When we can’t see the future clearly, we can still look up - to the planets - for their guidance and influence.

I had a conversation with my favourite karmic astrologer, Marielle Croft (croftastrologer.com), this morning. Each season we chat about the upcoming planetary movements and their influences in our lives. Our conversations are meant to provide insight and guidance as we deepen the understanding of influential factors.  

I love sharing these seasonal chats with you....

I lost my necklace yesterday. It was my new one - a shiny sparkly dragonfly necklace from my bestie. It wasn’t even 2 weeks old yet.

You know the feeling when you reach your hand to your throat to fiddle with your necklace and you come up empty-handed? Right. And she was right beside me when I did this and asked me what was wrong.

I did the usual. Looked around my personal space, jumped up and down in case it slipped into my bra or hair. (I lose a lot of stuff to those hiding places.)...

How ya doin'? If you haven't had a decent exhale in a few days, take a moment right now.

Isn't that better?

I had a virtual meet-up this morning with a group of bright and connected women who know that this global interruption is more than something to wait out.

We talked all about the current energetics, the deeper meaning, the everyday reality, and how this pandemic triggers everything you have been depressed or anxious about.

Desensitizing yourself to the emotions is NOT the...

It's the last weekend of August and you're trying to be respectful of the pandemic and stay safe. I get it. Staycation it is.

But staying close to home doesn't mean staying indoors. Nature is the balm for your nervous system and right now, your nervous system needs all the support you can give it.

Want my advice?

Go outside. Visit a garden, a lake, the ocean, a mountain. Enjoy the last of the summer sun and blooming flowers. Feel the warmth and spaciousness of the earth. Watch the animals...

I didn't want to know what that sticky stuff was, so I walked past it day after day.

It was under the bathroom vanity - you know, those drawers you keep everything in. 

One of mine is literally a junk drawer. It has everything I think I may need and everything I bought but never used. Well, maybe once.

My bathroom vanity drawers have lotions and potions of every kind. Nailpolishes and remover from the 90s (I think). All kinds of bath bombs and salts and scrubs. Did I...

Someone stepped forward to hug me yesterday and I froze. Then I jumped back.

I didn't step back. I literally jumped.

Now I know that in the Age of COVID, we don't hug. And the person attempting to hug me knows that too. But because he was moving away and this was likely the last time we would ever see each other, I expected he was operating from the Exception Rule. But coronavirus doesn't honour that rule, so, NO.

I thought about it all later and realized that this was more...

I had a playdate with my soul sister Cheryl, today, in my own hood. In the 25 years I've been friends with Cheryl, that's never ever happened.

Since moving to the coast 11 years ago, anyone who knows me knows I don't like to leave here, so if they wanted to see me, they pretty well had to take the ferry. And even then, I wasn't too keen.

And then, when my son went 'off-grid' 8 years ago, I REALLY didn't want to leave the coast. Or see others. I hunkered in and slowly started to fade.

It...

My husband, Blake, said goodbye to his favourite Uncle yesterday knowing that today was the day he would choose to exit the planet.

We knew this would be his Uncle's last summer. And so Blake lovingly spent as much time as possible with him - whole days, every other day, planned, last minute, whatever he could. 

Earlier in the season he carefully took him fishing, firmly planting a chair on the boat deck, watching him get as excited as he could - helping him hold...

This is what you wanna keep your eyes on

Change IS happening, but it's slow. Almost plodding along.

We know the planets are influencing this (5 retrogrades? *thank you very much*) but it's also the EVOLUTIONARY energy rather than the REVOLUTIONARY energy.

Evolution energy is slow, but it's continuous. It's steady, progressive. It's a movement in a direction. 

Revolution energy is fast and erratic. It's volatile, disruptive. It's a forceful change that doesn't wait...

I was a vegetarian when I met my husband, Blake, 12 years ago. Actually I was a pescatarian. (That's someone who eats fish).

I had been a vegan for many years (vegans can eat sugar, right?) - but I missed eggs. And I LOVE eggs. More than sugar. So I added eggs to my diet. Oh, and yogurt. And then butter. And before I knew it, I wasn't vegan anymore. (it happens.)

Looking back, I realized I was making decisions about how to fuel my body based on short-sightedness. I forgot why I was...