Cardinal Cross, Revisited

Dear Friend and Reader: For the past couple of years we have been living under the influence of an alignment in the cardinal signs — Pluto arriving in Capricorn in 2008, followed by Saturn and Uranus making their way into Libra and Aries. These three powerhouses have been dancing around the early cardinal cross — … Read more

Honey Moon: Make Life, Not Death

By Gary P. Caton Traditionally, the Full Moon of June is sometimes called the Mead or Honey Moon. This is because after the flowering of the Earth in May, the hives are now full of honey at this time of the year. The honey can be fermented and made into mead, a kind of wine. … Read more

The Heart of the Matter

Dear Friend and Reader: All week long, I’ve been watching pundits — particularly the women — impale themselves over the question, what would make Anthony Weiner, an influential congressman from New York City, have online relationships that could easily turn out to be so dangerous to his career? What is it about men? Notably I … Read more

Turning the Tide

Dear Friend and Reader: When the Sun makes its way into the sign Cancer later in the month, it’s going to be in harmony with Chiron and Neptune in Pisces. That’s a water-to-water aspect — a trine. The way we would say this in astro-talk is, “Sun trine Neptune and Chiron.” Trines open up a … Read more

Yearning for Dharma: An Epistle of the Eclipses

Dear Friend and Reader: Wednesday, I got a fortune cookie that said, “Cleaning up the past will always clear up the future!” Who the heck writes these things, and how did I get one so perfectly describing a solar eclipse on the South Node, on the day of that eclipse? It’s a simple, elegant description … Read more