10 Things To Do With Mercury in Taurus

Mercury, which rules thought and communication, is currently in practical Taurus. This is good for everybody, because it means we have a rea...

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The Ideal Gift For Taurus

Me: "What would you like for your 9th birthday?" Taurus: "A voice-activated safe, please." I'm not making that up. S...

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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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Happy May Day from Oxford

Happy May Day to all my readers. As you may know, May Day is celebrated with some ferocity in Oxford – drinking, dancing, dressing up. It st...

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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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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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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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Madhuri Dixit: Living Goddess

Bollywood produces beauties by the bucketload. If you're a leading lady in Indian popular cinema, there's a look you ought to have –...

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Astrology of Now: Fred Astaire

Thanks to Aya for pointing out that Fred Astaire was born with the Sun in Taurus and Venus conjunct Mercury in Aries. The grace of Taurus an...

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Astrology of Now: Words of Love

My last post got lost in the Blogger inferno, so I'll summarise it thus: Tell the people you love that you love them right now – do it, ...

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Venus and the Virgin

The Virgin at La Salette, France "M AY is Mary’s month, and I Muse at that and wonder why:     Her feasts follow reason,     Dated due...

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Taurus Self-portraits

Leonardo's newly discovered self-portrait. His Sun is at 3° Taurus adjusted from the gregorian calendar. Many years ago, I used to work ...

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Art or Craft?

I spent Saturday at Art in Action, the local shindig at Waterperry Gardens here in Oxfordshire. It's a hugely enjoyable event. Artists ...

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