Dear Friend and Reader: I was talking to a Leo reader recently who said she didn’t grasp her July horoscope. This, after years of it fitting perfectly for her, as she described her experience. Because the July horoscope was an interpretation of the total solar eclipse happening on Tuesday, I was curious and took yet another … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: Lately I’ve been working through some rage at the guys on Harleys who roar past my studio without any tailpipes. Harleys, due to the way the engine cycles, have that distinctive slap and are loud enough with tailpipes; but I guess not loud enough for some. Between fantasies of taking matters … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: Tuesday’s lunar eclipse in Capricorn is the first of three eclipses this summer. I’ve written an extra horoscope for the occasion, which looks specifically at this event. That gives the astrological charts as well as interpretations, and treats the full sequence as one process or astrological theme. Tomorrow’s event (taking place Tuesday, … Read more
If You Love Your Robot, Set It Free It may not rival Disney’s WALL-E, but NASA’s Mars Rover Spirit just might be the most popular real robot in the solar system. And that popularity only increased when it became mired in loose, sandy soil on May 1. But soon Spirit may make a break for it. While … Read more
BY ERIC FRANCIS The Sun is in Cancer and summer has begun, it’s starting to feel like it in some parts of the United States that have been rained on for the past month. (Many parts of the Northeast have felt more like the Pacific Northwest lately.) Venus and Mars, still clinging to one another … Read more