Recently, I came across an old astrological diagram that applied the term ‘retribution’ to Scorpio. We’ve heard about Scorpio’s ‘sting in the tail’. Retribution is a stinging term – very Biblical in its implications. Scorpios get a bad rap in traditional astrology. They’re often characterised as inscrutable and occasionally morbid, even obsessive. It’s rather like …
Earth magic: the message within the opal
Lately I’ve been immersed in the extraordinary beauty of opals. No other stone can deliver quite the character that opals can. Don’t get me wrong – I love many gemstones, but I believe that when we’re drawn to something (and particularly if it gets a little bit unbalanced and obsessive!), this indicates there is energy …
The natural wisdom of Libra: finding balance in motion
September’s equinox signals the Sun’s ingress into Libra. And, as the Sun crosses the equator, day and night are exactly the same length. Ancient people were much more in tune with seasons, so it’s no coincidence that Libra is the sign that represents balance. The equinox marks a turning point and the need to adjust …
The infinite dance of dynamic equilibrium
Balance. Now there’s a thing to contemplate. We keep talking about a need for more balance in our lives as we feel flung this way and that by demands, obligations, the unexpected and the unplanned. Underneath all the noise of busy modern lives, our bodies know that we need balance. We feel it like a …
Venus rising
The lunar eclipse of July 17th (7.38am AEST at 25º Capricorn) highlights Venus, in Cancer and close to the Sun. Since Venus invites us to open to the joys in our life, and to choose what really matters to us, this is a timely reminder of what to focus on now. We’re under the …
This eclipse season is asking you to hone in on where you belong.
The solar eclipse of the 3rd July (AEST) brings us officially into the 2019 ‘Eclipse Season’ (a biannual event – but these aren’t always a total eclipse like this one). Not visible to us in Australia, nonetheless still as potent. This eclipse occured at 11 degrees Cancer, the Moon’s home sign which concerns matters of …
On seeking balance and finding the way through
Twice a year we are reminded, by the wisdom of the natural world, about cultivating the art of balance. As the sun hovers on the equator ready to favour either the northern or the southern hemisphere, thus heralding the onset of winter or the approach of warmer times, there is a moment of perfection. A …
How to spend less time fixing yourself & more time being perfect
(Or: how jewellery, astrology & bodyfulness fit together) I’ve finally faced the fact that I’m the kind of person who can’t just do one thing, because I end up being bored witless. The reason I decided to do a PhD was because hours at the jewellery bench had my thoughts wandering into ‘bad …
Read this next time you’re longing to feel beautiful
Are you beautiful? Do you find that a provocative question? Perhaps it hits a nerve that has you listing the ways that you’re not, yet, beautiful. Or perhaps you shy back due to modesty… We don’t go about openly declaring ourselves beautiful in this culture. And yet we’re obsessed by it! It’s difficult not to …
Stop hoping for that “One Defining Moment”
“If it would only take one word, perhaps one wise phrase to make us change, heaven would be easy to reach, here on earth.”** How often have we heard the story that every transformational book, every life-coach loves to tell? That one moment when something clicked and everything changed. The lightning flash of enlightenment that …