A tricky thing to take the simmering anger and use it for energy and focus. It might be the best way to curb depression. As the rules of behavior have changed so radically, politically correct phrases are meaningless as they can’t truly say anything. They seem in abundance, as are abbreviations of capital letters that are pointless and absurd. The noblesse oblige idea of live and let live is not good enough when others want control over you. 

What would happen if we were all required to wear the color that is pleasing to those in power? There is a practicality with uniforms. The restrictions put on us for another’s choice is of necessity, painful. Then, when the lies are perpetuated, what to do?

There are a hundred different ways to drive into NYC. Everyone has a different perspective.

Indigenous reactions to how others eat, sleep, communicate are all up for grabs. If you were raised with certain habits, it is hard to break them, but mostly, hard to know if you want to. The new habits of table manners and over exposure in couture, with no content are hard to accept. If your sense of beauty, harmony and balance are no longer recognized, be comfortable with a slightly dated wardrobe.

What does it mean, thoughts are things? They are hard to hang onto. Good sales people understand this. The preoccupation with selling their point of view. Would they not be better if they allowed the buyer, improved insight?

Healing comes if you can figure out, what to let go of. I feel often, that busyness becomes the priority when I’m not observing my feelings. With age, aches and pains become the red flags to attempt to let go of, if only to remember to stay in the present.

So very difficult to not be angry when there is a consistent energy where you live of injustice and manipulation of facts. The transformation comes with utilizing the anger, to not react.

Soon we will enter the year of the fire horse. Be sure your costumes are ready!

​Unconditional love. We can have sublime moments, and then we push away as if the magnitude is overwhelming. The holidays can make us feel this way, which is perhaps how we get verklempt. 

Even if you choose to be an independent thinker, it is too hard to remember all the things and people who have altered your way of thinking.

Like the emotions that spark, what are truly your thoughts? And what are someone else’s?

My Grandmother used to talk about the weather all the time. She was born in 1903. Not really sure what to do about it. We can build fortresses with heaters and air conditioners, will that make a difference?

Being addicted to the internet is problematic as opinions are as contradictory and obsolete as the penny. What do you desire? Is the refrain of TVs Lucifer? Advertising creates demand for travel. Practical objects like toothbrushes and socks are in demand for the fireplace stockings. To believe that anyone can answer the difficult questions, is a myth. Inside us, we have a place of knowing. Becoming attached to it, is essential, if elusive.

The days we wake up grumpy will always be replaced by other days of joy. Hang on to the concept.

What you like that is repetitive and disciplined can be as simple as watering the plants. This is special.

Celebrate the season!

​Words, words, words, as Henry Higgins said. We talk to hear ourselves most of the time. The tone, thoughts and vibrations are reassuring to our soul and psyche. It is also a part of conscious understanding to try and see the unconscious. As we observe an ache or pain, perhaps rub it a bit, we also observe our thoughts and emotions. To analyze this is a strong part of our purpose.

As we move towards the darkest day of the year, we notice shadows more. Is time speeding up? The earth may be spinning faster? As this is an asset in our competitive culture, at times we cannot hold the atoms together.

Perhaps the five planets in retrograde are a bit helpful, to aid us in having a second look.

Saturn and Neptune in Aries may have contradictory desires but it will be interesting and exciting. Pluto in Aquarius and Uranus in Gemini will complement the rapid changes and innovation booming.

There are many tricks and disciplines that observes this desire for peace and calm. It is the time it takes, that is frustrating. Do you remember “patience is a virtue, virtue is a grace etc…”? 

Remember, that which we worry about, usually disperses within a day or two. Sing a happy song, dance in a way to loosen up.

Fairytales remind us of the beautiful and ugly images our soul requires. The thoughts that have wings, are those that blend reason and fantasy. Mercury, who loves a medley of discordant and harmonious lyrics, combined with Neptune, the master of the sea. Neptune is ferocious in his movements. He also provides the melodic rhythm of illusion, giving way to inspiration.

What is the difference between inspire and illusion? Breath is the power to keep going. Spirare is the Latin for breath. Love can be an illusion. Belief in it, can be a disillusion also. The feeling you can make anything work is what love delivers. As sustaining the perception is tumultuous, it may also cause feelings of remorse, depression and anxiety.

Drama and comedy come from the Greeks. But, the Egyptians performed religious dramas and Abydos was their initial stage production of the play of Osiris and his brother Seth. Isis collected all but his manhood—probably an attempt at humor.

There is a certain grisly humor when Aeneas, Venus’ son and founder of Rome, conquers his lover Dido, through her passion for him. There is always a kind of crime of passion involved with desire.

Hephaestus, the husband of Venus was often in despair over her lover Ares. His fiery talent for creating great works of art in metal, was admired. His lameness caused by his Mother Hera was curse but also gift. To be incapacitated, one is also more focused, as awareness often comes from what is lacking.

​Eclipses come in pairs. The south node is where you’ve been in a previous existence. The north node is where you’re going. In Greek, eclipse means abandonment. We periodically need to lose the shining moments of the Sun and the Moon. To be aware of our journey in this lifetime, we need time to assess the nature of light and dark. We want to make decisions with immediate benefit, but our instincts sometimes like to play the trickster. Voicing very emotional feelings can be disturbing to others, the rub is if we don’t, we eat the emotions. They do come out in more undesirable plateaus. If you can find a person who has been through this, they may contain your outbursts with velvet ropes.

As we enter the fall season in the northern hemisphere, the chilly winds bring needed action. The repetition of cycles brings already experienced aspects of the human conditions. The basics, to be born, to produce, to die are all on a revolving scale to allow us to figure out why the repeating, happens. 

Puzzles are a stimulating way to focus our over active brains. Can you find a partner to enhance this for you? Playing cards, backgammon, chess are all ways to suspend time. Slow down, you move too fast, you gotta make the morning last. Paul Simon gave us an anthem ending with: "Life, I love you, all is groovy."

This feeling of suspension is providing lightness of spirit.

​Where do you find silliness and relief? Generally I love romance books, movies and music. Some folks relate well to sadness and adventure. Adrenalin is what makes us move, but can also force too much speed. This ongoing dilemma of serving reality but loving illusion.

The global frustration of being competitive and yet wanting to help those in need has gotten so intense. To make money, one needs tremendous focus that doesn’t always play well with others. And yet, we do want to be generous and sympathetic. The different belief systems regarding how to acquire and spend government money is as frustrating and confusing as competing religions. 

Why are comic heroes still so popular? Could it be their consistent, fighting for justice? Superman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash, all have exciting and astounding moments.

Then we have the vampire stories which begin with premise of the power of blood. The Holy Grail legends are recognizing the importance of our copper smelling fluid that keeps our heart beating. Copper is the metal of Venus, which is our belief in our selves. “I’m worth it”!

Why do we love happy endings? Probably because they don’t happen enough. If you can believe it will all turn out alright in the end, it will.

​Sepia has always been a favorite. In between light and dark and brings a bit of action with a tinge of red.

Our lives are predicated by polarities and oppositions. Is it a jester's joke? Merging into one is so seemingly fraught with tension and anxiety.

A pair always sounds special. Love interest, a fabulous pair of shoes. Luxury of two homes. Decisions abound of which course to take with any project. Health, what kind of help? The theories that abound with regular allopathic medicine or plant based functional medicine, often contradict.

It seems to me the most important kind of intelligence is of the emotional variety. The facts or rules that are agreed upon, work, part of the time. The cycles of the earth remind us that any set guidelines change with great speed when needed. Know that flexibility is the name of the game. The security we seek is, like our life span, ephemeral.

The god Pan would often require fear as he enjoyed the extreme emotional turmoil. Not unlike our entertainment stories; i.e., the news, the drama series, like NCIS, can make blood pressure rise. He was also the example for the court jester and closely related to Thoth, the god of wisdom, writing, knowledge and wisdom. Passing along information is tricky as it is often misinterpreted or even creates fear. Again we see the polarity of opposites.

With numerous planets in retrograde throughout the summer. The key word is patience. Try and ignore the need to speed.

School comes from Greek scole, literal meaning: leisure. Later it came to mean a place for learning.

What it is it to learn? Is it the process of going by rote? Memorize or syncopation, a  flattering  rhythm? Learning to be loved? Leisure vs duty? The Greeks natural way of living, learning, living is condensed into the word. 

Teachers, influencers, gurus, lawyers, religious leaders, political leaders, develop a way of persuasion, that is coming from a certain point of view. So often, it is the case of the myriad of different points of view that share a really extremely similar perception.

Which is preferable? Progressive or permissive? Educational or political? We seem to want a definitive answer.  

Information is ephemeral, as facts seem to evolve with different language and the emotional intelligence of the moment.

Divine truth is what we are searching for. We want to be inspired but do we truly want to embrace the illusion the information highway provides? 

“What do you most desire?” Says Lucifer in the tv series of his name. It is mostly directed at criminals, who then are seduced into telling him their crime. But, the dilemma often is, if you’re not a bad guy, how do know what you most desire? The necessity is to make money. Often, the wish is for intangibles, like happiness or peace. The unusual thing is, it is so fleeting, it is hard to hang on to.

If one is single, the hope of a partner is strong. Some believe it is impossible without knowledge and self-love. Couples stay together to try and get it right. Full consciousness can precipitate the blending of opposites. Our past experiences predicate habits, that need tweaking. Ironing is a skill that carries a meditative focus. As do our sensational reactions to another’s perhaps misguiding opinions. To observe as much as possible, our senses is key. To smell a certain perfume, or see a blossoming flower is focusing on merging our senses into contemplation.

The idea of the one is founded on letting go of polarities. As we most often try and save ourselves of being consumed by another’s pleasure and pain. The one has had the most appeal throughout history. We have one hero and one villain. But how do we perceive a one God? By concentrating on the One within.

To lighten the mood, it is important to develop our style and humor. My favorites are nursery rhymes and dancing to the rhythms. The lyrics to the melody “twinkle, twinkle little star” became “Ah Mamma, if I could tell you what causes my torment, father wants me to reason like a grown up, but I say that’s sweets are more than reason.” Baa baa black sheep and singing the alphabet are also set to the Star melody. Mozart enhanced it.

To embrace the oneness often requires the illogical.