Venus Retrograde: Finding the Missing Piece

I saw a man standing on that hill walking around like he’s got no one will I end up like him, all alone? girl, when you go I’ve got no soul — Bedouin Soundclash Dear Friend and Reader: Most of us, myself included, have spent much of our lives searching for our missing piece, in … Read more

Planet Waves Inner Space for March 2009

Tonight is the Virgo Full Moon Dear Friend and Reader: Tonight the Virgo Full Moon is exact at 10:37 pm EDT. At the Full Moon, the Moon is opposite the Sun, always in opposing signs; in this case, that occurs from Virgo to Pisces. This event is particularly strong because it happens close to another … Read more

The Perfect Crisis of Individuality

Dear Friend and Reader: This week we are experiencing stand-out astrology involving Venus and Mars, synchronous with an historic conversation about the public’s involvement in personal choices reaching the California Supreme Court — Proposition 8. That, of course, is the ongoing saga over whether same-sex couples should have the same relationship rights as opposite-sex couples. … Read more

Eriscope for March 2009

By ERIC FRANCIS This is Eriscope, a monthly horoscope with a psycherotic touch. March is a big month for Venus and Mars; in fact, this is a big week. On March 5, Mars is conjunct Chiron, which brings out about as much male warrior energy as we can muster in our cool, gleaming technological civilization. … Read more

Teachable Moments and Synthesis

Easy-going Rocky Planet Orbiting Sun-like Star Seeks Same NASA is preparing for another launch, on Thursday, March 5. The Kepler spacecraft will be the first to look for Earth-like planets: particularly “rocky planets that orbit sun-like stars in a warm zone where liquid water could be maintained on the surface,” NASA reports. Kepler will spend 3.5 … Read more