Taurus at the Speed of Sound

Dear Friend and Reader: Earlier this week, we experienced the first of seven Sun-Uranus conjunctions in Taurus (that was Monday, April 22). News events are moving at a dizzying pace, and defy comprehension. At the time I’m writing this article on April 25, it’s been just over a week since the Notre Dame Cathedral fire, … Read more

Beginning of the Great Adventure

Dear Friend and Reader: Monday, the Sun is conjunct Uranus in Taurus for the first time. Last year when the Sun conjoined Uranus, it was still in Aries, before making a brief visit to Taurus last spring and summer. I’ve found that conjunctions of the Sun to outer planets give a clue to how the … Read more

Our Lady of Catharsis by Fire

Dear Friend and Reader: When I first saw Notre Dame Cathedral, I didn’t know what it was. I mean, I knew it was a cathedral, but in Europe, you’re always seeing things like that and they have a way of blending into the scenery — like everything it represents. I was living on Ile St. … Read more

This Week: Full Moon, and Mars Square Neptune

Dear Friend and Reader: Three nearly concurrent events drive the week’s astrology. In the background of everything is the Libra Full Moon. Exact Friday at 7:12 am EDT, the Moon opposes the Sun across the last degrees of Aries and Libra. That has an edgy feeling, and it may also serve as a release point … Read more

The Rise and Decline of Julian Assange

Dear Friend and Reader: When I first heard of WikiLeaks, they had just published the civilian casualties database from the Iraq War. Then I learned that Julian Assange, its founder, had previously published Collateral Murder, video from the July 12, 2007, airstrike in New Baghdad. This involved the killing of numerous people from 30 mm cannon … Read more