Scorpio 2018 Scorpio is living up to its reputation in very devastating ways this year. The sign of ‘taking no prisoners’ seems to want nothing less than death and rebirth. Brexit is splitting the UK, the heart-breaking fires in California have destroyed homes and lives, and in my practice, I have couples struggling to come to terms with relationship betrayal. …
Happy Birthday Northern Ireland
Sagittarius 2017 As I write, a birthday seems to have gone by largely unnoticed. Although the Easter Rising was a pivotal event in the splitting up of Ireland – the centenary was celebrated in 2016 – the formal agreements were only finalised in 1922. This was partly due to WWI occurring in the intervening period. Although agreements had been made …
What’s she up to now?
Cancer 2017 Since 2006, when Ceres was given her rightful status next to Pluto, I have been keeping an eye on her so I can learn how this planetoid works in practice. Clues to her nature are given by the wonderful myth we have about her and her daughter as well as by what she does astronomically. However I always …
Capricorn on steroids
Capricorn 2017 Yes, it’s 2017. And Capricorn comes around again like clockwork. Time for Capricornian pursuits – goal-setting, plans, getting real and learning about authority – just for starters. However this year started with a heavier dose of the old goat than usual. Not only do we still have Pluto wandering through the sign of the mountain climber, we have Jupiter – …
Our broken democracy
Cancer 2016 Lately, I often hear myself asking “what the hell is wrong with the world?” There is an overdose of sad, horrific and bizarre items in the news. I like to keep up with what is happening in the world so I don’t want to block it out by not reading the news. However a cartoon doing the rounds on …
Bye bye Britain
June 2016 I need to get Brexit out of my system so I can get on with life. So maybe a post will help. This is one of my ‘Not the Monthly Planet’ posts which I write only when I get involved in a topic. In astrology circles – the ‘see I was right’ thing has begun while the Bremain predictors are …