Debbie

At last Mercury turns around Friday 26th and starts moving forward again. This coupled with Monday’s Virgo New Moon initiates a new cyle of constructive energy. With Jupiter, Pluto , Sun and Venus all forming a Grand Trine in the Earth signs it’s all about getting into the groove of the practical things in life. Comfort, material substance, food, plants, getting organised, having a plan – even if you’re not an earth sign it’s a time to savour these things.

I am back from sizzling New York, the copy is now up – Many thanks for all those lovely messages

The big guns of Uranus and Pluto are at it again with the phone hacking expose. But as the theme of toppling rulers continues, this time it’s the powerful media people who secretly control news and information and therefore run the world. As the old regimes are called into question and the truth is coming out there’s no-where to hide. Uranus and Pluto with all their turbulent, dramatic energy can sometimes be a force for good. Ironic that not so long ago journalists were just called hacks.

Can we have a break now?

Ai Wei Wei’s beautiful sculptures of Chinese zodiac animals are currently at Somerset House in London. They are re-creations of those that were made for the Qianlong Emperor’s European Palace. Originally the animal sculptures were fountains that spouted water at the appropriate hours that make up the Chinese astrological system. Now, as East meets West they make an extraordinary and somewhat displaced sight. Poignantly, their creator is himself displaced under house arrest in China.