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My Breakthrough

The Next Step Coming up to the second time this year that Pluto transits my natal Mercury (this time in retrograde), I have been going over old territory in the hopes of discovering links that I may have missed the … Continue reading

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My Three Weddings and a Funeral

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) I was contemplating life, as you do, upon waking up this morning. I’d just had another one of those dreams where you know you’re in a dream and you know you shouldn’t be doing … Continue reading

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I Fell into a Burning Ring of Fire

Annular Solar Eclipse – June 21, 2020 @ 2:41:15 am EDT Normally, I let recent eclipses come and go without too much fanfare because they happen all the time, and it just gets boring to keep referring to them. This … Continue reading

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“What Took Them So Long?”

Barack Obama (August 4, 1961 @ 7:24 pm Honolulu, Hawaii) I was talking last night with my 11-year-old granddaughter, trying to explain race relations in the United States, and Canada. When I mentioned that Obama was the first black president, … Continue reading

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Today in History, King John Signed Away His Power

Magna Carta – June 15, 1215 Have you ever wondered why there has never been a King John II? This may be the reason. Magna Carta Libertatum (Medieval Latin for “Great Charter of Freedoms”), commonly called Magna Carta (also Magna … Continue reading

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Pluto Transit Mercury: How it Hit Me…

On February 27, 2020 Recently, I tried looking ahead to the next two times that Pluto will transit my natal Mercury @ 24 Capricorn. I forgot to look back (what kind of two-bit astrologer am I?); instinctively, I knew ‘something’ … Continue reading

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Dreaming About Astrology

I won’t make this a very long post (as the meme above is enough, really). Last night in my dream, I met with the publisher of a magazine which mostly focuses on lifestyles. She wanted me to send her two … Continue reading

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Black Lives Have Always Mattered

More Than a Smokescreen I’m convinced that history ‘comes around again’ when the underlying causes of social unrest are not resolved, but only swept under the carpet. The USA is under siege yet again, and during an election year. Billy … Continue reading

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The Boy Prince Who Never Grew Up

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Jun 10, 1921) Oh, boy. There have been rumours for decades about Prince Philip, Consort to Elizabeth II. There might be something to those stories, but can they be repeated in mixed company? Philip’s birth … Continue reading

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The “Least Successful” British Prime Minister in History

Anthony Eden (Jun 12, 1897 – Jan 14, 1977) The title might seem a little cruel but Eden stood on the threshold of a new world situation, but decided to use World War II tactics to defeat his enemy, Nasser, … Continue reading

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