Beliefnet.com posted astrologer Shelley Ackerman’s annual what’s-in-store-for-next-year article yesterday. Since the start of George W. Bush’s administration, astrologers have been nattering about what’s to become of our 43rd president. Many have consistently felt that he would not finish this second term, due to scandal, or something more unfortunate. Here’s what Shelley speculates for the White…

Speaking of astrology, it seems apt to mention that many astrologers, astronomers, and Bible scholars do not believe that Jesus was born on December 25th. They think he was born in the spring. Astronomer Michael R. Molnar has written a book called “The Star of Bethlehem:The Legacy of the Magi”, in which he proposes that…

I have what may not be an uncommon view of astrology generally–I am skeptical. And yet, whether or not astrology is accurate doesn’t trouble me, doesn’t keep me from regarding it with respect and great interest. I see it as yet another template, another vocabularly, another way into understanding ourselves and others. I have found…

I prop my drooping rose(its toppled headhung on the limp stalkof its spent neck) first, on a wishful finger:tilting the vase this wayand that, for a pointof balance that won’t endure; then, on a twist-tie’s wrappedwire, fished from a drawerto fashion a spiral collar.There, my dear; linger; I’ve bought you a day’s graceDrink up, stand…

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