By now we’ve all heard about Neda and watched the graphic, wrenching images of her death by Baseej snipers over the weekend. She has become the face of the new revolution in Iran, her bloodied image affixed to flags waving in protest all over the world. Neda was 27, born in 1982. Although her actual birthdate…
Saturn is symbolic of the Father — capital F intended. That’s why we call him “Big Daddy Saturn”. The actual men that play the role of our fathers — whether they are our biological fathers, adoptive fathers, or stepfathers, stand in for Saturn in our lives. In an ideal world, “good” fathers teach us about…
The impulse toward fear and blame of the “other” is a sure sign that Pluto in Capricorn is firmly in place. Conspiracy theory is taking over parts of our society, aided and abetted by the right wing chorus on cable news. In Toxic to Democracy: Conspiracy Theories, Demonization, & Scapegoating, Chip Berlet analyses what we’re up…
Still following the brilliant Huffpo blogger Nico Pitney, who wrote last night: 1:28 AM ET — The mourning rally. Thursday is gearing up to be a hugely significant day for the Green Uprising. Reza Aslan appeared on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show tonight, and laid out the importance of what is going to happen: What’s really fascinating…
I’ve been following the tireless and brilliant Huffington Post blog tended to by one Nico Pitney all weekend. Of all the raw sources (Twitter, YouTube) I have found that Pitney’s edits are spot-on, always gripping, and full of empathy. Tonight he posted a photograph from AP of protestors during the 1979 Revolution, again evoking the wildly…
As we mentioned back in 2007, the Saturn in Virgo years promised interesting times indeed, especially for the nation of Iran. That’s because Iran’s Islamic Republic was born in 1979 — when Saturn was last in Virgo. Well, kiddies, can you figure out what that means? Iran is having its very first Saturn Return, and going through…
The buzz about the new film by Eric Schlosser, author of the acclaimed Fast Food Nation, is pretty intense right now. How appropriate for Saturn to provide a real in your face look at what’s in your plate during the last few months of his sojourn through Virgo, ruler of the body and the digestive system. We…
Any student of Saturn knows that he brings down his big black boot in order to whip us into shape. If he tries a few times and we don’t get the message, he’ll pull out the big guns. It’s not fun or pretty, but it gets the job done in most cases. The savagery of…
The “tea party” movement currently being promoted by Fox News and Co. is mildly hilarious. Rachel Maddow, The Daily Show and Keith Olbermann have skewered the Republicans for being too square to know how to use Google and thus avoid making total fools of themselves. What no one has talked about is the eerie connection it all has…
We promised back in August of 2007 that Saturn in Virgo would be a time of purification: Al Gore has been sounding the alarm on the fate of our planet for years, but he’ll be pleased to see how Saturn in Virgo finally gets the populace to serious work on cleaning our air, dealing with climate…