Astrology of the Day – Sun square Uranus - Sunday 14th January 2018

Sun square Uranus - Lightening storm

The Moon remains in the sign of Sagittarius for the most of this day. This is a free and easy day ahead of us, and one where our friendships will be just as important, if not more so than our relationships. Sagittarius experiences the highs and lows of life more than any other sign, and as a result this may be a day of fluctuating emotions.

All of the aspects today between the planet will focus on two of them, Uranus and Chiron, the rebel and the maverick of the heavens and so this will be not only be a day of doing things in a very unique and different manner but also you may either upset some people with your actions, or bring some healing into your life or to others. Now the first of these connections will see Venus the planet of love and values forming a sextile to Chiron. This is a powerful connection because healing can be given through the love that you show and give out and the values that you can extend to someone else. Venus is in the sign of Capricorn now and down to earth attitudes can be the best way of connecting with people. Good old fashioned caring and compassion can be very effective now. The Moon then makes a trine to Uranus, and we can concentrate on updating something. There is a cool electric vibe from this trine that allows us to spark things and ideas into life. Again with the Capricorn bias in the sky above us, whatever updates we need will work best if we enhance what we already have rather than throw away what is there, and start completely from scratch.

There are two more aspects to come on this day of change. The first sees the Moon make a square to Chiron on the back of the Venus sextile. For a brief while we may be caught in an upsetting situation or feel uncertain of what is correct. Events going on around us may make us feel on edge or emotionally irritable. Pretty much at the same time, the Sun is forming a square to Uranus. This aspect only adds the the tension this evening, and we may feel very unstable or in need of a change. There might be a lot of stress and worry surrounding us, as if an electrical storm is heading our way, and we are going to be engulfed in a chaotic situation. Let it happen. If we stubbornly stand in the way of the inevitable, then we won't be able to move forwards in the future, so grab on tight, protect yourself and let the storm blow itself out as later on the Moon will move into stable Capricorn, the winds of change will die down, and normality will resume.

Astrology of the Day – Moon in Sagittarius - Friday 12th January 2018

Mars conjunct Unukalhai - Illness on the rise

The Moon begins in the sign of Scorpio for the first few hours of this day before swiftly moving into Sagittarius. This will lighten the mood of what I sensed as being a very heavy atmosphere. The Moon in Sagittarius is much more optimistic and light in nature, there is much enthusiasm and a desire to learn too. This is the sign of the higher mind, and we will have lofty ideals to live up to now. The Moon in Sagittarius can be a little too honest for it's own good, but there is an honesty in one's intentions, even if one's actions under this Moon might be a little questionable. You could bracket this sign under the heading “lovable rogue” and I think that would sum things up quite well.

Now normally I would go on to explain the aspects that the Moon makes, but uniquely for the first time in three months since I began writing these daily posts there are none, save the Moon making a couple of very insignificant semi sextile (30 degree) aspects to Mercury and Saturn. None of the other planets make conjunctions either and so we have a day of Astrological suspense, almost like the calm before the storm.

Mars is now moving onto the main star in the constellation of Serpens, Unukalhai, meaning the neck of the snake. This star has a difficult reputation and is especially connected to matters of illness, and a lack of will power and energy. Now we have to remember that Mars is linked to Jupiter by a conjunction and this just adds to Mars' potency to push things ahead. Now it so happens in the UK news late today that the headline refers to a flu epidemic on the way with hospitals reporting cases up 50%. With these two stars connecting with Unukalhai, you can guarantee that those figures will rise still more in the next couple of days. This combination reduces our energies and increases our susceptibility for accidents, upsets and illness, so eat well, protect yourself as much as possible, and look after yourselves.

Breaking the monopoly and stranglehold of Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon – The companies who hijacked the internet...

This post is going to sound rather hypocritical, then again how on earth do I get the message out. The world has been secretly hijacked and the domination continues day on day – let me explain.

I am an Astrology blogger and writer and to get my message out to the world I naturally have a website. All entrepreneurs, business people, writers and companies these days have to have one to survive and thrive. It is almost a given. We have computers, we advertise via the internet. It's been a free service ever since the inventor Tim Berners Lee invented the world wide web. Now we in the West we totally rely on it. We do shopping on it, get information on it, get our news on it, speak to each other on it, control our homes on it such as our heating and gadgets, receive messages, pay our bills, make appointments, even deal with our governments on it. Governments are reliant on the internet too, we apply for Government benefits and pay our taxes via the internet. The internet can influence elections and how our representatives are elected. The worrying thing is that just 4 companies are starting to totally dominate the internet – Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon. Who has control in this world? Do governments over their people, or do these internet companies control us and the world administrations? One other question - what are these companies going to do now that they have such a hold and firm grip over all of our lives?

I'll give you an example of what I mean by this. My old website got a virus, and as a result, the search engines of Google stopped listing my site. Now I rather rely on people reading my work to gain custom, the internet is very much part of my shop window, and yet if nobody is reading what I am writing, then nobody will be able to order Astrology reports from me. In a desperate attempt to get things moving again, I had to completely relaunch my website. In doing this, yes I was cleaning up a big mess, but it dropped me to Ground Zero in regards to Google. Starting from the bottom of the mountain is an absolute pain in the neck on the internet, and Google makes it damn hard these days for anyone to re-establishment themselves. Notice what I am saying here, Google is controlling my agenda. They control my destiny in their hands, plus they are so secretive that they never let on exactly what exact criteria is needed to get back to the top of that mountain again. It's like trying to climb Mount Everest without the correct climbing gear, protective clothing and a team of Sherpas to carry your stuff - almost impossible.

Without Google to index my website, I have had to resort to using Social Media to get my word out to the world. Who dominates that? Facebook. I have a Facebook page and I post my work on there. I write a daily post about the “Astrology of the Day” and post it on a Facebook page that has over 2000 followers on it. Great, at least some people are going to see my work, I thought. Nope!! My post last night according to Facebook's statistics reached 20 people, only 20 individuals and I have 2000 official followers. Yes just 20 people, even thought I posted the article at 21.00 hrs UK time, just in time for most of America as they packed up work and were likely to go onto their mobile phones, tablets and laptops. You see Facebook controls what posts we see on our Newsfeed. I've heard this story from countless people that their posts don't reach their followers that they have, as Facebook is restricting the direct access. Yes you can go onto your “Pages” tab and check out individually what people are doing, but most people are lazy and have 50 or more pages that they follow, therefore anyone these days with a page are stuck in the backwaters not getting any direct readership. What Facebook want by restricting direct access is trying to get you to pay for advertising. On a mobile phone you have to go through about 4 different menus and edit your preferences just to find the pages you want to view. It's damn crooked, and Facebook knows this, but it's their site, and they again are controlling us.

Now Google through You Tube, Facebook through Facebook Live, Amazon through Amazon Prime and Apple through their technical devices and iTunes platforms are starting to buy up chunks of the media, films, live TV sports etc etc. Amazon is buying up commercial companies and undercutting normal shops and retailers with rock bottom prices. These new talk to the internet devices such as “Amazon Echo” promoted by Amazon are in our homes, giving an easy way to shop online without going to a traditional store, plus they may be listening in to everything we say in our own private spaces. Facebook swallows up any potential rival social media site so that they can control that side of our lives, remember Instagram is a Facebook company these days. All of us somewhere have an Apple product, either and iPhone, iPad or Apple Mac laptop. Talk about Big Brother invading our lives, and we normal people and governments alike around the world are allowing these companies to do this. It's frightening.

I am an Astrologer and there is a little planet called Pluto that rules power, control and big business and in Greek mythology Pluto was known as the Lord of the Underworld. It's an underground, secret, powerful, influence that we don't realise is there on the surface where we live. It is now in the sign of Capricorn, the sign associated with running things, administration and governments. Pluto on entering a sign destroys what is there and replaces it with a new updated version. Pluto entered Capricorn in October 2008 just as the worldwide financial crash occurred. It will exit Capricorn in 2023. In 2008, the internet was still developing, and in just under 10 years we have all become totally reliant on it to such an extent that the American election I believe was decided through social media and the internet. The American President uses it to put out his own message to the world. Is he controlling the agenda, or is the internet controlling him? What on earth will the picture look like in another 5 years time once Pluto has done it's job? How much more control will these internet firms have over us? It's a sobering thought that Facebook probably has more of a hold over our lives than the supposed most powerful man on the Globe.

There is one other really worrying thing that concerns me. Once these internet monopolies control everything, will they force us to pay for access? Will Google start charging for every search? Will Facebook force us to pay for group access? Will Amazon start to raise prices once they have destroyed the competition as we buy everything from them from books to groceries, to tech to media to medicines, to furniture and clothing? Will these companies hold Governments to ransom? Trust me, the money sloshing around in the bank accounts of Facebook and Amazon could already fund the GDP of a medium sized nation.

In this post, posted on Facebook and indexed by Google I know that you will think it is hypocritical of me to writing these things when I am using the very platforms to send out the words that I have written. What I am saying is the these companies have a moral obligation to the citizens of the world to assist us, but not control us. There is a fine line, and I fear greed and the corporate system that is consumed by profit and growth may tip that social obligation that is so needed completely off their agenda.

I am not a revolutionary, I am not against the internet, I’m not against technological change. The internet is an amazing tool , but I fear that the very vehicle that has made this world so much more integrated and introduced so much diversity and knowledge into our lives is starting to implode into itself. It has to develop responsibly and I fear things are getting totally out of hand, and nobody is questioning what is actually going on.

You know, the 7 deadly sins are all ruled in Astrology by that little planet Pluto, and they are being instrumental in us all sleepwalking into a dangerous future, where our lives, and I mean everyone's lives from the street cleaners of Los Angeles to the President in Washington, are being held on a string by Mark Zukerberg of Facebook, Jeff Besoz of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple and Sundar Pichai of Google. This needs to stop, the people of the world need to sit up and take notice, before our world and the way it is run is changed forever...

If you agree with me, please, please share this post whichever way you can. The world has to sit up and take notice.

Astrology of the Day – Mercury in Capricorn - Thursday 11th January 2018

Mercury - Now in Capricorn

The Moon stays in the sign of Scorpio all day again today, and the same intensity of purpose that we had yesterday stays with us today. The Scorpio Moon is deeply emotional and it makes us totally committed to anything that we are doing or interested in. There is also a loyalty to this sign and we will stick by those who support us through thick and thin.

Now the first act of the day sees Mercury switching signs into Capricorn. This affects the way we think and communicate and organisation will now be important to us. We also won't be as free and easy with our language now which will tend to take on a more serious tone. We will be more business like too in our dealings with people, taking on an air of authority about us.

The Moon initially makes a conjunction with Jupiter, an optimistic and jovial aspect that will see us being generous with praise and also being very forgiving to anyone who does us wrong. The Moon then forms a sextile to Pluto, a conjunction to Mars, a sextile to the Sun and another one to Venus, all in quick succession. There is plenty of enthusiasm for that which we do, and a desire to own our work. We won't want others to interfere in our creations and plans today, and we will be protective and just a little coy about our intentions. Our relations with those we love will be warm, caring and exciting too; these are aspects where our love lives can veer between warm and loving, to explosive and passionate.

Later on in the evening the Moon connects with Uranus and Chiron still in tandem and slowly but surely updating our lives through dealing with issues that hark back to our childhoods. The trine to Chiron and the inconjunct to Uranus allow us to heal through continuing to make little adjustments as well as cutting unnecessary things and people from our lives.