Imperialism in Plain Sight
I have a blind spot when it comes to Donald Trump getting elected as president. I was in complete denial in both 2016 and, of...
The Treaty of Westphalia
The Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 was actually a series of treaties. These were devised with the intention of ending the Thirty Years War that...
The Twilight of Pluto
The Twilight of Pluto is the title of the latest book by occult author John Michael Greer. Astrology and the Rise and Fall of Planetary...
Neptune and Pluto: Culture
These final years of Pluto in Capricorn and Neptune in Pisces are giving us their most concentrated attitudes before they move into Aquarius and Aries....
The Taurus-Scorpio Nodal Axis: A Conversation
A month or two ago, I was doing a Google search on the Scorpio south node of the moon and came across a blog post...
Solar Cycle 25
Solar Cycle 25 began in 2019. You've probably heard of sunspots or solar flares. Since official record keeping began in 1755, we just entered the...
The Tragedy of the Moon
Science writer Isaac Asimov wrote a collection of essays in the 1970s entitled "The Tragedy of the Moon". The first essay is the title track,...
Is Astrology Real?
I feel like I used to have this debate a lot more frequently than I do now. The Universe tests us in myriad ways. We...
Orion
Orion is one of the most venerated constellations in human history. It's not surprising why it has been worshipped for millennia. It's one of the...
Venus Eclipse
When the Sun and another planet are conjunct within 1 degree or 16 arc minutes, this 'eclipse' is called a cazimi, which means "in the...
