Monthly Archives: February 2013

Mercury Retrograde, Full Moon and Biophilia

Posted by Eric Francis

The sky is focused on Pisces these days, with some significant natural features in the landscape approaching. As a reminder, this is no ordinary Pisces time — currently the Sun, Mercury, Mars, Chiron and Neptune are collected there. And Venus is on the way.

Moonshine Horoscope — Virgo Full Moon Edition

Posted by Eric Francis

Genevieve Hathaway has written the Moonshine horoscopes in this issue based on the Virgo Full Moon, which is on Monday, Feb. 25 at 3:26 pm EST, interpreting the event for each of the 12 signs. To look up your Moon sign, enter your birth data into Serennu.com. It helps to have your birth time but it’s not necessary in most cases.

Lightning Strikes the Vatican

Posted by Eric Francis

Monday, we learned that Joseph Ratzinger, known as Pope Benedict XVI, would be the first pontiff to resign from office since 1415, nearly three centuries before Benjamin Franklin was born. This is something that’s never happened in the modern era, and its being unprecedented — and the astrology that goes with the event, along with an asteroid flyby and a meteorite strike — seems designed to get our attention.

Backstreets of the Psyche

Posted by Eric Francis

Sunday’s Aquarius New Moon is the next event highlighting a centaur planet — there have been several the past few weeks. Many others are on the way over the next week or so, and from what I can tell, many people are feeling something but they don’t know what.

Moonshine Horoscope — Aquarius New Moon Edition

Posted by Eric Francis

These horoscopes, written by our global correspondent Genevieve Hathaway (writing from Australia), are based on your Moon sign. She has written them specifically about the Aquarius New Moon, which is on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 2:20 am EST, and has interpreted it for each of the 12 signs.

Moonshine Horoscope + Melanie Reinhart on Planet Waves FM

Posted by Eric Francis

We have increased the frequency of Genevieve Hathaway’s Moonshine Horoscope to twice a month — the Tuesday right before the New Moon and right before the Full Moon. Since the Aquarius New Moon is this weekend, we have a new Moonshine for you in this edition. These will not be identified by month but rather by the name of the lunation.

Astrology on the Most Personal Level

Posted by Eric Francis

We are again in one of those moments when the world seems to be coming unhinged — as we’ve gone through this week’s news items, it’s really impressive how much pain and struggle there is going on. That said, there seemed to be some progress on immigration reform and gun control, which if they stick, is nothing less than a miracle. Pres. Obama’s nominee for defense secretary believes we need fewer nuclear bombs. Go figure.