Dear Planet Waves Subscriber: On April 20th Chiron enters Pisces for the first time since 1969. In a recent edition of Planet Waves, I described our current era as the anti-Sixties, but Chiron in Pisces is very much a true-to-Sixties factor. Think of it as being a little like the Beatles. The Sixties were a tumultuous, … Read more
Dear Planet Waves Subscriber: This weekend, the Sun is conjunct the newly discovered planet Eris. I know that I mention a lot of newly discovered planets, but Eris (discovered and named between 2003 and 2006) so magnificently qualified as the official ’10th planet’ that its discovery compelled astronomers to shake up their organizational model of … Read more
Goddamn well I declare! Have you seen the like? Their walls are filled with cannonballs, Their motto is ‘Don’t tread on me’ — Grateful Dead, Uncle John’s Band Dear Planet Waves Subscriber: I’ve been staying in Portland, Maine, for a couple of weeks. After enduring pouring down rain for just about the whole time (it was … Read more
Dear Planet Waves Subscriber: Tuesday’s chart for Pres. Obama signing the health insurance reform package settles at least one issue: what happened this week is in fact historically significant. After a century of failed proposals, speculation and hope, the U.S. has taken its first step toward all of its citizens having some form of health … Read more
Dear Planet Waves Reader: We’re about to experience a spring season like no other. It has an ordinary beginning, more or less. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, spring begins when the Sun’s rays square the equator, just past noon in the Eastern U.S. zone on Saturday, March 20. We’re currently in that brief phase where … Read more