Listening to the World Go By

Dear Friend and Reader: One of my journalistic hobbies is listening to the scanner. All I have to do is unmute Channel 1 on my soundboard, and it comes through my speakers. I can then eavesdrop on the chatter of government. I hear some law enforcement, but mainly what comes across are medical calls, fire … Read more

Aries Full Moon Pumps Up the Power Aspects

Dear Friend and Reader: We are in an era of “power aspects” — rare events that shift the tectonic plates of history. This is easy to see, difficult to look at, and challenging to feel. That would be especially true if you’re feeling unstable, overwhelmed or stuck in the mire, like those three tractors I described last … Read more

Conspiracy to Defraud the United States (18 U.S.C. § 371)

Dear Friend and Reader: First, please get over the notion that if you take any of this seriously, you’re nothing but a partisan of evil Nancy Pelosi or Hillary Clinton. Or that if you shrug it off, you’re a brave protector and defender of the United States Constitution and the honor of a duly elected … Read more

Interval of Possibility

Dear Friend and Reader: Over the weekend, astrology did one of those handoffs from one era to the next. All year long, we’ve been under the influence of the Jupiter square Neptune aspect, what you might think of as a bubble of unreality. That aspect completed and began to separate on Sept. 21, meaning it … Read more

From One Conjunction to Another

Dear Friend and Reader: My phone rang at 7:30 this morning. I was up making breakfast for my canines. It was a potential client, planning a career move at about age 50. He has his Sun in Aquarius, and was talking about his plans for late 2020. He knew that there was about to be … Read more