“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…
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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.
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 …
JK Rowling: The Perfect Writer’s Chart
JK Rowling – imagination,talent and wit.She’s the first person to make a billion by writing books. She’s ignited the imaginations of about a gazillion children on every continent. She’s managed to make a Virgo cool – well, sort of. For those of yo…
Uranus, Crisis and Commitment-phobes
Brad Pitt managed to have a Uranus half-return that encompassed both running off with a beautiful younger woman and settling down to family life. Very clever.I have noticed time and again that the mid-life crisis depends entirely on what went before.Th…
Good-bye Peter Falk
Peter Falk gained his wings this weekend. He was born September 16, 1927 in New York.What a superb actor. Sun in Virgo (craft/a working class hero), Moon (probably) in Gemini (that twinkle in the one good eye).His Uranus Return is right in the middle o…
Venus and Serena: Pluto Power
Venus Williams (17 June 1980) born with the Sun kissing Venus, sextiling the charismatic Moon-North Node conjunction in Leo (left. Neptune is in sporty Sagittarius directly opposite that Venus – again giving her star quality. With Pluto rising, she mus…
Venus and Serena Williams: The Greatest Double Act at Wimbledon
IxAh Wimbledon – pock, pock goes the little ball, ahh sighs the crowd, grunt grunts the player, “out” shouts the linesman.The rain, the strawberries, the tedious interviews (“yeah, I like played tennis, you know”) , the lovely game of tennis. In the mi…