From the August Newsletter

For those of you who follow my blog*, you may remember that I promised you some tools for dealing with the massive retrograde energy. I figured, since we weer so close to the end of the month, I would just send it to you in the newsletter. So… here we are. Retrograde energy is about…

Energetic Fireworks

I posted this to Facebook last night, but I suspect that the festivities were keeping most people in the US off their computers… A solar wind stream hit Earth’s magnetic field on July 4th, sparking a moderately strong (G2-class) geomagnetic storm. High-latitude sky watchers who receive this email before sunrise on July 5th should be…

Wakey-wakey, lil Sun…

SpaceWeather informs me: NOAA forecasters have boosted the odds of an M-class flare today to 30%. The reasons are Sunspots AR2367 and AR2360, which are growing with unstable magnetic fields that harbor energy for M-class solar flares. At the moment, both active regions are crackling with low-level C-class flares. It may be just a matter of time before…

The Quasi-Weekly Post of Web Links

As I putter around the web, I make note of links that might be of interest, and share them here… Magic and Mysticism in Heathen Ritual Empathy My First Ars Goetia Why eating local honey won’t cure your allergies Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy decreases anxiety and depression in patients with bipolar disorder Your Tiny Amygdala Could…

Possibly Pertinent to Your Interests

A great video piece on the art colony where we’re going to be building the Shamanic Labyrinth Infectious, un-self-conscious enthusiasm 7 ways to boost self-confidence Music therapy for coma patients On Place, Pagan Values, and Politicizing Paganism Love that Flows from the Heart of the Earth~A Chant 11 Habits of Happy People Sam Berns’ philosophy…

So Much For Solar Silence

Ra is laughing at SpaceWeather again… A few days ago, they were talking about how quiet the Sun was, and how we probably weren’t going to have much activity. Naturally, this just showed up in my inbox tonight: Space Weather News for May 6, 2015 http://spaceweather.com X-FLARE: Emerging sunspot AR2339 unleashed an intense X2-class solar…

Another Tour Around the Web

As I cruise around the Internet, I make a note of links you might find interesting. Here’s this installment! 8 Things to do when you just can’t… What it means to “hold space ” for someone, and how to do it well Beautiful Skin vs An Exciting Life 13 Things to Remember if You Love…

A toodle around the web

5 languages that could change the way you see the world The psychology of procrastination …and the astrology of perfectionism 9 things mainstream America needs to understand about Native values Why walking through a doorway makes you forget… Did I post this already? Releasing ritual for March Forcing yourself to be a morning person if…

A Tour Around the Web

In my travels around the Internet, I come across links that you might find of interest. Sometimes I remember to make note of them… Venus, Mars, and the crescent Moon – a visual convergence Scientists identify DNA that makes the brain grow What happens to your brain when you stop eating processed sugar Keep your…

Web links: The Sugar Edition

These showed up in my inbox, from different sources, all in the same day… Studies show sugar is more detrimental to heart health than salt Study finds HFCS to be more toxic than regular sugar Corn Refiners Association is now calling super-concentrated HFCS  “Crystalline Fructose”

Regression During Retrograde

As we move into Imbolc (traditionally 2/1, astrologically 2/3), with Mercury (logic, communication) Retrograde in the visionary sign of Aquarius, and the push-pull on our emotions of having both Mars and Venus in Pisces, we have an amazing opportunity to push through old blocks and health old wounds. If you’re feeling like perhaps your old…

You have some things to take care of before the 19th…

As of this week, we are in the “pre-wash” of Mercury Retrograde. The actual shift happens on the 21st, but Nature does anything abruptly, and this is a pattern that always shows itself about a week out (and goes on for a week longer than it has any right to). It will happen the day…