My family is wresting this computer from my sweaty grasp and taking me to the beach until the end of the month. Blogging is verboten.Do please comment: I’ll publish when I get back at the beginning of August.
Author: Christina
The UK: Up to Our Necks in Sewage
Did I mention that our Prime Minister David Cameron’s relationship with the News of the World et al was likely to be too close? Yes I did.What I didn’t realise then was this: last year he spent a family Christmas with the head of News International Reb…
More Venus Pluto
Just a passing thought – I wonder if Edouard Manet was having a Venus-Pluto transit when he painted Olympia. It was first shown in 1863 and succeeded in shocking just about everyone.
Lady Gaga and Her Hungry Pluto Moon
I wrote a piece last year comparing Lady Gaga and Madonna. I was reminded of it because I’ve had a whole bunch of charts come across my desk with a Moon-Pluto conjunction. Now I hasten to add that all these charts belonged to people who were living out…
Cancer Self-portraits
Rembrandt July 15, 1606Rubens June 28, 1577You know what – there seem to be more artists born in Cancer month than at any other time of year. You will see what I mean when you scroll down the page. A lot got left out. For example, Gustav Klimt (…
Harry Potter and the Cycle of Destiny
Tomorrow is just one more turn of the wheel of destiny for the author JK Rowling and her creation Harry Potter. The final film in the series will premiere in London. Is this finally the end?The cycle of the dragon’s nodes features strongly in the publi…
Are You the Captain of Your Own Ship?
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…
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…