Astrology
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Pluto, Neptune and America – the astrology of the post-election period
Many astrologers have predicted a Trump victory. The transits to his birth chart on the 5th of November 2024 are spectacular. He has Uranus, the planet of sudden shocks and surprises on his career point, the Midheaven. He has Jupiter, the bringer of gifts and good luck, very near (and moving towards) his destiny point…
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Is football coming home? What watching the Euros taught me about astrology
During the World Cup in 2022 I started looking at astrology and football. Messi had some astonishing transits going on and leading his country to victory was clearly hugely important to him. If I remember correctly the Moon crossed over his Midheaven as Argentina won the penalty shoot-out. I thought I’d make another attempt for…
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Walking with the fates – A Pluto transit survival guide
I often mention Pluto in my readings because I know how important and transformative a Pluto transit can be. Pluto is fate. He comes in and can often change everything, he pulls us up at the roots, he pulls the rug away from underneath our feet, he’s the forest fire that clears away the dead…
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What’s up with the water? The astrology of contamination
The rivers are full of E coli and we’re told not to go wild swimming. The shores stink of untreated sewage. The Thames is turning into a sewer – again. And while this is happening the privatised water companies have payed their shareholders and directors millions and millions of pounds in dividends and bonuses over…
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The astrology of turning 40 – dealing with your first Pluto square Pluto
Pluto squares itself around the time when we turn 40. Something that will activate a generational imprint in our birth chart and can bring themes of the collective into our lives. Many cultures don’t have initiation rites in a traditional sense any more. But we do have several thresholds to cross as we journey from…
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Why was my manuscript rejected? – finding the meaning of failure with the help of astrology
As a child I was always making up stories – many of them, according to my parents – were quite gruesome tales of princesses getting stuck in towers and dark dungeons. When Saturn, that stern teacher who forces us to grow up, crossed my Pluto and then joined my natal Saturn for my Saturn return…
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Writing with the help of the stars – famous authors and astrology
Astrology is story-telling. The symbols in a birth chart are the raw data that allow me to start shaping a story. And I’m not the only writer who’s been drawn to this ancient art – but how can we use astrology as writers? First we can look at our natal charts to try to figure…
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Why I believe in astrology
I had practiced astrology for a long time, and seen it work in my own life, before I managed to explain to myself how it worked. This shift happened because of a book. Last summer I finally read cultural historian Richard Tarnas’ Cosmos and Psyche. In it he lays out a world view and an…