Welcome to the Brotocracy
That photo summed it up, didn’t it? A burning Musk truck in front of the Orange One’s hotel. Thus were gobsmacked Americans introduced, on the first day of the year, to the new era. The Las Vegas suicide bomber and the New Orleans crowd-smasher chose the same day to personify the big transit of the […]
SkyWatch January 2025
Give the Devil his Due
The new year begins with the Mars-Pluto opposition (see November and December SkyWatches) perfecting — i.e. reaching the exact minute of arc — for a second time, at 1° Leo/Aquarius. Any of us with charts featuring the first degree of fixed signs are getting it between the eyes. Maybe it’s showing up as a conflict […]
SkyWatch December 2024
In the Raw
The world is dominated this winter by the Mars-Pluto opposition. Notorious for power plays (see last month’s SkyWatch), this transit pits the planet of ego against that of decay and renewal, a.k.a. Natural Law. Be on the lookout for things that are ready to die (Pluto), whether living beings, societal constructs, or parts of our […]
What Just Happened?
Uncle Sam is traumatized. Even those on the winning side, although they may feel giddy with victory, are on dangerous psychological ground. Let’s take a deep breath and cop some astrological perspective. Astrology is helpful, first and foremost, because it’s a reminder that everything changes. Transits keep transiting; everything is a phase. This is something […]
SkyWatch November 2024
Nothing Comes from Nowhere
In terms of world events, November carries a considerable buzz. And there is an astrological logic to all this intensity. We’re dealing with two types of tension this month. The first is a series of fixed-sign stand-offs. The New Moon hits as November begins, with the Sun and Moon at ten 1/2 Scorpio, and if […]
SkyWatch October 2024
Seesaw, Marjorie Daw
October begins with an annular Solar Eclipse — a New Moon with extra clout. It’s a double dose of the smoothest of signs: Libra, the Mr Nice Guy of the zodiac. Let’s deepen our understanding of Libra by challenging its mistaken association with romance. Libra is not about love so much as the idea of […]
SkyWatch September 2024
Fair and Balanced
September announces itself with a double blast. On the first day of the month, Pluto goes back into Capricorn — its last hurrah in that sign for 250 years — just as Uranus is stationing retrograde in the sky. Pluto is the Drama Queen of the solar system; Uranus is the Gotcha planet. Both are […]
Weird
At the moment, half of America is on a Harris high. … the Harris phenomenon: the synchronization of a Democratic party energized by its sudden escape from a looming debacle with a media and entertainment apparatus eager for a new narrative and naturally inclined to favor any candidate not named Donald Trump.” — Ross Douthat […]
SkyWatch August 2024
Hold Your Horses
The big milestone this month is the series of mutable squares, spearheaded by Jupiter and Saturn. The two gas giants are exactly 90° apart on August 19th, and then again in December. Especially hard hit will be those charts with planets in the middle degrees of Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces. This includes those of […]
SkyWatch July 2024
Data Babies
Are we ready for the second half of 2024? We just crossed a big threshold with Jupiter’s ingress into Gemini, marking a shift in the collective wind. Buzz buzz buzz: the digital field is crowded and busy. Jupiter has entered the sign of information flow, to help us navigate the latest global pandemic: the collective […]