“Midlife crisis” was coined in 1965 by Canadian psychoanalyst Elliott Jaques, who described it as the moment we confront our own mortality — a pause to reflect on both where we’ve been and the finite road ahead. Carl Jung reframed this not as pathology but as a natural, necessary phase: a turn from external focus toward inward exploration, a gateway to spiritual growth rather than just a problem to manage.
A summary of a series of text and voice messages to a significant other in March and April 2026, describing an extraordinary event I experienced, and now shared with you in written form.
The weary face is the surface.The vibrant eyes are the rest. Most people think my given name is all that I am.But the name is a trickster. Daisy — day’s eye.On the surface, she looks charming, disarming, a little wild, impossible to fully eradicate... although some...
I have a 29° Leo Ascendant in Western astrology — the "anaretic degree," associated with intensity, urgency, and the feeling of being unable to escape what is asked of me.Boy, do I feel that. In Vedic astrology, the same Ascendant lands at 6° Leo (Simha/Magha, Lahiri...
