In the Northern Hemisphere, nature is sleeping. The leaves have fallen and the ground is frost-hard. Here at England’s navel, dusk is at 4pm. The dark is rising outside my window.Today the Sun moved into the sign of the strange goatfish, Capricorn, rul…
Author: Christina
Homage to the Creator of The Hobbit et al
Bilbo Baggins first wriggled his furry little toes just down the road from here. So I often think of that notoriously shy scholar John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and his vast imagination after I’ve dropped my children off at school, when…
The Skull Beneath The Skin
Imagine if you suddenly found yourself reading Don Draper’s (from TV’s Mad Men) chart.Rather casually a while ago, I agreed to draw up someone’s chart while he was here talking business with my partner. He was a suit-wearing, briefcase-porting, pen wie…
Planning Your Future in Detail
Rene Magritte: Rider in the WoodsMy friend Q has been rather cross recently. As far as she is concerned, life is not working out. Somewhere on the journey, she took a wrong turn and found herself in a thicket of gorse and shale instead of travelling th…
RIP Dave Brubeck
With his customary impeccable timing (Saturn in Virgo), jazzman Dave Brubeckwas died yesterday, just two days short of his 92nd birthday. But today is his actual Solar Return, the moment in the year the Sun returns to the place it was when you were bor…
Too Much Information vs Mindfulness
Various Aspects by Deborah StevensonIs your head about to explode From information overload?Just asking.Last time Jupiter was in Gemini, the internet was probably not in your pocket. That was 12 years ago.Jupiter is the planet of expansion. Gemini…
Correction for Leo and Thoughts on Your Scopes
Since I have Leo Rising myself it’s rather ironic that in this month’s horoscopes, I made a mistake for Leo. Sorry, please don’t roar at me. I’ve updated the page, so if you have Leo rising or Leo Sun, take a look at the shiny new scope.But i…
December Horoscopes
Enjoy this festive month, dear readers. You deserve a wonderful holiday after this rather arduous year, and truly this could be a very merry Christmas.For your horoscopes click here.
Movies: The Master
Through grey mist a ship of fools floats out to sea under the Golden Gate Bridge. The year is 1950, exactly half way through the “American Century”.Much has been written about Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film The Master. It’s a warp and weft of ima…
Astrology of Now: Poison Pen
Yesterday evening my daughter told me that her friend has been receiving nasty anonymous notes. These have been left in her desk for about a week.It is a recrudescence of previous bullying but in a new form. I thought it was a perfect example of astrol…