Astrology of Now: Deep Prayer, Inner Vastness

Blue, Green and Brown by Mark Rothko I do wonder how much astrology is used in the Vatican. The timing of Benedcit XVI's resignation and...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: A Bouquet of Irises

Black Iris III The American painter, Georgia O'Keeffe, was an über-Scorp, with Sun, Moon, Jupiter and Mercury all in the sign that rule...

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Talking Impressionism

La Loge , Renoir.  It's April 1874 and Paris is laughing. A group of painters has had the audacity to exhibit their work outside the Sa...

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Olympics: Happy Shiny Pluto and Dippy Dotty Uranus

OK - I'm on holiday, but I was just popping by to update the horoscopes so I thought I'd briefly post on the Olympic Opening Ceremon...

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Gemini Self-Portraits Redux

I've just re-read last year's Gemini self-portraits piece again and it made me smile. Take a look and enjoy how surprisingly alike s...

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Unpacking My Library: The Artist's Way

Most self-help books have about three ideas in them which are padded out with a lot of white space and bullet points. But there are a few wh...

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Art in the Era of Neptune in Pisces

Daydreaming by DG Rossetti I think it's time I drew your attention to a piece I wrote about Neptune in Pisces and the Pre-Raphaelites. T...

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More Neptune: Picasso Holds Up A Mirror

Pablo Picasso loved the virile masculinity of the bull – the cojones. He painted and drew and modelled and made hundreds of bulls.  It's...

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Capricorn Self-Portraits: Solid Intense

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (8 Jan) painted this self-portrait when he was 16. During his lifetime, he was one of the richest, most sought-after pa...

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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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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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Libra Self-Portraits: Blending into the Picture

Suzanne Valadon (23 Sept 1865) Theoretically, there's nothing more revealing of character than a self-portrait , yet this month's ar...

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Virgo Self-Portraits: Perfect Wits

David (30 August 1738) It will come as no surprise to see that the work of artists born under Virgo is consistently detailed, crafted, tech...

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