News from the Divine Feminine

Dear Friend and Reader: A FRIEND OF MINE in Los Angeles is working on an article for a newspaper about why some men there allegedly don’t want to have sex with the women. Or at least that’s how it started. After doing voluminous research, she now seems to be going in some different directions, and … Read more

In Canada, They Call it Therapy

Dear Friend and Reader: AT OMEGA INSTITUTE last weekend, I did something that in retrospect was pretty daring — start a bunch of relatively new astrology students working with Chiron transits. Looking at the events and experiences surrounding several past Chiron transits is one of the most efficient ways to get an understanding of a … Read more

Crossing the Borders and Boundaries of Time

Dear Friend and Reader: LAST WEEKEND when I met Melanie Reinhart in person for the first time, she was chipper as ever about her belief that it doesn’t matter if people use Chiron in their astrological work. This is an interesting comment coming from one of the most grounded teachers and indeed creators of the … Read more

Mixed Signals, Bright Ideas: Mercury Retrograde in Gemini

Dear Friend and Reader: WE ALL KNOW how weird Mercury retrograde can be. On a mundane level, it’s usually simpler than the psychological level; i.e., it’s easy enough to back up your disk drives early and often. It’s also wise to avoid doing anything of the kind during the few days close to the stations, … Read more

The Shape of Time

Dear Friend and Reader: IN HIS COLUMN last month in Chronogram, Jason Stern raised what he called “the question of destiny,” asking, “Are the stories of our lives already written in a book of time while we are left to helplessly fulfill a preset plot? And of course there’s the question of the larger world, and … Read more