Cancer Full Moon: Action From All Directions

Dear Friend & Reader: Today’s Cancer Full Moon takes place in direct contact with several major planets around the zodiac. On one level, it’s a symbolic illustration of how life feels right now: issues pushing and pulling us from all directions, each insisting on immediate action. The challenging thing about such a situation is often … Read more

This is a Test: War of the Worlds

First published Oct. 27,2016 Link to original Dear Friend and Reader: For his weekly program on Halloween eve of 1938, a young Orson Welles tried something new. For some months, his Mercury Theater on the Air had run on Columbia Broadcasting System (the CBS Radio Network) with a small listenership. On the evening of Oct. … Read more

This is a Test: War of the Worlds

Dear Friend and Reader: For his weekly program on Halloween eve of 1938, a young Orson Welles tried something new. For some months, his Mercury Theater on the Air had run on Columbia Broadcasting System (the CBS Radio Network) with a small listenership. On the evening of Oct. 30, they decided to try doing a science fiction … Read more

The Great Reveal

Dear Friend and Reader: This morning’s Full Moon in Aquarius begins a kind of astrological Olympics. Late August through the end of the summer is an adventure where a good few world records will be set. We might ask, though, before looking into the details of this sequence of events, how it is that the … Read more

Mercury Retrograde in Taurus: The Search for Values

Dear Friend and Reader: During the 2008 presidential campaign, The Onion dropped a spoof newscast into the discussion. The headline: “No-Values Voters Looking to Support Most Evil Candidate.” For no-values voters, neither Barack Obama nor John McCain was acceptable to citizens “who believe in a complete lack of morals and are committed to carrying out unspeakable acts … Read more