by margaret on September 1, 2010
MERCURY, THE PLANET THAT RULES PLANS, ideas, communications and roadways is retrograde until September 12. Whenever Mercury is retrograde, we all get a chance for “do overs,” whether we want them or not. Delays, cancellations and misconceptions run rampant during this time. Buying big, expensive or motorized items, such as houses, cars, computers or tools, is not a good idea. Try to avoid having medical procedures and signing contracts, too. It isn’t all bad news, though. Rethinking, researching and re-evaluating on both the inner and outer levels are a great way to use this time. Then, when Mercury does go direct, you can move forward with confidence. The individual forecasts for this time: [click to continue…]
by margaret on August 1, 2010
By Sheilaa Hite
REMEMBER THOSE WONDERFUL summers when you were a child and life was full of possibilities? Then you grew up, became an adult and forgot how magical life and you could be. August is Leo time. Leo rules creative expression, the heart, fun and children. The advice in this month’s column will guide you back to your magical self by encouraging you to take a break from monitoring life’s troubles. Get “eye to eye” with your inner child and rediscover how unique, wise, insightful and innocent you once were (and still are). This is a month of joyful opportunities. Dive in–they’re yours for the taking! The forecasts, sign by sign: [click to continue…]
by margaret on July 1, 2010
By Sheilaa Hite
ON JUNE 26, along with the full moon in Capricorn, there was also a full Lunar eclipse. All full moons and all eclipses–both Solar and Lunar–are intense. Lunar eclipses are all about letting go and their range of influence is about six months. They foretell of a very focused celestial mandate to help you let go of or release what is no longer necessary in your life. What usually gets released is old emotional baggage you may or may not have been aware that you were carrying around. Compounding the intensity of this Lunar eclipse, the full moon in Capricorn was also in the same sign and degree as the planet of intensity, release and letting go–Pluto. Phrases like “free fall” “go with the flow” and “just let go” are the best mantras–guides for this profound, transformational point in time. The individual forecasts follow: [click to continue…]
by margaret on June 1, 2010
By Sheilaa Hite
TO PARAPHRASE Shakespeare, “All the world’s a stage and we are but players on it.” In so many ways, life today seems like a play within a play. Even though we’ve played the same part for years, the Universe’s playwright is giving our characters different motivations as it hands us new directions and dialogue every day. This won’t go on forever, but it is going on now, so we’ll need to resist the temptation to balk at the changes and surrender to the vision of Divine Guidance. As we do so, we’ll come to understand our place in the vision and the value of the benefits we derive from it. This month’s forecasts, sign by sign: [click to continue…]
by margaret on March 1, 2010
BETWEEN THE NEW MOON on the 15th (the “Ides of March”), the Vernal Equinox (Spring) on the 20th, and the Full Moon on the 30th, this is one intense beginning of Nature’s 2010 New Year cycle. We’re being given the opportunity to practice trust and exercise faith as the Sun moves into the sign of exploration and discovery–Aries. From this point onward life will present itself as “spontaneously creative,” meaning: “Hang onto your hats–it’s going to be some ride!” [click to continue…]
by margaret on October 1, 2009
By Sheilaa Hite
OCTOBER IS THE FIRST MONTH of the last quarter of the year. The last quarter is a time of harvest and summation. What have you sown and grown this year? What is your “crop’s” value to you and your life’s journey? From your honest, insightful answers to these questions, you can begin choosing what you want your efforts to reflect back to you for next year’s “crop” and what it will take to bring your preferences to fruition. Once that’s done–relax and enjoy the coming season of festivities. [click to continue…]
by margaret on March 1, 2009
By Sheilaa Hite
THEY ARE WORDS TO LIVE BY: This month’s horoscopes each comes in the form of a quote—wise words to accompany and help guide you through this magical year and this magical time of year. [click to continue…]
by margaretroach on January 16, 2009
TSP astrologer Sheilaa Hite has a great sister story of her own. In case you missed it…By Sheilaa Hite
IHAVE ALWAYS KNOWN that sisters are special, but I’ve only experienced from the outside looking in. You see, I’m the only girl in my family–I have two brothers, and I’m the middle child. My mother tells me that, as a small child, I was relentless in begging her for a baby sister. So relentless, in fact, that she had to consult an astrologer for advice on how to shut me up. [click to continue…]
First time here? Here's the idea: TSP is a network of blogs about the many facets of the word sister, and the concept of sisterhood. A sisterhood of sister blogs, you could say. Whatever sister means to you, from identical twin to sister-in-law (or in-friendship or in-feminism), we’ll make room to listen in about it or express it on TSP. Like the slogan up top says, “Don’t you have something to say to your sister?” We've got galleries of art and literature by and about sisters, and a Sisterpedia of sisterly trivia...but now we're getting ahead of ourselves. The quick study: 
As the suffix of its name suggests, 
No surprise, really, that sisterhood, often life’s longest relationship and always one of its most important, has been the Muse for so much creative self-expression by women, and also by men. 
