Dear Friend and Reader: It’s amazing, isn’t it? We made it through two terms of baby Bush without losing Roe vs. Wade. Today is the 36th anniversary of the Roe decision, so take a moment to appreciate it — we’ve scraped through with three-and-a-half decades of reproductive freedom in this country. That’s my entire lifetime … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: We are approaching a Capricorn New Moon Saturday morning that I would classify as a “big chart.” I say this for many reasons, with much experience; the first reason being that we are in our first [Northern Hemisphere winter] solstice season with Pluto at 1 degree of Capricorn. This puts Pluto … Read more
Dear Friend and Scorpio: WHEN WE TALK about the movement of Pluto, we are considering a planet that personally tells you something about the story of your life; and we are talking about the history of the world. Pluto takes roughly 12 to 20 years to pass through a sign. The roughly part involves how … Read more
A Little Astrology [Written: Paris, May 1, 2005] Dear Readers: This week and part of next, I will be on holiday, doing some actual celebrating of a decade of horoscope writing, and letting the Sun shine into some of my other creative rooms. So, I’ll be taking time off from writing essays for a few … Read more
From Aboard the Mothership Dawn April 5, 2005 — A six-mile long spacecraft is not really a spacecraft; it’s more like a portable asteroid. It’s also somewhere particularly easy to get lost, against which a variety of precautions are taken. This particular six-mile ship has an unusual property: it can exist in two dimensions at … Read more