Entries from December 2019
Aspects for the week beginning 29 December 2019
Baba Ram Dass (1931 – 2019) “Be Here Now” ~ Baba Ram Dass Spiritual teacher Baba Ram Dass (Richard Alpert) died this week. He was part of the consciousness-raising movement of the 1960s, together with Timothy Leary, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. Birth Chart Ram Dass had 0 planets in the Air signs, relying on […]
Categories: Obituary · Spirituality
Review of the Year 2019
Review of the Year 2019 That was the Year that Was – Selections from the blogs… January 13th: Andy Murray “You are a champion on and off the court. So sorry you cannot retire on your own terms, but remember to look to the future. Your greatest impact on the world may be yet to […]
Categories: News
That Was the Decade That Was
That Was the Decade That Was Selections from the blogs over the last decade, for those who like to look back, and with the benefit of hindsight… 2010 April 25th: One effect of the Mercury retrograde last week was the panic of the British newspaper presses (Mercury) after the surge in popularity of Nick Clegg. […]
Categories: News
Aspects for the week beginning 22 December 2019
Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey is replacing Mark Carney as the Governor of the Bank of England, a role which had been crucial since the latter took it up in 2013, and will be every bit as crucial during the Brexit years. Mark Carney Canadian Mark Carney has an interesting chart. The […]
Categories: News
Aspects for the week beginning 15 December 2019
Glenda Jackson Glenda Jackson made a significant appearance on our television screens last Sunday, at the tender age of 83, in a drama production called “Elizabeth is Missing” about an elderly woman gradually suffering from increasing dementia. This comes towards the end of a lifetime of achievement, starting with a dazzling film career in her […]
Categories: Celebrities
Aspects for the week beginning 8 December 2019
NATO’s 70th Anniversary The North Atlantic Treaty Organization celebrated its 70th anniversary this week in Watford. The Organization had its origins in the aftermath of the second World War, and in April 1949 the North Atlantic Treaty was signed by twelve countries, prior to the formation of NATO in August 1949, as an alliance for […]
Categories: News
Aspects for the week beginning 1 December 2019
Clive James (1939 – 2019) Polymath Clive James died this week at the age of 80, after a very long illness. He was known for his acerbic wit, and produced a prolific quantity of books in his lifetime. He wrote regular newspaper columns, and was in his heyday a regular personality on our television screens. […]
Categories: Celebrities · Fixed Stars · Obituary · Poetry