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A better way to organize your clothes

Q. While New Year’s resolutions are always kind of silly, I’m trying to figure out a better way to address my clothing and closet going forward. I have a bunch

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Walking with the Magi Astrologer Kings into the New Year

We begin the new year, January 1, 2024, under a stationing (standing still) Mercury. A Mercury station means anything could occur in the coming year. Life itself becomes life unexpected.

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Q. How long are my pants supposed to be in the winter? I don’t want  them getting damp and soaking my shoes and ankles in the slush. A. I’m afraid the

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Solstice, Christmas & Gifts of Each Sign

And so here we are in the last days of the year, Friday, the Sun enters Capricorn and it’s winter solstice. Monday is Christmas. At winter solstice, (Latin for “sun

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Wristwatch rules for black-tie attire

Q. I have always heard that a gentleman wearing black-tie attire never wears a wristwatch. Yet I have seen models in men’s magazines dressed in formal wear and sporting wristwatches.

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A Mercury Retrograde Season!

Mercury retrograde begins Tuesday (December 12) night around midnight after the Sagittarius new moon. Mercury remains retrograde ‘til the first day of the new year. Christmas too is retrograde this

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Gift giving for the clothing conscious man

Q. My father is very clothing conscious. He definitely has his own style and I am hesitant to buy him anything to wear. Would you suggest some holiday gifts “for

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St. Nick, Hanukkah, New Moon, Two Marys & Mercury retrograde!

We have a week filled with multiple festivals, a saint’s day, a festival of light, two Mary’s days, a new moon and to top it all off, Mercury stationing retrograde!

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Dressing well for your age and what to avoid

Q. This week you mentioned that an older man should avoid clothing that looks like he is trying to hide his age. I’m proud of my age and that I’m

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Sagittarius, Advent, the Work of the People with Right Human Relations

We’re in Sag now, sign of food, music, the photographer, adventurer, philosopher, rider on the white horse. In the Bhagavad Gita Krishna (Divine driver of warrior Arjuna’s chariot) says “I