The Equinox: A Crisis of Confidence

Dear Friend and Reader: The Sun is in Aries and a new season and a new astrological year have begun. Before I get into the equinox chart, we need to look back, because Thursday was the 6th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. It was just six short years ago that a great portion of … Read more

Alt Monthly Horoscope for March 2009

Aries (March 20-April 19) You seem devoted to making a name for yourself, and you’re succeeding. Just make sure you’re cultivating the right one. There are many forms of manipulation; some of them are truly productive, like convincing people to work for a cause everyone believes in. That is the kind of reputation you want … Read more

Venus Retrograde: Finding the Missing Piece

I saw a man standing on that hill walking around like he’s got no one will I end up like him, all alone? girl, when you go I’ve got no soul — Bedouin Soundclash Dear Friend and Reader: Most of us, myself included, have spent much of our lives searching for our missing piece, in … Read more

Planet Waves Inner Space for March 2009

Tonight is the Virgo Full Moon Dear Friend and Reader: Tonight the Virgo Full Moon is exact at 10:37 pm EDT. At the Full Moon, the Moon is opposite the Sun, always in opposing signs; in this case, that occurs from Virgo to Pisces. This event is particularly strong because it happens close to another … Read more

The Perfect Crisis of Individuality

Dear Friend and Reader: This week we are experiencing stand-out astrology involving Venus and Mars, synchronous with an historic conversation about the public’s involvement in personal choices reaching the California Supreme Court — Proposition 8. That, of course, is the ongoing saga over whether same-sex couples should have the same relationship rights as opposite-sex couples. … Read more