Stand-by / by-stand
Can we stop our buttons being pushed? Meditation helps me catch myself out before the situation escalates, but can I stop the button being pushed in the first place? We can’t stop the push-er, but can...
View ArticleThe algebra of apology, or thoughts on the Libra Full Moon
I meant to blog the second part of ‘Sex and Zen‘, but it will have to wait. Something more immediate has come up in the shadow of the full moon in Libra tomorrow (on the 20th or 21st of March,...
View ArticleNegotiating with gremlins
Why do we negotiate with gremlins? This phrase popped into my head as I was trying to explain to a friend why I thought it was unhealthy to give all the bullies and bastards in our lives (and...
View ArticleTime to practise what I preach
Reassessing what I value must include extending those values to others. If there is anything Mercury in Gemini values, it is the power of words. So, I’ve made an unequivocal apology to Mercury in Virgo...
View ArticleRight speech
This post is about a year and a half late, but better late than never. I struggle with Right Speech, and while I can never hope to speak always calmly and kindly, I was looking for a way to trigger a...
View ArticleProjection: Channelling by proxy
More thoughts on being projected on. (Note: I am aware that this doesn’t absolve me from my own projections, but that’s not the subject of today’s topic). I was musing the last time about MV reading...
View ArticleNew Moon in my 1st house: Introducing Saturn (and Pluto) Girl
Mystic Medusa has been referring to Saturn Girl, a comic book character from the 1950s that was revived in the 1990s, as an archetype to model ourselves against as we learn the lessons of Saturn’s...
View ArticleMars retrograde in Leo: It’s clobberin’ time!
I am finding it really interesting that Mars retrograde doesn’t necessary mean that the Martian anger turns inward or goes away. Perhaps it is the Leonine need for self-expression, planetary retrograde...
View ArticleAnger with a smile
The confidentiality clause I signed when I went into therapy was that I was allowed to share incidents that impinged upon me directly, and without revealing identities, of course. So I’m sharing one...
View ArticleCool it
What’s with the nastiness that’s going around these days? Is it the cardinal cross summer? Everyday on the news there someone shouting about something — Tea Party (not of the Alice kind), climate...
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