Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius: Refresh your Ideas

1) Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn and Sagittarius 2) Triggering the Aspects 3) Is Mercury really that Bad in Sagittarius? 4) Reflections on Sagittarius 5) Fictional Sagittarians 6) Famous Sagittarians   1) Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn and Sagittarius Here comes the merry-go-round again and Mercury is about to go retrograde on December 13th.  Retrograde Mercury isContinue reading “Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius: Refresh your Ideas”

Uranus and Jupiter: The Rebel and the Guru join hands.

1: The Rollout of Major Conjunctions 2: Jupiter the Guru merged with Uranus the Rebel 3: Aspects to the Jupiter-Uranus Conjunction 4: The Asteroid Outlook 5: Natives born with Jupiter-Uranus conjunction: Alec Guinness, Vivienne Westwood and Bob Dylan.   1: The Rollout of Major Conjunctions When two mighty planets conjoin, it is more than justContinue reading “Uranus and Jupiter: The Rebel and the Guru join hands.”

Friedrich Nietzsche: the Exit out of the Labyrinth

  1: Nietzsche: Behold the Man 2: Nietzsche and the Kaleidoscope of ideas. 3: The Zero Degree of Aquarius 4: Style and Substance: The Epigrammatic Nietzsche 5: Nietzsche: the Psychologist. 6: Love Hurts: The Eros-Chiron connection 7: Nietzsche’s Asteroids and Dwarf planets 8: Nietzsche: The Legacy  Video version here.   1: Nietzsche: Behold the Man.Continue reading “Friedrich Nietzsche: the Exit out of the Labyrinth”

Jupiter in Taurus: Feel the Earth Move under your Feet.  

  The biggest most gaseous planet Jupiter is on the move again in mid-May. It’s a regular cycle and at the same time a long journey for Jupiter as it traverses the entire zodiac. See below for how that affects each sign in relation to Taurus being in the first house. Every year Jupiter movesContinue reading “Jupiter in Taurus: Feel the Earth Move under your Feet.  “

Attractions and Repulsions with Brett Easton Ellis

A book starts with a feeling, an emotion. It’s not a rational process. So says the Pisces Brett Easton Ellis born March 7th, 1964 in California.  He said as a teenager he was a ‘liar’ but now he is 58, he has mellowed and is more truthful. He has shifted and changed so much heContinue reading “Attractions and Repulsions with Brett Easton Ellis”

Overall Forecast for 2023: New Beginnings

  A Backwards Glance So we made it through 2022 alive and with some semblance of wholeness intact – well done. Still being here living and breathing is an achievement. It was a traumatic year in which all the seismic fault lines that separate people into false categories were rattled to capacity. We were steeredContinue reading “Overall Forecast for 2023: New Beginnings”

Dion Fortune: Sea Priestess of Avalon

  Jupiter on the Move If you are still recovering from the eclipses on the Scorpio-Taurus axis then you are not alone- the energy has been dark, turbulent and possibly traumatic.  It could have triggered deep-seated fears and primary insecurities. and we may yet feel the sting in the tail. But, in November and DecemberContinue reading “Dion Fortune: Sea Priestess of Avalon”

Rudolf Steiner: Mystic for the Modern Era

The work of Rudolf Steiner has impacted more people in the past few years than it ever did in his lifetime. His was a quiet voice and nothing he said ever banged people on the head or threatened to provoke a revolution. From Steiner we get that mouthful of a word ‘Anthroposophy’ which in everydayContinue reading “Rudolf Steiner: Mystic for the Modern Era”

Master of Masters: Enter Bruce Lee

  When Bruce Lee bursts in the room, he lands on his toes, arching like an alley cat, raises his arms but does not stay still. He dances sideways back and forth. If he picks a fight with you, the challenge – and your life lesson- begins and it’s it’ll be over so fast, you’llContinue reading “Master of Masters: Enter Bruce Lee”

The King of the Gods in the house of Spirituality: Jupiter in Pisces

As a native of the sign Sagittarius my assessment of what Jupiter is all about is long overdue. Perhaps I just needed the benefit of hindsight-because as a teenager you rarely comprehend all the meanings of Jupiter- his enormity lies in front of you, not behind you. You need life to happen for Jupiterian themesContinue reading “The King of the Gods in the house of Spirituality: Jupiter in Pisces”

Aquarius, the Internet and the Empires that Mark and Jack Built

Is the Internet Aquarian? Continuing the exploration of all things Aquarian, Aquarius and the Internet have long been linked. The internet opened a world of niche interest groups across the globe, of humanitarian movements but also crackpot fringe groups and nerds, and so the technological innovation became the ultimate connector. But it has both liberatedContinue reading “Aquarius, the Internet and the Empires that Mark and Jack Built”

AQUARIANA: concentrated quirk in the sign of Aquarius

If you squeezed all the planets into a garlic press through the sign of Aquarius, you would get a puree of Aquariana. What would that look and taste like? It’s a concentration of energy for those rare folk that tend to be all in solidarity with each other that they are individuals, yet with anContinue reading “AQUARIANA: concentrated quirk in the sign of Aquarius”

The Clash of the Old and the New: January 2021

The Roman god of the beginning of the year was Janus. This is how we got the word January. He is quite a complex god, associated with Quirinus, who became Saint Quirinus, who keeps away plagues, and Romulus, one of the founding figures of Rome.  So he had multiple origins and meanings and intricate connectionsContinue reading “The Clash of the Old and the New: January 2021”

Shirley Jackson’s Chironic Eclipse Message

Shirley Jackson has something to tell us from beyond the grave. Her date of birth is on this December 14th eclipse, her star is rising again with Elisabeth Moss portraying her in a new biopic. So it is time to reassess: why Shirley Jackson, why now and what is the message? She was an author,Continue reading “Shirley Jackson’s Chironic Eclipse Message”

What Lessons have we Learned from Venus in Gemini?

  If this is Earth school then our challenges are now the toughest ever and what we’ve gone through may be just the mock exams. The real graduation is down the line. We’ve taken some hard knocks from Pluto, Saturn and Jupiter doing a ritual dance together. But I want to keep the focus onContinue reading “What Lessons have we Learned from Venus in Gemini?”

The Bumpy Ride gets Bumpier: March 2020

    When I talked about transits of Mars in a previous post, I said get ready for a bumpy ride as the sun comes into Aries. That’s right about now, March 20th. So congratulations we have made it to this point. But this global panic, crisis and toilet paper hysteria is just a tasterContinue reading “The Bumpy Ride gets Bumpier: March 2020”

Warrior Mars Enters Executive Capricorn

Whether you are male or female the chutzpah of this energy will get an extra boost when the sun moves into Aries on the 20th March. The joys of Spring in the northern hemisphere then will shift more into high gear. But before all that, as we swim through Pisces, our goal-shaping can still beContinue reading “Warrior Mars Enters Executive Capricorn”

Deep Sea Diving: Mercury in Pisces

Mercury entered Pisces on Monday February 3rd and I immediately felt drained as it is the communicator was diving under the surface. He is taking a long-held breath and swimming down to the bottom of the Ocean. This could be tense and require extra energy and attention, but the results are great. You may findContinue reading “Deep Sea Diving: Mercury in Pisces”