New Zealand, like California, is feeling not just the winds of change but a full-on force 9 gale approaching. New Zealand became self-governing on 17 January 1853, so just two years after California became a state. The NZ chart has Sun Mars in late Capricorn square Pluto in Aries and Uranus in early … Read more
Tramping the Catalan secessionist movement under foot appears to be the Spanish government’s continuing tactic with murmurs that a fresh wave of arrests of nationalists may be unleashed. PM Rajoy stands accused of using the judiciary as a political tool. ‘The speed with which the justice system has responded to the Catalan … Read more
A tough chart needn’t mean a bad outcome if a demanding lifestyle is chosen. Rescuing violent gang members certainly qualifies. Father Gregory Boyle runs the largest and most successful gang rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world in Los Angeles. His Homeboy Industries supports 10,000 men and women a year, who are … Read more
Catalonia’s forced election hasn’t gone the way the Spanish government hoped with separatist parties holding a slim, though reduced, majority in the new assembly. PM Mariano Rajoy’s hard-line tactics have backfired, with Spanish stocks falling and the euro weakening on the result. It’s not clear who will be given the right to … Read more
South Korea’s most famous pop singer. Kim Jong-Hyun, has devastated his fans in a suspected suicide with thousands lining the streets crying. South Korea has one of the world’s highest suicide rates in the world and it is the chief cause of death for under 30s, due it is thought to a highly … Read more
Actor Matt Damon has been putting his foot in his mouth again about the sexual harassment furore. To be fair he was attempting to make a valid point about there being a spectrum of offences but he does seem to be constitutionally gaffe-prone as well as tone deaf to hot topics. In the … Read more
Hopes are high in South Africa that Cyril Ramaphosa’s election as head of the ANC, putting him in line to be the next president, will be a turning point to clear out corruption and reboot the economy. A politician, businessman, activist and trade union leader, he was born 17 November 1952 in … Read more
‘Only the Lonely’ shot him to fame, then ‘Crying’ and ‘Running Scared’ – all heart-rending, dark emotional ballads in the country style, sung in his trademark quirky, three octave voice. And along with his success in the 1960s, Roy Orbison was hit by enough tragedies to fill several lifetimes. A BBC music documentary … Read more
Is the USA in terminal decline? Or will the hysterical uncertainty created by Trump’s misrule along with the emergence of hate politics turn out to be a passing blip? This is a potted rehash of previous posts from March 2017 and late December 2016. There are two key astrological sign posts, both connected … Read more
Jupiter will reign over Prince Harry’s wedding to his Meghan on 19 May 2018 in Windsor. Jupiter then in Scorpio will conjunct his midheaven exactly, thrusting him even more into the limelight that usual and pointing to a successful 12 months thereafter. Meghan has similar with tr Jupiter exactly opposition her Solar Arc … Read more