By Madame Dana Zia Mars stations direct on November 13th, after 2 months of retrograde in its home sign of Aries. Can I have a hands in the air “hallelujah!”? Now things…
Category: Astrology
An Ancient Bread to Celebrate an Ancient Holiday
By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet “The spirits of dead friends sought the warmth of the Samhain fire and communion with their living kin.” Janet Farrar Halloween is one of the oldest…
ASTROLOGY: Full Moon in Taurus – October 31, 2020
By Madame Dana Zia At dawn on Halloween morning the Full Moon in Taurus will shine down on us. This is so exciting to FINALLY get a Full Moon on Halloween in…
And Mercury goes Retrograde. Don’t panic.
EDITOR’S NOTE: More about the Mercury retrograde from one of our favorite healers. Mercury retrogrades are about communication, so here at the Pioneer, we tend to look at these things so we…
ASTROLOGY: Mercury goes retrograde tonight …
By Madame Dana Zia Mercury goes retrograde tonight till November 3rd Election Day. Yup Election Day. You can’t make this stuff up! I have high hopes for this Mercury retrograde as it…
ASTROLOGY: Harvest Full Moon in Aries 2020 – The call to higher consciousness and forgiving the unforgivable.
By Madame Dana Zia October starts off with a blue Moon in the sign of Aries. It occurs on October 1st at 2:05 pm PT and is the first Full Moon of…
New Moon In Virgo: Dark night of the soul
By Madame Dana Zia The Moon disappears from our skies completely on September 17th at 4am PT. Not that this is anything new for the West Coast where we’ve been hunkered down…
Zucchini Season: One plant is more than enough … or just make Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
It is that time of year – zucchini coming out our you-know-where … we know that one plant will produce plenty for our small household, but we always plant two, because, well,…
ASTROLOGY: New Moon in Leo
By Madame Dana Zia New Moon in Leo the Lion arrives with gusto on August 18th at 7:41 pm. As I’m sure you all know, a New Moon occurs when the Moon…
In praise of the unsung hero: The salal berry
By Dana Zia, the Golightly Gourmet There is so much abundant food growing right now, it is staggering. My neighbor’s fig tree, which hardly ever produces, fed the neighborhood for weeks. The…
