Chiron in Taurus – fitness and finances

Chiron in Taurus – fitness and finances

Chiron has now dipped a toe in Taurus for the first time in forty years and after a retrograde this autumn and winter, will be there until 2033. Attaching a meaning to its years is tricky since life is continually churning through highs and lows and it may affect cultural trends rather than actual events….

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Solstice – Cancer Sun plus two yods

Solstice – Cancer Sun plus two yods

The Solstice Ingress of the Sun into Cancer on Sunday June 21st occurs with the hoping-for-improvements Saturn Neptune conjunction almost out of orb and the new-era hoping-for-change Uranus trine Pluto sextile Neptune in place. Mars in heavyweight Taurus is sextile Jupiter in late Cancer for an enthusiastic and energetic lift, perhaps from the sporting arena….

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J.D. Vance – an outlandish faith

J.D. Vance – an outlandish faith

Fathoming the byzantine thinking processes of pro-Trump religious zealots may or may not be aided by reading VP J.D.Vance’s latest book Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith. Described by a Times review as “part rant, part sermon, a contradictory, self-righteous, angry, humourless and slightly sinister mess of a book.”   With divorced parents and…

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Virginia Woolf – a visionary Aquarius

Virginia Woolf – a visionary Aquarius

Virginia Woolf, long appreciated in high literary circles and hailed as a feminist activist, is becoming appreciated by a younger audience with recent adaptations of her work, including a movie of her novel Night and Day. It is released this week starring Haley Bennett, Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders, Jack Whitehall and Lily Allen, and focuses…

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July 2026 Astrology Overview & Monthly Horoscopes

July 2026 Astrology Overview & Monthly Horoscopes

Hi Friends, This month will be one for the record books. July 2026 is one of most powerful and transformative months of our lifetime. All the outer planets (Jupiter through Pluto) will be interacting with each other symbolically representing a new direction for humanity. This is a month of karmic resets and powerful transitions. The…

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Antoni Gaudi – a dream in stone

Antoni Gaudi – a dream in stone

The Sagrada Familia, Barcelona’s iconic landmark, was celebrated by Pope Leo on the 100th anniversary of the architect Antoni Gaudi’s death. A manically ambitious project it is the tallest church in the world and still not complete.  Gaudi’s weird and wonderful designs adorn many houses in the Catalan capital but none stranger than the cathedral….

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US News Media – who holds the purse strings

US News Media – who holds the purse strings

Oligarchs owning vast tranches of the US media is Orwellian since they control the narrative that inform swathes of the electorate. Larry Ellison owns Paramount and CBS, soon possibly Tik Tok and CNN. Jeff Bezos the Washington Post. Mark Zuckerburg Facebook and Instagram. Lachlan Murdoch Fox News. Musk Twitter/X.  Ellison, 17 August 1944, a New…

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SpaceX IPO -wishing and hoping

SpaceX IPO -wishing and hoping

The money men are grinning like Cheshire cats and Elon Musk salivating in being the world’ richest man as the Space X IPO was three times subscribed and Musk became the world’s first trillionaire.  The FT remarked acerbically: “The bankers convinced investors to believe in a sci-fi strategy, overlook steep losses and hand full control…

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Great Depressions – history rhyming

Great Depressions – history rhyming

Is history about to repeat itself with another Great Depression is the question posed by an illuminating book about the 1873 crash.  A Times review comments: “The most striking thing about 1873 is that it feels uncannily like 2026. The railway mania has returned as artificial intelligence. Elsewhere, too, the scenery looks familiar: populist revolts…

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