His aquiline face, with all it’s magnificent hauteur: made him a star: something between an eagle and a big cat.”  ~ Peter Bradshaw, the Guardian  Sunsign One of my favourite actors, Alan Rickman, died in the same week as David Bowie at the same age, of 69.  He had the Sun conjunct Venus in Pisces, […]

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Charles Kennedy (1959 – 2015) Several years ago, I attended a Lib Dem rally in Cambridge (2005 election campaign), while Charles Kennedy was still leader of the Party.  Seemed like a nice chap…And so say all of us, it seems. I wrote about him prior to the election, in March: “The Ashcroft poll this week […]

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Leonard Nimoy (1931 – 2015) I am not a Trekkie, but as an Astrologer I have a natural affinity for the territory.  There is a huge worldwide affection for Leonard Nimoy, who died this week,  and his alter ego Spock the Vulcan in Star Trek, although the actor wrestled with his screen persona, and eventually […]

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Greece “I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world…” ~ Socrates The Greek electorate made history last Sunday, by  voting in a communist leader Alexis Tsipras, head of the  Syriza Party. He has formed a surprising coalition with the far right party, in a combined anti-austerity thrust.  Conditions in […]

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Robin Williams Robin Williams, of the kindly twinkly  eyes, the warm emotions of Mrs Doubtfire, and the quick fire mind and communication of an alien,  was a unique comedian and actor. His suicide, after long battles with addiction and mental health issues including (a diagnosis of) bi-polar disorder (often accompanied by creative genius) has re-energized […]

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Lauren Bacall I can’t let the week pass without honouring Lauren Bacall, one of the lights of the golden age of Hollywood. Her 1978 autobiography “By Myself” is one of the most emotionally honest autobiographies I have ever read.  She wrote movingly about her emotional wounds (she had a conjunction of the Moon and Chiron […]

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Heroes of the Week Maya Angelou “But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.” ~ Maya Angelou It is ironic that Maya Angelou, author of “I Know Why the Caged […]

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Peaches Geldof – Extract This week it was announced that Peaches Geldof did have heroin in her system when she died last month.  Fresh faced Peaches  departed suddenly and inexplicably from our world on 7th April 2014, leaving behind two very young sons. She often spoke of the overwhelming effect her mother’s death had in […]

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“In the land of Gods and Monsters I was an Angel… No one’s gonna take my soul away I’m living like Jim Morrison” ~ Song by Lana del Ray Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof-Cohen This week it was announced that Peaches Geldof did have heroin in her system when she died last month.  Fresh faced Peaches  departed […]

Categories: Archetypes · Historical · Karmic · Obituary

Sun in Aries can be very individualistic and authentic, which left wing politician Tony Benn, who died this week, undeniably was. However, he would not have wanted to be pigeon-holed or categorised by astrology or anything else. His was the freedom to think and act as he pleased, with the prerogative to change his mind. […]

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