an experiment in being wrong
The main reason I started writing this newsletter at the beginning of 2025 is that I wanted to confront a deep-seated fear of mine: I’m scared of sharing my...
where strength comes from
Last summer, I talked to my wise friend Pierre. He is very good with Tarot cards and he always makes me laugh when I want to give in to despair. ‘I feel so...
more than enough
In last month’s newsletter, I wrote that September would require us to discern our truths, our beliefs about ourselves. I called it ‘pruning season’. And...
pruning season
When I first walked through my current apartment, on a warm July day five years ago, I noticed an old rose bush outside. It grew in a scraggly shape against...
your imperfect offering
When people ask me what my hobbies are I say reading but the truth is, I usually spend way more time watching TV than reading books. And every once in a...
the antidote to vigilance
When was the last time you felt tender? Maybe it was a small moment. A word that got stuck in your throat, an old grief showing up. Or maybe it was beauty...
at her pace
Usually, if I have to decide between two paths in my life, I try to pick the path that scares me more. If one option seems ‘logical’ and ‘makes perfect...
the world as it is
I’m looking out at a mountain whose name I should know but do not; dark green fir trees line its side, pools and patches of snow and ice dot its peak. The...
all that rushes in
Although this is a newsletter partly about astrology, I’m often hesitant to bring up the planets and how they might influence us on a collective level....
accepting the unacceptable
For a long time, I misunderstood the nature of acceptance. I believed it implied consent, that, if I accepted something, I was automatically saying it’s...
Night-time navigation
For a few months now, I have practiced being lost, both metaphorically and literally. I have practiced being in-between-things, I have practiced waiting for...
the practice of self-trust
About twelve years ago, when I was going through a difficult time, I had dinner with a good friend. I don’t know why,’ my friend said, ‘but I think you...
singing in the dark
March is closing out, how are you? Rattled, tired, or generally okay? No matter the emotional temperature, the skies gave us one more gift yesterday: A...
the ones who don't answer you
A few days ago, I sat in a bright community hall with a view of a bay, surrounded by about forty strangers. I was on Iona, a small island off the west coast...
The snail's deserted house
There’s a persistent idea that astrology can be used to predict the future. But astrology is stranger than that, weirder: in my calmer moments, it comes...
a coat that fits
You could say we live in dangerous, revolutionary times, and I’d agree. I’m an astrologer and a writer; I see meaning in the movements of the planets and try...