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Welcome to Cosmic Wellness! My new blog will help show how you can use the wisdom of astrology to identify strategies and resources to point you toward your own unique healing path. Additionally, it will reflect that the jewels of nature on our planet -- including foods and healing plants -- can themselves be powerful allies in your journey towards optimal health. In addition to encouraging your...

Are you feeling anxious? Spaced-out? Overwhelmed? Last week’s full Moon in Pisces was intense. Even a few days later many people are still struggling to find their footing again. If this sounds like you, here are a few simple techniques you can try to find relief from this full Moon (or any full Moon): Hug a tree. Nature is our best healer for restoring balance on all levels of being. If you...

This week’s Pisces full Moon mixes the watery energies of the collective unconscious with our Virgo (Sun) self-knowledge.  Coming after the Leo new Moon, this full moon energy can make us aware of how committed we are to ‘following our bliss’ as well as how our bliss can serve our collective needs.  Don’t forget, we are (and will continue to be for many years) in...

Since August 23, we’ve been working with a new energy, and it is one that will grow in our awareness and shape our consciousness for the next three years. This is the energy of Scorpio. Threads from the Past Scorpio is a Fixed Sign (along with Taurus, Leo, and Aquarius). The last time we had an emphasis in the Fixed Signs was 2007. At that time Saturn was in Leo (starting July 2005), and...

 Pisces full Moons in particular aren’t designed for sleeping – they’re meant for dreaming. Dreaming is a natural process, during which the mind creates narratives while sleeping. For millennia, dreams were held to be messages from the gods, or from divine spark within. Now it’s more fashionable to call them images from the unconscious mind. Either way, dreams can be a...

Astrology-based dishes may bring about optimal bliss. Depending on the planetary alignment, the Sun and the Moon, we can prepare delicious recipes to help the capriciousness of the Stars! Here are is a cocktail inspiration for Leo's generous and unique nature: A variation of an apple martini. In this case, I am substituting the usual vodka or gin for a light rum to add a little spice. Leo's unique...

Where the sign of Cancer exemplifies the feminine powers of the Moon and the Night, Leo shines out with the power of the Sun and masculine solar consciousness.  The Sun symbolizes not only Spirit, but our individuality.  When a culture is based primarily on masculine solar principles and denigrates and rejects the mysterious lunar powers of the unconscious realms, Sun-consciousness turns...

If you really think that the object of affection you've invested so much of your lusty daydreams in was meant to be yours, you had better make him believe it too. The Pisces Moon is just the moment to infect him with the feeling that the connection between you goes far deeper than the physical. There's karma to be worked through. You will be one another's sexual healing. You will save one...

Violets are the inspirational visionaries, leaders, and teachers who are here to help save or improve the planet. Most Violets feel drawn to educate the masses, to inspire higher ideals, to improve life here, or to help save people, animals, or the environment. Violets have a sense that they are here to do something important, that their destiny is greater than that of the average person. Most...