want to grow, it’s important to…
The Aries New Moon: Just Do It
“We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.” -Frank Tibolt This morning I’m writing my column from Jonesboro, Arkansas. What the heck am I doing here? Every year at this time I visit the mid-south to celebrate the birthdays of my two…
The New Moon in Pisces: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves
“Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.” -H. L. Mencken Faith is a funny thing. It basically means “to trust.” And trust denotes an element of action- either I trust that you will do something, or my trust in you/the system/God/etc. helps me to do something. Every…
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