As I promised, this is the first of a new series of videos dedicated to the heart. We are just around the solstice, in the northern hemisphere, this is the longest day of the year, the day in which the Sun “stays” longer in the sky. In many spiritual traditions, and also according to astrology, the Sun is connected to the heart. In several spiritual traditions, the heart is also considered the door giving access to the spirit. There are many spiritual secrets connected to the

Nature is always our best teacher, and I can't stop sharing thoughts about the importance of balance and the relativity of points of view. The Solstices are always great reminders. At different latitudes, we have different phenomena: in the Northern Hemisphere, this is the longest night of the year, while in the Southern Hemisphere it's the opposite. But at the Equator, during all year, day and nights are all the same. The more we go close to the Equator, the less Mother Natu

Italian below/Italiano in fondo As we know, the Winter Solstice marks the beginning of the coldest season in the Northern hemisphere, but represents also the "rebirth" of the Sun. From the Winter Solstice the daylight starts increasing, day after day. We can say that Winter preserves and protects the “roots” of Nature’s rebirth which takes place in the Spring: Winter is the season in which everything looks still but the work of Mother Nature, underground and hidden, prepares

Italian below/Italiano in fondo. Dear Readers, this year the winter Solstice will take place coincidentally with the so-called “Great Conjunction”, the alignment between Jupiter and Saturn. The event occurs every 20 years or so, but this year, on December 21, these planets are going to be so close that they will create a single radiant point of light. Symbolically speaking, Saturn represents wisdom, but also limits, discipline, time, in certain cases restrictions. It is the

Italian below/Italiano in fondo) New Moon phases are considered new beginnings. This coming one (June 21  6:41am UTC) brings us an Annular Eclipse. The name “annular” comes from the Latin word for ring, “annulus.” It happens when the Moon covers only the Sun's center, leaving the Sun's outer edges visible to form a “ring of fire”. Since the beginning of history, in most traditions and cultures worldwide the ring is a symbol of power, representing the infinity and the cycles o