If time permits, I plan on writing more about the eclipse this week. In the interim, I thought about how the eclipse might affect every sign this week, even when I don’t explicitly mention it. Check it out:
Horoscopes, just in time for the 1st eclipse of the year this week…
April 22, 2013 — return2thesourceAstrology & Your Health: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Understanding
April 20, 2013 — return2thesourceHere’s my talk in Philadelphia at Pollock’s Herb and Vitamin Center on April 13, 2013. I’ve put up a .jpg and a .pdf of a handout for the presentation. I also have a .pdf of the entire talk. Enjoy, and I’d love to hear what you think!
Astrology & Your HealthActual (.pdf of presentation)
The 123s of Astrology (.pdf of handout)
Astrology & Your Health Recording:
Coming back to Square One…
April 16, 2013 — return2thesource
Kofi’s Bookstore
This weekend I was in Philadelphia for a lecture I gave on Astrology & Your Health: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Understanding. (I’m hoping to have it posted online by Thursday, after I listen and edit it.)
The room for lecture was packed. One of my closest friends was there (I’m in her car above), my mentor came with his family and a host of newer and old friends were there, including my good friend and photographer Zamani Feelings. (One of his photos is below.) Overall, it was an awesome experience.
On the way to Pollock’s Herb and Vitamin Center, where the talk was held, and on the way back to my friend’s house, we passed Kofi’s Bookstore, shown above. This is where my journey with astrology really began. It was there, one autumn night in 1990, that I had my first astrological consultation.
The “bookstore” part of the store I remember as small, like one bookcase. I suppose Kofi started off with the space being a bookstore, but considering its North Philly environ, I suspect it was hard to sell folks any more than dreambooks and a few occasional titles. In fact, when I first saw him, he looked bored out of his mind as he barely fit in his open storefront window to take people’s lottery picks for the night. I was up there looking for an obscure book called “The Sixth and Seventh Book of Moses,” a book I came to discover is a mishmash of kabbalistic-like lore, magickal incantation and gibberish.
I wanted the book mostly as a statement of my own adulthood and independence. I had been denied the book by my mother when I was 14 because I was too young and would likely do something stupid. I had snuck and scored her copy–a falling apart, golden leafed heirloom from her grandmother. She caught me as I tried to sift through its pages for secrets and rituals that, in retrospect, would have led me to do something dumb, like choke while trying to swallow a spell-bound hard-boiled egg down whole.
I had called around several bookstores in the city to find it. He was the only one who had it, so I trekked up to N. Philly from Temple University, where I was in graduate school, to get it. He asked me if I had gotten my astrological chart done. I hadn’t, but a friend had made me curious about such a thing. I had some extra money after scoring an assistantship and a better financial aid package, so I agreed. I got much more than a book. The rest has been told here, minus a few details here and there.
So it was fitting that I would pass this store on my way to give my first major astrological talk in Philadelphia. It was kind of like a reminder and blessing all in one. I suspect Saturday’s talk may be the first of many talks, including the one I’ll be giving here in August. So it may really be Square One. We’ll see.
Horoscopes for the last week of #Aries season and the first few days of the Bull…
April 15, 2013 — return2thesourceHere’s what you need to know, from Aries to Pisces!
Aries [March 21st to April 19th]
Taurus [April 20th to May 21st]
Gemini [May 22nd to June 20th]
Cancer [June 21st to July 21st]
Scorpio [Oct 22nd to Nov 21st]
Sagittarius [Nov 22nd to Dec 21st]
Capricorn [Dec 22nd to Jan 20th]
Aquarius [Jan 21st to Feb 18th]
Pisces [Feb 18th to March 20th]
Betwixt Probability and Possibility: Where Astrology Really Lives
April 9, 2013 — return2thesource
Generally most people have misconceptions about astrology in our community. Some are suspicious of astrology because it undermines their “free will” or autonomy. Others believe that astrology may reveal too much about their fate and destiny as if they’re hermetically-sealed books. Finally, there are others who debunk astrology because science or religion tells them to kick it to the curb. However, very few listen to what astrology whispers about itself and from where In this short article, I would like to share with you how I’ve come to think about astrology in my 20 years of study and 10 years of active practice as an astrologer.
As I think about my thoughts for my appearance on the Sean & Jen show (http://transformationtalkradio.com/meet_shows.php?id=7594) tonight, I come back to this post...
Zodiac Lounge horoscopes for an #Aries New Moon…4/8-4/14
April 8, 2013 — return2thesourceThe Lady Meets the (Former) Champ: the Venus-Mars Libra Conjunction of Aug. 2010
April 4, 2013 — return2thesource
Today I have my Venus return conjoined to Mars in Libra. A Venus return literally means, like other more famous returns of planets like the Sun, Saturn or Jupiter, that the planet comes “home” to its original position when you were born. Its deeper meaning is that the affairs of the planet, as it has been set up in your natal/birth chart, will work well, badly or indifferently during the course of the year based on the time of that actual return.
I've been talking a lot about the Venus-Mars Aries conjunction of 2013, so I figured this is a good companion piece.
