The Birthday of the Trees
Posted by Shannon in Book Reviews, Things I think about on 29. Jan, 2010 | 3 Comments
Tu B’Shevat, which is known as the “birthday of the trees” or “new year of trees” in Jewish custom, began at sundown tonight. It’s long been my personal favorite although it’s quite a minor holiday; I’ve always chalked this up to my midheaven Moon in Taurus (Mom’s a horticulturist and master gardener) giving me a [...]
Putting it Back Together Again
Posted by Shannon in Events and Site News on 13. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
After Monday night’s mishap I’ve restored about 98% of the site here successfully. I won’t bore you with nerdy details but as a PSA, let me just put it out there to have more than one backup of your files before Mercury goes retrograde… my regular database backup was corrupted and if it weren’t for [...]
On the Ascendant: Transiting Mars and Mars Retrograde
Posted by Shannon in Transit Alerts on 13. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
This post is part of an occasional series about the Ascendant in your horoscope.
The Mars retrograde hullaballoo is bulldozing right over my ascendant, so I’ve been paying attention to the changes as it moves around my chart lately.
I have Mars in late Leo in the 1st house, so Mars had crossed my ascendant and was [...]
Pardon the Dust.
Posted by Shannon in Events and Site News on 11. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
Hello gentle reader,
My site has been thoroughly borked, Mercury Retrograde-style, so we’re a little thin on archives here right now. While I nuke the database and put everything back together, please subscribe to my RSS feed for updates, and check out some of my favorite sites:
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Posted by Shannon in Astrology and Culture on 09. Jan, 2010 | 0 Comments
Have a great weekend!
January Bookshelf
Posted by Shannon in Book Reviews, Books and Resources on 06. Jan, 2010 | 0 Comments
A peek at my monthly book heap, now with 100% more annotation! These days I’m winding down, in alphabetical order:
Astrology in the Kitchen, by Maria Kozslik Donovan
A subject near and dear to my heart! After I bought this, I realized I already have a copy of it in storage with my cookbooks… I think I [...]
An Odd Expression of Mars on the Midheaven
Posted by Shannon in Aspects and Angles on 05. Jan, 2010 | 2 Comments
I have a dear friend with an aspect that puzzled me for a long time. This person has Mars exactly conjunct his midheaven, at 13 Leo. I scratched my head over this for a while because he didn’t seem to exhibit many of the usual traits or issues that traditionally accompany this aspect. The usual [...]
