With the Sun and Venus still essentially conjunct in the fire sign Leo, Fe Bongolan steps away from politics this week to touch base with her personal solar feminine: the journey to balance her fiery creative warrior (Yang Girl) with her nurturing, receptive goddess side (Yin Woman). When you’re burning with creativity, how do you keep from burning up?

A year and a day after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Fe Bongolan takes stock of the current state of the civil rights struggle in the U.S. Back in the 1960s, tremendous ground was opened up around the question of racial equality. As the #BlackLivesMatter movement brings its momentum to the 2016 Presidential race on the back of Pluto in Capricorn, there is still much work to be done.

This is the first of a series of Fe-911 special reports on the Presidential debates here at Planet Waves, where the motto is: “We watch so you don’t have to!!” Fe Bongolan introduces you to the Republican candidates’ first debate, tentacles and all.

Donald Trump’s inflammatory remarks about Mexican immigrants and Sen. John McCain show him to be this presidential race’s early demagogue. Fe Bongolan knows that stroking the beast of intolerance, bigotry, unabashed thoughtless greed and militarism is not likely to build a long-term campaign, but his pollution may remain.