About this podcast
Welcome to STARCAST!Every week, astrologer / journalist Eric Francis brings you the STARCAST program, a short update looking at current astrology. Occasional special editions consider longer timeframes and special topics.STARCAST is part of Planet Waves. Due to our advertising-free policy, we don’t waste your time by monetizing these videos via YouTube. Rather, we offer high quality services and readings, and the TUNE IN monthly horoscope. To support the project, please visit our pages and take advantage of our products.https://planetwaves.net/monthly-horoscopes/Here is the STARCAST home page, with all back editions available:https://planetwaves.net/starcast/And don’t miss Planet Waves FM, my weekly program, which goes up each Friday night by 10 pm EDT.https://planetwaves.fm/If you want to support our efforts, please do so through our nonprofit organization, Chiron Return. Thank you for your generosity, your business and your trust.https://chironreturn.org/fully-tax-deductible-contribution/
Episodes
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- Deep Background and the Capricorn New Moon · 29 minGood afternoon — Today’s horoscope readings and Starcast are based on Sunday’s New Moon in Capricorn and in some cases, the Aquarius ingress of the Sun on Jan. 19. I am newly…
- Mercury storm into Mercury direct · 23 minThis edition covers Mercury stationing direct on Nov. 29, 2025. Thank you for visiting. You are listening to Planet Waves. You can hear my full length show every Friday night at…
- She said you're strange, but don't change · 3 h 28 minNeil Young turns 80 — a chart reading. The 11/11 Trump reckoning comes true. Marshall McLuhan and Tom Wolfe. Tantra Studio: What is a "wiresexual"? Notes, astrology chart…
- A Most Unusual Scorpio New Moon · 27 minOvernight Wednesday to Thursday we will experience a truly unusual New Moon, arriving at a packed and sensitive moment. This is the alignment of retrograde Mercury conjunct the…
- Starcast from Planet Waves :: Following the Moon and Mercury through the New Moon · 27 minGreetings from Upstate New York — This episode tracks the Moon and (retrograde) Mercury through the formation of a remarkable New Moon in Scorpio on Nov. 20. The fancy flourish…
- Trump Reckoning: The Epstein Files, from Planet Waves by Eric Francis · 19 minThe full notes and charts are here. I can’t get a sense of whether this will scale up. It keeps seeming like it has to; like this is the Achilles heel. I am not getting why it’s…
- Astrology Minute — Mercury conjunct Mars... government reopens... Trump reckoning? · 19 minThis episode covers the Mercury Mars conjunction that takes place Wednesday. Full notes here... https://planetwaves.substack.com/p/astrology-minute-mercury-conjunct Visit the…
- Mercury Retrograde Notes — Nov. 9 - Nov. 29 · 27 minMercury stations retrograde in Sagittarius on Sunday, Nov. 9. It will slide back into Scorpio on Tuesday, Nov. 18 and finally resume direct motion on Saturday, Nov. 29 (during…
- 2026 Astrology Highlights: Saturn-Neptune Conjunction in Aries · 31 minplanetwaves.substack.com Thank you for visiting. You are listening to Planet Waves. You can hear my full length show every Friday night at https://planetwaves.fm My Substack is…
- 2026 Highlights: Chiron-Eris · 28 minplanetwaves.substack.com Thank you for visiting. You are listening to Planet Waves. You can hear my full length show every Friday night at https://planetwaves.fm My Substack is…
- Sun opposite the Chiron-Eris conjunction into the Libra New Moon · 36 minplanetwaves.substack.com Thank you for visiting. You are listening to Planet Waves. You can hear my full length show every Friday night at https://planetwaves.fm My Substack is…
- Moon-Uranus-Sedna conjunction; Pluto in Aquarius; and the Chiron-Eris conjunction. · 28 minplanetwaves.substack.com Thank you for visiting. You are listening to Planet Waves. You can hear my full length show every Friday night at https://planetwaves.fm My Substack is…
- Chiron conjunct Eris: A Rare, Generational Aspect · 30 minplanetwaves.substack.com Thank you for visiting. You are listening to Planet Waves. You can hear my full length show every Friday night at https://planetwaves.fm My Substack is…
- A close look at Sunday's eclipse chart · 32 minhttps://planetwaves.substack.com/ Thank you for visiting. You are listening to Planet Waves. You can hear my full length show every Friday night at https://planetwaves.fm My…
- Dancing Your Way Through Conflict — Solar Eclipse on the Event Horizon · 36 minStarcast :: Dancing Your Way Through Conflict — Solar Eclipse on the Event Horizon Thank you for visiting. You are listening to Planet Waves. You can hear my full length show…
- Weekly Astrology for Sep. 11 · 29 minPlanet Waves Weekly Astrology for Sep. 11 — #1,576, with Starcast Thank you for visiting. You are listening to Planet Waves. You can hear my full length show every Friday night…
- Pisces Full Moon and Saturn enters Pisces · 29 minplanetwaves.substack.com Thank you for visiting. You are listening to Planet Waves. You can hear my full length show every Friday night at https://planetwaves.fm My Substack is…
- STARCAST for Aug. 14, 2025 · 21 minplanetwaves.substack.com Thank you for visiting. You are listening to Planet Waves. You can hear my full length show every Friday night at https://planetwaves.fm My Substack is…
- Aug. 7 - Mars entering Libra and Mercury stationing direct · 28 minplanetwaves.substack.com Thank you for visiting. You are listening to Planet Waves. You can hear my full length show every Friday night at https://planetwaves.fm My Substack is…
- Mercury retrograde midpoint and Mars enters Libra · 34 minplanetwaves.substack.com Thank you for visiting. You are listening to Planet Waves. You can hear my full length show every Friday night at https://planetwaves.fm My Substack is…
