The astrology of past pandemic/plagues is mixed. Finding a start date is tricky so what is below should be taken with a pinch of caution. Most obvious was the Black Death of 1347-51 when outbreaks of Yersinia pestis Bubonic plague in Europe killed 30%-60% of the population, circa 100 million. It appeared to come … Read more
Grim metaphors about war-like conditions and similarities to the devastating 1918 Spanish flu are doing little to keep morale high. Dramatic language may be necessary to force ‘imbeciles’, as one French minister described the irresponsible, to distance and self-isolate but it runs the risk of making a perilous situation sound like an apocalypse. Spanish … Read more
Pressure and panic are mounting with borders closed, most of Europe in lockdown, the USA starting to follow suit and no clear exit strategy in sight. March was the first month where the Saturn Pluto Jupiter conjunction started to bite. Today Mars in Capricorn is conjunct Jupiter, normally an expansive, vibrant influence, good for … Read more
An Instagramming actress Vanessa Hudgens has had to make a hasty backtrack after a live video in which she managed to write off an extended CV 19 outbreak as “a bunch of bulls***” and added for good measure “ people are gonna die, which is terrible but, like, inevitable?” How to win friends and … Read more
It’s a baptism of fire for the two new UK finances chiefs – Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Andrew Bailey who took over from Mark Carney as Chairmen of the Bank of England just three days ago. Rishi Sunak, ex-Goldman Sachs and former hedge funder, 12 May 1980, is a steady … Read more
Vladimir Putin has put in gear a process that would allow him to remain as President until 2036 which has attracted protests from opposition politicians. It has still to be ratified but with his grip on power it probably will be. Although his popularity with the electorate is sagging with a stagnant economy; and his … Read more
Drawing parallels between 2020 and the Great Depression of the 1930s seemed far-fetched last year, although both Uranus moving through Taurus and the Saturn Pluto conjunction in Capricorn did point to the strong possibility of calamities, going by past experience. Below is a precis of previous posts. Uranus moved into Taurus from May 2018 staying … Read more
Taylor Swift appears to be still going strong after three years with UK actor Joe Alwyn, spending time in London as well as the USA. He was born 21 February 1991 in London, and most recently appeared in The Favourite and Harriet. He’s a Sun Pisces in an assertive square to Mars in Gemini; … Read more
A quick skid round a few of the top bank charts points obviously to this year being stressful and bumpy. But more alarmingly it indicates more major problems in 2021/22/23. HSBC, 2 January 1990, is feeling car-crashed now with Solar Arc Mars conjunct the Sun; and is facing a grinding slowdown in late 2020 with … Read more
Michel Roux Sr, the chef’s chef, who along with his brother Albert brought French classical cuisine to the UK in the 1960s, first with Le Gavroche and then the Waterside Inn, has died. He was born 19 April 1941 to a feckless father, a third generation charcutier, who abandoned his family young. Michel, aged 14, … Read more