Can you guess this man’s sign?Let me give you some clues.His black shirt and his shaved head, his solitude and his silences, his solo morning swim in the sea. His job: he is a police detective.His love life: messy.Have you guessed yet? You’ll laugh whe…
Author: Christina
Syria: The Blood-Dimmed Tide
A member of the Free Syrian Army, an avatar of Pluto wearing his helmet of invisibility.This poem was written by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats in the 1919 in the aftermath of World War 1 and the Easter Rising in Ireland. As well as being a poet, …
More on Robbins, Absent Fathers and American Dreams
As I was making soup just now, I had some (very obvious) thoughts about Anthony Robbins chart that I thought I’d better share immediatement. Right now, of course, Mercury is over his South Node and Mercury, so it makes sense to think about him again. A…
Tony Robbins: Guru or Snake Oil Salesman?
Anthony Robbins, self-inventedAnthony Robbins is a phenomeon. If you haven’t come across him yet – well, you will.In a nut-shell he is the top, or one of the top, personal development salesmen in the world – hosting seminars, writing books, making …
What’s Your Job on the Ship of Life?
One of the things that astrology teaches is that we need all kinds of different skills and qualities to keep the ship of life afloat. Society needs to work together to get things done. And quite often the person who is most annoying in one role
Aries Self-Portraits Redux
Click here for to read my piece on Aries self portraits published here last April.
12 Ways To Embrace Mars in Virgo
The action planet Mars has slowly toiled backwards through Virgo for months, but now there is only one more week to go. He turns on the 14th. Then we’ll still have another two months of Mars in Virgo as he makes his way back through almost the entire s…
Enter the Fairy Realm: Venus in Gemini
Steal away with the fairies for the next few months while Venus dances in Gemini”At the beginning of each summer, when the milk-white hawthorn is in bloom, anointing the air with its sweet odour, and miles and miles of golden whin adorn the glens and h…
Art in the Era of Neptune in Pisces
Daydreaming by DG RossettiI think it’s time I drew your attention to a piece I wrote about Neptune in Pisces and the Pre-Raphaelites. The astrology is pretty exact. Click here to read it.
Posts About Burma
To celebrate the sweeping victory of Aung San Suu Kyi and her party in yesterday’s election, I’m posting links to all the pieces I’ve written about her and her country over the past 18 months.Aung San Suu Kyi: Embodying the People’s DreamBurma: The Ugl…