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The Tropical Projection
Western astrologers’ attitude to the sidereal zodiac is quite peculiar. Most are aware of Sidereal issues like the Great Year, have...
Article appeared in May-June issue of Infinity
May 25, 20165 min read


24 Degrees of Separation
Western astrologers’ attitude to the sidereal zodiac is quite peculiar. We think of ourselves as part of a progressive Uranian movement,...
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Mar 8, 20167 min read


Seven Strikes
This chart and the story behind it is something of an astrologer’s chestnut. Roy C. Sullivan was a ranger at Shenandoah National Park,...
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Feb 3, 20163 min read


2016 in prospect
Saturn transits Scorpio for the whole of 2016, continuing his lessons of transformation, intense focus, sexuality and healing. People...
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Jan 4, 20165 min read


Money: David Gilmour
I have broken an ironclad rule in this article by accepting unverified birth data from astrotheme.com ! I have no idea where 23:00pm came...
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Jan 2, 20163 min read


Use the Force: Christmas Full Moon
There’s a Full Moon on Christmas Day for the first time since 1977; must be the Star Wars connection. In Western astrology, the Full Moon...
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Dec 23, 20152 min read


Romantic Competition: The Pitts
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s new film ByThe Sea is out in November, a romantic drama directed by Angelina herself. Set in France in the...
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Nov 4, 20153 min read


Jose Mourinho: Three-Year Itch
Jose Mourinho never played football professionally, but always seemed destined to be a manager. He studied coaching and sports science...
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Oct 16, 20153 min read


Sins of the Father: Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. was born in the final months of his Venus mahadasha, the powerful exalted planet in his ninth house that is first prize...
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Aug 20, 20153 min read


Boris Johnson: Blonde Ambition
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a name and persona straight out of PG Woodhouse: a rich, charming, absent-minded amateur, good for...
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Jul 29, 20153 min read


The Call From Hollywood: Jupiter in Leo
Jupiter (Guru) moved into Leo (Simha) 14th July. Though it is now out of its exaltation sign Cancer, it is very comfortable in Leo, the...
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Jul 27, 20152 min read


In the headlights: Amy Winehouse
The July 2015 release of Asif Kapadia's documentary Amy coincided with a striking Venus-Jupiter conjunction in Cancer, which by chance or...
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Jul 14, 20154 min read


Why Vedic Astrology?
The Western astrologer’s trepidation on first confronting Jyotish is understandable on several counts. Despite much common symbolism, the...
Astrovedas
Jul 8, 20157 min read


Venus retrograde 2015
Venus, planet of love, luxuries, marriage, pleasure and art goes retrograde on July 25th 2015 at 09:30 GMT. She will continue on her...
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Jul 3, 20155 min read


Stephen King: Dreamcatcher
One Sunday in May 1973, Stephen King received a phone call from his publisher. “Are you sitting down?”, the agent asked, before...
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Jun 30, 20153 min read


Astrology and the BBC
In March, as a result of well-informed complaints from astrologers, the BBC amended an article on its website about the ‘Thirteenth...
Astrovedas
May 28, 20152 min read


A Life Less Ordinary: Benedict Cumberbatch
While filming in South Africa in 2004, Benedict Cumberbatch was abducted at gunpoint by a masked gang, robbed and bundled into the boot...
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Apr 7, 20153 min read


A Choice of Enemies: General Election 2015
It's a strange state of affairs when a four or five-yearly event deciding the leadership of a nation is expected to have no clear result....
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Mar 11, 20154 min read


Face Value: Astrology's Second House
The Second house represents money, particularly family assets, capital and luxuries, and in Jyotish it also rules the face, appearance...
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Feb 27, 20155 min read


England's Prophetic Merline: William Lilly
It takes a powerful chart to make any astrologer famous in his own lifetime, let alone in the fourth century after his death. William...
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Feb 16, 20155 min read
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