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Bill Belichick – an eyebrow-raising romance
Bill Belichick, regarded as one of the greatest American football head coaches has the gossip columns entranced with his May-December romance with Jordon Hudson, a former cheerleader and beauty queen. He is 73 and she is 24 and they have been dating for almost two years. What intrigues onlookers is that she seems to be … Read more
Denzel Washington – a creative Capricorn
Actor and director Denzel Washington in Cannes to collect a Palme D’Or reacted angrily to an over-eager paparazzi on the red carpet, catching unwanted headlines. Normally regarded as steady and self-controlled, he’s had an award-strewn career and a long marriage. Recently he’s been best known for The Equalizer trilogy (2014–2023) and Gladiator II (2024) but … Read more
Malcolm X – a dream born out of rage
Malcolm X, a celebrated though controversial figure within African-American and Muslim American communities for his pursuit of racial justice was born 100 years ago. He was a divisive force in the civil right movement, preaching racism and violence and was assassinated when he was only 40 in the midst of the febrile 1960s which also … Read more
Yuri Grigorovich – a tyrannical focus on beauty
Yuri Grigorovich, known as the greatest living choreographer in the world of ballet, for his leadership of the Bolshoi from 1964 for thirty years, has died. He was a tough operator who was accused of being a tyrant but was clearly talented and able to put his stamp on Soviet ballet as it came to … Read more
BBC, Lineker and Israel – another blunder
Gary Lineker, the former footballer and highest-paid on-air BBC star, presenter of Match of the Day for 26 years, will leave this weekend without a payoff. He apologised after it emerged he had reposted a pro-Palestine video on Instagram that criticised Zionism and included an illustration of a rat, which was a Nazi anti-semitic trope. … Read more
Scottie Scheffler – Mars in Gemini outpaces rivals
Scottie Scheffler, winner of the USA PGA Championship and world number one, is another Mars in Gemini. Born 21 June 1996 in New Jersey, he started golfing at 3 and never looked back. His parents were not rich and had to borrow $50,000 to join him to the Royal Oaks Country Club in Dallas when … Read more
Joe Biden – cancer diagnosis raises questions
Joe Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive advanced prostate cancer which has metastasised to his bones with puzzled medical experts saying ‘For even with the most aggressive form, it is a five to seven year journey without treatment before it becomes metastatic.’ ‘Meaning it would be malpractice for this patient to show up and first … Read more
12th house – being true to the inner self
The 12th like the 8th house is not well understood or well written about in traditional astrology – dismal pointers to prisons, hospitals, forced seclusion used to be the norm. Below random thoughts from various posts over the years show a different picture. Michael Gauquelin’s statistical research of successful people found that the … Read more
Eurovision – a Jupiter Pluto in Leo extravaganza
Eurovision last night bombarded eyes and ears with what has become standard fare – ‘over emphatic, super colourful, gaudily camp’ in the words of the Telegraph’s insightful music critic. ‘ Eurovision has become a world unto itself, sealed off from the rest of popular culture, a camp and over-stressed absurdist magnification of particularly gaudy pop … Read more