I celebrated my 50th birthday last year, and am currently experiencing another important milestone, my Chiron Return. This occurs when the planet (that isn’t a planet) Chiron returns to the position it occupied at birth, bringing with it the opportunity for deep, inner transformation and healing. It takes fifty years to travel round the entire chart, so I probably won’t see another one, and that’s what makes it special. Of course, being aware of this sometime in advance I set things up so that I could max out this magical portal, and I am happy to report that so far it’s been a very rich and beneficial, though occasionally challenging, experience.
Read MoreOnce upon a time heated debates were mostly conducted within the framework of “I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” For the longest time these words (incorrectly attributed to the 18th century French philosopher Voltaire) remained solid at the heart of Western ideas about liberalism and openness.
Read MoreFear is now rife in our world. Even so-called sensible people are infected by it (which perhaps suggests they were not that sensible in the first place). Fear of catching the Rona, fear of getting the jab, of not getting the jab, of the jabbed, of the unjabbed, of the consequences of doing this, saying that or hearing the other. Fear is one nil up and the game seems like it is in the closing minutes.
Read MoreI have met many strange people in this incarnation. In fact, the truth about who I have met and what I have heard will probably never reach the light of day because no-one would believe it. But take it from me, truth is far stranger than fiction, and reality is much weirder than anything you will see on the television. Even the internet, believe it or not, is a pale reflection of the true diversity and downright strangeness of real life.
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