It’s Gemini season in Brooklyn: Get lit(erate) … and lucky
For some of us (hello!) Gemini season is the most wonderful time of the year. And even if you’re not celebrating a regular or significant solar return between now and the summer solstice, the fun...
View ArticleFeeling crabby? How to make the most of Cancer season in Brooklyn
The sun has arrived in the sign of Cancer, the first water sign of the Zodiac, and summer in the city is now meteorologically and astrologically underway. As we Brooklynites excitedly skim the listings...
View ArticleHonor your inner king, queen or non-binary monarch in Kings County this Leo...
It’s Leo season, and the fiery, fixed, fifth sign of the Zodiac hosts its leading luminary, the sun, for a month of midsummer nights. Happy solar return to all those celebrating a birthday the last...
View ArticleLook sharp and be prompt! It’s Virgo season in Brooklyn
It’s birthday season for all our beloved Virgos — happy solar return to the late Augustines and the majority of Septemberists! Often their own harshest critics, these folk are known for their...
View ArticleHarmonious vibrations: How to do Libra season right in Brooklyn
Mirror mirror on the wall, which is the fairest Zodiac sign of all? To be fair, it’s Libra, the sign devoted to achieving equanimity and equilibrium — the latter even shares a linguistic root. As we...
View ArticleHow to make the most of spooky Scorpio season in Brooklyn
Of the 12 zodiac seasons we experience each year, Scorpio is the one whose universal symbolism is most widely expressed and understood in mainstream western culture. Encompassing Halloween week and...
View ArticleWhiskey, jazz, archery and world travel at home: How to do Sagittarius season...
As 2023 draws to a close and we enter Sagittarius season (November 23 to December 22), one of my observations about the past year is that there has been an explosion of interest in astrology in...
View ArticleWinter Jazz, MLK, Dry Jan: How to do Capricorn season right in Brooklyn
Capricorn is most commonly symbolized in modern Western astrology by the mountain goat ambitiously eyeing the prize at the uppermost reaches of the summit, and nimbly picking out the most prodigious...
View ArticleBob Marley, zines, greens and the end of the world: The dawning of the age of...
I knew the word “Aquarius” long before I knew anything about astrology. The grooviest song on high rotation on the radio when I was 6 was “The Age of Aquarius” by The Fifth Dimension and it was very...
View ArticleAltered states and role playing games: Your guide to Pisces season in Brooklyn
Have you ever snuck out of a party you were at with a group of friends and disappeared solo into the night to have your own mysterious adventure? That’s what the Sun did February 19, slipping from the...
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