Eris Notebook: Dancing with Discord

Dear Friend and Reader: IN THESE DAYS, the Sun is making conjunctions to the natal Eris of just about every person walking the planet. Eris is now in Aries, where it first arrived in the 1920s and where it will be through the 2040s. For the first time, we have a major astrological factor where … Read more

Planet Waves Monthly – April 2008

Aries (March 20-April 19) Most people take the necessity of communication for granted. Perhaps this is because so few people are actually willing to listen. More likely, it’s because when we reveal our plans, ideas or needs, we stand a pretty good chance of getting shot down or plagiarized. You have reached a point where you … Read more

Pluto Power: The Point of Light

Dear Friend and Reader: WITH TODAY’S Full Moon, we are witnessing what happens when you thrust Pluto in Capricorn into the spotlight for the first time. The news has been throbbing. So have a lot of people’s heads. The pressure is on; the canary in the coal mine looks dizzy. This week it seems that … Read more

Off to See the Wizard

Dear Fellow Traveler: War was launched at 9:45 ET Wednesday night on the Iraqi people, and a second military campaign was commenced half an hour later, on the people of the world. There are two wars in this equation. One is a war being waged with cruise missiles, and the other with television. I don’t … Read more

What’s it All About?

And if only fools are kind, Alfie, then I guess it’s wise to be cruel. — Burt Bacharach WHEN I WAS living in Brussels, the seat of the European Commission (akin to the central government of Europe), I got to know some of the sex workers there. Belgium is close to the Netherlands and prostitution, … Read more