In France, bouquets of fragrant lily of the valley, or may bells are given to women on May Day. It’s a symbol of happiness, purity and good faith, and also of the end of a period of darkness. They are the most delicate, waxy flowers with a magical, delicate, heady scent. It seems a perfect […]
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In France, bouquets of fragrant lily of the valley, or may bells are given to women on May Day. It’s a symbol of happiness, purity and good faith, and also of the end of a period of darkness. They are the most delicate, waxy flowers with a magical, delicate, heady scent. It seems a perfect […]
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In some ways, this looks like a more relaxing month than April, although information is still coming at us fast. One of the most important features is the fascinating retrograde of Venus, the planet of love, money, luck and laughter. She’s getting serious — even in lighthearted Gemini. To become a member — which includes […]
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An odd feature of the current crisis — in this country — is the fact that the head of government has been missing for most of the time. Prime Minister Boris Johnson failed to take the pandemic seriously back in February, missing five meetings on the subject, taking two weeks’ holiday and generally fannying about. […]
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This was our first podcast across the ether. We do enjoy getting together in real life to talk through the astrology. On this podcast, we talk for longer as these are unique times –– about the lockdown situation, the wider picture revealed by astrology and a lengthy look at the astrology in your month ahead. […]
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The conjunction of Pluto-Saturn-Ceres in January set up a stress test for the entire global system — government, health services, international co-operation, financial markets, capitalism in general. That was the Lord of the Undeworld, Father Time, and the goddess of human-nature relations getting together to see how they could test structures. One teeny-tiny morsel of […]
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Fresh green ripples across the land; the garden is filled with bird song. Yet Easter is a festival of death. Christ’s Last Supper was Seder, the annual dinner party at which Jewish people all over the world commemorate the Exodus. Jews remember the Angel of Death passing over their houses before they followed Moses into […]
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New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s daily briefings about the Coronavirus have become comfort-viewing for millions over the past few weeks. As he sits behind the great big wooden desk in New York’s state capital Albany every day and calmly explains the numbers, the plan and the program, he exudes competence, responsibility and sometimes issue a […]
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This month’s horoscopes are written from the lockdown in Oxford. It’s a strange time indeed, and a fascinating month ahead. I’m introducing a new feature for horoscope subscribers, a live Q&A on the current astrology this Sunday at 7.30. We’ll see how it goes! Hope you can turn up too. Click here for this month’s […]
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Right now, I am sitting in my bedroom, looking out at a clear blue sky. It’s very quiet, because there’s so little traffic and I can hear bird song several gardens away, children playing next door. The air is clear and easy on the lungs. It smells different: good. There’s a strange stillness as we […]
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