Living with the Stars

  I realised this morning that this blog is actually one year old as of the 5th August 2021! In one year, I've posted a total of 41 articles, the most popular being my  post on the autumnal equinox of 2021. Just as we all have birth charts, so do 'things' and events. One thing astrologers like to do is to get the exact timing of events, for example, when a new government is sworn in, or when a child is born. My blog was born on the 5th August 2021 at 00:37, and its 'birth chart' is very revealing. Writing is usually ascribed to Mercury, as god of communication. According to the blog's birth chart, Mercury was in Leo, at the time, conjunct the Sun, and in the 4th house. Leo is a sign associated with creativity, and the 4th house has to do with the home; put it together, and you'd have the perfect description of expressing one's creative impulses from within the home, or, home would be the perfect environment to exchange ideas and information. Also, both V...

So this is the first post, and wow, it's been on my bucket list for a long time. Now, with more time freed up due to my studies being completed (a masters in Education, no less), I thought I would share my thoughts and ideas with anyone who would care to read about them. We are, after all, as a long-departed friend would often tell me, walking each other home.  I don't think I have ever not been interested in the stars. I began to practise the art of Astrology at a young age and by my twenties I felt comfortable casting charts (by hand in those days) and reading them for friends. The advent of the internet offered many opportunities to follow online courses in various aspects of Astrology which continued to add to what I had learnt through reading and practice.  I continue to be amazed by the information one can get by reading charts.   As a 12th House Leo Sun, I prefer to work behind the scenes. However, my progressed Mercury (Lord of my chart and also my MC) just w...