Ever since I first learned that Neptune symbolizes both glamour and spirituality, I’ve been trying to reconcile these two concepts as one archetype. My perspective has been shaped by a background that includes the practice of religions espousing a doctrine of asceticism, whereby glamour is seen as something “worldly” or “unspiritual”. One of the problems […]

I have been fascinated by Orcus since the time of its discovery in 2004. The plutinos as a group appear to be of increasing interest, but Orcus immediately captures the astrological imagination thanks to one specific fact: its orbital period is virtually identical to that of Pluto, and it is always constrained to be at

Having a broad awareness of Astrology since my twenties I have spent the last thirty odd years (and they have been very odd at times!) being totally fed up that I have a Moon-Saturn opposition combining with Neptune conjunct Venus to form what I always considered to be a ‘nasty little T-Square’, the bane of

We live in a galaxy which is around one hundred thousand light years across and is slowly rotating. The stars in its spiral arms orbit around the galactic centre about once every several hundred million years. You could say that our solar system at around thirty thousand light years from the galactic centre in the

Uranus square Pluto is probably the most popular topic at this moment in the astrology community. Since 2010 these two planets have started to form the waxing square in their synod cycle and we are all wondering what is going to happen. Not long ago, more than 40,000 people walked the streets in a protest

A few months ago a book was published called ‘Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking’ i. In it the author, Susan Cain, argues that, in a world which tends to admire and promote extroversion, we have come to undervalue the more introverted qualities of thoughtfulness and quiet contemplation. Cain,

It is easy to forget, after 60 years of her reign, that when our Queen was born, no-one expected her to one day inherit the throne. In the early days of her childhood, Elizabeth enjoyed a carefree existence, expecting to stay in the shadow of her Uncle Edward and his future offspring. However, a momentous