This is a sunrise chart for Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group. There’s no birth time. I am flinging this up quickly for you to see as history unfolds. Just in case you’re out of the loop: the Wagner Group is a mercenary organisation owned and run by Prigozhin which operates globally. Russian […]
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Astrology Talk Podcast: Cancer Season
This month on Astrology Talk Podcast Sally and I could not resist taking a look back at Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Nicola Sturgeon and Silvio Berlusconi, the politicians who’ve fallen in the past few weeks. What was going on in the skies? And, of course, we took a good look at what’s coming up, including […]
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Astrology Talk Investigate: The Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival, the pop music extravaganza held in bucolic south-west England every June is now part of the established summer season, along with the Proms, Glyndebourne and Henley Regatta. It started off as Pilton Festival on Michael Eavis’ farm just outside Glastonbury, Somerset back in 1970. In those days, you got free milk with […]
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Talking About Teaching Teenagers & Helping Families
As you know, members of the Oxford Astrologer have a monthly Q&A, which really ought to be relabelled a salon, since, in fact, everyone pitches in. Usually, it’s closed so that people can talk freely, but I am publishing this one because Alex Trenoweth was kind enough to come along and talk about her book […]
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June Horoscopes
This is a month of potential and excellence somewhere in each of our lives. And the beginning of Venus’s long sojourn in the sign of specialness, royalty and glory. That is Leo. She’ll be in the sign of the Lion from now until early October, and it’s important to figure out where she’ll be in […]
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Gemini Season Podcast: Two Heads Are Better
Plenty to discuss this month. Pluto goes back into Capricorn. Venus and Mars are in Leo, and Mercury finally reaches Gemini. Get a cup of tea and join us.
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Coronation Astrology Q&A
The Oxford Astrologer monthly Q&A was taken over by talk of the coronation — it was the day after. It turned into quite a discussion. I explained why I am sure this is an elected chart — that is one chosen by an astrologer — and other participants made interesting and relevant contributions. I have […]
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Was Sherlock Holmes A Capricorn? Astrology Talk Investigate
In honour of Pluto, the detective, entering Aquarius, the sign of networks and the internet (and maybe podcasts!), Sally and I are launching a new feature: Astrology Talk Investigates. We’ll be looking at mysteries, histories and more, focusing on just one question, every month. Do send in your questions. We decided to launch with an […]
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May Horoscopes: Signs of Change
The year’s clock ticks on. Here we are already, halfway between the equinox and the solstice. An important tock, or possibly tick, is the change of signs by Jupiter, the King of Olympus. In his royal progress through the Zodiac, Jupiter moves into a new sign (usually) just once a year, taking 12 years to […]
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Neurodiversity and Astrology
In the past few years, many people have realised, sometimes quite late in life, that they have ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) or autism — and it’s been a massive relief. Both autism and ADHD are wide spectrum conditions (not disorders, thank you), of course, and at the soft end of that spectrum, they can […]
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Signs of the Zodiac: Taurus
Ah the lovely Bulls — so handsome, so pretty, so stable. Sally and I chit chat about the sign Taurus, number two in the dance of the Zodiac.
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The Green Man & Mercury Retrograde & Eclipses: Taurus Season Podcast
So the lusty month of May approaches, and we dance down a primrose path, mantled in green and all that jazz. Also there’s the Green Man, and bluebells and eclipses. And Mercury is almost retrograde in this month of blossom and poetry. To listen to the podcast, click here and scroll down for either […]
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The Green Man, Mercury Retrograde & Eclipses: Taurus Season Podcast
We put on our green mantles and tripped down the primrose path to May, carolling Loud Sing Cuckoo, etcetera. We also recorded a podcast about Taurus Season. The Green Man is in there. To watch or listen, go to the website and scroll down. Happy Maying!!
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Lilith in Leo: Roar!
Lilith, the Black Moon, visits the sign of the Sun once a decade. She grows her mane, flexes amps up her charisma and sometimes acts like a giant pussy cat. Below is a list of the previous times she was in Leo. If you were born any of these years, you are having a Lilith […]
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April: An Eclipse, Mercury Retrograde and a Very Lucky Day
Come, fill the cup, and in the fire of spring Your winter garment of repentance fling. The bird of time has but a little way To flutter – and the bird is on the wing. Omar Khayyam (Taurus) tr Edward Fitzgerald (Aries) Pale plum blossom and primroses, dancing daffodils, satiny magnolia: spring is […]
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