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Jung, Enantiodromia, and the Archetypal Storm of Our Time First published in Wix Shout Out 6-25-25 and my Substack on July 1, 2025 Carl Jung once wrote that “the gods have become diseases.” (CW13: Alchemical Studies, par. 54) What he meant was that when we lose touch with the living symbols of the divine — when we repress or discard them — they do not disappear. They sink into the unconscious and erupt as psychological symptoms: phobias, obsessions, collective delusions, or

We Can’t Change What We Don't Know First published in my Substack on June 25, 2025 If we want to be in a long-term relationship that thrives, not just survives, we must understand that the 7th House — astrologically speaking — is not about romantic fantasy. It’s about equity. It’s about becoming part of a team where both people matter. A conscious partnership is one where each person is respected, where mutual influence is welcomed, and where both people grow through dialog

Consciousness Gives Us a Choice First published in my Substack on January 12, 2026 Most of us want the same things in relationship: honesty, care, respect, and emotional safety. And yet, despite our best efforts, we often find ourselves repeating familiar dynamics — attracting the same “type,” feeling triggered in eerily similar ways, or ending up in patterns that leave us asking: Why is this happening again? One of the most useful ways to understand repetition is to conside

First published in my Substack on January 21, 2026 We are living at a moment when many people feel unmoored from familiar structures of meaning. Old authorities no longer hold unquestioned power, inherited beliefs no longer organize our lives the way they once did, and yet the hunger for purpose, coherence, and moral orientation has not diminished. If anything, it has intensified. From a Jungian psychological perspective, this kind of historical moment is not random. It sign

First published Feb 12, 2026 What if the deepest romance isn’t fantasy — it’s consciousness? I am, and have always been, a romantic, but I am no longer willing to confuse fascination with love, and that distinction has changed everything for me. In Two Essays on Analytical Psychology, Carl Jung wrote: “A fascination of this kind is never exercised exclusively by one person upon another; it is always a phenomenon of relationship, which requires two people in so far as the per

Duality is not the problem. Unconscious identification is. First published May 21, 2026 We tend to think of duality as a problem, something to resolve, fix, or overcome. Duality is not a flaw in human nature, it is the very condition that makes consciousness possible. Without division, there would be no awareness. Without contrast, nothing could be known. When we define ourselves too narrowly, life expands that definition through experience. The psyche differentiates in orde

Civilization’s Greatest Crisis Changes When Individuals Change First published in my Substack on May 9, 2026 The greatest danger to humanity is not merely political corruption or religious extremism, but the unconscious individual who has never examined the darkness within. What remains unrecognized in the self is too easily projected onto the world, where it becomes collective fear, hatred, and destruction. History repeatedly demonstrates that the greatest atrocities often

Venus in Aries under the influence of Saturn and Neptune First published in my Substack on April 21, 2026 When Venus is in Aries — or when Aries is on the cusp of the 7th house in the natal chart — the approach to love begins as something instinctive, immediate, and alive. This can also apply to those with strong aspects between Venus and Mars, as they are tied together through rulership. There is a natural courage here, a willingness to pursue what is desired, to move towar

First published in my Substack on April 9, 2026 “The ego keeps its integrity only if it does not identify with one of the opposites, and if it understands how to hold the balance between them. This is possible only if it remains conscious of both at once… Even if it were a question of some great truth, identification with it would still be a catastrophe, as it arrests all further spiritual development. Instead of knowledge one then has only belief, and sometimes that is more

Making Soul Together and the Freedom to Be First published in my Substack on April 1, 2025 There comes a point in relationship where we begin to realize that the other person cannot be the source of our wholeness, no matter how strongly it may feel that way in the beginning. We come together to serve as mirrors for one another, to lead each other back to our own souls. This, to me, is what soul mates truly are. It is not about finding someone who completes us, but about par

Why We Attract the Partners We Do First published on March 23, 2026 Have you ever wondered why certain people appear in your life again and again — sometimes with different faces, yet carrying the same emotional pattern you cannot seem to escape? Astrology offers a profound insight into this mystery through the 7th house, the place in the birth chart that describes our experience of partnership. It is often called the house of marriage, but its deeper meaning is more symbol

The Undiscovered Self: A Must Read First published in my Substack on March 19, 2026 I was moved by Tucker Carlson’s TikTok today, The Main Issue, in conversation with Joe Kent, former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, who recently resigned. Kent was describing what he believes needs to take place, and that Donald Trump is uniquely capable of changing the direction of this war by reeling Israel in. Many in the thread are saying he has no such capability. I see

There are No Accidents — Only Invitations to Become Conscious First published on my Substack on March 10, 2026 There is something I have come to understand after many years of watching transits and progressions unfold — not just in charts, but in lived experience. When the archetypes are activated, we do not get to choose whether or not we will participate. We only get to choose whether we will become conscious. This is the part that is so difficult to explain to people who

Solitude, Shadow, and the Soul’s Secret Blooming Published in my Substack on May 10, 2025 and re-published on March 3, 2026 Why I’m Reposting This Now When the world feels dark, we cannot pretend otherwise. But if we have ever encountered the divine in our own suffering, we know that beneath the surface something is still growing. What feels barren may in fact be preparation, and something unseen continues its work within us and among us. Last May I wrote about the secret bl

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Five Stages of Change: A Poem by Portia Nelson Chapter I I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am...

Most relationships are entered into because we are getting something out of them. It can be partners/lovers but it may just be...

As we head into 2024, let us all look back and see how life has changed us because that is exactly what happens. No matter what stage of...

The planet/archetype Venus in our birth chart symbolically describes our relationships — the desire to connect, to relate, to express and...

I can now look back on past relationships and events and understand the evolutionary meaning in the words of this poem. The God as the...