 |
 |
| |
| Departments |
Home
Columns, Special
Topics & Features:
The Columns:
Angels, Guides, &
Loving Spirits:
Ask The Psychics Q&A:
Reading by Adena
Reading by Aeon
Reading by Fyre
Angel Blessings:
with Dr. Doreen Virtue
Ask Valerie Morrison,
Internationally
Acclaimed Psychic
Trust Your Vibes
By Dr. Sonia Choquette, PhD.
Internationally Acclaimed Psychic Healer & Author
Love Letters
by Erika Morrell,
Soul Mate Medium™
Astrologer's Notes:
Carin Martin,
Astrologer
Donna Cunningham, MSW, Astrologer
Basil Fearrington,
Astrologer
Diana Stone,
Astrologer &
Huna Shaman
Jeff Jawer
Astrologer
Ray Merriman,
Financial Astrology:
MMA Market Week
Noel Tyl,
Astrologer
Daily Aspect Calendar
by Care
MoonWatching with Dana Gerhardt and Friends
Starlight Musings
by Nancy Sommers,
Mundane Astrologer
Creating Bridges:
The Spiritual &
Philosophical
Act of Power
Discovering the Key to Living Your Sacred Dream
by Lynn Andrews
Avant-Gardening:
Insights
by Frank &
Vicky Giannangelo
From The Heart:
Alan Cohen
Teachings from the Western Mystery Traditions: The Esoteric "Paths of Return"
by Jacquelyn Small, Eupsychia
Spirituality in Daily Life: by Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron
The Conscious Column
by David Ault
Spiritual Mastery
for the 21st Century
Dr. Gwen MacGregor
Encounters on the
Shaman's Path with
Dr. Hank Wesselman, PhD.
Anthropologist, Zoologist, Author, Shamanic Healer & Teacher
The Divine Human
by Ornesha De Paoli
Awakenings
by Karen Johnson
Worshipping by Wondering with
Sankara Saranam, MA Founder of the Pranayama Institute
Wisdom Walks in Circles
by Margaret Lewis
Author & Shamanic Practitioner:
Water For The Dry Sponge: Chronicles and Essays
by Shaun Brown,
Be Well Publications
“I of my own knowledge…”
by Frank DeMarco,
Author, Editor, & Psychic Explorer
Crystals, Minerals
& Gemstones
Light and Love with Crystals, Minerals & Gemstones
by Raven,
Raven Crystals
Furry & Feathered Family Members:
Dr. Carson's Holistic Animal Care
by Dr. Kathleen Carson, D.V.M.
Animal Insights
by Charlene Boyd, Animal Communicator,
talk-to-animals.com
Healing & Alternative
Health:
"Spirit and Practice
of the Wise Woman
Tradition"
By Susun Weed
The Holistic Mystic,
by Lonny Brown
Medical Intuition: Tune
in to Your Body and Improve Your Health
by Caroline Sutherland, Sutherland Communications
Transformational Healing through the Violet Flame!
by Eva Kettles
Herbs for Health
with Kami McBride
Cure Your Cravings
...For Life
Rena Greenberg,
Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming & Hypnotherapist
Humor:
Wake Up Laughing.Com:
Swami Beyondananda
Interviews:
Watch for Upcoming Announcements
Kabbalah:
Kabbalah Revealed:
Rav Michael Laitman, PhD, Kabbalalist
Numberscope Forecast
by Vincent J. Barra
Oracle & Divination Systems:
Be Your Own Oracle
by James Wanless, Ph.D. Creator of the Voyager Tarot Deck
Resources:
Archives
Blessings & Messages
The Book Nook
The Directory
Event Calendar
Historical Notes & Data
The MetaPersonals
S.O.L.A.R.®:
S.O.L.A.R ®
Beyond Materiality. Beyond Spirituality. Toward the Complete Human Being...
by Martin Lass, Emissary
Tarot:
Moment to Moment
by Gigi Miner
Author, Tarot Consultant, & Teacher
Reviews:
Tarot, Cartomancy,
Oracle Decks,
Books, & Software.
by Bonnie Cehovet,
Tarot Educator
Tidbits:
Almanac of the Ancients
by TripleMoonGoddess
News Briefs
Op-Ed
Pearls of Wisdom
by Astro Aeon
& Astro Care
Symbols, Seals,
Amulets & Talismans
The What in the
World Department
Trivia & Life's Other
Novel Moments
Publisher's Corner
General Information:
Advertising Information & Opportunities:
The Directory Advertising Rates
Premium Pages:
Groups 1, 2 & Display
Advertising Rates
The BookNook
Advertising Rates
About
The Meta Arts Magazine
Editorial Submission
Information:
Contact Us
Legal Notices
|
|
|
|
|
|
Astrology:
MoonWatching with Dana Gerhardt and Friends
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scorpio Full Moon Reflections:
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
by April Elliott Kent
All week, I’ve been fighting an uphill battle against profound laziness. I blame my new shoes. They make my crummy, defective feet feel so marvelous that I’ve been gliding around for days like a smug motorist in an oversized luxury car, in no particular hurry to get anywhere. I’ve lost the motivating angst of orthopedic torture. Then, too, the house next door to ours finally sold after sitting empty for nearly a year – and our new neighbors are wonderful. There goes that worry. Add spring weather that has been utterly sublime, and all I want to do is fall into a hammock under a shady tree and enjoy my many blessings. In short, I’m in Taurus mode – happy with whom I am, where I’m at, and what I have.
But there’s work to do, of course, more than I can reasonably expect to finish in the time allotted because I’ve never developed the knack for saying "no." Plus, impending visits from a series of exciting houseguests have inspired me to repaint our guestroom. I love painting; it’s my favorite form of meditation. Consequently, I’m even more behind in my work because our guestroom is also my office, and I can’t seem to resist sneaking odd hours here and there to slap on another coat of satin finish – it’s such a happy, mind-emptying exercise with a pleasing and uncomplicated payoff.
While I paint I listen to NPR, which seems determined to harsh my mellow with its more or less constant stream of dreadful news. The economy is tanking, apparently, and the race for the Democratic presidential nomination is growing more bitter and divisive by the day. Food and gasoline prices are skyrocketing, and the news from Iraq is not good. I may be in Taurus mode, but the voices on the radio remind me that there are plenty of unpleasant truths in the world that should be goading my passionate, Scorpionic side into a grim determination to keep the world from careering into total, disastrous collapse.
But for the moment, our household is in pretty stable shape financially, thank goodness, and I'm honestly not partial enough to either of the Democratic presidential hopefuls to get that excited about their squabbles. As for Iraq – well, I’ve been complaining and stressing about that one for five long years, and my wellspring of outrage is pretty much tapped-out. So in the immortal words of REM, "It’s the end of the world as we know it… and I feel fine."
Contentment and well-being are unfamiliar emotional territory for me. Born with Pluto (Scorpio’s ruling planet) prominent in my birth chart, I’m by nature a rather intense personality. As for all Pluto/Scorpio types, my congenital curse is to notice everything that is dysfunctional about the world - so I’m usually disgruntled about one thing or another. What’s more, transiting Pluto is now standing in opposition to my natal Venus (Taurus’ ruling planet). A few years ago I endured a long string of really awful Pluto transits, so I’ve been eyeing this Pluto/Venus thing with wariness. The astrology books I’ve consulted have been less than reassuring: "Be ready to lose things you love," they warn, and "Let go of your attachment to things, and even to people. Clean out your closets!"
So I’ve been preparing for the worst. What I didn’t prepare for was to feel so… Venusian. I thought I’d be feeling tortured, driven, and half-mad with passion. But instead, I’m lazy, happy, and self-satisfied. Almost… relaxed. I have been cleaning out my closets, but it’s an exercise motivated less by an urge to purify myself than by a craving for more closet space. I’m eating a lot of chocolate these days. I’ve even become utterly infatuated with the color pink, a color I’ve always loathed and the color of Venus’ frilly Sunday best.
Each year during the Sun in Taurus season, the Scorpio Full Moon asks us to halt our hedonistic Spring revels and take a moment to remember those unhappy truths we would prefer to ignore, such as suffering, destruction, and mortality. But this year, I’m learning something new: namely, the same penetrating Scorpio insight that needles us with inconvenient truths can also make us keenly, ecstatically aware of our blessings.
Meanwhile, the radio serenades me with its mournful lullaby during my long, happy hours wielding the paint brush. "Here’s what’s awful today," announce the dignified but compelling voices of Carl Kasell, Linda Wertheimer, Robert Siegel, Michele Norris. I listen dutifully, but with something like a mental shrug, as if to say, "What else would you expect?" Smoothing another coat of Baltic Green onto the guestroom doorframes, I catch myself humming Taurus’ favorite tune, "Eat drink and be merry." And then, because it doesn’t scare me as much as it used to, I add the wry Scorpionic refrain: "… for tomorrow, we die."
© 2008 April Elliott Kent
All rights reserved |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dana Gerhardt,
Astrologer
|
 |
Dana Gerhardt
A popular columnist with The Mountain Astrologer since 1991, Dana Gerhardt is an internationally respected astrologer.
She has lectured extensively and written for astrology publications on several continents. Her ongoing passions are the moon and living the intuitive life.
Dana worked for many years in the corporate sector, where she observed the undeniable influence of natural cycles. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude from Occidental College in Los Angeles and did graduate work in literature at Columbia University and CSULA.
She is joined on her Mooncircles website by a community of accomplished astrologers.
Jean Hinson Lall
Jean Hinson Lall is a professional astrologer and psychotherapist who has been in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland since 1975.
A former Peace Corps staff member and Fulbright scholar in India, she holds an M.A. degree in archetypal studies.
Her writings have appeared in Spring, Common Boundary, and The Astrotherapy Newsletter. She has lectured widely on astrology, myth and archetypal psychology and is Director of the Institute for the Study of Imagination.
Julia Bondi
Julia has been a busy counseling astrologer, intuitive, teacher and writer for more than 30 years.
With degrees in clinical psychology and esoteric philosophy, Julia draws her wisdom and dedication to spirituality from her moon rising on her ascendant, her 12th house stellium in Gemini and her Pisces midheaven.
Pythia Peay
Pythia Peay is an astrologer and inspirational journalist whose articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including "George" magazine," Common Boundary," and "The Utne Reader."
She studied and taught meditation with the Sufi teacher, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, and is the editor of his book, Awakening: A Sufi Experience. She has also written Soul Sisters: A Sacred Way for all Women and Mercury Retrograde.
April Elliott Kent
April Elliott Kent is a practicing astrologer, writer, and web designer. Her writing has been featured in The Mountain Astrologer and Wholistic Astrologer magazines, and in Llewellyn's 2005 Moon Sign Book. Her specialty is wedding electionals. She recently graduated from the California State University at San Diego with a degree in communications.
http://www.mooncircles.
com/
|
 |
You'll find it in
The
Directory! |
|
|
|
|
