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…
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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…
Harry Potter Astrology: Hogwarts and the Four Fixed Signs
Ron (Pisces), Hermione (Virgo, obviously) and Harry (Leo)I’m afraid that my entire family is so gripped by Harry Potter frenzy that it’s quite hard to think of anything else.We started reading it together last winter and now we’re are just finishing th…
Greece: Archipelago of Dreams
The island of Santorini”In tempi come questi, la fuga è l’unico mezzo che rimane per mantenersi vìvi e continuare a sognare.In times like these, escape is the only way to stay alive and continue dreaming.”The Italian film Mediterr…
Astrology of Now: Get Up, Stand Up
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote that about 250 years ago. Ask yourself: how am I free? how am I a slave?Uranus, the planet of freedom, is in Aries, the sign of the individual.Pluto, the planet of en…
Happy birthday, Aung San Suu Kyi
Nobel prize laureate and heroine of the Burmese opposition Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her birthday this weekend. She was born on June 19, 1945.I wrote this piece about Aung San Suu Kyi back in November.And this piece about the ugly Burmese regime’s us…
Take a Pilgrimage to the Delphic Oracle
The priestess of Apollo – the oracle at Delphi – imagined by the Victorian painter JW Waterhouse.Imagine that you are a rich resident of Alexandria in, say the second century AD. Your culture is Greek with a dash of Egyptian; your rulers live in Rome. …