“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” ~ Moliere Sun square Saturn Sun square Saturn is the only main aspect on the menu this week, one that comes around approximately twice a year.  All other astrological features are not aspects as such, though the Full Moon is an opposition between the Sun […]

Categories: Archetypes · Aspects

Sometimes when I sit down on a Sunday morning to blog, I do not know what I will write about.  Some subjects that I would like to write about, are not easy to investigate astrologically.  Take the example of this week’s scandal about horsemeat being in beefburgers.  As a vegetarian, I would love to write […]

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An appreciation of Andrew Marr Andrew Marr needs to be appreciated this morning for his services to this blog.  Andrew, who suffered a stroke last Tuesday, is the presenter of “the Andrew Marr show” which has been broadcast on Sunday mornings since September 2005.  I had noticed that his new book was quite prominent in […]

Categories: Astrological Appreciation · Medical astrology

Dante Gabriel Rossetti I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the lights around the shore. You have been mine before,– How long ago I may not know: But just when at that swallow’s soar Your neck […]

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Aspects There is a complex tangle of aspects in the first half of the week, then a pause for thought in the middle of the week, followed by an upturn in mood in the second half of the week. The tangle consists of Mercury at 9 degrees Capricorn, Mars at 9 degrees Aquarius, Pluto at […]

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2012 Year of Extremes 2012 was undoubtedly a year of extremes.  Starting with the weather – in the UK alone we went from the driest year to the wettest year, all in one year!  The weather seems to be getting wilder all over the globe, and of course is set to continue that way. The […]

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Strictly Come Dancing I am so glad that we survived to see the final of Strictly Come Dancing!  What a National Treasure of a television programme, suitable for viewers from the ages of 8 to 80.  Every year they say it has been the best series yet, and with 3 excellent finalists this year, it […]

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Last week we were thinking about 2 children who had lost their mother; this week we find ourselves thinking about parents who have lost their children – in the worst school massacre in U.S. history. From my Postbag Q: “I wonder if the fact of Friday’s aspect is what caused the spark (snap/crack) in the […]

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Deconstructing last week:  The Sun-Jupiter Opposition Last week’s Sun-Jupiter opposition could have been dubbed The Prankster.  From feedback, some were able to negotiate its challenge of working with polarity, some achieved miracles, and some suffered greatly (I had one complainant to my Customer Service Desk). Royal Story of the Week On Monday, the day of […]

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Sun opposite Jupiter: Monday 3rd December 2012 1.45 a.m. We have less drama this week, and a chance to accentuate the positive, with only one aspect, and that aspect being a Jupiterian one.  This aspect comes at the beginning of the week, and occurs just after midnight tonight, at 1.45 a.m. tomorrow morning in the […]

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