Dear Friend and Reader: Astrology aficionados around the globe expressed shock and concern after several senior members of the profession disavowed the ancient starcraft in favor of haruspicy, or divination with the entrails of animals. “It’s true that in the golden age of horary astrology, the mid-1600s, some people might have chosen to have a … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: Today all eight remaining members of the Supreme Court disqualified themselves from ruling on whether the phone records of the ‘DC Madam’ should be released to the public. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who ran an escort service that catered to the Washington elite, amassed thousands of clients, 812 of whom are listed … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: There is an astrological event brewing that happens this spring for the first time since 1927: a conjunction of two slow-moving outer planets called Uranus and Eris. You may recall that Eris became famous in 2006 when it precipitated the re-definition of a planet, leading to the ‘demotion’ of Pluto. What … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: How is your swimming going? The sky is still overwhelmingly Piscean in the wake of Tuesday night’s Pisces New Moon with a total solar eclipse. We’re now in ‘the eclipse zone’: the two weeks between a matched set of eclipses, one solar and one lunar. Although the solar eclipse was not … Read more
“She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle Dear Friend and Reader: On Tuesday, March 8, there will be a total eclipse of the Sun in Pisces conjunct a slow-moving planet called Borasisi. Discovered in 1999, Borasisi is … Read more