Posted by: starcatsastrology | August 22, 2009

I’m GaGa for Mint!

The Perfect Summer Herb: Mint

Thanks to one of my favorite places online — Care 2 Healthy Green Living

Spring Roll (Salad) with Tofu
(adapted from Eat. Drink. Better.)

A great way to enjoy this herb fresh, without any cooking, is in spring rolls. Toss together the following ingredients and put in a rice paper roll–or skip the rice paper roll and eat a healthy salad version. You can vary the portions depending on your tastes.

Green cabbage
Romaine lettuce
Fresh mint leaves
Fresh basil leaves
Carrot
Green onion
Peanuts
Sesame seeds
Mung bean sprouts
Vermicelli noodles (cooked according to package)
Extra firm tofu (sautéed in soy sauce, ginger, a tsp. of canola oil, and a drop of sesame oil)

Serve with your favorite Asian dressing or a homemade peanut dressing.

Roasted Eggplant with Mint
Eggplant, smaller varieties sliced in half, larger sliced into 1/2″ thick slices
Fresh Mint
Olive Oil
Sea Salt
Fresh Cracked Black Pepper

1. Pre-heat oven to 350º F. Lay the eggplant on a sheet pan with the mint, toss with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. If you are using small halved eggplants, lay them so that they are skin side down.
2. Roast until eggplants are a light golden brown and soft (can be anywhere from 30 min – 1 hr depending on your eggplants and their thickness.) You do not need to flip them during roasting.
3. Double check finished eggplants for seasoning and serve with the crispy mint leaves.

I cut up the roasted mint and eggplant and used it in a salad with some fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and a little more fresh mint. This recipe is also really good plain!

Raspberry Mint Punch
(adapted from PlanTea)
3 sprigs of fresh mint leaves
1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
1 cup water
1 1/2 quarts lemonade
Fresh mint for garnish

Bring water to a boil, add mint leaves and steep for five minutes. Strain and cool. Stir in berries and add mixture to the lemonade. Chill for at least two hours to allow flavors to blend. Serve in tall glasses with ice, garnished with a mint leaf. Serves 6-7.

Posted by: starcatsastrology | July 22, 2009

Zeke, Rest in the heart of Sirius

ZEKE

Year 2000-July 21, 2009

Rest in Peace in the heart of Sirius!

Zeke, beloved friend to my sister Bettye and her partner Kathleen

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Posted by: starcatsastrology | July 9, 2009

Michael Jackson Karmic Number – 7

Michael Jackson signed his will on 7/7/02. His memorial was on 7/7/09 exactly 7 yrs after the will was signed. MJ’s 2 biggest hits “Black & White” & “Billie Jean” were each #1 for 7 wks. MJ’s 3 biggest albums, “Thriller,” “Bad” & “Dangerous” each produced 7 top 40 hits. MJ was the 7th of 9 children. MJ was born in 1958: 19 + 58 = 77. MJ died on the 25th: 2+5=7. Michael = 7. Jackson = 7. (courtesy TMZ)


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Posted by: starcatsastrology | July 7, 2009

7/7/09: Starcat Shadow’s 7th Birthday!

Starcat Shadow: July 7, 2002, Malibu, California (no time known).
Shadow’s Solar Return this year fall on today’s Lunar Eclipse at 15 Capricorn/Cancer.

Happy Birthday, Shadow!

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Posted by: starcatsastrology | July 7, 2009

Michael Jackson’s Memorial at Staples Center

Time: 10:09 AM, Los Angeles, CA. Asc: 8 Virgo. Time of 10:09 AM is when Smokey Robinson got on stage and read condolence notices from such luminaries as Diana Ross and Nelson Mandela. I was honored with a ticket by my neighbor Marjan. She and neighbors Paul and Tim and I all rode together to the Staples Center.

The memorial was absolutely awesome.

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My ticket and wrist band:

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Posted by: starcatsastrology | July 5, 2009

Animals Matter to Me/Sign Declaration for Animal Rights

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Animals Matter to Me


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Posted by: starcatsastrology | June 21, 2009

Summer Solstice Celebration

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I collected the rocks in these photos today while walking Santa Monica Beach with my friend Marjan. The walk was to honor my friend and colleague Sally Cheyne McDonald. All is well this evening as I share the scent of Acacia and Peach and peach candles burning nearby. My kitties – Jaqqi, Shadow and Orange Man are drowsing. Enjoy the peace. . .

Summer Solstice, June 20, 2009, 10:46 PM, PDT/June 21, 2009, 1:46 AM, EDT.

Rocks Collected on Santa Monica Beach

Rocks Collected on Santa Monica Beach

Meditation Bowl

Meditation Bowl


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Posted by: starcatsastrology | June 18, 2009

Prayer Request for Astrologer & Friend Sally Cheyne McDonald

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The photo above is of my friend and colleague Sally Cheyne McDonald posing with two of her grandchildren. I’m asking that you place Sally on your prayer and meditation list as she is facing a major health challenge.

As I write this, Sally is one hour into surgery in Denver, Colorado (operation commenced at 5:00 pm local Denver time). After a couple of medical tests performed last week, doctors discovered that Sally had a spot of cancer in her stomach and a tumor the size of a fist in between her colon and right ovary. The tumor is malignant and doctors suspect lymph node involvement. She will be in the hospital for about a week, in bed recovering for a month, then will undergo a six month term of intensive chemotherapy.

Sally is the woman who, after my cat Draggie passed away in February of 2004, did an astrology reading for a client as payment for a painting of Draggie to be done by her artist-client. That painting hangs in my living room and a copy of it is on my website: Here.

Sally also helped me through a very difficult time later in 2004 when my computer malfunctioned and I had no way to make income. Through her efforts, many donations were made to me so that I could continue my work as a writer and counseling astrologer.

The aforementioned stories are not about “me,” although it may appear that way. The stories testify to the kind of woman my friend Sally is. Her capacity to empathize with another’s pain and offer gifts of healing are genuine and rare. For my part, I asked Sally what I could do for her now that the tables had turned. It’s not an issue of “tit for tat.” It’s about love; about the completion of the circle.

I hope that you will join me as well, in your own time zone, this coming Saturday (June 20-21) for a Summer Solstice candle lighting in Sally’s honor. The Summer Solstice is at 10:46 pm Pacific Time on June 20 and at 1:46 am, ET. You don’t have to feel stressed about lighting a candle at the exact moment the Sun reaches 0 degrees Cancer, because that may not be possible given the lateness of the hour on the East Coast. The universe understands our intentions and God/dess knows what lies in our hearts. The healing power of the solstice moment will surely reach Sally! This was one of her requests — that we engage in prayer and candle lighting for her healing. I hope you will join with me and tell me about your experiences.

I will be walking along the beach this Saturday with a dear friend of mine, Marjan (if she is able to go with me this weekend), and we’ll take a moment to drop a magic charm in sea for Sally!

Thank you all for being in my life and for helping the many of us who love Sally uplift and support her.

Visit Sally’s ASTROWORLD blog Here.


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Posted by: starcatsastrology | June 3, 2009

The Phoenix Rises: Join the New Anima Mundi Community!

The Phoenix Rises: Join the New Anima Mundi Community!

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“Therefore, we may consequently state that: this world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence … a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.” — Plato, Timaeus, 29/30; 4th century BCE

Wings On June 2, 2009 at 3:11 pm Starcats launched the NEW Anima Mundi online astrology/metaphysical community. Consider this your personal invitation to come join us! You’ll meet new friends and be treated to the wisdom of such notable astrologers as Lynda Hill (Sabian Symbols), Linda Reid (awesome stargazer from down  under), Tarot and natural health tips from Nancy Miller, and insights into Pagan ritual, worship and lore from my London pal, Steve Hulford. This is but a small sampling of what’s become available on AM in it’s first 24 hours!

Of course, I’ll be weighing in on political/world astrology, President Obama,  the USA chart, various astrological disciplines, as well as taking a glimpse into that other stargazing realm — Hollywood and international celebrities.

Suffice it say that this is not your mother’s AM. We’ve stepped into a new millennium and are getting our feet wet in the cosmic  Aquarian Age pond.  With Neptune in Aquarius and Uranus in Pisces, a planetary transit known as mutual reception, we continue to drift into and out of a myriad of psychic and political oceans with the ease of a universal surfer. Global fiber optics, the conduit linking the planet and all of us together, is an externalization of neurons firing! Every internet hub is an outpicturing of synaptic transmission.

As above, so below. As within, so without.

Join us then, at the newly arisen Anima Mundi in her latest creative incarnation! Help birth her into the new millennial creature she longs to be. Friends! We are calling to you! Dance to the music of the cyber spheres!

Chart for Anima Mundi:

June 2, 2009 at 3:11 pm, Santa Monica, California. Asc: 10 Libra

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Posted by: starcatsastrology | May 4, 2009

Chelsea Clinton to Wed — SJP & Hubby TWINS via Surrogate

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Chelsea Clinton to Wed — SJP & Hubby TWINS via Surrogate

Chelsea Clinton was born February 27, 1980 at 11:24 pm in Little Rock, Arkansas. She’s an empathic Pisces with many horoscope cross aspects with her famous mother, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton (October 26, 1947, 8:00 pm, Chicago, IL). Hillary is a Scorpio, so both women have water sign Suns creating a lifelong empathic linkage. Scorpio’s secretive depths and anxieties are soothed by compassionate boundary softening Pisces. This is a lovely, feminine mix.

Mother and daughter also share a grand fire trine (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius). It’s Hillary’s Saturn at 21 Leo that joins up with Chelsea’s Venus (Aries) and Neptune (Sagittarius) that creates this grand configuration. Mother and daughter not only share empathically but also humorously. Fire signs are warm, vibrant and intuitive. Laughter, dramatics and vitality are but three of the super tools fire planets in a chart use to forge lasting connections.

It’s no surprise that news of Chelsea’s summer wedding to Marc Mezvinsky has now been made public. Or that the nuptials would be hosted by established actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen at their home in Martha’s Vineyard this August. [Mom Hillary’s Saturn in Leo attests to her ability to create prestigious links (Saturn) with famous performers (Leo)]! Venus, the planet we associate with engagements, weddings, parties and showers is currently making her transit through dynamic “what you see is what you get” Aries.

Because Chelsea’s birth chart Venus is in Aries, she’s in line to experience her “Venus Return.” [A “Return” event is when a planet traveling the sky in current time joins up with where that same planet was positioned in our birth chart]. When a publicity planet like Venus makes a “societal” return engagement to its birth point in a famous person’s chart a wedding announcement, engagement, or news of lavish parties and showers go public. Society columns, celebrity blogs, and mags such as People all seek to cash in.

Both Chelsea and the iconic Sarah Jessica Parker (who is an Aries with her Sun right on Venus!) both have Venus in this Mars-ruled sign. Hence, both women are enjoying their Venus Return cycles and are fire sign “hot” in current news cycles! [SJP, March 25, 1965, Nelsonville, OH. No birth time known.]

If Venus is the planet associated with The Law of Attraction, then Chelsea Clinton and Sarah Jessica Parker are two women who are demonstrating exactly how that works!

I just thought I’d throw this extra astro-tantalizer in the mix just to give you an idea of how revealing astrology can be:

Chelsea Clinton was born by Caesarian Section. Not a planned one, but by necessity and it was a huge surprise to Mom Hillary. (Chelsea’s famous daddy, former president Bill Clinton was also born by C-Section). How does this astrologer know this (beyond the fact that it’s public knowledge?) From looking at the transit motion of Uranus, the planet associated with surprise C-Sections, in birth charts.

Mom Hillary’s birth Uranus is in Gemini sitting on her horoscope rising point. (She herself may have experienced “difficulties” being born with a chart set up like this one). Uranus placed on the rising shows a uniqueness of being and an unusual way of presenting oneself to the world. It also signals a life punctuated by sudden upheavals and unexpected plot twists during life. In the case of Chelsea’s birth, Uranus in Hillary’s chart shows the rapid onset of labor pains resulting in the need for quick surgical intervention.

Rapid surgical intervention is also shown by Chelsea’s birthday Mars (which rules surgery!) showing up by chart comparison on Hillary’s horoscopic 4th house cusp. The 4th cusp of the horoscope is the house associated with birth, babies, the cradle, nursing, breast milk, the family and the family name. We’re looking at two planets that worked together that day to create a dramatic birth scenario for Chelsea and her mom — Mars and Uranus. Uranus was already in play in Hillary’s birth chart, but Mars was the key planet transit of that day in Chelsea’s birth chart revealing the circumstances of her “arrival” — via C-Section!

SJP, Queen of Sex and the City, also has major Venus news. She’s expecting twins via a surrogate mom. She and husband Matthew Broderick are hopping with excitement! A little gossip birdie told me that the Shower Diva is setting up some shower gifts to be delivered to SJP and hubby Matthew! (I posted a blog about SJP’s baby news a day or so ago).

DID YOU KNOW? Aries Sarah Jessica Parker is one of 10 children! This bright, sassy, straight shooting actress needed all that vibrant Mars ruling energy to help her stand out from her family crowd. This go-getter was already a Broadway stage star by age 13 when she won the part of ANNIE.

SJP has lots of grounding earth planets in her chart helping her steer a straight course to success and emotional stablity, including an ambitious, career oriented Capricorn Moon. (Guess what other super star has a Capricorn Moon? None other than California’s Governor, Arnold Schwartznegger!)

Some general thoughts on Fire signs — they give us the energy to quest for that ineffable something MORE.

1. Aries is the pioneering spirit needed to break the mold;
2. Leo is the flame of generosity and fame;
3. Sagittarius enlarges our understanding of truth by pushing beyond the boundaries of conventional consciousness.

Both Chelsea and SJP, with Mars ruled Venuses in their birth charts have broken new ground not only in their love lives but in their career lives as well.

Chelsea, who just turned 29 years of age, is also experiencing another significant astrological transition moment. She’s experiencing her Saturn Return! It takes Mr. Maturity 29 1/2 years to cruise through all 12 signs of the zodiac. The Dean of Wisdom is transiting the sign Virgo at present, and will meet up with Chelsea’s birth Saturn when he reaches 24 degrees of the sign on September 9-10, 2009. By then it looks like Ms. Clinton will be married!

DID YOU KNOW? Lots of people get married and bump up the career ladder during their first Saturn return phase which lasts from about age 28 to 30. This Saturn life timer often corresponds to the time when a couple or single mother has her first baby.

The second Saturn Return which occurs from about age 58 to 60 corresponds with children leaving the nest, becoming a grandparent, looking forward to retirement, and reaping the rewards of wisdom and experience gained.

The third Saturn Return occurs from about age 88 to 90. This is the final stage of life where maturity and wisdom and ripeness show not only in the state of our physical bodies, but through the sum total of contributions we launched onto the tides of life. At this final stage we release our hold on things (Saturn) and prepare to drop all forms and attachments into the eternal cosmic sea while contemplating rebirth on another plane of existence.

The Saturn cycle also works hand in glove with cycles of the Moon over our entire lives. Moon and Saturn work together in an eternal cosmic rhythm wielding powerful influences upon us. Our life stories ground us and link us to each other. We then connect universally to the soul of life — the “Anima Mundi”, or world soul, of which we all are a part. We partake of the great Anima but we also breathe life force into it. Our soul cycles are unlocked and our potential released each time we fulfill another planetary lesson in our natal horoscope.

So who says talking about celebrities can’t lead us to greater thoughts? Ha!

From The Boston Globe:

“Buzz is building that Chelsea Clinton will get married on Martha’s Vineyard this summer. Sources on the island tell us that the former first daughter will wed Marc Mezvinsky at Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen’s home in Chilmark this August. The wedding coincides with President Barack Obama’s rumored vacation on the Vineyard. To prepare for the A-list affair, Danson and Steenburgen are said to be doing extensive renovations on their property. Vineyard caterer Jaime Hamlin, who helped throw one of Bill Clinton’s birthday parties on the island, said there’s plenty of local excitement about Chelsea’s upcoming nuptials, especially among vendors who hope to get some business from the Clintons. “They haven’t called me yet,” Hamlin joked. “Maybe they will.” The young Clinton met Mezvinsky years ago through her parents. He is the son of former Iowa congressman Edward Mezvinsky, and like Chelsea, studied at Stanford University in California.”

From Huffington Post:

“LOS ANGELES — Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick will be taking on new roles: parents of twin girls.

The “Sex and the City” star and her actor-husband are expecting twins through a surrogate pregnancy, representatives for the couple said Tuesday.

Parker, 44, and Broderick, 47, “are happily anticipating the birth of their twin daughters later this summer with the generous help of a surrogate. The entire family is overjoyed,” said a statement from the publicists.

The couple has a 6-year-old son, James Wilkie Broderick, and will mark their 12th wedding anniversary next month.

Details about the surrogate or her pregnancy were unavailable, the publicists said.

Parker starred in the “Sex and the City” TV series and the hit movie of the same name. Broderick’s credits include the films “Glory” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and the Broadway musical “The Producers.”

May 4, 2009/Claudia Dikinis – Starcats

*esthetics – (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art); “traditional aesthetics assumed the existence of universal and timeless criteria of artistic value”


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