by Sheridan Semple | Nov 3, 2025 | Astrology
Crazy as it sounds, I used to buy precious organic raspberries and then let them rot in my fridge. Why? Because they felt too special. I was unconsciously saving them for some future rainy day when I’d finally deserve them. Of course, raspberries don’t wait — they...
by Rhiannon Stivarius | Nov 3, 2025 | Astrology
Crazy as it sounds, I used to buy precious organic raspberries — the good ones, that cost extra — and then let them rot in my fridge. Why? Because they felt too special. I was unconsciously saving them for an imaginary rainy day, awaiting the perfect raspberry-eating...
by Sheridan Semple | Oct 27, 2025 | Astrology
Hiking up one of the mountains here last weekend, I was struck by the beauty of fall. Not the standard sunlit yellows and vibrant reds — though there have been so many reds this year — but the subtle beauty after the leaves have fallen: the evergreens against the gray...
by Sheridan Semple | Oct 27, 2025 | Astrology
Standing atop Tiehack last weekend, I was taken by autumn’s hush — the beauty that follows the blaze. Dispersed of the all-hailed foliage, the sunstruck yellows and striking reds, abundant from our drought-turned-monsoon harvest, the season now reveals a nuanced...
by Sheridan Semple | Oct 20, 2025 | Astrology
How the Libra New Moon Taught Me to Hold Boundaries—With Myself For years, I’ve been watching more TV than I really want to. Just streaming, zoning out—especially at the end of a long day. And here’s the thing: I love to read. As a writer, I could even argue that I...
by Sheridan Semple | Oct 20, 2025 | Astrology
I watch too much TV. I stream way more than I want. I love to read, and as a writer, I could argue, I need to read more. But at the end of a busy day, I numbingly plop down with my iPad. It’s been bugging me for years, but have I changed this annoying habit with any...
by Sheridan Semple | Oct 13, 2025 | Astrology
What Venus Can Teach Us About Boundaries, Peace, and the Power of the Feminine In my very first college class, we read The Feminine Mystique, and it cracked something wide open in me. Suddenly, I could see sexism everywhere—it was like a spiritual awakening that...
by Sheridan Semple | Oct 13, 2025 | Astrology
In my very first university class, I read “The Feminine Mystique,” and it cracked something wide open in me. Suddenly, I woke up and could see sexism everywhere. It was like a spiritual awakening that expanded my fledgling female world. Unintentionally, I’d landed...
by Sheridan Semple | Oct 6, 2025 | Astrology
Stop Deflecting Compliments: What the Aries Full Moon is Trying to Tell You 🌕🔥 I used to deflect every single compliment. If someone told me I looked great or praised my work, I’d brush it off with an awkward laugh or a quick “oh, it’s nothing.” I thought I was being...
by Sheridan Semple | Oct 6, 2025 | Astrology
I used to deflect every single compliment. If someone told me I looked great or praised my work, I’d brush it off with an awkward laugh or quick, “Oh, it’s nothing.” Appreciation made me uncomfortable. I mistakenly thought I was being humble — but, in truth, I didn’t...
by Sheridan Semple | Sep 29, 2025 | Astrology
I Stopped Making New Year’s Resolutions—and This Ancient Practice Changed Everything I used to set New Year’s resolutions every single year. And, year after year, nothing really changed. Honestly, by the middle of January, I had practically forgotten what they even...
by Sheridan Semple | Sep 29, 2025 | Astrology
I used to religiously set New Year’s resolutions. I’d write them down, full of hope and determination, and by mid-January, I’d practically forgotten what they even were. Nothing got accomplished. Until I had a breakthrough. I realized the winter solstice is the true...
by Sheridan Semple | Sep 22, 2025 | Astrology
Happy Equinox! It’s the day of equal day and equal night, when the sun rises due east and sets due west. Unlike the solstices, when the sun swings to extremes, the equinox is all about balance—light and dark, within us and in the cosmos. I just came back from an...
by Sheridan Semple | Sep 22, 2025 | Astrology
Happy autumnal equinox! Now, you can finally say fall is here — yesterday was still summer. Today, the sun enters Libra, the marker astronomers and astrologers use to signal the shift of the seasons. The equinox is one of only two days each year when the sun rises...
by Sheridan Semple | Sep 15, 2025 | Astrology
From High School Flashbacks to Eclipse Healing Even now, upperclassmen can make me feel like I’m back in high school—awkward, nerdy, and definitely not part of the “cool kids.” Luckily, my husband balances out my introversion, so I get to be a cool kid by association....
by Sheridan Semple | Sep 15, 2025 | Astrology
Even now, upperclassmen can still make me feel like I’m back in high school — awkward, nerdy, and definitely not one of the “cool kids.” I suddenly find myself slipping back into teenage insecurities. Not good enough. Not fitting in. Total weirdo — into stuff no one...
by Sheridan Semple | Sep 7, 2025 | Astrology
I Met Two Italian Twins on a Hike—and What They Asked Me Changed Everything Last week, I was out hiking when I met two gorgeous Italian twins. They were nervous about bears, so we started walking together, chatting as we went. Naturally, the conversation turned to...
by Sheridan Semple | Sep 7, 2025 | Astrology
Hiking up the back side of Smuggler, I came across two, nervous-looking, Italian twin sisters. Worried about running into bears, I assured them they were safe — as we know, it’s relatively common to see a bear but beyond rare to be attacked by one. Fears assuaged, we...
by Sheridan Semple | Sep 1, 2025 | Astrology
The Secret I Carried For years, I carried a secret: I was desperately addicted to cigarettes. The shame was crushing. I was terrified anyone would find out. I’d hide, like a junkie in back alleys, making sure no one knew. I even had boyfriends who never discovered it....
by Sheridan Semple | Sep 1, 2025 | Astrology
While the party roared inside, I slipped into the night, shadows covering me — I had to get my fix. For years, I was a clandestine nicotine junkie. My shame was crushing. I went to extreme lengths to hide it, like a meth head — slinking off like a fiend into Aspen’s...
