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It was twenty years ago…

By the new definition, Earth was also declared “not a planet.” Dear Friend and Reader: 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 … Read more

Planet Waves by Eric Francis — Horoscope for August 13, 2026 with Review of Solar Eclipse.

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.

Planet Waves by Eric Francis — Horoscope for August 2026.

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.

The Peace After the Power Surge. Weekly Almanack and Starcast. August horoscope next week.

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.

Juno’s Questions, Mercury Direct. Weekly Almanack and Starcast.

This week the astrology is like a deep exhale after the more fiery and confrontational aspects at the end of June and first week of July. Two fast but interesting events are Venus moving into Virgo (today) and into conjunction with the south node, as well as Mercury retrograding back into a conjunction with the Sun, marking the midway point of the retrograde cycle.