Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn
December 26th, 2009 – January 15th, 2009
This Mercury Retrograde (MR) officially begins on December 26th (right after Christmas, nice right??) and ends in the New Year on January 15th, 2010.
Yet as previously mentioned, the set up phase has been in motion since December 9th when Mercury entered into the degree of Capricorn it will retrogress back to. 
As Capricorn as an archetype has to do with our ambitions and goals in the world, the poignancy of this MR bridging us from the last year into the next is …

If you’re wondering who the good looking man in the picture is, it’s none other than my esteemed colleague and fellow Hay House author Robert Ohotto.
Robert has become internationally recogized as a “pioneering new voice within the field of multi-sensory development and human consciousness” (www.ohotto.com).
As a Christmas/Yule treat, over the next four days, I’ll be posting Robert’s Mercury Retrograde Guide so you can welcome in the New Year with astrological knowledge that can help you in all areas of your life.
Warmest wishes for your holiday season!
 
Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn – From …

Today the holiday movie season goes into high gear.
My friends are all going to see Avatar this weekend, and Clayton and I plan to as well.  I haven’t been this excited about seeing a movie for a long time. Plus it helps that Clayton was concertmaster for the soundtrack – which means he led the orchestra from the first violin chair.
Avatar’s soundtrack was composed by James Horner, who has a longstanding relationship with James Cameron. Horner has already received two Golden Globe nominations for the music.
Let’s look at the release …

I’m infatuated with Light.  Especially thermal light, because I live in the north and I’m always cold this time of year.  I’m a consummate heat seeker (gimme flannel pj’s, hot cocoa and a fluffy divan – and I’m done like a Christmas dinner).
When I moved to New York from Texas, I encountered major shifting paradigms in Christmas traditions.  It’s not that my in-laws partied differently from my Texan kin – it’s because I’d never experienced such a distance from the Sun before.  It may sound funny, but my first frigid, …

With Alexa Ray Joel in the news recently, I have received questions about her and her parents – Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel.
Alexa and her dad singer songwriter Billy Joel have a lot in common.
They share the exact same Life Lesson Number 37/10/1. They also share the exact same Essence vibration, 14/5 – the Media Number. And they both have 8 current names.
It’s no surprise Alexa is trying to follow in her famous dad’s footsteps.
Additionally, Alexa and Billy Joel are always in the same Personal Year. In 2009 it’s a …

‘Tis the season to be jolly!!
Do you feel jolly yet?
Not even a little bit of cheer?
Maybe you are even a little crabby but who wants to hear it right?
Our society tends to accept only positive emotions. We love experiencing bliss, optimism, enthusiasm, and love. We adore anything and anyone  that makes us feel warm, relaxed and calm.
But what about the more negative, uncomfortable emotions, fear, anger, and sadness that can at times be life-saving?
A baby screams with anger and fury if its needs aren’t being attended to in a timely …

One of the most famous people in the world, golfer Tiger Woods, has been in the news for most of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Woods was injured early Friday when he lost control of his SUV outside his Florida mansion. He hit a fire hydrant and a tree in his neighbor’s yard after he pulled out of his driveway at 2:25 am.
The current cycles for Woods give us some insights into what may be going on.
Tiger is in a 17/8 Personal Year right now. 8 cycles can attract obstacles as a …

Before leaving for the Thanksgiving weekend I watched a Today Show food segment that has left an indelible imprint in my mind which will probably follow me through the holidays.
You know the segment….”How to Keep a Your Weight Down During the Holidays by Doing Blah Blah Blah”…
 The book author had an array of “bad food choices” and the “good food equivalents”.
Some are just obvious, since who doesn’t know that dark meat has more fat that white meat.
 You would have to have been living in a Jenny Craig Cave not to …

America at Thanksgiving.
If you grew up with it, as I did, it’s reassuringly familiar part of the year’s rhythm, bridging the warmth of the Indian Summer to nippier temperatures with the accompanying intimations of winter’s chill.
Thanksgiving is, also, about gathering together with families, neighbours, friends – and friends of friends.
And it’s about abundance.
Americans have grown up with the story of the Pilgrims who’d travelled from an England that was increasingly intolerant towards their beliefs, their arrival and the advice they received from the Native American Indians, and their thankfulness for …

I don’t know anybody who’s made it through the past week unscathed by the potent clash between the precise planet of focus, Saturn, and Pluto, which symbolises both power struggles and the unconscious.
The difference is that those who’ve been keeping track of those two planetary powerhouses had some sense what they were facing.
But most were unprepared, so it seemed that suddenly life became about a series of perplexing – if not actually painful – obstacles and a lack of understanding or solutions for them.
Dealing with the situations triggered by this …