Tagged with Astrology

All "factual science" to the mystic is perhaps something more like art or music: there is reason and symmetry and structure and form, but each and every "fact" is only a signpost pointing toward the ineffable. (more)

Psychedelics expose us to a particular set of metaphysical assumptions. But even the most vivid visions are just passing symbols. However "true" the psychedelic experience is, it's a reality as full of risk as any other. The largest risk is that of religious delusion (more)

What exactly is prophecy? Can we trust it? The esoteric tradition teaches that the future is, at least in principle, knowable. One theory holds that there exists a realm of images and forms, which has many names in many traditions. The Kabbalists call it the world of Yetzirah, or "formation." (more)

What if love is no big truth? What if there are two primary and simple desires wrapped into every love story or romantic escapade: the desire to lose ourselves and fuse with the source, and the desire to become ourselves and separate from the source? (more)

Many people who call themselves "new agers" like to say "I'm spiritual not religious." But what if there is no difference between the two? Why is everyone so reluctant to admit that they might be religious, and where does the urge to separate the two come from anyway? (more)

The day after Super Storm Sandy hit the east coast, the Nightlight Astrology School hosted an Astrology "Storm Panel." After listening to what several of our guest astrologers had to say, and after looking closely at the planetary transits during the storm, there are more than a few solid reasons we have to believe this will not be the last major event before the end of this calendar year. (more)

Lately I've been fascinated by the idea that there is no such thing as an original source energy, no awakening to oneness or singularity that we are returning to, and no evolution toward any spiritual destiny. What if these ideas were merely the psychic residue of displaced religious dogmas and an outdated scientific model of the universe? (more)

The first few exact alignments may be a little more rough and tumble than the later alignments as we brace ourselves through the shifts.  We must purge our extra weight, which includes unleashing unconscious control issues, challenging us to reinvent ourselves as we destroy the old patterns and move beyond our previous limits. (more)

Last week while working on my new book in Costa Rica I was creatively awakened by a 7.6 level earthquake and several days of significant aftershocks. The awesome quake spoke a language of its own, not unlike that of plant medicine. (more)

As a world consciousness we are on the first wave of the new era.  Looking back over major social transitions for the last two millennia, this is the first time in history such a shift involves the entire world. We are united in the great collective unconscious, but that is now becoming increasingly the collective consciousness. (more)

This astrological paradigm is based on the understanding that every incarnation, each lifetime, is created as a result of unresolved desires from previous lives. The evolutionary journey of the soul from life to life is a matter of gradually exhausting all desires until the only desire that remains is the desire to reunite with the Source. (more)

The great wisdom traditions tell us we are born from love, though we tend to quickly lose that connection and go on autopilot much of the time. A passage in A Course in Miracles states, “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” (more)

This Summer in the USA we've now witnessed our second public shooting spree.  A Sikh temple in Oak Creek Wisconsin became the target for another attack.  In a broader, evolutionary context these attacks aren't about darkness or evil as much as they are about daemonic possession. (more)

From 2010 to 2016, the planets Uranus and Pluto face off in a tense, dynamic square. In a sense, the first 5 years of the 2010s, each individual and all aspects of culture and social structure are being pummeled, remolded, and transfigured by the relentless Uranus-Pluto force. (more)

I've altered my state of consciousness many times, and listened to a lot of talk about "ego death" and reaching the higher self. But many of us who take psychedelics regularly are altered-state addicts, and the ego is actually a beautiful thing. (more)

The astrological camera lens is both macro and telephoto. First, it widens your horizons of understanding, interdependently linking what may seem distant and disparate elements. Simultaneously, it microscopically magnifies the totality of your internal and external environment to reveal the rich and complex hologram of life (more)

Many of my clients have questions about why their relationships haven’t lasted or what they need to change about themselves in order to “be ready” for their soul mate. Although no two astrology charts and no two people are alike, if I had to point my finger at one relationship-destroying culprit, I would feel confident blaming what I call “orgasm addiction.” (more)

Two mammoth cosmic events take place this week, both of which highlight the mercurial messenger in all of us: the Solar Eclipse and Venus retrograde. It is a time of personal growth and mental stimulation. May both inspire us to play and enjoy the endless proces of learning. (more)

Given the ancient prophecies and the acceleration of world events, 2012 could indeed live up to its billing as the end of an era.....and then what? If we merely view the turmoil on the surface, we will miss a far more profound, meaningful and hopeful understanding of what is underway. (more)

Astrocartography is one of many techniques that can be applied in the enlightening art and science of Astrolocality or Relocation Astrology. Where do you want to be for December 21st, 2012? (more)

From an astrological point of view the entire 2012 movement can be seen as a warning from the creative unconsciousness of the human soul. The lesson or the goal of this astrologically based cultural movement (Mayan or otherwise) has always been the same: let's produce less fate and create more free will. (more)