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Disco Giants<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Donna Summer<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In the week or so coming up to the glorious mediocrity that is Eurovision, we lost two disco giants, capable of inducing nostalgia in many hearts: Robin Gibb and Donna Summer.\u00a0 Their musicality is portrayed very differently in their charts.\u00a0 Donna in life and in personality tended to swing between two extremes, the full blown licentious emotional self-expression (Sun conjunct Jupiter in the 5th<\/sup> House) and the puritanical (Saturn conjunct the Ascendant in Virgo).\u00a0 She had several planets in the 5th<\/sup> House of Disco and Hedonism.<\/p>\n

Robin Gibb<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Robin Gibb\u2019s exuberance was firmly rooted in his family connections, especially with his twin Maurice and his older brother Barry.\u00a0 This is shown by the Moon conjunct Jupiter in his 4th<\/sup> House of Home and Family (he was ever grateful for these connections, apart from a short spell finding himself after some sibling rivalry).\u00a0 Venus (Song) was exactly conjunct his I.C.\u00a0 (Security and Roots) in the 4th<\/sup> House, so that his song writing was to a great extent inspired by the family connection.\u00a0 He was, as Paul Gambaccini intimated, a musical genius, and this Venus\/I.C. conjunction was blessed by an exact sextile with his North Node (karmic reward).\u00a0 He was able to take advantage of this karmic grace in his career, with the exact trine of the North Node to his Midheaven (Careerpoint).<\/p>\n

Eurovision<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The musical nostalgia we resurrected for our U.K. Eurovision entry did not make an impression on the judges this year, giving us penultimate place in the vote.\u00a0 This is because the acts that did well this year impressed by their visual performance (Sweden, who won, and the Russian Grannies notably).\u00a0 Engelbert Humperdinck sang well and his song was no worse than average, but there were no hi-jinks or spectacular Kate Bush style gyrations from him.<\/p>\n

If you followed the adventures in this blog of the phobic four who went off to Duesseldorf for last year\u2019s extravaganza, you might wish to know that we decided at the time not to follow on to Azerbaijan this year, just as well considering the political climate.\u00a0 We had one on the way, for little Roxanne signalled her pleasure from the womb, at Jedward\u2019s performance.\u00a0 So we did gather again from the comfortable atmosphere of Cambridge, but then there were five. We did wave our flags again for Jedward (the Irish entry) but though their performance was up to its usual standard, the song was not as catchy as last year\u2019s. And we did sample some amazing flavoured ciders, such as strawberry (to be recommended), so a good time was again had by all.\u00a0 Just a footnote: the Eurovision cure for the phobias did work.<\/p>\n

Engelbert did have a reasonable transitting sextile of Saturn to his natal Jupiter to make the event happen for him, but though an accolade at his age (76, about the same age perhaps as the Russian Grannies) the performance did not distinguish him in that setting. Although I carried out my threat to walk out of the room at his performance, my feelings gave way to compassion when country after country refused to give him any points.\u00a0 Maybe it was my own 17-year old angst which was at fault, for his 1967 hit \u201cRelease Me\u201d was a painful expression of his progressed Sun reaching his Chiron (Wounded Healer) in the 5th<\/sup> House of Self-Expression.\u00a0 The prevailing transit to the U.K. chart was not looking bad yesterday: Pluto sextile the U.K. natal Jupiter. Maybe that will translate into other benefits for the U.K. around this time.\u00a0 The winning country Sweden (who may just about be able to afford to stage the 2013 Eurovision) have a powerful transit of Pluto sextile the natal Saturn at this time.\u00a0 And their winning performer Loreen Talhoui, who fulfilled the brief of visual performance, hi-jinks (expressing the song lyric Euphoria) and spectacular Kate Bush style gyrations, was actually under the constraints of a transitting Saturn to her Sun in Libra, so it was a very studied performance, and\u00a0 consistently touted beforehand as a favourite.\u00a0 Ah well\u2026the mysteries of Eurovision are now behind us for another year.<\/p>\n

The Aspects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

All eyes are again on Mercury this week, starting with a transit of\u00a0Mercury conjunct the South Node this weekend, causing us to revisit\u00a0old events and patterns: in my case, as mentioned above, I was reunited with the crowd I went with\u00a0to the Eurovision Song Contest last year in Duesseldorf. Mercury is also conjunct the Sun, providing a focal point\u00a0of consciousness and intellectual energy in whatever natal House the\u00a0conjunction falls. Late in the day Mercury sextiles Uranus and a bright\u00a0idea may come to you, possibly as a result of revisiting old events, and constellating your consciousness. The power to change circumstances or thinking is coming from the house which contains transitting\u00a0Uranus.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow the Sun sextiles Uranus bringing co-operating between the same\u00a0combination of Houses, but instead of ideas (Mercury) creativity (Sun)\u00a0will be born. However, later on Mercury squares Chiron, and mental\u00a0strain could be in evidence, or health issues challenging, so pace\u00a0yourself – don’t overreach yourself, but do honour your creativity,\u00a0inventiveness and originality.<\/p>\n

By Wednesday (30th) health issues may continue to be a pre-occupation.\u00a0You may solve one area of healing (e.g. The mental component) only to\u00a0find there is a deeper level ( that of the Soul) to explore, with the\u00a0Sun square Chiron.\u00a0 The Soul of course does not need healing, your connection to it just needs strengthening.<\/p>\n

In the early hours of Thursday (31st) Mercury\u00a0squares Mars and you may be woken with a physical discomfort e.g.\u00a0slight tummy troubles, headache or inflammation. Alternatively you may\u00a0experience a conflict type of dream, in an effort to resolve a healing\u00a0crisis.<\/p>\n

The good news is that there is every chance of health or conflict resolution by the end of the week, due to Friday’s\u00a0(1st<\/sup> June) conjunction between Mercury and Venus: a dialogue of reason and the\u00a0heart. Writers, negotiators and peacemakers come into their own. Cafe\u00a0culture thrives: with decaff and gluten free options available in most\u00a0establishments these days there is no reason to fret or experience guilt these days.<\/p>\n

The week in bullet points:<\/p>\n