“Only the small child and the artist have that immediacy of approach that permits perception of the environmental. The artist provides us with anti-environments that enable us to see the environment.” — Marshall McLuhan, 1965 Dear Friend and Reader: My (so far) four-year swan dive into advanced media studies began with a single comment I made … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: This morning (Sunday), retrograde Mercury and the Sun aligned in a conjunction, marking the midpoint of Mercury retrograde. That retrograde ends on July 31, with Mercury in a square to Eris (and conjunct the recent eclipse degree). This suggests that we’re heading toward some unexpected development that has the power to … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: This Tuesday, July 16, is the Capricorn Full Moon and partial lunar eclipse. It’s essentially direct-dialing into the Saturn-Pluto conjunction of January 2020 — no operator to transfer the call, no Skype interface, no going straight to voicemail. Whatever comes up for you this week with this eclipse is most likely … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: I’m back a little early from my break with a note about a topic that I think needs to be focused and given some language. I’m aware that a good few people are going through rough times right now, on the psychological, spiritual or emotional levels. They are all related; we … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: Mercury is stationary and just switched to apparent retrograde motion at 7:14 pm EDT (23:14:20 UTC) tonight. It will station direct on July 31 (or Aug. 1 for some time zones). You can read a little more about tonight’s chart here. Of course, no planets actually physically change direction; it’s just a … Read more