Reflections about Meaning, Purpose, and Growth
Reflections
Seeking wisdom beneath a meaningful sky.
Essays on astrology, faith, memory, and the curious business of being human. Some begin with a birth chart. Others with a question—or a story that refuses to leave me alone.
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Venus: The Art of Cherishing
What does Venus really ask of us? Beyond romance and attraction lies a deeper story about beauty, pleasure, value, and the things we choose to cherish.
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Carl G. Jung: Giving Form to the Unseen
Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of analytical psychology. Jung’s symbolic imagination helped modern astrology speak about psyche, archetype, vocation, and the deep work of becoming whole.
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Can You Be a Christian and Study Astrology?
Christianity rejects fatalism, divination, and attempts to control the future; however, does that mean the heavens can bear no meaning at all? A Christian astrologer reflects on freedom, providence, symbolism, and what it might mean to…
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Weeping Willow: My First Spell Was a Prayer
A wounded willow sapling became my first lesson in guilt, ritual, and the mysterious power of sacred attention. This childhood memoir recalls a very young boy, a damaged tree, and the first strange intuition that words,…
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The Shadow in the Room
As astrologers gather in Chicago for UAC 2026, one of the most consequential conversations surrounds a speaker who will not be there. What began with Steven Forrest’s use of a racial slur has become something larger:…
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Óscar Romero: The Dangerous Word
Óscar Romero did not become a dangerous man by seeking danger. He became dangerous because he allowed hidden suffering to speak through him. This reflection reads Romero’s nativity as a symbolic portrait of receptive courage, public…
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Mercury: The Meaning Weaver
Mercury is the planet of language, perception, connection, and the quicksilver intelligence that helps us make meaning from experience. This reflection explores Mercury not simply as the messenger of the gods, but as the meaning-weaver: the…
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