Welcome to another season. Some additions from the past quarter include books, a swim (swims actually fjords), and finishing projects and starting new ones. I’m looking forward to 2026.

I recently read somewhere that a good question to ask oneself on basically any reflection is “does it have dignity?” The assignation of dignity is based on behavior that makes people respect you. Of course not everyone respects the same qualities. It’s up to me to determine that for my own actions. I’ll take that responsibility.

Astrologically planets are assigned essential dignities based on their positions with other planets. The designations are: domicile, detriment, exalted and fall. You can read more about them here. It’s an interesting choice of words and perhaps useful to ask oneself something like, “if I do such and such, would it impact my domicile? ” “would it cause detriment? exaltation or a fall?” In any case, questioning myself and my motives is never out of fashion.