{"id":437,"date":"2006-06-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/06\/looking-to-the-stars-on-the-su.html"},"modified":"2006-06-19T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-19T12:00:00","slug":"looking-to-the-stars-on-the-su","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/06\/looking-to-the-stars-on-the-su.html","title":{"rendered":"Looking to the Stars on the Summer Solstice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/summerocean2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 200px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/summerocean2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Any minute now (ok, Wednesday) will be the summer solstice. June 21st is the longest day of the year, the beginning of official summer (though I don&#8217;t think the weather is on that schedule here on the East broiling Coast), and, according to Beliefnet astrologist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karmicrelief.com\/bio.htm\">Shelley L. Ackerman<\/a>, the start of a rather dramatic season. <\/p>\n<p>In her new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/story\/193\/story_19352_1.html\">&#8220;Stars of Summer&#8221; story <\/a>for us, she quotes astrologer Emily Baumbach who says, \u201cSummer 2006 is a time of re-evaluation. Many of us will need to strengthen our roots. We think we know what\u2019s important, but do we really? While our careers may be the focus, it\u2019s soul-growth that is much more essential right now. We need to strengthen our ability to tolerate ambiguity, frustration, and all of the \u2018young-soul\u2019 acting out that is going on around us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also looks like it&#8217;s going to be a bumpy summer for Bush and Cheney, and a happening time for Al Gore and Oprah\u2014and tumultuous actual weather for many of us. To read more, go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/story\/193\/story_19352_1.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211;by Valerie Reiss (Amy&#8217;s on vacation)<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;padding-bottom:0.25em\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Any minute now (ok, Wednesday) will be the summer solstice. June 21st is the longest day of the year, the beginning of official summer (though I don&#8217;t think the weather is on that schedule here on the East broiling Coast), and, according to Beliefnet astrologist Shelley L. 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