Seeing by Starlight
There's been quite a lot of hype around 2024 eclipse season, especially the so-called 'Great American Eclipse 2.0' that's due to take place on 8 April in Aries over the North American continent.... With all of this in mind, I wanted to try and cut through all the noise and froth about this eclipse, examine some of the theories doing the rounds about it and at the same time, try and establish a few baseline facts and key criteria for judging the potential significance of this soli-lunar event...
2014 has not been a great year for air travel. Since March, when Malaysia Air flight MH 370 went missing a few hours after take-off, and still remains to be found, we have witnessed a number of fatal accidents that have killed nearly 762 people so far this year, including another Malaysian Air flight MH17,… Continue reading Could the astrology of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 provide clues to unlocking the mystery of MH370?
CARDINAL GRAND CROSS & LUNAR ECLIPSE For many, April was a month when the ground literally seemed to move. A powerful and turbulent Cardinal Grand Cross involving Uranus in Aries, Jupiter in Cancer, Mars in Libra and Pluto in Capricorn, keyed into the lunar eclipse in Libra mid-month, turbo-charging the days between April the 15th and… Continue reading Murder & Mayhem: The April 2014 Grand Cross
As one would expect from a month dominated by Martian energy, not to mention a lunar eclipse in Scorpio, April 2013 proved to be rather eventful, and somewhat bloody month. As well as the death of Britain’s first and (so far) only female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher on the 8th in London at around 11am… Continue reading Tumult & Bloodshed: April 2013 & Mars
January 2013 saw the second inauguration of President Obama on the 20th and 21st. These events took place just as the Sun left conservative Capricorn (representative of the Republicans) and ingressed into progressive, egalitarian Aquarius (associated with Democratic values). Aquarius also happens to be rising in Obama’s natal chart, so he, the Democrats and the times appeared to be very… Continue reading The Astrology of Obama’s Second Inauguration
Emotional crises, extremism, protests and speeches At the end of September, many of us found ourselves embroiled in emotional dramas, crises of conscience and calls for change as the Full Moon in Aries on the 30th made a conjunction to Uranus. As well as creating a polarising schism between our heads and our hearts, especially in… Continue reading 2012 Cardinal T-squares & the Arab Spring Aftermath
Towards the end of March, we experienced a challenging Sun-Pluto square in cardinal signs. In the UK, this coincided with a petrol shortage scare which sent thousands of people rushing to the pumps to fill up with fuel for fear that a proposed fuel haulage drivers' strike over the Easter holidays would lead to a scarcity of fuel.… Continue reading March 2012: Pluto & Fuel Shortages
Last month, many of fans were taken aback by the shocking news of the sudden and mysterious death of the singer, Whitney Houston the day before the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February the 11th. Houston’s death was officially announced by her publicist as taking place at 15h55 LA local time in her suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and occurred after several… Continue reading Neptune, Venus and the Tragic Death of Whitney Houston
No sooner had the phone hacking scandal dissipated then the UK was hit by global stock market volatility with European and American shares falling to record lows in the wake of uncertainty about US and Italian national debts at the start of August. A few days later, a number of flashmobs and riots broke out, starting in Tottenham, London on the 6th, soon spreading across the UK the following week, accompanied by wholesale looting of certain high street shops . At the time, Pluto and Uranus in cardinal signs came within… Continue reading Mars-Pluto & the 2011 London Riots
Euro Crisis Around the April New Moon on the 4th, many people reported experiencing intense aggravation and anxiety as the Sun, Moon and Jupiter in Aries opposed Saturn in Libra. On the world stage, Portugal finally admitted to needing a financial bailout from the EU, which led to all sorts of squabbles about whether the EU should continue to bail out ailing countries in the Eurozone, and the exact nature of what bailouts are – aid or loans? This in turn, led to further discussions about the Euro and the future of the… Continue reading Astrological Review of April 2011: Royal Wedding
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