This is About Chiron

Dear Friend and Reader: This week something unusual happened: scientists landed a probe on a comet. It took them 10 years to get there, not counting all of the design and preparations, and required many feats of astrophysics. You may have seen some of the astonishing photos that were sent back to Earth recently by … Read more

Beneath the Frozen Waters

Dear Friend and Reader: Thursday morning I woke up thinking about the chart of George Lucas. His chart is distinctive because the Moon is his most elevated planet, and most of his other points are either below the horizon or in the 12th house, residing mostly in the dreamtime. His Moon is also in an opposition … Read more

The Saturn Files: Reckoning

Dear Friend and Reader: The Sun, Venus and Pallas Athene have all entered Scorpio, joining up with slow-moving Saturn. Mercury is currently in Libra and will be joining the Scorpio grouping on Nov. 8. That is an unusual influence coming from Scorpio, which represents a new phase of 2014 astrology — what I would call a time … Read more

This Hot Mess

Dear Friend and Reader: If you dare to watch the news, you may get the idea that civilization is unraveling, or at best, that the political situation of the United States is so mired in its own insanity that it’s never going to get out of the swamp. We are watching, silently for the most … Read more

All Roads Lead to Scorpio

Dear Friend and Reader: Next week we have one of the most interesting astrological days I’ve ever seen. On the morning of Thursday, Oct. 23, the Moon, Venus and the Sun are in Libra. By that evening, all three have moved into Scorpio, and then there will be an eclipse of the Sun conjunct Venus. … Read more