The Electric Tide

Originally published in 2009 Dear Friend and Client: Here is the question everyone has asked at least once: how exactly do you not get your ass kicked by Mercury retrograde? Here’s a better question: how do we use these phases, which come dependably three times a year, to spark our creativity, solve problems and improve … Read more

Mercury Retrograde: A Special Report from Planet Waves

Originally published in 2009 Dear Friend and Client: Welcome to the Electric Tide, the Mercury Retrograde Special Report. The retrograde that goes from Sept. 7 through Sept. 23 has a few distinct properties that are an incentive for awareness, excitement and astrological study. Mercury is doing a lot of talking to Saturn, Uranus and Pluto … Read more

Mercury, Weaving the Story of Nessus

Originally published June 6, 2014 | Link to original Dear Friend and Reader: Nessus, the third centaur planet (discovered in 1993), recently entered water sign Pisces. This is a slow-moving point that can go so far from the Sun that it extends into the Kuiper Belt, crossing Pluto’s orbit, and comes so close to the … Read more

Life at This Dangerous Crossroads

Dear Friend and Reader: Thursday night, I presented the Aries Full Moon in relationship to its political implications, and how it aspects the charts of the United States, of Trump, and the U.S. Pluto return. To begin understanding the Aries Full Moon on a personal level, first consider what you’re feeling right now, and then consider this. … Read more

Tempests and Tides

Dear Friend and Reader: Whether they know it or not, people all over the world are witnessing an event that perfectly illustrates our current high-pressure, confrontational astrology: the slowly growing beat of war drums as Saudi Arabia joins the U.S., Israel and the U.K. in blaming Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in the … Read more