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. […]

Categories: Astrological Appreciation · Historical · Obituary

Pete Seeger (1919-2014) “Do you remember ‘if I had a hammer’ ?” asked hubby “Waddya mean ‘do I remember if I had a hammer?!’ ” I replied,  dropping my usual dulcet tone “We belong to the same generation.” .oO   thought bubble  Oo.    “where have I been all your life?” Answer:  Pete Seeger was part of […]

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Ariel Sharon, War and Peace Ariel Sharon, a hawk in Israeli politics, died yesterday after being in a coma for 8 years. This will inevitably be a very subjective account, because I was born in Israel, and the memories evoked by Sharon’s moments in history were always seen through the lens of a pacifist. He […]

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The Thatcher Years (1979-1990) This is the first of two blogs concentrating on Margaret Thatcher who died this week.  Broadly, here I focus on her political career, while the second will focus more on her personal life. She entered politics as M.P. for Finchley in 1959, and was brought in to Edward Heath’s cabinet in […]

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Neil Armstrong I admit to feeling a sense of loss when I heard of the passing of Neil Armstrong.  I think the Universe registered this seismically, the passing of a man of the Universe.  A man more of the Universe than most of us, at least to the Moon and back.  In his chart, his […]

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There was a time in my old neighbourhood when all the women in our street sported a Farrah Fawcett hairstyle (Moon rising in Cancer, the essence of femininity) and all their men had the Kevin Keegan haircut (we had the same hairdresser)…Aah! Those were the days…And the life and death of poor Michael Jackson, who […]

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