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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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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We are this weekend in the middle of the activation of the Uranus-Pluto square by Mars, a lively period.  The first part occurred last Thursday, with Mars square Uranus.  The second part occurs next Tuesday, with Mars conjunct Pluto. Mars triggering the Uranus-Pluto Square – Part 1 The forces of peace did manage just in […]

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Debates and Orations Last week’s North Node conjunction with Mars (Warriorship) was expressed in the debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the race for the Presidency.  Jonathan Freedland writing in the Guardian, wrote that in the British political arena, as in the U.S. battle, the underdog won this week: “Ed Miliband, meanwhile, won […]

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5 October 2012, 20.34 Hrs in the U.K. “He who would valiant be ’gainst all disaster, Let him in constancy follow the Master. There’s no discouragement shall make him once relent His first avowed intent to be a pilgrim.” ~ John Bunyan My choice of quotation for Saturn in Scorpio may seem a bit stark, […]

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The Uranus-Pluto square The tone of this week will be dominated by our efforts to get to grips with the second phase of the Uranus-Pluto square (which lasts until 2015).  This square re-occurs on Wednesday, having initially become exact on 24 June this year.  I have written a separate blog about this: http://www.lanawooster.co.uk/blog/2012/09/uranus-square-pluto-phase-2/   Hillsborough […]

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Parkinson’s Disease Louise L Hay: (Probable Cause) – “Fear and an intense desire to control everything and everyone” I have not specialized in medical astrology in my 42 years of following the stars, but as health is crucial to the quality of our life, I have paid attention.  And now that I am retired, even […]

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Aspects After a quiet week, which astrological financial guru Raymond Merriman described as “the calm before the storm”, we have a challenging week emanating from the Uranus-Pluto square, with this time Venus becoming enmeshed.  That means relationships will be coming under the hammer, especially those already under strain.  Taureans and Librans may feel they are […]

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