Hudson Valley Astrologer

“The daisy, by the shadow that it casts, protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.” ~ William Wordsworth A friend asked if I’d go visit another old friend in a nursing home today with him. The old friend just got put on hospice so he won’t be with us long. We showed up at the…

“But in a game where a number of individuals are involved, then the child taking one role must be ready to take the role of everyone else. If he gets in a ball nine he must have the responses of each position involved in his own position. He must know what everyone else is going…

“I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” T.S. Eliot By definition, luxuries are nice to have but totally unnecessary. However, although I’ve given it up in the past without consequence, I think at this point I’m unwilling to let anything come between me and my cup of coffee. HVA 💚🍀

“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.” ~ Simone Weil As an astrologer I latched onto this tagline: Astrology, Rooted in the Reality of the World I think the core message here represents the idea that behavior, as it relates to the symbols found in the…

“Spoiler alert: The good life is a complicated life. For everybody. The good life is joyful… and challenging. Full of love, but also pain. And it never strictly happens; instead, the good life unfolds, through time. It is a process. It includes turmoil, calm, lightness, burdens, struggles, achievements, setbacks, leaps forward, and terrible falls. And…

“A good name will wear out; a bad one may be turned; a nickname lasts forever.” ~ Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann We didn’t have to change our names but there was a point in time when that gang we hung out with called each other “Lou.” “Hey Lou!” “Sup Lou?” “Louieeeeeee!” There was no…

“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” ~ A.A. MILNE Who do I spend the most time with? Well, it’s not like we eat, drink and sleep together 24/7. But we do reach the 24/4 out of 7 mark, which is somthin if not everythin. Intimacy isn’t marriage because many…

“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.” ~ Jim Thorpe Jim Thorpe was a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, the first American Indian to win Olympic Gold Medals, and the first president of an organization that would later become the NFL. He…

“Sea turtles are the poets of the ocean.” ~ Anonymous On a visit to the Outer Banks N.C., we happened to be strolling the beach taking in the sites when throngs of people began to gather. Not sure of the attraction we ambled over and peered over shoulders and in between bodies trying to get…

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” ~ Alan Watts The Gnostic Circle: A Synthesis in the Harmony of the Cosmos by Patrizia Norelli Bachelet This book forever changed my understanding of astrology. Synthesis & Counseling in Astrology: The Professional Manual…