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”

The Sun Enters Aries to Mark the Equinox

This is the all-important zero degree of Aries, the onset of Spring and the start of the wheel of the zodiac celebrated by astrologers as the real ‘astrological’ new year. It’s known as the Vernal Equinox, when there is equal day and equal night. It is where the celestial equator intersects with the ecliptic (pathContinue reading “The Sun Enters Aries to Mark the Equinox”

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”

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”

Pluto reenters Aquarius conjunct the Sun

Pluto is shifting from Capricorn to Aquarius and the news is littered with scandals coming to light- the dirt is being stirred up from the depths. Some knew all about these stories already, but for others, it is shocking and new. There is genuine anger at the injustices perpetrated often at first in the nameContinue reading “Pluto reenters Aquarius conjunct the Sun”

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”

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”

When Lovers Meet: Eros conjoins with Psyche

1: Eros: Light and Dark 2: The Conjunction Chart 3: The Love Vibration 4: The Discovery of Eros and Psyche 5: Psyche and Eros in Libra 6: Fixed Star Arcturus   1: Eros: Light and Dark This might seem counter-intuitive at a time when- the world is being disrupted by geopolitical shifts, when economies areContinue reading “When Lovers Meet: Eros conjoins with Psyche”

When is a Muse not a Muse?

1: Musing on The Muse 2: The Liannán Sídhe 3: The Irish Muse 4: Muse Asteroids   1: Musing on The Muse This is another meditation on a theme which is presented as a visual essay in video form as well as this written version here.   I conceived it as a visual essay as itContinue reading “When is a Muse not a Muse?”

Chimananda Ngozi Adichie Counters the Mono-Narrative

Author Chimananda Ngozi Adichie has just made a statement that I want to applaud.  She’s a voice speaking out with the fiery tone that James Baldwin used to have when he called out the mob mentality among all shades and skin colours. He said – and it is still true – that hate leaves theContinue reading “Chimananda Ngozi Adichie Counters the Mono-Narrative”

The Poet of Film and the Mystic: Pier Paolo Pasolini and Chögyam Trungpa

1: In Search of the Ultimate Pisces 2: Pasolini: the Poet of Film 2: The Crazy Wisdom Rinpoche 1: In Search of the Ultimate Pisces “Take a moment to Live, Take a moment to Cry, Take a moment to Love, and Don’t ask Why. “  Winter Kills mixed by Armand Van Buuren (2020 ) InContinue reading “The Poet of Film and the Mystic: Pier Paolo Pasolini and Chögyam Trungpa”

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

1: Is the Internet Aquarian? 2: The Empires that Mark and Jack Built 3: The Spidery Web 4: Saturn Square Uranus Times Three   1: 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 theContinue reading “Aquarius, the Internet and the Empires that Mark and Jack Built”

The Revolving Doors of the December 14th Solar Eclipse

1: Fascination with Eclipses and the Fall of Empires 2: The 2020 Finale: Eclipse Season  3: The Dec 14th Eclipse   1: Fascination with Eclipses and the Fall of Empires An eclipse can chill us to the bone- even when it is not visible to the naked eye. On March 20th in 2015  I wentContinue reading “The Revolving Doors of the December 14th Solar Eclipse”