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Solar Eclipse and Neptune Entering Aries.

Dear Friend and Reader:

We are in an unusual moment — though it’s typical in that hardly anyone is noticing. While it all seems like “madness as usual,” the forthcoming eclipse heralding Neptune entering Aries is something special.

As you will hear, this includes Mercury and Neptune changing places just as Neptune enters Aries. That this occurs on the Aries Point is saying look for something that may seem too big to understand (Aries Point) with personal implications (more Aries Point) combined with a reversal of some kind (the Mercury-Neptune sign switch) that also may be invisible to ordinary perception (Neptune).

The most important skill we can cultivate now is pattern recognition — that is the realm of the artist and the musician. It’s also the realm of astrology, which is all about seeing patterns in the seeming chaos. Not making up patterns or forcing meaning on them, but observing what is so and what it may represent.

It is crucial at this time to suspend belief and also to suspend disbelief. Any form of believing or refusing to believe gets in the way of direct perception.

Understanding what is happening is not a matter of choosing whose opinion you like the best. Rather, it’s a matter of doing the work of thinking for yourself. Yes, it’s challenging and it’s a lot of responsibility.

Below is the chart for the solar eclipse set for the Eastern U.S. at around dawn on Saturday, March 29.

If you can pick them out, you can see that Mercury and Neptune (just above the horizontal line on the left) are very close, and seem to move in opposite directions. Within hours, they form a conjunction in the last arc minute of Pisces, and then Neptune enters Aries for the first time since 1861. That means that we are entering a whole new reality — of The Awakening.

See chart segment below for a more detailed view that homes in on the Mercury-Neptune thing.

In support of these ideas, I have Starcast (above), a video (below) and a new edition of Planet Waves FM posted early. And if you are curious about how to work with this astrology personally, that’s what FOR THE FAITHFUL — my spring reading — is for.

With love,

Your faithful astrologer,

Charts at this link.

Aries (March 20-April 19) — Don’t be too sure of anything; there is not much certainty to go around. The best thing you can be doing for yourself is considering what you want, and making sure you know your top three items. Then, start experimenting with them: active excursions into your plans or endeavors to test the energy. These will serve as probes. These months of your life are an exploration of the possibilities that can manifest in the future if you want them to — and wanting is the operative concept here. This is why you must know. And also know what you don’t want, so that you’ve got that in your sights. In terms of probes and experiments, I am not talking about setting intentions. I am talking about knowing your intentions and then taking tangible and concrete action that will give you live feedback. Then you review, adjust and move forward.

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Taurus (April 19-May 20) — You know who your true friends are because you don’t have to do anything to impress them. They take you the way you are and are not especially influenced by the changes you go through. Take the wisdom of the Skunk, from animal medicine. If you repel someone, be grateful for it; they are not into you. If you attract someone, check them out and listen to what they have to say. Attract means not doing anything more than being present and seeing who responds to you. Their response is your invitation to engage. We are accustomed to half of the human race pursuing the other half, thinking this is somehow wholesome. So if you are usually one of the pursued, you might take a more active role and indicate your availability rather than leaving it a constant mystery. It’s up to you to respond in a comprehensible way.

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Planet Waves Monthly Horoscope for April by Eric Francis

Dear Friend and Reader:

Today (3/20) is the Aries equinox, when the Sun’s rays meet the equator at a right angle. This creates a situation where night and day are approximately equal all over the planet. In the STARCAST on your horoscope page I describe the somewhat complex circumstances that surround the equinox, and I also ask a question — since you’re probably not reading the astrology directly and are relying on my translation, in what was does it help you? I am reading based on a body-level aspect sensitivity as well as mental assessment, which must align before I can say anything. How does this work for you? Thanks for your responses. -efc

Aries (March 20-April 19) — There’s probably a long list of tasks that you must get to but don’t feel like doing. Honor your feelings as best you can, and start with the projects, tasks or activities you prefer. Unless something is truly pressing, set it aside for a while. You might find a preference for old-fashioned household tasks — reorganizing the linens, cleaning behind the couch, finding out what’s going on in the oven, and making the dangerous journey to the back of the fridge. Think of this all as ritual practice; proceed with intention and invoke the household saints as you clean (Lakshmi loves this stuff). You will feel better and while you’re at it, sort out some complex emotions that have been evasive and elusive during the long Mars retrograde. All of this will make important decisions easier.

Aries Astrology Studio has been published, preview below.

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Taurus (April 19-May 20) — You may feel like you’re walking with one foot on either side of a canyon. One side of the canyon is supposed to be the familiar you that you know, though you can’t find that person anywhere. On the other side is an inner world that you knew you contained, but had no idea the depth and intensity of your private cosmos. If you want to experience the potential and the beauty of the moment, I suggest you drop any notion that people might think you’re weird. This is one of your usual phobias, which is why you dress so impeccably for every occasion and maintain the image of total integrity. Fuck it. That’s a brittle container for the kind of inner fire that you’re pumping right now, and that fire has the power to burn, melt or evaporate every thought and judgment that ever held you back. However, you can pretend that this is about ‘other people’ by concerning yourself with what they might think about you. Said another way, you burn a lot of energy when you guard your image — and this is supporting an illusion at the expense of your reality. Yet the time is long gone when you can hide from yourself. You have had clues of this over and over and it’s high time you give up this ridiculous effort to pretend you are not who you rather boldly are. Get out of your own way. You are joyfully beyond any need to impress anyone with your purity and innocence.

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Chart for the National Emergency of March 13, 2020

Dear Friend and Reader:

Today is the 5th anniversary of the national emergency declared by Pres. Trump on March 13, 2020. I have the astrology of that event for you.

Was there actually an emergency? It depends on who you ask. It depends on how you define the term ‘emergency’ — not merely as the vote of an advisory committee.

I know that most people don’t want to think about this. I seem to be the only presenter still discussing the matter for whom this is not the primary purpose of my entire project; i.e., Planet Waves is a general interest astrology and art website.

So you’re unlikely to be one of those ‘health freedom’ people obsessed with the issue, watching every video you can find. And neither am I! But the virus detection issue is back, as hundreds of millions of hens are tortured and killed for no reason (which consumers experience as egg prices — not a holocaust).

This is all based on an antique analytical device called the PCR or polymerase chain reaction. The PCR is a tragedy. It’s a weapon of war being used against civilians. It cannot diagnose anything. It’s not difficult to understand this but it is necessary to; using the PCR, any doctor can claim that any living creature has ANY disease.

Flashback: March 13, 2020

All the world had on March 13, 2020 were some reports out of China and some PCR positives in the United States. In other words, a tool that cannot test for a virus was used to claim that there was one; and the alleged detection of “viral specific nucleotides” (which were neither) was used to support the claim of systemic infection.

In order to tease out these issues and make supportable statements grounded both in the scientific method and in the specifications for the tools being used, you have to do some reading. You don’t need to do the pick and shovel work. That has been done competently. For example, this video will get you far — an interview with Dr. Mark Bailey, a science historian in New Zealand.

Long before I was in a position to verify the work of teams other than Planet Waves, I had a sense of the issues. I had mapped them out in a primary source chronology that accounts for the claim of every strain of the virus, every development related to the PCR and the various claimed SARS-CoV-2 test kits, and much else.

I covered most of this last week.

For those of you reluctant to look at a document with technical references, imagine what it took to make it. I came into this issue with some experience covering claimed viruses (HIV, HPV, HSV and others), though with no experience in molecular biology. So I had to learn, at least to the degree where I could question world-class experts.

Today I Have the Astrology For You

Today, what I have for you is an analysis of the chart for Trump declaring a national emergency. There are two charts above, which highlight specific aspect patterns that I describe in the video; and a version of the full chart is below.

As you will see, the first question I take up in the video is: could you tell from the chart whether the claimed emergency was real? The main clue is that this chart (Saturn conjunct Pluto) is a direct extension of the Sept. 11, 2001 chart (Saturn opposite Pluto).

For Background, Read ‘Don’t Look Back’

If you want the deep background on this chart, in 2022 I wrote a book-quality article called Don’t Look Back. This sizes up the claims of a disease outbreak in China and chronicles the development of the AI viral sequences known as MN908947 and 402123. It is a gripping story — you may be surprised.

I have many other resources, though the ones above, and the video, will get you started. I explain all of these charts in the half-hour presentation.

In 2020 through 2022, there were people angry at me because my coverage did not match up with what the legacy media were reporting (i.e., everyone from The New York Times to CNN et al). There is a good reason for that.

I did the story, and they did not. And then I provided my notes to the public.

If there is some interest, I will do an “ask me anything” zoom call to discuss this. Mention that in the comments if you’re interested.

With love,

Your faithful astrologer,

 

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Planet Waves Weekly for March 13 by Eric Francis

Aries (March 20-April 19) — There’s probably a long list of tasks that you must get to but don’t feel like doing. Honor your feelings as best you can, and start with the projects, tasks or activities you prefer. Unless something is truly pressing, set it aside for a while. You might find a preference for old-fashioned household tasks — reorganizing the linens, cleaning behind the couch, finding out what’s going on in the oven, and making the dangerous journey to the back of the fridge. Think of this all as ritual practice; proceed with intention and invoke the household saints as you clean (Lakshmi loves this stuff). You will feel better and while you’re at it, sort out some complex emotions that have been evasive and elusive during the long Mars retrograde. All of this will make important decisions easier.

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Pisces Astrology Studio 2025-26 is now available. Preview below.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — You have a tendency to see the best in people. I suggest you see what they show you. Let them reveal exactly who they are, and respond accordingly. It’s almost always true that people tell on themselves, which can disabuse you of the task of figuring out who they are or what they want. However, it’s up to you to respond to what they reveal — or at least to acknowledge it consciously. This may be challenging as you may be in one of your more idealistic states. Just remember, once you have cautionary information, the responsibility for whatever happens falls on you. When someone’s presence in your life is unhelpful, detrimental or toxic, it’s a good idea to let them go. Save your sentimentality for your old teddy bear or your photo album.

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Pisces New Moon & Stellium — Water Then Fire

Dear Friend and Reader:

Tonight is the Pisces New Moon, with Mercury, Ceres, Saturn and Neptune in the picture.

Then there’s everything happening in Aries — including Venus about to go retrograde on March 1, and the Chiron-Eris conjunction getting hot.

The theme of the next year, which beings now, is planets dancing back and forth between Pisces and Aries. The two signs effectively become one as Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Neptune go back and forth over what is called the Aries Point.

This strange and unusual state of affairs reflects our unusual moment — and offers guidance how to make the most of where we are now. Pisces goes deep, and Aries is the point of expression. Pisces is the collective and Aries is the individual.

And those are the factors that are merging, which is having many interesting and useful effects. I explain in the video above.

With love,

Your faithful astrologer,

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Planet Waves Weekly for Feb. 27 by Eric Francis

Aries Astrology Studio has been released, intro above.

Aries (March 20-April 19) — The message of the stars, being delivered by the New Moon in Pisces, is to make friends with your fears. You’ve been getting this message for a while; you might look back on the past year and a half as the time when you drained your personal swamp of anxiety — or at least sat by the bank and considered it. The most important thing to know about your fears is that while some of them are rooted in the conditions of your current environment, most of them are a kind of ancestral hangover. You have a lot of ancestors and it’s not possible to go through them one at a time — though you can surely identify one or two who did a number on you, or elements of whose paranoid and suspicious worldview you somehow absorbed. Once you have a handle on this, you can move onto other spiritual projects aimed at the same basic goal of learning to trust yourself.

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Pisces Astrology Studio 2025-26 is now available. Preview below.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — You have more than you think and everything you need. Yet you may feel like your presence of mind is being overpowered by forces greater than yourself. I propose that these are really forces within yourself that are not greater than you, but are rather resources that you contain. Of course, this may seem unbelievable or even more challenging than some great thing you have to overcome; yet sooner or later, that too becomes a matter of what you contain within yourself rather than some external resistance. To navigate this territory, keep your awareness focused on your soft, sensitive, true inner voice. This will always be available if you summon it and focus your attention. Yes, there seem to be many thought streams competing for attention. You can safely tune out the ones that in any way threaten or boss you around. Your true voice knows what to do and when to do it.

 

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On the Pisces Side of the Aries Point

Dear Friend and Reader:

Things are heating up. True, as I write, it’s currently 19 degrees here in upstate New York. But the first of five traditional points has made its way into Aries, that being Venus, where it’s close to stationing retrograde in grand style.

Over the next six weeks or so, Venus and Mercury retrograde back and forth between Aries and Pisces. In the midst of this is the vernal equinox (from Latin vernalis “of the spring”), when the Sun aligns with the equator.

Note, at this moment, it’s 78 and rainy in Auckland, 77 and sunny in Perth, and 65 and humid in Cape Town. Go figure.

It’s still Pisces time, but a lot more Aries is coming — and then we will discover what we’re all made of. If you’re on the internet, you drank the fruit punch at the door, but it wasn’t spiked with pristine Owsley acid. The trip you’re on is digital.

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Planet Waves Monthly for March 2025 by Eric Francis

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — When all is done, and all is said, and when all is either accomplished or left unfinished, you and you alone are the sole authority of your life. Notice how many cultural games and interpersonal games are associated with surrendering your power to some external structure. “Just tell me what to do” has long been one of humanity’s favorite songs, and this usually does not end well. Only you know what you really need, and only you know who you really are. That alone is the basis on which you are called to make your choices, which implies that nobody can do this for you. Yet the implication is that you are responsible for the results of the decision you make consciously. There would be nobody else to blame — and that is what we are taught to always have ready. You are too old for this charade, in any of its countless forms. You are too smart to let yourself get away with fooling yourself. And you seem ready to concede that denial is not a viable way to guide your life. If someone asked you, “Are you ready to wake up to your own existence?,” how long would it take for you to answer? There are benefits to staying asleep and drifting through life, though if you knew what they were, you might not want them. The past five years you’ve been through a long and seemingly endless maturing process. It’s time to claim the benefits.

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Pisces Astrology Studio 2025-26 is now available. Preview below.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — The other day I randomly opened the book Working Days: The Journal of The Grapes of Wrath to the entry where John Steinbeck was about to finish the novel. He was a Pisces, of course, and that tells us a lot about him and astrology. Steinbeck was up to the closing scenes and sick to his stomach, which he knew was a matter of being on edge. “I only hope it’s good,” he scribbled in pencil. “It simply has to be. Well, there it is, all of it in my mind. And I hesitate to get to it. Maybe I’m afraid I can’t do it. But then I was afraid I couldn’t do any of it. And just day by day I did. So that is the best way to finish it. Forget that it is the finish and just set down the day by day work.” We might use this as a parable of the last stages of both Saturn and Neptune in your birth sign. It’s also a parable of moving through the fraught world we’re now living in, where I think it’s more important to do what you must do rather than what you want to do. By must, I don’t mean what seems to be demanded of you by your material circumstances. Rather, I mean what is shaking you from the inside, your soul’s calling, and the core necessity of your existence. Such is not to be confused with a luxury. Yours is the sign not of karma — the accumulated results of actions — but rather of dharma — your understanding of your existence which drives your sense of commitment and necessity from an inner place. You will know you’re there because it’s the exploration not of the same old, but rather of unfamiliar and even daunting territory.

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The U.S. Pluto Return is Really in Aquarius and is Happening Now

Dear Friend and Reader:

What is going on in the United States? The government is getting whacked like a piñata. Funding to programs is being cut. Federal employees are being offered buyouts. And it looks like they will be replaced by the machine thinking of “AI.”

Very simply, the U.S. Pluto return. But, you ask, wasn’t that in 2022 or something? Isn’t the U.S. Pluto in Capricorn?

That is partly true. In this video, I explain how and why the Pluto return is really happening in Aquarius. This is due to the U.S. Pluto having precessed into Aquarius. So we look at the chart for the precessed Pluto return, which happens throughout 2025 and into 2026. The Aquarius theme is the conversion of the United States from an oligarchy to a technocracy.

I also explain the concept of a planetary return — somewhat like Saturn, Chiron or Uranus — but most things don’t go for two-and-a-half centuries, not even countries.

This is subscriber-only video utilizing my new ChartCam system — so you can see what I’m talking about, with the charts clearly displayed. I’m also including them below. I am now using this two camera system for Astrology Studio and other presentations. Astrology is visual, so let’s see what’s going on.

In this presentation I also explain the public relations strategy of the Trump/Musk administration. PR is a topic we don’t understand well enough as a society. In many ways, it runs our lives.

I hope you love this interesting, next-generation Planet Waves video.

With love,

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Planet Waves Weekly for Feb. 13, 2025 by Eric Francis

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — You can relax about one particular matter where you were certain the consequences would be much worse than they were. And the Sun changing signs on the 18th will help you feel good about yourself. This is not a matter of opinion. Your challenge here is that you have the most unusual sign Pisces describing matters of self-esteem, and for many that can describe a deficit. At its best, Pisces has a rare value system for this world, which is about service and not profits. And if it’s not about service, then you might enter a delusional state where you experience yourself as greater than, or lesser than — not as on the level. The Sun’s transit through this part of your solar chart for the next four weeks will give you a clue what it feels like to be supported by your feelings, rather than flying above them or sinking into them.

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Pisces Astrology Studio 2025-26 is now available for pre-order.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — The Sun entering your sign on the 18th will feel like your ears popping after a long flight in a jetliner. But note that it will be easier to forget all you’ve been through for the past four weeks than it will be to remember. So you might want to devise a means of commemorating what you have learned and making sure you take those experiences and lessons to heart. The opportunities for maturing remain abundant, though bear in mind that this is the last thing most people want. Engaging a sane and composed response to adult situations would never fill a stadium or sell a bottle of beer. Our society is addicted to petulant, adolescent behavior. And for the past few years you have been subjected to metamorphic pressure to grow up and take responsibility for your existence. To the extent you have, you’re in possession of something precious.

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The students were right. It’s genocide.

Dear Friend and Reader:

So it turns out that the pro-Palestinian student protesters of last spring were right. It was genocide.

And to decry the daily bombings and bulldozing of Gaza and the West Bank was not about being antisemitic. It was about standing up for people whose existence was threatened and who knew they were really being removed from their homes by force.

That is euphemistically called ethnic cleansing, or more bluntly, genocide.

The students — mounting the most passionate campus protests since 1970 — risked arrest, beating by the legions of riot police called into opposing them, and expulsion from their university for taking part in nonviolent civil disobedience.

They had some public sympathy, but those who accused them of being anti-Jewish got most of the legacy press coverage. Protesters were falsely accused of being rioters when most of the direct actions were pretty chill — until the police arrived.

Now we know the plan — described this week by Pres. Trump — is to remove all two million Palestinians from the territory and build a kind of self-described Israeli Riviera along that prime ocean-front real estate once known as Gaza. Golf courses, luxury villas, hotels, marinas — a regular paradise on the Mediterranean .

And the United States would own it. As what? A state? An unincorporated territory like Guam? A conquered territory like Puerto Rico? A giant Club Med?

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