HERE IS some news: Barack Obama, a senator from Illinois, is the first presidential candidate with Pluto in Virgo. I have written a bit about this placement, usually in the context of discussing Sixties charts. Pluto is one of the planets that distinguishes both a generation and a phase of history, and Virgo was indeed an … Read more
In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes I bargained for salvation, but they gave me a lethal dose— DylanNEW YEAR’S weekend, the world was confronted with images of the execution of Saddam Hussein. The official video takes us right up to the point where the noose is placed around the former Iraqi … Read more
CAN ORGASM create world peace? In our strange but true country known as the Internet, the word is out on the streets that Friday, Dec. 22 is Global Orgasm Day. Being someone who thinks “every day is Global Orgasm Day,” it took some time (and a few reader emails) for me to figure out this … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: SOL AND LUNA are now in Sagittarius, and we’re very nearly at the Capricorn solstice. This is a natural turning point in the cycle of the seasons and in our lives and, unfortunately, for many people the pressure is on. The origins are every bit as much cosmic as they are … Read more
MOST people in the United States do not know what they have [probably] avoided with this week’s election miracle, basically because they’re not quite up to considering such a possibility. We Americans tend to be extremely naïve about politics, and always greet the future with hope and a barbecue. That’s why it’s possible for abuses … Read more