Pluto (toxicity, pollution) is settling in, after four years in Capricorn (economic infrastructures). So far, the transit has taught us quite a bit, in some arenas. For example, before the Wall Street meltdown of 2008 most of us probably hadn’t given a millimeter of brain space to dirty tricks with derivatives. Now, the dangers of casino capitalism are on the public’s radar.
It’s a start. But to match the radical necessity of these times, economic solutions have to go as deep as the ecological peril we are in.… click here to continue reading.




The crowd was well-pumped, thanks to the Olympics earlier in the summer. When the games in London were over, Americans looked around hungrily for another garishly lit mega-spectator sport to dive into. In late August Mars slipped into Scorpio (until October 6th), whose egoic aspect excels at high-stakes strategizing, manipulation, character assassination and back-stabbing. The stage was set for the bloated orgy of mendacity that is the US presidential election season.


