Entries Tagged as 'News'
Aspects for the week beginning 4 August 2013
Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe declared himself the winner in last week’s election in Zimbabwe, in a turn of events which seems to have slid back from the more even-handed result of 2008 rather than progressed. His opponent Morgan Tsvangirai has pointed to corruption and vote-rigging on a huge scale. Astrologically, it is not surprising, for the […]
Aspects for the week beginning 28 July 2013
Justin Welby Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby narrowly missed out on having his own blog when he was enthroned because new Pope Francis was being elected at the same time. They are both controversial new brooms, and I think will team up well, being an expression of the Uranus in Aries revolutionary energy. Birthchart Justin […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 14 July 2013
Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai was again in the news this week as it was her 16th birthday and a week which saw her address the U.N, and in which she received two awards: one for International Development for her work for female rights, and an Ethical award for campaigning. She has been nominated for the […]
Aspects for the week beginning 16 June 2013
Whistleblowers Whistleblowing seems to come at great personal cost, and the conviction needs to be great to even contemplate it. Are today’s big-time whistleblowers born, and not made? Do they knowingly sacrifice their personal lives for a bigger cause? Edward Snowden Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee, who has blown the lid on the PRISM […]
Aspects for the week beginning 9 June 2013
The Turkish Spring Turkey, a country which holds a crucial position in the world, in relation to the EU and in relation to the Middle East, is at a crossroads now. It has had the same leader at the helm for 10 years, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, democratically elected, but now a rebellion is under way, […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 26 May 2013
Uranus-Pluto square – Phase 3 At the time of the Uranus-Pluto square last Monday, a tornado struck the town of Moore near Oklahoma City. Extreme weather is one of the possibilities where the Uranus-Pluto square is at its most intense. Someone asked me recently if I do weather astrology…I make notes, but I don’t research […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 5 May 2013
Nigel Farage and the conundrum of UKiP The face of British politics is said to have changed dramatically this week, with one in four voters plumping for UKIP. David Cameron has been forced to retract his earlier impression of the party as “fruitcakes and closet racists” modifying his tune to “We need to show respect […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 21 April 2013
Global Security When I embarked on having 10 sessions of Rebirthing in the late 1980s, the very first affirmation I was given went something like: “I am safe on this planet now and always” Since then of course safety on this planet has become more complicated and precarious. It may be time to upgrade the […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 14 April 2013
Margaret Thatcher – Personal Life (1925 – 2013) This is the second of two blogs about Margaret Thatcher, with a more personal slant. Speaking to people this week, it seems that whatever they thought during the Thatcher years, they still think about her. Twenty years since we were under her rule we have had a […]
Aspects for the week beginning 31 March 2013
The Miliband Brothers This week on the Mars-Pluto square, David Miliband announced that he is taking up a position in New York to work for a charity, the International Rescue Committee. This is the latest twist in the sibling rivalry saga with his brother Ed. I thought I would have a look at the family […]
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