In tune with the times

Dear Friend and Reader: The other day my friend Jenna came up from New Paltz to visit, wanting to talk about/figure out where her life was going. She’s feeling the energy of change in the air and wants to participate in the world. She doesn’t quite know what to do, but she has a lot … Read more

Solar Fire, Electric Fire, Cosmic Fire

Dear Friend and Reader: In her influential 1951 book Esoteric Astrology, Alice A. Bailey describes several kinds of fire — and looking at the current charts, we have them all happening right now. You can probably feel the vibes. Solar Fire comes to mind as the Sun approaches the sign Aries. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, … Read more

Inner Space Horoscope for March 2011

  Dear Friend and Reader: The Sun is now in Pisces for the next few weeks, and Chiron is in Pisces for the next eight years. Chiron in Pisces defines an era of astrology where many will come to terms with the idea, and the reality, of emotional healing. Most of the problems faced by … Read more

Revolution in the Aries (or is it Pisces)

Dear Friend and Reader: Revolution is seething in one of the unlikeliest regions of the world: not merely North Africa and the Middle East, but the United States. We might have asked when the people ruled by imams, mullahs, sultans, princes, kings, ayatollahs and ordinary leech despots were going to get restless. We might have … Read more

Is Our Obsession With Relationships Healthy?

Chiron Files by Eric Francis Dear Friend and Reader: Today is the annual cult of romance known as Valentine’s Day. It’s time for all the coupled people to buy chocolate and flowers and diamonds, and pump the romance of their love affairs; time for all the uncoupled people to unabashedly ramp up their search for … Read more