In ancient times, when the Greeks traveled abroad, they had a ritual or practice of bringing a portion of their home fire with them as a blessing. A reminder of the linkage to the past and their homeland.
Consider our modern times ritual of Opening Ceremonies during the Olympics where this tradition remains alive today, the torch our eternal symbol.
This firey ritual also found its way into women’s lives—as the virgin bride left her mother’s home to be wed—she brought with her a sacred flame from her mother’s hearth.
Dates to watch in 2011
When to expect communication, commerce and your normal day-to-day grind to breakdown and/or come to a screeching halt.
Mercury Retrograde 2011
| Begins | Ends | Shadow Ends |
March 30, 2011
24 Aries 21
4:48 pm EDT
1:48 pm PDT | April 23, 2011
12 Aries 54
6:04 am EDT
3:04 am PDT | May 11, 2011 |
August 2, 2011
1Virgo 12
11:50 pm EDT
8:50 pm PDT | August 26, 2011
18 Leo 42
6:03 pm EDT
3:03 pm PDT | September 10, 2011 |
If you’ve been feeling like 2010 hasn’t really gotten started yet, you are not alone. Green lights and gates fly open in a big way today (11:11pm Pacific). Lots of planetary action in an already active environment. I’m pretty sure everyone’s been feeling it.
It’s Saturn’s time. Winter. Capricorn. And it is Twenty Ten’s first new moon. And not just any new moon. A new moon solar eclipse.
Why We Plan, Strategize and Set Goals in December/January
One word, Saturn. He gets a bad rap (not as bad as Scorpio does). Saturn is known for implementing structure, rules and responsibilities. Burdens and blockages and pushing boulders uphill (that does sound like it’s full of suck doesn’t it?)
Best of ’09 is a series of posts inspired by Gwen Bell’s The Best of 09 Blog Challenge. It’s a challenge designed to help me write more and rediscover more grateful moments in my 2009! Hopefully, 31 posts in 31 days ;)
Tea of the year. I can taste my favorite tea right now. What’s yours?
Favorite tea this year was Good Earth’s Lemongrass Green Tea. Always on hand are several chai teas and an Earl Grey.
I drink coffee in the morning. Very definitely a coffee girl. With flavored creamer. Hazelnut, in case you’re wondering.
Best of ’09 is a series of posts inspired by Gwen Bell’s The Best of 09 Blog Challenge. It’s a challenge designed to help me write more and rediscover more grateful moments in my 2009! Hopefully, 31 posts in 31 days ;)
Well this is just too easy. And fun. I was just tweeting about it the other day.
But first, here’s some back story…
I heart Sagittarius. No this isn’t another astrology post. Most of the time, astrology does manage to sneak into a lot of what I like to write about. However, since it is Sagittarius time, I’ll share with you a little bit more about just why I love it so much.
Best of ’09 is a series of posts inspired by Gwen Bell’s The Best of 09 Blog Challenge. It’s a challenge designed to help me write more and rediscover more grateful moments in my 2009! Hopefully, 31 posts in 31 days ;)
With an ‘s.’ Because I didn’t go anywhere big this year. Not like in 2008 when I saw tulips in Holland’s largest flower garden, canals in Amsterdam and oh yeah, Greece. Six Cyclades islands and Athens (yes, all the current photos on this here blog).
I’ve been thinking about relationships lately. Relationships as intersections. And people and destiny. And all that fated stuff.
And how, in the intersections, we get connected. What is the magic that is that connection? For two people. Connections like the ones with our children, our lovers, our clients and our teachers (the ones helping us continue to expand and experience more).
And I’ve been thinking about powerful people. And when a particular intersection feels destined or fated. And what it’s like to have big things rattling you and disintegrating your attention. And it more than rattles your attention, it wakes you up! From a dream where you might not have thought you were even sleeping.
New Moon. Beginnings. Fresh starts. What a perfect day to write and begin again! After my gut-wrenching last post, I’ve just been taking time with myself and giving myself lots of room. That means whatever I feel, I feel. And trying not to judge any part of it; my feelings, the situation or reactions from others.
So many of us woke up this morning to a big surprise… a denial of service attack on Twitter, not to mention various other forms of social media experiencing technical difficulties such as Facebook.
For those of you who aren’t social media mavens, you are likely not to even be reading this. If you are, then you know the heart palpitations you experienced when you realized Twitter was down, and down for some time!
So aside from my own personal processing about what it felt like “not to be connected” to a universe that supports me so much, after Facebook & Twitter finally came back online, I found it curious to see what others were saying about it.
To create change on this beautiful planet of ours nothing will happen unless we change our idea of what it is to be a warrior. ~ @DelphicWave
Yesterday, I had a conversation with one of my favorite real-life warriors, Charlie Gilkey. Besides fighting for our American freedoms abroad, he’s a coach. And a friend.
I can always count on Charlie to help me with my own stucknesses, even when I’m not sure I AM stuck. Yesterday was different because I knew I was stuck and just sitting in it. I guess in a way, I was choosing to be with my stuckness and when he began poking at it softly, I wasn’t budging.
