Intuitive, creative, empathetic, sensitive, dreamy, philosophical, nostalgic, escapist, idealistic and oddly pessimistic. These are the just a few words to try and describe the other-worldly, passionate sign of Pisces. In this post, I’ll be sharing three books I read this Pisces season that radiates the emotion and philosophy of the water sign. But first, aContinue reading “3 Books I Read This Pisces Season”
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3 Books I Read This Aquarius Season
Humanitarian rebel, innovative and eccentric thinker, a vision beyond our time. These are the words that come to mind whenever I think about Aquarius and its energy – an energy worth putting on your bookshelf to nurture a forward-thinking mind with a caring spirit for the goodness of humanity.
In this post, I’ll be sharing the three books I’ve been reading during this season that reflects the Aquarian energy based on its humanitarianism, critical thinking and forward thinking nature.
3 Books I’ve Read This Capricorn Season
Capricorn is known for its positive and negative traits. It’s like the CEO of the zodiac signs, the “Dad” archetype, which makes sense considering its ruled by Saturn/Zeus. Let’s not forget that Capricorn’s sister sign is nurturing, sentient, intuitive Cancer – the mother of the zodiac signs.
Capricorn is an incredibly hardworking, charismatic and practical sign that does not want to do things too quickly to avoid impracticalities. It’s a sign powered by its self-discipline, organisation and ambition that can, at times, lead to act ruthlessly.
Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf & Existential Crisis
Steppenwolf is a thought-provoking novel on the spiritual depth of feeling stuck and seeing spirituality and intellect as dreadful hindrances that weigh you down to be an outcasted misfit. Harry Haller, a renounced intellectual who has lost everything, falls into an existential crisis. In an attempt to claw himself out of it, he only digsContinue reading “Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf & Existential Crisis”
Ahimsa and the Power of Reading
Ahimsa is a Sanskrit word that stands for “absence of injury”, an ancient concept that appeared in the Vedas – one of the sacred Hindu stories that has strongly influenced the philosophical school of yoga. It is also a concept mostly known for being part of the first eight limbs of yoga, Yama, which is the limb which focuses on practices related to self-regulation.
Masanobu Fukuoka’s Natural Farming & Climate Change
It doesn’t take much to worry about the future when you live in a climate crisis. The news and the countless documentaries on animal abuse and land exploitation only adds to this “eco-anxiety”. And although activists protest to make the voiceless heard, the government hardly lifts a finger to put a stop to the environmentalContinue reading “Masanobu Fukuoka’s Natural Farming & Climate Change”
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