The Yod and the Moon I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, but I’ve had a difficult week. It seems to be going around. The Sun made its exact square to Pluto Wednesday; that was tense, and we’ve turned a corner. Though I doubt that most people reading this are struggling to the degree that people are … Read more
Katrina, the Awakener ONE IMAGE keeps haunting me from this week’s journalism, spun by William Rivers Pitt at truthout.org — that of presidential advisor Karl Rove standing on the roof of the White House in a magician’s hat and cape, with a big staff, conjuring Hurricane Katrina. Given the witch-hunt against climate change scientists reported … Read more
How Could It Possibly Work? I’VE BEEN HEARING this question a lot lately: “Do you really believe in astrology?” I spend a lot of time writing horoscope columns in cafes, and a laptop screen is easy to see. When I’m working, there’s a big horoscope chart displayed on one side, and the list of signs … Read more
The Gathering IF THE MOON IS AT HOME in Cancer, and we count eight signs from there, we wind up in Aquarius. Speaking in lunar terms, the house of power, secrets, surrender and transformation (the 8th) falls in the sign most open to groups, individuality, consensus, and the notion of equality (Aquarius). The 8th house … Read more
Have a Weird Weekend! YOU KNOW THAT OLD SONG about the Moon being in the 7th house and Jupiter aligning with Mars? Well, we pretty much get the opposite of that this weekend — or at least that’s what the planets are doing on their face. Mercury is about to retrograde into a square aspect … Read more