This Week’s Lunar Eclipse Thursday, Sept. 7 at 7:51 pm British Summer time and 2:51 pm Eastern Daylight Time, there is a partial eclipse of the Moon at 15 degrees of Pisces. Note that some ephemerides and chart services will list this time as being about 10 minutes earlier — the time of the Full … Read more
Ceres as Balancing Energy for Pluto From Planet Waves blog for Weds., Aug. 30, 2006 Dear Friend and Reader: ONE comment on yesterday’s entry suggested that I tend to link the themes of houses, signs and planets — in particular, the 8th, Scorpio and Pluto. This is a mistaken impression that I owe to a few … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: Here is the September monthly horoscope. Just in case you’re wondering when we send this out, i.e., the method to my madness, the ‘first Monday’ — the day of Planet Waves Monthly — is the first Monday that the Sun is in the new sign. A week ago, the Sun was … Read more
The Foggy Edge of Neptune BUT WHAT does it all mean? You know, astronomers reclassifying Pluto as a dwarf planet, along with Ceres and 2003 UB313/Xena. First, I feel compelled to say, Pluto is laughing. And I assure you, it all means something. But the more interesting part is why. Let’s cover that first. The … Read more
The Continuing Discovery of Pluto NEXT WEEK, if all goes according to the cosmic plan, the solar system will have three new members, at least in terms of what we call planets. The International Astronomical Union (IAU), now meeting in Prague, is set to vote on a strongly supported proposal that counts as planets the … Read more