For the Love of Astrology: the Asteroids of Walter Mercado

A Whole Lotta Love Walter as Guan-Yin Avalokitesvara PNOs-Walter and Mercado The Other Muses   A Whole Lotta Love Flamboyant astrologer Walter Mercado is the news because of a Netflix documentary film released July 8th 2020. It is called ‘Mucho Mucho Amor’ and is almost a hagiography – the beatification of Saint Walter. It provesContinue reading “For the Love of Astrology: the Asteroids of Walter Mercado”

Muse Asteroid Sample Report: David Bowie

  Sample Muse Asteroid Report for David Bowie  The contents of  every standard report will contain a section on the background, history and mythological significance of the muses and a short intro to how muse asteroids are used in astrology. In this sample, it will skip straight to the chart of singer and performer DavidContinue reading “Muse Asteroid Sample Report: David Bowie”

What Lessons have we Learned from Venus in Gemini?

1: Sweet Words of Love 2: Venus: The Sacred Harlot 3: Code and Platform Switching 4: Beauty Parlours as Heroes 5: Theatres Go Dark 6: Social Controls 7: Watch Thy Neighbours 8: Mushroom Zoom 9: Cancel Culture 10: Food Glorious Food 11: The Broader Picture 12: Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself 1: Sweet WordsContinue reading “What Lessons have we Learned from Venus in Gemini?”

The Beardsley Phenomenon

Beardsley said“I have one aim – the grotesque. If I am not grotesque, I am nothing.”

Finding your Creative Signature in Houses and Signs

Hilary Mantel has just published the third book in her historical trilogy about Thomas Cromwell. ‘Wolf Hall’ (2009) won the Booker Prize and was adapted into a successful TV drama. The second book ‘Bring up the Bodies (2012) also won a Booker Prize. So we might think her signature as a writer is with Mercury and it is true that her Mercury is in Leo in the 11th sextile to Saturn in Libra in the first so she is a good and balanced storyteller. But the books are about history and her particular skill is in bringing fresh insight to the historical circumstances. So we might also look for asteroid Klio, the muse of history. Asteroid Klio is placed in the 4th house. Sure enough her Sun conjunct Uranus and Venus in Cancer -the house of historical archives in the 10th, but these are opposite to Kilo residing there in the 4th suggesting that history might be her thing.