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The first time I encountered astrology, I was seventeen years old, at a lesbian music festival in the woods of northern Michigan. A few days earlier, I had spontaneously hopped into the backseat of a friend’s car with a sleeping bag and a vague expectation of acoustic guitar-strumming and shirtless leather dykes cracking their whips.... Continue Reading →
Since last October, the planet of faith, truth-telling and savior complexes has been traveling through Scorpio, sign of paranoia, secrets and power trips. Aided by Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn, Jupiter has pulled the veil off large-scale sex abuses, inspiring survivors to tell their stories. But planets don’t have political agendas. Those of us who... Continue Reading →
This post originally appeared on Little Red Tarot. Mars – the principle of anger and selfishness – is not an easy planet. In classical and predictive astrology, the war-god planet is known as the lesser malefic (i.e. the villain, Saturn’s, mini-sidekick) for its association with conflict and difficult events. Outside of astrology-land, Martian behaviors, like grabbing the... Continue Reading →
Dear Pisces, have you been drinking or smoking too much, watching too much netflix or lying around feeling sorry for yourself? Sensitivity overwhelm (and the need to escape) happens when you don't know what to do with your natural compassion. Once you decide to give yourself to a cause, though, the love and devotion pours... Continue Reading →
Dear Aquarius, with your Sun in the sign of humanitarian ideals, you NEED to join forces with a like-minded, future-oriented group to be happy. So what's getting in your way? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dQxRWdJK6M Support a good cause and find out where your Aquarian insight can instigate real change, plus how to keep your activist-self healthy, happy and effective,... Continue Reading →
Dear Capricorn, you have a gift for turning collective inspiration into concrete structural change. All you gotta do is figure out how your activism will fit into your larger goals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnZn8F_4YEI&t=2s Support a good cause and find out where your Capricornian wisdom can be best applied, plus how to keep your activist-self healthy, happy and effective,... Continue Reading →
Dear Sagg, you burn bright, you fight hard, you don't mind getting dirty, you can do it forever---assuming there's a larger sense of meaning at work. P.s. remember to recharge! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q-QD73uExc&t=9s Support a good cause and find out where to set up your Sagittarian soapbox, plus how to keep your activist-self healthy, happy and effective, in... Continue Reading →
Dear Scorpio, all my best ideas for you are illegal. 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjtOHcqU53Q Support a good cause and find out where your Scorpio power can be best directed, plus how to keep your activist-self healthy, happy and effective, in a one-on-one $20 RESISTANCE! reading (by phone or Skype). 100% of proceeds will be donated to an awesome non-profit... Continue Reading →
Libra, your keen sense of justice marries perfectly to your gift for connection. Be the ambassador of your cause--but avoid diplomat-ing it to death. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n23g-KQu3o Support a good cause and find out where your Libran clarity can be best directed, plus how to keep your activist-self healthy, happy and effective, in a one-on-one $20 RESISTANCE! reading (by phone... Continue Reading →
