The Value of a KissAt the garage sale, rare books can be nabbed for a buck. A Picasso vase goes for a fiver. The setting that a sale occurs in may obscure the value of what’s being sold there....
A Moon of You-NessUnconditional love is an appreciation of personhood “as is.” The lunar trine to Mercury urges us to turn this ethic toward ourselves. Even as we work to develop ourselves in this way or that, acknowledge the...
Third Time’s the CharmThe legendary song suggests Bon Jovi has been “shot through the heart, and you’re to blame/Darling, you give love a bad name.” In all fairness, love’s blame can be difficult to lay, as it’s seldom an...
The Hero’s ReturnVenus and Mercury are heralds in a procession as they call for a parting of the cosmic crowd in honor of the upcoming summer solstice. All this action in Cancer, the realm of home, recalls the feeling...
Trad DadBetween the change of Venus and the Libra moon, the paternal party is a charge led by the matriarchs. Venus enters Cancer like a 1950s housewife rushing home to bake a cake for father’s return. Three lunar trines...
BIRTHDAY STAR: Actor Courteney Cox was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on this date in 1964. This birthday star portrayed Monica Geller on “Friends” from 1994-2004. She also played Pat Phelps on “Shining Vale” and Jules Cobb on “Cougar Town”...
Lunar Lingering in LibraFeelings don’t mean anything until we decide what they mean, and even then we shouldn’t automatically accept the meaning as the truth. What’s more likely is that it’s just where your mind landed first. Minds go...
Sun Favors the FlowThe solar conjunction to Mercury suggests that a state of flow is achievable. When you’re in a flow state, you’re not thinking about how you’re doing because you’re completely occupied with just doing it. But if...
A pair of beaches in South Boston were safe to swim in every day in summer 2023 while King’s Beach in Lynn was only open to swimmers about half the time, according to a report compiled by the advocacy...
Mars ChangeIf you live in a city over a certain population, many faces you see along your daily path are faces you won’t see again, which may inspire you to make sure you’ve given a mood of kindness and...