If you really want to know what is going on in our country today, set down your New York Times and read and listen to Heather Cox Richardson . You can subscribe to her newsletters or watch her on her You Tube Channel .  I do both.  Richardson is a professor of American History at Boston College, with a focus on the Civil War, Reconstruction, the American West and Plains Indians.  I listened this morning to her Nov. 11, 2025 You Tube video about what is really going on with t

Patrick Leigh Fermor, an author and a WWII hero, was a classic Aquarius. He had  the  Sun in Aquarius, as well as Mars in Aquarius, conjunct Uranus. I came to learn about him by reading his book A Time of Gifts , which was enchanting. Fermor was born in London on Feb. 11, 1915,  during WWI. When he was almost one,  Patrick was left in England for his safety. His mother and sister went to India to join Patrick's father who was a geologist. Patrick spent the next four years wit

David Baltimore, one of the most consequential scientists of the 20th Century died at home on Saturday, Sept. 6th. Baltimore was a...

Paul McCartney and John Lennon met shortly after 4 pm on July 6, 1957. Lennon was 16, and Paul had just turned 15. John was playing in a...

Alain-Fournier, Sun in Libra "Libra seems to be the hope rather than the Sagittarian faith that there is some more perfect, spiritual...

Pope Francis was a much loved Pope. When I first saw his chart, I thought, how perfect for a Pope. He has Sun in Sagittarius...

Some astrologers believe that when an outer planet enters your Sun sign, you feel the influence of that planet even though the aspect is...

Navalny at rally The  New York Times announced this past week that a Russian court had sentenced three lawyers* for Alexei Navlany to as...

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting Those of us of a certain age will remember Olivia Hussey as Juliet in the 1968 Zeffirelli version of...

Alexander Von Humboldt and his brother William Von Humboldt were born to a wealthy Prussian family. Their beloved father died when...

She was granted a long life. He was not. She lived hers to the fullest. An Aries Sun conjunct Jupiter in Aries,  with Moon in the 10th...

One of the world's leading stone artists, Simon Verity, born on July 1, 1945, in Amersham, NW of London, recently passed away. He worked...

I love listening to Pete Buttigieg talk. The guy is just so quick witted and entertaining, as well as being a sincere and lovely person. ...

I will start by saying there are many different kinds of giftedness. In this article I am talking about mental giftedness. What is it...

What can the stars tell us about the 2024 election in the U.S.? I will lay out the various transits, progressions and relevant solar...

Pluto moving through the signs (it was in Capricorn from 2008 until the end of December of this year) irrevocably changes those things...

Taylor Swift was in the news in a major way this year. Her Eras Tour which concluded last summer was the highest grossing tour in history...

There was once a little girl who had a father who was a linguist. He and his wife taught the daughter all of her colors except for the...

Natalie Parham was born on Jan. 21, 1928 in Marshfield Wisconsin. Her mother had hyperemesis her entire pregnancy and the doctors wanted...

My favorite cartoonist Roz Chast has a new book out on October 24th called *I must be Dreaming*. As would be expected by anyone who has...