“Fasten your seatbelts” just isn’t a strong enough warning for the volatility of the next several weeks—”Strap in” might be a better choice. But even if you batten down the hatches, it’s not certain the hatches will hold. I don’t want to scare you, but ’tis not the season to be jolly, and holding on […]

We’re in the wake of several powerful astral waves this week. And as your small, medium, or large craft of regular routines hits the hard waters of these shifts, you could find yourself wishing to stay suspended in midair, rather than deal with the uncertainty of where you are and/or how to land safely after […]

I proclaim before every reading: The planets are not causal, but there are two exceptions to that rule: (1) Mercury Retrograde, and (2) all Uranus interactions. It’s an astrological conundrum. And for the next several weeks, daily life provides plenty of opportunities to live through the paradox.

Normally at times like this, when it’s all too clear that the inmates are running the asylum and no one is willing to admit that the Emperor has no clothes, I usually pine for the swift wit and biting wisdom of John Lennon. In my imagination, he would cut through the endless loop of hyperbolic […]

A tantrum shut down the United States government on October 1, and as we move through the next several days and weeks, the standoff is sure to worsen. From an astrological perspective, the source of this political nervous breakdown is the ongoing, ever-escalating intensity of the Uranus/Pluto squares. We’re in the thrall of the next […]

Uranus and Pluto continue to dominate astral affairs this week, and as they persist in questioning authority and challenging the structures of daily life, we continue confronting change. For some of us, regular routines have shifted so dramatically, it’s hard to find solid ground anywhere. For still more of our fellow travelers, finding and maintaining […]