Melodycarol

11/07/2025

The first *Astrology in Education – Thought Starter* episode is live!

Dominique and I discuss ways that astrology can be used as a lens for many different academic subjects: history, math, geometry, language, reading, and pre-reading skills.

We even imagine how teachers might use the elements and modalities for finding common ground and working groups of students.

It’s a thought-provoking start to a bigger conversation about how learning and teaching could evolve with astrology and more attention to cosmic patterns. 🌞🌿🌙

🎧 Listen here:

In this first Astrology in Education – Thought Starter episode, Dominique and Melody open the conversation on how astrology can naturally integrate into mode...

02/21/2022

SO excited for this documentary series launching this week!

10/11/2021

wise women needed

Witching season

05/10/2021

Mother is a being, a role, an archertype. How is mothering within you?

04/06/2021

relaxing into fresh thoughts

You're older than yourself. Your shadow feels a deep affection for you. You know how to mock charisma. You invent ever-new zodiacs. You never use your pain to show off. Genius! Prodigy!

You pray for things you don't want just to keep your sorcery clean and sweet. Feral paradises relax you. You never steal -- you only change the owners' names. You never hate, since that would kill all your jokes. Virtuoso! Maestro!

You know the best places not to hide. You ask trees questions. You burn black flags in the war of pot versus pan. You are the highest, most spiritual greed -- the mushroom light of gratitude. You know the violent tenderness when everything is named. Gifted! Unique!

Black is the only halo that fits you. Ruthless compassion is your favorite disguise. Joy without payment keeps you safe and dangerous at the same time, which is how you love it. Transition-Master! Eternal Transformer!

12/13/2020

Emotional literacy.... good words!

By helping children cultivate emotional literacy, we can help future generations avoid the manipulations of religious and political cult leaders.

12/05/2020

11/03/2020

To follow up on my video yesterday on New Ways We Learn ✨🌟✨

10/05/2020

PSA: Shadow awareness

10/01/2020

Yes! WEIRD!

Michael Meade says: “In old traditions those who acted as elders were considered to have one foot in daily life and the other foot in the otherworld. Elders acted as a bridge between the visible world and the unseen realms of spirit and soul. A person in touch with the otherworld stands out because something normally invisible can be seen through them.

"The old word for having a foot in each world is ‘weird.’ The original sense of weird involved both fate and destiny. Becoming weird enough to be wise requires that a person learn to accommodate the strange way they are shaped within and aimed at the world.

"An old idea suggests that those seeking for an elder should look for someone weird enough to be wise. For just as there can be no general wisdom, there are no 'normal’ elders. Normal bespeaks the 'norms’ that society uses to regulate people, whereas an awakened destiny always involves connections to the weird and the warp of life.

"In Norse mythology, as in Shakespeare, the Fates appear as the Weird Sisters who hold time and the timeless together.

"Those who would become truly wise must become weird enough to be in touch with timeless things and abnormal enough to follow the guidance of the unseen. Elders are supposed to be weird, not simply 'weirdoes,’ but strange and unusual in meaningful ways.

"Elders are supposed to be more in touch with the otherworld, but not out of touch with the struggles in this world. Elders have one foot firmly in the ground of survival and another in the realm of great imagination. This double-minded stance serves to help the living community and even helps the species survive.”

– Michael Meade, “Fate and Destiny: The Two Agreements of the Soul”

Art is by Ale Ibanez