Ratatouille is an appropriate side to a meat or fish entree or, with bread or a simple pasta dressed in garlic-and-oil, a meal in itself....

this kind of intense energy, when channeled into your efforts to transform yourself into the person you know you can be, can be a tremendous

Do not rebel in such a way that you are rebelling against your own interests for the next couple of days.

If you feel down (especially down on yourself), stuck, limited or blocked by...whatever, hang in there.

... and it's a wild one! As I look at the Astrology Weather Energy Matrix for the coming weeks, with first Saturn and then Pluto following Jupiter in slowing down to appear to be standing still when plotted against the zodiac -they're almost "Stationary" now - and then going Direct, after going Retrograde for several months, when added to the other pieces of the paradigm shift storm we're all presently living our way through, I predict that information formerly "secret," espe

The Astrology Weather Energy Matrix inclines us all to expose or otherwise learn the secrets that we feel need to be revealed to us and those we care about so that we can live our lives better. This is not going to be an easy day, according to astrology, so keep that in mind as you go about your business today, Monday, Sept 21, 2020.

Who are you? Your authentic self, not your "personality," a word derived from the word for "mask." It's time to do your best, go for the gold, swing for the fences. The Sun (y/our Ego, Purpose) is "trine" (the "good" aspect, 120 degrees, in supposedly harmonious energy flow with) Pluto (our subconscious or is it our super-conscious?) Venus/Leo is "square" (at cross purposes with) Uranus/Taurus, which by itself is usually an invitation to get your freak mask on and explore

...So watch your face (and your back!) Everyone loved our friend Kimble Mead's painted drawing of me and Amy flying through space a few posts previous so here's another of his wonderful portraits of us which we are so proud to own. I'm using it to illustrate the Astro Weather for this weekend because it is IN-YOUR-FACE time! For the Astro Curious, Sun's just opposed Neptune from Virgo to Pisces; Juipter is Stationary Direct after having been retrograde for many months and t

Might be time to take a little trip off-planet! In astrology, Mars represents the ENERGY available to our Ego to get what it wants. It is what powers the MAGICIAN card in the Tarot. Both MARS and ARIES, the Sign of the Zodiac it rules, were the names for the god of war. Should I spiel it out for you?

Quarantine your finances from the contagion. Convert the illusion of wealth into real wealth today.

"The goal of an awakened person is contentment in all circumstances" - Sri Yukteswar, spiritual teacher of Paramahansa Yogananda. Amy Zerner and I are not 100% there yet but we are quite content - we'd be jerks not to be since we have found each other and had a 45 year run of mutual love, support and respect, but we are 100% not "joiners," so there was never a question of our joining a particular group or sect or cult or religion. Like gold, the price of which is at an all

Expect a wild and crazy weekend and yes, I do know that things have been wilder and crazier each and every day at least since the lock downs started but hear me out. This weekend, the Sun, which in astrology symbolizes our identity, our ego, our purpose, is in its favorite sign, Leo, and is coming into exact square (90 degree angle, think "at cross purposes with..."), with the planet Uranus, which in astrology represents the "ants in your pants" energy that, when incorporat

Cucumber Pistachio Soup with Rock Shrimp, Feta and Radish, from our astrology cookbook Signs & Seasons. 1¼ cups shelled, roasted, salted...

Predicting astrologically in the year 2020 requires both skill and courage. I did not tell you that a pandemic was going to change everything and everyone and if I had had that amazing degree of predictive skill and foresight I don't think my prediction would have been well-received or listened to. I did, however, tell you all that a paradigm shift was coming on or about January 12, 2020, as heralded by the conjunction in the sky of the planets Saturn and Pluto in the sign

Here’s more fun stuff from me to help you understand your astrology chart, which you can get free from Alabe.com. If you have a planet in the First House, the first slice of pizza in your 12 slice pizza pie of a natal horoscope (the one on the left below the horizontal line - they do have numbers on them, I hope!) then you are a planetary agent! You have that planet's characteristics in your appearance, the way you present yourself, and the way others see you. This also w

If the comet Chiron is everything it's been said to be by astrologers, then today, Monday July 13, 2020, is going to be a difficult day for all of us. Chiron is the Wounded Healer, the astrological symbol for the childhood traumas we all had and take with us, our wounds that never heal, we just learn to live with them.

Right now, up in the sky, the planets Jupiter and Pluto are both retrograde and exactly conjunct on the 24th degree of the sign Capricorn and the planets Saturn, "ruler" of the sign Capricorn, just retrograded out of Aquarius to join them back in Capricorn, where Saturn, too, conjuncted Pluto back in January of this year, kicking off the shit storm we now find ourselves living through. Look at where the sign Capricorn falls in your astrology chart. We're talking about where t

Here are two recipes from our astrology cookbook SIGNS & SEASONS for a special summer dinner: Grilled Branzino Serves 4 Branzino is a...

Here's a very brief explanation of how Mars being in Aries for the next few months, until the first week in January of 2021, may affect you and those whose charts you know. ARIES: Easy! Remember that Mars was the other name for the god of War, Aries, they're interchangeable. Aries Sun sign people are aggressive on an off day and with their Ruling Planet Mars in the sign their Sun is in, Aries, you have super-motivated people who are impatient to get things going. If they do

Now that the paradigm shift I have been writing about for a while has hit the fan, are you using this time to make your base secure, as I kept advising my clients and those who read my essays here? I certainly hope so because this shift is just getting started. I'm not saying that I predicted that people couldn't hug and kiss each other without worrying about catching or transmitting a possibly fatal illness, and I'm not saying that I predicted that the greatest cities in t