Compassion, tolerance and generosity: that was a storming victory speech from Barack Obama.The US election was close in terms of the popular vote, but in fact Barack Obama won a comfortable majority of seats in the electoral college. There we…
Tag: politics
Putting My Foot In the US Election
Using the same technique as the one I used to analyse the idiotic accident which resulted in my broken heel, the planets show a Romney win in the coming US presidential election.If you use Solar Arcs as your predictive tool, you’d pick Romne…
Be The Change
Mahatma Gandhi was born today, October 2 1869. He exemplified the best of Libra the peacemaker, with Sun and Ascendant in the sign of the scales. But he was also a revolutionary. Here’s something he said: “You must be the change you wish to see in…
Mitt Romney: Imitation of Life
Romney: Sun in Pisces (the mirror) Gemini Rising….Mitt Romney is the son of two truly remarkable people: his mother Lenore – clever, beautiful, a trained actress and a candidate for the senate when women did not do that, and his father George – a…
Boris: Toff With The Common Touch
Could this be the next Prime Minister?Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has had a fantastic summer, using the Olympics to upstage the Prime Minister David Cameron, repeatedly. His season of triumph climaxed with a rabble-rousing speech on Monday…
Astrology of Now: Watching the Dirty Laundry Churn
I watched the current Chancellor of the Exchequer and an ex-Prime Minister lie on oath yesterday. And I have to admit, I was a bit shocked. I’m just not that cynical. I thought George Osborne and Gordon Brown would probably tell the truth. But neither …
Who Has The Guts To Take On France
Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France. Sun Aquaris/MoonPiscesLike so many nations, France is in a right mess. Unemployment, social unrest, shambolic finances, a failing education system – and perhaps worst of all, no clear vision for the future.And Fr…
Syria: The Blood-Dimmed Tide
A member of the Free Syrian Army, an avatar of Pluto wearing his helmet of invisibility.This poem was written by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats in the 1919 in the aftermath of World War 1 and the Easter Rising in Ireland. As well as being a poet, …
Posts About Burma
To celebrate the sweeping victory of Aung San Suu Kyi and her party in yesterday’s election, I’m posting links to all the pieces I’ve written about her and her country over the past 18 months.Aung San Suu Kyi: Embodying the People’s DreamBurma: The Ugl…
A Weird Week in Politics
PM David Cameron was last spotted eating a Cornish pasty two years ago.Ooo – the spin doctors have been getting themselves in a twist this week here in Blighty.I’ll explain briefly for my non-UK readers.First, Chancellor George Osborne cut the t…