Author: Christina

Astrology of Now: Jupiter & Juno 2

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The rulers of Olympus, Jupiter and Juno will be exactly conjunct on May 17 at 14° Leo. This puts the royal couple in the royal sign together for the first time since 1966. But already they are just a few degrees apart. This is a very significant energy throughout May and into June that will affect all of us — especially if you have planets or points around those degrees in Fixed or Fire signs. All Fixed signs — Sun, Moon or Ascendant — ought to benefit. The king and queen only meet each other every eight years. Compare that […]

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Astrology of Now: Juno & Jupiter

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Zeus & Hera were the ruling couple on Mount Olympus, but they weren’t always the happiest pair. Their rows were, naturally, epic — and caused all kinds of problems for us humans crawling around on Gaia’s skin. Those Greek myths, at least the ones we still know, focus on Hera as a jealous wife — and no wonder, Zeus had a deal of trouble keeping his chiton down. However, when Zeus and Hera were taken up by the Romans, Hera got a major promotion. Her duties and powers multiplied. As Juno, she became the protector of the Roman State itself, […]

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The New Princess

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Delighted that the newest addition to the royal family is a baby girl. According to Kensington Palace, she was born at 8.34am today (British Summer Time). Here is her (very glamorous) chart. This a nicely balanced person with a mixture of air, earth, fire and water. She has sensitive Cancer Rising — to match her mother’s Moon, her Dad’s Sun-Moon and Grandma Diana’s Sun, Sun in enduring Taurus like her Great Grandma, the Queen, and Moon in Libra, which looks like she will be the keeper of the peace in that family — and just as adept a diplomat as […]

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May Horoscopes

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Spring this year has come on with hallucinatory zeal. Blossom piled on blossom. It’s a dream of flowers here. And this May looks like extended dreamtime. There’s a seriously funky Mercury Retrograde which will start having its effect right now, today, even though the official Rx does not start until May 19. I can tell you that the troubles I’ve had publishing this page have been, well, trying my patience already. This Mercury Rx is strengthened because it’s in Gemini, Mercury’s own sign. Now this does mean things can go much weirder than in a common or garden Rx. A […]

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Generation K

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“I had expected that technology would be core to the identity of the cohort I call Generation K—young people aged 13 to 20 years old, born between 1995 and 2002, ” writes Professor Noreena Hertz in The New York Times.  You’d be right, Prof, because you’ve chosen the exact years that the planet of hi-tech Uranus was transiting his own sign, Aquarius, the sign of the geek (or wizard). Basically, that creates a whole generation with a powerful dash of Aquarius in their collective character. Of course, for every individual this works out differently, depending on how Uranus interacts with the other planets. Professor […]

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Great Reading, Wrong Chart

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I had a charming client today: a warm, chatty, red-head sporting a pair of riding boots. The reading was going swimmingly — accurate, useful, insightful. And then I found I had the wrong birth time. I don’t know an astrologer this hasn’t happened to, but it’s unsettling all the same. “But no,” said my client. “This is the most accurate reading I’ve had. Everyone keeps on telling me I have Capricorn Rising, but I know I don’t.” I looked at her – she really glowed with positive Sagittarian energy, so what was wrong? I had erected her chart for Oxford […]

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Astrology of Now: The Deep Blue Sea And A Hero’s Journey

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To travel from Eritrea or Gambia across the desert to the lower lid of the Mediterranean Sea — braving torture, slavery, asphyxia in the back of a truck, rape and beatings —  to cross in an open boat: this is a hero’s journey. Imagine doing it as a child. So far this week more than 800 people have drowned in the Mediterranean, trying to reach Italy from Libya. More than a 100 of those were children. Pirates — or entrepreneurial seafarers, depending on who’s talking — operated from the so-called Barbary Coast –– North Africa from Morrocco to Algiers, Tripoli then Tunis — from the 15th to the 19th centuries. […]

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UK Election: Striking A Balance

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This surreally dreary British election campaign is apparently the closest-run in a generation. The opinion polls bounce back and forth between Labour and Conservative. From the public discourse, you might not suspect that there are serious issues to be resolved.  There’s little talk of security, the global economy, Britain’s future in a changing world, climate change or — perhaps most pressingly of all — inequality. There is much talk of opinion polls, spin doctors and politician’s spouses. Fluff. The rise in inequality in this country has been striking over the past 10-15 years, and it has accelerated dramatically over the last five: inequality between high-earners […]

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Aries, April and Some Donna Summer

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I am off on holiday for a few days, so unable to respond to correspondence. Meanwhile enjoy these seasonal posts from the archives of The Oxford Astrologer. How Donna Summer Unleashed Lilith One Spring 11 Things To Do While The Sun Is In Aries Aries Self Portraits Icons: Venus in Aries 10 Things To Do With Mercury In Taurus Maya Angelou Some American Aprils The Nation’s Soul Lady Gaga vs Madonna  

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