Continuing my exploration of possible manifestations of the currently under way conjunction (on or close to the same degree of the zodiac) of the planets Saturn (discipline, structure, the bones of things) and Pluto (profound change, power struggles, endings) in the sign of Capricorn (serious awareness of reality, respect, career). Like all of you I worry that everyone is going crazy but then I realize that that is because we are all inundated with too much to do in too lit

A lot of people want to know more about the Saturn/Pluto/Capricorn conjunction so here we go again. Sit back kids, this is a longish one. Astrology, real astrology, is the examining of where the planets are in the sky now as a way of figuring out what the hell is going on. It is the study of cycles, each planet, including the Sun (the Earth, really) and the Moon move around the Zodiac at a different rate. Tonight's story is about the planets Saturn and Pluto, representing S

We once went to an old plantation museum near New Orleans and they told us the origin of the carved pineapples you see on the wooden headboards of antique beds. When you first came to visit you were given a pineapple, a rare treat, and when you had stayed there a bit too long they gave you a second pineapple, meaning, here's your gift, what's your hurry, don't let the door hit you on the butt.

DOG DAYS OF SUMMER...errr, I mean CAT DAYS!!

Astrology has an answer for this and if you don't believe in astrology, try believing in me for a minute and see how what I say resonates with what you know to be true. And if you don't trust your intuition enough to see/feel with what you resonate, then you REALLY need to be reading my posts and my books.

Like most people, I do not have any chips at play in the gambling casino known as the stock markets, etc. That being said, I recognize how that casino seems to be inexorably tied to the world economy and since I'm tied to that, too, I have to keep an eye on it and the gamblers that play there.

It's said that Misery Loves Company but if only this were true. Most people in misery are so wrapped up in their own Shitstorm that they have not a second for anyone else's stuff, though misery loves miserable company so that they don't feel singled out.

Mercury retrograde July 2019 begins on July 7 at 4° Leo and ends on July 31 at 23° Cancer.

I don't think I've had a conversation with anyone In Real Life (IRL) that hasn't ended with "You know, everyone's crazy!" and we all nod our heads because it is true. But have you ever wondered why is it true, from an astrological perspective? Hey, that's my job! The key to understanding an era astrologically is to see what the slower moving planets are up to because they "stamp out" the various generations, like Neptune in Libra was the Hippie Generation and Pluto in Leo s

Today, Friday June 21, 2019, the planet Neptune is Stationary REtrograde. So what? I’ll tell you and I should know. I was born when Neptune was Stationary Retrograde, as have been thousands of people, but almost all of them aren't published astrology authors with forty years of readings under their belt (so I would hope that what I have to say about this phenomena is interesting and useful). Or are they psychic or intuitive, the people born on Stationary REtrogrades of Nept

Everyone who reads my astro essays knows that I'm a fairly positive person but I am a realist at heart. I am always trying to experience life to the full and helping others do that is a big part of my doing it, that's positive, right? And realistic, IMHO. If we’re not here to help each other cope with the sleigh ride to oblivion known as Life, then I don’t know what we’re here for. Life can be beautiful but life can be harsh, too. I write my advice knowing full well that so

Serious hikers know that you should never put your feet where your eyes haven't been lest you step where you shouldn't and fall or worse.

The astrology informing today's essay is mind-blowing! As I write this, the Moon is EXACTLY opposite Neptune and square to both the Sun in Gemini which is EXACTLY opposite Jupiter in Sagittarius, forming a damn near exact Grand Cross (four exact squares!!!) in the mutable signs! And that's just for starters. If you know any babies born today, they are going to be very amazing people! People born with Grand Crosses don't have easy lives but they usually have exceptional live

Profound Structural Change like that of the times of Kublai Khan, Charlemagne, Emperor Justinian & Monctezuma were extremely difficult to live through for the average person. Today, however, the average person has the accumulated wisdom and current theories of the world available to us on our smart phones and other computers. Although the big tech companies are acting like dictators afraid of dissenting voices and banning and shadow banning people with whom they disagree po

Astrology, real astrology, is the examining of where the planets are in the sky now as a way of figuring out what the hell is going on. It is the study of cycles, each planet, including the Sun (the Earth, really) and the Moon move around the Zodiac at a different rate.

In my opinion, there are two things at the heart of all human caused suffering: (1) POOR DECISION MAKING; and (2) THE PERPETRATOR FEELS DEPRIVED.

There is an AMAZING amount of powerful Astrological Aspects going on today. Mars EXACTLY sexytiling Venus, a totally sexy day made even sexier by Venus entering its home side of Taurus and being within Three Degrees of Separation with Uranus, so sudden love affairs are more than possible, they're likely! Now Mercury is sexytile Neptune and that is usually not the best combo for making BIG decisions, but there are so many mitigating aspects that I have concluded that if you ar

"Excelsior" is Latin for "ever upward" and is the motto of New York State, though our feckless politicians seem to think this only refers to our taxes, ever upward!

Crushed potato chips, plus shredded potatoes, add salty, savory, crunch to the crust for this vegetarian quiche. From our astrology...

When a planet goes retrograde it appears to be moving backwards through the zodiac. When it goes backwards through the zodiac, it retraces its "steps" and REmakes the same angles (aka "aspects") and conjunctions (passes over the same degree) as it has already done. To understand what a particular planet is going to be doing when this happens we have to look at the meaning of that planet and the sign it is going through, though if you know your chart or have it read by an astr