The Breath of the Zodiac

I love this time between Christmas and New Year. I like to stay quiet in my lair and think and talk and stare at the fire. It's a pause ...

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Merry Christmas!

Heart was purring, but you wouldn't think so to look at him! Hey, it's rather an auspicious Christmas this year. Who'd have thou...

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That Link on the Left

I don't do ads on this site. But I have just added this Amazon button. It works like this. If you were about to buy something on Amazon ...

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Sagittarian Self Portraits: Half Human Half Beast

Lucien Freud, Dec 8, 1922. Not someone you'd want to take to tea with grandma. There's a darkness to Sagittarius . Often it's h...

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North Korea: The Tyrant is Dead, Long Live the Tyrant

A stamp commemorates Kim Jong Il's meeting with Hu Jintao. Well, it's been quite a year for departures , has it not. Ben Ali, Mubara...

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Last Minute Presents For The Empty of Wallet

You've been making one of these right. Tell me if you know who took this pic. How do you choose something really special without breakin...

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Go On - Give 'em A Reading

Are you tired of giving Great Uncle Matthew a bottle of port and a piece of your mind? Are you bored with buying your sister yet another use...

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Studio Neptune

Sometimes you get an overwhelming sense of one planetary energy from a particular room. I have a friend who's North Node, destiny or eve...

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Merkozy: Valkyrie

Merkozy: Scorpio Rising, Taurus Sun - not to be messed with. In Europe, there is someone in charge now and her name is Merkozy . It's ta...

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Revisiting Cameron

Back in October I wrote a piece about David Cameron, which I think is worth re-reading . Here is the link . I asked this question: "Wil...

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Britain in Europe: An Identity Crisis

Eclipses always signify endings . Some more major than others. This ending is a biggie. On Friday, by rejecting closer fiscal co-operation, ...

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Astrology of Now: Helter Skelter

Blimey! It's been quite a year. The rebel planet Uranus has fast-tracked the whole world into a revolutionary ferment. And Uranus is ab...

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10 Things to Do With Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius

Ahh bless him. Revisit David Sshwimmer (Nov.2) and his Friends Oh my goodness – I do try not to get in a fritz about Mercury Retrograde. Ind...

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Are You Cinderella or An Ugly Step-Sister?

The ugly step-sisters flank Cinderella in last year's panto at the Oxford Playhouse. What is it about our brothers and sisters? It's...

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December Horoscopes

Despite Merc Rx fandoodlemayhem, the scopes are here. This month is so cosmically amazing though that I'm going to be doing quite a few ...

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One Night Stand

Pluto abducts Proserpine. Bernini. Venus meets Pluto tomorrow (December 2), setting the tone for a very "interesting" month ahead....

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Ken Russell: Dedicated to Dionysus

Film director  Ken Russell  made big, messy pictures with a lot of sex and music in them. His fluid, emotional, freewheeling camerawork is ...

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Astrology of Now: Eclipse Energy

Race ahead during an eclipse like this chap in the film Stagecoach All of us, without exception, are on a journey of evolution and change. S...

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Grandma Love

Alison Uttley's Little Grey Rabbit has the bright eyes and busyness of my darling mother out law I am blessed with a very lovely mother-...

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George Harrison: Water Boy

George: Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Venus in water signs. Marty: Sun, Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter in water signs. "Who's your favou...

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Egypt: More Work To Do

Praying in Tahrir Square Back in February, I concluded my piece on Egypt with this remark: " Meanwhile, it remains to be seen if the ju...

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Astrology of Now: Mars in Virgo = The Big Clean Up

I have been down at the bottom of the garden this week, turning my compost, mulching the autumn leaves, sawing up wood, stacking old flowerp...

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