Leo New Moon Dear Readers: Shortly I’ll be posting an entry to the front-page and subscriber blogs on yesterday’s Leo New Moon. This spectacular lunation brought together for bodies in Leo, including Mercury and Saturn. This is a rich and creative time, and is likely to produce ideas that go a long way. In addition, … Read more
Don’t Thank Me. Thank Jerry. I MISS JERRY GARCIA. The Grateful Dead hold a special place in my life because it was in their presence that I first experienced happiness. I did a lot of fun things in the 22 years before I showed up at a show on July 4, 1986 at Rich Stadium … Read more
Leo and the Sphinx Once I lived down the street from the Great Sphinx for a week. What was most impressive was how unimpressive it was — at first sight, that is. It’s not nearly as large as it seems in photos, or maybe the scale of the desert background creates the sense that it’s … Read more
When the Molasses Levee Breaks Regarding Saturn in Leo, I’ve said everything I have to say — this week, anyway in my column on Jonathan’s site, which is here: http://cainer.com/ericfrancis/eric.html This is the third in a series on Saturn in Leo. A prior edition ran the week before, and I posted an introduction about one … Read more
All the Usual Suspects A Paris sport newspaper summed it up before it even happened: Pourquoi Londres? “Why London?” The prophetic headline, printed Thursday morning, actually referred to the 2012 Olympic games, for which Paris was passed over Wednesday afternoon. Had the question referred to Thursday morning’s bombings, it would have been somewhat more naïve. … Read more