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Hundreds of articles are contained within this archive on politics and people, music and film, celebrities and culture, history and social issues: all through the lens of astrology, of course. Also there are articles here on all aspects of astrology from asteroids to zero. Most of them are written by me, Christina Rodenbeck, astrologer and writer, expert and enthusiast. There are a handful of outstanding guest posts though, which I highly recommend.

Six Keys to 2025, the Year of Flux and Doubt

This year it’s going to be very hard to know what to hold on to and what to let go, who to rely on and who will vanish, how to move forward or when to stand still in this year of change and change about. This is because all the planets are changing signs, with […]

Zohran Mamdani, the charming (Libra), charismatic (Leo Rising) new mayor of New York is, well, NEW — in so many ways. As you know, we are all at a moment of massive change as the big outer planets bounce back and forth between 1° and 29° of several different signs, changing the world, [...]

Lily Allen’s Brilliant Break Up Album

I can’t stop listening to West End Girl, Lily Allen’s brilliant break-up album. The English poet and pop diva is a mistress of the seemingly casual but utterly precise lyric. Allen’s always seemed really real, gritty, authentic. She managed to hang on to some kind of [...]

The Fall of the East Wing

—————————— From East Wing Magazine “If the West Wing is the mind of the nation, then the East Wing is the heart.” — Betty Ford —————————— It was bad enough when they paved over the Rose Garden, but the destruction of the East Wing of the White House by a wrecking crew is just [...]

Why India Worships Shahrukh Khan

If you’ve never been to India, it’s hard to explain just how important Shahrukh Khan is. He is a V, V, V, VIP. Imagine someone who has the film star status of George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt rolled into one, who has the common touch of Jamie Oliver, and the business [...]

In Conversation with Alex Trenoweth: Zeus on the Loose

I spoke with author, teacher and astrologer Alex Trenoweth at the October Salon about her new book Zeus on the Loose. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: “Every parent wants the best for their child – and that starts with understanding how they learn. In astrology, Jupiter is [...]

This essay came with this month’s horoscopes on 1 October. I’ve adjusted it slightly because — events, darling. This month’s illustrations were details of roses, which in themselves combine perfect order and disorder. A pair of scales, the symbol for Libra, has also [...]

Warmongers: The Striking Similarities Between Putin and Netanyahu

No child should be part of any conflict — ever. So far, at least 20,000 Ukrainian children have been abducted and taken for “re-education” into the heart of Russia. Meanwhile, at least 17,000 Palestinian children have been killed outright by the Israeli military in the last 18 [...]

Europe Comes to Washington: Who’s Who?

European leaders are meeting Donald Trump at the White House. This is a truly historic moment. Who are the personnel? In a few words… Donald Trump, we know, is a Gemini with Leo Rising, born on an eclipse so Sagittarius Moon. Changeable, but must feel regal. Volodymr Zelenskyy, President [...]

Get on the peace train

“There was once a dreadfully wicked hobgoblin. One day he was in capital spirits because he had made a looking-glass which reflected everything that was good and beautiful in such a way that it dwindled almost to nothing, but anything that was bad and ugly stood out very clearly and [...]

Venus Rising From the Waves

Today Venus and Uranus meet — which they do every year, of course — but this time it’s a super-potent rendezvous. They are meeting at the very end of Taurus — 29° — and the following day Venus will skip into Gemini, and on 7 July, Uranus will follow her. He has [...]

Is It Goodbye to the Global Order?

This month’s horoscopes came with this short essay. I think it’s important to know. Things fall apart, slowly at first, and then it happens all at once. We’ve been experiencing the “all at once” phase. The global order with which we are familiar was established after World War Two [...]

God Only Knows Where We’ll Be Without Brian

Brian Wilson captured bliss — the first days of falling in love, the joy of driving, summer, the beach — and crafted them into songs so densely filled with honied light that they will surely still be played hundreds of years from now. A twist of melancholy — we know those [...]

June Horoscopes: Look into the Future

Is it June already? Something weird has happened to time over the last six months. It’s accelerated — as if we were on a high speed train crashing through barrier after barrier. And in another way, it has slowed down, as we watch the slow-motion catastrophes in the Middle East, Africa, the [...]

Happy Birthday, David Attenborough!

Astrology Talk Investigates David Attenborough, advocate for Mother Earth, high priest of environmentalism. I wrote a fest-piece on his birthday pre-Covid, using the data from astrodatabank, which turns out to be less certain than they thought at the time. It means that David Attenborough may [...]

May Horoscopes: In the Garden

This May month the big cosmic shift continues. The world continues to be unsettled. Even steady Taurus, where the Sun sails in May, is disrupted by electrical Uranian vibes. And at the end of May and early June, first Saturn and then Jupiter change signs. Saturn walks into fire, and Jupiter [...]

A Prince of Peace Passes

The story of death and resurrection, the end and the beginning, mortality and eternity resonated with exceptional power this Easter-tide, especially as war continues in the holy land. Sadly, the death of Pope Francis on this Easter Monday seems right for the times. It is hard to overstate [...]

Ceres Symposium

I am so looking forward to participating in this symposium about the little planet tucked into the asteroid belt, Ceres, the mother goddess, on 15 June. Finally, Ceres will be getting the kind of attention she deserves. The symposium should be really interesting, since there will be six [...]

Taurus Season: Power & Fury

It’s Taurus Season, and another month in this tumultuous spring that’s sweeping us all into the future. Hold on to your hats, grab your umbrella, swizzle your sonic screwdriver, and away we go. If you prefer to listen, here is the Astrology Talk website. The Lilith in Scorpio video [...]

Lilith in Scorpio: The Apple and the Snake

Lilith, the Black Moon, arrived in Scorpio on 27 March, and she will stay there until December. This video is an overview of what that means in the natal chart and of the meaning of that transit. Interestingly, and in a very Lilith in Scorpio way, YouTube has objected to the cover for this [...]

A Magical Week & More

In the midst of this crazy month, there’s a magical week (well a little longer in fact) when a beautiful cosmic pattern forms in the sky, as Venus, now the Morning Star, turns direct on 13 April, and Mercury turns direct on 7 April. This pattern, an isosceles triangle connecting [...]

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