It's ironic that the 24-hour-news pundits think Gov. Mark Sanford talks too much, as I've had the same thought about them many times. I'm not nearly as interested in politicians' love lives as the news outlets think I am. Even so, I find it refreshing that Sanford--a chatty Gemini Sun with an emotional Cancer Moon--keeps talking about his feelings, how he's met his soulmate, … [Read more...]
Gifted astrologer Lois Rodden taught that Jupiter--planet of abundance and good fortune--is often involved in death charts, because from the soul's point of view, death is a liberation, a passport to a new journey. Michael Jackson died just as the sky's current Jupiter/Neptune conjunction moved into a beneficial trine with Jackson's natal Jupiter. Jackson was born under a … [Read more...]
Family vacation—two words that have long inspired such terror in me, that when I told my 16-year-old son we’d be driving to the IONS conference on global transformation with my partner Robert and his kids, I was shamed by his bright reply: “Oh boy, my first real vacation!” Had I been ruled by my past that long? I remember childhood vacations, trapped in a car made miserable by … [Read more...]
As a counseling astrologer, I'm no fan of celebr-astrology. The celebrities don't seek my counsel. I know little of their inner natures. Still, when a scandal makes the news, I like to stalk the archetypes--that is, discover the god behind the story. So when David Letterman got into trouble this week and had to apologize for his Sarah Palin jokes, I checked Letterman's chart. … [Read more...]
Dana’s writing… brings the meaning of the planets to life like no other writer in this field. She’s the Meryl Streep of astrological writers: smart, sane, and insightful...”
Jeff Jawer, The Mountain Astrologer
