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Six journalists were killed in a targeted Israeli attack that brought condemnation from the UN’s human rights office, Reporters Without Borders, the Foreign Press Association and the Committee to Protect Journalists. Five were Al Jazeera journalists, one of whom the Israeli military alleged had “served as the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas”. The CPJ said: “Israel has a longstanding, documented pattern of accusing journalists of being terrorists without providing any credible proof.” The lead journalist killed in some of his recent social media posts had criticized Hamas. CPJ says at least 186 journalists have been killed since the start of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza in October 2023 – the deadliest period for journalists since it began recording such data in 1992.

 Al Jazeera was founded on 1 November 1996 in Qatar, as a satellite TV channel delivering Arabic news and current affairs, but has since evolved into a multifaceted media network. It receives public funding from the Qatar government. While critics view Al Jazeera Arabic as being influenced by Qatar’s foreign policy, Al Jazeera English is seen as editorially independent. The network has often been targeted by foreign governments upset with its reporting.

 It has a penetrating, determined Scorpio Sun and Mercury in an upbeat sextile to Jupiter on one side and sextile Mars on the other; with tough-minded Pluto trine Saturn in Aries sextile Uranus in Aquarius (and Neptune). A high-drama, good-in-crisis Mars square Pluto; and a wideish yod of Mars sextile Mercury inconjunct Saturn.

 When the October 7^th Hamas attack took place tr Saturn in Pisces was exactly opposition the Al Jazeera Mars and moving to square the Pluto – pulling Al Jazeera into the centre of the action.

The Israeli government does not allow international news organisations, including the BBC, into Gaza to report freely, so many outlets rely on Gaza-based reporters for coverage.

  With the Al Jazeera yod focal point Saturn in Aries assailed by tr Saturn conjunct for its Return into early 2026; and tr Neptune conjunct the Saturn on and off till early 2027, it will continue to move through highly uncertain times. Tr Uranus is exactly square the Mars for this killing and that will be in place also through 2026 until early 2027.

  The Al Jazeera/Israel relationship chart, always hostile and fraught at the best of times, with a toxic composite Mars Pluto conjunction; and doubt-ridden, suspicious Saturn opposition Neptune will be worsening dramatically through this winter and on as tr Uranus squares the composite Mars and the Mars/Pluto midpoint; and opposes the Neptune throughout 2026 – nerve-stretched and high risk.

  There seems to be no end to this deathly quagmire in any direction.

‘Britain is not a broken society’ runs one viewpoint – in complete contrast to ‘ many of the preconditions for civil war exist in Britain today.’

 The first stance says crime is way down from the 1990s, there are no blackouts, fewer strikes and an economy which is better than our close neighbours. “The country has serious problems but the right’s vision of it has become hysterical.”

The second complains that ‘the British state will now imprison locals over online bursts of purely rhetorical frustration, while giving rapists a rap on the wrist.’ Plus immigration that is wreaking demographic havoc, bringing in clashing traditions. Unfairness about a free water-taxi service, putting low-skilled, overwhelmingly male foreign citizens in four-star hotels. Ten million working-age inhabitants on benefits, over a million are foreign-born.’ (Lionel Shriver, now in Portugal).

  David Betz, an in-vogue academic of the moment has looked at studies on social cohesion, civil war causation theory and social attitudes surveys. He argues that elite overreach ( most recently Boris Johnson’s turbo-charging of immigration against the wishes of the electorate), factional polarization (Muslim v white nationalism), a collapse in trust, economic pressures, and the perceived downgrading of the majority population in a previously homogeneous society, are all present in contemporary Britain.

 Mercifully he concludes ‘Britain is unlikely to reach phase three: the offensive phase. This is when the insurgent groups are strong enough to challenge government forces.’

 Two astro-influences are eye-catching on the UK chart. The first is tr Pluto in Aquarius trine the UK Uranus in Libra, through 2024/25.

Previous Pluto in an Air sign; In Libra in 1971 for a conjunction with the UK Uranus – introduction of decimal currency, the first postal workers’ strike, and the start of the Open University.

Pluto in Gemini in 1882 –  the beginning of the Anglo-Egyptian War. Attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria. The Married Women’s Property Act passed, granting women the right to own property.

 Nothing too outstanding.  What is much more to the point is tr Uranus moving to square the UK Pluto at 2 degrees Pisces picking up from June 2026 and running to April 2027.

Looking back at previous Uranus hard aspects to that Pluto – and the record is replete with riots.

Uranus Pisces conjunct the UK Pluto: In 1919, significant social and political upheaval in the aftermath of World War I – race riots in major port cities, widespread industrial unrest, and the lingering effects of the Spanish Flu pandemic.

Uranus in Pisces 2003 –  most notably just as Uranus moved into Pisces, 1.5 million turned out on the streets in London to indicate their opposition to Tony Blair’s involvement in Iraq; and there were other widespread anti-war protests. 

Uranus in Gemini square the UK Pluto: In 1858 – riots in Belfast, sparked by a procession following a funeral. The clashes between Protestants and Catholics involved stone-throwing and continued for several days, leading to a strong police presence. Additionally, there were incidents of machine-breaking and wage-related unrest in Kent and Sussex during the same period. 

In 1941 – intense bombing raids during the Blitz. Rationing was introduced, and conscription expanded. 

Uranus Sagittarius square the UK Pluto: 1981 the Toxteth riots in inner-city Liverpool, which arose in part from long-standing tensions between the local police and the black community. They followed the Brixton riot earlier that year and were part of the 1981 England riots.

In 1897 – protests related to women’s rights and vaccinations. The Cambridge protest, fueled by opposition to women receiving university degrees, involved the public mutilation of a woman on a bicycle effigy and celebrations with confetti, fireworks, and other items. 

Uranus in Virgo opposition the UK Pluto:In 1961  protests and racial tensions, but no large-scale riots. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) organized marches, including one from Wethersfield to London. 

In 1878 – the Bury and Blackburn riots, cotton mill workers’ protests over low wages, and the Bristol riots, triggered by the House of Lords rejecting the Reform Bill. The Bristol riots involved looting and burning of buildings, while the Bury and Blackburn riots saw workers attacking factories and homes. 

 On the basis of past experience 2026 looks to be a year when there will be social unrest and widespread demonstrations and possibly riots.

The arrests after the Palestine Action demonstration, many of them over sixty, are a nonsense and an outrage. See previous post: Palestine Action – rights and wrongs 24th June 2025.

 “A phrase that is circulating in various fraught debates at the moment – “when good people fail to act, bad men take over” – seems relevant. Anger over the plight of Palestinians is more than legitimate. But the mainstream frowns, winces and does nothing creating a vacuum into which the zealots leap, carrying on the fight in often anti-social ways.”

Putting a finger on cultural pulse of the moment throws up depressingly pointless stories. One such is actress, model and brand promoter Syndey Sweeney, lauded to the heavens by Trump as “hot” and a Republican to boot, ruffling feathers with her comments on her blue-eyed genes to sell – ahem – jeans, and promoting the kind of boobs and hair image that #metoo was supposed to have banished.

  The pro-Maga lobby have adopted the advert as being another triumph in their war on woke. Sweeney is a “registered Republican”, according to Donald Trump, while liberals have accused the jeans firm American Eagle of promoting eugenics and endorsing white supremacy. Feminists also say the relentless, regressive objectification of Sweeney’s body has set back their cause.

 None of which matters a jot but she does have an intriguing chart which is anything but frothy.

  Born 12 September 1997 12.42pm Spokane, Washington, with her mother a former criminal lawyer, she started young in acting, becoming known as Cassie Howard, a promiscuous teen, in the Gen Z favourite Euphoria, was in the first series of The White Lotus.  As leading lady, her first romantic comedy Anyone But You grossed more than $220mn. She has also amassed a string of endorsements: Baskin-Robbins, Guess Originals, Miu Miu, Laneige as well as the “natural personal care” brand Dr. Squatch.      

  She has a career-oriented 10^th house Virgo Sun North Node conjunct Midheaven sextile an uber-determined Mars in Scorpio inconjunct Saturn in Aries in her entertaining 5^th house. A yod focal point Saturn can trip up and be self-defeating if it transgresses society’s rules (the sensible ones). With Saturn in the 5^th she sounds more likely to become a mover and shaker in the organizational side of the dramatic business.

  She has a defensive, difficult-to-get-to-know Pluto on her Ascendant; and a quick witted 3^rd house Uranus and Jupiter in Aquarius as well as a vague Neptune close to her 2^nd house Capricorn Moon.

 She will be facing a few hitches and glitches ahead with her Solar Arc Saturn (yod) opposing her Mars in 2027 which will bring a life changing moment – a setback to shift her onto a different trajectory. Which may or may not having anything to do with her entanglement with Trump/MAGA. Her relationship chart with Trump is extremely odd for someone who professes support. There is a power-struggling, can-turn-toxic composite Mars Pluto sextile Sun Mercury and trine Saturn – and that is heavy duty. The composite Mars Pluto also opposes Uranus and squares the composite Moon which doubles the jeopardy. With Saturn opposition Neptune. That will also be seriously rattled before the end of his present term. She may come to regret being held on high as a Trump “hottie”.

  Apropos of not much, I never understand why models have this vapid look in photos with dead eyes as if they (or the photographer) thinks is sexy.

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Photo: 10 month old Jack Russell Bertie having a stand off with a snow leopard in a David Attenborough documentary. Cats, dogs, horses and anything furry gets an immediate response.

Of passing interest is another political hiccup for Starmer as his homelessness minister resigns having previously spoken out about private renters being exploited only for it to emerge that she had removed tenants from property she owned before putting on a sizeable rent rise of almost £700 a month. Not illegal but certainly hypocritical.

 In the grand scheme of things it is a minor glitch. The only reason it is here is Rushanara Ali’s chart – 14 March 1975 in Bangladesh. She has a confident, lucky Sun Jupiter in Pisces with two yods – of Mars in Aquarius sextile Neptune inconjunct Saturn and Jupiter sextile South Node inconjunct Uranus.

 When yods are triggered the individual’s life is pushed onto a different trajectory. Her Solar Arc Mars on one leg of the Saturnine yod is now conjunct her Jupiter on the leg of the other yod which might sound lucky but it triggers Saturn, planet of karma and rectitude. With tr Uranus square the Solar Arc Saturn as well now. Plus Solar Arc Neptune (on one yod) square Uranus on the focal point of the other yod – and tr Pluto in hard aspect to both.

 Quite a tangle. Astrologically intriguing as an example of a life changing moment.

Jim Lovell, the astronaut, who was commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission – “Houston we have a problem” – which turned into one of the most dramatic in the history of space flight has died aged 97

 Launched on 11 April 1970 from the Kennedy Space Centre at 2.13pm EST in April 1970, it was intended to land America’s third spacecraft on the Moon but an on-board explosion two days later 200,000 miles from Earth (four fifths of the way to the Moon) led to a challenging rescue involving tens of thousands of aerospace technicians.  They converted the lunar lander spacecraft and its rocket engines for use as a “lifeboat” to propel Apollo 13 around the Moon and back to Earth. In 1995 it became was the subject of a successful film – starring Tom Hanks as Lovell

 All three astronauts declared that they were willing to make another moon flight, but were never given the opportunity.

  Born 25 March 1928 2.10 am Cleveland, Ohio, he constructed and launched model rockets, took a science degree and wrote a paper on liquid-fuelled rockets., later serving as a Navy test pilot, before becoming an astronaut with Nasa. He was described as a popular, easygoing personality who never suffered from the post-flight malaise that afflicted some of his fellow astronauts. He flew on four space flights: Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8 and Apollo 13.

He had a quick-witted and unorthodox, trail blazing Aries Sun conjunct Uranus in his 3^rd; with Jupiter in Aries close by in an ultra-confident square to Pluto and a well-balanced trine to Saturn in knowledgeable Sagittarius in his 12^th.

 But what is eye-catching in his chart is his 8^th house Neptune exactly conjunct Alphard and two degrees away from Regulus – and it squares his 5^th house Moon and opposes Mars in Aquarius.  Throughout 1970 and the Apollo 13 launch his Solar Arc Pluto was conjunct his Neptune – which can be both devastatingly confused as well as supremely ambitious. Tr Jupiter was moving across his 10^th house for career success (and luck) and his Solar Arc Jupiter was just over the conjunction to his Moon with tr Mars conjunct both and square his Neptune = good fortune and disaster. Plus a nerve-stretched tr Uranus conjunct his Solar Arc Neptune.

  He went on in later years to work in business.

  His laid back, unflappable approach could be in part attributed to his “spaced-out” 8^th house Neptune as well as his Jupiter Pluto confidence  and Aries stellium faith that his guardian angel would always be there for him.

Sir Alexander Fleming, the Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the antibiotic penicillin which was described as the “single greatest victory ever achieved over disease”, was born on 6 August 1881 at 2am Darvel, Scotland. He was knighted for his scientific achievements and was named in Time magazine’s list of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century.

  He had a Leo Sun square a 10^th house Saturn Neptune conjunction in Taurus – Saturn Neptune being known for healing and health in one of its effects (around now until 2027 in Aries). Even more serendipitous he had Jupiter in Taurus conjunct Algol on one side and Chiron on the other (both within a degree) – a healing victory over death. His Jupiter was also in a confident conjunction to an unshakeably determined Pluto Mars conjunction. Plus he had an innovative Uranus trine Neptune Saturn.

 His discovery came on 28 September 1928 when, with delightful astrological precision, Neptune had just moved into Virgo, sign of health.

  At that point his Mars Pluto conjunction was by Solar Arc crossing his Ascendant as was tr Pluto for a momentous break and a life-changing moment. Tr Neptune was square his Mars. Tr Jupiter in Taurus was moving through his 10th/11^th about to cross his four Taurus planets.

Saturn Neptune in the past:  Medical advances are highlighted under Saturn–Neptune, with Louis Pasteur helping to discover the anthrax vaccine in 1881, the year of Fleming’s birth.

  But it also has a dual face coinciding at times with major outbreaks of sickness. 1021 – an epidemic of St Vitus Dance (chorea) in Europe 1 when Saturn and Neptune were in Aquarius.  The plague that devastated Europe and Asia during the 1340s also Saturn–Neptune conjunction in Aquarius of 1344, and the Uranus–Pluto conjunction at the same time. The outbreak of bubonic plague in London in 1665 and the Great Fire of London a year later both took place when Saturn and Neptune were together in Capricorn.  In 1846 in Aquarius, widespread famine in Ireland followed the failure of the potato crop. During the 1917 and 1918 conjunction in Leo, there were massive casualties in the First World War, especially at Passchendaele, and the Spanish ‘flu epidemic of 1918 killed 20 million in Europe, the United States and India. By the conjunction of the late 1980s in Capricorn, the AIDS virus was running amok, causing countless deaths in Africa, Europe and the United States.

Sarah, the last of the Morlok quadruplets, who entertained audiences with her three sisters as a child but grew up with a nightmare father, has died aged 95. Her mother was expecting twins and went into labour a month early, delivering four identical girls born from a single egg which was considered a medical miracle at that time.

 The family were given free housing, medical support and milk, with copious donations of money and knitted clothes. Their father despite being dubbed “Jolly Carl” by newspapers was a Nazi sympathiser and an extreme authoritarian whose mother had been mentally disturbed. He refused to let his daughters mix with other children, banned them from having boyfriends and sexually abused them. He had two of them — Helen and Wilma — surgically circumcised. He was “one of the worst fathers on earth” according to Audrey Clare Farley, who revealed their true story in a 2023 book entitled Girls and Their Monsters.

 Three of the girls developed mental problems and were given electroconvulsive therapy. In their 20s they took part in a study of schizophrenia to determine whether their illness was caused by nature or nurture. Only Sarah recovered sufficiently to lead an independent life in which she married (not very happily) and had three children. Two sisters died at 72/73 and the third at 85.

 The quads were born on 19 May 1930 between 10.25am and 10.35am in Lansing, Michigan. They had a 10^th house Sun Mercury conjunct the destructive Fixed star Algol in Taurus square Neptune, with Chiron and North Node also in Taurus in the 10^th. They had Pluto in the 12^th in a tough opposition to Saturn square an explosive Mars Uranus in Aries – describing a dominating, ruthless, autocratic and damaging father.  Their Moon was in Aquarius in the 7^th trine Venus Jupiter and sextile Uranus Mars pointing to a marginally better relationship with their mother though she was complicit.

Their midpoints are truly difficult with a violent Uranus opposition Saturn/Pluto; a tormented Neptune opposition their destructive (abuse) Mars/Saturn; and a neurotic Neptune = Uranus/Pluto.

Their father Carl, born 8 September 1888 Germany, was a Sun Virgo with the late 19^th century Neptune Pluto in Gemini which can be psychologically off-the-wall opposition a can-be-fanatical, might-makes-right Mars Jupiter in Scorpio which opposed the sisters’ Taurus Sun and Mercury.

 Their mother Sadie, 8 March 1899, a highly-strung Sun Pisces square Neptune Pluto opposition Uranus and Saturn in Sagittarius was none too stable herself. Her Mars in Cancer was conjunct her daughters’ Pluto so she sparked a good deal of anger from them for not protecting them.

 What an unholy mess and a tragedy.  

ADD ON: The Dionne Quintuplets, born 28 May 1934 3.56am Callander, ON Canada, were born prematurely and when months old their custody was signed over to the Red Cross and then the Crown but that did not stop them being exploited as a tourist attraction. Their mother was accused of physically abusing them and their father of sexual abuse. Only one quintuplet is alive today. Two died in their 20s/30s, one in 2001 and the fourth died on July 28, 2025, at the age of 91.

 There are strong similarities in the charts with the quads, with a Sun square Neptune; and a ferocious Mars Algol opposition a Scorpio Moon square Saturn; with the opposition forming the driving rod of a Water Grand Trine of Moon trine Pluto trine Scheat. Plus Pluto square Uranus Venus in Aries.

 Poor kids what a disaster.

Sarah, Duchess of York, has been given an excoriating trouncing in Andrew Lownie’s book with endless tales of obscenely profligate spending with a guilt-free disregard for her inability to pay, debts racking up – and worse supposedly charitable ventures not paying out to the needy whose cause her public appearances were supposedly promoting.

  She was born 15 October 1959 in London with a go-ahead Sun Mars conjunction in Libra, a sign known for its extravagant tendencies. She also has a Venus Pluto conjunction which can appear sociable but has a manipulative, indulgent side; which is in a rules-don’t-apply-to-me square to Jupiter.  Plus a less than straightforward Mercury Neptune conjunction in Scorpio. Her Aries Moon is trine Jupiter and square Saturn.

 She says – from memory –  her birth time was 9.03am. That would give her a Scorpio Ascendant which does not fit with her usually gaudy dress sense. It would put bumptious Jupiter in her 1^st and her Moon in the 5^th which feels OK; and her influential Pluto Venus sits on the midheaven. But it puts cautious Saturn in her financial 2^nd which is questionable.

 ADB has another source suggesting 3am which would give her a Virgo Ascendant and put her Sun Mars and Mercury Neptune in her 2^nd which makes more sense – and a troubled Uranus and Pluto Venus in the 12^th which equally could ring true. On that birth time her Progressed Moon would be just into her 12^th conjunct her Uranus at the moment which does sound feasible.

  Either way her Saturn in Capricorn is being assailed by tr Neptune Saturn in Aries in square = high uncertainty running into 2026; when tr Saturn will conjunct her Moon and over the next couple of years tr Neptune will also conjunct her Moon – undermining circumstances around home and family matters. Tr Uranus will also square her Pluto in 2026/27 which will bring a significant upheaval. Her Solar Arc Saturn is opposing her Venus now and for the rest of this year. Tr Uranus will oppose her Jupiter from this month which might bring a hint of relief.

 She is recovering from cancer which won’t improve her spirits.

 The mystery always was her live-in-while-divorced arrangement with Andrew. Her Sun Mars Neptune Mercury fall in his domestic/family 4^th house and her Venus in his financial 2^nd – so she would give him a fantasy of a family life while she had access to his money and contacts – and the title would also be a money spinner. Their relationship chart has an enthusiastic, opportunistic composite Mars Jupiter and widely Sun conjunction with chained-together Saturn trine Pluto and a needs-space Uranus trine Sun and square Uranus. Their together not-together relationship clearly suits both of them.

 Queen Elizabeth was less enamoured but no doubt felt trapped since Sarah would presumably have seemed a more attractive option than Koo Stark. Their relationship chart had a strained but anchored composite Sun inconjunct Mars sextile South Node. Prince Philip certainly got riled by her which with a composite Sun Mars square Uranus was not surprising.

  Prince William was never a fan and their relationship chart has a chilly composite Moon opposition Saturn square Sun Mercury.

 Both her children understandably look edgy at the moment with Beatrice having her Venus Moon in Cancer opposition Neptune square Mars being undercut by the tr Neptune Saturn hard aspects at the moment and over the next several years.  Eugenie looks deflated exactly now and into 2026.

“The problem with wearing a facade is that sooner or later life shows up with a big pair of scissors.” Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Behind every glorious facade there is always hidden something ugly.” Stanislaw Lem

“People can perfect whatever facade they want, but everyone holds their sins close to their skin.” Jeaniene Frost

There are Sun sign devotees, and I have known a few, who can intuit birthdays and personality characteristics with astonishing accuracy. If astrology were that simple, life would be easier for the aspiring astrologer who instead of focusing on one shining star is forced to juggle with the effect of Rising signs and Moon signs, and is then deluged by a good deal more.

  A well-known astrologer once told me he spent the first two years under an enlightened teacher understanding nothing at all until one day it suddenly clicked into place. Dismantling the astrology chart into its multifarious separate components and doing the hard grind of learning what-means-what in isolation is a bore.  But at the end of it there is an intuitive process that takes over which is able to ‘grasp’ the complexity of the information on offer and form a picture of a multi-faceted and often contradictory personality.  

  At a simple level the Sun relates to identity, father, the yang. The Moon relates to mother, childhood, what nurtures. The rising sign which was on the horizon at the moment of birth is the persona, the face that is first shown to others, the outer image and appearance, behind which the Sun and indeed Moon can sometimes hide.

  Most obviously a Scorpio Ascendant puts up a secretive, determined front, usually wearing dark clothes, which may well sit at odds with the ‘real’ personality who emerges on longer acquaintance.  Clint Eastwood with a Scorpio Ascendant has a restless Gemini Sun and an entertaining Leo Moon = appears forbidding but is communicative and attention-seeking. He is all three.

 Tony Blair with a bright, chatty Gemini Ascendant comes across as flexible and light-hearted which belies his hidden stubborn 12^th house Taurus Sun and his determined, provocative, equally stubborn Aquarius Moon in his career 10^th.  Sorry to bring houses into the equation but it is the way my mind works. That is another layer of building blocks.

Brigitte Macron has a prissy Virgo Ascendant which puts up a sedate, tidily organized front, behind which lie the hidden volcanic depths of an 8^th house fiery Aries Sun and Moon.

 Emmeline Pankhurst, the militant suffragette had a provocative, rebellious Aquarius Ascendant behind which façade there was a hard-working 6^th house Cancer Sun and a 7^th house practical Virgo Moon.

  Every astrologer has their own way of working which may differ but reach the right conclusions by a different route. Or shine a light on a different facet of the personality.  I am rooted to houses amongst other things. And would tend to pay more heed to the house position of the Sun which is dependent on the Ascendant/Rising sign than looking directly at the Rising sign itself in the first instance.

  A Leo Sun is entertaining and attention-seeking but will function differently if it is in the hidden 12^th house with a Virgo Ascendant; or in an even more hidden 8^th house with a Capricorn Ascendant. Its fiery, outgoing temperament will be more subdued. Whereas a 5^th house Leo Sun with an Aries Ascendant will be out there and make its presence felt.

   Giorgia Meloni, the Italian PM, has a showy Leo Ascendant behind which sits a hard-working, earthy 6^th house Capricorn Sun and a home-loving 4^th house Sagittarius Moon.

 The Dalai Lama has a Cancer Ascendant and Sun – so what you see is what you get.

 Queen Elizabeth 11 had a conservative, austere Capricorn Ascendant behind which sat a quick-witted 3^rd house Taurus Sun which always surprised people who met her at close quarters.

  Then just to add complexity to complexity take Benjamin Netanyahu – a lively Sagittarius Ascendant with an 11^th house New Moon in Libra. Taken in isolation that could sound upbeat, morale-boosting and charmingly fair-minded. But his chart is dominated by a can-be-ruthless (brutal) Mars Pluto conjunct in Leo.

  I always reckoned learning astrology initially was as much fun as studying chemistry and latin grammar. It needs persistence and hope which will be fulfilled since the end of the journey is a good deal more exciting and insightful than the slog that went before.

  “My course is set for an uncharted sea.” Dante Alighieri

“In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.”  Dante Alighieri