Marjorie Orr featuring: Astrology of Today’s News

  A lively, not to say erratic and edgy start to the month comes courtesy of Mars in argumentative Gemini colliding with sparky Uranus and across from determined Pluto on the 4th and 5th. A day later it will all fizzle out as Saturn brings realism and restrictions to bear.  The Cancer Sun for three … Read more

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 Richard Nixon’s resignation over the Watergate scandal in August 1974 was a seismic event for the USA.  At that point tr Pluto at 4 degrees Libra had been hovering around the square to the USA Jupiter – amplifying the theme of the-rules-don’t-apply-to-me and clashes with authority. Tr Neptune was opposition the US Uranus for high-anxiety … Read more

  The squeamish should skip this one and I almost wish I had not bothered to research. Shabir Ahmed, a Pakistani immigrant, convicted of 30 unthinkable child rape offences against children as young as 12 as part of a Rochdale grooming gang, is due to be released from jail next week. He cannot be thrown … Read more

Serena Williams, the greatest female tennis player of all time, winner of 23 majors, is back to play singles and doubles at Wimbledon.  She reportedly disliked her Wimbledon exit four years ago and misses tennis ‘every day’ she has said.   Born 26 September 1981 8.28 pm Saginaw, MI, she has a hard-working Sun conjunct … Read more

Ben Stokes, one of the world’s greatest cricketers, made a stunning retirement announcement on the fourth day of the deciding England Test at Trent Bridge. His shock exit appeared to have been triggered by burnout and an increasingly strained relationship with the England Cricket Board. Plus perhaps a serious facial injury he suffered in March … Read more

Mel Brooks, actor, filmmaker, comedian, songwriter and playwright, has reached 100 with a lifespan as long as his talents. Winner of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony, he can look back on a seven decade career with many highs including Blazing Saddles, The Producers, Young Frankenstein and the Elephant Man – and … Read more

“When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.” Shakespeare, Hamlet.   From an ill-judged war to a sulphurous green Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC after a $14 million renovation, Trump does not have his troubles to seek.  The one minnow he did not expect to bite back after they admitted their … Read more

Comedian Larry David is taking aim at 250 years of American history with Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America on HBO – an eviscerating satirical and occasionally educational series. A different sort of celebration from the man who has “made a killing out of killing sacred cows.” Best known … Read more

Frida Kahlo, the artist, who has achieved cult status in the last two decades is the focus of an exhibition at the Tate Modern: The Making of an Icon for the next six months.  Art critics are scathing about the ‘piggybacking or the deadening drumbeat of identity politics’ in the exposition but inevitable given that … Read more