Jeff Buckley, of the astonishingly beautiful voice, the soulful eyes and the strange and tragic death would have been 45 today (Nov 17). Jeff Buckley (1966-1997) His natal chart is compellingly simple. Almost everything is tightly aspected, He was born in the vortex of the mid-60s clash [...]
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Scorpio Self Portraits: The Agony And The Absence
Francis Bacon, Oct 28 Don’t expect to find this an easy bunch of pictures to look at. We are in the land of Scorpio this month – and this sign like to deal with deeper truth. Not for Scorp the polished surface of a Gemini or the gorgeous patterns of Libra. No, Scorpio prefers to [...]
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Hmmm… Just A Touch Of Scorpio?
Artist Georgia O’Keeffe born 15 Nov 1887 – Sun, Moon, Mercury, Jupiter in Scorpio opposite Neptune (illusion, glamour)-Pluto (death again). Scorpio – death, archeology, digging deep, the bare bones – and sex. Scorpio rules the genitals, of course.
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Celluloid-Meltingly Sexy Scorpios
Equally beautiful, equally deadly. Alain Delon (Nov 8) and Monica Vitti (Nov 3). It took a Libra, Michelangelo Antonioni, to put them together in L’Eclisse (1962). Rather appropriately for our times he plays a shallow, materialistic stockbroker unable to connect emotionally. She is [...]
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Italy: Waking Up With A Hangover
Sophia and Marcello: Marriage Italian Style. Pluto squares Italy’s Neptune. Some Italians will tell you that their country has essentially been run by a bunch of criminals since World War 2. Some astrologers might agree with that assessment. The Italian natal chart shows the [...]
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Astrology of Now: Face the Music and Dance
As an über-Neptunian type, I am always excited when the god of the sea turns around and starts to surge forwards. Today’s the day. Dreams, fantasy, ideals. Love, sacrifice, deceit. Mob violence, peaceful activism. Fog, illusion, self-undoing. Music and movies. Drugs and [...]
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Eurozone: The Leadership Void
The Woodcutter. Kazimir Malevich painted this just before the Russian Revolution. Say one thing for the current euro crisis, it’s cutting a swathe through Europe’s ruling elite. So far this year these heads of state have felt the sharp blade of Father Time’s sickle. [...]
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Astrology of Now: Mayhem
The late lamented Heath Ledger as the Joker in Batman. Mercury’s dark side is on show now. Here’s what happened to this post. I was lying in bed thinking about how often the word chaos has been in the news in the last couple of days. Some guests at a party have decided to [...]
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Greece’s Plight
Here is what I wrote about Greece back in June “This is very, very serious for Greece. And I think it will lead to a complete re-invention of the state, and the journey may be pretty rocky.” To read the rest of the piece, click here.
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Occupy Astrology: Resurrecting a Long-Dead Rebel
Rome 2011 You will have noticed that protesters from Madrid to Wall Street to the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral have been sporting a particular mask. Julian Assange has one. No it’s not Satan, although it does look rather devilish. It’s Guy Fawkes, the Catholic revolutionary [...]
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Why Paisley?
FABRIC BY JANNASALAKDESIGNS OK – some of you have wondered what the paisley connection is with the November horoscopes. It’s just this in my tiny mind. Paisley = fertility = Scorpio. Paisley pattern, which originates in South or Central Asia depending on who is talking, is [...]
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Crimson Pirate
The Crimson Pirate: Sagittarius Rising Happy Birthday (and RIP, natürlich) Burt Lancaster, superstar Scorp. Was there ever a more robust yet complex specimen of manhood. Born 2 November 1913: Scorpio Sun (water), Capricorn Moon (earth), Sagittarius Rising (fire). Trapeze with Tony Curtis [...]
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Dracula: Scorpio perchance?
To celebrate Halloween, I’m revisiting a post I wrote a while ago about vampires and squid and stuff. To find out if Dracula was a Scorpio or just a very confused Taurus click here.
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The God of Cuckoldry Gives Advice on Marriage
Imagine you are…Classical Lady by John William Godward OK, we are back in Rome, sometime in the 2nd century AD. It’s autumn, the grape harvest is in. We’ve all been celebrating in perhaps too Dionysian a fashion. Imagine that you are a togaed Roman with time and money on your [...]
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Half in Love with Easeful Death
Sylvia Plath was not the only poet born under Scorpio to be drawn to death’s glamour (see my previous post). Here is an extract from Ode To A Nightingale by John Keats (born October 30). … Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call’d [...]
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What Astrologers Are Saying About Occupy…
Outstanding graphic design has been a feature of OWS. I have been pondering Occupy Wall Street for weeks. I’ve been waiting to see my way in to a coherent analysis of the phenomenon. In the mean time, I’ve looked at what other astrologers have been writing. The [...]
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Death: A Most Authentic Experience
Autumn, A Wood Path Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880) It’s Sylvia Plath’s birthday: Sun Scorpio, Moon Libra, Aquarius Rising. (b. October 27, 1932) A real Scorpio has to find the authentic experience. A real Scorpio has to dive deep and come back again, transformed. Death is a [...]
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Astrology of Now: Juicy New Moon
Dream by Henri Rousseau After the serious mood brought on by that Sun-Saturn Full Moon a couple of weeks ago, I’m relieved to report that this New Moon (October 26) is rather luscious. Especially if you’re trying to have a baby, get deeper into a relationship or plant the seed of a [...]
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Libra Self-Portraits: Blending into the Picture
Suzanne Valadon (23 Sept 1865) Theoretically, there’s nothing more revealing of character than a self-portrait, yet this month’s artists don’t do that straightforwardly. Their own faces blend into the backgrounds of the pictures, becoming simply part of the motif. Compare [...]
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Mark Rothko: Painting God
Unspecified Mark Rothko (September 25,1903) Sun, Mercury and North Node in Libra. Is one expression of Libra the erasure of ego? A reflection of the viewer Moon in Scorpio Profound emotion Jupiter in Pisces Encountering endless compassion Venus in Virgo Artistic [...]
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