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Two Weeks of Geopolitical Torture, a/k/a Freaking Out About World War in West Asia
Dear Friend and Reader:
Anyone with a meek hint about west Asia (previously, the Mid-East) knows that it’s no exaggeration to be concerned that open war between Iran and Israel could lead to regional or global war. Cooler heads seem to be prevailing, for the moment. If you were worried, I don’t blame you at all.
To the shock of nearly everyone, under astrology that could crash your software, Pres. Trump joined the mess, allegedly sending seven B-2 bombers on a 37-hour flight around the planet, dropping the biggest bombs ever created on Iran’s underground nuclear labs.
If we are to believe official reports, these 30,000 pound “bunker busters” ordnance hit the ground at close to the speed of sound — and did nothing special other than block the entryway to the facilities.
Well we could have paid some teenagers a hundred bucks to do that.
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Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Living well is its own reward, and this includes when you have substantial responsibilities. The solution is not to have “life-work balance” but rather to live in a way that is both meaningful and productive as much of the time as you can. Take pleasure in offering what is expected of you and what you have committed to. Our present society knows little of stepping up to life with the attitude and perspective of a mature adult. Maturity calls for more than going through the motions, which is, sadly, what most people do most of the time. When you find yourself doing that, pause, call yourself to the present and connect with your purpose. If you don’t think you know what that is, stop and ask inwardly — you will get a response.
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Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) — You may think you’ve gone as far as you can, and accomplished as much as is possible under the current conditions — though you have not even begun to access your true potential. There have been all kinds of fireworks in the planetary patterns for the past month or so. Yet the Sun, now at Solstice and about to enter cardinal sign Cancer, is here to power up the new structure that has been built by the hands of destiny. All you need to do is stay awake in the presence of overwhelming pressure to drift off to sleep and forget who you are. You cannot eliminate your vital force, though you can deny it, you can struggle against it, and you can use it for purposes other than it was intended. So stay close to yourself, and remember your priorities — not just the day-to-day bits, but rather the larger purposes you came here to serve. This will require a change in perspective, since you seem obsessed with local news and immediate business. Take a look at a picture of our galaxy, or one of those images of a galactic cluster. Ask yourself where you are and how you got here. In one sense, the question is theoretical, since it does not have much of a factual or scientific answer. So let the question stand, and ask yourself sincerely what you truly want and need to do in the face of such overwhelming mystery. There is something, and it’s larger than just you.
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The Greatest Story Never Written
“I think there is a world market for about five computers.”
— Thomas Watson, IBM’s CEO, in the 1940s
“There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.”
— Ken Olsen, president of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
Dear Friend and Reader:
Apropos of Chiron conjunct Eris, of Pluto newly in Aquarius, of Sedna newly in Gemini about to be joined by Uranus, and of Saturn conjunct Neptune with Jupiter all on the Aries Point — those are the astrological sigils of our moment — I have a question.
What’s it all about?
It’s happening right before every sense except for smell and taste (loss of which is attributed to an as-yet unnamed disease that I call “digititis,” since on the internet you cannot taste or smell anything).
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Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Jupiter in Cancer is inviting you to live your blessings rather than count them. Expand into your potential, and dust off a few of your long-cherished though neglected personal goals. The more you aspire to, the more you will accomplish. Implied here is thinking large in a way that you’re not accustomed to; usually you fit into the space allotted and do your best from there. Yet the stretching point involves the realization that your life is not just about you. You do not exist merely for your own sake. You exist to contribute to the common good. If you think this means sacrifice rather than offering who you are, that will put you into a state of inner conflict rather than generosity and creativity. The more you give, the more you’ll discover that you have. Raise the quality of your work and you will find out that you possess abilities you never imagined you have. Yet to bring them out of a state of potential and into the world will take some work. Rather than thinking through what may seem like complicated issues, take action and see what you discover. Let go of your obsession with planning, at least as an experiment. The only real learning comes from experience, and to grow is to change. Good fortune comes in many forms, including being willing to dare — then doing so.
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Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) — You may think you’ve gone as far as you can, and accomplished as much as is possible under the current conditions — though you have not even begun to access your true potential. There have been all kinds of fireworks in the planetary patterns for the past month or so. Yet the Sun, now at Solstice and about to enter cardinal sign Cancer, is here to power up the new structure that has been built by the hands of destiny. All you need to do is stay awake in the presence of overwhelming pressure to drift off to sleep and forget who you are. You cannot eliminate your vital force, though you can deny it, you can struggle against it, and you can use it for purposes other than it was intended. So stay close to yourself, and remember your priorities — not just the day-to-day bits, but rather the larger purposes you came here to serve. This will require a change in perspective, since you seem obsessed with local news and immediate business. Take a look at a picture of our galaxy, or one of those images of a galactic cluster. Ask yourself where you are and how you got here. In one sense, the question is theoretical, since it does not have much of a factual or scientific answer. So let the question stand, and ask yourself sincerely what you truly want and need to do in the face of such overwhelming mystery. There is something, and it’s larger than just you.
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Maximum Stretch, Maximum Squeeze
Dear Friend and Reader:
We are fast approaching Northern Solstice, when the Sun enters the cardinal sign Cancer. The seasonal effect is created by the Earth’s 23-degree axial tilt, which provides longer days and more sunlight to the Northern Hemisphere at this time of year, and less to the Southern Hemisphere.
This is maximum stretch for those of us up north, and maximum squeeze for those down under. Tune into your body and see if you can feel this happening. It’s entirely natural, beautiful and real as it gets on Earth. And you can directly experience the Earth-Sun relationship.
As the solar journey to the north reaches its peak, all at once there is a reversal, which can feel like the pressure being let out of a sealed container. I once experienced it as the celestial machine stopping and reverting directions — right at the moment of Northern Solstice.
Solstice is Overnight Next Friday to Saturday
The solstice and Cancer ingress takes place at 10:42 pm EDT Friday, June 20. So it’s late evening across the US and early morning in the UK and Europe. This is exciting because the Sun mounts the cardinal cross and makes aspects to Saturn, Jupiter and Neptune all weekend. That’s a heck of a lot of energy at the time of the seasons changing.
Five days later this is followed by the New Moon in Cancer, which is conjunct Jupiter, another chart that brings in the whole early cardinal pattern.
This is leverage. Use some basic focusing power and set your mind on what you want to create — adding “for the greatest good of all concerned,” in case you’re a little off the mark.
The unusual early cardinal sign emphasis is about the Aries Point, which brings individual and collective experience much closer together.
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Gemini (May 20-June 21) — Jupiter is now in your 2nd house of resources and available cash; you are a magnet for success. Keep the energy flowing. And remember that while money can solve most worldly problems, it’s not the first ingredient necessary. The more resourceful you are, the less of the stuff you will need. This translates to knowing your inventory of people, things, and ideas, and running down the list before you spend money. Intelligence is the most underrated commodity, especially in our current version of the world where everyone knows everything (and it turns out that nobody knows anything). But you do know something, and you know how to think when you want to. So, use your intelligence and use it well. Every problem has many potential solutions, and what has no solution may not be a problem at all.
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Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Jupiter is in your sign for one glorious year. Do not waste a single day of this most beneficial transit. This is not the kind of thing where I have to use careful language so as not to set up your expectations. What you aspire to, you are extremely likely to achieve. Jupiter will lift you out of all the usual cycles of your life, and put you in contact with a much larger pattern and more encompassing point of view. And while you stand to gain a lot, the thing to remember is how much you have to offer. So miss no opportunity to share your resources and your knowledge — appropriately. Be generous with your time. Listen to people and their problems, learn from them, and do what you can. Jupiter in Cancer is the original sigil of the gift economy and the plus-plus symbiosis. Your animal totem is the dog. Study them carefully!
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Venus Passing Through the Hot Spot
Dear Friend and Reader:
In this week’s Starcast, I offer my recognition to all who have survived this latest wave of astrology, which I take back to Pluto entering Aquarius in November through the Chiron-Eris conjunction. The various flare-ups of the Hunger Game pattern.
It’s been six months of nonstop everything.Tonight, however, I’m here mostly to discuss something else.
Events of late winter and early spring seem to be left behind in the foggy ruins of time, though we lived through it all — the inner planet retrogrades, the eclipses, the sign-changes and much else.Unfortunately, in the digital environment, it’s nearly impossible to tell the scale of anything, since everything feels like a hoax or is just another bit of email.
This was not easy — it was the most tangled planetary bumper car and roller coaster ride I’ve ever seen, combined with standing in a batting cage trying to hit 60 mile-per-hour pitches. At least you may have a better idea where you stand with existence.
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Gemini (May 20-June 21) — Most people put popularity (or power) above truth and healing. You may be sensitive to the utter folly of that; left to their own devices, most humans would jockey and game themselves to oblivion. Assuming you’re not riding that supposed high, you’re likely to be especially sensitive right now to the games people play. They are unproductive and are designed to avoid intimacy rather than to allow or invite it. There may be situations where you see a diversity of social traumas and disasters. If you’re witness to any of these, count yourself as a stabilizing and healing force. Not a rescuer: that is something different, and it’s dangerous. Your role is closer to fair witness, honest presence and the one who can see all sides of various issues, whether you like the people involved or not. Know that at the bottom of anyone’s stress is their sense of injury, and much that we experience is about social wounding that feels like junior high school with an American Express card.
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Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Saturn and Neptune are now in your 10th house of professional activities, an alignment that has not happened in quite this way (according to astrologer Leo King, who did the math) since the Great Pyramid was built. Chiron and Eris are aligned for the first time in more than 50 years. You’re likely to be feeling this as a summons to greater responsibility but also either a) motivation or b) oppression. Yet taking up the mantle of your life is not optional; the time has arrived. This, in turn, arrives with your need to catch up on long-postponed growth and talent development. You have tremendous potential, including the potential to not do much with it. These incredible alignments of planets are taking effect as a failsafe. You have embarked on the great climb of the mountain that is life. You can turn back, but then where will you be? As your credo, make sure what you like to do the least is what you do the best.
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Wednesday night I wrote a short article to go with the new video, which has some (shorter) notes about the four gas giants changing signs. Read that here.
Big Astrology: The Tipping Point
Dear Friend and Reader:
We are about to discover whether astrology means anything. I mean, will anything help? I can say this: Despite whatever concerns I have been expressing, the aspect pattern I’m about to describe (and others) present the potential to move our lives along, to wake up, to make changes, and to do something meaningful.
So first, this is the week of the Chiron-Eris conjunction (The Awakening aspect) that I’ve been going on about endlessly for the past six months; that occurs May 27, which for practical purposes has been right now all year.
Tonight, however, I’m here mostly to discuss something else.
There is major movement involving what are known as the gas giants — that is, the transpersonal planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. By transpersonal, I mean that they represent many people, large concepts and big issues.
Unfortunately, in the digital environment, it’s nearly impossible to tell the scale of anything, since everything feels like a hoax or is just another bit of email.
Together, these bodies comprise 99% of the planetary mass of the solar system — and they are all moving into new signs nearly simultaneously. Neptune entered Aries for the first of two times in late March. Saturn enters Aries for the first of two times on May 24. Jupiter enters Cancer (in and done) on June 9. Then Uranus enters Gemini for the first of two times on July 7.
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Taurus (April 19-May 20) — The general direction of your existence is one of bold self-discovery. While often portrayed as an exciting outer journey where you meet lots of interesting people and go exotic places, that is something different. This is the kind that requires true courage and persistence: the inner experience, where you discover who you are without the encouragement or assistance of others. Since yours is among the most relationship-oriented signs of the lot, this will require a reversal of many of your usual tendencies. And at the same time, the whole direction of the world is to externalize everything, from thought to memory to imagination. You will need to resist this trend as well, and that may not be easy. There have been times when you got to know yourself quite well, and you benefit from those learning experiences every day. But at the same time, you tend to coast on them, assuming that things that were true about you in the past are still true about you today. This sometimes shows up as a kind of avoidance that you are ready to release. Your original instructions are now calling you to confront and experience your innermost being in bold ways, and to accept whatever you find as a fact of who you are. You will have the ability to make adjustments, though only after you take the step of total sincerity with yourself. Yes, you can do this, despite the challenges of self-acceptance in a world that only seems to encourage life in the Neighborhood of Make Believe.
Gemini (May 20-June 21) — Regardless of the state of the larger economy, you are set to experience a financial renaissance. Your finances run in cycles; this you know. It would be worth studying them, though know that Jupiter’s arrival in Cancer is the biggest and most generous planet arriving in the area of your personal resources. You have more than you may know, of many kinds of assets — particularly emotional capacity. However, you will only understand this intuitively if you work the territory. It’s easy to turn away, to keep walking, to keep scrolling, and to pretend that you feel no calling to take care of the world. Yet this value is innate to your nature; it’s the foundation of who you are spiritually. Therefore, give of yourself whenever you can. Stop and listen; take care of anyone in any situation where you know that no harm will come to either of you. Make your choices not on preference or prejudice, but rather on the basis of knowing that you are likely to be the only one who steps up. Yes, your astrology is calling you to be a warm creature in an increasingly chilly world. Other factors, present and upcoming, describe you as entering a profound phase of personal reinvention. The question is, what do you want to create yourself into? What are the principles guiding your building process? For most, the honest answer to that question would be “none at all.” But that is not your karma. Yours is a path of sincerity and service.
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Uranus is about to enter Gemini, and Jupiter is about to leave. This will be a solar year rather unlike anything you’ve experienced lately, with a combination of needed, exciting change and at the same time, newfound stability in the financial area of your life. This, in addition to the many changes going on in Aries, which I would call your “friendship sign.” I am now doing tarot cards for the signs, and you have the option to get astrology, tarot or both. Tap the image to preorder these excellent readings.
The reality of sexual trauma and the paradox of healing: Family Hunger Games part 2
“When I am healed, I am not healed alone.”
—acim
Dear Friend and Reader:
Everyone struggles with sex, by which I mean sex, its associated emotions, and its many results.
At least I don’t know anyone who does not, or who has not done so significantly at some time. Most of the struggle is silent; most goes unnamed. Yet some blend of longing, pain, confusion, guilt and shame reside in the back of nearly every psyche, and sometimes bleed out to the front. And this can have a suffocating or even devastating effect on relationships.
From unresolved rape and incest to a thousand shades of sexual betrayal, to the nonstop drama of repression and religious dogma, to the secrets we keep, we all share a burden that most do not understand and often do not recognize. Some people figure it out. They are usually the quiet, compassionate ones.
The pain of society affects and afflicts everyone, whatever you may have been through (or are going through) personally. This week, I’m here to discuss certain lesser known elements of the problem, and also the prohibitions and restrictions on healing. It’s my intent that this will inspire a discussion of what we can do about the problem.
The Problem of Repeat Injury
Recognizing and acknowledging injury allows the next step, which is healing. Anyone with an injured ankle, knee or shoulder knows about the problem of re-injury. The weak spot is where you’re likely to get hurt worse the next time. This is why injuries require special care and rehabilitation. The goal is to heal rather than to be constantly afraid of getting hurt, or walking on a crutch the rest of one’s life.
That seems easier said than attempted, much less accomplished. Difficult as it may be, I think it’s worth trying — which begins with asking inwardly for help. The healing power is within you. Therefore, turn your attention within and ask for help if you need it (This sums up A Course in Miracles in a few words.) In that spirit, I will proceed.
Remember that something comes after healing, which is feeling better — or even feeling good. And to be real, healing must be available and offered to everyone equally, including alleged offenders or seemingly unworthy beings. Nobody can be left out; those society likes the least need the most help; there is plenty of healing to go around, if we say so.
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Taurus (April 19-May 20) — The Sun’s alignment to the revolutionary Prometheus, incorrectly named Uranus, will shock you out of your pseudo conservatism and any need to impress others with how prim and proper you are. That’s a load of horse shit that can best be left in the compost heap. Just remember that whatever happens under the influence of Uranus is somewhere between an experiment and a lightning strike. The reticent, taciturn or image-obsessed facet of your personality may not like the sudden shock and reverberations of being rebellious. You might wake up with a vulnerability hangover: that feeling of oh my god they’re all gonna hate me. Well, hear me now: you’re lucky if someone remembers you, notices what you said, or is in any way affected by it. Anyway, social situations are mostly based on pink slime that passes for prime rib. Sun-Uranus is a summons to the artist in you; the inventor; the devil-be-damned pioneer of something new. But Uranus is the kick start, and you must provide the consistency and the stability to get anything done.
Gemini (May 20-June 21) — Keep a pulse on your anger. It’s telling you something and you need to know what it is. And it won’t be what you think. So, summing up: 1) notice your anger and 2) remember it’s not about what you think it is. OK, let’s move on. The power source is your family history, and the trigger might be someone or something in your immediate background. It might be an idea that angers you; it might be a point of pride on your own part that someone seems to violate. The trigger is not what matters — getting past it is what makes the difference, to get to the underlying material. And that material is likely to be stuff related to the slimy, steaming mess that is the family of origin of nearly everyone crawling, toddling or dancing around on the planet’s face. Sexual feelings are involved; so feel them, and if you encounter embarrassment, know that this is the direction of maximum healing.
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Of News, Local and Global
Dear Friend and Reader:
In local news, we are approaching the Scorpio Full Moon, which takes place Monday, May 12. In global news, we are approaching the conjunction of Chiron and Eris in Aries. Something like this last happened in 1971-1972, and we as individuals and a society are still reeling from its effects.
Major events in Aries describe the total transformation of humanity. This is always induced by the media environment, which is the thing we take for granted. At every stage — the book, the telegraph, the radio, the television and others — there is some outer-planet astrology that rocks through Aries, and we come out different on the other side.
Focusing on Chiron-Eris, this occurred at the peak of the TV era. TV transformed people, but most do not understand how. The changes had already been initiated by radio (1920s through 1940s) and early television (1950s and 1960s).
But the 1970s came with something special: turning society, particularly youth culture, into tribes often pitted against one another. This is the now taken-for-granted thing called identity politics. This lasts to the current day, where everything is about “what you identify with.” This is different from what you are.* Most people are so outside of themselves, they don’t know the difference.
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Everything’s About to Happen. But What?
Dear Friend and Reader:
The chart above is for the Sun reaching the cross-quarter — the halfway point between the equinox and the solstice. This has a name — Beltane, or Midspring holiday. In some cultures this is considered the beginning of summer (it makes a little more sense to place think of it here, while the days are getting longer).
In tonight’s Starcast, I work through this chart, and build up to what I think it’s about. It’s the thing that’s so obvious just about everyone will miss it. Yet it’s the thing that we are in and therefore cannot go over, through or around.
We know this from Saturn and Neptune (and currently Venus) on the Aries Point.
What is it? The Aries Point is describing something that exists at the intersection of the personal and the collective: something that affects everyone, personally.
But what? What is the thing happening now that in 10 or 20 years, people will ask: Why didn’t they do anything about it?
That’s what I describe in tonight’s Starcast (above). I focus the same astrology for you personally in the readings below.
Taurus (April 19-May 20) — Consciousness proceeds from the inside out, and if you’re confused, try that on as a working method. Awareness means inner awareness. You exist within yourself, though the whole movement of society right now is that there is no “within” and there is no “yourself” and soon you will be replaced by an android whose voice is a replica of your own. The Sun is now at the peak of its movement through your sign, at something called the cross-quarter. Yet to feel this strength you must do something very unusual for our times, which is to turn your awareness inward toward yourself. What does that even mean? It means paying attention to how you feel, and noticing what you are thinking. It means noticing the hundreds of decisions you make every day, and making them on your own terms. I am not saying that you’re an island and that you should neglect your relationships. To the contrary, it’s impossible for you to relate honestly with others until you have a conscious relationship with yourself.
Gemini (May 20-June 21) — This thing called society has become dangerous to people’s peace of mind, and much more. We’re witnessing the biggest and most disturbing round of a game called “let’s you and him fight.” Once again neighbors are being pitted against neighbors, who are being split from one another because of misunderstandings and disagreements based in ignorance. You have special protection to move somewhat freely in the social world, as long as you maintain your awareness and do your best to be impartial. I know it’s difficult to seem like you don’t have an opinion when you know the difference between right and wrong. Yet your opinion matters less, and your ability to facilitate dialog matters far more. And you are one of the few among the people you know who could succeed in doing such a thing. That is the point of keeping some balance and working consciously with the fact that nearly everyone is misinformed.
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Chiron, Eris, and Why the World is a Different Place
In a Starcast from earlier this week, I take an early look at our current very unusual astrology.
Dear Friend and Reader:
I would love to approach this topic with satirical wit, but it ain’t happening. In such a case, I write from the heart and do my best with imprecise words.
Those who follow astrology are familiar with how there’s always a big deal brewing, or even the biggest-ever deal. As with CNN, there has to be a headline, or something cool for the thumbnail image. However, for 2025 I’ve been focusing on the events in Aries, which first come into focus in late May at the time of the Gemini New Moon — one month from this weekend’s Taurus New Moon.
The times we are living through are so strange that half the people seem to be overwhelmed, and the other half aren’t noticing. This is something you would have to feel. Logic and reason are not going to get you there.
As I make my way through the foggy ruins of journalism, I’m looking for anyone who has a clue that the instability, chaos, and extreme, edgy restlessness of the world are the product of the digital environment. Unless you’re extremely intuitive and/or not a true believer, this can take a while to figure out.
If you’re totally in the trance, aided and abetted by happy pills, it might feel wonderful — especially if you don’t know or remember anything else. Everything is just another Gee Whiz and “Sure, let’s get the upgrade.”
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Monthly Horoscope for May by Eric Francis
Taurus (April 19-May 20) — You’re at the point of a profound breakthrough, something you’ve been working up to for years. That’s Taurus for you — take it super-duper slow, and adjust to every little change, decide how you feel about it, think it over a few more times, contemplate whether you’re really safe, have a hot cocoa with whipped cream even though it’s May because why not, vacuum out the car and do nothing whatsoever to compromise having the next three months’ rent set aside. However, this is not how breakthroughs work. The one that is brewing involves discoveries about yourself that could influence every facet of your life. Your solar chart has a kind of inner sanctum that’s a little like King Tut’s tomb. You won’t know what’s in there until you go inside. You might be worried about some kind of curse. I can offer a clue: you are what’s in there. Once you go in and meet who you are, there will be no turning back and no pretending that your encounter has not happened. Then there are the challenges of living some new way once such a revelation happens; these are not really clear. The world may seem like more or less the same place, until you recognize that you’re not the person you thought you were — and then all the same symbols can have exceedingly different meanings. Note that many people who get into their inner sanctuary only go so far. There are elements of themselves they leave out, or look away from — often the deepest and most important. But why?
Gemini (May 20-June 21) — When inspirational speakers talk about “hiding our light under a bushel,” what exactly are they referring to? Well, you could make a long list of spiritual and creative properties that humans usually avoid. You could list all the talents people are too insecure to share or allow others to see. One might imagine it’s about certain things you might say to others but choose to conceal instead. If you list all the things that might qualify as spiritual, careful review would suggest they are merely sketching qualities of something deeper, much closer to the core of who you are. And that something is not only easy to avoid; every facet of culture demands that you do so, and worse, offers a forest of fake plastic trees to conceal your view. However, for the best perspective, do your thing and explore the world of people and relationships. That’s where the gold and sunshine are. Listen to what people are saying to one another; and hear attentively what they are not saying. What you may find interesting is that they open up to you. In doing so they may surprise themselves and make discoveries or mildly shock themselves with what they reveal. It is vital that you hold their confidence, and reflect back to them what they are presenting to you. Be calm and steady as you do this, and remember that the mirror goes both ways. Sometimes freedom is discovered as a wholly private matter. In your life it’s more likely to emerge in a social environment.
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Venus, Mars and the U.S. Pluto Return
And so, as Kinsmen, met a Night —
We talked between the Rooms –
Until the Moss had reached our lips –
And covered up – Our names –
Dear Friend and Reader:
People can make excuses about why Harvard allegedly deserves to be disemboweled by the federal government, but I would ask why the Emily Dickinson Museum qualifies. They have been told that the museum “no longer serves the interest of the United States.” Will we be witnessing a burn party of her collected works?
Kilmar Ábrego García, a legal U.S. resident with no criminal record, has been deported to a gulag and torture center in El Salvador (apparently still an American client state). We were all told that the point of deportation was to get rid of bad people who are the united states illegally.
The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the administration must try to get him back; and it’s being ignored. So we have more evidence that the branch of government that is supposed to enforce the law, ignores the law. And who exactly is going to stop them?
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Weekly Horoscope for Apr. 17 by Eric Francis
Aries (March 20-April 19) — Mars has now re-entered your fellow fire sign Leo. This will charge up your engines and also set you up for a potential power struggle. The structure of this is where your self-expression meets some resistance from your friends and potentially the public. Do you have any idea what this may be about? Do you have some specific need to “go public” in any way? You would be better served by developing your ideas and projects outside of public view. Your ideas are nascent; they are not developed enough for an audience. And if you share them and find some form of disapproval, you will almost certainly be dissuaded from further experimentation. Therefore, let your experiment persist, undisturbed by anyone’s opinion but your own. You do not need any form of encouragement or public approval. Seek within yourself the courage and dedication that can only come from you. And you can proceed slowly; you do not need an end goal. What you need is to be present for your own growth and learning.
Taurus (April 19-May 20) — You may feel like you’re in possession of forbidden knowledge — about yourself. Everyone has within them a fenced-off area from childhood that they were taught not to enter. The barrier is like a row of thick, thorny hedges or a barbed wire fence, and when your skin is pierced it feels like guilt or shame — possibly both. These were installed as control devices, not to hide your own truth but rather the conduct of others and what they did to you. Most people do not make their way through; it does not occur to them to try too hard. It seems painful and even impossible. Few therapists are aware of what I am describing, but there are some. You are very near this barrier, and you might want to find your way to the other side and see what’s there. So imagine you have a psychic bolt cutter, machete or laser, and make your way to the other side.
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The War Comes Home, Again
Dear Friend and Reader:
We all remember the phrase, “three weeks to flatten the curve.” The lies of New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo told us that all we had to do was make personal sacrifices for just 21 days, slow the spread of what we now know was an AI-constructed “virus,” and life could get back to normal.
Then, lockdowns ensued, and nothing was normal for the next nine months, as people went to war with friends, neighbors and relatives over “masking” and “social distancing” and had to adapt to school districts and workplaces being closed. No part of life was left undisturbed.
This insanity persisted until society was ripped apart again by a government injection that was mandatory for many people to keep their jobs. So “three weeks to flatten the [nonexistent] curve” crushed society and became a two-year drama that was still playing out well into 2022.
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Weekly Horoscope for Apr. 10 by Eric Francis
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.
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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The One Thing that Differentiates Us from Artificial Consciousness
Dear Friend and Reader:
The last of the Aries solar eclipses is behind us, and Neptune is in Aries for the first time since the Civil War and the Lincoln assassination. There is much other extremely rare astrology happening in Aries, which describes some force driving both individual and collective experience.
And frankly, most people don’t give a toss about any of this highfalutin spiritual theory — but I do, and while I’m sitting in the diner waiting for my huevos rancheros, I need something to keep my restless mind occupied. So I’m writing.
What has driven me to the point of actually touching my laptop is the curious tepid response to my April Fool’s Day parody about ChatGPT experiencing an orgasm. Every devoted Planet Waves reader knows that April Fool’s Day to me is more meaningful than Christmas is to a room full of 10-year-olds. I will probably leave the planet some year on April 2, so I can get in one last good one.
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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.
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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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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
Amazing. Audio-visual beautifully composed. Looking forward to delving in further and sharing with others.
Namaste from India,
I am Dinesh Sharma and I am a professional astrologer, practising in Vedic Astrology since last twenty six years ……… I am always looking for similar people and I always try to know new things ……. I am very happy to see your work here ….. Best wishes for more success and escalated heights ……..
Regards,
Dinesh Sharma
Eric – what is THE best way to communicate with you? The Leo reading cuts off with about 8 pages of the transcript left out of the recording – is this just the way it goes… ie; is there a limit to the recording length? On another topic, can I share your COVID info, which is SO rich and vital on social media? many thanks, in advance, for your answers, Karen
Hi Karen,
You can try the phone at Eric’s office: 845-481-5616
Also Eric’s email: efc@planetwaves.net
thank you!