Dear Friend and Reader: Thursday, Sept. 17 is one of those days when everything happens, though in my view Saturn’s ingress into Sagittarius is the main event. All the surrounding fanfare feels like an initiation ceremony for what will be an interesting phase of collective and personal history. Saturn’s two-year journey through Sagittarius involves squares … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: On Sunday, the Moon and Sun form a conjunction in Virgo, which is the New Moon and also a partial solar eclipse. This leads into what may be the most interesting day of the year, Thursday, Sept. 17, when Mercury stations retrograde in Libra, Saturn enters Sagittarius for the next two … Read more
“I’ve got good news. That gum you like is going to come back in style.” — The Man from Another Place, from Twin Peaks, Season 1, Episode 3, 1990 Dear Friend and Reader: In astrology, Jupiter represents style trends, among many other things. The largest of the planets (1,200 times the size of Earth) orbits our … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: Tonight and for the next few days, we experience the Leo New Moon and the peak of Venus retrograde — Venus conjunct the Sun. Within a short time, the Moon forms a conjunction with the Sun (Friday at 10:53 am EDT or 14:53 UTC) , followed soon after by Venus doing … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: You’re familiar with the idea of hubris, yes? It’s that amplified blend of blind, stubborn ego and overreaching that spelled the tragic downfall of many a character in the myths and dramas of Greek antiquity. In our society, lack of self-esteem seems to be a much more common and debilitating condition … Read more