Tag: economy

A Time of Transition

by Christina • February 23, 2015

“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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Talking Euro

by Christina • February 12, 2015

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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Angela Merkel: The She-Chancellor

by jo • January 17, 2015

Angela Merkel, Germany’s Kanzlerin or she-chancelllor, is indisputably the most powerful woman in the world. And yet she seems so wildly unlike most politicians – where are the flashy smile, the clotheshorse spouse, the sharp suit, the soundbite? Yes, where are Silvio Berlusconi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Jose Luis Zapatero, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown…? Sacked by the electorate. Every other European leader has been replaced since the banking crisis started in 2007; only Angela Merkel, the “grey mouse” from East Germany, has not just survived but thrived in these tough times. Clearly, her appeal to (at least half of) the German electorate is profound. And […]

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Eurowobbles

by Christina • March 22, 2013

So now it’s naughty little Cyprus, the island of Aphrodite, which is giving the eurozone the screaming abdabs. Aphrodite is the Greek Venus, of course. In astrology, Venus rules money, so maybe it’s not such a surprise that Cyprus was, until a week ago…

Punch Drunk Britain

by Christina • February 8, 2013

(This is the second part of my piece on the UK. There is much more to say, but for now, this will suffice.)Sometimes it feels like Britain is a boxer still upright after 10 rounds but punch drunk: standing up because of a combination of will power and …

Carry on Merchant Banking

by Christina • June 30, 2012

It used to be like this…When we talk about the City of London, we are talking about both a place and an idea. The City is the square mile that was once a fortified town founded by the Romans, that developed into the heaving moiling medieval trading c…

Swindle Revealed

by Christina • June 28, 2012

Those bankers are incorrigible: first they cheat, then they lie, then they try to cover it up, and then they shop each other. A charming bunch of people we have taking care of our money.It was revealed today that traders at Barclay’s Bank have be…

Ray Merriman on the Debt Crisis

by Christina • June 25, 2012

As we all know now, we are living in interesting times, but sometimes it’s hard to keep up with just what is going on. The scene changes so rapidly; opinions vary so wildly.The financial astrologer Ray Merriman has written a brilliant piece for The Mou…

Astrology of Now: What The Venus Have You Invested In?

by Christina • June 11, 2012

“This day prov’d as favourable to our purpose as we could wish, not a Clowd was to be seen … and the Air was perfectly clear, so that we had every advantage we could desire in Observing the whole of the passage of the Planet Venus over the Suns disk:…

Astrology of Now: Gilded Venus

by Christina • May 16, 2012

Yes, I know we like to talk about roses and kisses and sweet romance, about Romeos and Juliets, the ones that got away and the ones that might just come back now that Venus has turned retrograde…But Venus is not just the planet of love – she rules …

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