If you subscribe to the horoscopes, it is that time of year again. I’ve put together a brief overview of 2017, including some hand-drawn squiggles which I hope you can make out. The book includes the Venus and Mercury Retrogrades, movements of the outer planets, the eclipses and Mars. Enjoy! To collect your copy, click here.
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Barack and Michelle Obama may have left the White House today, but they have certainly not left politics. In fact, Obama’s career as a world leader and elder statesman has only just begun. While he was president Obama carried a burden of huge responsibility, without always being able to wield a huge amount of power, because the Republican-led congress was determined to thwart him. From the autumn of 2012, Saturn — which can be quite oppressive — was moving across the top of Obama’s chart from the cusp of the 9th house to the cusp of the 11th. During this second term […]
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Those of you following this Venus in… series will know already that Venus is not entirely about how you look. For that we look at the Ascendant and planets aspecting it. Venus though can tell us what makes you attractive, or even what makes you beautiful. So it’s pretty interesting that the first three names that came up on my database when I typed in Venus in Pisces were: Michelle Obama, Jesus Christ and Martin Luther King. Presumably we can discount Jesus, since last I knew there was some controversy over his exact birthdate, so the next one down is Kurt […]
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It was August 1939 when 27-year-old Clare Hollingworth spotted rows and rows of German tanks, hidden under burlap on the German border . She might have been a rookie, but she knew a story when she saw it. She wired back to London warning “the German war machine is ready for a swift stroke”. Three days later, Germany invaded Poland. Hollingworth’s report was called the “scoop of the century”. Hollingworth stumbled into journalism. She’d gone to Poland initially as a political activist and ended up saving thousands of lives by getting visas for people fleeing Nazi persecution. But she’d been forced out of that role and switched to journalism at […]
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My friend and colleague Sally Kirkman writes a detailed ebook guide to the year ahead annually. 2017 is available on this link. Sally has very kindly extracted three top tips for each sign to pin to your bulletin board this year. Aries Lust is out and love is in. Whether you learn this lesson quickly or not, depends on you and the people you encounter. It will be hard to turn your back on inequality or injustice. You are drawn towards a new role as a union rep, activist or peace fighter. From October you’re ready to take some big risks with money. Learn more about […]
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The Queen, you may be aware, has had a cold. For the entire period of this Mercury Retrograde, her Majesty kept out of the public eye. She didn’t even make it to the Christmas church services — and that was for the first time in — well, forever. Yesterday, when Mercury went direct, she emerged, looking fully herself. Of course, the Mercury Rx took place in the Queen’s 12th House of purdah. Maybe it was the same for you, if you have Capricorn or Aquarius Rising. Anyway, it’s now time to step out of the shadows and get active. Take the […]
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John Berger, art critic, author, poet, visionary, European became (almost) a household name when he made a four-part TV series called Ways of Seeing. This came out in 1972 and it’s a fascinating watch today — not just for the ideas, which became extremely influential, but also for Berger’s relationship with the camera, his delivery and the pacing. I think you can feel his chart — no birth time — powerfully in Ways of Seeing. His whole argument is based on the idea of looking at art truthfully, stripping away one’s cultural baggage and seeing the bones of the work underneath. He […]
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This is just a reminder that on Saturday I’ll be giving a talk in Trinity College, Oxford entitled How the @£@$*(^* Did We Get Here and participating in a panel discussion about the year ahead. There are four other excellent speakers on the day, including Anton D’Abreu (from Cycles of History on Transits), Israel Ajose (on Earth Houses), Pamela Armstrong (on Feminism) and Louise Hutson (on Renaissance astrologer William Lilly). It’s quite a packed schedule. The Oxford Astrology Group would like to encourage as many people to come as possible, so even if your knowledge of astrology is tenuous, come along for […]
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Happy New Year! We made it. The month ahead is full of potential, with an extraordinary Full Moon on January 12. I am working on a booklet for the year ahead and will deliver something well after Mercury turns direct and goes back in to Capricorn. I’m still working out how to make it as concise and handy as possible. The theme this month is beds! Click here to reach your horoscope, and thank you all for subscribing. May each of you have a wonderful 2017, filled with love and laughter, serendipity, curiosity and joy.
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Fragile, strong, sweet, sharp — a little broken. George Michael was a superstar with a seemingly boundless musical gift, but it was his vulnerability that made him special. Something, somewhere, had been cracked (one felt), and, like a “golden repair” on a Japanese pot, it made George Michael beautiful. Michael’s soul seeped out gradually into his stage persona. At first, he just seemed like a pretty, talented teenager eager to have fun and make money with his schoolfriend. But then there was Careless Whisper: we heard that sweet, strong voice deliver the wistful, hurting lyrics, and it was clear his talent was bigger than Wham! This is such a sensitive […]
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