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Cycles of Life – Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Tracking the staging posts in life through the cycles of the outer planets in square, opposition and for some Returns to their natal position on a birth chart is an interesting exercise. In a long lifespan there will be three Saturn Returns at 29, 58 and 87; a Uranus Return at 84 and before that … Read more
Serbia – Uranus Pluto collides with Saturn
Popular protests against the Serbian regime and its leader Aleksandar Vučić have been met with increasingly brutal repression. What started as student movement has become a broader citizens’ movement which is calling for civil disobedience and demanding a new election. ‘A large section of Serbians have long been uneasy with his “strongman” style of leadership, … Read more
Erin Patterson – down in the woods danger lurks
Erin Patterson has been found guilty of poisoning several of her relatives with wild mushrooms in a trial that has gripped Australia for nine weeks. She prepared a lunch of beef wellington on differently coloured plates allowing her to avoid the tainted food herself – within a week, three former in-laws would be dead, a … Read more
London bombs, Bhopal – Alphard a warning flag
A memorial service is being held for the July 7 2005 London bombings which killed 52 people and injured 800. Four co-ordinated suicide attacks on London’s public transport during the morning rush hour were carried out by Islamist terrorists. The attacks happened when the Solar Arc Mars was square Pluto on the UK 1801 chart … Read more
Jennifer Aniston – healing wounds from the past
Jennifer Aniston is gearing up to play a ‘monster of a stage mother’ in the film version of Jeanette McCurdy’s best selling memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died which details her experiences as a child actress living with a ‘narcissistic’ parent. It will be all the more poignant for Aniston since she had a 15 … Read more
Keir Starmer – the devil is in the detail ++ possible Capricorn Ascendant
The enigma that is Keir Starmer should be explainable from his astrology except that sadly his birth time is missing which cuts out some useful information. Houses do put a chart and personality in context since, for example, an 8th house Leo Sun will be very different to a 5th house Leo Sun. The 8th … Read more
Liam and Noel – an incendiary brotherhood
Liam and Noel Gallagher back together on stage in Cardiff after an acrimonious split 16 years ago sent an audience of 75,000 fans into ecstasy with an Oasis concert which made up for in exuberance what it lacked in nuance and subtlety. After a brief hug, the once-warring siblings walking out hand-in-hand with Liam firmly … Read more
Diogo Jota, Michael Madsen, Julian McMahon – three losses
A sad week with several high profile deaths. Most tragic was Liverpool Diogo Jota, the Portuguese footballer, killed in a car crash at 28 along with his brother, only two weeks after his marriage. Born 4 December 1996 in Porto, Portugal, he was a Sun in Sagittarius square Mars in Virgo; with Pluto in … Read more
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Sean Combs – guilty on two charges, no bail
Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been found guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution but the most serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking were not upheld. He has been denied bail and will remain in custody until sentencing on October 3rd when he could face 20 years in prison. Though the likelihood is … Read more