by Bettina | Jul 3, 2026 | Food recipes
For years my summer mornings followed the same sorry pattern: I’d wake up late because the early sun threw off my sleep, skip breakfast in the rush, and then find myself standing in front of the office vending machine at 11 a.m., shaky and irritable. The turning...
by Bettina | Jul 2, 2026 | Self-care tips
I did my first proper full moon ritual on a night when I was completely burnt out — overworked, resentful, and carrying a grudge I couldn’t seem to put down. I’d read about release rituals and felt a bit silly, but I lit a candle, wrote the whole mess out...
by Bettina | Jul 1, 2026 | Astrology
I have a soft spot for the New Moon in Cancer, because it was the first lunation I ever set intentions under that actually stuck. A few years ago I was renting a flat that never felt like home, and on a Cancer new moon I sat down and wrote out what “home”...
by Bettina | Jul 1, 2026 | Astrology
I’ve been following Jupiter transits for long enough to have a favorite, and Jupiter in Leo is high on the list. The last time Jupiter blessed a fire sign, I finally worked up the nerve to start writing publicly — something I’d been “thinking...
by Bettina | Jun 30, 2026 | Astrology
Take a deep breath, because Mercury retrograde 2026 is here — and despite its dramatic reputation, it’s nothing you can’t handle. From June 29 to July 23, 2026, the planet of communication, technology, and travel appears to move backward through the...
