Meandering on...

J.R.R. Tolkien said that not all those who wander are lost. But some are. In this world where we're told to chase our dreams, to try to achieve as much as possible, to get the best life we can imagine for ourselves, it's nice to just wander away sometimes, meander along without a care for where you need to go.

Afterall, life occurs here on Earth (and perhaps in space soon enough) and when it's all said and done, you can't take it with you. So why not drop the map for a moment and see where the rhythm takes you?

Music to Meander to is a chance to do just that.

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Pisces New Moon: Us and the Ocean

Perth: 20 March 5:36pm; Melbourne: 20 March 8:36pm; LA: 20 March 2:36am

NY: 20 March 5:36am; GMT: 20 March 9:36am

This is a pretty exciting day for all the space nerds out there. We have the combination of a solar eclipse and the spring/autumn (depending on your hemisphere) equinox, the first time these 2 events have coincided since 1662 (the next one is in 2032). It's also a Super New Moon as the moon is at its perigee, which is to say that it's at its closest point to the earth in its orbit. There are only a few places on the planet that the total solar eclipse will be visible, namely Svalbard in Norway and the Faroe islands. If you're living there, and the Luna Tuna has somehow reached you, you are in for a spectacular sky treat today!

Astrologically we're in the last degree of Pisces which, of course, is the last degree of the zodiac. The sun and the moon are about to cross over that final point and start the cycle again in Aries, but before they do we have these precious moments to take stock of what has just happened, feel into it all, sit with the wide array of experiences that are yet to process, and imagine what we want this new cycle to look like.

This time of reflection is a critical piece of the puzzle. The first part is to just let all the turbulence subside so that we can see the sky's reflection in the clear still waters. Then, and only then, it's time to imagine what it is you wish to happen next. It's such a powerful question when asked from the right place: 'What do I wish to have happen?'... Take some time out of your life to sit quietly and ask this of yourself at some point today, or even in the next few weeks while this energy is still around. You might even be surprised by the answers that come because, afterall, where do our thoughts come from?

The answer to that question - the ocean, of course. Which is why the Luna Tuna has paired you up with the best ship captain he knows: Mr Scruff. He'll start you out on your sea voyage today and will be there at the end to bring you back to shore, safe and sound.

So sit back and relax and take in all the sounds of the sea.

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An Ode to the Work Week

I took a break from the pull of the moon this week to cook up a little mix dedicated to the working week. We start off on a blue Monday but soon find ourselves locked into a special zone, getting the job done with a little extra bounce in our step, so long as you've plugged in your funky motivational speakers.

Apparently, we can thank Religion and Henry Ford for giving us the 5 day work week, which was reduced from 6 days in the early 20th century. Religion giving us the Judeo-Christian-double-sabath-holiday, and Mr Ford for reducing the days but holding wages steady in the 1920s. So keep that in mind next time you're engaging in bashing those two institutions (Religion and Fordism that is).

As a man who likes to laze, I support this reduction of working hours theory. But it's not just for those who love laziness - have a play with the graph on this page and see how reduction in average working hours helps the economy.

Food for thought, food for fish. Don't forget to feed them -->

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Virgo Full Moon: The Pieces Know their Places

Perth: 6 March 2:05am; Melbourne: 6 March 5:05am; LA: 5 March 10:05am

NY: 5 March 1:05pm; GMT: 5 March 6:05pm

A good friend of mine once shared with me a snippet of wisdom that I've always kept. It goes like this: In order to get her ducks in a row, the mother duck need not walk around checking on all of her ducklings, corralling them into a straight line and making sure they're present and correct. No, when the mother duck wants her ducks in a row, she starts moving forward and they all fall in place.

It's a great reflection on the Virgo process that can get bogged down in the nitty gritty details of life, trying to make each part perfect before it can make anything happen. But recently I've been given a new sense of appreciation for the urge in us for perfection. Where would we be without those who aren't willing to settle for anything less than their highest vision? We'd be robbed of some of the greatest art, music, literature, film, etc of human history.

However, there's something about this moon that points far more to an inner process than an outer one. For many of us it's been a tumultuous time and we've gone through a lot of changes, pain and loss. We can just carry on like the good stoics we've been raised to be, spouting 'it's all good' and 'she'll be right' as we power through our lives. OR we can have the courage to sit with the pain and the loss, to go through the grieving process, and to truly feel what is going on inside. Like the mix says, from our hats down to our shoes.

Most of us will do anything to avoid that pain, and life provides us with infinite distractions, especially in the 21st century. If we want avoidance, we've got it at the swipe of a phone. Yet, if we have the courage to slow ourselves down, slip into the waters of ourselves and sidle up next to the pain, gently and easily, we might find there's something locked in there that we kinda need.

The Virgo Moon mix is designed to help you with that process, to get in touch with the personal and collective pain in a gentle and healing way. Press play, sit back and relax OR press play and do some yin yoga to get the body involved. Those are the prescriptions from Dr Tuna.

Yesterday, in the final phase of full moon mix preparations, I was reading the book Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine. It's a book about healing trauma and in it was the following quote from D.H. Lawrence:

'My belief is in the blood and flesh as being wiser than the intellect. The body-unconscious is where life bubbles up in us. It is how we know that we are alive, alive to the depths of our souls and in touch somewhere with the vivid reaches of the cosmos.'

Exactly, D.H., exactly.

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-artwork by Margie Templeton