Today (5/21/2025) is Xiǎo Mǎn 小滿 Day in the Lunar/Solar Calendar: It means Small Full and indicates the time when the grain is ripening, but …
Xiǎo Mǎn (Small, Full) Day 2025
Musings
Receive and Allow
Lately I have been practicing what I call Receive and Allow. I have a history of codependence and over giving that has exhausted me and …
2025: Pluto Goes Retrograde in Aquarius Today and Opposes Mars in Leo
May 4th: Big Sky energies Moving. Rider-Waite Tarot Reading: Four of Swords: Air sign Aquarius is resting in repose and contemplation of the New Earth …
Neptune conjunct Venus in Aries 1°
I have been feeling so energized and at the same time spacey and head foggy lately. Makes sense that Neptune, planet of intuition and the …
A Tribute To James Earl Jones: What He Taught Me About Hate
(trigger warning: reference to racial violence) In my 40s I grappled with my rising prejudices. It doesn’t matter what they were, we all have them. …
The Positive Masculine and Mercury Rx in Aries
How many times have we been rearing to go, excited and sure; impatient, even and then been impeded by something only to have it be …
Healing Trauma With Sunflower Meditation
Whenever the sun comes out I take a few minutes to close my eyes, lift up my face to the sun and gently rotate my …
Give Yourself and Others A Break Day
Today, March 15, 2024 is a Forgiveness Day in Daoist Philosophy. You don’t have to be Daoist or believe in Forgiveness Days to give yourself …
Spring Is About To Begin
Gardener’s Wisdom: “The seasons differ above and below ground. Underground, the spring starts in October. Even during the chilly winter above ground, buds are sprouting …
2024 Full Moon in Leo Offering
I’m a few days late to post this Full Moon Offering, but I think it still shines (Leo joke 😃🦁). This Full Moon in Leo, …