Author: Christina

Gemini: Face To Face With History

Gandhi’s morning walk, photographed by Margaret Bourke White (b. June 14, 1904)In the tangled of intricacy of the natal chart, the Sun sign is so often dismissed as too vague or too broad an indicator. But when it comes to career, it should never be ov…

Gemini Self-Portraits Redux

I’ve just re-read last year’s Gemini self-portraits piece again and it made me smile. Take a look and enjoy how surprisingly alike some of the artists look, right down to the facial hair and the rebel attitude.To see the whole piece click here.Main pic…

Putting A Spin on Pluto

My good friend Isy pointed out in a recent comment that  we should not think of Pluto as a simple lump of rock spinning through space, but as a group of objects with a great big hole in the middle. So I asked her to write about it. Understanding t…

Jubilee: The Cult of the Queen

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Cor blimey, ma’am; 60 years on the throne, god bless her. For a while, it seemed as if it were mainly a marketing opportunity for paper napkin, bunting and biscuit-tin makers. It’s been Union Jacks agogo for a month in …

June Horoscopes

What a month! So much is going on in the sky. Just to mention two major events. We have Venus’ rare transit to the Sun (which I hope you are going to try to watch) and the first exact hit of the Uranus-Pluto square.Have a look around the site for more …

Unpacking My Library: The Artist’s Way

Most self-help books have about three ideas in them which are padded out with a lot of white space and bullet points. But there are a few which are absolutely brilliant. Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way has sold about a gazillion copies in the two deca…

Unpacking My Library: The Artist’s Way

Most self-help books have about three ideas in them which are padded out with a lot of white space and bullet points. But there are a few which are absolutely brilliant. Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way has sold about a gazillion copies in the two deca…

Keeping It Authentic

I had lunch the other day with a well-respected and very experienced astrologer, who also writes. Our conversation was pretty intense since we’d never met before and we have a lot in common, especially when it comes to thinking about how to do good, au…