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27/08/2026

🌕 Tonight, a near-total “Blood Moon” lunar eclipse will light up the night sky. If you’re in the Americas, Europe or West Africa, you’re in for a spectacular show, but unfortunately those of us down here in Australia will miss the main event. Still, even if we can’t see the eclipse from our backyard, I love the fact that people thousands of years ago looked up at the same Moon and stars and gave them meaning…today we are taking a little trip back to Persian traditions and the four “Royal Stars”: ⭐ Aldebaran = East, ⭐ Regulus = North, ⭐ Antares = West and ⭐ Fomalhaut = South.
Tonight, Fomalhaut, the “Watcher of the South”, is part of the symbolism that certain people are connecting with this eclipse, as the Moon moves through Aquarius and the southern quarter of the sky associated with Fomalhaut.

Astronomically, the Moon isn’t actually eclipsing Fomalhaut…the connection is symbolic, although from some locations the Moon and Fomalhaut may appear relatively close in the sky, which is where I think it gets really fascinating, because in these traditions, when darkness crossed the domain of a celestial guardian, it could represent a disruption of the natural order. Maybe, symbolically, it’s a beautiful reminder to look at our own lives too… what needs to come to the surface? What are we ready to let go of? Where do we need stronger boundaries, and where do we need to finally take the wheel?

Same Moon, same stars, thousands of years of stories and completely different ways of understanding them… honestly, when you really think about it, we’re just human beings on a tiny rock, looking up at the same vast universe our ancestors did, trying to make sense of our place in it. How can anyone look at something like this and not see the magic in it? ✨💖✨

💞Nardz

P.S. For anyone curious about the ancient Persian meaning behind Fomalhaut and the four Royal Stars, there’s a fascinating rabbit hole to explore😉✨🌌

26/07/2026

It was a beautiful day for brunch at the farmers market ☀️ Thought I’d share one of my favourite spots to grab brunch while you’re there. You really can’t go wrong with anything on the menu 😋 FYI: My go-to is the Polenta dish & Chicken Tacos 😉🌮

09/07/2026

01/07/2026

Is it Wacky Wednesday, Hump Day, or just the midpoint of the work week? Either way, Wednesday sits there like a midweek mirror and a gentle reminder not to take everything so seriously. Wednesday comes from the Old English Wōdnesdæg, named after Woden (Odin), the god of wisdom, poetry, and knowledge. Yet most of us use the word without ever thinking about its origin. Over time, the audience changed, the context changed, and so did the meaning people attached to it. The same principle applies to online content. When we post something, some people will laugh, some won’t get it, and others will misinterpret it entirely. That’s why perspective matters. Everyone moves through life with their own lens, shaped by:
* Personal experiences
* Core beliefs
* Their current headspace

Because of that, the same words can inspire one person, offend another, confuse someone else, or simply pass by unnoticed. We can’t control how every message will be received. All we can do is speak intentionally, communicate with integrity, and accept that interpretation will always belong, in part, to the person reading it. One meme can literally land ten different ways, depending on who’s looking at it. After all, everyone’s the main character in their own life movie, so we’re rarely reacting to the same scene…we’re all responding to different edits, shaped by where we entered the story and more importantly, where we are in our own journey. So instead of trying to correct every perspective we disagree with, sometimes it’s better to just go with the flow. It can actually be entertaining to see how differently people interpret the world, or how one simple sentence can be taken in completely different directions without anyone stopping to ask for clarification. Some people get curious and ask, “What did you mean by that?”, while others are happy to stick with their first assumption, forgetting there’s usually more behind what’s been said or seen. After all, you can’t read a book properly by looking at just one page…or can you?

We all choose how we engage with the world, and personally, I’m happy to let people choose theirs. Whether you find it funny or chaotic, it’s usually not that deep. The sooner you learn to laugh at yourself (and with others, not at them), the easier it all becomes 💞