What is Revealed: Venus Conjunct the Sun

Dear Friend and Reader: The astrology of the moment is the Sun’s interior conjunction with Venus. This is the midpoint of the Venus retrograde process (please see SKY section below), when Venus passes exactly between the Earth and the Sun. Venus stations direct on Jan. 31. Venus retrogrades don’t tend to cause the commotion that Mercury … Read more

At the Still Point of the Turning World

Dear Friend and Reader: Most years, the change of the civil calendar is more like a blur than a point of demarcation. We might count down the New Year, watch the ball come down on TV and toast to health, love and wealth — but the astrology is not usually sensitive to the civil calendar. … Read more

Let Me Recognize the Problem So it Can Be Solved

Dear Friend and Reader: Working with my collaborators at Planet Waves, I set out on a mission of finding signs of progress amidst the many strange and tragic news events of 2013. Americans, as a lot, are people averse to following current events, and when we do, we rarely look back in an honest way. … Read more

Sign Language for the Insane

Dear Friend and Reader: Adding a touch of irony to the memorial service for Nelson Mandela, it turns out that Thamsanqa Jantjie, the supposed sign language interpreter hired to stand three feet from the podium and be broadcast to hundreds of millions of people, was talkin’ jive. His assorted hand gestures and moreover his stiff … Read more

Moonshine Horoscope — Gemini Full Moon Edition

Gemini Full Moon Moonshine Horoscopes | By Genevieve Hathaway Aries (March 20-April 19) — You seem to be entering a moment of clarity regarding an emotional wound passed down through your paternal family line. It has manifested as feelings of guilt or shame about your genuine wants and needs. I suggest probing for information about your … Read more