April 4th is the headline day for announcing the new Labour leader to replace Jeremy Corbyn. There are five contenders so far with another likely. None have birth times so the usual caveats with missing info. Rebecca Long Bailey, the Corbyn-clone candidate yet to announce but likely, born 22 September 1979, is a … Read more
The killing of Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Qds force in a USA strike has shaken analysts who all say it’s impossible to exaggerate the repercussions of this event. Soleimani was ‘more important than the president, spoke to all factions in Iran, had a direct line to the supreme leader and was … Read more
Christine Keeler, the good-time girl from an abusive childhood, whose teenage fling with John Profumo, the Defence Minister, brought down Harold MacMillan’s government in 1963, has had a sympathetic hearing from a new BBC drama. She was written off as a prostitute, having also had a liaison with a Soviet attache and intelligence officer, … Read more
What is clear is that the recession-prone Saturn in Aquarius square Uranus in Taurus picking up in 2021 and extending into 2022 will have a destabilising effect on the major EU countries. It will hit the EU chart in 2021 (see post below 27 December) and have major consequences in France and the Netherlands. … Read more
The USA will be into the thick of rancorous and aggravated debates in 2020 as Pluto starts to oppose the USA Mercury opposition Pluto from late February onwards, on and off till late 2021. Pluto opposition Mercury does hint at a dark, fanatical streak in the US temperament. Ebertin associates Mercury Pluto with: demagogues, … Read more
The movie season is experiencing extremes of reaction with the eighth film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women getting unanimous plaudits and five-star rave reviews – in contrast to the furry disaster of Cats. The story of four sisters coming of age during and after the US Civil War opens in this movie … Read more
Independence for Scotland was regarded as a racing certainty if Boris and pro-Brexiteers won the election. The SNP took 47 out of 59 Scottish seats which seemed to seal the deal but sober economic assessment hints the prospects are not good, never mind Boris digging in his heels about another referendum. Over 60pc … Read more
Boris’s deal now appears to be – sign up to leave the EU at the end of January 2020 and crash out, deal or no deal, on 31 December 2020. 2021 always did look when the real financial shock would come with tr Uranus conjunct the UK 8th house Mars picking up from May … Read more
The troubled marriage of Colin Firth and his eco-designer Italian wife Livia has finally come to an end after 22 years. It’s hardly surprising given the lurid tales that emerged last year as she mystifyingly sued a secret lover over stalking claims – thereby dragging the sad marital tale into the headlines. From a … Read more
The once-feted Aung San Sui Kyi sank deeper into ignominy and dealt her already tarnished reputation another blow in the Hague this week. She argued that charges of genocide for the treatment of the Rohingya people should not be laid against Myanamar. The atrocities were carried out by the same military who held her under … Read more