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
Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican congressman, rabid pro-Trumper, purveyor of ‘deep state’ conspiracy theories and a bit of a drama queen is in his element tilting at windmills over the impeachment process. Born 7 May 1982 in Hollywood, FL, with a senator father, he’s a stubborn Sun Taurus with an intense Scorpio Moon and … Read more
Kamala Harris has dropped her bid for the Democratic nomination after a messy campaign hindered her chances. But Joe Biden gave her a positive send off saying he would consider her as VP, and that she could even become president herself one day or a Supreme Court judge. Her campaign launched 21 January 2019 … Read more
Titbits and tasters for the year ahead. Saturn Pluto kicks off 2020, coming exact only once, in January at 22/23 degrees Capricorn. However that doesn’t mean its effect won’t be hanging over the entire year. Every time the Sun or Mars is in a Cardinal sign the hard aspects will reverberate the same energy since … Read more
The heavyweight Saturn Pluto conjunction in Capricorn marks the start of the coming decade. It brings to a climax the slow grind of Pluto through Capricorn since 2008, collapsing old financial and governmental systems. Where the 2010s was a decade of turmoil with the disruptive Uranus square Pluto causing havoc and throwing everything up … Read more