Is ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ the best ever pop song? I remember once having a free pull-out poster with one of the rock newspapers in about 1976 (either the NME or Sounds) listing the best 100 singles of all time. The usual suspects were all there – ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’, ‘Jumping Jack Flash’, ‘Good […]
Inside Jack Nicholson’s Birth Chart – the Man Behind the Mask
Let’s look at Jack Nicholson’s birth chart. The first thing to note is that, essentially, he’s a paradox. One wouldn’t normally think so given the image of the Hollywood Hellraiser; the imposing, self-promoting Romeo with the wicked grin, indistinguishable from his Batman Joker. It is but a smokescreen, not that he hasn’t enjoyed being the […]
The Recording of Sgt. Pepper – The Top Ten Secrets
We’re going to look at the Recording of Sgt. Pepper, the Beatles landmark album. I’ve already analysed both Lennon and McCartney‘s birth charts on this site – now let’s look at the one of their most enduring creations. Just about every music fan around the world has heard, or read, about the cultural milestone that […]
The Best Alternate Reality Movies (part one) – Twelve Monkeys
All so-called Alternate Reality Movies should have that puzzling scene that makes you ask: ‘is this happening for real now, or is it in his/her head?’ There’s a whole raft of movies whose protagonists exist in some other dimension than this one, and one of the most successful (and complex) is Christopher Nolan’s psychological thriller […]
Eckhart Tolle’s The Power Of Now – A Review, by James Lynn Page
I have been reading Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now recently, originally championed by the very popular Oprah Winfrey. (My acquaintance with the book is also a little belated, since it was first published in 1997, by Namaste Publishing, Vancouver, Canada). I’ve even been watching the author on YouTube, and I’m pleased to say he […]
Mick Jagger’s Horoscope: Love, Fame and the Pursuit of Eternal Youth
Let’s take an in-depth look at Mick Jagger’s Horoscope – what makes him really tick? In Philip Norman’s excellent Jagger biography, the author cites decades of adulation as a rock god to account for what he called Eternal Teenager syndrome, which entails inhabiting a parallel universe where human mortality itself can be be bypassed. ‘The […]
Keith Richards’ Horoscope – What is He Really Like?
What is Keith Richards’ Horoscope like? Is the so-called Human Riff, the Most Elegantly Wasted Human Being Ever, a Rebel or a Reactionary? The typical Rebel is described as ‘bohemian’, ‘insubordinate’, ‘lawless’, ‘unorthodox’, ‘unruly’, and he’s been all of these at various times. But what about the opposite, Reactionary? This is a conservative, a diehard, […]
Ringo Starr’s Horoscope – What Is He Really Like?
Whenever the Beatles’ personal characteristics are mentioned, Ringo always seems to get bottom billing – Ringo Starr’s Horoscope will tell us why. John is (typically) the aggressive intellectual; Paul the cute diplomat, whilst George is the ‘quiet one’ or the ‘mystic’. Commentators then run out of adjectives and pause, because Ringo is just … well […]
Real Magic vs The Law of Attraction – Rhonda Byrne’s Birth Chart
If you want to perform Real Magic (which starts with the correct attitude) then study this in-depth article by my guest blogger, the US astrologer/magician Bob Makransky: One of my pet peeves about New Agers is their naive reliance on grossly oversimplified homilies like the famous Law of Attraction (“Ask – Believe -Receive”) to get […]
How to Read a Birth Chart – A Beginner’s Guide to Astrology
In this article you’ll learn how to read a birth chart, based on my thirty years experience of dealing with clients on a one to one basis. People often ask me how I got started as an astrologer and how long it takes to get the right interpretive skills. Well, it might take at least […]
