Stars and Screens

A reflection on AI astrology, the seduction of the algorithm, and what we lose when we outsource self-knowledge   A client came to see me recently, a woman who has been working with me for some years. During the session she mentioned that her daughter asked why she was spending money on a consultation when…

The Lighthouse

  The New Moon in Cardinal Fire, conjoined Chiron and the fixed star, Alrisha   Damp from the ozurie cloud that soaked her heart, Little Spirit sat bedewed upon the low stone wall at the edge of the garden, her hands resting gently in her lap, her unfocused gaze drifting beyond the hedgerow into the…

A Heart Known

The New Moon in Mutable Water conjoined Scheat on the 19th of March at 01:24 am   Cloak drawn close to his shoulder, his hood concealing his face from the incessant downpour, a traveller labours through a hill-veined land scented by brine that lingers upon the tongue and oak-moss from the distant woods. The soles…

The World our Words Reveal

From time to time I find myself wondering whether our age merely recycles questions concerning consciousness, perception, and what it means to be human, that older traditions contemplated through a different lens. Again and again a recurrent thought returns to me running something like this: what if the mind functions less as a creator of…

Tea Leaves

The New Moon in Cardinal Earth on the 18th of January at 19:51 GMT conjoined Tarazed and quintile Ceres, sextile Neptune and trine Uranus. She sets the cup before her and tilts it slightly. Watching the dark leaves swirl in a hypnotic eddy, images flash before her. Two worlds – a city that claws at…

Witness

The New Moon, conjoined Acumen and the Galactic Centre, on the 20th of December 2025 at 01:43 am GMT   Little Spirit woke while the estate still slept, the quiet hum of pipes beneath the floor and the slow rise and fall of her breath filling the room. Morning light spilled through the curtains in…

Coiling Snake and Wild Horses

The New Moon in Fixed Water opposed Algol on the 20th November 2025 at 06:47 am   And there she stood – regal, refined, the embodiment of enterprise and success, commanding, calm, engaging, inspiring and admired by many… Yet known by none, Fuinneamh stood as a lonely figure at the edge of her life, wondering…

Samhain

Like with older age as gaps appear in the memory of those recalling times past, so it is with history. Not only do we rely on an unbiased interpretation of events by those who could take ink and quill and scribe on parchment, or who could etch into stone cuneiform, all the while hoping that…

Let It Out

Let it out The New Moon in Cardinal Air on the 21st October 2025 at 13:24 BST   Despondent, having received yet again the lowest mark in her class, Little Spirit fought back the tears of embarrassment and frustration that threatened to cascade down her face. She had tried ever so hard to write what…

The Exchange

The New Moon, and Partial Solar Eclipse, in Mutable Earth opposed Scheat on the 21st of September 2025 at 20:54 BST The path, uneven and strewn with obstinate fragments of ancient stone, wound its laborious ascent toward that immeasurable azure canopy wherein the heavens seemed to dilate in solemn grandeur, all the while the Yellow…