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Angela Merkel: the Astrology of Cancer: tread softly…

Cancer, ruled by the goddess Hestia is often underestimated. To my mind, Water signs are the strongest signs as they have flexibility and mutability which allows them to adapt to circumstances. Angela Merkel is a case in point, she was once the most powerful woman in the world.

Gemini- Iris the winged messenger

Iris, the goddess of Gemini has a message, things to say and do. Josephine Baker had a stellium in Gemini, Mercury, Sun, Jupiter, Pluto and Mars all in her 10th house of career. She was also Virgo rising, ruled by Mercury, Virgo rising often gives beauty and Gemini gives a great sense of fun.

Trump the felon

The trial of Trump returned a unanimous verdict this week. He was found guilty on all 34 charges. The verdict was read out at the last moment in the court house in New York. Trump is the only ex-president to face and be convicted on felony charges. Let us have a look at his chart. What was happening by way of transits when he was found guilty?

Rishi! bites the bullet. Why now?

Finally, Rishi has put us all out of our misery and called an election for July 4th. Why now? We don’t have a time of birth for his chart, so we cannot know the Ascendant or the houses, although for my money he is either Gemini or Virgo rising, physically he has one of thoseContinue reading “Rishi! bites the bullet. Why now?”

Taurus: Ella the divine voice

Ella Fitzgerald was the archetypal Taurean, in this blog I Look at her astrology. She said if herself: ‘I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is too much for me. Forgive me if I don’t have all the words. Maybe I can sing it and you’ll understand’

Beauty and the Beast: Jupiter Uranus:

A new biopic of Amy Winehouse and the Jupiter Uranus conjunction of last week made me check out Winehouse’s astrology. And indeed, she had a Jupiter Uranus conjunction in Sagittarius quite close, Jupiter at 4’19 and Uranus at 5’29, both opposite Chiron at 2’55 Gemini in the 12th house.

Wheels within wheels

Looking of cycles of awakening, unraveling and crisis through astrology.

In the book, The Fourth Turning1 the authors discuss how history is made up of around 80-90 year cycles. What is an 80-90 year cycle in astrology? Well, our old friend Uranus who has a cycle of around 84 years. The Neptune cycle is around 165 years, so a half Neptune return would fit.

The darkening of the light

Tomorrow’s Solar eclipse has caused a good deal of debate and fantastical interpretation. Looking at the astrology of the eclipse, it is, a startling one. It is conjunct Chiron, the wounded one, within 1 minute of arc, (very close in other words). Chiron is our wound, Chiron in Aries is the wound of the self,Continue reading “The darkening of the light”