Capricorn 2021 When I was pondering what to write about for 2021, for some strange reason one of my favourite singers came to mind with her song Beautiful Collision. Bic Runga is from my hometown, perhaps that’s why her words resonate with me. What a beautiful collision Things that go bump in the night With such beautiful precision Fate could …
While Australia burns … we watch
Capricorn 2020 The heartbreaking images from Australia, especially of the animals, are difficult to look at. I am glad to see donations (and koala mittens) being sent, and ordinary people giving time and effort to support both animals and people in a devastated land. My heart goes out to all those who have lost everything, and to those grieving the …
2019 The Cloud-Gatherer meets the Earth-Shaker
Capricorn 2019 When the third order of Greek gods took over from their parents, Stephen Fry describes Zeus (Jupiter) as ‘wanting the old management out and his people in.’ Zeus took overall command as supreme leader – lord of the firmament or Sky Father. One of his other names is Cloud-Gatherer. The domains of the sea and the underworld needed …
When this old world starts getting you down …
Capricorn 2018 2017 was, for many, a terrible year. I think I have heard more people say that they are glad to see the back of it than in any previous years. Over the Christmas period there was a lot of illness and I have never known so many people in my environment who have, or have had, cancer. It’s …
Capricorn on steroids
Capricorn 2017 Yes, it’s 2017. And Capricorn comes around again like clockwork. Time for Capricornian pursuits – goal-setting, plans, getting real and learning about authority – just for starters. However this year started with a heavier dose of the old goat than usual. Not only do we still have Pluto wandering through the sign of the mountain climber, we have Jupiter – …
2016 – New goals for the year: what’s the point?
Capricorn 2016 January is a very fitting time to make New Year’s Resolutions. Capricorn, associated with the planet Saturn, loves a concrete goal. And there’s nothing like a good plan! So we sort out a diet, or choose an exercise regime. We look back over 2015 and reflect on what went well (or not) and then focus on what we might achieve …