Ooh la la we are on the cusp of a shift in energy today! This shift slowly draws us into the growing eclipse portal of next month.
Today Luna moves into her first quarter phase with our Sun. The first quarter phase will occur in the final degrees of mutable Virgo (Sun) and mutable Sagittarius (Moon).
New Moon in Cancer: Many Faces of the Mother
On Tuesday evening (in Saskatoon), we experience a new moon, the regular meeting of the Sun and Moon (from our Earthly vantage point). Symbolically, with the Moon as receptive and the Sun as active, each new moon is a seed. Planted in the appropriate conditions, a seed cracks open and then develops a root system, which gives it the strength to break through the top layer of soil to experience the heat and energy of the Sun, where it can continue to grow into its fullest expression.
Read Moregaze at the shadows cast by your proud and waving flag: new moon-solar eclipse in Leo
As creator of ‘nataleo.com’ I’d be remiss not to publish an article about the giant, important, awe-and-fear-inspiring, so-called “Great American Solar Eclipse” that is happening in the late degrees of Leo on Monday, wouldn’t I?
SO MUCH has been written on it, by vague, new-age-y astrologers and excellent, critical, well-researched astrologers and everyone in between. It can be overwhelming to try and contribute something interesting, unique, and fresh.
I don’t wish to repeat what others have said so well, and there are so many layers to this moment in time.
Read MoreNew Moon in Libra: Working For Our Miracle
Today (or tomorrow, depending on where you live) is the new moon in Libra, the beginning of a fresh 28-day lunar cycle. As lovely Luna meets Sol in the sky, a seed is planted, an egg is fertilized, and new urges emerge. In the sign of Libra, the seeds contain new blueprints for relationships. With Jupiter’s influence over this new moon, the dreams contained in our seeds are big and hopeful!
Read MoreListen When The Little Bird Sings to You
I need to share a little story about how astrology shows up in my life. Last weekend, I started listening to Annie Lennox – I’d heard her music and her name before but never really connected all of her great songs together and attributed them to her and her overall collection. In fact, when I was 14 or so, I did a jazz dance with a few girls to Annie’s fantastic track, Little Bird, which is now a sure song on my life’s soundtrack. It was a fantastic number and we wore these strange, white, feather-covered unitards that gave us a most unfortunate case of camel toe, but anyway, back to my astrology story…
Read MoreErotic dancing at church
This past Sunday was Valentine's Day and I had the opportunity to perform on the pole and offer up some interactive, erotic breath & movement guidance to guests of a fundraising event called Death by Chocolate. The event has gone on for over a decade and raises funds for Oltumo, a technology development project in Kenya, and for the Unitarian Congregation in Saskatoon.
Before the event began, I was feeling a bit shy. Donning a small red bodysuit and setting up my portable dancing pole (my bf set it up actually) on the stage in front of the church organ and choir seats stirred up some strange thoughts and feelings. I reminded myself that Unitarians are open-minded. Some part of me felt deeply satisfied and mischievous
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