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In the Belly of the Internet

Dear Friend and Reader: February arrives at the depth of winter in most of the Northern Hemisphere, when we live in the shadow of cold, rain and snow. Within February’s first few days lies one of the four high holidays — or sabbats — of the pagan calendar, called Imbolc in Celtic times. Its corresponding … Read more

The Greatest Story Never Written

“I think there is a world market for about five computers.” — Thomas Watson, IBM’s CEO, in the 1940s “There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.” — Ken Olsen, president of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977 Dear Friend and Reader: Apropos of Chiron conjunct Eris, of Pluto newly in … Read more

The Greatest Story Never Written

Apropos of Chiron conjunct Eris, of Pluto newly in Aquarius, of Sedna newly in Gemini about to be joined by Uranus, and of Saturn conjunct Neptune with Jupiter all on the Aries Point — those are the astrological sigils of our moment — I have a question.

Input is not experience

In local news, we are approaching the Scorpio Full Moon, which takes place Monday, May 12. In global news, we are approaching the conjunction of Chiron and Eris in Aries. Something like this last happened in 1971-1972, and we as individuals and a society are still reeling from its effects.

The One Thing that Differentiates Us from Artificial Consciousness

The last of the Aries solar eclipses is behind us, and Neptune is in Aries for the first time since the Civil War and the Lincoln assassination. There is much other extremely rare astrology happening in Aries, which describes some force driving both individual and collective experience.