Dear Friend and Reader: In our society, we’re often faced with the question of what to do when something wildly popular and profitable turns out to be toxic, dangerous or unethical. In many ways it’s the story of our culture — the wonder drug that causes birth defects, the allegedly healthy new food additive that … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: Three or four times a year, everyone who knows something about astrology goes through a ritual called Mercury retrograde. Everyone who doesn’t know about astrology gets to have the experience, not sure what it is though perhaps suspecting that something weird is going on. We are now approaching the first of … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: As you know, I am passionate about news astrology, and using it as a way to illustrate the personal impact of current events on our private lives. I’m equally passionate about personal astrology — the kind that helps us figure out where we’re at in life and how to consider our … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: The astrology of the moment is the Sun’s interior conjunction with Venus. This is the midpoint of the Venus retrograde process (please see SKY section below), when Venus passes exactly between the Earth and the Sun. Venus stations direct on Jan. 31. Venus retrogrades don’t tend to cause the commotion that Mercury … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: Most years, the change of the civil calendar is more like a blur than a point of demarcation. We might count down the New Year, watch the ball come down on TV and toast to health, love and wealth — but the astrology is not usually sensitive to the civil calendar. … Read more