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

At this time of the year, we often receive a diary or two, or buy one suitable to our needs.\u00a0 Some may have diary writing as part of their New Year\u2019s resolution list.\u00a0 But a dedication to the art of diary writing isn\u2019t everyone\u2019s priority, and many find it tedious.<\/p>\n

On 1st<\/sup> January (2015) it will be exactly 50 years since I started writing a diary.\u00a0 My mother gave me a 5-year diary for Christmas.\u00a0 At the front there was a challenge: \u201cNot many people will complete an entry for every day of this 5-year diary\u201d.\u00a0 It proved to be a challenge I could not resist.<\/p>\n

Those 5 years, from the age of 15-20 were teen angst in the best tradition of Adrian Mole, or shall I call myself Adrienne?\u00a0 It was vital for venting\u00a0 hormonal problems, and self-analysis in those crucial years.<\/p>\n

After those five years, I continued to write, and have not broken the stream of consciousness for 50 years.\u00a0 In time, the diary evolved through being a dream diary, to a spiritual diary, and certainly preoccupations changed with the phases of life.<\/p>\n

At the end of the 5 years I discovered Astrology.\u00a0 Eventually I came to realize the incredible value of having a written personal record for many reasons, but especially for the purposes of Astrological research!<\/p>\n

Now for the last 7 years I have written this blog, which is very much an extension of the diary, but in online form, and also acts as a historical and astrological archive, and reference to match past aspects with events, both personal and in current affairs.<\/p>\n

If you are hesitating, pen poised, wondering \u201cShall I, or shan\u2019t I?\u201d then maybe being reminded of the value and many applications of diary writing will sway your quill or inspire you to write on line, or blog.<\/p>\n

Diarists<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Samuel Pepys<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Samuel Pepys, the diarist during the reign of Charles II and chronicler of the plague and the great fire of London, was a Piscean, but there is more than one date existing for his birth.<\/p>\n

The first gives him an Ascendant of Sagittarius, conducive to diary writing, with the Moon (an everyday application) on the cusp of his 9th<\/sup> House, which rules some forms of writing.<\/p>\n

The alternative chart gives him a Capricorn Ascendant, with the Moon rising (again, a daily discipline).<\/p>\n

Both charts provide a conjunction of Mars and the Sun in the 3rd<\/sup> House of writing, providing an assiduous writing ethic, and much energy ploughed into the task.<\/p>\n

Although his work proved a valuable historical document, it was encrypted in a form of shorthand, which method may be ascribed to the secrecy of Pisces.<\/p>\n

Anne Frank<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Anne Frank was born in Germany, but lived most of her (short) life in Amsterdam.\u00a0 Her family hid from the Germans during the occupation of Amsterdam in the second World War.<\/p>\n

Anne was a Gemini, which is the quintessential writer\u2019s sign, but has the sensitive conjunction of the Moon and Neptune in her 1st House.\u00a0 The diary is an expression\u00a0 of her sensitive inner world and the turmoil of the family\u2019s existence.\u00a0 The Moon conjunct Neptune also reflects secrecy, including the secrecy of their lifestyle, as well as the complexity of her relationship with her mother.<\/p>\n

The diary was given to her on her 13th<\/sup> birthday, 12th<\/sup> June 1942, which will have strengthened her Inner Writer.\u00a0 She also has a vigorous aspect on this theme, with Mercury exactly sextile Mars.\u00a0 She wrote over a period of about two years, and her diary was discovered by her father after her death.<\/p>\n

Writing the diary was therapeutic and cathartic for her, and she wrote\u00a0 about family life, her personal feelings, and events that were going on in her country.<\/p>\n

Her last entry was 1st<\/sup> August 1944, ending on a poignant transit, Mars trine her natal Chiron, at what must have been a heart-wrenching time.<\/p>\n

Tony Benn<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Closer in time, Tony Benn, who died this year, after publishing his last volume, was a dedicated diarist, and wrote on personal themes, and historical and political ones.\u00a0 His last volume, which chronicled his physical decline and ageing, is full of references to how tired he was.\u00a0 In addition to his age (being well into his 80s), he had suffered for many years from a type of leukaemia.<\/p>\n

His published diaries are extensive, and cover several decades of political activity, and public life.<\/p>\n

I wrote when he died:<\/p>\n

\u201cI have read his diaries, and luckily for astrologers, he slips in the time of his birth within these pages. An Aries Sun often takes a lot of colour from the Ascendant in a chart, and in his case the ascendant is Virgo, which gave him a pedantic mind and a great deal of perfectionism, plus a predilection for diary writing.\u00a0 The warriorship he displayed came from his Aries Sun, and Mars at the top of his chart – warriorship in action in his career and persona out in the world.”.<\/p>\n

All these three diarists have left a valuable legacy.\u00a0 Could your diary hold treasure for future generations?\u00a0 The Catch-22 element is that a good diary needs the deeply personal element, and not many people would be willing for their work and life to be so exposed.\u00a0 Samuel Pepys encrypted his, Anne Frank probably didn\u2019t know hers would be published, but Tony Benn made it part of the art of his life to write and record and comment on society alongside living his life and was happy to publish and publicize \u00a0his inner and outer world.\u00a0 He was a very open Sun in Aries.<\/p>\n

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

The week\u2019s aspects start on New Year\u2019s Day itself, so there are a few days\u2019 rest to digest the old year, before starting the process of a New Year.<\/p>\n

Mars opposes Jupiter on New Year\u2019s Day, an enthusiastic and active aspect!\u00a0 It is a bit like an eager puppy leaping up at you as you enter a doorway.\u00a0 So some aspects of that may be a little uncomfortable, unless you are geared for it, or have the energy from within to match and meet the greeting.\u00a0 So it is a good day for making resolutions, and for physical activities such as power walking.\u00a0 But it is also an aspect where you may overdo things, or be a bit reckless.<\/p>\n

The Sun squares Uranus in the morning of Saturday 3rd<\/sup>, so again there is a theme of recklessness or incident-proneness.\u00a0 You may want to take a different route that day, on your power walk.\u00a0 But be aware of the unexpected, as you go.<\/p>\n

Saturday is likely to be eventful, as the afternoon (in the U.K.) sees the entry of Venus into Aquarius.\u00a0 You may leave behind some of the loyalties of late 2014, and look forward to new encounters.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The power-walk, or the dog walk, may bring new people\u00a0 into your life.<\/p>\n

You may well see Saturday as a signpost for the new year, so look out for signs, hints and clues strewn on your path about the new directions for your life.<\/p>\n

The last aspect of the week, the Sun conjunct Pluto, close to midnight on Saturday, should concentrate your mind.\u00a0 It will challenge you to more depth in your thinking and experience.\u00a0 The beginning of the new year seems literally full of new departures.<\/p>\n

A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!<\/p>\n

Next Week: A look at 2015<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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