Astrology
Astrology | Week of July 25, 2013
ARIES March 21-April 19: “I have tried in my way to be free,” sings Leonard Cohen in his song “Bird on a Wire.” In other words, he has done the best he can to liberate himself from his unconscious patterns, bad habits and self-delusions. He hasn’t been perfect in his...
Astrology | Week of February 27, 2013
ARIES MARCH 21-APRIL 19: In 1993, Frenchman Emile Leray was on a solo trip through the Sahara Desert. In the middle of nowhere, his car suffered a major breakdown. It was unfixable. But he didn’t panic. Instead, he used a few basic tools he had on hand to dismantle ...
Astrology | Week of Nov. 4, 2010
ARIES March 21-April 19: In Marcel Proust’s novel In Search of Lost Time, one of the characters makes a vulgar observation about the odd attractions that sometimes come over us human beings: “Anyone who falls in love with a dog’s behind will mistake it for a rose...
Astrology | Week of May 12, 2011
ARIES March 21-April 19: The 16th-century English writer John Heywood was a prolific creator of epigrams. I know of at least 20 of his proverbs that are still invoked, including “haste makes waste,” “out of sight, out of mind,” “look before you leap,” “beggars ...
Astrology | Week of Nov. 24, 2011
ARIES March 21-April 19: “Basic research is what I am doing when I don’t know what I am doing,” said rocket scientist Werner von Braun. I think it’s an excellent time for you to plunge into that kind of basic research, Aries. You’re overdue to wander around ...
Astrology | Week of Oct. 6, 2011
ARIES March 21-April 19: “Do unto others as they wish,” advised French artist Marcel Duchamp, “but with imagination.” I recommend that approach to you, Aries. You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when you can create good fortune for yourself by tuning into ...