Author: Christina

Maimonides’ Letter On Astrology

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“Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.” — Maimonides   Rabbi Moses, son of Maimon, was without much argument, one of the greatest philosophers of the Middle Ages. Not only was he revered in his own time for the brilliance of his logic, he was widely read across the Arab world and in Europe through the following centuries. His ideas created an intellectual bridge between Aristotle and the so-called “Age of Reason”, between rationalism and Talmudic tradition. At the […]

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Astrology of Now: Power Transfers

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Today is quite tricky astrologically — and possibly downright dangerous. The two warriors — fierce Mars and unscrupulous Pluto are squaring off against each other exactly. This is reflected uncannily in the situation in Zimbabwe where Marsy Emmerson Mnangagwa, known as “the Crocodile”, is trying to force Plutonic (he just goes on and on, every time you think he’s about to die he rises again) Robert Mugabe. Like, Mars and Pluto, these two men were for a time “co-rulers”: president and vice president. This is a fight between old men. Mnangagwa is 75; Mugabe is 93 and, judging by his most recent […]

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In Vogue: Jupiter-Venus Conjunction Today

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There’s a lucky conjunction at 7° Scorpio between lovely Venus and munificent Jupiter. You might want to choose to spin the wheel of fortune, or just indulge in some beauty. To help you with the latter. I’ve excavated some old pictures from British Vogue (December, 2010). How well do you think they captured the signs? I think some are lovely and original, and others are way off mark: for example, Aquarius is not a water sign — and Sagittarius is a fire sign! I love dramatic Taurus, Cancer as a hermit crab, earthy Virgo and Scorpio as a phoenix/scorpion. As […]

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One-Day Workshop: What The Future Looks Like

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The Oxford Astrology Group is hosting a day of talks and discussion on the year ahead. By the end of the day, you may have formulated a cunning scheme for riding the lustrous wave of energy that swooshes through 2018. 10am, 6 January 2018, The Sutro Room, Trinity College, Oxford This promises to be a year of massive change for us collectively and individually. Here are some of the  momentous planetary movements to talk about. Saturn coming home to Capricorn — after a 28 year absence. Chiron finally beginning again in Aries — after a seemingly endless sojourn in Pisces’ […]

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Priti Patel: Boom and Bust

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In this era of crazy behaviour by politicians, when white is orange, and green is encyclopedia, the behaviour of British Minister for International Development Priti Patel still seems outré. This summer, the minister took a “holiday” in Israel — during which she had more than 10 unauthorised meetings with top Israeli officials including Bibi himself. She forgot to bring along anyone from the Foreign Office, and she forgot to take notes, and she forgot that Britain does not recognise the annexation of the Golan Heights. She also forgot to tell anyone else in government about her freelance expedition to the […]

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#metoo: Emotional Insight

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Every single woman that I know has experienced a straightforward sexual assault — raped, groped, flashed — mostly by someone she knew. And from her working life, every single woman I know has a catalogue of the occasions when she was manipulated, intimidated, pestered, ignored, frightened or belittled simply because of her sex. She’s learned to put those away in a box. Because if you spend too much time thinking about it, you could get quite bitter. #metoo opened all those personal boxes. The silence was broken, and many of us have spent the last few weeks recalibrating our memories, reliving […]

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Astrology of Now: Spellcasting

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Autumn is here. There is magic in the air. After the high winds: still, dull skies, yellow-leaved birch, bronze beech. Delicious fall smells: woodsmoke, rot, mushrooms, apples. The nights are reaching into the hours of day, here in the north. But everywhere, the season of magic opened today. The Sun moved into Scorpio, Mars moved into Libra. In a couple of days, the Sun will conjoin mighty Jupiter in this, the sign of what lies beneath, shining a light down there, maybe lighting a bonfire this year. Traditionally, of course, this is the time when the veil is thin. The mouth […]

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Half-way Through Pluto in Capricorn

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Pluto, the planet of transformation, death and rebirth, is only half way through the sign of Capricorn, which rules structure. The dark lord of the underworld entered that sign in 2008 — since when the collective has seen quite a lot of destruction — but little rebirth so far. Right now, with the Sun in Libra, the sign of the scales, we’re at a nice moment for assessing where we are. Pluto in Capricorn — 2008-2023 Pluto is currently at 16°57 travelling direct, and won’t be coming back to this degree for a couple of centuries. I came across this video […]

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