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Style and Function: A Guide to Modern Raincoats for the Sophisticated Older Man

Q. What type of raincoat do you suggest for an older man? The one I have doesn’t look quite right.  A. The best choice these days for any man is a

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Days of Forgiveness, Forgetting & Decision in the Season of Autumn

Esoteric Astrology as news for week September 20 – 26, 2023 Days of Forgiveness, Forgetting & Decision in the Season of Autumn Friday, September 22, 2023, around midnight, in northern

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When to wear white after Labor Day

Q. I attended an evening party recently and a couple of men were wearing white pants. What’s going on? I thought white was no longer in fashion in the fall.  A.

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Proper attire important even for the retired

Q. I enjoy your column and often wish I wasn’t retired. There was a point in my career when I dressed as young doctors were supposed to. As I have now retired,

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A Season of Retrogrades – Pause, Assessment & Purification

We have entered a retrograde season. As of this writing, there are seven “lights” in the sky that are retrograde. Here is the list – Mercury (communications), Jupiter (love, wisdom,

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Is the pinstripe suit In or Out?

Q. I inherited an expensive navy pinstriped suit and am wondering if it would be worth altering it. I saw a politician wearing a pinstriped suit recently; but since I

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Virgo, Daily Life, Livingness, Building the New World

Virgo is the sign of daily life and of pure livingness. It is the sign of care of self and others and of deeply compassionate service. There is an immediate

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Proper attire for a military wedding

Q. I am getting married in November and am busy planning the wedding. My gown is very dressy and I would like the wedding to be quite formal. My fiancée

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Virgo Sun & Mercury Retrogrades

The sun has left the fires of Leo and entered the mutable earth sign, Virgo, sixth sign of the zodiac. Virgo is the Mother, the Madonna, she is Ceres whose

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Style flourishes men can use to stand out

Q. A few weeks ago, you wrote about “flourishes that a man can use to stand out.” Recently I saw a morning anchor on TV who seemed ridiculously dressed. He