Where to start? LOL I intended simply posting a simple explanation of tomorrow's full moon, the second consecutive supermoon this year, which is also known as the beaver moon. However I went to a very interesting presentation on natural healthcare last night entitled 'Marvellous Molecules' during which the benefits of castor oil were mentioned and I subsequently discovered that 'castor' is the Greek word for beaver - talk about synchronicity! Digging deeper, and with my customary light-hearted approach to life, I learnt that Castrol Oil took its name from one of the main components - castor oil which has been produced from the seeds of a plant since ancient times. I then discovered something that you may not wish to know - beavers secrete a substance called castoreum from their anal glands and this is apparrently used in small quantities in vanilla ice cream, chewing gum and also in perfume for its deep leather-like notes! It is also known colloquially as 'beaver booty oil'. Fortunatel

Waking at 3.13 was a bonus which likely resulted from the fact that the previous night I had slept for a solid 13 hours. I have a habit of leaving the window blind, at the side of my bed, up so when I look out I can see the night sky and, for the second time in a week, I was greeted with a spectacular display of Jupiter, Sirius, Procyon, Rigel and Betelgeuse with Orion's Belt all clearly visible in the South. (The main image is a screenshot of the actual sky captured from the Stellarium app which also produced the image of Mercury (Scorpio), Mars (Libra), and the Sun and Venus in Virgo below the northern horizon whilst the waxing gibbous Capricorn moon was below the western horizon with comet Swan). Fortunately it was a relatively mild night which prompted me to don my dressing gown and venture outside to witness the spectacle and attempt to capture a photo or two - with a smartphone it's not possible to do it justice but the top right hand image in the collage was I felt worthy of inc

The moon has been in Ophiuchus for the past four hours and will be there for a further twenty and I've been engaged in expanding ideas and enjoying some creativity when I received an email from Steve Rhodes to join his new course starting tomorrow. Whilst the course is of interest to me it is beyond my present means and thus I felt that I should instead share details of his site, now freely accessible to all, for those who are curious about Human Design and derivatives such as BaanTu. Although I own Steve's book 'The God Code' I can't right now explain what the term means nor can Google which describes it as referring to a group of over 500 ethnic groups in Africa who speak related languages. Linguistically, "Bantu" is an artificial term coined to represent the reconstructed Proto-Bantu word for "people" or "humans". The image above is of the cover of Steve's book on 'The Prophecy' relating to 2027 and his website does provide you with a basic overview. The 'motivation meters' are for

Astronomically the new moon occurs in the UK at 13:24 and, as the first lunar phase, it represents a new 'moonthly' cycle. (A new moon occurs every 29.5 days when the moon is positioned between the Earth and the Sun with the sunlit side facing away from the Earth making it virtually invisible). Astrologically the new moon is interpreted as a propitious time for fresh starts and new beginnings influenced by the characteristics of the constellation (zodiac sign) which it is in. Thus with today's new moon (in True Sky) in Virgo the focus this month is on self-care, groundedness and organisation which of course is then coloured by the area of your chart in which this occurs. For month ahead interpretations based on your rising sign* then I recommend watching/listening to Dr Dani's YouTube video and, for those interested in meditating, her 'New Earth' meditation. An overview of the week ahead is provided by Athen Chimenti of Mastering the Zodiac. *If you wish to know your True Sky rising si

The main image shows my studio with the original 1990 zodiac posters recently restored in the order of the constellations hence Ophiuchus is centre stage in this photo (the 9th of 13 constellations starting with Aries). Contrary to what the majority of Western astrologers are reporting tomorrow's full moon will still be in the constellation of Pisces. This is the first supermoon of 2025 and will be exact at 04:47 BST. Known in the UK as the harvest moon, it will rise in the East on Monday evening around 18:05 and set in the West around 06:12, rising again around 18:16 on Tuesday evening. Next to the full moon is a screenshot showing the position of interstellar object 3i/Atlas and the comets R2 Swan and A6 Lemmon at the time of the full moon. The two comets will be visible with the naked eye/binoculars. There are several other comets in the sky right now and it's also the time of year to view both the Orionod and Draconid meteor showers. (Timings given for Hebden Bridge. If you want th

Back in February I presented a four week course entitled 'the jOURney'. It covered all esoteric matters starting with the history of astrology and introduced the Astro family as the 'hosts' - the father (astroNOMY), the mother (astroLOGY), the son (astroTHEOlogy), the daughter (astroSOPHY) and their pet dog (astroNAUTY). The relationship between Nomy and Logy started disintegrating in the 17th century ultimately leading to their D-I-V-O-R-C-E when Logy, T-H-E-O and S-O-P-H-Y went their separate ways leaving Nomy with Nauty. The good news is that Nomy and Logy have reconciled their differences and have finally re-married working together on the true sidereal 21st century approach to studying and interpreting the cosmos which is still in its infancy. I like to call it astronomical astrology although it is known by various other names such as True Sky and Constellational Astrology. Their re-union led to the recent birth of..... ...AstroNUTS! Besides having a little fun with this post the