On Saturday, June 23, 1951, throngs of people stood in extreme daytime heat at the Newport News shipyard in Virginia to watch Lucile Connally, wife of Texas Senator Tom Connally, swing a bottle of champagne against the bow of the SS United States. [1] Reports say that more than twenty
Forecasted winner: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 10:05 am – Brazil chooses its president today in a runoff between two men who took nearly 93 percent of the first-round vote between them. In the October 4 first round, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party won 47.03 percent
On June 30, the Supreme Court struck down President Trump's executive order and upheld birthright citizenship, 5-4. I read this case at the World Astrology Summit this spring, before oral arguments began. Two questions were on the table: what the Court would decide, and when. The first
On April 1, 2026, the Dutch expedition cruise ship MV Hondius departed Ushuaia, Argentina – the southernmost city in the world – carrying 196 passengers of 23 nationalities and a crew of 72, bound for Antarctica and a series of remote South Atlantic islands. Within ten days, a passenger was dead. By
A Saturn–Mars conjunction is already a significant event in mundane astrology. These two malefics meet in the same degree roughly every two years, and their conjunctions have long been read as markers of conflict, severity, and forceful reorganization – themes that surface in the world in concrete ways as the
In the early hours of February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched a coordinated military campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran, adding to the number of significant escalations in Middle East conflict. Codenamed by some sources as Operation Epic Fury, the offensive included massive airstrikes on Tehran
The solar eclipse that is due to occur on 17th February is very concerning for the USA and the world at large. The chart shown here is for the eclipse located in Washington, D.C. and shows the solar eclipse degree conjunct the ascendant at 28° Aquarius. This degree is
Abstract Recent remarks questioning the necessity of elections, alongside an expanding pattern of domestic force deployments and legal conflict, have raised renewed concern about the stability of U.S. elections ahead of the 2026 midterms. This article examines how extraordinary executive authorities – particularly the Insurrection Act of 1807 – have historically
On the afternoon of April 10, a social media post from the official account of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) presented a now-deleted graphic listing the agency’s enforcement targets: “people,” “money,” “products,” and “ideas.” The caption reinforced the point: if it crosses the U.S. border
Though we stand now in the height of summer, flush with heat and summer storms, the specter of fall and failing daylight approaches. The astrology of the coming season has already started to take shape, and this article is an attempt to constellate and name a few of the shapes
Recent reports suggest that President Joe Biden's re-election campaign may be facing significant challenges. Rumors from within the campaign indicate that the president is grappling with diminishing support from both major donors and his political base. [1] According to sources briefed on a recent conversation, former House
Yesterday morning, several publications, including Jacobin and The New Statesman, prematurely published obituaries for the renowned linguist and activist Noam Chomsky, leading to widespread rumors of his death on social media platforms. The Brazilian news site Diario do Centro do Mundo also initially reported Chomsky's passing,[1] and