My friend’s 12 year old son has been telling friends and family for some time now that the world is going to end on 21st December 2012. His mother’s response? “Oh good, that means we don’t have to bother buying any Christmas presents this year!” Apparently he’s no

Inspired by Entrepreneur Soul where I write weekly business stars, here’s the 2012 Wordle for my own astrology blog. I rather like it and enjoy seeing the words which have featured, especially life, new, month, love.           You can see the larger version by clickin

Happy New Year and here’s to 2013! Let’s make it a good one… [my Entrepreneur Astrology 2013 stars originally written and published for entrepreneursoul.com, the good news about self employment]   Aries (21 March-19 April) Your planet Mars teams up with Uranus on 1st January

It’s a frustrating start to the week for some as Mars squares Saturn on Monday. Mars = action and energy; Saturn = blocks and limitations. As a friend said on Facebook recently, this is the planetary equivalent of “driving a fast car into a brick wall” and is not advised to do so.

This week is all about Capricorn, the sign of responsibility, structure, boundaries and achieving goals. Capricorns are often thought of as the workaholics of the zodiac and when planets are in this sign, it’s a good idea to have a plan about what you want to do. This helps you stay focused, o

I’m writing this weekly newsletter looking out on a snowy garden. We have freezing temperatures in the UK and many areas are blanketed with the white stuff. It’s lovely for glorious dog walks and picture-perfect photos but even lovelier to be curled up at home warm & cosy with a cup

I’ve heard from a few people recently who’ve been having a tough time, whether it’s illness, bereavement or other limitations that have slowed them down. Astrologically this shows as the planet Saturn which represents our weak points and the things in life that slam on the brakes a

Neptune dominates the planetary action this week and for much of the month of February. Today, Monday 4th, Mars (action) conjuncts Neptune and on Wednesday 6th, Mercury (mind) conjuncts Neptune. This isn’t brilliant for goal-setting but cries out for a new approach to life, which includes goin

Death on the Astronomical Clock, Prague I was sent a link to an indian astrology site yesterday which I decided to take a quick look at. I love the differences between Indian (vedic) and Western astrology and India is a country that I have visited twice and both times fell in love with. The site inc

Ask anyone what they know about the full moon, which takes place every 28 days, and they may mention the effect the moon has on the tides or werewolves howling at the moon. What some people don’t realise is that the date Easter falls in the calendar is totally determined by the cycle of the mo

In our modern world, eclipses are the delight of scientists and eclipse chasers as much as songwriters and poets. There’s something awesome about a solar eclipse when the shadow of the Moon blocks out the light of the Sun. Flowers begin to close, birds go to roost and the natural world thinks

The Venus transit of the Sun is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, at least if you consider a pair of Venus transits as a whole. This pair both take place in the sign of Gemini and the current Venus transit is exact at 01:09am GMT on 6th June 2012. The last Venus transit took place at 8:44am GMT on 8

Sunrise At Stonehenge Update June 21st 2013: Today’s Summer Solstice took place at 05:04am GMT. The Sun is now officially in Cancer If you’re a Pagan, Druid, hippy, event junkie, urban tourist or general Sun worshipper, the place to be at sunrise tomorrow morning, 4:46am on Thursday June

Gold Post Box Olympics 2012 The Olympics has been a glorious event and even though I’m theoretically taking August off from blogging, it did seem a shame not to mark this marvellous show. In our house and many houses across the UK, we’ve been cheering on Team GB and the London Olympics 2

The competition is now closed. I will announce the winner on my blog on Sunday 23rd September 2012. Thank you to all those who entered. Today is a big day in our household. My daughter starts her new secondary school and I’m back to work after a laidback schedule in August, which is exciting

Sylvia Plath wrote of her husband, the poet Ted Hughes (17 August 1930-28 October 1998), “he wears always the same black jacket with pockets full of poems, fresh trout and horoscopes“. Ted Hughes was an expert in astrology who regarded it as an art rather than a science and his letters s

The musical Hair was a product of the 60’s and it’s astrology anthem, ‘The Age of Aquarius’ epitomised the hippy era. There are also plenty of songs and albums with planets/stars in the title: David Bowie ‘Life on Mars’, Pink Floyd ‘Dark Side of the MoonR

If you’ve received an astrology consultation, you’ll know there’s more to astrology than just your Sun sign and most modern astrologers refer to 10 key planets to interpret your birth chart. In this article, I’m focusing on the 7 traditional planetary bodies, the Sun and Moon

Paralympics Opening Ceremony 2012 This five part series wouldn’t be complete without mentioning one of the most famous pieces of music to be inspired by astrology, ‘The Planets’ by Gustav Holst. Holst was well-acquainted with astrology and mythology and the Greek idea of the ‘

  Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell was first published as a novel in 1936. The film version starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh as the star-crossed lovers was released in 1939 and is regarded as one of the best films of all time. It was only in 1978 that a US astrologer by the name of