The Royal Scam

Dear Friend and Reader: It’s been a surreal or perhaps even dadaist week in the news and in astrology. Starting with the sky, there are currently six planets, the Sun and some asteroids in Pisces right now, with one of the highlights being retrograde Mercury. This is astrology that is bending notes, blending colors and … Read more

Mercury Retrograde, Full Moon and Biophilia

Dear Friend and Reader: The sky is focused on Pisces these days, with some significant natural features in the landscape approaching. As a reminder, this is no ordinary Pisces time — currently the Sun, Mercury, Mars, Chiron and Neptune are collected there. And Venus is on the way. It does happen from time to time … Read more

Moonshine Horoscope — Virgo Full Moon Edition

Aries (March 20-April 19) — Mars, the ruler of your Moon sign, is powering its way through Pisces. As it moves through this water sign it will run into another quick-moving planet, Mercury, which stations retrograde Feb. 23. You can think of this as a steam engine moving forward at full speed going down a wormhole … Read more

Lightning Strikes the Vatican

Dear Friend and Reader: Monday, we learned that Joseph Ratzinger, known as Pope Benedict XVI, would be the first pontiff to resign from office since 1415, nearly three centuries before Benjamin Franklin was born. This is something that’s never happened in the modern era, and its being unprecedented — and the astrology that goes with … Read more

Backstreets of the Psyche

Dear Friend and Reader: Sunday’s Aquarius New Moon is the next event highlighting a centaur planet — there have been several the past few weeks. Many others are on the way over the next week or so, and from what I can tell, many people are feeling something but they don’t know what. The edginess, … Read more