Branding the Bull

April 2013 – Amsterdam is getting ready for the party of a lifetime. And we are ready. Tulips everywhere and the red white and blue of our flag at every corner. And then there is the Orange! Everything from cakes to hair is orange. The trams have the Dutch flag flying (for days now) and the boats have gold crowns. …

It’s All About Me

Aries 2013 Aries represents the new, the daring, the fast, and the egocentric. So this post, unlike those gone before, will be in this vein. I’m going to talk about myself. However there is a message in here for everyone else too. I am always raving on about being authentic and doing what you love. In my cooperative venture, Strut …

Will the new Pope Francis win an Oscar?

Pisces 2013 It has been a very fishy few weeks, astrologically speaking. Many planets have been in Pisces and right on cue we have had some Piscean events. And if chaotic Pisces isn’t enough, we have also had Mercury going backwards confusing communications. Film, by its nature, is part of this watery archetype and the themes of this year’s film …

I quit

Aquarius 2013 It’s been a pretty interesting 2013 Aquarius period. We saw meteorites hit Russia, an asteroid come very close to earth, and lightning strike St Peter’s Basilicaย on the day Pope Benedict XVI resigned. Of course many people, including astrologers, went into print or were very vocal about what this might mean symbolically. Clearly for many, even non-astrologers, there is …

What is it about January 1st?

Capricorn 2013 Since a calendar that began on the first of January was adopted, many have viewed this date as something special. New Year is widely celebrated in a lot of countries and it has become synonymous with starts. The start of the tax year for some, the founding of many companies, agencies within government and, last but not least, …

Apocalypse Now

Sagittarius 2012 No, I don’t think the world will end in a huge disaster on the 21st December 2012. But if recent events don’t suggest apocalyptic times, I don’t know what does. Children being raped, abused, mown down with bullets or other weapons – and not only in the US – conjure up horrific images. In the news, much has …