Danny Kaye had a Sun-Uranus conjunction in Capricorn.I read a post over at Libra Seeking Balance this week which reminded me that Uranus + Mercury = funny. Now I can vouch for this personally since I live with the funniest man I could find, a…
Author: Christina
The Impressionists: The Power of Friendship (Part One)
Monet by his friend Renoir (1875)When a grocer’s son from Le Havre and a young factory worker from central France met in a studio in Paris in 1862, one of the most important friendships in the history of art was born.Claude Monet and Pierre-A…
Lendl and Murray: Coaching a Champion
Andy Murray: finding the emotional strengthThe Men’s Final at Wimbledon this year was so graceful and exciting. And always, it was not just a test of physical prowess – although the sheer animal magic of the occasion was beautiful – but a contest of me…
Egypt Stuck On The Axis Of Change
The petition that started this wave of revolution was sponsored by a group calling itself Rebel. Uranus, the rebel planet, is currently trining Egypt’s Moon which represents the people. Egypt, or the Egyptian people, have caught, amplified a…
July Horoscopes
Flood of the Seine at Vertheuil by Claude Monet. Courtesy wikipaintingsThere is an uncanny stillness at the height of a flood. The water is huge mirror of sky. It can look very, very beautiful, transforming the landscape into a glistening jewel. A…
Astrology of Now: Diving In
Millais’ Ophelia – suspended in a dream.It’s emotional, it’s dreamy, it’s images and colours, not words. It’s a misty vision on the edge of your mind, and the time between sleeping and waking. It’s a pool of water reflecting the sky with a fish flicker…
Qatar: It’s A Family Business
Old Emir/new EmirThe little kingdom of Qatar, which sticks out like a thumb into the Arabian Gulf, is a fiefdom belonging to the Al Thani family. Happily for them, it’s a thumb that’s stuck in a magic pudding, which just goes on and on giving – at cu…
Spiritualism, Plague and Astrology
As you know, astrology works through metaphor and imagery. You arrive at an understanding of a sign or a planet elliptically, and a story unfolds through the multiple elements weaving together. But all combinations have the potential to tell different …
Things To Do While Jupiter’s In Cancer
The Princess and the Pea by Edmund Dulac. Here is the second part of Renée Lascala fresh look at Jupiter in Cancer. These ideas are not just for those of you who have planets in Cancer. All of us should honour the king’s visit to the sign of…
Why Jupiter in Cancer Is Something to Celebrate
Charles Robinson’s illustration for Shelley’s The Sensitive Plant.I asked Cancerian fellow astrologer Renée Lascala to write about Jupiter’s ingress into her Sun sign, which takes place this week. Jupiter will travel through Cancer for a fu…