Mercury: Walking the Hot, Thin Line EVERYONE LOVES a partially cooked theory; just watch the news any night of the week. As Roberta Folt writes in this week’s fine edition of The Onion, “All it takes is a little supposition mixed with critical theorizing and you can easily stumble on a tenuous half-truth that really … Read more
Twice: The Capricorn Full Moon This morning in the Montreal Gazette, the lead story was that science scores among students in some provinces are plummeting. Canada has a different view on life than the United States; an article like this can make big headlines. However, since people shoot one another less often here, Canadian journalists … Read more
Is this about you? EARLIER THIS WEEK, I saw the film 9 Songs [originally titled 9 Songs (Not About You), at least in the British press], directed by Michael Winterbottom. When it came out last spring, premiering at the same Cannes Film Festival where Fahrenheit 9/11 got so much attention, it was portrayed in the … Read more
An Excellent Moral Crisis Slowly, I am assembling the pieces of Chiron in Aquarius. I recognize that this is a speculative venture; the transit starts Monday and spans about six years. I’ve written quite a bit already, in the annual horoscope, in Thursday’s column on Jonathan’s site, and in some earlier essays. I’ve made a … Read more