August 13, 2011 is Shravan Poornima, the Full Moon in the Hindu month of Shravan. In India it marks the annual festival of Raksha Bandhan, a celebration of sacred bonds between brothers and sisters that also serves as reminder to honor and value peaceful coexistence between neighbors and nations. These sentiments of Brotherhood/Sisterhood aptly reflect the attributes of this full Moon’s …
With both luminaries conjunct in the Sun’s home sign some of us are definitely feeling the Heat! Leo being the sign of creative self expression, and with a trine to Uranus in Aries, we’re also feeling a heart and head full of new ideas and images and an impetus to put them out into the world to shine. Venus in …
This year’s triple eclipses of summer stirred up a stew pot of “OMG where did that come from??” issues, events and emotions. Though much of what has been stimulated will continue to reveal itself for months, we are starting to try to sort through the debris and find our way to solid ground. Highlighted in …
Most of us here on the East Coast will still be asleep when the Sun and Moon conjunct Friday morning at 4:54 AM but we’d be well advised to sit up and take notice of what’s going on around us this day. Every New Moon lends itself to new beginnings and the planting of new seeds. New …
“Jack be nimble, Jack be quick…” That’s right, the Summer Solstice is the time Jack makes his famous leap. The higher he jumps, the taller the crops will grow, or so says old European folklore. Just as the Sun appears at it’s greatest height in the sky, so are creative powers at their height …
In Other Worlds, we’ll stretch our mental boundaries of the Possible & Impossible by exploring familiar and popular topics like astrology or angels, as well as some a little closer to the edge, like UFOs and Crop Circles, all from a Maidenstudio point of view. Ever wonder, “What’s the deal with Numerology?” (AKA “Why do they keep changing …