The Lyre

It all started with this picture. The sculpture's called Spring and I thought it was a pretty good representation of Lilith conjunct Su...

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Sleeping Nature, Fire Within

In the Northern Hemisphere, nature is sleeping. The leaves have fallen and the ground is frost-hard. Here at England's navel, dusk is a...

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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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How Adele is a Shaman

Listen to this. You wouldn't think that the British singer  Adele turned 21 last May, would you? She has the voice of, well, experience...

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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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Catherine Middleton's Birth Chart: Cool, Powerful and Sensitive

I want a William and Kate souvenir toothpick, please. I received an email a while ago asking me to look at the chart of Catherine Middleton ...

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Astrology and Art: Capricorn Self-Portraits

There are two main ways I like to use astrology when I'm thinking about art. 1. Knowing an artist\s birth chart or simply natal Sun ca...

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The Yin of Capricorn

Winter Moonlight by George Inness captures the stillness of this time of year. The end of December. In the northern hemisphere, the darkest...

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Why Capricorn Nigella is a Modern Vestal (Un)Virgin

A priestess of the goddess Vesta, "tutelary deity" to Capricorn. Here imagined by 19th century  painter  Lord Leighton. Capricorns...

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Captain Beefheart: Creativity Nurtured by Saturn

Captain Beefheart (far right) and the long-suffering Magic Band, back in 1969. A creative visionary died this week. Don Van Vliet (aka Capta...

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Astrology of Now: Honour Thy Father or Else!

Riot police in Parliament Square.* The god Pluto wears a helmet of invisibility. Are you enjoying the ferocious fisticuffs between Mercury, ...

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7 Good Things To Do When Mercury Retrogrades in Capricorn

Take a leaf out of Rodin' s notebook and have a little think. Here's one of the simplest ways to use astrology: work with the energ...

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Wikileaks and That Cheeky Mercury

Sometimes astrology is really simple. Take the Wikileaks leaks. Last round was the Iraq War logs. I wrote a pretty dark blog about those at...

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Royal Wedding: The Bling of Power

We had a flying visit from our Indian friend this week with whom I had  our usual discussion  about things astrological. We soon got around ...

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