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…
Author: Christina
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 …
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…