Tag Archives: Horoscope

The Curse of Rowan

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”

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?”

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”

Blowing things up

The astrology of explosions ‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds’ This week was the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, a terrible event in a terrible war. Two atomic bombs, eerily called, ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat Man’ were dropped by the USA on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9,Continue reading “Blowing things up”

A revolution?

changing times I wonder if the emerging theme of Chiron in Aries and Pluto in Aquarius is the championing of the collective (Aquarius) and a rejection of the selfishness, bullying and egocentricity of recent years (Aries). I had originally planned, and half written a blog about Diane Abbott being suspended, but events overtook me whichContinue reading “A revolution?”