Man at the Helm, Theo Van RysselbergheIf you’ve ever steered a boat (or dreamt you were doing so), you’ll know that sometimes you just catch everything right: the sail pulls taut, the boat leans and slices through the waves; she strains and leaps at yo…
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Venus and Pluto: "I Have Been Half in Love with Death"
Last winter I wrote a piece called Death and the Maiden about Venus in Scorpio. The motifs I discussed then are also relevant to the current (separating) opposition between Pluto and Venus. If you’d like to refresh your memory click here.
Crisis What Crisis: Current Transits to the UK Chart
For an excellent analysis of the impact of current transits to the UK chart, take a look at Newscope over at Neptune Cafe.
News of the World: The Bitter End
Well, here’s a load of cobblers.The Romans had the Colosseum; we have the gutter press. Usually, it’s the evisceration of a celebrity’s private life that rouses the public’s bloodlust. But today, the News of the World, Britain’s biggest-selling newspap…
Rupert Murdoch: Is He in League with the Prince of Lies?
So News International employs a nest of snakes to run its papers. Quelle surprise!We are in the nastier reaches of the realm of Neptune – the planet of lies. To find out why have a look at the profile of Rupert Murdoch that I wrote in March. Click here…
Astrology of Now: How Are You Being Robbed?
“Why you’re nothing but a pack of cards.” Alice solves the banking crisis”It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” – Alice in Wonderland. One day, many years down the line, we’ll know what to label the upheaval we’re living throu…
Anne Sinclair: The Power Behind Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Anne Sinclair puts a guiding hand on Dominique Strauss Kahn’s shoulderI can’t help wondering what is going through rich, handsome and clever Anne Sinclair’s head. The wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, disgraced head of the IMF, has stood by her man …
Monthly Horoscopes: July 2011
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| Every cloud has a silver lining – or possibly some putti nestling in it. These are by Tiepolo. |
Well, you have to admit it’s been rather a tense June. I hope you’ve managed to navigate through reasonably unscathed. Today’s eclipse is a humdinger. It’s only partial – thank goodness – but it manages to slot right in opposite the planet of “transformation” (in the sense of whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger) Pluto, at right-angles to the planet of the big chill, Saturn and I-want-to-break-free Uranus.
It’s as if they are all having a shouting match and we, little people, are stuck in the middle.
But you know this already. If you haven’t experienced something coming to an abrupt halt in your life this month, then surely people around you have. (I have a friend whose long period of unemployment came to a stop on the mid-June eclipse – thank goodness.)
Some of us have been counting our lucky stars as we watch death, divorce and bad temper take their toll. If you’re solvent, sane and healthy – count your blessings. If you’re beloved too – then please stop complaining; a lot of people today are having some serious problems.
This month I want to focus on alleviation in the horoscopes. These are tough times and all of us need all the help we can get, so I’m hunting for the silver lining, because the storm clouds are overhead.
The trine on the 7th between Jupiter in Taurus and Pluto in Capricorn gives a clue about what all of us should be doing: getting right down to the practical basics.
Click here to find out how your sign can take advantage of the bumpy zeitgeist.
Eclipses: The Good News
Read too much astrology on the internet and you could really get the heebie jeebies about today’s eclipse. So I just thought I’d point out that an eclipse can be quite beneficial if you need some part of your life to change.Eclipses signify the end of …
The Astrology of Anorexia
La Grande BouffeVesta was the most widely worshipped deity in the Roman empire since every house had a shrine to her – the hearth itself. That is why I associate the asteroid named after her with cooks.Back in January I wrote about Vesta in the charts …