The Astrology of Alzheimer’s

Some readers of this blog have been having a discussion about Alzheimer’s in the comments section under the short post on Terry Pratchett, the English author who died recently of the disease. They have come up with several interesting hypotheses about finding a predisposition for the condition in the chart. So I thought it would be interesting to get up a few charts of well-known people who were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and see what we could see. The proposals are Mars-Mercury contacts This is to do with Mercury’s rulership of aluminium and Mars’ of iron. The processing of these metals […]

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Horoscope: Summer Solstice 2015

Image: Summer Solstice June 21, 2015 12:38 pm edt White House Washington DC USA; Hour of Jupiter; a Splay planetary pattern emphasizes individualism: “It was morning, and the new sun sparkled across the ripples of a gentle sea.” – Richard D. Bach (a …

UK Election: Nigel Farage

I wrote this piece originally for March edition of The Astrological Journal. Like a certain Transylvanian immigrant, Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party, has a habit of rising from the dead. Just when his enemies think it’s all over, there he is again climbing out of his coffin with a Rothman’s in one hand and a pint of beer in the other. He has almost died twice – for real. He also reinvented his career at least three times, and not so long ago it looked like UKIP was all washed up. Now, of course, like Dracula himself, […]

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Ask Jo: About Time

Ok, here’s the thing. I live in Sydney, Australia…and I know from my traffic feed that most of you don’t. Another thing you should know is that I am, essentially, selfish. When I write my week aheads or, indeed, any…

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