Tonight we pay tribute to The Tragically Hip, whose presumed final concert was watched by 11 million Canadians on Saturday night. The streets of towns and cities were deserted, the Olympics were abandoned and eyes and ears focused on Kingston, Ontario, where the band ended its tour. I also have lots and lots about Virgo, including from Alice Bailey, and more on Tantra.
Tonight's program is focused on the astrology of the next eight days or so, taking us through the Full Moon and into the Mars-Saturn-Neptune configuration that peaks around Aug. 22-25. This is astrology that requires special handling, perspective and a touch of detachment.
In tonight's edition of Planet Waves FM, I read the natal and progressed charts of Hillary Rodham Clinton. I cover the current astrology, including a solid introduction to Chiron, on the way to describing the Jupiter-Chiron opposition that happens later this week (and is in full effect right now). My musical guest is Jerry Garcia, who died 21 years ago today (his 74th birthday would have been Aug. 1).
Tonight's program leads up to a discussion of Donald Trump as the embodiment of the Kali archetype. Yes, he's a half-baked, weak and tweaky version of Kali, but no less attempting (and potentially succeeding at) embodying the destructive force of the cosmos. Many spiritual traditions have documented this phenomenon, from Hinduism to Tantra to the work of Carlos Castaneda. My musical guest is Kate Bush
In tonight's edition of Planet Waves FM, I look at the current astrology — Ceres in Taurus and Vesta in Cancer; and then open up the astrology of August, covering the Mars ingress into Sagittarius, Mars conjunct Saturn, the Leo New Moon and Jupiter opposite Chiron. This is a juicy astrology discussion, with lots about Ceres, Vesta and Chiron. I then talk about why I got out of politics as a full-time vocation in the spring of 1986.
In tonight's astrology-rich program, I start with the Republican National Convention now developing in Cleveland. I morph this into coverage of tonight's Capricorn Full Moon, pretty much the perfect astrology for an off-the-rails, off-the-charts political convention. I then look at a series of medium-range aspects and events. My musical guest is Wilco.
What we're seeing and feeling in the world is related to Mars (still barely advancing in longitude, after the long retrograde) hanging out in a seemingly endless aspect to Uranus-Eris. It's shaking the world and driving the message: wake up and pay attention. Tonight's edition comes with two classic songs from what most people call Bob Dylan's protest era; I call it his journalism era.
In tonight's program, I look at the new environment in the days and weeks after Mars has stationed direct. There's a grand trine in the sky — planets in all of the water signs. I also look at the United States Sibly chart, the most widely-used horoscope for the United States. Finally, I look at the Juno mission to Jupiter, which arrived Monday night to not enough fanfare.
While Eric is on his Mars-station-direct retreat, you're invited to listen again to the Planet Waves FM program from April 12, which aired less than a week before Mars stationed retrograde in Sagittarius. Mars will finally station direct in Scorpio tomorrow, June 29, at 7:38 pm EDT (23:38 UTC). Astrology rarely asks itself if it got things 'right'. So, how did we do?
In this first Planet Waves FM of the season, I offer a dramatic interpretation of the wild headlines that are flying past our news feeds: The United States Senate approving assault weapons for domestic terrorists, billionaire Donald Trump's campaign is broke, top cops in Oakland and New York City busted, the Stairway to Heaven lawsuit and the "Brexit" vote — the U.K.'s referendum on quitting the European Union.
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