Author: Jo Tracey

Hearts a Mess

A couple of things I forgot to add in yesterdays Venus Rx post:

Given that the Rx is in Gemini, a Mercury ruled sign, this retrograde may take on the flavour of a Mercury retrograde- so watch your messaging and your mode of messaging eg it may be wor…

and anyways…

In case you’re interested… I am now blogging all non astro stuff over at and anyways.
It seemed like the best place for my recipes, photos, travel & training posts, so pop over and have a look. It’s still a work in progress, but …

No Regrets

This post could very easily have been called “Ghosts of Relationships Past”, but given my unfortunate habit of using song titles…
What does Venus mean to you?
Is she about art, beauty and serenity? Perhaps she is all about love, roma…

the edge of glory…

I took a deep breath today and started sending query letters out to agents for my manuscript.
I’ve sent it off into a couple of free for alls (ie the only days of the week/month that some publishers have for unsolicited manuscripts) where the first …

Slipping Through My Fingers

Tomorrow is Mothers Day, and I posted something about Mothers Day and the Moon and Mum etc yesterday.
The day is about our kids, the 5th house- but not just the snotty nosed fruits of our loins (naturally my gorgeous 14 year old is no longer snotty no…

things my mother taught me…

Me & my Mum
I posted this last year for Mothers Day, and you know what? The sentiments haven’t changed. So, in time for Mothers Day on Sunday, here’s a little about Mum and Moon.
April Elliott Kent posted one of the best blogs I have read rec…

Eternal Flame

So I have been in deadline disaster for the last couple of days- sort of a combination of too many things coming home to roost at the same time, a little (ok a lot of) procrastination, a teeny little hangover (in fact it was more like jet lag, but wit…

chocolate & sour cherry biscuits- a recipe

As promised, here is the link to the biscuits my daughter nags me to bake. They are sinfully perfect for the hungers of the Scorpio Full Moon.
I post all foodie & travel stuff to my non astro blog now- here is the link to and anyways…

No r…

In the Darkness of Your Dreams

You gotta love it when NASA starts talking dirty about the swollen orbs of a Full Moon.
This one is huge- the Moon, that is…about 14% larger than any other full moon of 2012…at least it will appear to be 14%-17% larger (depending, I guess, on your…

In Private…

“I wish I’d never met you more than I could dare to let you go”
Jealousy, Pet Shop Boys
Full Moon 16 Scorpio, Sunday, May 6, 1.36pm (Sydney time)
The Full Moon is like a high beam. The Full Moon in Scorpio has a nasty habit of exposing secrets an…