So anyways, yesterday I walked away from my day job. It wasn’t as dramatic an exit as that sounds, it was, instead, quite lovely and something I’d made a decision on and been working towards for a couple of months. I know I’ll miss my colleagues and the daily interactions – even though as I work remotely those interactions have been mostly over Teams calls. … Continue reading Freedom and the Aries Full Moon
31 August 2023, Full Moon 7 Pisces 25′ Driving back from the beach this morning the radio announcer was talking about this week’s blue moon. A blue moon – when you get two full moons within a month – is relatively uncommon, happening once every 2 ½ years. Two blue moons in the one year are rarer – occurring about four times a century (the … Continue reading Once in a Blue Moon
If I had a dollar for every person over the last couple of days who has mentioned how much they need a break, some time away, some time alone, I’d be very nicely off, thank you very much. I mentioned only yesterday to a friend how I was struggling with this. Uranus sits on the Descendant in my chart – opposite the Sun and Moon. … Continue reading Uranus Retrograde
The first thing we need to know about Mars in Libra is that Mars is in his detriment here – he’s operating from a sign where he doesn’t feel at all comfortable. Now, this doesn’t mean that it’s good or bad, it just means that a planet in the sign of his detriment – opposite the sign he rules – is the planetary equivalent of … Continue reading Mars in Libra
Here in southeast Queensland spring is around the corner – not that we really get a spring as such. While we don’t have frosts so don’t get the blossoms and the bulb flowers that herald the coming of spring elsewhere, I can feel it in the warmth of the days and there’s a smell in the air that says spring. The bees are buzzing around … Continue reading Happy Birthday Virgo
In our lives, we are so busy multi-tasking, juggling devices and schedules that we forget to notice the details. We miss things. For me, Mercury retrograde has always been that time when we’re reminded that a little back-tracking, a little revision, a few deliberate pauses in the day can be a way in which we can reconnect – to our own creativity, to what’s important, … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde August 2023
