Dear Fellow Traveler: How does it feel not to have crude oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico? As of the current moment, the blown out Deepwater Horizon well is still capped “like a soda bottle,” in the words of The New York Times. This is part of a 48-hour integrity test to check whether oil … Read more
Dear Fellow Traveler: One week ago today, I sent out an assignment, suggesting that if you’re into astrology it’s a good idea to know the house and sign of your Moon. With the Sun (and a recent solar eclipse) in Cancer, I thought this was an appropriate time to get you started. Many people are participating … Read more
Dear Fellow Traveler: We have nearly arrived at the total solar eclipse in Cancer. There are many kinds of eclipses, and this is just the second total solar eclipse in Cancer since the June 2001 event that rewrote existence. (The most recent was last July.) The June 21, 2001 eclipse was precisely on the Aries … Read more
Posted on July 2, 2010 | Link to original Dear Fellow Traveler: The United States is having its 234th birthday this weekend — a good time to check with something called the Sibley Chart. This is the best-accepted chart for the United States, dated July 4, 1776 and with a time of 5:10 pm local time, … Read more
Dear Fellow Traveler: This weekend, Saturday at 7:30 am EDT (4:30 am PDT, 12:30 pm BST) is a partial eclipse of the Moon in Capricorn. [Most ephemerides list this as the time of the Full Moon; others list the eclipse separately eight minutes later.] This is an eclipse on the Aries Point, with many planets involved. … Read more