The Parting Glance: Neptune reenters Pisces

1: The Parting Glance Neptune dipped back into Pisces yesterday and it has been non-stop rain in the UK. This will be the last time it stays in Pisces for the next 165 years; so what does that mean? This is the endpoint of the entire zodiac cycle -the exit door where people vanish intoContinue reading “The Parting Glance: Neptune reenters Pisces”

Uranus in Gemini for Seven Years

1: More Planets on the Move 2: Uranus Enters Gemini 3: Digital Twins and AI Influencers 4: Beau Brummel: Dedicated ‘Leader’ of Fashion 5: Uranus in Gemini for all Signs Aries – Taurus – Gemini – Cancer – Leo – Virgo Libra – Scorpio – Sagittarius – Capricorn – Aquarius – Pisces   1: MoreContinue reading “Uranus in Gemini for Seven Years”

The Saturn-Neptune Conjunction in Aries, 2026

Part I: The Saturn-Neptune Conjunction in Aries 1: The Inception Degree       2: The Timeline 3: The Saturn-Neptune Cycle 4: The Saturn-Neptune Conjunction Part II: The Saturn-Neptune People    1809-10: Saturn-Neptune in Sagittarius (Chopin, Carson, Lincoln, Darwin, Gogol, Poe)    1881-83: Saturn-Neptune in Taurus (Gibran, Braque, Fleming, Stravinsky, deMille, Chaney)    1917-18: Saturn-Neptune inContinue reading “The Saturn-Neptune Conjunction in Aries, 2026”

M.R. James: Master of the Antiquarian Horror Tale

  There are ghost stories that are forgettable and then there are ones that stick because they probe into more unsettling areas of the psyche. M.R. James is remembered for the distinct flavour of his spectral tales in which he basically invented the ‘antiquarian’ folk horror genre- with  scenarios that have been widely admired andContinue reading “M.R. James: Master of the Antiquarian Horror Tale”

2025: Shifting Gears on the Highway Ahead

1: Shifting Gears for 2025 2: Your Battery is Low: Mars Retrograde 3: Pluto in Aquarius 4: Jupiter enters Cancer 5: Uranus enters Gemini 6: Nodes and Eclipses   7: General Forecast for 2025  7:1 FiRE SIGNS: Aries Leo Sagittarius 7:2 EARTH SIGNS: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn 7:3 AIR SIGNS: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius 7:4 WATER SIGNS:Continue reading “2025: Shifting Gears on the Highway Ahead”

Björk: The Homogenic Landscape of Love

1: The Homogenic Landscape 2: Bjōrk: the Mid-Sixties Wild Child 3: The Outer Planetary Connection 4: Reverse Node Trouble with Ricardo López and Lars Von Trier 5: The Call to the Sacred Shimmering 6: The Sound of Sedna   1: The Homogenic Landscape Björk’s music and her unusual vocals have touched many people and repelledContinue reading “Björk: The Homogenic Landscape of Love”

For All Strangers in a Strange Land

1: Song to the Stranger in Strange Lands 2: Heinlein’s Natal Chart 3: Saturn in Pisces 4: Chariklo and how Sci-Fi Envisions ‘Things to Come’. 5: The Hauntological Question   1: Song to the Stranger in Strange Lands You quickly realise from Robert A. Heinlein’s novel Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) what all theContinue reading “For All Strangers in a Strange Land”

Riding the Waves: What We Learn from Surfers

1: What We Learn from Surfers   2: Astrology as a Surfboard   3: The Tao of Surfing   4: The Surfer’s Mindset: Ideas You Can Use   5: And the Next Wave…   Watch the Video version  1: What We Learn from Surfers Surfers have been known to wax philosophical from time to time.Continue reading “Riding the Waves: What We Learn from Surfers”

How to Drive someone Mad: Donizetti and the Bride of Lammermoor

1: Introduction 2: Gaslighting in ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ 3: Donizetti’s own Mad Scene 4: Gaetano Donizetti 5: The Birth of the Mad Lucia 6: Enter Maria Callas as Lucia 7: The 1955 Berlin Lucia 8: Blood and Gore Throughout   1: Introduction It is wonderful to hear an opera fully realised on stage with aContinue reading “How to Drive someone Mad: Donizetti and the Bride of Lammermoor”

The Haunted Hotel of Bedugul

  1) Location of Bedugul 2) The ‘Other’ Visitors 3) The Eerie Atmosphere 4) The Island of Bali  5) The Backstory: Tommy Suharto 6) The Astrology of the Main Players 7) The Shadows on the Walls 8) Wabi Sabi: the Beauty of Decay 9) How Haunted is the Haunted Hotel   1) Location of BedugulContinue reading “The Haunted Hotel of Bedugul”

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 thanContinue 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. ItContinue reading “Friedrich Nietzsche: the Exit out of the Labyrinth”

Mars Opposite Neptune: Fighting the Fog

  Mars is in Virgo opposing Neptune in Pisces right now. They pass like ships in the night as Mars is going forwards while Neptune is going backwards. So when Mars is at 26° of Virgo, Neptune is at 27° of Pisces but when Mars reaches 27° Neptune dodges back to 26°of Pisces. They getContinue reading “Mars Opposite Neptune: Fighting the Fog”

Venus Unveiled as Isis

1: Venus as Hesperus 2: Solar Return to Blavatsky 3: The Backwards Glance   1: Venus as Hesperus On August 13th Venus conjuncts the Sun marking the Venus star point at 20° of Leo the home of the Sun. It marks one of the most energised events of Venus in her dance with the SunContinue reading “Venus Unveiled as Isis”

Florence Farr: The Bohemian’s Bohemian

  1: Florence Farr: Wisdom Given to the Wise  2: Farr as Bohemian Muse of the Era.  3: Mistress of the Isis-Urania Temple 4: The Four Asteroid Archetypes of the Golden Dawn 5: Farr’s Personal Asteroids 5:1 Florence 5:2 Vesta 5:3 Urania 5:4 Polyhymnia 5:5 Isis 6: Final Years in Ceylon See the video versionContinue reading “Florence Farr: The Bohemian’s Bohemian”

The Eternal Eros in Harry Styles

1: How to Embody an Archetype 2: Casting Styles as Eros 3: Styles’ Fashion Style   1: How to Embody an Archetype No other system confirms hunches time and again as much as astrology.  It underscores the formulation by Hermes Trismegistus of ‘As Above, so Below; as Within, so Without‘ and these synchronicities construct theContinue reading “The Eternal Eros in Harry Styles”

Attractions and Repulsions with Brett Easton Ellis

1: Picking up the Shards of the Past 2: Saturn Moves into Pisces 3: Brett Plays Bad Boy 4: What Memory Can Do for You   1: Picking up the Shards of the Past A book starts with a feeling, an emotion. It’s not a rational process. So says the Pisces Brett Easton Ellis bornContinue reading “Attractions and Repulsions with Brett Easton Ellis”

Overall Forecast for 2023: New Beginnings

1: A Backwards Glance 2: General Themes and Predictions for 2023 3: Individual Forecasts through the Zodiac: Aries to Pisces Aries– Taurus-Gemini–Cancer–Leo–Virgo–Libra-Scorpio–Sagittarius–Capricorn–Aquarius–Pisces 4: The View Ahead: 2023   1: A Backwards Glance So we made it through 2022 alive and with some semblance of wholeness intact – well done. Still being here living and breathingContinue reading “Overall Forecast for 2023: New Beginnings”

Dion Fortune: Sea Priestess of Avalon

1: Jupiter on the Move 2: The Sea Priestess of Avalon 3: Dion Fortune:  Astro-Biographical Details. 4: Mars and Jupiter in Aquarius in the 5th 5: The Changeling Story 6: The Avalonian of Glastonbury 7: The ‘Magical’ Battle for Britain   1: Jupiter on the Move If you are still recovering from the eclipses onContinue reading “Dion Fortune: Sea Priestess of Avalon”

Proust and his Time Capsule of Curiosities

    1: The Search for the Real Proust 2: Proust in Love and Hate 3: Proust’s Daimon or Genius 4: Proust’s Sense of Humour 5: Death and a Cork-lined Room 6: The Cinematic Proust   1: The Search for the Real Proust They say people are changed by reading Marcel Proust. Life is foreverContinue reading “Proust and his Time Capsule of Curiosities”