Aries 2007 This month we are back to the beginning again β Aries the first sign, ruled by the planet Mars β the God of war. So it was with interest that I read an article about the mission to Mars, one of many such articles currently in the press. The topic of this particular one was about how the …
Pregnant at 70 – is your company ready to give birth?
Pisces 2007 Pregnancy may seem a strange topic for a post discussing business, but in my view companies go through this phase at specific times in their lives. We are talking here symbolically of course, so maybe conception and gestation are better words to describe the phase to which I am referring. These are stages that occur before birth, be …
Authenticity – how do we keep it and still fit in?
Aquarius 2007 An article in the Ode newsletter this week caught my eye. Ode is an independent magazine that aimsΒ to report on people who change the world. This article was about how Amitai Etzioni seems to be an inspirer of men, including Balkenende, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands,Β Tony Blair and Bill Clinton among other notable figures. Now Etzioni (original …
Saturn, scapegoats and the blame game
Capricorn 2007 Some time ago a friend of mine and I were discussing the structure of a book she was writing. One of her topics of expertise is patient rights, and we ended up discussing the responsibilities of the different parties involved and how this is seen by different groups in society.Β As soon as I hear the words ‘structure’ …
Sagittarius – the visionary or the judge?
Sagittarius 2006 According to astrologers, Sagittarius is ruled by the planet Jupiter. This means, among other things, that there are similarities between the planet and the sign and that the symbol of the archer (half human, half horse) has something to say about both of them. The sign in astrology has more to do with the manner in which something …
Pluto – demotion or …?
Scorpio 2006 In this Scorpio post, the focus is on the planet (now dwarf planet) Pluto, since modern astrologers agree that Pluto ‘rules’ the sign of Scorpio. Many people have asked “what does it mean for astrology now that Pluto is no longer a planet?” This naming decision by the IAU ( International Astronomical Union), in August this year, went …