Author: Christina

Music To Set The Mood For Love

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Love songs for Valentine’s Day — these have passed the test of time.   The singers are chosen by sun sign, naturally. Happy Valentine’s Day. Aries Sarah Vaughn: Aries Taurus Ella Fitzgerald: Taurus Gemini Brian Wilson, Gemini Cancer The Wannadies’ lead singer Par Wiksten is a Cancer   Leo Isaac Hayes, Black Moses — all Leo Virgo All the Virgo angst in one package: Van Morrison Libra John Lennon, Libra Scorpio Diana Krall gives this song the full Scorpio intensity.   Sagittarius Frank Sinatra, Sagittarius   Capricorn David Bowie — Capricorn, of course. Aquarius Juliette Greco, Aquarius Pisces Nina Simone, Pisces […]

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2016: The Year of the Maverick

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Here we are at the dawn of the Year of the Fire Monkey and already the results of the New Hampshire Primary in the United States are telling us that this could well be the year of maverick. In Chinese astrology, the Monkey is just what you’d expect — clever, quick, a trickster, a talker, a stirrer of the pot — indeed very like the sign Gemini in Western astrology. When that monkey is set on fire, as he is this year, he can get too hot to handle. There are 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac — and every year […]

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February Monthly Horoscopes

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February looks a lot nicer than January — potentially it’s quite an exciting month though. And the square between Uranus and Pluto is always with us, so it’s not going to be stress-free. On the other hand, it does look like a good month for a holiday for many signs. Some days are busier than others. February 6 and 7 are positively popping with activity. February 10 has a fantastic trine, and February 27 is, well potentially comic and flighty. Valentine’s Day may actually be romantic — for the first time in years! To read you horoscope, click here. They are […]

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RIP — Thornton Dial

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Wonderful, maverick, true artist Thornton Dial passed a couple of days ago at the age of 87. He had Sun in Virgo — the sign of detail and craft — Venus in Libra (artistic) conjunct Mercury. The titles of his works were important, and the works speak. Saturn was one degree past Return for him (3rd time), Jupiter had passed over his Sun and was making its way back to sweep him into the big beyond.

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Venus in Scorpio: Gracile Strength And Pure Power

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If you’ve been following these “Venus In…” posts for a while, you will know that your Venus sign does not necessarily describe what you look like — that is more for the Ascendant  or ruling planet — but how you are attractive. Over the year, quite a few people have asked why I’m not putting up pictures of ordinary people or less beautiful ones. In fact, I’ve chosen people whose attractiveness is important to their careers — actors, singers, models — precisely because they are a pleasure to the eye (often not always). These are people working that Venus. Of course, Serena […]

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Flint, Michigan

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The city of Flint, Michigan has been poisoned by bad governance. That’s not a metaphor: it is literally true. Flint, located between two of the greatest freshwater lakes on the planet, is an old industrial town, ravaged like its big neighbour Detroit by post-industrial decline. Because of this collapse, State Governor Rick Snyder (campaign slogan: “one tough nerd”) sent in the suits to fix Flint’s books. In order to save $5m or so, they decided the city should stop buying water from Detroit and start processing water from the astonishingly polluted Flint River. On April 25, 2014, the city made the switch […]

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Happy Birthday Wikipedia!

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Wikipedia is officially 15 today. Hooray! I love it — even though the editors are mean about astrology. If you want to find out about just about anything from Alabama to Zoroastrianism, Wiki will get you started. The secret of the site’s success is, as founder Jimmy Wales writes, collaboration. It’s an example of the hive mind actually working. The Sun, it’s centre, is in Cardinal earthy Capricorn, the sign that connects practicality with spirit. But Mercury, the mind, Neptune (Big Mind) and Uranus (Inspired Mind) are all in Fixed airy Aquarius, the sign of collaboration and comradeship. These are the […]

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Is 69 The New 27?

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As you probably already know, the 27 Club is a term for all those singers who died too young, at the age of 27. The list is long and it includes, off the top of my head, Amy Winehouse, Jeff Buckley, Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Janis Joplin. In fact there is something important that happens astrologically for everyone at 27. It’s the Progressed Lunar Return. This is a 27-year cycle that astrologers use to prognosticate. The Moon is “progressed” through the chart, spending two and a half years in each sign. By the age of 27, an individual has lived a complete progressed lunar […]

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Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll

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  How appropriate in a week when we are playing Bowie back to back with Motorhead. The Oxford Astrology Group is hosting another set of lectures at Trinity College, Oxford on February 13. The subject looks fun: sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Neptune’s going to come into that, I believe. There are three speakers — Teresa Moorey, John Green and John Etherington: each taking on one aspect of Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll. There will be a panel discussion at the end of the day. I expect the recent passing of Bowie and Lemmy will come up. Previous events with Lynn Bell, Bernadette Brady, Dick Van Der […]

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