LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC

On art, music, books, movies, politics, life - sometimes with astrology thrown in.

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Sir Edmund Hillary & Hemispheres

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A 20th century hero, mountaineer and explorer Sir Edmund Hillary died recently. Glancing at a 12 noon chart for the day of his birth, 20 Jul...
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Saturday, January 12, 2008

For Election Watchers

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Confused US Presidential election watchers, in the States and elsewhere, who are not completely clear about the way the system works, might ...
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Friday, January 11, 2008

A Friend in the "Enemy Camp"

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Yesterday evening I received a surprise follow-up comment to one of my posts from April 2007 : "Two on-line discussions on science and ...
Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Blondie & Chic Young

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Today would have been the birthday of Murat (Chic) Young creator of the long-running cartoon strip "Blondie". The storylines and...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Describing Our Astro-Vintage

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Writing for wine bottle labels and wine connoisseur magazines has to be a fun job. It must first entail tasting the contents, then dreaming...
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Monday, January 07, 2008

Are we starting to feel Saturn in Virgo?

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When Saturn moved from Leo to Virgo last September many words were written by astrologers explaining the significance of Saturn's new po...
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Sunday, January 06, 2008

Richard Dawkins' skewed view of astrology

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I tripped over this video of a BBC TV programme in which Richard Dawkins derides and tries to discredit astrology, psychics and belief in t...
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Saturday, January 05, 2008

Caucuses, Edwards, Rousseau, Gemini & Cancer

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We watched TV coverage of the Iowa caucuses on Thursday evening, I wanted to understand more about this peculiar tradition. It was interest...
Friday, January 04, 2008

Planets and Physical Appearance

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Yesterday Elsa posted a link to a photo gallery: "Rising Signs of Celebrities". It was interesting to look for facial similari...
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Thursday, January 03, 2008

Extremely extreme.

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During 2007 Oklahoma experienced some of the most extreme weather in the state's history. Oklahoma has a reputation for experiencing ex...
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Political Fantasy

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Some astrologers have said that astrological portents indicate women will soon be taking an increasingly powerful role in the world. I think...
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Which one's the conservative?

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Politics is likely to be the number one news item throughout 2008. The outcome of November's presidential election will affect more th...
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Monday, December 31, 2007

New Year's Eve with T.S. Eliot

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This magazine cover welcomed in 1936. I couldn't resist that cute little astrologer! There's a bigger version below. Waiting to wel...
Sunday, December 30, 2007

2007, My Year of the Blog

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2007, my third full year in the United States of America is coming to an end. I'm out of the "another-fine-mess-I-got-me-into...
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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Saturn Hybrids

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Saturn was traditional ruler of both Capricorn and Aquarius - adjacent signs, and the only adjacent pair with the same ruler. Modern astrol...
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Also answers to Ann or Annie or even Twilight Annie (sounds like a character from Dickens - or Damon Runyan!) British-born, living in the USA since 2004, US citizen since 2008. Self-taught non-professional dabbler in astrology, which took up most of the blog-space here from Aug. 2006 to Aug. 2012. The blog now covers more general topics, along with occasional astrology- related posts. Archives can be accessed easily via links in the sidebar.
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