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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Natalie Wood: Saturn Returns

Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood Hollywood legend Natalie Wood – beautiful, talented, passionate – died in mysterious circumstances 30 years ...

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Jeff Buckley: Fallen Angel

Jeff Buckley, of the astonishingly beautiful voice, the soulful eyes and the strange and tragic death would have been 45 today (Nov 17). Jef...

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Scorpio Self Portraits: The Agony And The Absence

Francis Bacon, Oct 28 Don't expect to find this an easy bunch of pictures to look at. We are in the land of Scorpio this month - and thi...

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Hmmm… Just A Touch Of Scorpio?

Artist Georgia O'Keeffe born 15 Nov 1887 - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Jupiter in Scorpio opposite  Neptune (illusion, glamour)-Pluto (death aga...

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Celluloid-Meltingly Sexy Scorpios

Equally beautiful, equally deadly. Alain Delon (Nov 8) and Monica Vitti (Nov 3). It took a Libra, Michelangelo Antonioni, to put them togeth...

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Italy: Waking Up With A Hangover

Sophia and Marcello: Marriage Italian Style. Pluto squares Italy's Neptune. Some Italians will tell you that their country has essential...

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Astrology of Now: Face the Music and Dance

As an über-Neptunian type, I am always excited when the god of the sea turns around and starts to surge forwards. Today's the day. Dream...

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Eurozone: The Leadership Void

The Woodcutter. Kazimir Malevich painted this just before the Russian Revolution.  Say one thing for the current euro crisis, it's cutti...

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Astrology of Now: Mayhem

The late lamented Heath Ledger as the Joker in Batman. Mercury's dark side is on show now. Here's what happened to this post. I was ...

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Why India Worships Shahrukh Khan

If you've never been to India, it's hard to explain just how important Shahrukh Khan is. He is a V, V, V, VIP. Imagine someone who ...

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Greece's Plight

Here is what I wrote about Greece back in June "This is very, very serious for Greece.  And I think it will lead to a complete re-inven...

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Occupy Astrology: Resurrecting a Long-Dead Rebel

Rome 2011 You will have noticed that protesters from Madrid to Wall Street to the steps of St Paul's Cathedral have been sporting a par...

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Why Paisley?

FABRIC BY JANNASALAKDESIGNS OK – some of you have wondered what the paisley connection is with the November horoscopes. It's just this i...

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Crimson Pirate

The Crimson Pirate: Sagittarius Rising Happy Birthday (and RIP, natürlich) Burt Lancaster, superstar Scorp. Was there ever a more robust yet...

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