Astrology of Now: Poison Pen

Yesterday evening my daughter told me that her friend has been receiving nasty anonymous notes. These have been left in her desk for about a...

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Mercury in Scorpio: Inner Demons

A detail from Hieronymous Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights "Beware the slinking whisperer who whispers into the hearts of peo...

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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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Astrology of Now: Scary Monsters

Amy Winehouse (born with Saturn in Scorpio) Wouldn't it be nice if we could just gloss over the nastier side of human nature and preten...

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4 Things to Get Right With Saturn in Scorpio

October by James Tissot, who was born with Sun Libra, Saturn and Mercury in Scorpio . Saturn moving into Scorpio represents a major energy s...

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Lance Armstrong: Another Conspiracy of Silence

It turns out that the seven-times Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong cheated . Apparently, he was doped up to the eyeballs, bullied other...

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Astrology of Now: Concrete Dreams

William Turner: Snowstorm at Sea Neptune, the planet of illusion and delusion welcomed Saturn, the planet that rules old age, acquired wisd...

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Saturn in Scorpio – Learning to accept that you don’t always have control.

On October 5th 2012, Saturn shifts signs from Libra, the sign of relationships to Scorpio the sign of sharing, merging and of power. It wi...

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Those Sexy Bulls

Does Scorpio have a corner on sex appeal? "Nooo," shout the rest of us. "We have a smidgin of the x-factor too." Of cour...

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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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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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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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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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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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Dracula: Scorpio perchance?

To celebrate Halloween, I'm revisiting a post I wrote a while ago about vampires and squid and stuff. To find out if Dracula was a Scorp...

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