Dear Friend and Reader,

There has never been a year in your life, nor will there ever be, like the one we’re approaching. Twenty-twelve will arrive with many life-changing events, and the astrology deserves all the attention we both can give it. For the past several months I have been doing precisely that, developing the 2012 annual readings of Planet Waves — the long-anticpated Revolution. Revelation. Reality Check. Included for each sign is an extended audio reading and a substantial written interpretation for your Sun, Moon or rising sign.

Photo by Elizabeth Joyce.

As I’m sure you’re overwhelmingly aware, we are deep into a phase of heightened and accelerated change. The much-fabled 2012 transition is now here. It doesn’t matter whether 2012 has a Mayan calendar root, whether it involves Uranus square Pluto or the extremely rare Venus event in June: the magnitude of this astrology and how it will influence us cannot be overstated. My annual edition breaks it down into three basic experiences for each of the 12 signs and rising signs:

Revelation. That means discovery. Material and information we were not expecting will come to the surface, at times rapidly. We will make discoveries about ourselves, our relationships and our society. Key decision points await you, but at this time so early in the process, it may be difficult to see what those decisions will be about. Here is where astrology can help provide a glance around the corner.

Revolution. We all talk about change. So many of us have been committed to inner growth and healing and outer social progress — going back years or even decades. You may have discovered that major changes are rarely possible. Yet the times, the causes and the conditions are all coming together this year. This is a time of revolutions — they’re not only possible but inevitable. The question is, what does this mean for you?

Reality Check. There will be more reality coming at us than most people have the stomach for. Yet when there is so much power in the air, one needs to check and balance oneself to keep on track. You’ll need to stay grounded, and have clear agreements with yourself about what matters the most. You will need to penetrate the layers of illusion that have delayed you or taken you off track. Things are moving so fast we need to do this on a constant basis.

In the 2012 annual edition, I provide you with the tools to work with all three factors.

Consider that we live in an era that will be studied by people far in the future. They will want to know not only what was happening, but what it was like to be here, what we perceived and what our options were. We have the incredible privilege of being present in this time. If you think life is intense, here is why: we are occupying and experiencing the moment of transition.

Every single person alive is going to be influenced by this astrology. If you’re in a body and on the planet, it’s not possible that you won’t be personally affected. There are many years when the astrology just sort of goes by. But this is astrology you will feel, experience and live through. The question is where and how; and how do you make the most of it?

Even if all you knew is that there’s a tremendous surge of transformation sweeping through the human environment, you would want to ask yourself: How do I catch this wave?

I ask for two reasons. One is to make the very most of it. Second is to have it manifest as something other than fear or chaos.

Astrology is more than a guidance tool. It’s a method you can use to influence the course of your life rather than merely being subject to what’s happening around you. Many people struggle to put themselves on track, or to attune to their own intentions — much less the world around them. The way I use astrology will give you tools to do both.

Current subscribers and customers to pre-order all 12 signs of the 2012 annual at a significant discount; but you may also pre-order individual signs at this link. If you are a subscriber and would like to order all 12 signs at the package price, please email Chelsea at chelsea@planetwaves.net or call her at (877) 453-8265.

Meanwhile, I suggest you check out my free audio series Top Five Events of 2012. It contains useful and exciting information about the upcoming year.

Lovingly,

Light Bridge, the 2011 annual edition of Planet Waves, is in progress. The astrology for 2011 is exciting, and it’s the last year before the full-contact point of 2012. So this is the year of preparation and transition: of new transits that will shape the background of life and challenge us to be in full integrity about who we are.

Light Bridge is available for purchase for $19.95 per sign with price breaks when you order multiple signs. Based on how I do this kind of detailed astrology, I consider the write-up for your rising sign to be as significant as the one for your Sun sign. I know this is supposed to be Sun sign astrology, but the houses play a huge role, so I suggest you take the extra step of finding your ascendant through a chart service (which is easy, and free, such as through Astro.com, and investigating your rising sign. That’s the sign that is rising in the east at the time of your birth, every bit as influential as your Sun.

You may also do this for family members or significant others whose astrology you’re investigating. This will be a mix of written and audio, with some overlap in the interpretations, though the audio piece and the written one will be their own entities. So there will be plenty of personal astrology in this annual.

Free Access to Cosmic Confidential, the 2010 Annual Edition of Planet Waves

I’ve removed the passwords to Cosmic Confidential, the 2010 annual edition. If you didn’t subscribe, you have a chance to look in on what we said about your sign(s) for 2010, and to see the many reader comments. Here is your link to the full edition, and here is your link to the 12 signs of astrology.

One reader just wrote in, “Over the last few years, I have been grappling with a variety of deep internal issues, and what do you know — they are all listed in your horoscope! It’s a real affirmation for the set of choices I have made recently during a time when even I sometimes start to wonder about these choices.”

And another wrote this weekend, “Thanks for giving us access to these. The Virgo report is uncannily accurate; it is my rising sign . . . when I took astrology classes, I remember feeling so overwhelmed by the tons of information for each part of the chart; I never did master the art of knowing how to put it all together. Your ability to do so is amazing to me.”

I think that every astrologer dreams of being able to provide interpretations that work for people without the necessity for an individual reading. While a long one-on-one conversation takes things to a new level, in 15 years of doing sessions with clients, while writing nearly 1,000 astrology columns and far more articles, I’ve learned how to give you something truly useful in my interpretations.

And you’re invited to take advantage of this.

Yours & truly,
Eric Francis

June 20, 2003 – Aries – Weekly

I’ve said a few times this year that you need to pay attention to what seem like your worst fears, because they contain the seeds of your highest visions. No matter what you may be feeling, you can trust that there is a guardrail in place, or if you prefer a psychic metaphor, a guardian spirit. If you lapse in consciousness, you’ll be caught and awakened. But this guardian is highly negotiable. If you ask, you’ll be allowed past your limitations one at a time; the safety barriers open manually. That’s another way of saying be careful what you ask for, and be mindful of where you are at all times. A good mantra for these days: Where am I and what I am doing here?

Dear Friend and Reader:

Today’s podcast is ready. It addresses the charts for the Sept. 11, 2001 incident. The occasion is that Thursday’s New Moon falls within the very degree rising of the main Sept. 11 chart — what I call the North Tower chart. This is the first time this has ever happened, and the conjunction is remarkably close — just two arc minutes from the Sept. 11 ascendant at 14+ Libra.

In this podcast, I introduce a topic that I cover in-depth in Friday’s subscriber edition of Planet Waves. You will hear a discussion of the North Tower chart, set for 8:46 am, as well as another chart, the one for the mysterious collapse of WTC 7 that afternoon. We had a brief discussion of that chart on this page on Sept. 11. Here’s a link back to the chart and the conversation.

I make reference to two videos in the podcast. One is of Larry Silverstein, the landlord of the World Trade Center, describing what happened to WTC 7. Here is that video, which is from a PBS broadcast. I have personally confirmed that this segment was in the broadcast, as I’ve purchased a copy of the original from the station.

The second is a BBC World broadcast wherein the reporter, Jane Stanley, announces that WTC 7 has fallen down — while she’s standing in front of it, and it’s visible in the frame. She was 25 minutes ahead of her story. That video is longer, but even watching five minutes will give you a clue.

I take on these issues and others in Friday’s subscriber edition of Planet Waves. See you there.

Yours & truly,

March 1, 2000 – Aries – Monthly

Anything you do that reminds you how much you already have will serve to enhance your sense of prosperity and good fortune. So the idea is to keep reminding yourself, indulging or experiencing those areas of your life in which you have plenty. If you do, I suggest that lack of any kind will prove to be some form of an illusion, which means a misperception or an easily-remedied situation. By “easily” I don’t mean to imply effortless, but rather involving effort in which your movements are not frustrated by pointless setbacks. And it’s all for a very good cause. You are well-poised to enter an unprecedented phase of earning your living by doing what you truly believe in — so, consider once again what that might be.

June 24, 2008 – Virgo – Weekly

You have a right to change who you are, and you’ve probably decided the time to do so is now. Indeed, it would appear that you have embarked on one of the most detailed and energetic self-improvement programs of your life. Before you get too far, I would propose that changing who you are is not nearly as important as re-visioning how you feel about yourself. Notably, the influences that are pushing you, and pushing you so hard, to improve yourself are likely to be sending you negative, conflicted or frustrated signals. Another set of influences is encouraging you to accept yourself exactly as you are right now. I recognize the difficulty of this paradox, and I know how pervasive it is in spiritual and self-help circles. The whole game seems to be founded in the need to change, and is activated by acceptance. But we don’t necessarily see that acceptance is the form of change that makes all others possible. Obviously, putting yourself under a lot of pressure does not work. If, however, you discover that you are already under some enormous psychic pressure or carrying what seems to be a burden you don’t understand, that is a sign that you need to switch methods. You may not recognize that what you are going through now is indeed a burden, even though you may feel it is a virtue.

I put on my fedora this morning to get down to business but felt a little shy on ideas — despite the fact that we’re in a time of all kinds of wild ideas and in need of many others. In fact, as Eric noted in today’s Astrology News, “Jupiter-Uranus in Pisces is some of the most creative, inventive, beautiful astrology anyone could dream up. Many brilliant ideas that manifest over the next decade will have their genesis in these weeks.”

This astrology is manifesting in many ways, including the bizarro-upside-down world described by many political figures running for office right now. Of this dynamic, Eric writes, “On one level this is a source of the madness and insanity in the political landscape: the ongoing invention of a fantasy world because the reality we’ve created is too painful.”

True, there is a lot of pain to dominate our focus and energy these days. And as Eric mentions, it will take a lot of dedicated creativity to work together toward productive, life-affirming solutions. Sure, there are those — such as inventor Buckminster Fuller — who seem born to a life of creative and inventive service to the collective. He even has Jupiter and Pisces playing important roles in his astrology (though not in the same configuration as our current transits) as Eric explains in this archived edition of Astrology News dedicated to Fuller.

But you don’t have to feel like Fuller to be part of the sanity revolution or even your own evolution. Believe me, there is plenty of room for innovative, humane ideas big and small in this often-painful world of ours. Don’t underestimate yours, please — we need you. Planet Waves is happy to be your cheerleader; all you have to do is a little something for us to cheer about. Not sure where to start? Subscribe to Astrology News if you haven’t already and stake out the horoscopes for clues. All any of us has is this present moment, choice and just enough curiosity to search for a better answer.

April 4, 2003 – Cancer – Weekly

Those who take care of aquarium fish know that the health of the water is the health of the critters who live in it. If you have a problem with the fish, test the water, nourish and help the water. Life is an interconnected network, and this is the dominant quality of your sign. Perhaps that’s why ancient astrologers put the emphasis on family bonding on the sign Cancer. You are in a stage of life when the health of your family and community is the same thing as your own health. Work for the wellness of the whole, and work for seeing contact points where either healing or difficulty are transmitted. There is more to this holistic approach than you may imagine. A single individual within a group dynamic who is struggling can throw off the energy of everyone close by. It may not always be possible to know what’s happening — but look for clues within certain distinctive one-to-one partnerships.

In today’s edition of Planet Waves weekly audio, I look at the Venus-Mars conjunction in Scorpio, explore the Moon on the Galactic Center, and look at the chart of Christine O’Donnell, the Republican candidate for Senate who believes that masturbation is against god’s plan. We’ve linked to the video on our audio widget, and you can find her chart (set for noon) there as well.

I’ve also added a 15 minute propaganda audio — about why Planet Waves Astrology News is the perfect tool for astrology students. This is a subject dear to my heart, though I’ve barely mentioned it in the past. Writing Planet Waves, I continually teach astrology and a world view that integrates personal experience, current events and the growth opportunities we have. It is astrology in real life, not in the abstract, not in theory. I give plenty of theory to clarify my ideas, but the idea is to present immediate, relevant interpretations.

With Pluto stationing direct in Capricorn early this morning (the subject of today’s issue of Astrology News) this is some astrology worth considering. I have included the chart from the original post below.

Chart for the collapse of 7 WTC.