Tori G. Newburn

There are moments when several movements in the sky combine to create a shared invitation. This final stretch of October offers a particularly rich opportunity to consider how inner awareness becomes a way of living. Mercury and Venus join the current retrogrades, the Full Moon illuminates Aries, the North Node’s movement toward Capricorn brings human alignment into focus, and the Sun approaches Libra through the final stars of Virgo. Through Cosmic Design, these movements become a language...

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”— Annie Dillard, The Writing Life ​​ ​ I keep reflecting on this quote as we move through the Pisces full moon. Where we focus our attention, our energy flows. Moments when our beliefs take form weave together to inform our lives experiences and vice versa.​ On September 26, the full moon reaches its peak in the constellation of Pisces, opposite the Sun in Virgo. Mercury and Venus also occupy Virgo, bringing a concentration of...

I keep returning to the rose as I sit with this weekend’s new moon. Its layers, its fragrance, the way it opens, and the thorns that support its place in the world all speak to what we are exploring. There is something deeply appropriate about this flower accompanying a new moon in Virgo while Venus moves retrograde through the same constellation. Love asks for our attention, and Virgo brings that attention into the body, into our relationships, and into the ordinary choices through which we...