Someone asked me recently, if astrology is such a well-established science, why canât astrologers be right all the time? People hate it when you answer a question with a question, so I said, Do you know why doctors canât be right all the time? After all, they typically go to school for a minimum of […]
RAID!
Itâs confession time. When I occasionally lay siege to the shaky bastion of someoneâs cherished concept (eg, Mercury retrograde, the Galactic Center, asteroids, etc), itâs as much for my own amusement as the incidental edification of my imagined readers. Maybe Iâm just an astrological provocateur, or maybe Iâm just bored. So when I spray some […]
The Asteroid Known as âPoppycockâ
A month ago I attended a lecture on the asteroids given by a relatively well-known American astrologer who should perhaps remain nameless, since this sort of âspecialtyâ scarcely deserves any more publicity. The asteroids are thought to be the remnants of the proto-planetary disk, a Saturn-like ring of space-junk beyond the orbit of Mars which, […]
Me and Uzi down at the Galactic Center
Hermann Goering, Reichsmarshall of Nazi Germany, was reputed to once have said, âEvery time I hear someone talking about culture, I want to reach for my Luger.â Well, Iâm starting to feel that way about the Galactic Center⦠It all started during awhile back, when I was reading a post to the Astrology Meetup mailing […]
The Writerâs Strike & Mercury Retrograde
What is it with those writers in Hollywood? I thought everybody in California had an astrologer. Or even if they donât have one, surely theyâve been reading Rob Bresznyâs Real Astrology column long enough to know the rules of the game. Everything stops dead in its tracks for retrograde Mercury. Uh-oh, wait a minute, you […]