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…
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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 …
Barter = Commerce Libra Style
I could trade some apples.I’m rather pleased.I have just arranged to exchange astrology lessons for acupressure sessions. I like barter as a form of exchange. You don’t have to get any banks involved – nor any middlemen, sales reps or big corporation…
Mahatma Gandhi
Born on October 2, Mahatma Gandhi epitomised that wonderful Libran quality – grace. He also had Scorpio rising with Mercury, Venus and Mars in the first house: tenacity, bravery and the ability to find the right words to expose flimflam and woolly th…
October Horoscopes
It’s autumn, it’s bittersweet. It’s your horoscope. To read it click here.And to celebrate so much planetary energy in the sign of partnership, here’s that great Libra, John Lennon (Oct 9), singing about love.
The Goddess Lives
Happy Durga Puja!In some parts of the world, the goddess has never been denied. She’s never had to hide her identity, change her gender – and she’s never lost her power.In India, she’s alive and well and riding a lion. This week, Hindus will be …
The Goddess of Love and the Golden Ratio
Venus Rising (The Star) 1890 by Jean-Leon GeromeI’m thrilled to introduce a guest post from Venus expert Laura Perkins – especially since Venus conjuncts Saturn in her own sign of Libra today.What do you think of when you see a five-pointed star?Holl…
Hello Mr Mercury
Planets, as you know, have both positive and negative characteristics. The important thing to remember is that they do not necessarily reflect our own moral values.Yesterday this chap Alessio Rastani gave an interview that rather shocked some people.&n…