Well, Mercury has begun his long walk out of the Underworld. Today he is at 2° Scorpio — only another 28° to go.It’s was a powerful retrograde, as you might expect when the planet of mind goes through the sign of depth psychology. Of course, Mercury…
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Venus in Capricorn: Beautiful Bones
Scarlett Johansson. Sun in Sag. Venus-Jupiter conjunction in CapVenus is a about money and love and beauty. Her natal placement tells us about all those things. It tells us about how we love, what we love and what makes us loveable. Venus is also about…
Venus in Capricorn: Male Beauty
Elvis. Capricorn Sun.Venus is beauty. Capricorn is how these men are beautiful.Strong brows, kissable lips, a direct gaze.No wonder, on a cursory search, I found seven of Hollywood’s handsomest ever leading men have Venus in Capricorn. There’s a fleshy…
Monthly Horoscopes (at last)
Orpheus by Franz von StuckApologies for the delay in delivering this month’s horoscopes. I’m afraid the Mercury Rx really got me this time! However, it does mean that when I write them I am deep in the zeitgeist.What a month though…. goodne…
Monthly Horoscopes
The horoscopes will be up on November 2.
Astrology of Now: Journey Into The Heart Of The Night
Jean Marais as a modern Orpheus, in Cocteau’s visionary and beautiful movie of the same name.Someone said: “Bring the bodies upstairs.”The house I’m staying in is 300 years old with walls as thick as the span of your arm. The room I sleep in is a…
Pussy Riot
Singing the cheerful refrain, “Holy shit, shit, God’s shit”, while parodying prayer in the sanctum of one of Russia’s most revered cathedrals, the feminist punk band Pussy Riot, managed to get right up the noses of the Russian establishment on February…
Ancient Symbols of Power
The four gospels surround the lamb of god.When a medieval craftsman lovingly carved a representation of the four gospels for the cover of this book, he was using symbols that had been sacred for thousands of years before the birth of Christ.The four go…
Local Astrology Events
This is Merton actually, but you get the pictureMy local astrology group has invited some excellent speakers to Oxford this year. Last Wednesday Barry Goddard of Astrotabletalk spoke to the group about Pluto. It was a pretty stimulating evening, much f…
Astrologer Wins Top Literary Prize
Oh how we love Eleanor Catton, winner of this year’s Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Her massive historical novel The Luminaries boggled the judges minds. How did she structure it? Using proper, grown up astrology.Twelve characters are based on the …