Archive for the ‘Astrology’ Category
September 21, 2014
Tags: Rats, Sagittarian, urban wildlife, wasps
You know sometimes you hear a noise in your house that you can’t identify? But one cat opens an eye and another one yawns. The third lifts his head up, but none of them summon a sense of danger or even curiosity. And so everyone relaxes. An hour later you find the shower curtain has Read the Rest…
November 13, 2011
Tags: Gemini, Hilaire Squelette, Honey Bear Bakery, memoir, memory, Taurus, The Secret Garden Book Shop, Third Place Books, Vladimer Verrano
My book came out last Thursday on the full moon in Taurus, an auspicious day. Taurean energy is both creative and possessive and my book, two and a half years in the writing, is all about me. A memoir is not history. I didn’t pretend to set out facts. I wrote as I remembered but Read the Rest…
August 4, 2011
Tags: binary opposition, calming devices, enneagram, Hazmat, Nassir Ghaemi, zebra crossings
A mild Facebook discussion broke out the other day as a result of a post about Nassir Ghaemi’s new book, First Rate Madness, a book that documents many influential historical figures who showed “signs of mental illness” and were better leaders because the “illness” enhanced creative thinking and empathy. I agree with the conclusion, but Read the Rest…
June 4, 2011
Tags: Aries, Ford, General Motors, Jowett Cars, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Scorpio, Taurus, Toyota Corolla
I do wish car manufacturers would stop coming up with automobile names from mythology. It’s disturbing to those of us who are sensitive to other dimensions and Simple Green All-Purpose products. “Would you buy a car called Saturn?” I asked an astrologer friend of mine. “Never!” Just the thought of it provoked her to do Read the Rest…
January 4, 2011
Tags: astrology, Capricorn, Cronus, January, Janus, Saturn, Winter Solstice
Remember back before Christmas when some of us were counting the days and longing for The Light like medieval villagers? Then there was the onslaught of Christmas and New Year. By now we are well on our way towards it being light earlier in the morning until Congress robs us of even that when in Read the Rest…