Jupiter Square Pluto The major square between Jupiter and Pluto occurs late on Thursday evening, and its effects may also be noticeable during the day on Friday.  You may have been feeling its pressure building up over the last week or so.  It represents power issues and power struggles, and the abuses of power. I […]

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Leonard Cohen (1934 – 2016) “But let’s not talk of love or chains and things we can’t untie Your eyes are soft with sorrow Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye” Poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen died this week, providing an emotional distraction from the election of Donald Trump to the U.S. Presidency.  Though he […]

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A Compatibility Guide for Scorpios Are you a Scorpio, or do you have a friend, relative or partner born under that sign? Scorpios can make valuable friends, and not all of them sting! Scorpio Sun with Aries Sun These two can be quite a go-ahead partnership, with plenty of drive to get things done.  They are […]

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Hillary Clinton “In Hillary, we have a candidate who has dedicated her life to public service, someone who has waited her turn and helped out while waiting.” ~ Michelle Obama America stands on the edge of a new Presidency, and the world is holding its breath.  I wrote a blog about Trump last December, so […]

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Strictly Come Dancing – Part 3 Here are the next four contenders in this competition.  I hope to get round them all in due course! Danny Mac Ex-Hollyoaks actor Danny Mac has been my favourite since week 1 (and not because he looks like a suave young Pierce Brosnan).  From his week 1 cha cha […]

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Bob Dylan “Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight An’ for each an’ ev’ry underdog soldier in the night An’ we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing” ~ Bob Dylan What took them so long to award Bob Dylan the Nobel […]

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A Compatibility Guide for Librans Are you a Libran, or do you have a friend, relative or partner born under that sign? Librans can generally harmonize well with other signs, and are the romantics of the zodiac. Libra Sun with Aries Sun These two signs pull in opposite directions, but can balance each other.  Libra can […]

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Shimon Peres “Better to negotiate for peace in pain and frustration for five years than have five minutes of gunfire and bullets.” Shimon Peres, the last of the founding fathers of Israel, died this week aged 93.  Like many advocates of peace, he started out as a “hawk” but undeniably worked for peace in the […]

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Strictly Come Dancing – Part 2 Time now to put the astrological microscope on the next 4 contestants in the new season of Strictly Come Dancing, now that all the contestants have competed for the first time.  The standard was incredibly high, for the first week of the contest. Louise Redknapp Louise, former singer with […]

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Poldark (please note: there is a video on You Tube instructing you on the correct pronunciation) The Poldark season is so important that during that time of year my friend Laura and I re-schedule our Sunday evening chats, which we don’t do for any other television programme.  Apparently the original series was so successful that […]

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