2009-08-26T09:06:37-04:00

Ted Kennedy died last night of brain cancer at the age of 77.  He was a controversial figure in many ways, but there is no denying that he was a tireless champion for the rights of those less fortunate than he.  He is also the last of the iconic Kennedy political family that wielded political influence in the United States for fifty years. Kennedy was a man with great compassion, as we can see with the Sun in sensitive Pisces... Read more

2009-08-25T09:04:02-04:00

In early August the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology met in Washington DC to discuss the science that will constitute President Obama’s science agenda over the next few months.  At the time, chairman John Holdren made no comment about the H1N1 flu virus, although the virus was on the agenda.  Council member Harold Varmus said that, Varmus said that while there is concern that the H1N1 virus is following a pattern similar to the devastating 1918 Spanish flu... Read more

2009-08-25T09:01:38-04:00

Mars will enter Cancer this afternoon (EDT) at which time it will be exactly opposite Pluto in the sky.  An opposition is a stressful aspect of 180 degrees in which the two planets are polar opposites, each one struggling to prevail.  Ideally, in oppositions we try to balance the two ends of the tug-of-war but until then there is an adjustment period. Mars represents warfare and the need of the individual to defend his or herself.  Pluto represents death, transformation,... Read more

2009-08-24T09:59:51-04:00

Jayson Blair, the New York Times journalist who was forced to resign in 2003 when it was discovered that he had plagiarized and simply made up some of his stories, is back in the news having reinvented himself as a life coach.  Blair now has a position with Ashburn Psychological Services in Virginia as a certified coach, something that has caused more than a few raised eyebrows in the media. The story of Jayson Blair embodies the soul of the Chironic journey... Read more

2009-08-22T07:58:07-04:00

A few weeks ago I went to Dulcimer Week at the Swannanoa Gathering, which is a series of music workshops held at a wonderful little college outside of Asheville.  I’ve been taking hammered dulcimer lessons for about a year and a half, and it’s been one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.  Even harder than learning astrology! I’ve always been fairly musical (Neptune is conjunct my Sun within one degree) and with Gemini rising I like to say I’ve... Read more

2009-08-20T08:55:42-04:00

The New Moon occurs in late Leo, and in opposition to the Triple Conjunction of Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune.  New Moons occur when the Sun conjoins the Moon and begins a brand new lunar cycle.  These are good times to begin new projects, especially now as we head into the shadow of the Mercury Retrograde period that begins on September 7th. The opposition to the Big Three (Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune) shows that in order to create a new beginning with... Read more

2009-08-19T08:52:57-04:00

I’m going to classify this under both Saturn (making the hard choices) in Virgo (dealing with day to day life in a body such as health, diet and routines), as well as Pluto (transformation) in Capricorn (the way our governmental structures operate). The fact is, we need a complete overhaul with the way we look at health and healthcare, and not just the way we insure our health.  Offering a public option for health insurance is not enough. The fact... Read more

2009-08-18T12:46:21-04:00

I spoke about this on the radio show August 9th and since I’m working on a big writing project I thought I’d post the link so you can take a listen if you didn’t hear it already.  At some point I’ll convert this into an article and post it on my website but meanwhile have a listen. Remember we’re on Itunes now as a podcast (you must have Itunes on your computer).  If you listen on Itunes please leave a review and rate... Read more

2009-08-18T09:47:51-04:00

Robert Novak, the self-proclaimed “Prince of Darkness,” died today at the age of 78.  Novak called himself the “stirrer-up of strife” and is most famous for having outed CIA agent Valerie Plame in a kerfuffle that led to the imprisonment of Dick Cheney’s aide Scooter Libby.  Novak was also famously called “The Douchebag of Liberty” by the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart. My readers may be surprised to learn that Novak’s astrological chart reveals (February 26, 1931, time unknown, Joliet IL)... Read more

2009-08-17T08:43:08-04:00

A collaboration of abstract paintings by Denver artist Tracy Weil and “horoscope-inspired poems” by writer Drew Myron is on display in Colorado at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.  The exhibit, called “Forecast,” will also feature astrology readings although the article doesn’t say who will do the readings. Myron and Weil call themselves “amateur astrologists,” so I hope they are not the ones doing the readings.  Astrologist technically isn’t a real word. Read more


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