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…
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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…
Nigella: A Plutonian Story
Hands off our national treasureMy friend down the road never “bakes a cake”, she “does a Nigella”. I’m sure she’s not alone. Is there a kitchen bookshelf in Britain that does not have a thumbed edition of How To Eat or Feast or some other of …
Synchronicity
In February, we went to the big synagogue in Rome. Each seat is labelled with the name of a local patron. There are probably about 1000 seats, The one I sat in at random had a brass plate with the name Elias Astrologo engraved on it.Nice.
Rupert Murdoch Clobbered by U-Plu
Rupert and Wendi: A Perfect MatchI wrote a piece about Rupert Murdoch a couple of years ago, because he’s a fascinating character. At the time I wondered what had happened when Pluto went over his Ascendant — and how come he was still standing
Rupert Murdoch Clobbered by U-Plu
Rupert and Wendi: A Perfect MatchI wrote a piece about Rupert Murdoch a couple of years ago, because he’s a fascinating character. At the time I wondered what had happened when Pluto went over his Ascendant — and how come he was still standing