The Popes and the Mother Goddess

Benedict XVI steps down tomorrow Pope Benedict XVI has the chart of a true " Prince of the Church ". He has the two planets of pow...

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Kali Drives Change in India

Indians have taken to the streets to protest against violence against women. India , the world's biggest democracy, is a great big bhel ...

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Why Britain Loves Bond

Gadgets, car chases, kiss kiss, bang, bang.  Was there ever a deeper examination of the modern condition than James Bond? Just kidding. A Bo...

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Balancing The Masculine and The Feminine

Shivashakti - male and female energies combine in one body. The asteroids – Ceres, Juno, Vesta and Pallas, named for four of the great godde...

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Seeing Pregnancy Through Ceres' Eyes

I wonder: is this the most influential portrait of a woman from the 20th century? You wouldn't believe it now, but way back in 1991, thi...

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That Tiger Mother

Tiger Mom: me me me As an indulgent, child-worshipping Western mother, the Tiger Mom thing really gets up my nose. In case you missed it, (...

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Wise Counsellors for Cancer, Leo and Virgo

You may have read some of my previous posts on the " tutelary deities " used by Roman astrologers. These came as a surprise to me...

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Ceres, Food and Revolutions

Shopping for bread in the middle of a riot can be hectic. Tunisia. Have you looked closely at your grocery bill recently ? It's gone ...

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Dominique Strauss Kahn: A Tragedy Unfolds

"That old black ram is tupping your white ewe." Othello strangles Desdemona  from Othello Othello rose to the highest public offic...

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Jupiter and Uranus: Last Tango in Pisces

Shade and Darkness – The Evening before the Deluge. JMW Turner 1843 A wall of water ripped through inland Australia  tearing up trees, tossi...

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Equal Rights for Goddesses?

As you know, there are seven heavenly bodies in traditional astrology. The boys - Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The girls - Moon, ...

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From beneath the earth…

After making the sun and the moon and the sky and the mountains and the sea, and after making the animals and the birds and the trees, the c...

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