Mercury, that tricksy little messenger of the mind, has gone retrograde again. It’s not necessarily a cause for alarm, though there are things to be careful of during these stretches. Double check your communications, edit thoroughly. Not necessarily a good time to bring forward sensitive topics for discussion with others, not necessarily a bad time either, if you are very careful and as open hearted as possible.

Trust matters when Mercury is retrograde. This is a time we have to have faith in each others’ good intentions, because it is so very easy to misconstrue. When Mercury is retrograde, our mental functioning effectively turns inside out, so that the words we say and hear actually travel along different pathways in their swift journey toward our grasp than they normally do. Meanings can be missed that way.

A good way to learn to adapt to Mercury retrograde by using this time to be with yourself, take stock, turn your attention inward, where it naturally wants to go now anyway. Re-read old journals, old poetry, remember the ones who have gone before.
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This post was inspired by a conversation on Facebook. As a result of that conversation, I am now offering individual tutoring sessions for people interested in learning more about this incredibly useful tool. Feel free to talk to me, if you’re interested. You are welcome to forward this link to anybody you think would appreciate it.

Astrology is a circuit diagram of the human brain. No matter what astrological system is used, it can be seen to work; this is why virtually every culture has developed its own symbolic system relating to the movement of the planets relative to the Earth and relevant to humanity. Astrology is a complex and powerful system for understanding the nature of reality.

The different systems of astrology (ie Vedic, Mayan, Chinese astrology and more) use the same basic circuits, but with different software and pathway construction. Those physicists who examine astrology with an open and inquiring mind (articles in astrological journals written by former physicists tell the tale) tend to become astrologers themselves. They must write about their findings in astrological rather than scientific journals because by embracing astrology they discredit themselves and lose the respect of their scientific peers.
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Long live crazy poetry! It’s been a while since I wrote one, yay for me! – ph

witch came first

My eggs have all hatched and now the chickens
Are coming home to roost, let others take care of their world,
safety the only concern, best be behind locked doors,
shutter the blinds and blind the minds

Pay no attention to the one behind the curtain who
Seems so familiar. I see a mirror, no enemy,
I got no closed doors, it was a tough job but somebody had to do it,
I am the Queen of my life, director of my play, here and now
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I don’t have a fleshed out melody for this one yet, but I like the lyrics… I discovered this one in a journal entry from a few months ago.

It’s amazing how often that happens! I write things then forget about them until I read back, sometimes years later.

Here and Now

I am in my rightful home, I am queen of my domain
Sovereignty’s my birthright, my true throne is sight unseen
I am witness to the sacred, I am actor in my play,
the same one I am writing on this single blessed day
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This poem is a writing exercise for my online writer’s group. The exercise this month is to use a word and answer a question (each writer contributes a word and a question, which are randomly drawn and reassigned). My word for this one was ‘kickstart’; the question was, ‘How much is that going to cost us?’
- phee

Kickstart This Poem

Somebody kickstart me please

And where did I put my keys
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To understand astrology, break it down to the four elements. Each element has a fundamental character.

Fire: creativity, inspiration, excitement, energy, motivation, expansion
Earth: usefulness, substance, beauty, organization, containment
Water: flow, changeability, impressionability, mystery, solubility
Air: information, communication, ideation, abstraction, relation

To understand a sign or a planet or a house, look at its elemental rulership or association.
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I’d forgotten that I was going to post the horoscope columns I write for the Island Word (print edition) here, so we’ve missed the last few months’ worth. Ah well, here’s April’s, I’ll be on it for the future. Enjoy! Some art, too.

Real astrology is another matter. But horoscopes are to astrology what the alphabet is to the English language. Fun to play with.

Down-to-Earth Astrology

by Phoenix Wolf-Ray
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It’s a new year, astrologically speaking. Yesterday was the Vernal Equinox, also known as the first day of spring, also known as the day the Sun moves into the first sign of the zodiac (Aries).

Time to start new things, discard old ones. For every new thing, an old thing has to go away to make room for it. No, that’s not an argument for mandatory retirement, or for older folk to ‘know their place’ (quite the contrary). We’re all the gods of our own creations, and we’re not here to make way for others, but to maximize the potential of our own selves. There is room for everybody, even if we have to make room for ourselves by inventing new spaces into which to unfold.
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It’s the one hundredth anniversary of International Women’s Day today, and because I have been procrastinating writing so long, I’m going to use the day to motivate myself. And because I have been procrastinating writing so long, this is very long!

Tonight, there is an event on Hornby I’d love to be at, and if I still lived there, I’d be all over it. But instead, I am here, home alone (I did receive an invitation to read today at an event on Mount Washington, but my car isn’t mountain-worthy and I was unable to hook up with anybody else going, not knowing any of them and all.

I miss my island! I miss my community. That’s the truth. Still, I feel so many exciting openings beckoning in this community, I don’t imagine I will be lacking for opportunities. But. It’s not Hornby.
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Ah, how soon I do abandon my commitments! Not abandoned quite; it’s just that I’m not sure how to go about this project. The photos exist, piling up on my flickr page, but the poem thing, hm. I’ll do a few more now, but at some point I’m going to have to figure out how to approach this properly.

I see you
I know what you
are thinking
My eyes flash white
at your secrets
I am at the window
of your dreams
nothing hides from me
wild things grow
in your cracks,
where I live
do you remember?
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