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Afghanistan – fear of women intensifies
The Afghanistan Taliban government’s increasingly repressive measures, described by one woman living there as Islamic fascism, are causing growing dissatisfaction among the Afghan population and continuing international isolation. Despite promises to the contrary when the USA withdrew in 2021, stricter morality laws have been enforced with girls and women banned from attending secondary school and … Read more
Lunar Eclipse Scheat – flooding and drowning
Disaster by water is being experienced with a vengeance in eastern Europe with several deaths from flooding and an entire Polish city being told to evacuate. With transiting Neptune and the Fixed star Scheat both falling close to this week’s Lunar Eclipse in Pisces it highlights the nature of Scheat associated with misfortune, floods, shipwrecks … Read more
Ursula & Thierry – an EU flare up
France’s European commissioner, Thierry Breton, has resigned, citing “questionable governance” at the EU executive led by Ursula von der Leyen. His hissy fit comes after she had asked Paris to withdraw his name for reasons unknown. None of which amounts to a hill of beans but the astrology is fun. He was born 15 January … Read more
Richard Gadd – turning trauma into drama
Richard Gadd, creator of the hit Netflix, black-comedy TV series Baby Reindeer about his experiences with a stalker has been showered with awards at the Emmys. There was no mention of the defamation lawsuit filed against Netflix by the real-life woman who allegedly inspired the stalker character which was billed as “a true story” though … Read more
French village – De Sade to Pelicot
The unthinkable crimes of Dominique Pelicot against his wife being paraded in a French courtroom take on an added frisson of revulsion with the knowledge that the village of Mazan where it took place contains a chateaux that once belonged to the Marquis De Sade’s family. Pelicot is charged with drugging his wife for a … Read more
Michaela DePrince – a sparkling star gone
Michaela DePrince, the trailblazing ballet star, who overcame massive hardship in her early years has died unexpectedly at 29. She lost both parents during Sierra Leone’s civil war and was sent to an orphanage at three, where she was mistreated due to her vitiligo. She said “We were ranked as numbers, and number 27 was … Read more
Prince Harry Solar Return – a year treading water
Solar Returns are an astrological staple though can be mystifyingly vague at times and spot on at others. With an added layer of complication depending on which location to choose to set the Solar Return – birth or present home. Prince Harry poised on his 40th is a good test case since the birth … Read more
Laura Loomer – Trump’s alter ego
Laura Loomer, a far-right 9/11 conspiracy theorist, Islamaphobe, racist and promoter of the Haitian-immigrants-eat-pets controversy has become increasingly close to Trump recently. He said “Laura’s been a supporter of mine. She speaks positively of the campaign. I don’t control Laura. She’s a free spirit.” Republicans even on the far right are becoming concerned that this … Read more
Ian McKellen – an iconic thespian
Ian McKellen is getting rave reviews for his latest film The Critic, out this week. With a sixty year career spanning the heights in Shakespeare on stage to blockbuster success as Lord Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit he has a career to envy. A recent fall off stage has put … Read more