Vesta Conjunct Uranus: The Unusual Journey of Self

Dear Friend and Reader: One of the highlights of the rather eventful Northern Solstice chart (set for Friday, June 21, 2019, when the Sun enters the tropical sign Cancer) is Vesta conjunct Uranus. Vesta was the fourth-discovered asteroid, spotted in 1807. It’s the brightest asteroid, and was named for the goddess attended by the keepers … Read more

Photographic Proof: Mars and the Sagittarius Full Moon

Dear Friend and Reader: As you may be aware, we’re in the thick of Mars in Cancer making “the” aspects of the season (and of the year): oppositions to Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn, which themselves are headed toward a stunning conjunction in January. We’re also building up to a Full Moon in Sagittarius on … Read more

What is Your Mission? Responding to the Global Crisis

Dear Friend and Reader: Every day, the American political crisis and the global crisis are pounding on our doors. Every locale has a different manifestation, or many of them; though I have not written about this yet, Europe and the United Kingdom are currently divided over the Brexit issue. Some places, environmental issues are more … Read more

From the Ground Up

Dear Friend and Reader: The United States is famously conceived as a government of, by and for the people, as Abraham Lincoln phrased it in his address at the Gettysburg battlefield cemetery. Every American knows those words. Another use of similar language is contained in the preamble to the Constitution written decades earlier, which begins: … Read more

Mars Square Chiron: Integrity and Flexibility

Dear Friend and Reader: Today, Mars is square Chiron. This is part of the larger grand cross I’ve been writing about the past few weeks, including our prior Thursday edition. In this short article I want to focus on the Mars-Chiron contact, which brings in Salacia (which is conjunct Chiron in Aries). I’ve always found this … Read more