Hudson Valley Astrologer

“Family is not an important thing, it’s everything” ~ Michael J. Fox Five things I do for fun: That last one, like exercise, is actually “work.” But at the end of the day we ought to do those things in life that bring us the most joy. Not on the list, and perhaps superseding the…

“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.” Dauphin in Henry V, Act 2, Scene 4, Shakespeare People who have pets, have soulfulness. There can be a profound connection, an understanding, unconscious or otherwise, that sometimes recognizes soul through it form. On a previous post I wrote about being a “dog person.”…

“The highest knowledge of God is to know God as unknowable.” Anthony de Mello Being born on Saint Patrick’s Day caused a big kerfuffle in the family. Apparently my grandfather wanted me to be called Patrick but mom had her own ideas. Patrick was relegated to becoming my middle name. My brother Paul was born…

“Maman died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can’t be sure.” The Stranger, Albert Camus Money is an outsized driver in the pursuit of job fulfillment, whether that fulfillment is imagined, or otherwise, already a work in progress. Of the 160 million people shlepping and grinding their lives away only a small percentage are financially independent,…

“The Purusha has that capacity; for the spirit within can always change and perfect the working of its own nature.” Synthesis of Yoga, Sri Aurobindo Bhūri aspașța kartvam; being the person, thing, or idea that is present or near in place, time, or thought or has just been mentioned. The question of leadership, at the…

“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” ~ Robertson Davies Astrology is in some respect a synthetic representation of reality. But symbolic modeling is neither good nor bad, save for the interpretation; the application of the data. Astrology is one of humanity’s earliest structured practices of celestial observation and interpretation, serving…

“You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible.” ~ Bob Marley When I stop to think about feeling loved I smile. My wife shows me every day, and reminds me, that to…

“Clutter is not just physical stuff. It’s old ideas, toxic relationships, and bad habits” – Eleanor Brown The question of clutter has come up, and since I am surrounded by clutter, more clutter than all the debris found between Mars and Jupiter, I ask myself how did all this stuff get here? The clutter in…

“Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.” Sir Walter Scott Jimmy struggles with depression. Hard to say if his condition is precipitated by the drinking, or if the drinking was the cause in the…

“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t being said” ~ Peter Drucker This morning I dreamt I heard a dog bark at the back door just like our old rescue use to do. Just a single yelp that said, “let me in,” But this bark was different, and more like an alarm.…