Was Dracula a Scorpio?

Creepy thoughts should never be limited to autumn nights. In fact when I started this blog back in the summer the very second post was on th...

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Venus in Scorpio: Passion and Pain

A Man and A Woman (1966) Venus is the planet of love and money; two things it's good to at least try and get right. And two ways in whic...

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Wikileaks' Festival of the Dead

Come, sit by the fire, and I'll tell you a spine-chilling tale. A horror story so bleak and terrible that fearful images of maiming, tor...

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Equal Rights for Goddesses?

As you know, there are seven heavenly bodies in traditional astrology. The boys - Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The girls - Moon, ...

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Shrinking Britain

Cometh the hour, cometh the man. George Osborne is going to be one of the most hated public figures of our time. But he can take it This aft...

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Nights of the She Warrior

She rides a tiger. A trident, a scimitar and a thunderbolt are among her favoured weapons. Yet she smiles and clasps a lotus in one of her t...

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Libra: Peace or War?

Baroness Thatcher has Libra Sun and Leo Moon like Mahatma Gandhi and David Cameron. A belated Happy Birthday to you, Mrs T.  (ex-PM Margaret...

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From beneath the earth…

After making the sun and the moon and the sky and the mountains and the sea, and after making the animals and the birds and the trees, the c...

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A Libran's Seven Social Sins

Mahatma Gandhi. Libra Sun/Leo Moon Here's something to think about while the Sun sails through the last ten degrees of the sign of justi...

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Being Indulgent

Practical, understated chic. Perfect for a weekend  in the Cotswolds. With calves like that maybe his Jupiter's in Aquarius! "Just ...

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Nobody's Perfect: the astrology of Curtis and Monroe

Two kids from the wrong side of the tracks play pretend. Norma Jean Mortensen teaching Bernie Schwartz how to kiss - one of the sweetest sce...

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A God for Every Sign - yay

I find reading old astrology books a very good way to get to sleep. Dane Rudhyar is marvellously soporific. I hope some of it will filter i...

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Heavenly grrrl power!

Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Brazil. Is the mother goddess giving a helping hand? In Brazil, Dilma Rousseff ; in Australia Julia G...

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Astrologer's Serendipity

Martin Luther declares war on the Catholic Church. copyright Trustees of the British Museum. Serendipity - what a lovely word. I've jus...

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