Dear Friend and Reader: There is an astrological event brewing that happens this spring for the first time since 1927: a conjunction of two slow-moving outer planets called Uranus and Eris. You may recall that Eris became famous in 2006 when it precipitated the re-definition of a planet, leading to the ‘demotion’ of Pluto. What … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: How is your swimming going? The sky is still overwhelmingly Piscean in the wake of Tuesday night’s Pisces New Moon with a total solar eclipse. We’re now in ‘the eclipse zone’: the two weeks between a matched set of eclipses, one solar and one lunar. Although the solar eclipse was not … Read more
“She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle Dear Friend and Reader: On Tuesday, March 8, there will be a total eclipse of the Sun in Pisces conjunct a slow-moving planet called Borasisi. Discovered in 1999, Borasisi is … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: On March 8 (8:55 pm EST or 01:55 UTC on March 9) there will be a total eclipse of the Sun in Pisces. These don’t happen often. The eclipse cycle passes through each sign about once per decade, and there’s no assurance of total eclipses during any one encounter with a … Read more
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