Saturday, July 16, 2011

Beaches Beckon

My family is wresting this computer from my sweaty grasp and taking me to the beach until the end of the month. Blogging is verboten. Do ple...

The UK: Up to Our Necks in Sewage

Did I mention that our Prime Minister David Cameron's relationship with the News of the World et al was likely to be too close? Yes I d...

More Venus Pluto

Just a passing thought - I wonder if Edouard Manet was having a Venus-Pluto transit when he painted Olympia. It was first shown in 1863 and ...

Lady Gaga and Her Hungry Pluto Moon

I wrote a piece last year comparing Lady Gaga and Madonna. I was reminded of it because I've had a whole bunch of charts come across my ...

Cancer Self-portraits

Rembrandt July 15, 1606 Rubens June 28, 1577 You know what - there seem to be more artists born in Cancer month than at any other time of ye...

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Harry Potter and the Cycle of Destiny

Tomorrow is just one more turn of the wheel of destiny for the author JK Rowling and her creation Harry Potter. The final film in the series...

Monday, July 11, 2011

Are You the Captain of Your Own Ship?

Man at the Helm, Theo Van Rysselberghe If you've ever steered a boat (or dreamt you were doing so), you'll know that sometimes you j...

Venus and Pluto: "I Have Been Half in Love with Death"

Last winter I wrote a piece called Death and the Maiden about Venus in Scorpio. The motifs I discussed then are also relevant to the current...

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Crisis What Crisis: Current Transits to the UK Chart

For an excellent analysis of the impact of current transits to the UK chart, take a look at Newscope over at Neptune Cafe.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

News of the World: The Bitter End

Well, here's a load of cobblers. The Romans had the Colosseum; we have the gutter press. Usually, it's the evisceration of a celebri...

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Rupert Murdoch: Is He in League with the Prince of Lies?

So News International employs a nest of snakes to run its papers. Quelle surprise! We are in the nastier reaches of the realm of Neptune - t...

Astrology of Now: How Are You Being Robbed?

"Why you're nothing but a pack of cards." Alice solves the banking crisis "It would be so nice if something made sense fo...

Monday, July 4, 2011

Anne Sinclair: The Power Behind Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Anne Sinclair puts a guiding hand on Dominique Strauss Kahn's shoulder I can't help wondering what is going through rich, handsome a...

Friday, July 1, 2011

Monthly Horoscopes: July 2011

Every cloud has a silver lining - or possibly some putti nestling in it. These are by Tiepolo. Well, you have to admit it's been rather ...

Eclipses: The Good News

Read too much astrology on the internet and you could really get the heebie jeebies about today's eclipse. So I just thought I'd poi...

The Astrology of Anorexia

La Grande Bouffe Vesta was the most widely worshipped deity in the Roman empire since every house had a shrine to her - the hearth itself. ...