Tonight's Planet Waves FM is ready. It's been quite a week. I was up early this morning looking out my window with a sense that we are living in another world; that something has changed (and this was associated with last week's political events). I go into that feeling and a few others.

From the Impeachment Into Some Future

The new Planet Waves FM is ready, recorded today in New York.I discuss the power of witness, and propose that the problem we face in the world right now is not a political problem but a social one.

The new Planet Waves FM is ready, recorded today in New York.<br>I discuss the power of witness, and propose that the problem we face in the world right now is not a political problem but a social one.

Planet Waves FM on the Power of Witness

In the new Planet Waves FM, which I'm posting for the New Moon in Aquarius, I make a call to conscience on the presidential impeachment. In the second segment, I talk about methods for ascertaining the truth of a news-related matter, framing it as a spiritual quest of a certain kind.

A Call to Conscience

This edition covers the Sun's ingress into Aquarius, a detailed reading of the impeachment chart, a “where we are at” technology check-in based on the work of the McLuhans, and a discussion about sex in the disembodied age.

Into the Aquarius New Moon

As we pass through the epicenter of the Saturn-Pluto conjunction, I'm a little pensive and reflective in today's Planet Waves FM.

At the Epicenter

Tonight's Planet Waves FM is the last before Friday's lunar eclipse and the conjunction of Saturn and Pluto.

As The World Churns

I've got a program for you tonight — featuring Ram Dass and the Grateful Dead and some astrology. It's a long show because I've included a 90-minute talk by Ram Dass, at the end, and a good bit of music. So this is one of those shows you can hang out with.

On the Edge of Everything

Planet Waves FM is presented each week without commercial interruption. It is produced and published by Chiron Return, our nonprofit friends nearby. We are a Pacifica Radio affiliate.

PW FM 2019 Southern Solstice Edition

Planet Waves FM Holiday Music Special Featuring Bob Dylan

Tonight's program focuses on Mercury stationing direct in Scorpio, which occurs on Wednesday. Just ahead of that, Mars enters Scorpio. Think of the syntax of that: the motivation precedes the decision. Let this astrology influence you at its own pace, probably a little slower than you would proceed otherwise.

Mercury Station Direct in Scorpio

Planet Waves FM is published by Chiron Return, Inc., and is affiliated with the Pacifica Radio Network. Every Tuesday, Eric Francis, the host of Planet Waves FM, looks at the current astrology, the events of the world, and special interest topics. Eric morphs modern astrology with psychological wisdom and investigative reporting. Each program features independent music. Write in and get your questions answered on the air. The program is published each Tuesday evening at about 6 pm EDT and is simulcast on PlanetWaves.net.

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Planet Waves FM is published by Chiron Return, Inc., and is affiliated with the Pacifica Radio Network. Every Tuesday, Eric Francis, the host of Planet Waves FM, looks at the current astrology, the events of the world, and special interest topics. Eric morphs modern astrology with psychological wisdom and investigative reporting. Each program features independent music. Write in and get your questions answered on the air. The program is published each Tuesday evening at about 6 pm EDT and is simulcast on <a href="http://PlanetWaves.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PlanetWaves.net</a>.

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Tonight is the special election edition of Planet Waves FM. I look at two topics sure to be a big hit on Thanksgiving: the astrology of the election, and also of the presidential election of 2020, and the influence of Evangelical religion on American politics.

Special Election Edition: History Will Teach Us Nothing

Calm

Tonight's program catches us up on the new Capricorn astrology environment, Michael Wolff's book, my latest McLuhan studies and finally, in the tantra section, a discussion of embarrassment as the key to enlightenment.

Our Calm New Capricorn Environment

This special edition of Planet Waves FM is dedicated to those who might feel isolated and alone during the holiday, away from friends and family. I've been working for weeks selecting sons for this retrospective of Bob Dylan's musical portfolio. What you have here spans from 1961 through 2017. I've done my best to select music you have not already heard. Some songs will be familiar; most will not.

Bob Dylan Christmas Special & Your Weekly Horoscope

Rachel Marco-Havens

Tonight's edition of Planet Waves FM first looks at the astrology of Saturn entering Capricorn, and the surrounding current events. Then I have an interview with Rachel Marco-Havens, whom you first met last week when I read her letter. This is an extended conversation, which will work for both active and passive listening.

Interview with Rachel Marco-Havens

Tonight's program is a tour of the waterfront of the current feminist movement, the political environment and relationships between women and men. In the end, I address the question: what is sexual healing? What would relationships that are not based on ownership and control look like?

In the Nature of Vesta Conjunct Jupiter

Tonight I cover the utterly unique astrology of the moment, and give a long talk about dharma. Then I venture into the waters of seeking a deeper understanding of the sex crimewave that is, in true Pholus fashion, emerging and emerging in a seemingly endless stream

The Remarkable Conjunction of Mercury, Saturn and Pholus

Tonight's edition of Planet Waves FM covers the upcoming Mercury retrograde and Full Moon. This is a really truly interesting Mercury retrograde, which involves Saturn, centaur Pholus and the Galactic Core. Mercury will station retrograde just before the Gemini Full Moon on Sunday, extending this rare quadruple conjunction.

A Very Interesting Mercury Retrograde, Conjunct the Milky Way

This is the latest episode of a show named Progressive Spirit, hosted by John Shuck, which is on the Pacifica Network. It's the fifth in a series of podcasts on the 9/11 attacks. Today Shuck speaks with David Chandler, who showed that Building 7 fell at free fall; that is, the acceleration of gravity.

The Mystery and Physics of World Trade Center Seven

In this week's Planet Waves FM, I look at the arrest of all three Trump campaign officials, and read Manafort's chart. That happens after I look at the Full Moon chart, and squirm around looking for the right delineation of Ceres. The Full Moon squares Ceres, which I find to be the most elusive of the minor planets. Ceres is opposite the main-belt asteroid Magdalena. I return to the Full Moon in the last segment, in the context of sex and possession.

Taurus Full Moon, Manafort Indictment and 40th Anniversary of Chiron

I look at the impact of mass shootings in the context of so much other difficult news, and consider this in the context of the extended nervous system known as the internet. We hear from Marshall McLuhan, who debunked the idea that “guns don't kill people, people kill people.” The program also includes a reading of the event chart.

What To Do When You Feel Like You Can't Do Anything

Tonight I have for you some healing balm, in this world of threats of bombs. Here's something: at the moment, we are quite literally on the brink of nuclear war, or some nuclear exchange, with North Korea. This mutual insanity is being fueled by the noose closing in around Donald Trump, who is likely to act in ever-stranger, more insane ways as his crimes come closer to being exposed. What can we do about it? One thing we can start with is simply waking up.

So Much More Than I Thought This World Could Ever Hold

In tonight's edition of Planet Waves FM, I focus exclusively on Trump's threat to wage nuclear war against North Korea. Putting the nuclear arsenal into Trump's hands was the whole problem with having him be president. Well, it was one of the problems, but it's the genuinely existential threat. Nobody should have the power to detonate a nuclear bomb, and certainly not this person, who casually asked the generals why nuclear bombs were not used more often.

This is the Whole Problem, and it Always Was

In tonight's Planet Waves FM, I look at the recent disasters in our era of consequences. At the top of the show, I may have over-promised on the astrology, committing to a couple of charts that I don't read out loud, though which I have in mind. I look closely at the astrology of our moment, and recent events as an outgrowth or physical representation of the eclipse. In that vein, here's a link to the Dale O'Brien talk that I mention, about American eclipses. I also give a talk on the concepts “liberal” and “conservative,” and how these notions are completely convoluted and even reversed at this time.

Our American Disasters, and of ‘Liberal' and ‘Conservative'

Miro

Today's edition of Planet Waves FM features a rare interview with don Oscar Miro-Quesada Solevo, a Peruvian medicine man. My conversation with Don Oscar covers three topics: the total solar eclipse of Aug. 21, 2017; the internet; and the nature and meaning of sex.

Interview with Don Oscar Miro-Quesada Solevo

In tonight's Planet Waves FM I have an interview with Melanie Reinhart, author of Chiron and the Healing Journey. This is really the latest installment of a conversation that's been going on for about 19 years, by phone, on Skype, at conferences and by email. The interview begins about one hour and 40 minutes into the show, and lasts a little more than an hour.

Interview with Chiron Pioneer Melanie Reinhart

Tonight, for solstice eve, I have a special edition of Planet Waves FM for you. Sometimes it seems like the most sensitive men, who respect and appreciate women the most, have been the most damaged by feminism. That's the topic I focus in an interview with Kasia Urbaniak, former 17-year dominatrix, nearly-ordained Daoist nun, and currently headmistress of The Academy, a training school for women located in New York City. My musical guest is Alan Parsons, the engineer behind The Beatles and Pink Floyd, who emerged as a first-rate artist in his own right.

For Feminist Men, Damaged by Feminism

Today's edition of Planet Waves FM is really a glorified version of my old show, the Music Appreciation Hour. Only today you might say that it's Record Producer Appreciation Hour, if that producer is Brian Eno and if his clients are some of the most sublime musical artists of our lifetimes.

Before and After Eno: Bowie, Talking Heads, U2

Loreena McKennitt

Tonight's edition of Planet Waves FM focuses on Beltane, though first I describe the current, highly and deeply unusual Mercury station direct in Aries. That takes place Wednesday. Mercury is stationing direct conjunct the Uranus-Eris conjunction — a kind of historic event, and I'm curious to see what Wednesday's news holds.

The Beltane Edition with Loreena McKennitt

With the approaching end of Venus retrograde and Venus conjunct Chiron, tonight's edition of Planet Waves FM is about the Divine Feminine. This means something different to everyone. What it means to me is a healing and creative source at the core of both cosmos and psyche, that's available to us all the time.

Venus, Chiron and the Divine Feminine

In tonight's edition of Planet Waves FM, I dive deep into Pisces, and take a close look at Sunday's eclipse of the Sun. I open the discussion on all things taboo, as described by Vesta (goddess of the hearth, and of sexual healing) and Nessus (centaur often associated with transgression). Music is by The Joy Formidable.

Pisces Solar Eclipse: Nessus, Vesta, Tantra

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