Today's edition of STARCAST covers the Virgo New Moon, as well as the forthcoming Mercury and Mars retrogrades. I cover a diversity of minor planets, two hypothetical points, and and introduce the new planet Gongong.

Thank you for tuning in. Planet Waves FM is on a brief hiatus. But you can listen to a panel discussion featuring Dr. Mark Bailey, Kevin Corbett, Mike Stone, Dolores Cahill and Eric Francis. Catch you with a new program on Aug. 26 or Sept. 2.