The Eclipses have come and gone, and so has the craziness around them. In these first weeks of April, I’ve read a ton of doomsday reports about the Eclipses. The Solar Eclipse was going to be the end of the world, the rapture was coming, the aliens were coming, Amy Winehouse and Elvis were coming back to release a duet album — Suspicious Minds Back to Black is the working title. Good times, nothing better than a little bit of insanity to cheer life right up.

Times are cyclical, everything changes and yet remains the same. In ancient times, people feared Eclipses like cats fear baths. These were dreaded days, filled with fear-mongering lore and feelings of doom. The darkness in the sky was seen as the end of the world, or a sign of evil spirits and demonic omens running around.

Times changed, excluding Astrology and Astronomy columns, people barely knew or cared about Eclipses. In both fields, people have their reasons to care, and yes it matters. But in neither case, were Eclipses turned into doomsday events. For the average person, excluding the possibility of taking a photo for their Instagram, it didn’t matter.

And now we’ve cycled back. It’s the end of the world, nuclear war, the Eclipse will eat your family, run for your life. We are back at the fear-mongering of medieval times, but with twerking and Apple Watches instead of witch burnings — this new generation (those born after 1755) is so lazy, no work ethic to burn people.

It is a new era/cycle of insanity. Which brings me to the main point of this text, insanity. Pisces is the sign of deep faith, which can deal with beauty and loving kindness, but it also shows loving-kind insanity. Strong Pisces moments will always deal with excesses and illusions, people seeing monsters in the skies and under their beds.

April, starting today, is a very strong Pisces moment. Retrograde transits intensify planets and their influence, and Mercury retrogrades into Pisces later today. Mercury will remain in this sign until May 10th, and retrograde until April 25th. With that, communications this month have this Pisces flavor of faith, illusion and excess. Expect doom and gloom, expect people thinking a plastic bag stuck in a tree is an UFO, expect conspiracy theories and emotional stories.

Q&A – Ask your dumb questions!

In some happy (maybe not) news, I’m doing a Q&A about Astrology. Ask your questions below, I will be posting the answers around Friday, the 12th.

Edit: Answers posted here