Living By The Stars

Free Will Astrology: Jan. 5 – 11, 2017

by Rob Brezsny | Jan 3, 2017 | Astrology, Living By The Stars, Wellness

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Light, electricity, and magnetism are different expressions of a single phenomenon. Scottish scientist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) was the first to formulate a theory to explain that startling fact. One of the...

Free Will Astrology: Nov. 17 – 23, 2016

by Rob Breszny | Nov 14, 2016 | Articles, Astrology, Living By The Stars, Wellness

ARIES (March 21-April 19): There is a 97 percent chance that you will not engage in the following activities within the next 30 days: naked skydiving, tight-rope walking between two skyscrapers, getting drunk on a mountaintop, taking ayahuasca with Peruvian shamans in...

Astrology: Love warriors and love worriers

by Rob Brezsny | Sep 26, 2016 | Articles, Astrology, Leisure, Living By The Stars, Wellness

ARIES (March 21-April 19): What’s the difference between a love warrior and a love worrier? Love warriors work diligently to keep enhancing their empathy, compassion, and emotional intelligence. Love worriers fret so much about not getting the love they want...

Wellness by the stars: What your sign can tell you about how to eat, exercise, and chill

by Amanda Drane | Jun 30, 2015 | Articles, Featured, Leisure, Living By The Stars, News, Wellness

In the work-driven culture we live in, self-care is sometimes lost in the abyss of work, chores, sleep. To make matters more complicated, we all have ways of taking care of ourselves that are strikingly different from one another. Yoga, while good for all, can be...

Living By the Stars: Hey baby, what’s your sign?

by Amanda Drane | May 27, 2015 | Columns, Living By The Stars, Wellness

Often when someone discovers I’m into astrology, they want to know what I think of her or his relationship: He’s a Virgo and I’m an Aries — what d’ya think? For me, attraction comes first, but I get right down to the important stuff quickly, baby: What’s your sign?...

Living By The Stars: It’s Complicated: Midheavens, sun and moon signs

by Amanda Drane | Apr 21, 2015 | Articles, Astrology, Featured, Leisure, Living By The Stars, Wellness

I understand that right now, fellow star-gazers, you may miss Rob Brezsny. When I was younger I’d run and grab copies of Metroland — the Hudson Valley’s version of the Advocate — just to read the latest from the astro guru. I don’t attempt to fill those shoes. I’m...

Nightcrawler: Kindred Spirits, Whiskey Treaty, Dirty Bourbon River Show pour into the Valley; Fab Faux stroll down Abbey Road

by Gary Carra | Apr 21, 2015 | Arts, Columns, Living By The Stars, Music, Nightcrawler

In its earliest form back in Ireland and Scotland circa the 15th century, the distilled spirit we now call whiskey was commonly referred to as “aqua vitae.” Curiously, the word “vitae” means “blameless in life; innocent.” But as history has well chronicled, aqua vitae...