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Saturn/ A Myth for Capricorns
Like the author and lecturer Joseph Campbell (The Power of Myths), I’m a firm proponent that myths express archetypal motifs that play a huge role in human experience. Further, because I believe that we are in large part unconscious of the power myths exert in our lives, I advocate making a special effort to understand…
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Boxing Day Tradition/The Spirit of Christmas
Traditionally, Boxing Day was the day when those who ‘have’ gave something to those who ‘have not’ – like coins dropped in the special alms box at church or presents given to the servants. May sound condescending to modern minds, but perhaps the gesture was better received than we imagine. At any rate, these days…
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Christ Consciousness at Christmas
Whether or not you celebrate Christmas as the birthday of Christ, a boy named Jesus born in Bethlehem two thousand years ago, by revisiting the concept of ‘Christ consciousness’ you may find the holiday season more meaningful. The Jesuit priest, philosopher, and palaeontologist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, used the term ‘Christ consciousness’ to denote an…
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One Enchanted Evening/original short fiction
One Enchanted Evening by Debra Moolenaar On such an enchanted evening, nothing could go wrong. A soft summer breeze before Easter was a good omen and just look at those candy cane clouds. After battling her way off the number 7 tram at Leidseplein, Astrid hurried to the agreed-upon meeting spot. Stationing herself between…
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The Pain of Loss / How to cope astrologically
When one door closes, another opens – or at least that’s what folks say. But it’s nigh impossible to concentrate on the future when the past is making you feel so bad. So how can you facilitate the grieving process – the organic defence system designed to help you navigate through the pain of loss?…
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Today and Tomorrow are Five of Wands Days – Hang on in there – it’ll get better
With the sun in Sagittarius (truth, justice, ethics) and the moon in Pisces (transcendence, sacrifice, and victim mentality) today and tomorrow are Five of Wands days. The Five of Wands always bring conflict and tension – but it’s not the kind we can directly address through positive action. The Five of Wands tension is more…
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Tips About Icebergs
TIPS ABOUT ICEBERGS By Debra Moolenaar Want tips about icebergs? you gotta understand, once melted they’re useless as crystal broken, deadly as shivering sands. They drift in cashmere sierras, slink against silk clouds, sulk in velvet auras plunging, never speaking aloud. They ring in Ramadan and Christmas two poles juxtaposed; one a flipped…
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Today’s a King of Wands Day / Pack your Bags for a Guilt Trip
With the sun in Sagittarius (truth, justice, ethics) and the moon in Aquarius (perspective, breakthrough, reform), today and tomorrow are King of Wands days. But not every King of Wands day throws us the same challenge. Sometimes it demands we turn our attention outwards to examine ourselves in relationship to others. TODAY HOWEVER, he demands…
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The Prodigal Son (act one of a new play)
THE PRODIGAL SON By Debra Moolenaar ( a short play inspired by Camus’ “The Outsider”) Act One NARRATOR: (to us.) Listen up. Your life may depend on it. Think you can play around and not get burned? Think again. MRS NOVAK: Let me get this straight, Mr Kermak. You want me to believe you once…
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Oslo & a sense of community vs. me
Travel is a big eye-opener. It’s a lifesaver too. If we sit in one place too long, just like jelly in a mould we congeal and harden. We get to thinking that the world we see out of our window is all there is to see. This is the way things are. This is the…
ARCHETYPAL ASSETS
Innovation in Cultural Cosmology / by Debra DeLeo Moolenaar