By Leo Knighton Tallarico May 1 is celebrated as Beltane, an ancient celebration of the mating of male and female.  On a deeper level it is about the mating of male and female energies, about bringing together opposites: Yin and Yang, Dark and light, etc. The Yin/Yang symbol is perfect as an illustration of this merging. And the world certainly needs this kind of unity between opposites. I can remember when conservatives and liberals would find a bridge between their differen

by Leo Knighton Tallarico Early this week there is a sacred yearly full moon, the Wesak Full Moon. Every springtime it happens with the Moon in Scorpio and Sun directly opposite in Taurus.  This year it is on April 29 at 8:58 PM EDT. People celebrate this Wesak Full Moon as Buddha’s birthday. He was said to be born on the Wesak Full Moon. And lore has it that on the same day in a different year Buddha found enlightenment. Then on that same day again in a different year Buddha