Cathleen Falsani: This Numinous World

Cathleen Falsani: This Numinous World

Illuminating: Solstice, a Great Conjunction, and Yellow's Sunlit Night

On the shortest day of the longest year of my so-far life, as Saturn and Jupiter edged toward a rendez-vous closer than they'd had in eight centuries, yellow embodies hope for resilience in 2021.

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Cathleen Falsani
Dec 22, 2020
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Sunrise walk, morning dew. Moulton Meadows, Laguna Beach, January 22, 2016.

Look at the stars

Look how they shine for you

And everything you do

Yeah they were all yellow...

—Coldplay

Somewhere in my late childhood, someone told me that yellow was one of the few colors I “shouldn’t” wear. It made me look sallow, apparently. So, despite my love for buttercup fl…

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