Last summer, I predicted a royal wedding this year. That was partly on the basis of how alarmingly these times in Great Britain resemble that watershed year 1981 – brutal financial restrictions from the government, blood on the streets, looming une…
Author: Christina
RIP Poly Styrene
“Some people say little girls should be seen and not heard, but I say, Oh bondage, up yours!”Thank you Poly Styrene, for giving me something to shout as I drive up to the school gates to pick up my little girls.The pioneer of feminist punk died today a…
Primavera: Love is All Around
Yesterday, we walked through purple violets, pale yellow primroses and cowslips, pink campion and bluebells. White petals from the mayflower tree spattered the ground beneath our feet and scented the air around us.Truly, the goddess of beauty, Venus, r…
Pallas Athena and the God of War
Imagine you are trotting down the Appian Way in Rome sometime around 202 BC. It’s a hot spring day and you’re working up quite a sweat. Your toga is flapping behind you and your slave, a rather dashing Gaul (with rippling muscles and bedroom eyes – han…
Math Cat
Heart is a Scorpio.My five year old loves our cat, but her idea of bonding with him is a little unusual.I came upon her yesterday talking to him.”What’s two plus three?”The cat said purr.”Very good. Now, what’s five plus four?”Purr.”No silly, it’s nine…
Why Pallas Athene is the Astrologer’s Asteroid
Pallas Athene from the Temple of Aphaia c.500 BCOne of the readers of this blog recently pointed out that pattern-recognition was a key component of astrology – and my tiny astrologer’s mind went click and then clickety click click. I got excited.Bec…
12 Ways to Feel the Magic of Neptune in Pisces Now
Neptune’s Horses by Walter Crane.Neptune, the great god of the sea, has dived into the ocean of Pisces. This is a moment laced with magic for each of us. How and where can we find it? That great numinous beast (with the help of his white horses) s…
Brotherhood of Romantics: Neptune in Pisces Redux
Daydreaming by DG RossettiLondon 1848: capital of the largest empire the world has ever seen, a city where the rich live in lace and cream and fripperies, children work as chimney sweeps and bootblacks, where the streets run with sewage, and where e…
April Horoscopes
Kablam!! New Moon April 3, 2011.There’s an explosive New Moon on the 3rd which sets up a bonfire in one sector of your chart — to find out where to roast the marshmallows and avoid getting incinerated click here.Just for starters, there’s Saturn oppos…
Bang!
Mars is transiting my natal Mercury in Pisces: I just backed my car into a wall. No damage done, but I really must remember not to get behind a steering wheel next time, because this transit helps me damage my vehicle every time it comes round – espe…