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One of the founding principles of naturopathic medicine is a tenet called Vis Medicatrix Naturae, a Latin phrase that translated means “the healing power of nature.” This principle sums up one of the central observations of the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, who lived over 2,000 years ago, and whose work and writing earned him the […]

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the second half of 2012 and the first half of 2013, you launched a journey that will finally culminate soon. What a long, strange, and interesting trip it has been! The innovations you activated during that time have mostly ripened, though not entirely. The hopes that arose in you have […]

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Though 2024 isn’t even half over, you have already earned the title “Least Boring Zodiac Sign of the Year.” Or maybe a more positive way to frame it would be to award you the title “Most Scintillating, Interesting, and Stimulating Zodiac Sign of the Year.” Please keep doing what you have […]

I have an embarrassing question for you. I’ve heard that a lot of women fake orgasm. I don’t think anyone has ever done that with me, but I guess you never really know. My wife and I have been together for about five years now. We have an 18-month-old son and I think our relationship […]

I‘ve never met you, but I know a thing or two after nearly seven decades of bouncing around here on earth. Now, for sure, I don’t know even a billionth of what there is to know. No one does, but I’m darn sure of this one: You, yes you, are making our world a better […]

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Off the coast of West Africa is an imaginary place called Null Island. A weather buoy is permanently moored there. Geographers have nicknamed it “Soul Buoy.” It’s the one location on Earth where zero degrees latitude intersects with zero degrees longitude. Since it’s at sea level, its elevation is zero, too. […]

Hello! Thanks again for joining me on this exciting journey through Central Oregon. This month’s question was sent anonymously, and what an interesting inquiry it is. Q: “What’s the deal with China Hat?” A: Very broad indeed, but significant and a question I was eager to explore. Because the reader did not go into specifics, […]

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): All of us periodically enjoy phases I call “Freedom from Cosmic Compulsion.” During these times, the Fates have a reduced power to shape our destinies. Our willpower has more spaciousness to work with. Our intentions get less resistance from karmic pressures that at other times might narrow our options. As I […]

If you’re petless, living alone and over (or cresting) the proverbial hill, expect to be told to get a dog either by your children, grandchildren or younger friends. Could it be the younger generation feels sorry for us fogies, equate being alone with lonely? Perhaps they don’t yet appreciate their own company, a guilty pleasure […]

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When I first got my job writing a horoscope column, I wasn’t looking for it. It found me. My bike had been stolen, and I was looking for a new one in the classified ads of the *Good Times*, the local Santa Cruz newspaper. There I serendipitously spied a “Help Wanted” […]