Nude by Francis Cadell.“There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale.”– Ralph Ell…
Author: Christina
Monthly Horoscopes: March 2012
March arrived in a heavy fog this morning. You couldn’t see the end of our street. Then by noon we had brilliant sunshine and it turned out that spring had arrived while our heads were in the mist.Actually, it looks like being a pretty good month, just…
Astrology of Now: Are You Really Ready To Commit?
John and Yoko married on March 20,1969.It’s nearly February 29th, the day we laydeez are supposed to get down on our bended knees and propose. So it’s nice that Venus, the maiden planet, is in trousers right now, sorry that’s in Aries. And she is just …
Who Has True Grit? Looking at War Correspondents’ Charts
War reporter Marie Colvin in Homs.Photo: Democratic Underground.Homs, Syria is a long way from Oxford, England.It’s on another continent, the people speak another language, have different customs than mine. They are in the midst of a bloody civil war. …
Astrology of Now: Imagination
“What if you had a really big seed and you could draw on it and if you planted it, your drawing would grow into a real thing?””What would you draw?””A kitten.”Neptune (imagination) is squaring my six-year-old’s Mercury in Gemini (story-telling) from th…
Astrology of Now: Organised Healing and the New Moon
Pisces arrives. JW Waterhouse’s MirandaI felt some relief as the Sun slipped out of detriment in Aquarius and into Pisces yesterday. It was as if we’d suddenly remembered to take off the handbrake and now we’re gliding gently down the lane with the eng…
The King Is Dead, Long Live the Queen
Princesss Elizabeth and her dashing consort Philip at a polo match in Kenya, just days before she succeeded to the throne in 1952.The 33 daughters of the Roman emperor Diocletian, cast adrift in the grey sea (after murdering their 33 dreary husbands), …
Capricorn Self-Portraits: Solid Intense
Lawrence Alma-Tadema (8 Jan) painted this self-portrait when he was 16.During his lifetime, he was one of the richest, most sought-after painters of his day, creating vast fantasies of Roman decadence and fairyland luxury. His charm lay in the way his …
Capricorn Self-Portraits: Solid Intense
Lawrence Alma-Tadema (8 Jan) painted this self-portrait when he was 16.During his lifetime, he was one of the richest, most sought-after painters of his day, creating vast fantasies of Roman decadence and fairyland luxury. His charm lay in the way his …
Massacres in Syria
Bosnia: concentration camps in the 1990sWhat’s happening in Syria is very, very nasty. It’s reminding me too much of Bosnia in the early nineties, when the UN decided not to intervene and the result was horror.In June, I wrote a piece about Syria which…