A High-Voltage New Moon, with Options

Dear Friend and Reader: Today there’s a New Moon in Libra that’s just loaded with energy. Chances are you’ve already been feeling it this week. Despite the fact that a Moon waning to its new phase tends to be lower-energy, this one is plugged into a high-voltage outlet. That outlet’s name is “Uranus”: the planet … Read more

Harbinger of the Future: Jupiter in Scorpio

Dear Friend and Reader: Today I’ve got some news for you about Jupiter in Scorpio, a one-year transit that began this week. But first, I have a call to action. The world is in crisis. We are seeing the effects of global warming manifest before our eyes: as successive hurricanes pounding coastlines and inland areas; … Read more

The Next Battle in a War on the People

  Here is feast of solitude A fiddler grim and tall Plays to dancing kings and wives Assembled in the hall — R.H. Dear Friend and Reader: Once again, we’re being confronted with a mass casualty incident involving firearms. This is on the heels of every other kind of disaster, or the threat of one, … Read more

Looking Beyond the Devil in the Details

Dear Friend and Reader: By now, whatever emotional energy peak you may have experienced with the Full Moon should be dissipating. And while you still might feel a little foggy or unsure about certain situations (thanks to Neptune’s lingering influence), at least the mental shenanigans of Mercury are slowly beginning to sort themselves out. ‘Easy … Read more

Hurricane Harvey: Call it What it Is

Let the music keep our spirits high Let the buildings keep our children dry Let creation reveal its secrets by and by, by and by — Jackson Browne Dear Friend and Reader: This is a good week to appreciate the dry roof over your head and the food in your refrigerator. Now is the perfect time … Read more