From poems to quotes, from articles to jokes: Winter
on The Radical Virgo has always spanned the ridiculous to the sublime, the holy
to the ho-ho-ho.
The Winter
Solstice prayers, poems and meditations have already been posted. Onto the
other categories with warmest wishes for a holiday season filled with laughter,
wisdom and love.
Articles
“Happy Holidays,” Another Kind of Peace
Sign (12-Dec-11)
Happy Holidays is not so much a matter of being politically
correct or externally polite. It is greeting that acknowledges of all beliefs.
An essay on including everyone, with a reminder of the pain that can be caused
by ignoring what others hold dear when it’s different from your perspective.
I saw my friends and I
allowing ourselves to be in I would call “positive vulnerability.” It’s a kind
of openness that’s not an invitation to victimhood but rather the bedrock of
honesty. Nothing but another person’s truth can enter the space once this
“truth of your being” is expressed. It’s an environment that catalyzes deep
change, because it goes to the heart of your issues and how your own heart will
deal with them. There’s an energy around it that is post-traumatic, the part
where the pain or strain is “venting” off your body and spirit like a mist,
leaving behind only a pure and empty vessel of new creation. This place is
sacred.
Whether you’re in
introvert or extrovert has a lot to do with how you manage winter. The zodiacal
process expressed from Capricorn through Pisces represents, going from most
dark to the cusp of increasing light—from slowdown to preparing to “spring”
into new activity. Here are some thoughts on how this works.
What Is Your Instrument of Peace? (7-Dec-14)
I thought we could go around the zodiac and look at
the various “instruments of peace” that might be played by the 12 archetypes of
the zodiac—one for each of the 12 Days of Christmas, if you like. (The universe
does love the number 12.) This, of course, involves seeing each sign in its
highest potential. And, of course, read
with your combo of astrological influences in mind, not just your Sun sign.
Humor
Gifts for Every Chiron Sign (9-Dec-10)
Let’s face it. The
holiday season can bring up old wounds like nobody’s business, especially when
you combine high stress with relatives. Here’s my suggestion. Shop their Chiron
signs!
Every holiday carol is likely to be loved by some
signs more than others. I asked my alter ego, Auntie Joyce, to scratch her head
and share her ideas and acerbic wit on which holiday tunes go with which
singers in the zodiac. Here’s a taste of her which-craft!
Years ago, I worked
in a place where we did outrageous holiday entertainment at our parties. One of
the traditions I started was to create Kinky Carols, where we twisted the
verses of traditional holiday tunes to suit our whims. This is an example, hot
off the presses, just in time for this ChrismaSolstiHanuzkaa.
Rituals and Ceremonies
Winter Gifts on the Cusp of Christmas
(24-Dec-09)
Links to the two main ceremonies I do with my Solsisters
every Winter Solstice, the Ceremony of Recognition and Burning t he Old. You
can do these individually or in a group. A great tradition!
My Solsisters group is a quarter century old! I consider the
practice of doing rituals at the Cardinal turning points—many add the
cross-quarters —to be the most practical and experiential astrology we can
practice.
New Year’s
New Year’s Quotes for the Signs (28-Dec-09)
Aries ~ New Year's Day is every man's birthday.
~Charles Lamb …
Gemini: I’m good at writing. Doorbell. Hi, Max!
Oh, I have to TiVo my four programs that are on at the same time. What am I
supposed to do again? My phone is ringing.
Cusp: A New Year’s Eve Poem
(30-Dec-14)
Winding down:
quiet as snow
falling
Calendar switching
hushed as a church
before midnight
Darkness
awaits
dawn …
Quotes
Holiday Quotes for the Signs - 2011 (6-Dec-11)
VIRGO: One of
the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on
Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly. ~Andy Rooney
~~~
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