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Eric Francis Coppolino on technology and the transformation of identity in the Aquarian Era

Eric Francis Coppolino is the editor of Planet Waves and the host of Planet Waves FM. Author of the Planet Waves horoscope column since 1996, Eric entered astrology after a long career covering chemical toxins and fraud by their manufacturers, including Monsanto and General Electric. Eric has written horoscopes for the London tabloids The Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror, as well as The New York Daily News, and many of those magazines you see in the supermarket.

I’m a longtime fan of Eric’s work, and was thrilled to get to talk with him. Our conversation covered a lot of territory – from Eric’s introduction to astrology at his first newspaper job in Warren, NJ, to the Poly Paradise Camp at Burning Man, to our current challenge of staying human in the face of technocratic takeover.

We talk about:

• Eric’s unexpected, divinely guided path to becoming an astrologer, via a career in journalism;

• How he learned astrology by reverse engineering a horoscope column;

• Why “ugly art” and radio technology in the 1920s signify the start of the Aquarian Age;

• The role of media in transforming our existence and reassembling our self-concept;

• The distortion of sexuality and erosion of trust generated by the “synthetic astral plane” of the internet;

• Maintaining our humanity in the midst of technological change and digital insanity;

• And much more!

Check out Eric’s writing at PlanetWaves.net and listen to his weekly radio show on PlanetWaves.FM.

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