Chris Cornell, 20 July 1964, singer/songwriter and one of the architects of the grunge movement has died in an apparent suicide, although his widow has suggested it may have been more to do with his anxiety medication than a deliberate attempt to end his life. He was a late Sun Cancer with a Sagittarius Moon; … Read more
Moors Murderer Ian Brady, who tortured and killed five children with Myra Hindley in crimes which sent him to prison for five decades has died. He buried four of his victims in graves on Saddleworth Moor, Greater Manchester, though he refused to reveal where one of the bodies was buried. Born 2 January … Read more
Paris Jackson, ‘daughter’ of Michael, led a weird life for 11 years before he died, which she describes as idyllic; and a tumultuous one since – multiple suicide attempts from depression and addictions in her early teens, stranger sexual abuse, a long spell in a remedial school which she says cured her, … Read more
A Nixonian week, and the one before that was Barry Goldwater not-sane-enough-to-be-President week. Commentators are struggling in the Trump chaos to find apposite parallels. A Nixon, Trump is not. Nixon had a control-freak 10th house Pluto in a ruthless opposition to Mars Mercury Jupiter, so a corner-cutter, who operated on the-end-justifies-the-means no … Read more
Uber is having a fairly car-crash 2017 with their misogynistic culture going viral; Travis Kalanick, the CEO, outed for boorish behaviour towards an Uber driver; for evading regulatory agency monitoring; and inadequacies in Uber’s driver screening procedures. A number of Uber senior executives have resigned or been asked to. And to cap … Read more
Just as the Trump Admin thought it had one semi-success under its belt with step one of the repeal of Obamacare, the commander-in-chief throws a grenade in to destabilise everything by summarily ousting the FBI Director on television. Conspiracy theories are rife though the Independent this morning takes a more measured view. ‘Sheer … Read more
Darren Criss, an American actor, singer, songwriter is a high-energy bundle of multi-talents, best known for Glee and has also co-founded a Chicago Musical Theater company, been lead vocalist on best-selling albums, played on Broadway and is now acting in films. Born 5 February 1987 12.37pm San Francisco, his father was a banker and … Read more
Sally Yates, the former deputy attorney general, is reportedly being labelled by Donald Trump as a ‘Democratic operative’ and a possible leaker of classified info as she steps up to give evidence before a Senate subcommittee on his presidential campaign’s ties to Russia. She will give evidence about alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential … Read more
Emmanuel Macron has won the French Presidential election with two-thirds of a low turnout, spurred to an unexpected victory by the embezzlement scandal of Francois Fillon and the anyone-but-Le-Pen vote. He has promised fresh faces from outside politics, an overhaul of the established political system and a new kind morality in political life. … Read more
Prince Philp, soon to be 96, is to stand down from his public duties in September. Born 10 June 1921 9.46pm Corfu (or 10am) (DD astro com) is a feisty, argumentative Sun Mars in Gemini square Saturn in Virgo; with Saturn conjunct Jupiter which is in turn opposition Uranus; a Leo … Read more