I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul. I love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers; thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance, risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body. Read […]
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Halloween Special
The Full Moon on Halloween 2020 contains a zingy surprise. Now that may be grandma’s white teeth being a little longer and sharper than you thought, but it may be that the big bad wolf turns out to be a hirsute suitor. This is also the second Full Moon of October so gets the title of [...]
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Mothering Sunday
It’s Mothering Sunday here, and I’d like to wish you, mothers and children all, a peaceful and cosseted day full of light and beauty. Even when your loved ones are far away, they are so close.
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Your Monthly Podcast (Feb 19-Mar20)
Oh my! We are deep into Poseidon’s watery territory this month. Watch out for the jellyfish and the sharks. On the other hand, look at those flashing schools of multi-coloured fish over on that coral reef, and some dolphins disporting themselves on those waves and a mermaid on that rock [...]
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Bowie Turns To Face The Strange
David Bowie must have known he was dying when he recorded ★ (Blackstar), his final album, released on his to birthday three days ago. It’s a privilege to hear from this liminal place, the place between this world and the next, from such a great artist and poetic visionary. The title song [...]
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On Walt Whitman’s Birthday
… and on the subject of great American poets, it’s Walt Whitman’s birthday today. What a marvellous expression of the joyful Gemini soul. This is from the beginning of Leaves of Grass. Come, said my soul, Such verses for my Body let us write, (for we are one,) That should I [...]
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Astrology of Now: Welcome Savage, Rebel –– Stranger
Eurasian shaman, early 20th century from a Russian ethnographic collection. “Sometimes a wild god comes to the table. He is awkward and does not know the ways Of porcelain, of fork and mustard and silver. His voice makes vinegar from wine. “When the wild god arrives at the door, [...]
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Merry Christmas
Detail from Rubens’ Adoration of the Magi (or astrologers as we like to call them) May peace, good cheer and love fill your heart this Christmas. I won’t be posting until January. Horoscopes should be here on New Year’s Day.The Uranus-Pluto square is quite active [...]
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Sleeping Nature, Fire Within
In the Northern Hemisphere, nature is sleeping. The leaves have fallen and the ground is frost-hard. Here at England’s navel, dusk is at 4pm. The dark is rising outside my window. Today the Sun moved into the sign of the strange goatfish, Capricorn, ruled by cold Saturn. Capricorn is the [...]
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Merry Christmas!
Heart was purring, but you wouldn’t think so to look at him! Hey, it’s rather an auspicious Christmas this year. Who’d have thought it! Astrologically, it’s a pretty thrilling couple of days – with a New Moon in earthy, sensible Capricorn today (Christmas Eve) at [...]
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Last Minute Presents For The Empty of Wallet
You’ve been making one of these right. This is from Bean Town Handmade in Nebraska How do you choose something really special without breaking the bank? Well, clearly you should have spent the last 12 months handcrafting a variety of exquisite crocheted garments for all your friends and [...]
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Go On – Give ’em A Reading
Are you tired of giving Great Uncle Matthew a bottle of port and a piece of your mind? Are you bored with buying your sister yet another useful kitchen utensil? Would you really like to get all your Christmas shopping done now? Or do you simply know someone who could really do with an [...]
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