As ECLIPSE Readers know, I’ve been looking to fine-tune what I’m delivering in the publication to better suit both my readers and myself; to that end I’ve decided to make the quarterly journal into a newsletter, delivered directly to email, between one and three times per month (with possible updates in between). This allows me to deliver much more material in a shorter format–you get more material, I get to experiment with more variety, and worry less about time-consuming formatting and the chance that larger files could be rejected by some recipient’s email servers. Material will still be in-depth, but in shorter pieces, and more of them than were fitting into the magazine, so that over the three month time period that an issue used to cover, you’ll receive a lot more.

Will it cost more? Yes–you’ll be getting more for your money. I know I may lose some readers because of this (I may lose a lot of readers because of this!) I once heard someone say, in relation to the cost of their own services, “Not everyone is supposed to be able to afford everything,” and something like that may apply here; it’s a matter of priorities, of what something is worth to you, and I won’t be one bit offended if readers decide this method isn’t for them. We all have to make decisions that serve our best interests, myself included, and, particularly when I consider the time I invest (after all, you come here because of my years of study, because of what I can offer you), and review the cost of other amenities in Western society (roughly the equivalent of a first-run movie ticket, popcorn, and a drink for a 3 month subscription=$15) I feel the price is reasonable. For those who don’t want to subscribe, there will still be abbreviated daily (or covering several days) posts here, where I’ll try to convey the essential, need-to-know data, and short articles and commentary at ‘Been There, Done That.’

The Newsletter (still called ECLIPSE) will be illustrated just as the magazine was, and deliver a letter from me (let’s call it a communique, that’s so ’70s radical!) articles, shorts, and by-the-week forecasts, as well as New and Full Moon reports; there will still be a Protected Page here at the blog for the detailed Daily Moon picture. Your subscription will start from the day you enroll, and last three months out (for instance, 3 Feb as the sign up date takes your subscription through 3 May). The first issue features articles on Amor and Sappho, Solar Arc for beginners, a three-week ‘look ahead,’and a review of the amazing astrological imagery of Darren Aronofsky’s film ‘Black Swan’ I hope you’ll join me for the journey!

PS There’s no link up yet to order; I’ll let you know right here as soon as there is! Thanks!

And there’s a new post at ‘Been There, Done That’ on the entry of the Sun, Mars, and Ceres into Aquarius.

Thank you!