elisabeth brooke

Lady of the wild things

Looking at the Astrology of Jane Goodall,

Crisis at the BBC

This week’s blog looks at the astrology of the BBC and muses what the future might hold for the institution.

The poet, her lover and the magic tree. The poet Katherine Raine fell in love with author Gavin Maxwell. Theirs was a stormy relationship, not helped by the fact that Maxwell was gay. Maxwell became famous after he traveled to Iraq with Wilfred Thesiger to explore the marshes (which were subsequently drained by Saddam Hussein).Continue reading “The Curse of Rowan”

Right wing women

Looking at the astrology of Right Wing women, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Candace Owens and the author Andrea Dworkin.

Green shoots?

The new leader of the Green Party comes out fighting. Zack Polanski the new leader of the Green Party has the archetypal politician’s chart. We do not know his time of birth so we can only look at the planets and the aspects between them. The first thing to note are the signs of ambitionContinue reading “Green shoots?”

Mists and Magic Mushrooms

Looking at the astrology of psychedelics, Albert Hofmann and Timothy Leary.

Decumbiture

The astrology of sickness This is an example of how Decumbiture works in practice. Decumbiture is a branch of Horary Astrology concerned with questions of sickness, what is wrong with me? What can I do to fix it? I will be teaching Decumbiture in the second term of my Astrology and Herbs course. See hereContinue reading “Decumbiture”

Framing the nightmare-Lee Miller revisited

I originally wrote this post 3 years ago, with the new film Lee being released, I thought I would re-visit and re-post the astrology of this extraordinary woman.

Counting the pennies- Virgo and money

Money is another Virgo concern, in this blog I discuss two women who have thoughts about how we manage our money, the macro view of economist Carlota Perez and the micro view of trainer Amanda Frances.

Let’s hear it for Virgo!

Virgo’s have a bad rep in Astrology, they are seen as nit-picking, nervous, detail obsessed, and sometimes neurotic. But of course, there is another side, in my book Goddess Astrology I give Virgo to the great goddess Demeter. In this blog I discuss the goddess and the sign.