Although he later became a helicopter pilot, Prince Andrew in his youth was never able to fly below the radar of the British tabloids because he was such an obvious target. Before getting married, he was relentlessly tracked by the paparazzi for the sheer number and diversity of his dates â college girls, actresses, models, […]
Jackie Collins: wild child does Hollywood
Although her sister Joan achieved fame first, Jackie Collins found her own path and ultimately worked her niche as romance novelist to achieve blockbuster status. Along the way, many of her highly popular novels, eg, The Stud, The Bitch, Hollywood Wives, and many more, were made into movies and TV series, for most of which […]
Jeff Bezos: Croesus of the internet age
Long before the Covid-19 pandemic made shopping-by-Amazon a virtual necessity, Jeff Bezos had already built a mousetrap that brought the world beating a path to his door. Since the inception of Amazon.com in 1994 as an online marketplace for books, the company has since expanded in multiple directions, now selling virtually every kind of consumer […]
Jerry Falwell: thumping more than his Bible?
âRahu made me do it,â Falwell explains to a packed media scrum, in response to a series of allegations, revelations and speculations that have come spilling out of his now-unzipped private life. For years, itâs been an open secret at Liberty University, the flagship of Christian evangelical higher education where Falwell was President until this […]
Nodal “weather forecast” Q4 2019
This is a continuation of my series on the âpower levelsâ of the nodes. Readers interested in the attributed values governing the appearance of this graph are encouraged to read earlier posts in this series. The blue line represents the cumulative energy that Rahu carries on behalf of planets for whom it can act as […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: the face of Americaâs
In the Vedic pantheon of deities, Venus is known as the Asuracharya, or guru to the demons. Judging by the invective heaped upon her by Republicans and conservative news media alike, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seems nothing short of the anti-Christ. But maybe thatâs just the price you pay when you arrive on the battlefield announcing yourself […]
Nodal “weather” forecast: March 2019
As I explained in my initial post for this series, I’m conducting an experiment in visual display to help people appreciate the role of the nodes as proxy agents. The nodes act on behalf of planets (1) with which theyâre associated, (2) by which theyâre aspected, (3) whose sidereal sign they occupy, and (4) whose […]
Nodal “weather” forecast: February 2019
As I explained in my initial post for this series, I’m conducting an experiment in visual display to help people appreciate the role of the nodes as proxy agents. The nodes act on behalf of planets (1) with which theyâre associated, (2) by which theyâre aspected, (3) whose sidereal sign they occupy, and (4) whose […]
Prime malefics in homicidal charts
Prime malefics in homicidal charts Despite our best intentions, many people find murder fascinating. And yet because itâs the worst of crimes, to rob another person of their life, we hold killers in contempt. Even as we despise them, however, we struggle to understand them, to know what quirk of gene, character or fate compelled […]
Who’s your Dada? (astrology of the surreal)
 Dada and surrealism Surrealism, best known for its visual artworks and writings, is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s. Its precursor, Dada, emerged during World War I, and was a reaction to the absurdity of modern times, including the notion of a war to end all wars. The most important center […]