Mercury Retrograde: Watch Your Speed

Dear Friend and Reader: When the dust settles on the wreck of Amtrak 188, and all the facts come out, I think the cause will turn out to be something simple: for example, the train’s driver not paying attention to the speed limit. Before I cast the chart for the crash, I had a feeling … Read more

Of Small Causes and Big Effects

Dear Friend and Reader: So much is happening. Sometimes it seems like one of our newfangled days is as eventful as an old-fashioned month. Domestic and international news have been as astonishing and infuriating as ever. War and famine still profoundly afflict the human race, which seems far more inventive at creating problems than at … Read more

Cosmic Confidential: My Life as a Horoscope Writer

Dear Friend and Reader: Horoscopes are a writing form that’s close to my heart for two reasons. One is that reading the Patric Walker column in The New York Post in the early 1990s was the first demonstration to me of how relevant astrology could be. I knew astrology existed, and I knew astrologers, but I did … Read more

Cosmic Confidential: My Life as a Horoscope Writer

Link to original Dear Friend and Reader: Horoscopes are a writing form that’s close to my heart for two reasons. One is that reading the Patric Walker column in The New York Post in the early 1990s was the first demonstration to me of how relevant astrology could be. I knew astrology existed, and I knew astrologers, … Read more

Astrology for the Soul

Dear Friend and Reader: As you know, I am passionate about news astrology, and using it as a way to illustrate the personal impact of current events on our private lives. I’m equally passionate about personal astrology — the kind that helps us figure out where we’re at in life and how to consider our … Read more