Astrology

ARIES March 21-April 19: The Qing Dynasty controlled China from the mid-seventeenth century to the early twentieth century. It was the fifth biggest empire in...

ARIES March 21-April 19: Reed Galen is an American political consultant who has worked long and hard for conservative causes. But in next week’s election...

ARIES March 21-April 19: Rightwing talk show host Rush Limbaugh is a person whose ideas and attitudes repel me. But in the dream I had last night, I enjoyed hanging out with him. He was affable and humorous. We had several fun adventures together. Here’s how I ...

ARIES March 21-April 19: Back in 1974, poet Allen Ginsberg and his “spirit wife,” Aries poet Anne Waldman, were roommates at the newly established Naropa...

ARIES March 21-April 19: Imagine this scene, as described by Seattle-based video artist Michael Douglas. “Sometimes a tree falls down in a field of cows, and the cows walk over to it and stare at it. It used to be standing, and now it’s on the ground. There’s ...

ARIES March 21-April 19: The Earth’s north magnetic pole is not the same as the geographic North Pole. If you take out a compass to orient yourself toward due north, the compass arrow will actually point toward a spot in the frigid wilds of Canada. But what’s really ...

ARIES March 21-April 19: The 19th-century Italian composer Gioachino Rossini was a prolific creator who produced 39 operas. Renowned for his lyrical melodies, he was sometimes referred to as the “Italian Mozart.” So confident was he in his abilities that he bragged ...

ARIES March 21-April 19: One of my favorite landscape painters makes a livable wage from selling her art. She’s had many gallery showings and has garnered much critical acclaim. That’s the good news. The bad news is that she feels obligated to keep churning out more ...

ARIES March 21-April 19: Aries painter Vincent van Gogh was renowned for translating his sublime and unruly passions into colors and shapes on canvas. It...

ARIES March 21-April 19: South Koreans work too hard. Many are on the job for fourteen hours a day, six days a week. That’s why...

ARIES March 21-April 19: In the coming weeks, I hope you won’t scream curses at the rain, demanding that it stop falling on you. Similarly,...

ARIES March 21-April 19: Conceptual artist Jonathon Keats likes to play along with the music of nature. On one occasion he collaborated with Mandeville Creek...