August departs,..

Hi again folks, well surely by now we are realising Astrologies simplest gift to us is that of forewarning. Without any deep analysis or what for, astrology keys us into the universal constant of cycles and phases. For every up there is a down, for every down an up. The basic lesson of maturity our parents instilled us with during our youth. Simple rhythm and to accept the good with the bad. So as such, in times like this August has presented us with, one has often to just sit and witness it all. Those who wish to loose their hairpieces over the turmoil, well watch the shock victims roll with the shock shall we, you want me to involve myself in that frivolity!? So yes, separating the wheat from the chaff is half the work in life. If this fundament is well taught, really, time, energy and resource are all saved for the good times and not wasted in the bad ones. Kind of like the federal reserve throwing all this QE money down the toilet and purporting to exercise decent values as it does so. As any well schooled adult will comply, this is obviously not the case, even if Caesar sayeth so.

So as such, lets assume we all had a spanky August, alternative arrangements really saved much of the day and yes, in some cases, simply leaving the boat on the shoreline could offer up more fortuitous options. A restaurant perhaps, or tourist destination?

To clear up here, what we have recently experienced is a planet passing by fulfilling the square arrangement currently being held in the sky by the larger slower moving planets. These being responsible for all the financial difficulties, earthquakes. Mars was that planet passing by. As Mars had entered Cancer, we dubbed it the boy in the water. Too we had Mercury turn apparently backwards in the skies which always brings a tooing and froing as witnessed off the coast of Ballito. A further note being that Mercury was opposite Neptune when it started its retrograde action. Neptune is the Greek lord of the Oceans, Poseidon.

What probably has made it all the more severe this time around, apart from the fact that Mercury was acting up in Virgo which has Jupiter and Pluto in Taurus and Capricorn at present, bring to the fore that wasted money pile again. Recall the mountain that blew up, the fact that our pile of money is indeed fiat cash and essentially loosing value daily. Hence the stock exchanges falling through the floor again. But yes the big factor i would say is the introversive one, honesty. There has been this massive wave of plying to the secretive realm of late, the pressures around really lend to one thing only, put up or shut it up.

As such the primary drive at present could be to own up to how you feel and to act accordingly. No not out of hand, but literally, roll a square wheel or roll your own wheel. Never forget the like of Clint Shuttleworth et al bred from our own stock. We all have what it takes to change the world and society forever, we just need the courage to stand by our convictions. Even though i'm not the most adored member of the general populace, i am still aware of my place and value. If i keep it simple stupid that is. So yes, in this wave of defeatism that is about, never give up really, simply wait, with conviction.

Attempting a new format via Martian phase to our natal Zodiac sign, lets see how this one rolls in time. All dates are roughly from 04 August through 19 September.

For Aries, great stress or activity in the home, even possibly violence. For Taurus its that new found foul mouth or transport issues. For Gemini its all about money money money. For Cancer, its about hiding in the closet. For Leos its a period of restraint or imprisonment. For Virgos, its their friends or associates who are at odds. For Librans, their career seems to be in the shadows. Scorpio and their long term thinking that could be introverting. Sagittarians could be experiencing deep trust issues. Capricorns partnerships have gone stone cold silent. Aquarian bodies are aching from injury. Piscean creativity and child issues.

So regards crises in general at present we can allude that for air signs it seems to be exposure oriented, for water signs, personal creativity oriented, for earth signs, communications oriented, for fire signs its trust issues.

Do take care, until next time, i'm just an email away.

Mercury Jiggy Jig

In the skies over the next while we are taken back to mercury’s follies. Reverse action that has us warn again of logistics issues, delays, communications failures. Last time around in April we saw European airspace being closed down as a result of volcanic ash cast into the air. This time around we are seeing more a cultural cold shoulder if i am seeing correctly. Case in point, Blackberry RIM’s operations in India and the United Arab Emirates being threatened, reasons given, cultural, religious. Imagine that, in 2010 a religion forcing surveillance of data traffic through servers. So yes, reversal indeed and communications the department. Where the deep religious core fits in is with the tectonic forces resident in the volcano imagery of last retrograde.
One has to be aware how the energies have changed, science Mr Obama, the Plutonian references really are abounding. A bust oil well, under the ocean. See Pluto is modern ruler of Scorpio, remember, hiding under the rock, Scorpio contents always hidden under something,. A rock, the water, the earth crust or mantle. Under this layer, pressure builds up, any surface cracks etc and you get a kaboom.
So now, we all recall my New Year predictions regards August month in SA and the COSATU and ANC alliance. Its seems our layers of bourgeoisie are quarreling with each other. BEE in the spotlight like never before how glorious for all to see what an absolute crook fest we are having in this country. Reading ANC today just gets more and more humorous as these chaps explain themselves away. Even environmental assessments of mines involving your favorite black elite families names has become forbidden talk, ministers are mum, the public cannot know we have been stuffing ourselves in the farmhouse kitchen all this while.

But yes, do take care this Mercury retrograde. Official dates are August 21 through September 13. Expect delays.

Friday 27th August is a biggie, as well as the 3rd of September. We have noticed the elder women and their great struggle all this time, hard at it, fighting all the way. Pity in some cases folks just really don't see how they are the common problematic factor. Energies being so intense at present, folks taking things so personally. Really, kick up a fire storm in a empty warehouse, what do you get. More of a vacuum. Silence, are you the only one fighting!?
If anything, more fun to speak about at present is how dad should still keep his lips shut. The kids know full well what is going on, the kids surely know all our dirty secrets. So yes, talking all bravado in their eyes is their license to manipulate. The younger couple should then be in the shadows secretly plotting this month, many of the tricks up Mercuries sleeve could be their doing.

Both Mom and Dad are encouraged to take it one step at a time at this point, no big shows, just solid supportive gestures. I have been almost anxious for the moms this last while as really, one big blast is all it takes and all that time and energy wasted. Of restriction, our entire being is restricted within our skin, if it were not for restriction we would be a soup on the floor. So much for ideas of liberation then, sometimes folks just want it for the excuse value. So what i'm seeing lately is great guise to put it the way one wants to believe it, believe on, busy busy busy, funny the world is so fraught with difficulty. Think again, it is us who are fraught with such difficulties as we use the world as our screen, a canvass of our inner selves.
the Art of Astrology

Artichokes,..

Hi again folks, well the pressure surely is on in many a situation. The bases are literally loaded in the skies as we mentioned far back already, August 2010 would be a touch one. So really, overriding advice this entire period, see it for what it is, if toucan put the stress off for now i would advise it,. the decision, however seemingly urgent, there is nothing new here. The character forced to engage is the one caught with their pants down. So the advice on all counts is to settle it all back down.

An unfortunately perfect piece to complement is in the recent release of 10's of thousands of documents from the Afghanistan Conflict by one Julian Assange. The Pentagon goes on to say that through his actions, he now has blood on his hands. As Julian goes on to rebut, as if they are not wading in blood themselves. This is how the ANC and the regular old USA are in see same boat all together. As in Mugabe threatening European unity whilst naming his departed Nestle supporting sister a national hero. The ANC will pull the same parlance to our faces.
I know, i know, stay away from politics, i am not talking politics, i was talking skies pointing to tense standoffs of late in our daily lives.

I think the fact that there is any political edge is the fact that there is something to this Emperor in fact being naked. Maybe the word 'politics' implies secrets and lies, hence the fact that it seems to get well dark rather shortly on emerging in any political discussion.

Maybe we just always do things in brotherhoods, in groups. Bowls is played in groups for goodness sakes, its a natural function, a healthy and important function. Well, we'll just call politicians blatant crooks then, heck, why be coy, especially when they are after everything one holds dear.

So much of retarded children about as well lately, haven't you noticed? I mean my child certainly has a learning disability, a processing coefficient malfunction i would say. Really battles to keep up with my Computer, my Car, the TV, Radio, damn he's slow. In fact, maybe my child is in fact faster than gridlock traffic perhaps, hmmm maybe dad at the pub swell. You get the point and i make it for we have even been calling bad dreams lately and the vast array we have been seeing. The kids are not machines, they are indeed live human biological material. Which, fancy that, exhibits emotional capacity! Wow, emotional capacity, once thought to be an advantage over other species and machines in general. Can you believe it, this is our very downfall. Dang child has an opinion, shut him up. May as well be born with an 'insert ritalin here' lable on them.

I believe it's the reality that in the last few decades computers have come such a long way speeding up so many of our basic communications functions that indeed, it is making other areas of processing seem slower than before. It is a relative effect, relevant to technological development.

You know, you get the situation where my child has a learning disability but he still kicks the pants off me on those dang computer games. Chuckle, yes, kids do come from the future and well, some big organizations 'representing' our social interests are well afraid of that. You know how it goes, you come up with something pretty cool the corporation jumps all over it, commercializing the heck out of it, turning it from cool to a bland normal sleeping arbitrary yesterdays profit. Once they wedge a gap between you and your child, well, is it the corporation or the state that now influences your child, not you surely, you just feed it and drug it. So busy that you are, slaving away, yes get that, slaving away. Funny that, it was supposed to be your life wasn't it?

Dare i say, wrest back control of ye lives. I comment on these for the clients is see experience these issues. It's the dang emperor you have to start ignoring. The U.S. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), the one that brought us passive aggressive, Bi polar, ADD and other non starter psychiatric conditions is to get some revisions in 2013 and guess what. Childhood Temper Tantrums and Teenage anxiety are now classified as Psychiatric disorders that need pharmaceutical drug concoctions to resolve. Who are you going to believe the freak in a white jacket or your own parents wisdom? You know the world is simple, it's the snake oil salesman that complicate it because we can't call them crooks, we have to put up with their squid like vampirism of our societies. Early in my relationship with my editor here at the Caxton group i was asked not to preach, for that was the job of catholic pedophiliac priests, hmmm, you can see how seriously i took that suggestion. Truth is, it’s them or us and we need community over snake oil any day!
the Art of Astrology

Mass Actions

Well well well, everyone in the Highway area that follows this column should have little further reason to consider Astrology a crank science. My word has this Mercury retrograde erupted in true Plutonian style. With regards i point to the array of accidents on local freeways these last two weeks and as such the co-incidence where tankers and large fires were co-incident. Now all of this goes rather far regards the imagery i have been mentioning for over a year now. The Exploding Money mountain and the black fouled air that rises out of it, note how Iceland both had a bank recently collapse and now this actual volcano spewing ash. Note that of the same period exactly, we actually have Goldman Sachs being held to fraud charges. The largest bank on the planet at present. Note too the recent foray of fraud cases coming out. I really am amazed at how this is all coming full circle on the simple images we have been discussing so long now. A further point would be regards how emergency services would probably actually have appreciated being on emergency standby for the period. Besides any sort of complicated Astrology, simple things like Mercury Retrograde dates should be more extensively published. Surely this cannot be a far cry, we follow monthly cycles at present. Why not get a 4monthly cycle in there, especially when it is capable of such logistics chaos. Progressive publications where are you!?

With regards to the issues of our country, the mountain in the above is the established South Africa as we know it, infrastructure etc. The explosive force is as the voice of the people. The massive energy that is seemingly repressed by the mores of society, the deep hatred that some feel, and the massive worthlessness of others. I would have to say, looking at events around us in this last few weeks. This is all bad augury for established South Africa. With a heavy heart, i can't not mention this as such. As we know with earth shifts, all takes a long time. If i were queried regards the current Volcanic activities and Earthquakes. I would say that this is more speaking of 2020 side of the world. 2020 through 2026 i would see activity such as that in 1783 where USA suffered snowfall in Summer as a result of that same icelandic volcano spewing its ashes forth. Notice how in 1780’s and +-250yrs prior as Cortez is off the Aztecs shoreline, civilizations are on the move, as the USA had its revolution in that period. We are really looking more like our modern culture may be experiencing setbacks not seen in a long while. Maybe this is actually good as it will ruffle many a corporation and allow for a new economic paradigm to find it's feet. I hope you all realize that this recent volcanic event could be the first real sign that human existence as we know it is in line for some massive shakeups. All we need is a bigger one as in 1700's and we could have a winter for all over an extended period. Just imagine the actual consequences of a blackout of the sun.
Right then, prior to scaring everyone to the point of fleeing the planet, let me ring off until next time with the short reminder. Take extra care these next weeks and really, enjoy what you have for it’s own sake, enjoy yourself and be good to others, one just never knows when they may depart!

Fabulous February,..

Greetings folks,. Welcome to the start of 2010 then,. Not often you get a cheery full steam ahead from myself, but yes,. The time is nigh. Actually I am one month early on this, but yes, rather get your diary sorted out now then yes?

What we have on the go in the skies at present is similar to a rewrite of our ego drives. You can read that as in computer memory if you like, as if the system was cleared up so the channels could process data more efficiently. As such there could be great territorial displays January February that could rouse certain quarrels. Specifically this effects the males predominantly in the family, we would see this in the boys who as such have been through a hard run really as their bouts of territorial prowess may have tested those around them. Probably punishment by the folks been the ensuing result, and well, he knows his limits a little better by this stage then. This period come full circle by Mid March. Expect your boys then and boyfriends to be that much more together as we walk out of March and into April.

For the rest of the family, this will be experienced as a clean up of ones ego patterns resulting in a more active drive really. Lets say that ones goals will be easier attained from late March onward as many peripheral aspects of ones psyche would have been dealt with over January February. So as such, possibly a frustrating start to 2010, but all is not lost. Again, dare I be so optimistic as we all know I am commenting during very difficult times here, but yes, all systems are near on go.


If you are awaiting employment positions,. Beginning of April should be the timing there, if you get the position before then I would be wary of overstepping the mark somehow and finding yourself out the door then in April, so a bird in the bush at present is better than one in hand.

A quick round trip of the family then. Dad could be as sketchy as the buildings of Haiti at present with some real tough decisions in the making regards how to patch the finances back together again. As such, we still expect a certain anxiety when chatting with him, his thoughts are not really with us at this point as he really has so much else to consider. Be patient with him and don't press any issues he does not seem to want to chat regards.

Mom's depression as I have noted over the end of last year, well, it could have gotten deeper, become vaster or more remote to her even by now. There could be a general feeling of wasting and or being driven by tides she has no control over. If anything then too I expect mom's to be that much more distant over this period. A young girl could come to give that little bit of support. A large body of water could be in many mom's lives at present that would as such be a representation of the actual amount of water under the bridge. A key to point to would be the hard shell that protects her from this body of water. Look to the character of how this came about to find the resolve there. In other words, a large emotional presence may be about, yet you have been protected all this time never the less. Maybe these are lessons in the length of time and the meaning of life, generations have come and gone before us, birth and death being two sides of the very same coin.

Regards sister and the young girls a large, too here, and this could be more observable than in mums case, we have a huge drop into the water. The social waters very probably as she has found out the truth regards friends opinions and turns well inward. So as with mom, we see great emotional distance at present with the young ladies. If anything, they need a little time as the hermit, seeing the real reasons behind social engagement and experiencing a little personal purging.

So as such, to the girls we have been observing through late last year as they discover more and more regards themselves. Now is the month for the heart to heart chat regards what all this growing up in society is all about!