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The Power of Secrets

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The new Leonardo Di Caprio movie, J Edgar, is all about the bizarre life of the former head of the FBI – a life that seemed to hide more secrets and lies than the lives of the subjects on whom he was spying. If you know someone with control-freak issues, look to Pluto in their [...]

Virgo Louis CK’s $1 Million Gamble

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After growing fed up from not receiving any royalty checks for his concert DVDs, comedian Louis CK took a risk by producing his own show and offering it for download on his website at $5 a shot. After ten days, he topped $1 million. Louis CK has intellectual Mercury in his solar second house of [...]

The Astrology of Sex Appeal

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If you haven’t seen the new documentary, Senna, don’t walk, don’t run, but drive as fast as you can to the nearest cinema to watch it asap. Ayton Senna is one of the icons of Formula 1 auto racing, who died in a tragic accident in his early 30s. Even if you aren’t into sports [...]

The Year of Virgos Living Dangerously

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First it was Charlie Sheen, then it was Anthony Weiner….It is hard to imagine that 2 of this year’s biggest, most explosive scandals were committed by the normally impeccable sign of Virgo. Virgo is a private sign that likes to keep things under control. That is not to say that they are as prim and [...]

Why We Are All a Bit Bi-Polar These Days…

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There is a huge number of planets roaring through dynamic, fiery Aries – so we should be revved up and roaring to go, right? Well, kind of wrong, as Saturn is in the opposing sign of Libra, putting the brakes on our enthusiasm and keeping our dreams spinning on cinder blocks in the garage. Libran [...]

Michael Jackson: Saturn exactly conjunct natal Ceres in Virgo amid reports of weight loss

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Yesterday, transitting Saturn was exactly conjunct Michael Jackson’s natal Ceres. People.com is reporting that people have been shocked in recent weeks by Michael’s extreme thinness. When Saturn transits a sign, weight loss is favored, and it can be very easy to lose too much, if one is already thin. Ceres is an asteroid that rules [...]

Virgos (and Virgo ascendants) take heed of Michael Jackson

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Right now there is a very rare conjunction of Neptune, Chiron and Jupiter in Virgo’s sixth house of health. This planetary configuration is so rare it will not take place again until 2239. Virgos have a tendency to be gluttons for self-punishment. Their need for control can make them push their body to extremes, and [...]

Twitter and the evolution of language

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I find I have two types of friends, those that hate twitter but love facebook, and those that love twitter but don’t use facebook as much. I also find that my friends who are more literary-minded to be solidly in the twitter camp. Facebook is a bit like hanging out in reality, you talk as [...]

Madonna’s Adoption Denied: Transitting Ceres and Motherhood

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Madonna’s bid to adopt a little girl from Malawi was just denied – poor Mercy James, the 5th Beatle of the Madonna Family. Ceres, the asteroid that rules nurturing and motherhood is currently retrograde and conjunct Madonna’s Natal Pluto in the 12th house. The 12th house rules our dreams and inner-most motivating desires, as well [...]

Michelle Obama’s Unorthodox Arms

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In the 19th century, a brief view of a woman’s ankles was considered outrageously shocking…who would have thought that over a century later people would be so unnerved over a little upper-arm. Yesterday, the question on everyone’s mind with the Obama’s trip to Europe wasn’t about the economic crisis or fundamental reform, but “Will Michelle [...]

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