Two Feelings at the Same Time: How Transits Work

December is a great time to start planning for the year ahead with a look at coming transits to your natal chart. But how do transits work? Click to learn how transits create events, not feelings, so the choice of whether the coming year will be a “good” one or a “bad” one is always up to you!

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Gemini Moon: Pagan Pride

Part of a series of Full Moon posts for the LA/OC Pagan Pride newsletter. Rather than zero in on the uniqueness of this particular Full Moon, my interest is in the cyclical sameness of the Gemini Full Moon that recurs ever year in November/ December, when the Sun is in Sagittarius.  The Gemini Full Moon for 2018 occurs the evening of November 22, Pacific time.

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Dirt in your Skirt

I was so honored to be on the Dirt in your Skirt podcast with Margaret Schlachter. Margaret has a background as a professional athlete, and now uses her platform to promote inspiring women with a health and wellness focus. We talk a little bit about why I made the switch from academia to astrology, and a lot more about how Venus functions in the natal chart. This is a great listen for astro newbies, and you’ll pick up some stellar tips for surviving the October-November Venus retrograde too! Enjoy.

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The Astrology of Beauty and Shame: A Conversation with Veruschka Normandeau

Veruschka Normandeau was a 1980s cover girl and appeared in the pages of Vogue, Elle, and Harper's Bazaar. Together we explore the astrology of beauty, and whether the lived experience of being beautiful is as satisfying as the media portrays it. Can self-confidence make us beautiful, or is beauty an inherently unstable identity marker? Do we really need to “feel beautiful” in order to be happy? Click here to read our in-depth discussion.

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Aries Moon: Pagan Pride

First in a series of Full Moon posts for the LA/OC Pagan Pride newsletter.  A look at the cyclical sameness of the Aries Full Moon that recurs ever year in September/ October, when the Sun is in Libra.  The Aries Full Moon for 2018 occurs on September 24, at 7:54 pm PDT. 

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Dream Freedom Beauty!

Hello astrology fans!

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I was so honored to have the opportunity to speak with Natalie Ross on her podcast, Dream Freedom Beauty!  Even the name of her show inspires me so much ... 

Natalie asked me about my astrological philosophy, and so I talk a bit about cultivating relationships with the planetary archetypes, and explain why fatalistic astrology is no fun ... She wondered what was blowing my mind lately and so I discussed progressed Moon phases (just whoa).  And then Ceres came on the scene and dominated the rest of our conversation.  I had a laugh to myself after the interview wrapped, because I was having connection problems in my bedroom and had to move my set-up into the living room - right in front of my Ceres altar.  Ceres is a minor planet that I've been exploring with clients in a reading I call the "Food Tour" of your natal chart.  I think of the individual's relationship to food as sort of a stepping-stone to how he or she does self-care, and ultimately the under-valued Ceres-Virgo archetype points us to the lack of meaningful, earth-based rituals in our modern lives ... Check out our discussion below, and click here to book your Food Tour.