Author: Christina

US Election: Natal Chart 1, Solar Arc 0

Compassion, tolerance and generosity: that was a storming victory speech from Barack Obama.The US election was close in terms of the popular vote, but in fact Barack Obama won a comfortable majority of seats in the electoral college. There we…

Astrology of Now: Scary Monsters

Amy Winehouse (born with Saturn in Scorpio)Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just gloss over the nastier side of human nature and pretend there’s no jealousy, no murderous rage, no stomach churning fear, no madness? We could all live in a happy, smiling …

November Horoscopes and the Eclipses

The Witching Hour by Miriam Escofet.We’re blasting into November in the wake of the extraordinary Full Moon of October 29th.And oh my goodness – so much to write about for November with two eclipses and a retrograde Mercury.Eclipses bring change, and…

Astrology of Now: The Eye of the Storm

Evelyn de Morgan: Spirits of the StormIt comes as no surprise that this Full Moon is the eye of a massive storm. The chat is criss-crossed with red lines. There are five oppositions including the Full Moon itself. Going counter-clockwise from the …

Why Britain Loves Bond

Gadgets, car chases, kiss kiss, bang, bang. Was there ever a deeper examination of the modern condition than James Bond?Just kidding.A Bond film is about wallowing in style over substance, stuff over emotions, materialism over spirituality.Ian Fle…

Putting My Foot In the US Election

Using the same technique as the one I used to analyse the idiotic accident which resulted in my broken heel,  the planets show a Romney win in the coming US presidential election.If you use Solar Arcs as your predictive tool, you’d pick Romne…

How I Broke My Achilles Heel

The boy hero was educated by Chiron, the centaur. Here depicted by John Singer SargentSilver-footed Thetis, the sea goddess, leaned over the the River Styx, and dipped her demigod baby into its dark current. The magical water made the boy invulner…

4 Things to Get Right With Saturn in Scorpio

October by James Tissot, who was born with Sun Libra, Saturn and Mercury in Scorpio.Saturn moving into Scorpio represents a major energy shift, and it’s time to apply some astrological knowledge instead of just theorising about it.Saturn likes rules, b…

Lance Armstrong: Another Conspiracy of Silence

It turns out that the seven-times Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong cheated. Apparently, he was doped up to the eyeballs, bullied other team members into joining him and lied and lied and lied.The US Anti-Doping Agency says Armstrong was the leader …

Astrology of Now: Concrete Dreams

William Turner: Snowstorm at SeaNeptune, the planet of illusion and delusion welcomed Saturn, the planet that rules old age, acquired wisdom, maturity, rules, boundaries, reality into the realm of water this month. What could this mean?Saturn is at 0°…