the week of february 16, 2025
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Our benediction before we get into the astrological week ahead is a poem from Emory Hall, “i have been a thousand different women”:
make peace
with all the women
you once were.
lay flowers
at their feet.
offer them incense
and honey
and forgiveness.
honor them and give them your silence.
listen.
bless them
and let them be.
for they are the bones
of the temple
you sit in now.
for they are
the rivers
of wisdom
leading you toward
the sea.
ICYMI
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all times are eastern
Tuesday, February 18th
5:06am: Sun enters Pisces
We move from the chill, intellectual winter winds of Aquarius into the deep oceans of Pisces. In the past, I’ve called folks with Pisces suns the “magical myth-makers,” and I do think there is some truth to that archetype. “Dreamy” and “spiritual” are words that get tossed around with these folks, sure, but there’s also an intuition here, a keen sense of observation and an ability to pick up on the slightest shift around them that can be used for their own purposes. There’s an ability to wield their understanding of the world around them to help lead the way for the rest of us. Some Pisces writers you may know include Edna St. Vincent Millay, Anaïs Nin, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ralph Ellison, Julia Cameron, Janet Mock, and Judith Butler.
For me, your resident Capricorn, Pisces season can feel a bit like being tossed about in a boat on a stormy sea, with no land in sight; every emotion, all at once, and no grounded certainty anywhere.