Aquarius The Engineer & Civilisation

Roman aqueduct, Segovia, Spain. In the first century AD, Rome's 11 aqueducts delivered tons of fresh water to the one million citizens w...

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Those Pretty, Pretty Virgo Boys

Keanu Reeves (Sep. 2, Virgo Rising) and River Phoenix (Aug 23, Scorpio Rising) They're all a bit older now (except perhaps for M. Philli...

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Cancer: The Power of Four

Fours: Corners of the earth Noble Truths of Buddhism Suits in a deck of cards Directions Limbs Gospels Basic castes in India Aims of life fo...

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Gemini: Face To Face With History

Gandhi's morning walk, photographed by Margaret Bourke White (b. June 14, 1904) In the tangled of intricacy of the natal chart, the Sun ...

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What's Your Job on the Ship of Life?

One of the things that astrology teaches is that we need all kinds of different skills and qualities to keep the ship of life afloat. Societ...

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New Year's Resolutions

The Orphic Egg from which the first god hatched. Happy New Year, everyone.  Like quite a lot of people, I spent a while last night thinking ...

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Last Minute Presents For The Empty of Wallet

You've been making one of these right. Tell me if you know who took this pic. How do you choose something really special without breakin...

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Libra: The Iron Fist in the Velvet Glove

Vladimir Putin - Russian president and Libra You know, when I read about Librans in most astrology books I only half recognise them. I mean...

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March Horoscopes

Purple and yellow crocuses have raised their heads on my wet lawn. Snowdrops are still nodding in the borders and the fleshy leaves of daf...

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Art and Astrology: Aquarian Self-portraits

Aquarius is the sign of the avant-garde – and who could be more emblematic of the avant garde than Edouard Manet. Some of his paintings are...

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Monthly horoscopes: February

This month I'm focusing on how you can take advantage of Jupiter's move into fiery Aries for a half-year sojourn. Click here  for th...

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Aquarius: Boys Will Be Girls

Dame Edna (aka Barry Humphries) (17 Feb 1934) Sometimes the pictures tell the story. Need I say more, my cheeky water-bearing friends? If yo...

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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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Monthly Horoscopes: January

The first signs of the year, Capricorn and Aquarius, both belong to that austere planet, Saturn With the final conjunction of two of the so...

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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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December Horoscopes

It snowed here last night, blanketing the city in magic. I hope it heralds a beautiful holiday season. To kick it off, I've written you ...

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Lady Gaga vs Madonna

Can you believe the shoes? Lady Gaga has finally sauntered onto my middle-aged radar by wearing that outrageous dress. Wow - it's punk a...

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Newspaper horoscopes: should you bother?

Desire Dehau reading a newspaper by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1890). They didn't have horoscope columns back then but it's a nice p...

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