 Standing Rock encampment at Cannon Ball, ND.
Uranus-Eris: Remember, All Bets are OffDear Friend and Reader: I'm taking a week off from a big article to focus my efforts on The Book of Your Life annual readings. Thank you to all the people who have pre-ordered. I want to alert you to one vital issue developing in the news: the North Dakota governor has threatened to forcibly remove the Standing Rock protest camp, the one that's there to block the Dakota Access Pipeline.
I am not making a prediction. I am saying what I see in the chart, and understand is politically possible. And it’s something that we can take the power to prevent. The single most important thing to do is to focus awareness on what's happening -- make sure that people know. Pay attention to the news. Listen for updates each day on our affiliate Democracy Now!. This is a real standoff, and both corporate and public officials are angered that the movement has gone on this long, or become as big as it is. This, despite the fact that it's getting next to no coverage anywhere but places like Planet Waves, Democracy Now! and other 'alternative' news sources. I cover it extensively in the newest edition of Planet Waves FM. There are several key features to the astrology of 2017, though we're currently living with the most significant of them: the rare conjunction of slow-moving planets Uranus and Eris. If you're still feeling mystified by this, please take a few minutes and read up about it. This article from June is short and succinct; it's called Uranus, Eris and the Riddle of the Internet. The upshot of Uranus conjunct Eris is that all bets are off; everything is subject to change; we can no longer rely on past precedent. There is some liberation in this idea, and there's obviously some challenge. How little can we depend on the past as a guide to the future?
This involves taking extra care to make our decisions carefully, and to stay in ongoing contact with feedback coming from your environment. If you can do that, you not only mitigate the worst possible effects, you begin to tap into the truly unusual potential for self-development and corresponding cultural evolution that the Uranus-Eric conjunction represents. Self-knowledge can no longer be considered dangerous, nor can freedom be considered something it's appropriate to run from. The times we’re living in did not sneak up on us. The signs have been here all along. What we’re seeing manifest has been the topic of discussion week after week on every Planet Waves channel and many, many other places. At this stage, nothing should surprise anyone. Meanwhile, remember: Monday morning, at a minute past midnight, is when the State of North Dakota has threatened to move against the water protectors. Please, pay attention. Catch you soon. with love,  Planet Waves (ISSN 1933-9135) is published each Tuesday and Thursday evening in Kingston, New York, by Planet Waves, Inc. Core community membership: $197/year. Editor and Publisher: Eric Francis Coppolino. Web Developer: Anatoly Ryzhenko. Special Project Designer: Lizanne Webb. Finance: Jonathan McCarthy. Astrology Editor: Amanda Painter. Astrology Fact Checker: Len Wallick. Copy Editor and Fact Checker: Jessica Keet. Eric's Assistant: Gale Jazylo. Client Services: Amy Elliott. Media Consultant: Andrew Ellis Marshall McLuhan. Music Director: Daniel Sternstein. Additional Research, Writing and Opinions: Amy Jacobs, Cindy Ragusa and Carol van Strum.
 Standing Up to Excessive Force Water protectors from the Standing Rock camp filed a class action lawsuit Monday against Morton County, North Dakota, and various law enforcement bodies. The suit was filed on behalf of water protectors who were injured in recent attacks by militarized police in an ongoing struggle over the Dakota Access Pipeline. It calls for a restraining order and a ban on excessive force, with specific prohibitions against certain weapons such as grenades, chemical agents and water cannons, all of which have lately been used against the unarmed protectors. These actions by the state and its police against the activists at Standing Rock are deeply disturbing, yet also entirely consistent with the mistreatment of Native Americans over centuries of invasion, power struggles and racially biased government -- that is, a program of genocide. What is developing at the camp is yet another attempt to trample over indigenous land rights in favor of the local wealthy white population and the corporate oil machine. The battle over the contested pipeline may very well culminate on Dec. 5, the deadline set by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, supported by ND Governor Jack Dalrymple, for the eviction of the encampment. We list a number of ways to support the campaign on this post, for anyone unable to travel to Standing Rock. Don't forget also to follow Democracy Now! for updates. -- Amy Elliott  Beyond the Internet: Your Future is Real The Book of Your Life 2017 Readings Dear Friend and Reader: This has been a challenging year. Everyone is feeling it. We all need a break. Change is catching up with us fast -- with each of us as individuals, and with the grand experiment of modern society: that is, of freedom and of responsibility. Astrology describes this beautifully -- for those who are interested. Astrology is big enough to encompass anything, particularly if contemporary methods and planets are used. Best of all, astrology reaches into who you are as a person, and helps you see your options.
Using a past era as a comparison: were this the 1960s, we would be in December 1965. So much seems to have happened; very nearly everything has yet to happen. Where will you be positioned as these radical transformations take hold? You have things you want to do with your life. You want to keep your peace of mind and deepen your inner relationship. You want to do your bit to take care of the world -- the world that the young people in your life will inherit from us. I'm right here with you. My goal is to prepare you for the passage of time, so that you can make the most of your life. Each year (going back to 1999), I write an annual extended reading for all 12 Sun, Moon and rising signs. This year, that reading will be called The Book of Your Life (or What The Astrologer Said). Unlike past years, this will be exclusively in writing; I am striving for simplicity and clarity. Read more... 
Making Values Count in the Face of ChaosBy Amanda Painter You might be feeling a push to put your money where your mouth is, whether literally or figuratively -- and I see an astrological correlation for that. I've been more aware than usual this week of people around me picking up the phone to make calls to state and local members of government and the White House, and to other bodies of authority. Friends seem to be committing to donating to causes with new urgency.
Venus is currently in Capricorn: one of the cardinal signs known for initiating seasons, and therefore symbolic of other forms of initiative. So that seems to be where the 'taking action' piece comes in, on one level. Capricorn also emphasizes the material or financial angle. Yet the urge to express one's values is being further pressed by Venus making a square to Eris in Aries, exact today at 3:08 am EST (8:08 UTC). (Uranus is still close to Eris; Venus was square Uranus on Tuesday; so really, Venus is effectively square Uranus and Eris.) What this brings into the equation is all the chaos, confusion and surprise of the election season -- indeed, of the last year. The question Venus square Eris seems to be asking is, "How will you demonstrate, with tangible action, your core foundation of values in the face of the current turmoil we're living through?" Your answer will be unique to you, though it may overlap with how others choose to answer. You may even find yourself taking similar actions compared with others, yet in support of directly opposite values. Continue reading →   “Wifi waves travel through space as rapid, data encoded pulses or waves. A freeze frame of these pulses would show that the pulses are about 6 inches apart (as shown by the lightly colored bands traveling through space in this image). Wifi routers are basically antenna that can send data over multiple frequencies all at the same time. These multiple frequencies are shown as blue, green, yellow, and red colors that pervade the space around the mall. The data from these multiple frequencies swirls around in space as shown here, but can be translated using a common tag system understood by wireless devices." Caption by M. Browning Vogel, Ph.D. Image by Nickolay Lamm for MyDeals.com.
Viewing the Invisible By Amanda Painter Has 24-year-old artist Nickolay Lamm read Eric's Planet Waves issues about noticing the invisible environment? Probably not. But Lamm has created a series of illustrations of what wi-fi would look like if we could see it -- bringing this invisible and often-taken-for-granted element of our daily lives into consciousness a new way. "I feel that by showing what wi-fi would look like if we could see it, we'd appreciate the technology that we use everyday," Lamm told Motherboard's Meghan Neal in an email. "A lot of us use technology without appreciating the complexity behind making it work." Lamm worked with an astrobiologist (and former employee at NASA's Ames Research Center) named M. Browning Vogel, Ph.D., to get a feel for the science behind wireless technology. Vogel also provides detailed captions for each of Lamm's visualizations, which use Washington, D.C., as a backdrop. Lamm accessed a publically available map of the National Mall to estimate the shapes and sizes of wi-fi networks there. View more of Lamm's images and Vogel's captions in this Motherboard article, or on Lamm's website. Lamm focuses on bringing to light topics that are often overlooked -- such as visualizing financial inequality geographically, or the difference between how cats and humans see. He tends to involve research, art and collaboration in his process. -- Additional research: Jon McCarthy.   This Week on Planet Waves FM Standing With Standing Rock Dear Friend and Listener: In this week's edition of Planet Waves FM [play episode here], we visit the Standing Rock protest in Cannon Ball, North Dakota. The governor of that state has set a deadline of Dec. 5 for the camp to be evicted, and I read that chart. It's not pretty. If we want to avoid a bloodbath, we're going to need to join forces and get involved. We've included a list of phone numbers (in a message by Graham Nash) where you can take action. In addition, I would urge you to donate to the cause, and to keep the issue active in the ears and news feeds of your friends. I also look at the chart for the Electoral College meeting on Dec. 19, the day that Mercury stations retrograde. This is a strange synchronicity: Mercury reversing directions on the day that the actual electors conduct the actual election. Notably, the "loser" is ahead by more than 2.2 million votes. My musical guest is the incomparable Phish, from their 1994 album Hoist. This is Phish in their mode as top-rate writers and studio musicians rather than the "jam band" sound that you might have heard previously. Planet Waves FM is sponsored by your memberships and subscriptions to Planet Waves. Thank you for your business and your ongoing support. With love, 
Additional Research: Barbara Salvador. To read Planet Waves coverage of Standing Rock, please see this article by Amy E. Jacobs.
  Your Monthly Horoscopes -- and our Publishing Schedule Notes We published your extended monthly horoscope for December on Wednesday, Nov. 23. Your extended monthly horoscope for November was published on Thursday, Oct. 27. We published the Moonshine horoscope for the Scorpio New Moon, by Len Wallick, on Thursday, Nov. 3. Your Moonshine horoscope for the Aries Full Moon was published Thursday, Oct. 13. Please note: we normally publish the extended monthly horoscope on the first Friday after the Sun has entered a new sign. Moonshine Horoscope for Sagittarius New Moon #1128 | By Len Wallick
        Dear Scorpio Sun, Moon or Rising: Your audio tarot reading is now ready, along with your two audio astrology segments. You can get instant access to the 2016-17 Scorpio Birthday Reading here. A Gift for You -- and Your 2016-17 Sagittarius Reading
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Check Eric's accuracy, refresh your memory and position yourself to fine-tune your trajectory. Then pre-order your 2016-17 Sagittarius Birthday Reading. The current price is still only $19.97 for two segments of nuanced, yet accessible, audio astrology and a vibrant, intuitive tarot reading -- but it will be increasing. "I'm looking forward to the Sag birthday reading as well as the annual. I always appreciate your advice and unique point of view." -- Josh Note that as Josh indicates in his comment above, Eric strives to make the birthday readings and the Planet Waves annual edition distinctly different readings. This means that people with birthdays or rising signs this time of year get experiences of a breadth and depth equal to that of the signs in other seasons. This reading works for Sagittarius Sun, Moon and rising folks, and makes an amazing gift. You may pre-order it here. Yours & truly,  Amanda Painter Planet Waves Astrology Editor    
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