Planet Waves for September

Dear Friend and Reader: Here is the September monthly horoscope. Just in case you’re wondering when we send this out, i.e., the method to my madness, the ‘first Monday’ — the day of Planet Waves Monthly — is the first Monday that the Sun is in the new sign. A week ago, the Sun was … Read more

The Foggy Edge of Neptune

The Foggy Edge of Neptune BUT WHAT does it all mean? You know, astronomers reclassifying Pluto as a dwarf planet, along with Ceres and 2003 UB313/Xena. First, I feel compelled to say, Pluto is laughing. And I assure you, it all means something. But the more interesting part is why. Let’s cover that first. The … Read more

The Continuing Discovery of Pluto

The Continuing Discovery of Pluto NEXT WEEK, if all goes according to the cosmic plan, the solar system will have three new members, at least in terms of what we call planets. The International Astronomical Union (IAU), now meeting in Prague, is set to vote on a strongly supported proposal that counts as planets the … Read more

Flaunt for August

Happy Birthday Leo (from PWW 623) LAST WEEK’S spectacular Full Moon in your opposite sign Aquarius blurs the thin line between fantasy and reality. But it does so in a moment where so many other seeming contradictions can be resolved, and put to your best advantage. What recent events reveal, if nothing else, is the … Read more

Non-11: The Unbearable Tension of Water

AND JUST WHAT has come gushing out of the starry dynamo of the night? Early Wednesday, in the first hours after a stunning Full Moon set off the Saturn-Neptune opposition, British intelligence and police said they made arrests in an alleged plot to blow up airliners with bombs made of liquid or gel. The Sun … Read more