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Victoria Rowell Writes About the Amazing Women who Raised Her
As a ward of the state in Maine, Victoria Rowell was raised in foster care for 18 years. At the age of eight, she received the Ford Foundation scholarship to the Cambridge School of Ballet. After dancing professionally with various companies, she later became a two-time Emmy Award-nominated actress and received 11 NAACP Image Awards. In 1990, she founded the Rowell Foster Children's Positive Plan, which enriches foster children through artistic and athletic expression. Now Victoria Rowell pays tribute to the many women in her life in her new, best-selling book, “The Women Who Raised Me.”
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Astro Weather Report
The Sun Will Be in Leo July 23 – August 22
Leo is the fifth sign of the zodiac, symbolized by the lion (king of the jungle), and its natural element is fire. Leo rules self expression, the creative principle, and a subjective viewpoint. Like the noble, radiant lion, Leos like to be the center of attention, and they need to be noticed by everyone.
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Film & Books
The Great Man
This book won the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction for good reason. I started the “The Great Man” on Saturday morning and had to finish it by lunch the next day. When it started to rain I traded my lawn chair for the couch and kept on reading. This novel is fabulously funny, mischievous, and easy to read.
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Yoga for Living
Strengthen Your Center With Half Moon Pose and Follow Your Heart With Wide-Angle Forward Bends
Without a strong center, we fall over. With a strong center we can reach out to have adventures and play in the world. It’s a fear of falling (both physically and mentally) that prevents us from taking the risks necessary to follow our deepest desires.
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Food for Soul
Give Me Your Ears - Corn on the Cob
Summer’s bounty is overwhelming with ripe fruits and vegetables. Abundance, flavor, and nutrition are perfect reasons to eat fresh garden fare, but sometimes we would be hard pressed to say that those reasons trump plain old nostalgia. Remember shucking corn on the back porch and then typing your way through the buttery sweet cob? The taste was remarkable!
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About Venus Rising
Venus Rising Magazine is an online magazine designed to inspire and empower women. Based in Burlington, Vermont, our mission is to offer insight and inspiration through creative content that feeds the spirit.
Venus Rising is like no other publication. Most astrology-based websites narrowly focus on zodiac profiles and inter-sign compatibility. Most women's magazines narrowly focus on fashion, looks, and catching and keeping a man. We seek to connect the power and mystique of being a woman with a grounded look at astrology and other aspects of healthy living. Our regular features on yoga, film & books, seasonal food, inspirational women, and of course astrology strive to meet the more realistic needs of women.
Please make yourself at home here at Venus Rising Magazine. Share a bit of yourself in the Readers' Corner. Learn more about your place in the world by creating your birth chart or by asking Ann for some Astral Advice. Enjoy!
