astrology – The Awakened Dreamer

3 Life Changing Venus Retrograde Lessons

THE LOW DOWN: Years ago during a Venus transit I had the revelation that pleasure and joy are two very separate beasts, that feeling sensually good is a poor cousin to feeling soulfully joyful. The last 40 days Venus — the planetary goddess of pleasure, money, love and fun — travelled in her every two […]

by Lori Ann Lothian

Wandering the Cave of the 12th House

The last and 12th house in the natal wheel is a mash up of the spooky haunted house at the carnival, the movie “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” meets the layered reality film, Inception, and a trip to the ashram to find God.

by Lori Ann Lothian

Confessions of an Awakened Astrologer

It’s about the scrimmage between fate, freewill, omens and inner peace. Last August I visited my friend of forty years at her home a six hour drive from my place in Montreal. The first thing I said when I walked into her house was “I love this painting, can you put it in your will […]

by Lori Ann Lothian

The Othering of America

How the Republican party became a religious movement based on demonizing the other.

by Lori Ann Lothian

The Eight Time Lords of Spiritual Awakening

I am sitting on the roof deck in a small Mexican town called Troncones, looking out to the Pacific ocean. The sun is rising behind me, a dog barks nearby, a rooster crows the morning into being. I have just read the second page of a book called The Impersonal Life and at once, have been […]

by Lori Ann Lothian

The Neptune Effect: Can a Planet Herald Your Awakening?

Some of you know that I am an astrologer, not only a writer about awakening. Lately I have been noticing how the transits of outer planets impact our awareness of truth, particularly the planet Neptune. To be clear, I am not saying any planet is a causal agent. What planets seem to be in relationship […]