You Shine First: Transiting Venus in Leo

  Venus struts her stuff in Leo from August 12th to September 5th. All Venus themes (romance, values, money, self-esteem, beauty) will be polished and put on display. Venus wants the best when she’s in Leo, and that translates to … Con…

Natal Chart – Saturn in the 7th House

With Saturn in the 7th house, you are serious about your relationships but that could be taken in different ways. One of the classic features of this placement is that often the subject may not marry or commit to a relationship…
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Inspired By The Dying Of The Light

Listen to a nocturne by Frederic Chopin late at night in a darkened room — just you and the music — and your spirit is taken somewhere beautiful, melancholy, mysterious — passionate. You are immersed in emotion, and emerge in the dawn light, soul-cleansed. There’s a lot of give in a Chopin nocturne, a looseness and fluidity to the sound, so interpretations vary enormously. The two pianists that I like best (today) are Dinu Lipatti and Brigitte Engerer. You might disagree with those choices but there’s a version of the nocturnes out there to suit everyone’s taste. So I was intrigued to find that Lipatti, Engerer and […]

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Born Today 11 August

Dear Leo: What’s the most powerful thing you’ve discovered about yourself in  the past year? Because whatever that is, it …Continue reading →

Horoscopes for August 10th to August 17th

    Overview    Venus (love, money, self-esteem) enters Leo on August 12th, moving towards a conjunction with Jupiter (expansion) on August 17th. Venus shines brightly in Leo, and Jupiter pumps up the energy with new opportunities for roman…

Astro-Notes on the Declaration of Independence

Astro-Notes on the Declaration of Independence

by Jude Cowell

If you study the natal horoscope of the United States of America you know that there are several versions of it set for various hours and dates. July 4, 1776 is the date shown on the Declaration of Independence and the Founders seem to have promoted that date as America’s ‘birthday’. Plus, as everyone knows, Thomas Jefferson and