I wrote a post at the start of this month about the Year of Revolutions, 1848, and its paralells with now. To read it and reflect on the events in Bahrain, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia click here.
Tag: politics
Egypt’s Revolution: Killing the Father?
Egyyptian women demonstrating in the 1919 uprising against the British. Photo: Wikimedia CommonsAs you already know if you are a regular reader of this blog, Egypt is having its second Saturn Return. And it’s all been rather exciting to say the least. …
2011: Springtime of the Peoples
Set during the Paris uprising of 1848, Flaubert’s novel Sentimental Education explores lessons in love and friendship. It was published some 20 years after the events.I’ve been thinking about the planet Neptune’s ingress into Pisces a lot over the past…
Egypt: Your Enemy is in the Mirror
Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, assassinated in 1981.Astrology tells us that the assassination of President Anwar Sadat back in 1981 links to the current riots in Cairo. How so?Read on and find out.But let me begin at the beginning.I’ve just had some …
Tunisia’s National Chart
This is the chart I used for my analysis of the Tunisian Uprising in the previous post. It’s dated for the founding of the Tunisian Republic and it includes progressions and current transits from the outer planets. Click on it to see it larger.
Tunisia: Revolution Now or Never
“Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven!–“William Wordsworth wrote these words about the French Revolution more than 200 years ago. But he was a spectator, a friend of France, not a participant, and he never suffered …
Politics is the gentle art…
"Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other."Oscar AmeringerWell, on this Midterm Election Day 2010, that pretty well sums things up, doesn’t it? Unless you prefer to add a famous quote from Henry Brook Adams for a fuller portrait of the rabid animal:"Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has
Political Astrology: The Planets Interview Christine O’Donnell
(Astrology Explored) Commentator: Tea Party Endorsed Christine O’Donnell’s upset victory over nine-term U.S. Representative and former Delaware governor, Mike Castle has catapulted this Christian Conservative to national prominence. In the light of recent revelations that Ms. O’Donnell “dabbled in witchcraft” … Continue reading →