Dear Friend and Reader: Over Valentine’s Day weekend, Antonin Scalia, who had served on the Supreme Court for 29 years, died while on a hunting vacation in Texas. The spiritual leader of the neoconservative movement, Scalia was taking a little romantic getaway and died sometime overnight or in the morning. From my review of the … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: Early Thursday morning, the Sun passed the midpoint of the sign Aquarius. In the old calendar, this is the sabbat of Imbolc, one of the four cross-quarter days. Said simply, we’re at the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox — at least here in the Northern Hemisphere. This … Read more
Dear Friends Around the World: I would like to take a moment and tell you what I’ve done. Much of this issue will be about Vision Quest; I also have a monthly horoscope for you, a link to my weekly horoscope and a piece on February’s planetary movements. Vision Quest marks my 17th year doing … Read more
By David Rosen & Eric Francis Coppolino It’s not every day that a new planet announces its existence, but that depends on what you mean by planet. Moons, asteroids, centaurs, comets and dwarf planets are discovered relentlessly. Nearly a million are known and catalogued, all objects orbiting our Sun. The great majority have been spotted … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: For a few days now, we’ve had the opportunity to grieve the loss of David Bowie, one of those rockers who seemed for all the world like a personal friend — and like someone destined to live forever. For me that has meant appreciating what I learned from someone I consider … Read more