Today Mars goes direct. Things which seem to be more inclined to stay still, or that seem to be stuck in reverse, finally have a chance to move forward. When a planet slows to a halt before moving forward again it’s like a spring holding potential energy before it’s released. I read a great description [...]
Originally published on 24 March 2008
First published in Astrology Quarterly Autumn 2008
What are National Charts? And if so which one?
National charts are fairly common in modern astrology. If you attend any group which ventures into deeper waters than natal astrology then it won’t we long before you come across a chart for a country which [...]
Current and Upcoming Cycles
First published in Astrology Quarterly Winter 2007/8
First published on my website on 24 March 2008
I’ve spoken quite a lot about cycles in recent issues, which reflects their importance in astrology. They are at the heart of the astrologer’s view of time, which is cyclical not linear. Conditions repeat, not exactly, but [...]
Originally published on 30 December 2007
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and that you’re gearing up to celebrate the New Year appropriately. Since I wrote the Thoughts for December I’ve had some further ideas which I’d like to present to you about the movement of planets from Sagittarius to Capricorn.
What we’re looking at here [...]
Originally published on 30 December 2007
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto Declared Dead
Pakistan – Independence
Pakistan – Republic
Capricorn Ingress 2007 – Karachi
Benazir Bhutto with Progressions
The sad events is Pakistan show some very interesting astrology in action. If we take the 7.32 pm time for Ms Bhutto then the Jupiter Mars opposition takes place across her ascendant at 2 Cancer/Capricorn [...]
First published in Astrology Quarterly Spring 2007, Published on web March 2007
Observing the aspects between transiting planets is an addictive pursuit and not to be undertaken lightly. Once you start it’s a short step to spending days with books such as Timetables of Science or various other timeline related material, and you’ll never be able [...]
Originally published on 2 February 2007
This is the first opportunity I’ve had to put this story up. I did the notes for it immediately after the event but you’ll have to trust me that I haven’t used hind sight to plug in the gaps.
Saddam Hussein Executed
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein Sentenced
Saddam Hussein captured
Treaty of San Remo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1980290,00.html
At just [...]
Orignally published on 7 February 2007
Plus ca change…
I had an email from someone with a similar chart to Tony Blair asking if he should shut up shot until the end of the summer. This made me think that I should write something about what this means to ordinary people. What ever the conditions we find [...]
Originally published January 2007
This article should be read in concert with Mundane Matters – Forecasting the Year – 2007
Firstly, I am indebted to my friend Bernard Eccles who gives a forecast for the following year as the lecture before the Christmas party at the Astrological Lodge of London. Last year I had already written by [...]
Originally published on 28 November 2006
Taken from Astrology Quarterly Winter 2006/7
Graphic Ephemeris 2007
“What will next year bring?”, or more likely, “Tell me next year is going to be better?” are questions an astrologer expects to be asked in the run up to new year. So I thought it might be useful to look at how [...]
