Listening to a podcast recently on the 12th house you would be forgiven in thinking that if you had any planets there, especially the Sun or the Moon, you were doomed to solitude, mental illness and the occasional interaction with large animals, all traditional readings of 12th house planets. It is a good podcast generally,Continue reading “Not all doom and gloom: musings on the 12th house”
Author Archives: elisabeth brooke
Misogyny….
Misogyny, from the Greek miso-hate, gynae-women is as prevalent as it was in Ancient Greece. Can we see it in the horoscope or is it less nature than nurture? For this essay I look at two current misogynists both of whom have come a cropper due to their women-hating behaviour. I wondered what I wouldContinue reading “Misogyny….”
The Summer Solstice
What will it bring? First, let’s look back to the Spring Equinox. You can see the planets bunched up on the eastern side of the chart and most of them below the horizon. The chart ruler is Mars, unhappy in Gemini but strong in its eighth house. Mars is separating from a square to NeptuneContinue reading “The Summer Solstice”
Lucky/unlucky? A Tale of two Temperaments.
Temperaments show our basic nature and how we greet the world and in turn how the world greets us. Our temperament is calculated using the Ascendant, the Moon sign and planets ruling them as well as the season we were born in.* How and when we entered this world in other words. Two contrasting lifeContinue reading “Lucky/unlucky? A Tale of two Temperaments.”
Shooting the Messenger-Mars in Gemini
Mars has been in Gemini for a long time. In this blog I have a look at people with this configuration, both saints and sinners and a surprising number of musicians..
Off with his head and other thoughts on the monarchy
The Astrology of the Family, looks at common themes that run through family lines. Charles I, Charles III and Prince Harry have a lot of astrology in common. What will it mean for the future of the royal family?
Yuletide Greetings
What does the astrology of the Winter Solstice suggest the next three months will be like?
Diving deep and surfacing Georgia O’Keeffe.
Georgia O’ Keeffe is the archetypal Scorpio. Sun, Moon, Mercury, Ascendant, Jupiter and the Part of Fortune all crowded around her Ascendant and opposite a painterly Neptune in Taurus. She took nature (Taurus, Kore) and transformed it into something deeper, darker and more confronting.
Like Persephone, beguiled by flowers, once picked, they took her on an erotic journey into a deeper, darker place. Georgia admits to being terrified, but courageously moved forwards none the less (Scorpio is ruled by Mars) and her Furies brought her to a place of inner torment (her breakdowns) and to a barren, foreign land (which of course was not barren but stripped down to the bare essentials as desert landscapes are), where she found solace in solitude, nature, and her art. Scorpio, like Mars-ruled Aries needs seclusion to express themselves.
The Human Hand grenade and her creepy sidekick: how to destroy an economy in one easy step
The moniker Human Hand Grenade comes from Dominic Cummings who observed everything Liz Truss touched exploded in her face. Much as I dislike the man, he certainly has this bang on, he also called Keir Starmer a dud- another fine description, I reckon. But back to Liz, what does her astrology tell us about ourContinue reading “The Human Hand grenade and her creepy sidekick: how to destroy an economy in one easy step”
The poet, the lover and the Rowan 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 travelled to Iraq with Wilfred Thesiger to explore the marshes (subsequently drained by Saddam Hussein). He wanted to bring an otter home with him. Thesiger found one, who Maxwell named Mijbil and he wrote about his experiences in the best selling book and film Ring of Bright Water, which is a line from one of Kathleen’s poems.
He has married me with a ring, a ring of bright water
Whose ripples spread from the heart of the sea,
He has married me with a ring of light, the glitter
Broadcast on the swift river. Â
Their relationship ended with her curse by a Rowan tree. This blog looks at their synastry and major transits at this fateful time.
Elisabeth Brooke 