Gomorrah is the latest euro-noir, gritty TV crime drama series, made in Naples with a whiff of The Wire and The Sopranos about mob organised crime. It was based on a non-fiction book and the screenplay written by Roberto Saviano about a Mafia-type secret crime syndicate, the Camorra, which has been around since the … Read more
Austria and indeed Europe have been saved from the first far-right Head of State as hard-line anti-immigration Norbert Hofer (Freedom Party) lost the Presidential election on the postal vote. Though it was a close run thing – 49.7% to 50.3%. He’s pro-Germanic, wears emblems redolent of the Nazis and slogans such as freedom, fatherland. … Read more
Austria has a new Social Democrat Chancellor, Christian Kern, who replaced the retiring head. He could stay in power till 2018 but the rise of the far right anti-immigration party, expected to win this weekend’s Presidential election (a largely ceremonial role), may make that impossible. Neither two major parties made it through to … Read more
France born out of a bloody revolution – 21 September 1792 3.30pm Paris – has an intense and rebellious chart with an 8th house Sun, North Node, Mercury in Virgo and Venus in Libra also 8th. Plus most noticeably Uranus in Leo in the 7th opposition Pluto squaring onto Mars MC in Scorpio. … Read more
The USA is awkward since there’s no accepted start time for the 4 July 1776 chart. I did once plot historical events against all the possible charts and came up with 11am as the most accurate except it has a Virgo Ascendant. The Sagittarius rising chart (Sibley 5.10pm) seems more descriptive of … Read more
Boris Johnson having made what appears to be an opportunistic decision to join (and hopefully lead) the Brexit campaign seems to be flailing around desperately, in an even more shambolic way than usual Born 19 June 1964 2pm New York, he has a highly Mutable chart with his Sun Venus Mercury in chatty Gemini; … Read more
India independence was declared at 12am 15 August 1947 and it has a very Fixed chart with the Sun and four other planets including Saturn and Pluto all in Leo; and Jupiter in Scorpio. So it is enduring but resistant to change. Since 2004 Neptune has been moving through its 10th house of reputation, ambition … Read more
Mia Tindall, Zara and Mike’s two year old daughter and Princess Anne’s granddaughter, has managed to bring a spark of light relief to recent news. She featured in Annie Leibovitz’s photograph of the Queen and younger family members, determinedly holding up the Royal handbag; and has been cavorting boisterously at Badminton where her mother … Read more
Valerie Storie has died, who was raped, repeatedly shot and left for dead in 1961 in the infamous A6 murder which left her married boyfriend dead. She identified James Hanratty who was found guilty and hanged, posthumously cleared after a public outcry. Later DNA testing proved beyond doubt he had done it. She spent the … Read more
In response to a query about the UK near/far future and whether it might return to happier, kinder times and away from globalisation. The good news in the short term is tr Jupiter moving across the UK Libra Ascendant from mid October this year which should produce a morale boost and more confidence thereafter. Tr … Read more