At least 50 people have died in the catastrophic flooding that began last week in the Balkans, including entire families swept away by the rising water. Around a million people have been displaced and millions more are without clean water.Last May it w…
Author: Christina
Astrology of Now: Coming Unstuck
Rite of Spring by Nicholas Roerich. He designed the original set and costumes although this painting was done much later.We all know it’s been a right old spring so far, or should that be a rite of spring (a ballet which ends with a ritual sacrifice)?W…
Ceres Talk
I am giving a talk about the asteroid Ceres and its astrological influence on May 22 at the Aquarius Severn Astrological Society in Cheltenham.If you’re local do come. I hope I’ll have time to put some charts up from the audience so bring your details …
Venus in Aries: Icons
Audrey Hepburn. Taurus Sun, Aquarius Rising (allegedly, although it’s 2° from Pisces and I’d bet the Pisces is right — just look at those eyes.)The word icon is applied haphazardly to every passing celebrity these days, but there are some modern face…
Boko Haram and the Nigerian Schoolgirls
Please help with the attribution of this photo.On the night of the full moon of April 14/15, armed men broke into a school in the Nigerian town of Chibok and abducted almost 300 schoolgirls. The girls were forced into lorries at gunpoint and driven dee…
Astrology of Now (and Then): Weaving Together Body and Spirit
Tibetan Medicine Thangka. The “Tree of Diagnosis”Our attention has been on the cacophony of the Cardinal Cross of late, but another actor in the solar system has been playing a subtle role in drama of the skies.The asteroid Chiron — teacher, martyr, m…
The Luminaries
What would happen if you pieced a story together from 12 different points of view, using each of the Zodiac signs?For a start you’d end up with a great big doorstop of a book even if half of it was simply a dissection of one day. And you’d also end up …
May Horoscopes
Renoir. Poppy Field.This month’s horoscopes are short and sweet as the month of May itself. But it is all rather passionate…Click here to read them.
Easter Break
This rabbit is from the Graphics Fairy.The Oxford Astrologer is taking a break until May 5.In other words, I’m going on an electronics-free holiday. (This eclipse took place in my third house of communications.) The May horoscopes will go up late, but …
The Lord of Wealth: Pluto in Capricorn
Enter Pluto’s realm at your perilDante and Virgil at the Gates of Hell by William BlakeThree things are changing right now that will have an affect on every single citizen of this planet. They are the global economy, the climate and power.I’m writ…