Venus and her lover Mars meet quite often — at least once a year — but usually their trysts are brief, a matter of a few days at most. Perhaps that’s because their meetings are illicit, since Venus was, of course, officially married to Vulcan, the smith. This year, things are different: Venus and Mars […]
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As you probably already know, the 27 Club is a term for all those singers who died too young, at the age of 27. The list is long and it includes, off the top of my head, Amy Winehouse, Jeff Buckley, Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Janis Joplin. In fact there is something important that happens astrologically for everyone at 27. It’s the Progressed Lunar Return. This is a 27-year cycle that astrologers use to prognosticate. The Moon is “progressed” through the chart, spending two and a half years in each sign. By the age of 27, an individual has lived a complete progressed lunar […]
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As Venus strolls through each sign, she dons different clothes or new makeup; she sheds jewellery, cuts her hair, adds glitter, goes natural. The goddess shows that allure comes in many guises, not just physical beauty. The Rising sign, Sun sign and prominent planets are also important in shaping a person’s looks. But Venus is what makes us attractive. That’s why it’s interesting to look at people whose appearance is critical, or at least a part of, their work. Now Leo is the royal sign, ruled by the golden Sun itself. Venus in Leo is extroverted, projecting outwards, rather drawing in like, say, Cancer. Leo […]
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“Now, let me assure you that, technically speaking, however you want to look at it, this was all my doing and I take full responsibility.” — Chrissie Hynde could be talking about her whole life in that one sentence. Everyone had that album: the Pretenders first. Pictured: a line up — sulky Chrissie Hynde in a ketchup-coloured jacket with the three male members of the band in black, variously posing. There she is, just one of the band — and at the same time, so startlingly different. Hynde was no floaty hippie chick, like the women in Fleetwood Mac or even Grace Slick; she wasn’t […]
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My colleague Jessica Shephard wrote a short piece about Venus Out Of Bounds a few weeks ago which set me thinking. Out of bounds planets are not something that’s not much discussed by astrologers. We’re all too busy getting our minds around cute new asteroids, imaginary dark points and multiple techniques for progressing a chart, not to mention what house system to use. (I plead guilty, m’lud) However, the idea of “out of bounds” is so simple, so obviously important — and so easy to look up — that I am amazed we don’t check this as a matter of […]
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This has been the year for incredible shocks, perhaps due to the planet of the unexpected entering the sign of the Ram, a recipe for explosive happenings. Here is Astrology Explored’s roundup of the top ten stories of 2011. 1.) … Continue reading →
Every astrologer has had this conversation with a client at least once. “My mother said I was born at 10:00 o’clock.” “AM or PM?” asks the astrologer. “Not sure, I’ll have to ask my mother.” In an astrologer’s perfect world … Continue reading →
It is more likely than not that vocal artist and songwriter Amy Winehouse lost her life through her use of drugs on July 23, 2011. Amy’s addiction was apparent to everyone but herself. In her 2007 hit “Rehab” she sings: … Continue reading →
With the sad death of Amy Winehouse reported in the news, I’m afraid we’re going to hear an awful lot about “The 27 Club”–a list of celebrities who never made it to 28. Requiescat en pace to their newest member, and also wishing peace to all who loved her. The assumption in the public is […]