Dear Friend and Reader: BARACK OBAMA’S inauguration next week is the chart of a world in transition, or one about to unravel. These may amount to the same thing, necessary aspects of the same process: though if you ask me, this is a dangerous chart. We live in dangerous times and most of us have no … Read more
By ERIC FRANCIS Several traditions exist in astrology; there’s one called the Pier tradition, because it comes from beachside fortunetellers. There is a Folklore tradition, which is a form of tribal entertainment and history recording. It’s related to drama. There is a Medicine tradition of astrology, which practices it for healing, and from this we … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: AND WHAT, pray tell, is going on? We have a full edition for you this week as we approach one of the biggest and most emotional Full Moons of the year (in Cancer, conjunct Varuna and square Eris); and as Mercury slows to a halt on Sunday. It’s all the madness you would … Read more
By ERIC FRANCIS Aries (March 20-April 19) The time has come for your career to soar, though I wouldn’t be surprised if you get off to a rough start on vitally important plans. Do not, I repeat, do not allow any setback or shock to your reality to discourage you. The stars are leaning so … Read more
Planet of Another Star First Seen with Human Eyes Since 1992, we’ve known that planets exist outside our solar system (exoplanets), but until now we’ve never captured direct evidence of these planets. That changed Nov. 13 when American and Canadian astronomers gave us the first direct optical images of planets outside our solar system, orbiting … Read more