Tag: Libra

Call Me Venus

BBSome people are emblems of their Sun sign. These three women all have Libra Sun, but more than that they have Libra at a critical angle of the chart.Venus, the goddess of beauty, rules Libra.Catherine Zeta JonesBrigitte Bardot – Sun Libra, Libra MCCa…

Mrs Libra Says No No No

Happy Birthday Mrs. T.Enjoy the Iron Lady in her element. When Mrs Thatcher said no she meant no, displaying all the qualities of a truly hard-core Libra.Of course, it helped having Saturn smack on her Scorpio ascendant.Boy, she can really kick ass. Ca…

Libra: The Iron Fist in the Velvet Glove

Vladimir Putin – Russian president and LibraYou know, when I read about Librans in most astrology books I only half recognise them. I mean that fairly precisely. I recognise the need for beauty, the ability to accessorise, the instinct for grace, …

Venus the She Warrior

Bright blue Venus seems suspended in the black branches of my neighbour’s cherry tree these evenings. When I tuck my daughter into bed, I look out her window and see the planet shining more brightly and steadily than anything else in the sky.I am looki…

The Day of Atonement

Jews praying on Yom Kippur (1868) by Maurycy Gottlieb courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.The wheat is threshed, the apples are picked. It’s time to weigh and measure this year’s harvest. And I mean that metaphorically.We’re coming to the end of the the ten …

Barter = Commerce Libra Style

I could trade some apples.I’m rather pleased.I have just arranged to exchange astrology lessons for acupressure sessions. I like barter as a form of exchange. You don’t have to get any banks involved – nor any middlemen, sales reps or big corporation…

Mahatma Gandhi

Born on October 2, Mahatma Gandhi epitomised that wonderful Libran quality – grace. He also had Scorpio rising with Mercury, Venus and Mars in the first house: tenacity, bravery and the ability to find the right words to expose flimflam and woolly th…