Yoga teachers instruct you to go back to child’s pose at any moment when you are overwhelmed by the practice. Today my spirit guides used this as a metaphor to help me understand the importance of going back to a calm and serene mind when equally overwhelmed by a situation. “The 2 of Swords is your child’s pose,” they said.

 from the Spiral Tarot 

Conflict with someone? Getting into a perfectionist mindset? Just go back to the calm and empty mental space represented by the 2 of S...

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    A few weeks ago I had a client come to me for a reading who was buzzing with Uranian energy. Her natal Sun in Aries was getting a charge from Uranus, the "Great Awakener," which had entered her sign in 2010 and is now about to re-enter. She had made major life changes, willingly, brazenly. She was drunk with Uranus! Not everyone feels quite as comfortable with the electric energy that Uranus brings, but she was willing to be at a place in her life where she could say, "Hell, I don't know ...
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    The other day it occurred to me that physical exertion corresponding to the sign and/or house placement of a person's Mars could serve as a sort of active meditation to get a person more in touch with the meaning and intention of their Mars energy.  Mars is vitality!  Mars is passion and drive! So why wouldn't we want to get in touch with that daring little bastard?  Read on for your Mars Exercise Routine!

Mars in Aries/First House

For the purposes of this exercise, you need to workout SOLO...
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    Guided meditations are very helpful for anyone who has difficulty visualizing and/or clearing their mind, which are two of the primary ways of achieving a meditative state.  I really like chakra or aura-cleansing meditations and recently stumbled across this Aura Meditation by Kathy Rose that is probably the best I've ever encountered.  She has a knack for visual language which, again, is very helpful for those who have trouble creating mental imagery themselves.  In the first video, Kath...
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