Cranky Mars and the Difficult August

On August 3, visiting Mars moved into Cancer, a tourist destination in which the warrior planet is inclined to feel especially cranky – a bit jet-lagged, a tad homesick, with a jangly stomach and an unnerving tendency to burst into tears. Mars is built for arid, inhospitable landscapes; when he ventures to the sandy shores of Cancer’s natural habitat, the result looks less like a quiet, reflective seaside vacation than a recreation of the Normandy invasion…

Today’s Influences (Aug 24th): Ouch

It’s a double dose of discomfort for Venus in Virgo today. She’s confronting Chiron in Pisces with a painful opposition and being forced to adjust with an inconjunct to Uranus in Aries. Illusions (Pisces) will be painful (Chiron) as they &#…

List: Donations to Deficit ‘Super Committee’ members

Oh good! Shining light upon political intriguers is always worthwhile and eventually may serve to disinfect their contamination of democracy.

MapLight.org has published an updated list of donations to members of November’s Deficit ‘Super Committee’ made up of 6 Republicans and 6 Democrats (aka, a ‘Super Congress’ formed in part to drive a spike into the heart of the US Constitution and to