People have frequently asked me why I study astrology (at my advanced age, they imply) or what led me to do so in the first place. My answer is always some variation on the refrain: “I wanted to understand why people act as they do, or think the way they do.” And that answer has […]
Hello, duckies! It’s your favorite ancient astrologer, Madame Zombra, clicking in at a different time and date. Not just to confuse you – no, indeed, that will happen soon enough as our little friend Mercury goes retrograde on (appropriately enough) December 13 – but to try a different tack. (And be of good cheer –
The Small Magellanic Galaxy from NASA’s Image Library (copyright free) Yes, study astrology, astronomy, and all other sciences which lead far beyond our small home planet. But let us not lose the wonderment and sense of awe which has been a part of humankind’s soul since we raised our eyes from the ground on which
If you’re hoping for a carefully-curated list of gifts each Sun Sign would enjoy for the holidays … I hate to disappoint you, duckies, but that would be a task for a mind-reader, not an astrologer. Case in point: remember Albus Dumbledore lamenting the fact that while he got gifts of books and many other
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We’ll consider Saturn, often termed the Taskmaster, heading this blog. And your favorite ancient astrologer promised last week to enlighten you, dear readers, with some thoughts of which Sun Signs are most apt to procrastinate. Well. I hasten to disabuse you of the notion perhaps one or two signs may not indulge in putting things
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Seems to be a very prevalent malady amongst us in today’s world and in our country. I’ll cover this in detail … next week. – MZ
The ‘resignation’ to which I refer is one that took withdrawing my blogs from one service provider to another in search of more continuous service with fewer disruptions. Madame Zombra will not bore you with the details, but Constant Readers are well aware of the peculiar silences over the past year when storms, aging equipment
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First the unseasonable thunderstorms and tornado watches interfered with posting the rest of my blog about “Clutter.” Well. No one can do anything about the weather, as we all know. So I made plans to complete the rest of the zodiac, Libra through Pisces, with the light-hearted bits and pieces you, dear readers, have come
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Looking at the above photo, are you feeling claustrophobic? Or unhappy at all those projects and not enough time to do them? Maybe your own home looks like a microcosm of a glorious library. Or you have a minimalism mindset and three books, total, in the house. And three projects pending. To paraphrase Dr. Seuss,