Archive | May, 2012

The Longest Arm

Now is when 2012 really begins. Not in terms of the Gregorian calendar, but in terms of the biggest transit of our lifetimes. Three days after the Summer Solstice, the Uranus-Pluto square — the longest arm of the Cardinal Cross — kicks off its four-year-long riff of seven exact hits. June 24th marks the opening of a time-window during which our urge to grow will be far stronger than our need for stasis.… click here to continue reading.

May 2012
And a Child Shall Lead Them

Mark Zuckerberg was in the news a few weeks ago, on the day Pluto (plutocracy) stationed during its narrowing square to Uranus (technology). Facebook’s acquisition of a smart phone app for a billion dollars had the business page so excited it could hardly contain itself.

The New Yorker chimed in with a timely Jewish parents joke: “Are the Zuckerbergs now thrilled that Mark never went outside and got some fresh air?”

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When his star first started to rise, Zuckerberg struck many people as very, well, young to be a billionaire.… click here to continue reading.