Scary Photo

This morning I was reading my paper and having a coffee as per my usual Saturday morning ritual. I try to avoid the economy section as it is usually depressing, not to say repetitive.

However my eye couldn't avoid this photo (this one is from the euronews.com site but is almost identical to the one in the Volkskrant). It is taken at the meeting of European Finance Ministers in Copenhagen this weekend. 

The woman in red stuck me (Danish finance minister Margrette Vestager). My first thought was - here we go again, one woman amongst all those men. Even though women are better at running household budgets and are more trustworthy with microfinance projects, it's the men deciding the fate of our money. An old complaint - what's new? Now I'm not a fan of making quotas for women in top jobs - I think one should get a job on merit and on loving to do the work. I can live with the numbers for now.

However the scary bit was what I noticed when I took a closer look. There are some more women in there. One is just outside this frame but two are visible here. I didn't notice any of them at first as they are all dressed in black and grey.

With the current astrological alignments we are experiencing, I think we need to step into our power (Pluto) and be authentic (Uranus). We need to (and have the opportunity to) show our unique qualities. So come on you top women - get a grip! Follow Margrette's example and at least start by wearing something other than a man's suit! Or at least if you have to do that make it a colour other than grey or black. Please ..... we are sick of that same old same old. And you men - do you REALLY all like white shirts?

Do we really have a choice? - on dolphins and going with the flow

In the last couple of months I travelled to Australia and New Zealand to give lectures and workshops. You may also have noticed I took a holiday from blogging and an Ezine. Both juxtaposition and I had a birthday down under so we deserved a holiday!
But I'm back and the Pisces Ezine is up, just in time. Spring starts tomorrow when the sun enters Aries. With Mercury going backwards it slowed me down a bit!


It's about:

• dolphins
• going with the flow
• New Zealand - Christchurch in particular
• is the choice ours?

Carry on Women!

In 2006 two things happened.  One was that Natascha Kampusch escaped from captivity. She had been abducted years before and held prisoner - originally underground. Later, several similar cases repeated this theme. Elisabeth Fritzl came out of captivity in 2008 in Austria and in 2009 Jaycee Lee Dugard was found safe and well after 18 years of being held prisoner in California. Symbolically women are coming out of cellars since that time. And it continues. Literally and symbolically. (Poster from Daily mail site)

The other thing that happened in 2006 at the same time as the Kampusch case came to light, is that Ceres, which had been called an asteroid since about 1850, again became a planet. Originally on her discovery she had been called a planet. Now she is know as a dwarf-planet, although this is still controversial among astronomers. That puts her on the same status as Pluto who was demoted from a planet to dwarf-planet.

Most people would not link these events, but astrologers being who they are and believing in the creed "as above, so below", do.

In the myth of Ceres, Pluto abducts Ceres' daughter Persephone, and takes her underground. My take on this astrologically,  now that Ceres has equal footing with Pluto, is that women are getting prepared to come out and take on the men. In the myth, Ceres eventually takes on male power and negotiates to get her daughter back for at least some of the time. To me, one of the things that Ceres reclassification represents is a symbol of the next wave of the women's movement.

This video of Meryl Streep's tribute to Hillary Clinton, shows a woman working hard for women. It's a great video although the sound needs turning up. Hillary Clinton is just one among many others, but she is a very important role model. And a great Ceres symbol - a strong and powerful older wise-woman  It's our time!

I love Lucy

Lucy Kellaway, one of my favourite broadcasters and writers, announces the Guff Awards. a 5 minute pod-cast on business jargon.

Capricorn zine is up - 2012 is here

What will you make of it?
The Mayans, the Galactic Centre

But mostly standing up for yourself in 2012.
Getting what you paid for.
Enjoy 2012!

The EU - a dysfunctional family?

The latest Scorpio zine is up just in time - as I write, the Sun is heading quickly into Sagittarius! So the next month will highlight strategy and belief systems in companies as well as everywhere else. Mercury is about to go backwards on November 25th until December the 15th so beware of communication snafus again during thsi period.


This month I have suggested a couple of mid-term scenarios for the EU. After all, futurists are always giving predictions without the aid of astrology - more on that too. So I have taken a leaf out of their book.

We do have choice as to what happens but I  fear the worst when I  look at the EU history.
Links to a few interviews too this month. One from me in the wonderful Scheepvaart Museum. Also Dennis Elwell and last but not least Adjiedj Bakas.

Evolution and Emergence

I always like to read what Bruce Lipton, the author of 'Spontaneous Evolution' is up to. This month his newsletter is in the form of a video which I really liked. It's about 11 minutes long and I think worth taking the time to watch, as it providers a positive message in these troubled times. And an explanation of what astrologers would associate with the current aspects between two planets - Pluto in Capricorn and Uranus in Aries. As I have written of many times, these two planets are in the process of squaring up next year and on 6 other occasions until 2015. We are just at the beginning of a huge transformation.

Bruce is using the Occupy movement as an example. In astrology Uranus would represent the people who are rebelling. They want change - Uranus - they are the igniters - Aries. They don't know what the outcome will be, but they are ready to fight for change. Pluto in Capricorn represents corporate power in this case, and in general anyone who has power and authority. The Police in New York as they move the protestors on today. The people in charge at St Paul's cathedral in London, who have chnaged their tune through the actions of the protestors. Things are changing. Corrupt power will be taken down. As Bruce says - who knows what is emerging? But Uranus in Aries makes sure that change starts.

A story in the newspaper this morning stood out for me too. It spoke of a group of Nuns buying shares in corporations so they can put their suggestions for positive changes on the agendas of large corporations. And the directors are taking notice and meeting them! Change can be done that way too, and from quarters where you might least expect it...

Photo of Sister Nora Nash of the Sisters of St. Francis, from Laura Pedrick for The New York Times