Author: Christina

Venus in Sagittarius: Animal Magnetism

Jean Seberg in A Bout de Souffle (1960). Sweet and sexy. Scorpio Sun, Venus in Sag.I’ve been looking at loads of pictures of the actors with the planet of attraction in the sign of the centaur – and I have to say the stand out quality which they all …

Astrology of Now: Cold Snap

In Blue. Wassily Kandinsky: Saturn in Scorpio, Venus in SagittariusThe weather changed yesterday and a dry, icy wind sent tiny clouds fleeting across the sky, trees rattling and swaying, branches to the floor, drifts of leaves whirling up like spirits….

A Brief Look At Virtue and Vice

Francesco Pesselino – The Seven Virtues (male and female personificationsTo live a moral life, according to Plato, you needed the following qualities: justice, temperance, courage and prudence. These are the “cardinal” virtues and the foundations of a …

Higgs Wins That Nobel Prize

Peter Higgs, Emeritus Professor of Physics at Edinburgh, was – finally – awarded the Nobel Prize yesterday. It was entirely expected, since his hypothesis – that there’s a subatomic particle called a boson – was finally proved correct in a (rather larg…

Is There A Gay Planet?

Prometheus by Andre Durand.  Srelton: UranianIs there a gay planet? Not really, but perhaps for obvious reasons, the planet of revolution, eccentricity and difference, Uranus, often makes itself powerfully felt in the natal charts of gay people.&n…

Astrology of Now: Stand Up To The Bullies

The Neighborhood Bully – John George BrownPolitics just go nasty again in the UK.Let me explain. In this country, there’s a “Leader of the Opposition” in parliament who is the head of the main party that’s out of office, and whose job it is to question…

October Horoscopes

MatisseThis October starts with a bang as the Libra Sun faces up to the Uranus-Pluto square. When the Moon joins the Sun on the 5th expect some surprises. Then there’s the eclipse on the 19th and the fact that Mercury is going to be doing some dig…

The Revival of the UN

It’s hard to believe but it seems as if Iran and the United States might make friends, Syria might let in weapons inspectors, and Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama are back on speakers. Oh and global warming is on the agenda thanks to a UN report… mayb…