Alexandra was made of sterner stuff Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and the son and heir of Queen Victoria was a notorious rake. His parents recognized this when he was very young and arranged a marriage hoping to keep him from getting into further trouble. The wife chosen for him was the eldest daughter of... Continue Reading →
Recently I have been reading A History of Modern Poetry by David Perkins, Harvard University Press, and rediscovered many a familiar poet that I haven't read in ages. John Davidson was one though I probably could not have told you more than he was "poet with Eliot connections" but that was about all. The painting... Continue Reading →
Henry Dreyfuss is not a household name, but his designs are objects that fill and beautify our homes like the Royal Quiet de Luxe Typewriter, the Westclox Big Ben alarm clock, the Western Electric desk, vacuum cleaners for Hoover and the AT&T desk and Princess line phones, the round thermostat for Honeywell (cloned by Nest... Continue Reading →
I got interested in Lara watching Netflix's Narcos, he was a welcome bolt of fresh air. The show is a real blast of the 1980's past as the production team did a fine job and many of the actors were good as well. So here is a late obit to Mr. Rodrigo Lara for a... Continue Reading →
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, the great couturier , was born on August 19, 1883 in Saumur France at 4 PM. Her ascendant is 30 Sagittarius, a secret business meeting, apropos for someone who held court with the Nazi SS during the Second World War. It is also conjunct the Galactic Center (26 Sagittarius), that imaginary point... Continue Reading →
Harry is a Moon bucket in the 4th house that rules that house because of Cancer -- his mother Princess Diana but also here in Taurus is in its exaltation -- probably why he is a good looker. This aspect also shows a strong connection to his late Mum. His Sun is in the 8th... Continue Reading →
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta was born March 18, 1848, at Buckingham Palace, the fourth daughter and sixth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha shortly after 8 in the morning. She was christened on May 13, 1848, at the Private Chapel in Buckingham Palace. Princess Louise has a strong preponderancein Pisces... Continue Reading →
Alexis Smith of the Real Political Astrology group on Facebook found thru her detective work the birth time of Alexandria Ocasia y Cortez, the wunderkind of the Democratic party from psychic Arthur Lipp-Bonewits of 11:50 AM. We do not agree with the rather suspicious time, but we use it in the chart above because it is better than... Continue Reading →
Pelosi is still on the ropes and the opposition is TBA. Across the proverbial pond, Ms. May may not be as lucky for her Party controls her life line. The Ascendant this week is 27 Gemini, has a nice springtime theme of seven blue birds moving to another tree and transition is the byword. Maybe... Continue Reading →
This news item came from the Wyoming Valley, Northeastern Pennsylvania history group on FB. I put together a chart representing the event wanting to see what it would resemble; that is above. The most noticeable thing about the cave in is that the moon bucket handle works like a vortex sucking all the other planets,... Continue Reading →
Jesse Louis Lasky was born on September 13, 1880 per Marc Jones in San Francisco, but he cites no time. Astro.com has two rectifications. One at 3:15 PM and the other at 3:30. We are adding a third, our 5:30 PM. We have his ascendant as 05.45 Pisces that gives him the symbol of a... Continue Reading →
We like most Americans were horrified by the murder of college student Mollie Tibbets, and so to honour her done her chart. We have rectified it against her death and feel comfortable presenting it. Certain things in her map do alarm us: Neptune in the ninth of higher education and university study square Square in... Continue Reading →
