A Habit Worth Keeping… | Accompanying PDF ↓
Hi Friend,
I may have developed a nature addiction. Symptoms include wandering outside for no particular reason, lingering under trees, and deciding that whatever I was about to do can wait until I’ve had another look at the sky.
At 66, I’m inclined to let this one run its course.
Most addictions take more than they give. I’m happy to say this one runs the other way. Our garden here at Butterfly Ranch keeps changing without asking my opinion. The birds carry on conversations I only half follow. And every time I go back in, there’s something I missed the day before.
Researchers have put a number on it. A large study in England found that people who spent at least two hours a week in nature reported better health and wellbeing than those who spent none.
Two hours. I’m usually over that by Tuesday.
So I’ve decided not to seek treatment.
I’d recommend the habit.
Start small: one tree, one sunset, one more look.
oxox-D
A Habit Worth Keeping… | Accompanying PDF ↓
STELLAR INTELLIGENCE | OCTOBER 2026
This month the sky asks us to slow down and look again.
Long before clocks and calendars, people timed their lives by watching the sky. Prāṇa Literacy begins with that same kind of attention: to the sky, to the seasons, and to our own breath.
- Venus and Mercury go retrograde. Venus turned on October 3 and Mercury follows on October 24. Both stay retrograde until November 13, which astrologers traditionally read as a time to review rather than begin.
- The Orionid meteors peak October 21–22. They’re dust from Halley’s Comet. The best viewing is after the moon sets and before dawn.
- The Hunter’s Moon rises full on October 25.
