Red River Under a Blood Moon: the Astrology of Vietnam

1: On the Trail of the Red River 2: The Status of Astrology in Vietnam 3: Travelling and Astro-Cartography 4: The Geodetic Lines across Asia 5: The Natal Chart of Vietnam 6: ‘Uncle Ho’ Chi Minh  7: The Way Out is In   1: On The Trail of the Red River The Vietnamese are proudContinue reading “Red River Under a Blood Moon: the Astrology of Vietnam”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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.”

Writing at the Deep Heart’s Core: William Butler Yeats

1: Things Fall Apart 2: In Search of the Unrequited 3: The Eros Connection 4: The Battle of Blythe Road 5: Yeats’ marriage to George Hyde-Lees   1: Things Fall Apart ‘Things fall apart. The centre cannot hold’ can mean to us that something darkly weird is happening out there and we feel that onContinue reading “Writing at the Deep Heart’s Core: William Butler Yeats”

Make Way for Eclipse Season: April and May 2023

1: What’s in an Eclipse? 2: The Solar Eclipse April 20th 3: Emmanuel Macron 4: Benjamin Netanyahu 5: The May 5th Lunar Eclipse   1: What’s in an Eclipse? It’s time to check in with the eclipses again. Back in 2020 I wrote about the Dec 14th total solar eclipse in Sagittarius which was importantContinue reading “Make Way for Eclipse Season: April and May 2023”

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”

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”

Nobody’s Lapdog: John Lydon, the ex Pistol

1: Not Rotten at All 2: Uranus, the Promethean 3: The Ultimate Contrarian 4: The Gig that Changed the World   1: Not Rotten at All Johnny Rotten was born Jan 31st 1956, was known by this name when he was in the Sex Pistols but the more you know about him the less theContinue reading “Nobody’s Lapdog: John Lydon, the ex Pistol”

The Age of Individualism: Lord Byron’s travels across Europe

1: The First Modern Anti-Hero 2: The Astro Location of Byron in Europe 3: What the Asteroids Say 4: The Death of a Poet 5: Being Byron     1: The First Modern Anti-Hero The name Byron represents one who stands out from the crowd- the lone hero battling his personal demons.  It is aContinue reading “The Age of Individualism: Lord Byron’s travels across Europe”

The Cosmic Wrestling Match: Uranus and Saturn

1: The Cosmic Wrestling Match 2: Uranus Stationing Retrograde 3: Who are you Number 6? 4: Saturn as Supreme Oppressor 5: Uranus versus Saturn Ongoing 6: Who Wins?   1: The Cosmic Wrestling Match With the chaos in the world right now, it can feel like we are the frogs being boiled slowly in theContinue reading “The Cosmic Wrestling Match: Uranus and Saturn”

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?”

The Quest for Life Force and Pure Being: Wilhelm Reich and Ram Das

1: First and Foremost  2: Orgone Accumulators and Cloud Busters: Wilhelm Reich 3: Psychedelics and the Search for the Divine: Ram Das    1: First and Foremost  In my previous gallery of the first and foremost I had to leave out a few original talents who also demanded attention as Aries does not like toContinue reading “The Quest for Life Force and Pure Being: Wilhelm Reich and Ram Das”

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 Clash of the Old and the New: January 2021

1: Moving through 2021 2: Saturn Square Uranus rules the Year   1: Moving through 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, oneContinue reading “The Clash of the Old and the New: January 2021”