Full Moon In Leo

I AM SUPER

Break out the entitlement, because a Full Moon in Leo requires a diva attitude. Reign supreme in your life and rule your school. Yes, despite this moon opposing the pesky Mercury Retrograde, there is power in enforcing your ego now. As for areas, per sign, to push the envelope with added flourishes that celebrate your fabulousness:

Aries: Buy something beautiful for yourself and decorate as necessary. Think of yourself like a Christmas tree and stay bright!
Taurus: Get in family time or at the least, get into homebody mode with style: food deliveries, internet shopping, movie marathons, booty calls on speed dial, bubble baths, etc.
Gemini: Your creative flow will be on. Write, speak and express yourself to an audience, whether or not they are in front of you, others will be listening.
Cancer: Polish up the silver and enjoy the material things you own or covet. Attachments are attachments and it’s totally okay if you’re feeling emotions for physical objects.
Leo: Your confidence will be soaring higher, believe it and love it. Be extra generous with the love.
Virgo: Heavy bouts of sentiment will occur, making reflection necessary. If this means solitude, don’t hesitate to close your doors until further notice.
Libra: Socially, time to rise above the jealousy games, mediate arguments and mend the madness.
Scorpio: Toot your own horn. If you want others to care about your projects, be responsible for your own PR. Remember, you’re the sign of persistence.
Sagittarius: A metaphysical journey will begin now. Be open to the opportunities to peer into new dimensions, but don’t get lost in the fanfare of idealism either.
Capricorn: Showing your trust is an intimate affair. Don’t be scared to pull someone closer, because trying is the only way to learn.
Aquarius: Challenge in relationships will feel extra dramatic, but knock those walls down, as contrast is what will make your rainbow now.
Pisces: Giving yourself to others puts you at your best, but that doesn’t mean to go overboard, as you will also have a case of hypochondria to battle now.

Venus Enters Pisces

Mission Impossible

R.I.P. SkyMall

Pisces is the sign of miracles, compassion and redemption and in Venus, it means, "ANYTHING can happen!"

Yes, with this form of power taking the reigns of Venus, the pleasure planet, it means striving for the fantastical is a must — as it's the only way to be now until February 20! After all, if you don't go to the extreme, you'd only be doing an universal injustice to yourself. Pour your heart completely into your cause and make it matter. Have everything you believe be what your world is about. As for mantras to push your truest desires, it is as follows:

Aries: Dreams are blueprints.

Taurus: Humanity is real; trust it.

Gemini: Kicking ass is the only aphrodisiac you need.

Cancer: Words are power.

Leo: Intimacy is medicine, passion the cure.

Virgo: Equality happens.

Libra: Getting it together only requires one step — choosing so.

Scorpio: Inflated egos are a prerequisite for legendary love stories.

Sagittarius: Love is the foundation of everything worthwhile.

Capricorn: Fun stress-free flirtation is the only kind that works.

Aquarius: Comfort is romance.

Pisces: You are in full control.

*Originally posted in 2012. In the spirit of Mercury Rx, old is the new black.

New Moon In Aquarius

Feel The Flower Power

Today, the Sun not only enters Aquarius, but there is also a New Moon in Aquarius! This means tons of the quirky energy will disperse into the air. Yes, what drives this intellectual sign that symbolizes friendship, innovation and humanity will be what sets the tone now. This is a time to think, “We,” instead of, “Me,” and work your two cents in how the world can be a better place, if even only in your consciousness.

As for 5 ways to get your Aquarius power on:

·      Get involved in a cause! Aquarius is the sign of revolution and brotherhood, so jump into a movement you believe in or start one up. Be part of something!

·      Learn about new technological advances. Although there is a Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius coming on January 21^st, there is never a bad time to get your brain pumping to master efficiency via cutting-edge methods. However, wait for the Retrograde to end, before buying new techno gadgets.

·      Reach out to people. Whether it’s a poke or calling up an old friend, this is the time to enjoy camaraderie and bond with your fellow humans.

·      Aquarians take a unique approach to everything, including sex. As the freak sign of the zodiac, get into the Aquarian groove by testing out new sex toys. As the sign that also rules electricity, time to be buzzing with new vibrations.

·      There is an eclectic vibe to spirituality, when it comes to an Aquarian’s path to empowerment. Incorporate something new age into your routines, like meditating with crystals or going to a sweat lodge. When it comes to feeling this sign, it’s all about being part of a collective unconscious.

Venus Enters Capricorn

The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get 

As the holiday season warms hearts, in comes Venus into Capricorn to put a chill back into the wintry air and stir the pot. No, not the most pleasant place for this pleasure-seeking planet, as this disciplined, harsh and authoritative influence will make everyone harder to please. To circumvent this energy and make it work for you, here are 5 foolproof sex tips to get your goat smiling every time.

·      Going into one’s psyche, to see what makes it tick is a Capricorn trait — as they are the sign of structure. When it comes to sex, this means taking power via ropes, blindfolds and perhaps a whip. Yes, go beyond those basic shades of gray.

·      As the sign of status, showing your baby how much you love them through your wallet is a surefire way to get their libido pumping. No, money can’t buy you love, but during this transit, it will buy you mind-blowing sex.

·      Forget the PDA with your baby when you are out, as playing hard to get and leaving your passion to be unleashed behind closed doors is your best foreplay tip. Just a little coldness will go a long way now.

·      Go for positions like doggy style, reverse cowgirl, or crisscross now. Avoiding eye contact will make it easier to get off, as it’s less about the emotion and more about the techniques.  

·      As for turning on your baby through style, it won’t be sexy lingerie, but what you will wear on top of it. Military styles, crispy lines and formal business attire with the lace and silk underneath will be the perfect order in how your baby will want to peel you naked now.

Neptune Goes Direct In Pisces

Loving The Devil You Know

Dumb and Dumber

Mercury Enters Leo

Turn It Up


Fire is in the sky today with Mercury, the fast-paced planet of communications, entering into the whacked and wild world of Leo -- the zodiac alpha, from head to toe. Yes, it's a transit that could burn you to a crisp. So, to detour from its doom and channel its beauty for power and gain, keep the following in mind:

7 Must Do's For A Successful Mercury In Leo (July 27-August 15)

1. Begin every sentence with, "I."
2. Express yourself creatively and theatrically.
3. Be obsessed with your hair.
4. Think with your biggest balls.
5. Flourishes are everything.
6. Charge it.
7. Let it ride.

Mars enters Pisces

A strong surge of nostalgia arrives.

I live a very different life than most. I work alone and I live alone, this gives me plenty of time to let my brain wander off into all sorts of dark and interesting corners. There’s no denying the truth in this existence, with lots of time stripping reality bare boned. Sometimes I’m an optimist, other times I’m a pessimist — but the one denominator I can always boil myself down to is that I’m a lazy shit.

I live to lay in bed, sleep in and watch TV. I dream of laying in bed for days, vegging out on trash TV and eating candy. Something about that vegetative state makes me feel like I am in tune with whom I really am.

My friend Erika, a total hippie chick and a Cancer, which means she knew how to wield anger effectively to make her points, always had the best explanations for everything. It was her belief that since crystals give us energy and that in every TV there are crystals, in the inner tube, it’s the power of the crystal that keeps pulling us to look at it and focus on it; therefore TV is good for you. The crystals revitalize you.

Her theories were great. Another one was about how we were both shitty swimmers because we are water signs. She passionately explained, “We understand its power is bigger than us and it’s like calling us home when we get into it.”

She died almost 8 years ago.

“She’ll always be young,” is something I always hear when I think of her, as that is how another friend of mine responded when I told her Erika was gone.

Our friendship was one of those sudden ones, instant karma for sure. We bonded on a road trip to New Orleans. I met her a few weeks prior at a party; she was starting massage school and I just got out of college. She called me up one afternoon and asked if I wanted to go to New Orleans. I said, “Yah!”

As we were packing the car at her apartment, she fit a lead pipe up her jacket sleeve, then slid it out and put in it the car, saying dead seriously, “For when we go down south, just in case. I’m from Brooklyn, no one is going to fuck with us.”

How could I not love someone like that? Right then and there, my friendship was a done deal.

We had a sisterly bond, total equals. Neither of us dominated the other and we knew how to be there for each other. One of the last times we hung out was before she left NYC for good. She was done traveling with the circus, working crew, and trying to deal with Lupus. In her hospital room, we ate special brownies she had stashed in her drawer and played Operation. We had so much fun laughing, being stupid and having the munchies.

We hung out everyday and it was always a roller coaster of events with her family, boyfriend, etc. and ultimately she moved to Atlanta shortly after she got out of the hospital. The very last time I saw her was when she came up for her grandmother's funeral. We were at my place and it was just after my first book, Angst, came out. It was a compilation of teen poetry from a teen website I was the editor of. She had read the whole book from cover to cover, my only friend who did. She told me she was proud of me, because I was the only friend of hers that actually did what she said she would set out to do. That was special, it meant a lot to me and made me think of myself differently after hearing those words.

I think about Erika now, if she got to grow up and what she would of accomplished. She was diagnosed a few months after graduating Swedish Institute of Massage and basically the disease rendered her degree useless, as it was her hands that were the first to go. No doubt, she would of continued in the healing arts, being a hippie chick and coming up with more irrefutable explanations for our shortcomings and vices.

Being that she was such that ethereal type, I didn’t so much mourn her after she died, but rather thought of our friendship going into another realm. After she died, I didn’t think death was the worst thing that could happen and that we were still connected, her energy would always be present. Plus, before she passed, we both joked about if it anything were to happen to us, we could visit the other, but not scare them. No turning on lights in a room. Today, I totally felt her and it didn’t freak me out, but made me sad.


Erica and I on our New Orleans road trip, at Graceland. (Me left, Erika right)