Dear Planet Waves Reader:
I’m the person who created Planet Waves, and I write the horoscopes and many of the articles. I wanted to take a moment and introduce myself. I’d like to tell you a little about what I do and why I do it; and perhaps answer some of your questions about how subscribing to Planet Waves can benefit your happiness, growth and prosperity. That is the goal of astrology, after all — it’s a little like a spiritual lever to help lighten the load and focus the mind on our most authentic goals.
Writing astrology is a pretty unusual job — especially writing horoscopes. I’ve done it for so long that it feels normal, but when I consider the relationship to someone who is reading my work, potentially you, that’s when I notice the details of the point of contact. I take the work seriously, I do it carefully, and I do my very best to write from direct knowledge and experience rather than from theory. The words you read reflect the life I am leading, and the growth goals I am doing my best to create.
Horoscopes are generally thought of as throwaway bits of writing; or like eating a mint on the way out of the diner. Most people — including professional astrologers — feel there is no way they can have relevance. Yet the thing is that sometimes they actually do. Many times I’ve been moved by something I read in a horoscope column, because it’s the right message at the right moment. I brought an open mind and a seeker’s spirit, and I found something helpful.
As a writer, that is what I do my best to offer you. Astrology is not ‘the truth’ — it’s a story that may be personally relevant to you. I speak in a natural voice, and make that story as clear as possible. I can take extremely complex aspect patterns and describe them in a way where you actually get some use out of them.
The charts I use to write my columns speak of the quality of the time we are in, and then I’m able to ‘personalize’ that quality into a message for each of the 12 signs by shifting my perspective that many times. I consider the planets from many points of view, and create an interpretation. I use astrology, as well as psychology and ideas from many spiritual traditions (I have solid grounding in Pagan, Christian and Hindu paths, as well as a long background in many facets of New Age spirituality).