The Road Ahead, the Road Beyond

New York, Thursday, April 2, 2020 Dear Friend and Reader: Here is the long view. The United States has until Dec. 21 to get its act together, by which I mean decide what kind of society we want to be. That is the day of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in Aquarius. Jupiter-Saturn is the answer to … Read more

When Do the Natives Get Restless?

Dear Friend and Reader: Mars is in the process of changing signs. Today it’s in the last degree of Capricorn (a degree with a conspiratorial feeling, in case that vibe is in the air), and it ingresses Aquarius at 3:43 pm EDT on Monday. The conspiratorial theme is now the one dominating the discussion on … Read more

Silent Spring — and Summer, Autumn and Winter

“Man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.” — Rachel Carson New York, March 28, 2020 Dear Friend and Reader: We who write about the environment invest a lot of energy into convincing people to care, or trying to. It’s not easy, it rarely works, and … Read more