Marjorie Orr featuring: Astrology of Today’s News

Two astro-thoughts about a possible ceasefire in Gaza which no one is expecting to be the end of the conflict. One is that the original Hamas invasion chart of 7 October 2023 which was announced at 6.30am that morning had a brutal, ruthless Mars square Pluto. That has moved by Solar Arc to close the … Read more

David Lynch, the film director, ‘the visionary of America’s subconscious’ and a ‘a singular auteur whose films found poetry in the ugly underbelly of American life’ has died. He ‘saw that if the US dreamed of safety and prosperity and the suburban drive and the picket fence, it also dreamed of the opposite: of escape, … Read more

 The legendary Bob Dylan has been given a Hollywood biopic which has been rapturously received by the upmarket film critics. “A Complete Unknown: Timothée Chalamet embodies Bob Dylan’s once-in-a-generation coolness. “The rocker is too mercurial a figure for a biopic to ever fully capture him – but this gorgeous film comes as close as you … Read more

Michelle Obama was conspicuous by her absence from Jimmy Carter’s funeral and evidently does not intend to attend Trump’s Inauguration.  Reasons proffered in the media are that she does not do hypocrisy and refuses to put on a false smile to applaud a man who has directly insulted them and she thinks is a danger … Read more

A search for mother (or the experience of mother) in a birth chart will focus on the Moon house position and aspects and 10th house planets.  This is a quick skip round main features which can be amplified by reading elsewhere.    Where the Moon falls house-wise is what brings nurturing and protection (the mothering … Read more

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Never was the financial panic afflicting the UK more clearly marked than on Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England’s term chart. He accompanied Rachel Reeves on her bizarre trip to China which accomplished meagre returns.   Taking up office on 16 March 2020, his administration chart has a triple whammy of undesirables at … Read more

Mark Zuckerburg’s decision to stop fact checking on Meta/Facebook and cosy up to the new Trump administration is causing frissons of alarm.  With Zuckerburg’s Taurus Sun sitting exactly on Trump’s Midheaven it might seem like a match made in heaven for progress with joint ambitions; with MZ’s Jupiter falling on DT’s Descendant which for a … Read more

Coping with overwhelming crisis in a time of chaotic uncertainty and constant diverse conflicts requires the ability to stand back from the melee. Either taking a historical perspective – ‘we have lived through worse before’ and ‘this too will pass because it always has done.’ Or going inwards – ‘if you can’t sort the world’s … Read more

   “Freedom of will is the ability to do gladly that which I must do.” Carl Jung’s paradoxical maxim can be seen as a motivational urge to make the best of a bad situation by wearing a happy smile. Or at a more profound level as an encouragement to accept who you are and live … Read more