Carol Lavoie (Certified Astrologer, NCGR Level IV) is a full-time counseling astrologer with thirty years of experience offering a complete line of astrological counseling services. She has lectured at many well-known national astrological organizations and conferences, and written for more...
OWL'S PERCH
OWL'S PERCH
Carol Lavoie (Certified Astrologer, NCGR Level IV) is a full-time counseling astrologer with thirty years of experience offering a complete line of astrological counseling services. She has lectured at many well-known national astrological organizations and conferences, and written for more...
Carol Lavoie (Certified Astrologer, NCGR Level IV) is a full-time counseling astrologer with thirty years of experience offering a complete line of astrological counseling services. She has lectured at many well-known national astrological organizations and conferences, and written for more...
One evening I arrived in the Glen unexpectedly, just as the almost-full moon was lifting herself above the horizon. Since it was dark, I thought that Owl would be busy about his nighttime activities, and I seldom spoke with him then. But no—there he was, sitting on a branch where the moon was...
What does it mean, to be apprentice to a master? I am apprentice to Owl. Alan becomes apprentice to Wizard. Even Wizard himself was once apprenticed to his master.
We know it means being a learner. But in earlier society, everyone who wanted to learn a trade, usually a craft,...
A happy spring to each one of you! Where many of you live, spring may not be showing her face just yet, but here in the desert, she is her usual glorious self. March is the month of wildflowers here, and gold/orange poppies, blue lupine, yellow desert marigolds, tiny violet blossoms and myriad...
It wasn’t the first time something like this had happened. But it was the first time Owl taught me how to understand it.
I was awakened around 3:30 a.m. by the hooting of a great horned owl nearby. I couldn’t be sure where it was, but it was close—it might even have been...
Have you been practicing cogitating with the heart? What have you discovered? If you haven’t done so already, you may wish to record your learning in a notebook, so nothing gets lost.
Since Owl tells me you’ve been paying attention (oh, yes, Owl knows!), this is the last...
Waiting. I didn’t find it easy. Some people remember how, from their childhood. I once observed a seven-year-old girl spend a full half an hour staring at a lizard that wasn’t moving so much as a toe. Such focus astounded me—and taught me, but it’s never easy for me.
It’s...
As days went by, I found myself returning again and again to the meaning of “cogitating with my heart.” Owl had pointed out a recognizable direction, but there was much he hadn’t answered. So I went looking for him. Somehow I managed to spot him only occasionally. Often he looked as if he’d seen...
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