Saturn vs. Jesus. Today is the Winter Solstice and as far as most people in the modern world are concerned that simply translates as time to bust a move with the holiday shopping or check out a Paul Winter concert. Is there more to life than Jesus and Shopping in our lovely divisive world of…
It’s that time of year to give praise to gurus, miracles and saviors. It’s no wonder that Bill Maher, the sardonic sage of our age was born right on the cusp between Capricorn and Aquarius — both signs ruled by Saturn. He reminds us that in our darkest moments, when oppression overwhelms us and sadness…
Not that we’re obsessed or anything, but George W. Bush’s debate debacle last Thursday illustrates the hazards of the Saturn Return so elegantly that we have to say it again. On Friday, October 1st, 2004, the day that the pundits came out in force to say that John Kerry hit a knock-out punch against the…
Last winter we predicted that George W. Bush’s Saturn Return would come back to haunt him right around campaign time. It’s safe to say that the time has come. Bush’s second Saturn Return is exact on October 1st, 2004. In 1972, when Bush the Younger busied himself avoiding military service and partying around Alabama, his…
The French Chef has left us for the great beyond. Saturn just approached her natal Neptune and detached her from the material universe, quite literally. After surviving three, count ’em, three, Saturn Returns, Lady Julia finally made the ultimate Saturnian sacrifice. We will miss you, Julia . . .
We interrupt this somber Saturnian moment with a romantic newsflash from the lovely planet Venus. While the media engage in revisionist history regarding the Reagan era and the real devastation in Iraq is obscured by patriotic bombast (thanks to Saturn’s conjunction with the U.S. sun) the planet of love and beauty eclipses the sun for…
Last night Fox ran a ten minute trailer from the terror-inducing new movie The Day After Tomorrow, arriving in theaters on May 28th. The most striking images are of walls of water cascading over New York City. It is the ultimate Saturn in Cancer vehicle, and a warning that will likely go unheeded by the…
Donald Rumsfeld has been effectively dodging Saturn’s bullets for the last few months, but his free ride seems to be close to its end. Big Daddy Saturn is now calling Rummy to task. The buildup to his potential downfall begins around May 10th, when Saturn moves toward his sun in Cancer. The assault is exact…
Double Cancer Courtney Love is in the news again as the anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death approaches and new conspiracy theories abound. With Saturn sidling up to her sun between now and July, any karmic crimes and misdemeanors in Love’s present and past are subject for the world’s scrutiny. Innocent until Saturn proves guilty? One…
The latest dispatch from the “more excuses to get drunk” department courtesy of the St. Paul Pioneer Press: Birthday bashes: Turning 30 is turning into a big deal We told you that the Saturn Return should culminate in a mind-numbingly excessive party to end all parties. If the last half of your twenties have sucked,…