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Like Father, Like Son: The Astrology of Trudeau Invoking the Emergencies Act
On Monday, February 14, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau followed in his father’s footsteps and invoked the Emergencies Act in an effort to deal with the ongoing freedom convoy in Ottawa, as well as related […]
The Astrology of Canada’s Trucker Convoy, part two
I want to take another look at the astrological transits in the context of the trucker convoy that’s currently still in Ottawa, because in my first post about it, I only looked at the transits […]
A Convoy in Capricorn: The Astrology of Canada’s Trucker Convoy 2022
Like many people across Canada and the world, I have been eagerly following the story of the trucker convoy that is making its way across Canada in protest of COVID vaccine mandates and border restrictions. […]
A Taurus rising mourns her loss of taste
It’s a very strange, disorienting sensation to lose your sense of smell and taste. I have COVID right now. Around day five, I realized I could barely smell or taste anything. I noticed this at […]
How to Deal with Mercury Retrograde
For whatever reason, Mercury retrograde has become the second-most common piece of astrological knowledge to enter the psyche of pop culture in the twenty-first century, next to the ever-present – and much stereotyped – Sun […]
The Astrology of 2022: Mars Retrograde in Gemini
*Update August 20, 2022: This is the first article I wrote about the Mars transits in 2022. I have since written a few more recent articles: Astrology Horoscopes for Mars in Gemini 2022 War of […]
The Astrology of 2022: Mercury Retrogrades from Air to Earth
As I wrote about in my first post about the astrology of 2022, this year I’m doing a series of posts featuring each planet and their story in 2022. The inner planets/lights – Mercury, Venus, […]
Mundane Astrology: Canada’s 2021 Capricorn Ingress
In keeping with the tradition that I started this year, let’s take a peek at the chart of Canada’s Capricorn ingress. If you recall from the Libra ingress I did in September, there was a […]
The Astrology of 2022: Venus as the Goddess Inanna
I wanted to try something a little different for my annual forecast this year. Initially I planned to do the usual tour through the 12 months and talk about the big transits in chronological order. […]
My Grandmother’s Cookbook, part one
A few years ago, my mother gave me some old cookbooks and recipe cards handed down from various women in our family tree: both of my grandmothers, my maternal great-grandmother, and my grandmother-in-law. At the […]
The Astrology of December 2021: Monthly Overview
Here we are in the final month of 2021 and the space weather doesn’t disappoint. Things kick off with a solar eclipse on December 4 at 12 Sagittarius. This concludes the cycle of eclipses across […]
Maritime Grapes: Tasting Nova Scotia Wine
One of my favourite things about the Canadian wine industry is the little pockets of the country that are on the very fringes of wine country, where a few pioneering wineries are continually testing the […]