NEPTUNE: REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS TIMELESS Neptune goes Direct in early December. Just as Pluto abducts, dismembers and renews, so does Neptune madden, drown and re-ensoul. The difference between the two is poetic rather than literal. Astrology itself is better viewed as poetry rather than some kind of fact. Transits from Neptune are not easy, but if you are going to seriously transform, life may need to be difficult. What is the point of being here if we don't face serious challenges as to who we are, that may go on and on for years, until finally the ground is ready for a new piece o ..read more

 AN EMERGENCE FROM THE UNDERWORLD It's been a helluva transit of Sun-Mars in Scorpio over the last month. It's been described outwardly by the deep scouring of Gaza by the Israelis. What gruelling unconscious contents have you been exposed to in that time? There was an eclipse early on, and then an eruption around the 13th, as Uranus opposed Sun-Mars: the Gorgon finally showed her face. We are moving to the sunlit uplands in the next few days as the Sun then Mars enter Sagittarius. You can look back from a brighter place and get perspective, understand yourself. The square to Saturn ..read more

MARS OPPOSITE URANUS    With Mars in Scorpio now tightly opposing Uranus, watch out for hidden depths of emotion revealing themselves. What have you been sitting on without even knowing it? What do you need to stand up for in yourself?     AQUARIANS: URANUS vs SATURN Aquarius has contradictory rulers: Uranus, who wants to disrupt convention; and Saturn, who wants to protect it. The future and the past, liberal and conservative, at war with each other. In the mythology, Uranus imprisoned his son Saturn, who in his turn sliced off his father’s testicles, at the instiga ..read more

Scorpio is the sign presiding over the current Middle East conflict, suggesting a side to it that is hidden. An obvious place to look is Iran. I am thinking of an unspoken nuclear threat from Israel. Some technicalities. Natally: Iran's Moon in Gemini is on the 'nuclear axis', as it is known, of the chart for the 1st nuclear chain reaction. Its Uranus at 20 Scorpio is 1/2 a degree off the nuclear Mars.    By transit: The lunar eclipse of 28th Oct was on Iran's Chiron/MC. The New Moon of 13th November has Sun, Moon and Mars all on Iran's Uranus/the nuclear Mars, and on the MC ..read more

I've recently created a video course for Watkins Books, as a companion to my book The Medicine Wheel. There are 11 sessions, and I had a fun time doing it: it brings something out in me that writing alone cannot. I think you'll find my style engaging - it's more enthusiastic fireside chat than polished talking head ?    The intro is free and the link to that is here   The course itself can be found here    ISRAEL WILL DO WHAT SHE FEELS IS NECESSARY    Here is the New Moon chart for 13th November, set for Tel Aviv. You don't need to know much astrol ..read more

Here is a link to me talking with the Aquarius Severn Astrology group earlier this month. I had a good time, I always do when I talk Astrology.    ISRAEL and MARS IN SCORPIO   Mars in Libra is responsive rather than offensive, and it was in Libra in Israel's 1st House when Hamas attacked last week. With natal Libra Rising, this militarily responsive position generally characterises Israel. Though when it does respond, it has a mighty Mars in Leo trine Jupiter in Sag with which to do so.    Mars has since moved into Scorpio, the other sign, along with Aries ..read more

In 2024 Neptune will begin a series of 5 hard aspects to the Angles of the EU (1958) chart. At the same time, Pluto will begin a series of 5 squares to the EU (1993) chart. Big change is on the way, though it is likely to be slow, as is the way with large institutions. The 1958 chart is the for EEC, whose emphasis was economic: this is expressed in 8th House Moon in Taurus: the shared (8th) wealth (Taurus) of its member countries (Moon). The 1993 chart arose out of the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty, which began the process of political union. An ex-EU President expressed the view s ..read more

THE US PLUTO RETURN The US Pluto is in the 2nd House of the US Sibly Chart. Pluto is where we find our power, and where we can feel our survival is at stake. The 2nd House is resources, and America, of course, has been the world’s wealthiest, and most powerful, country for over a century. The hard aspects from Pluto to its natal position are interesting to trace. The opening square, in 1850, occurred during the longest continuous period of economic expansion in US history. The opposition, in the late 1930s, occurred as the US was about to embark on 2 major wars, booming economically and r ..read more

 CANCER You need to find a way of bringing your soft centre into the world. Cancer is a Cardinal sign. It means you have initiative, you like to take charge, whether at home or at work. Schematically, Cancers need to move from the home to the world, in due course. But you are sensitive, and the world is an unforgiving place. It does not care about you, it cares about results. Elon Musk is a Cancerian. He sometimes takes criticism personally and lashes out. Cancers have shells to protect their soft centres. When you go into the world, take care of the people around you, and take not ..read more

The Sun is the single most significant planet in the chart, because it is by far the most imposing body in the sky. If you face the Sun, and you listen, you will feel the particular shaping flavour of the stars behind it. At your back, what you cannot see, are the opposite set of stars, the 'darkstory' of the Sun. That which you will need to unearth, in the case of your own sign, to become a balanced human being. If you don't, then as Jesus said in the heretical Gospel of St Thomas, it will destroy you. You will be possessed by it, and may not recognise your own destruction. What may appear as ..read more