An eclipse on the equinox, the final clash of Uranus and Pluto, fiery Mars zipping around stirring things up — this March is full of piss and vinegar, excitement and possibility, endings and beginnings. To read your horoscope, click here. Theme this month: windows…
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The Sun, which brings light to us, and Neptune, lord of mystic revelation, are conjunct this week. Magic is all around us, especially if we know how to look. To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. – William Blake, Auguries of Innocence (extract)
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I was thrilled that The Oxford Astrologer was the first website to be featured in The Astrological Journal’s new series about astrology on the web. You’ll be relieved to hear that the review was glowing, backing up your choice to read this blog! (I’ll type some excerpts when my wrist aches less.) For those of you who are not in the UK, it’s the premier magazine for astrologers here, the equivalent to The Mountain Astrologer in the US. It’s published by the Astrological Association. This month’s issue has already caused a bit of a kerfuffle. The AJ interview with Member of […]
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“We are in a time of great transition on whatever level you want to view it. … From January 2008 through March 16, 2015, the period known as “The Cardinal Climax” unfolded, in which Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto all moved into a hard aspect with one another, and mostly from within cardinal signs. The last time that happened was 1928-1934. Thus, this “7-Years of Tribulation” (actually 7 years, 2 months) comes to an end in one month.” — Ray Merriman in The Merriman Market Analyst To read the rest of this snappy astrological overview of our times, click here and scroll down […]
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Lush with satin and velvet, beautifully lit by candles and England’s cool northern daylight, the TV adaptation of Wolf Hall is as enthralling as the book. At the centre of the bedizened, voluptuous court of Henry VIII, there is a still, dark point, Thomas Cromwell. For more on the story and why — astrologically speaking — it has had such an impact on the collective imagination, read my piece about the novel here. Mark Rylance is mesmerising as Cromwell — still, watchful, intelligent. Of course, he is beautifully directed, and supported by an outstanding cast, notably Damian Lewis as the king (epitomsing Cancer Sun/Aries Moon), and Clare […]
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The New Moon in a few hours falls in the last minute of the last degree of Aquarius, the sign of the waterbearer, but the Moon certainly continues to be New as it slides into the ocean of Pisces. Something ends, something begins. This is a threshold Moon. A potential-filled moment. Both Aquarius and Pisces are signs of collective, but we move from collective thought to collective feeling now, from a fixed position to a fluid one. And the monthly marriage of the Sun and Moon is not the only one taking place; Venus and Mars are about to embrace […]
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Adam Curtis’ extraordinary and beautiful documentary, Bitter Lake, mesmerises. Archival footage from the BBC, overlaid with a textured, eclectic soundscape creates an experience that leaves you breathless, wondering at the new world order that you sense, and at a new art form for the internet age. Ostensibly, Bitter Lake is a partial explanation of how the West wildly misunderstood Afghanistan. There are, as you might expect, an authoritative sounding voice over, subtitles and clips of world leaders shaking hands and soldiers fighting. But instead of delivering a load of facts to chew over, like most documentaries, Bitter Lake leaves you with a set of […]
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Both Mars, the planet of action, an Venus, the planet of love, are currently in Pisces, the sign of Venus’ exaltation. When the lovers of the Zodiac meet — once a year or so — sparks fly. The lovers won’t meet up precisely until they both move into Aries later this month (when Mars gets on top), but they are close enough for kissing already. Mars is mellows out in Pisces for a week or so more. Pisces is, of course, a visual sign, so let these pictures of folk born with Mars in Pisces set you dreaming and believing. Dreaming […]
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Since Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, seems to have borrowed Greek Fin Min Yanis Varoufakis’ leather jacket today, perhaps we can feel reassured that the talks about the future of the euro will go better than expected. Back in 2011, I wrote a short piece about the euro, the common currency used throughout most of Europe. It seemed slippery, wobbly and over-extended. Well, the euro weathered the storm when Pluto made an exact conjunction to its 10° Capricorn Sun in 2012. However, the eurozone has had the collywobbles ever since and today European finance ministers are meeting to try and figure […]
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For those of you curious to see the chart of Greece’s new finance minister, here it is. There is no birth time available, so I have drawn it for sunrise. Just briefly • Take a look at the nodes. SN conjunct Mercury in Pisces. (Wonder if there’s an ancestor in holy orders.). Brains run in the family. NN conjunct Pluto. He’s going to slay people with the power of his mind. But that’s a dangerous path. Lilith was at 6° Virgo when he got his new job. This axis is quite solution oriented. Both Pisces and Virgo are drawn to problems and how […]
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