Fir needle is a lovely essential oil to use during the winter months. Both grounding and uplifting it warms the heart and stimulates the mind. This is partly how fir trees found their way inside homes for Christmas, aside from housing the elves during dark, Nordic midwinters 💙 And if elves aren’t your thing, fir needle oil is said …
New Moon in Scorpio, November 15, 2002
With so much happening in our skies right now, today’s new moon in Scorpio marks an important new beginning. Aligning in an empowering sextile to Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn in Capricorn, this new moon is a chance to really get to the root of what is holding you back in life. You may have felt some uncomfortable emotions over …
Blue Moon in Taurus, October 31st, 2020
A full moon on Halloween?! You’d expect nothing less from 2020 than the most Halloweeny Halloween on record. Just to add to the fun, this full moon will be tightly aligned with the planet of shocks and surprises, Uranus, in the sign of earthly delights, Taurus. There are a couple of other transits happening in the skies to go along with this …
The Great Mars Square of 2020
This week we have retrograde Mars and the planet Eris conjunct in Aries forming a stressful 90° angle (square) to the Pluto, Saturn and Jupiter stellium in Capricorn. Is there something you’ve been putting off that scares you? Something that involves bravery that makes you a little nervous but you KNOW will sort things out in the long term? Now …
5 Steps to Free Your Mind
Sometimes meditation isn’t enough to cut through the root of your worries. In the Tapussa Sutta the Buddha explains a way you can move through a problem until you feel free from its control. Most people aren’t really familiar with this writing in Buddhism but hopefully, by reading this simplified step-by-step guide, you can start to feel free from …
New Moon in Leo, August 19th, 2020 – the Grand Fire Trine
Some good astrological news, at last! The new moon in Leo tomorrow morning is part of a ‘grand fire trine’ between Mercury (communication), Mars (energy) and the South Node (our past). A grand trine is when a triangle is formed in the sky between three planets (or sets of planets) at trine angles of 120°. When a trine …