Twenty years ago this week, the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a private professional organization founded in 1919, decided that Pluto was not a planet. I don’t understand how they got that power; it is something of a mystery that I’ll eventually get to the bottom of.
Today’s horoscope is the weekly for August 13, 2026. Eric examines the aftermath of the solar eclipse on August 12, and the Mars-Ceres conjunction on the Aries Point. There’s a link to his latest video on food insecurity and the war in Ukraine.
Today’s horoscope is an extended reading for August, focused on the total solar eclipse on Wednesday, Aug. 12. In another set of readings, I will focus on the Pisces lunar eclipse that takes place Friday, August 28.
As we head into the weekend and the tension begins to ease up, the fruits of this lunation will begin to fall from the tree and we will have a moment to lean back, perhaps even with satisfaction, and evaluate the harvest of this cycle that started with the Cancer New Moon on July 14.
