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Planet Waves Weekly for Oct. 22, 2026 by Eric Francis

Today’s horoscope is the weekly for Oct. 22, 2026, #1,624. Detailed readings for your Sun, Moon and Rising Sign that you can download as a PDF. In today’s horoscope I focus on Mercury turning to retrograde motion, though of course I read the Sun entering Scorpio and Venus re-entering Libra.

Chiron, the Big Ear and the 1977 Wow! signal

The Wow! signal was long considered the most promising candidate for an extraterrestrial signal ever received by Earth radioastronomers. It was a 72-second signal picked up by the Big Ear, surging way above the background noise level. Nothing like it has ever been detected again.

Planet Waves Weekly for Oct. 15, 2026 by Eric Francis

Today’s horoscope is the weekly for Oct. 15, 2026, #1,623. Detailed readings for your Sun, Moon and Rising Sign that you can download as a PDF. This week’s written interpretations take us deeper into the Scorpio territory of Venus retrograde and Mercury about to be retrograde, with additional details in Starcast.

The Return of Chiron

    Dear Friend of Planet Waves: In 2027, Chiron will return to its discovery position: the “rainbow bridge” degree in Taurus for which it is so well known. The first-ever centaur planet (with its strange, elongated orbit), Chiron comes in and out of fashion, and understanding seems to wax and wane. Yet Chiron is … Read more

Planet Waves Weekly for Oct. 8, 2026 by Eric Francis

Today’s horoscope is the weekly for Oct. 8, 2026, #1,621. Detailed readings for your Sun, Moon and Rising Sign, as well as the monthly Almanack for October into November that you can download as a PDF. In this week’s Planet Waves horoscope, I consider the implications of Venus and Mercury retrograde in Scorpio, and the New Moon in Libra (Sunday, Oct. 10). In Starcast, I’ll take a look at the chart for the Libra New Moon.