New Article: In the Belly of a Duck

Hot off the presses, well in advance of Friday night's Full Moon in Scorpio, I've posted a new article over at my website called "In the Belly of the Duck:"

At this Full Moon in Scorpio, the sign of magical, unseen forces and the power of universal support, I find myself dazzled by such a generous display of cosmic goodwill. It's illuminating to contemplate that among the Gods of mythology, Pluto/Hades - ruler of Scorpio - was known as "The Rich One." In astrology, Scorpio, Pluto, and the 8th house have come to symbolize the world's riches - "other people's money," inheritance and loans, mysterious windfalls. It makes sense to consider that what we put forward from Venus and the second house must eventually find a response from Pluto and the eighth house. And yet, it's very hard for some of us to rely upon Scorpio's cosmic trust fund, the enormous stockpile of goods, services, and enlightenment that sits waiting for us to draw checks against it....(read the full article here)

Alert readers of this blog will recognize snippets from recent entries woven into the article... busted! One of the great joys of keeping this blog has been the periodic capture of little idea nuggets as they float downstream. Some of them grow up to be Big Ideas later on; a robust few mature into full-fledged articles. Still others, of course, skulk away into well-deserved obscurity.

Anyway, the Full Moon in Scorpio is on Saturday, May 13 at 2:51 am EDT; here on the left coast, it's more like Friday, May 12 at 11:51 pm. So enjoy that, ya'll.