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Egypt – a benchmark for the Middle East ahead
The hotch up in the Middle East has left no one happy with lingering anxieties about future flare ups. Egypt, 14 March 1922 10.43pm Cairo, will be directionless this year with uncertainty lingering through 2027 with tr Neptune opposition the MC and Saturn; but it is 2028 that looks explosive and insecure with tr Uranus … Read more
Prince William – a Neptunian mid life crisis
Prince William celebrated his 44th birthday with a happy snapshot of himself in Welsh Guards uniform with daughter Charlotte. It will be a less tense and withdrawn year ahead than from his birthday in 2025 when Catherine was still emerging from her illness. But he still has the tail end of tr Neptune square his … Read more
Chiron in Taurus – fitness and finances
Chiron has now dipped a toe in Taurus for the first time in forty years and after a retrograde this autumn and winter, will be there until 2033. Attaching a meaning to its years is tricky since life is continually churning through highs and lows and it may affect cultural trends rather than actual events. … Read more
Solstice – Cancer Sun plus two yods
The Solstice Ingress of the Sun into Cancer on Sunday June 21st occurs with the hoping-for-improvements Saturn Neptune conjunction almost out of orb and the new-era hoping-for-change Uranus trine Pluto sextile Neptune in place. Mars in heavyweight Taurus is sextile Jupiter in late Cancer for an enthusiastic and energetic lift, perhaps from the sporting arena. … Read more
J.D. Vance – an outlandish faith
Fathoming the byzantine thinking processes of pro-Trump religious zealots may or may not be aided by reading VP J.D.Vance’s latest book Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith. Described by a Times review as “part rant, part sermon, a contradictory, self-righteous, angry, humourless and slightly sinister mess of a book.” With divorced parents and … Read more
Andy Burnham – to Capricorn the crown for now
Andy Burnham won by a surprisingly large margin for Labour in the Makersfield bye-election with Reform firmly put in their place and Restore nowhere. While the SNP lost in Aberdeen South to the Tories, mainly as a vote against Net Zero killing off the oil industry and the Murrell fraud scandal. UK politics continues to … Read more
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Virginia Woolf – a visionary Aquarius
Virginia Woolf, long appreciated in high literary circles and hailed as a feminist activist, is becoming appreciated by a younger audience with recent adaptations of her work, including a movie of her novel Night and Day. It is released this week starring Haley Bennett, Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders, Jack Whitehall and Lily Allen, and focuses … Read more
Antoni Gaudi – a dream in stone
The Sagrada Familia, Barcelona’s iconic landmark, was celebrated by Pope Leo on the 100th anniversary of the architect Antoni Gaudi’s death. A manically ambitious project it is the tallest church in the world and still not complete. Gaudi’s weird and wonderful designs adorn many houses in the Catalan capital but none stranger than the cathedral. … Read more
US News Media – who holds the purse strings
Oligarchs owning vast tranches of the US media is Orwellian since they control the narrative that inform swathes of the electorate. Larry Ellison owns Paramount and CBS, soon possibly Tik Tok and CNN. Jeff Bezos the Washington Post. Mark Zuckerburg Facebook and Instagram. Lachlan Murdoch Fox News. Musk Twitter/X. Ellison, 17 August 1944, a New … Read more
