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

Happy Birthday, Your Majesty

Dear Friend and Reader: Today is the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, who is now Great Britain’s longest serving monarch. As of today, she has served 64 years and 72 days, recently surpassing her great grandmother, Queen Victoria (1837-1901), whose reign lasted 63 years and 216 days. The third longest serving monarch of the … Read more

Mars, Aries, the Internet and Personhood

“Today I don’t want to live for, I want to live.” — Hugh Prather, Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person Dear Friend and Reader: These days I have Mars on my mind: Mars retrograde, coming up in a little over a week; the impressive astrology in Aries (now featuring Venus); and where the … Read more

What’s That Sound? Uranus Meets Eris in Aries

Link to original Dear Friend and Reader: There is an astrological event brewing that happens this spring for the first time since 1927: a conjunction of two slow-moving outer planets called Uranus and Eris. You may recall that Eris became famous in 2006 when it precipitated the re-definition of a planet, leading to the ‘demotion’ … Read more

What’s That Sound? Uranus Meets Eris in Aries

Dear Friend and Reader: There is an astrological event brewing that happens this spring for the first time since 1927: a conjunction of two slow-moving outer planets called Uranus and Eris. You may recall that Eris became famous in 2006 when it precipitated the re-definition of a planet, leading to the ‘demotion’ of Pluto. What … Read more