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Christina's Blog
The Oxford Astrologer
Culture, Sociey and Astrology
from Mythopia
I don't subscribe to any particular school of astrology, but I do make a point of keeping up to date. I choose the ideas that work when I apply them to a real chart and real life and throw out the ones that turn out to be, well, wishful.
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Christina Rodenbeck, based in the ancient centre of learning, Oxford, examines living mythology through the lens of astrology. She likes to challenge prevailing orthodoxy, champion
originality and enchant with a good story. She is available for personal consultation. Read more of what she has to say at The Oxford Astrologer.
The New Princess
Alexis Tsipras - has Jupiter in Pisces in his 10th house, giving him much compassion for Greece's poor. What else does his chart show?
Angela Merkel - is perhaps the most powerful woman in the world. Here's a look at the Chancellor's chart, which explains how she does it.
George Clooney Marries - the cosmopolitan lawyer Amal Alamuddin. Clooney was a commitment-phobe, what changed his mind?
Saturn in Scorpio - is going through the last third of this sign, and will be entering Sagittarius soon. What this transit means for each sign.
Jupiter in Leo - 10 fun things to do. It’s time to throw off that cloak of Cancerian wistfulness and embrace the game of life once more.
Tony Blair - has become a multi-multi millionaire. Like Satan himself he has become a fixer, middle-man, adviser to the international .001%.
Two posts! - the UK's Independent Party upsets traditional loyalties, and Maya Angelou and her poem Phenomenal Woman
Chiron, the Wounded Healer - turns retrograde in June at 17º Pisces, a key degree area that has historically coincided with major wars.
Conscious Uncoupling - The astrology behind Gwyneth Paltrow's and Chris Martin's gentle separation, plus a look at their composite chart.
Mars in Libra - Now that transiting Mars is in Libra, have a look at what celebrities born with this placement have to say. Famous quotes.
Woody Allen's UR-PL transits - A look at his horoscope and what it indicates about Dylan Farrow. Plus Mia Farrow and Woody's composite chart
Ukraine - History as Process - Ukraine gained its independence in 1991, but is currently being torn by riots, Here's what its horoscope tells us.
Nelson Mandela's Chiron Return - The famous South African leader gave his most celebrated speech one Chiron cycle before his death.
Doctor Who's Chiron Return - The fabulous sci-fi series first aired in 1963. How does the show’s story lines reflect the British psyche?
The US Fiscal Deficit - is the mother of all debts. Mercury and Saturn combine to stall discussions along with the UR-PL square and eclipses
The Dwarf Planet Ceres - is profoundly connected to nurturing, parenting, fertility: the cycle of birth, growth, death and rebirth
UK Nixes Syrian Invasion - PM Cameron Page's intention to join the U.S. is thwarted by Parliament. Here's how the UK chart is shaping up
Prince George - his Cancer Sun, chart with Scorpio Ascendant and 8th house planets explained. Plus the royal pattern of 10th house planets.-
Turkey's Identity Crisis: As Saturn crosses Turkey's Scorpio Sun, the nation and its neighbors wonder if it's a secular or Islamic state...
Water Grand Trine - This isn't just any old Grand Trine: it's between three heavy-duty planets, Jupiter in Cancer, Saturn in Scorpio and Neptune in its own sign Pisces.
Oxford Archives
Delighted that the newest addition to the royal family is a baby girl. According to Kensington Palace, she was born at 8.34am today (British Summer Time). Here is her (very glamorous) chart.
This a nicely balanced person with a mixture of air, earth, fire and water. She has sensitive Cancer Rising — to match her mother’s Moon, her Dad’s Sun-Moon and Grandma Diana’s Sun, Sun in enduring Taurus like her Great Grandma, the Queen, and Moon in Libra, which looks like she will be the keeper of the peace in that family — and just as adept a diplomat as her mother. Her mother’s powerful Saturn (the grown up) is right on that Moon, so we know who will always be in charge.
It also looks like the new princess will join the hard-working royal team – she has Saturn in the 6th house of work and Pallas Athena will give her a strategic brain. She will be inclined, though, to keep her good mind hidden with Mercury in the 12th. I hope her parents plan to give her an excellent education because it will be a solace for her.
It’s stating the obvious really, but this little girl does look like she will receive mass projection from the public (Pisces on the MC and Neptune there too). Being put on a pedestal is actually quite stressful for her (Chiron up there opp Lilith) but at the same time alluring. Her parents will need to work out how to train her emotionally to deal with the constant limelight. It definitely looks like she is at her most charming and fun-loving (an important element of her character) when she’s out of the public eye. But with the Sun in the 11th, she is not only high-born but destined to work with the powerful.
The Princess is born with Jupiter in Leo — a right royal placement — and it’s right on her Great Grandma’s Moon. The Queen must be absolutely punching the air (OK jubilant).
Apparently, the bookies’ odds are for her to be named Alice, a trad royal name which hasn’t been used since 1843. That Princess Alice was a bit of a feminist apparently.
I hope they squeeze Flora into her string of first names in honour of the goddess of spring, whose day it was yesterday.
Congratulations to them all & especially the Duchess.
Generation K
Katniss Everdeen portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence: Sagittarius MC, Aquarius Rising
“I had expected that technology would be core to the identity of the cohort I call Generation K—young people aged 13 to 20 years old, born between 1995 and 2002, ” writes Professor Noreena Hertz in The New York Times.
You’d be right, Prof, because you’ve chosen the exact years that the planet of hi-tech Uranus was transiting his own sign, Aquarius, the sign of the geek (or wizard). Basically, that creates a whole generation with a powerful dash of Aquarius in their collective character. Of course, for every individual this works out differently, depending on how Uranus interacts with the other planets.
Professor Hertz is just publishing a survey of American and British girls from Generation K. In her piece in the Times, she pretty much describes the characteristics you’d expect of the Uranus in Aquarius generation.
Uranus in Aquarius
April – June 1995
December 1995 – March 2003
September 2003 – December 2003
Uranus in Aquarius is not just about technology.
“As many as 30 percent of teenage girls either don’t want to get married or are unsure if they want to get married. Even more strikingly, 35 percent are either unsure if they want to have children or definitely don’t. This is a seismic difference compared to older millennials.”
Yes, that would the Aquarian saying I’d rather be single than settle.
And here’s that Aquarian sense of community.
“…this generation’s amplified experiences of injustice are leading them to have a much more pronounced sense of community.”
and fairness
“But equality for this generation is not about conformity.”
And finally, if there’s one word any Aquarian would choose to describe themselves?
“When I asked the young women I surveyed to describe themselves in one word, “unique” was the word they most commonly chose.”
Oh and in case you were wondering. Generation K is named after Katniss Everdeen, the brave, independent, resourceful, revolutionary heroine of The Hunger Games, portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence. Lawrence is too old to be a K kid herself, but she does have Aquarius Rising with the North Node. And Katniss Everdeen is every inch a Uranus in Aquarius girl.
