BBSome people are emblems of their Sun sign. These three women all have Libra Sun, but more than that they have Libra at a critical angle of the chart.Venus, the goddess of beauty, rules Libra.Catherine Zeta JonesBrigitte Bardot – Sun Libra, Libra MCCa…
Author: Christina
Does David Cameron Feel Up to the Job?
King George IIDavid Cameron. Plus ça changeMy children like to slide down the bannisters singing a song which they find utterly hilarious. The chorus goes like this:”Born to rule over you, King George 1, 3, 4 and 2 You had to do what we told you …
Burma’s Full Moon
The Burmese Festival of Lights takes place over the three days of this October Full MoonPhotograph by Chien-Chi Chang, National GeographicTwo hundred political prisoners were released this week in Burma. So I guess it’s not all bad news in the world.Ha…
Mrs Libra Says No No No
Happy Birthday Mrs. T.Enjoy the Iron Lady in her element. When Mrs Thatcher said no she meant no, displaying all the qualities of a truly hard-core Libra.Of course, it helped having Saturn smack on her Scorpio ascendant.Boy, she can really kick ass. Ca…
Libra: The Iron Fist in the Velvet Glove
Vladimir Putin – Russian president and LibraYou know, when I read about Librans in most astrology books I only half recognise them. I mean that fairly precisely. I recognise the need for beauty, the ability to accessorise, the instinct for grace, …
How Jewels Can Light Up Your Life
The late Liz Taylor loved a bit of bling – but did she know how much energy those little rocks contained?I’m very pleased to introduce a new guest, my colleague Peter Stockinger, an expert on Renaissance and Early Modern astrology. Peter’s s…
Venus the She Warrior
Bright blue Venus seems suspended in the black branches of my neighbour’s cherry tree these evenings. When I tuck my daughter into bed, I look out her window and see the planet shining more brightly and steadily than anything else in the sky.I am looki…
Venus Journeys to the Underworld
Star of Heaven by Edward Robert HughesMy guest Laura Perkins takes up the tale of Venus where she left off last week. But things are about to take a fascinatingly sinister turn. Indeed, the goddess undergoes a sex change and turns nasty. To revisit Lau…
RIP Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs made the world a better place.He was only 56 when he died yesterday but his vision has already changed the way so many of us live our lives now – and the way we imagine the future.In the summer I wrote a piece about him using his own inspi…
The Day of Atonement
Jews praying on Yom Kippur (1868) by Maurycy Gottlieb courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.The wheat is threshed, the apples are picked. It’s time to weigh and measure this year’s harvest. And I mean that metaphorically.We’re coming to the end of the the ten …