On Sunday 17th April we’ll have a national referendum here in Italy to decide whether we want to cancel the law governing the Off Shore Oil Drilling licences. I thought it would be interesting to pull up the national chart for Italy and compare it to the transits on Sunday evening when the polls will be closed. For those of you who are not familiar with the houses in mundane astrology, here’s a quick guide: The origins of the country The wealth of the country Education and propaganda The population Culture and collective celebrations The workers The neighbouring [...]

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The two rulers of Scorpio, Mars the traditional ruler and Pluto the modern one, both station retrograde on the same day this year. Whilst Pluto has a yearly retrograde season, Mars only goes retrograde once every two years so it’s quite an event on its own but this time it also coincides with the beginning of the Pluto retrograde too. Mars will stop in his tracks at 8°54’ Sagittarius backtracking to enter Scorpio (his own sign) on the 28th of May, continuing his journey in reverse mode until he stations direct at 23°03’ Scorpio on the 29th June. Mars is energy at its purest [...]

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