HELLO 2020! UPDATED 19 SEPTEMBER 2020

Hello Everyone!

Whew! we made it! we are now officially '2020 ers' !!  we also walk into a lot of 'difficult' news.
The terrible devastation in Australia with the bush fires and the loss of many animals, homes and sadly some people too, the very tense situation with POTUS and Iran and in the UK the latest news is that our Prince Harry and his wife the Duchess have decided to step back from royal duties to decide their own futures not to mention the lined up Brexit at the end of January.

Quite a lot to take in for 20/20 already? you bet!  What you all need to do is go and google Saturn and Pluto Conjunct Capricorn because that is what the heavens have lined up for this 2020 and 'it aint that pretty'.   Well, in some respects this conjunction, ( which believe me is EXTREMELY powerful) could bring some things for the better but equally......perhaps not.   It has been said that this conjunction has never been lived through before ie those two planets conjunct Capricorn in our lifetimes. The last time it showed up was in the 1500's.   I bet you cant wait to google what happened in those times? Here are some events from that 100 year period!

History of the World - in 1500's - Luke Mastin

1502		Fanatical Shi'ite Islam develops under Safavids of Persia
1503		Powerful Italian general Caesar Borgia defeated in Spain
1506		Golden Age of Poland begins under Sigismund I and II
1509		Portuguese trading empire established at Goa, South India
1509		Henry VIII succedes to English throne
1510		Portuguese trading empire established at Goa, India
1510		Death of Sandro Botticelli (artist)
1512		Spaniard Vasco Núñez de Balboa first to see Pacific Ocean (from Panama)
1513		Juan Ponce de Leon claims Florida for Spain
1513		James IV of Scotland killed by English forces at Flodden
1513		Niccolo Machiavelli writes "The Prince"
1514		Start of series of wars between Turkish and Persian Empires
1515		Francis I of France takes Milan and much of Northern Italy
1516		Algiers taken by pirate Barbarossa for Holy Roman Empire
1516		Hapsburg Charles V now king over Germany, Netherlands and Spain
1516		Death of Heironymous Bosch (artist)
1516		Sir Thomas More writes "Utopia"
1517		Turks conquer Egypt
1517		Luther publishes 95 Theses - start of Reformation
1519		Sikhism founded in India
1519		Portuguese/Spaniard Ferdinand Magellan rounds South American mainland
1519		Death of Leonardo da Vinci (artist and scientist)
1520		Luther excommunicated
1520		Death of Raphael (artist)
1521		Charles V divides Hapsburg Empire between Austria and Spain
1521		Death of Josquin de Pres (composer)
1521		Mexico conquered for Spain by Hernando Cortes
1522		Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan's expedition for Spain first to circumnavigate globe
1523		Swedes expel Danish overlords
1524		Death of Hans Holbein the Elder (artist)
1525		Charles V of Hapsburg retakes Northern Italy from France
1526		Turks under Suliman the Magnificent take Hungary
1526		Babar (Babur), descendent of Mongol leader Tamerlaine founds Mughal (Mogul) Empire in India
1526		Hungarian and Bohemian crowns unite with Austrian Hapsburgs
1527		Charles V retakes Northern Italy from France and sacks Rome
1528		Death of Albrecht Durer and Matthias Grunewald (artists)
1529		Turks lay siege to Vienna
1529		Cardinal Wolsey dismissed by Henry VIII
1531		Death of Ulrich Zwingli (religious reformer and statesman)
1533		Ivan IV (the Terrible) crowned Tsar of Russia
1533		Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn without papal approval
1534		Spaniard Ignatius Loyola founds Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
1535		Dissolution of English monasteries ordered by Henry VIII
1535		Hapsburg Charles V drives Turks back from Hungary
1535		Peru conquered for Spain by Francisco Pizarro
1535		Death of Sir Thomas More (scholar and statesman)
1536		Death of Erasmus (scholar)
1538		Colombia conquered for Spain by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
1540		Spaniard Franciso de Coronado explores North America
1541		Death of Paracelsus (physician and alchemist)
1541		Reformist John Calvin regains authority in Geneva
1543		Polish astronomer Nicolas Copernicus shows that Earth revolves around Sun
1545		Catholic Counter-Reformation after Council of Trent
1546		Death of Barbarossa, Barbary pirate who made conquests for Turkey
1547		Henry VIII dies and his son Edward VI comes to English throne
1548		Mary Queen of Scots flees to France
1549		Spanish Jesuit Francis Xavier tries to convert Japanese to Christianity
1549		"Book of Common Prayer" issued
1551		Portuguese monopolize trade with China from Malacca
1553		Lady Jane Grey briefly made Queen by Earl of Northumberland
1553		Mary succedes to English throne and restores Catholicism
1553		Systematic perscution of Protestants by "Bloody Mary"
1553		Death of François Rabelais (writer and satirist)
1553		Death of Cranach the Elder (artist)
1555		Peace of Augsburg - allows choice of religious denomination
1556		Charles V leaves Austria to Ferdinand and Spain to Philip II
1556		Shaanxi earthquake kills 830,000
1556		Mughal leader Akbar comes to power - controls most of India
1556		Ivan the Terrible increases Russian territory in south and east
1557		Portuguese have trading monopoly in China through Macao
1558		Elizabeth I accedes after Mary's death
1558		Philip II inherits Spain and other lands from Hapsburgs
1561		Mary Queen of Scots returns to Scotland
1562		Sir John Hawkins starts British slave trade in West Indies
1562		Huguenots fight for right to follow Calvinism in France
1564		Death of Michelangelo (artist)
1568		William the Silent leads Dutch in revolt against Hapsburgs
1568		Beginning of English-Spanish maritime feud - Hawkins & Drake
1571		Bornu Empire in Central Sudan at its zenith under Idris III
1572		Massacre of St Bartholemew - Huguenots routed
1572		Poland declares itself a republic
1572		Death of John Knox (Scottish religious reformer)
1576		French Catholic League formed by Guise family
1576		Death of Titian (artist)
1577		Sir Francis Drake begins voyage around world
1578		Dutch provinces fight against Spanish domination
1579		Start of decline of Turkish Empire with death of Sokolli
1580		Dutch sieze many Portuguese trading posts throughout the world
1580		Philip II of Spain annexes Portugal and its dependencies
1581		Netherlands proclaims independence from Spain and wars start
1582		Gregorian calendar introduced by Pope Gregory XIII
1584		Boris Godunov temporarily takes control of Russia
1585		Japan unified under dictator Hideyoshi
1587		Shah Abbas the Great becomes rules of Persia
1587		Mary Queen of Scots executed for treason
1588		Sir Francis Drake of England defeats Spanish Armada
1589		Death of Catherine de Medici ("Queen Mother of France")
1589		Henry IV first Bourbon King of France
1592		Moorish conquest of African Songhai Empire
1594		Death of Tinteretto (artist)
1594		Death of Pierluigi da Palestrina (composer)
1597		Christian converts persecuted in Japan
1598		Edict of Nantes allows Calvinism in France

Quite a lot to take in? absolutely!  maybe some of that history was not expected either so...lets remember what PLUTO is about. Pluto is thought of as the life/death planet that has no mercy and is all about Transformation....kind of getting rid of the old for the new , regenerating or simply CHANGING things. SATURN is simply the THINKING planet but also the STERN planet that tends to be a bit harsh about matters.   Neither one of them sounds great does it?  and as for Capricorn well, what famous Tarot card has Capricorn attached to it? if you didnt know it.....





Here it is , the Devil card which also happens to be Number 15 in the Tarot Deck. In this card you might think its scary, but those two people who are chained up do not seem to be chained too tightly do they?  MAYBE they can get OUT of those chains if they wanted to. Maybe they just got used to being in them?  obviously what they are chained to may not be nice, after all the Devil is looking over them but if it was SO BAD wouldnt the picture show them struggling or looking very distressed?

Its a kind of clue to tell you that things DONT HAVE TO BE BAD - YOU CAN BE RESPONSIBLE TO CHANGE IF YOU WANT TO.   These two can escape but maybe it got too co dependent or maybe there were too many things they liked or got used to that make them stay in that situation.  There are lots of different ways of interpreting this card depending on the spread and the question but its interesting that this card does represent Capricorn and we are in a cycle of it along with Saturn and Pluto.

CLEARLY this year SOME THINGS HAVE GOT TO CHANGE.   BUT we are the ones that have to adjust or accept that change or MAKE that change or maybe things are just gonna change for us where we dont have a choice?

Obviously I will try to look into some of the NEWS items with Tarot but my message in this post is to WELCOME you into 2020 and tell you to have a bit of  a 'dont be surprised' type of attitude because this year in particular is asking you to LET GO of some things and in other advice perhaps to accept a few things too.   I hope that if you dont care much about the planet Earth because it is way too much fun with the new Christmas Iphone to keep you amused that you put it down and start to look around you. DONT FORGET TO LOOK UP....as well as around. We live on a beautiful planet..I just dont know what it takes for people to appreciate how absolutely beautiful it really is instead of doing things that deplete it.  Alas, we cannot force people to see their wrong doing sometimes until it is too late. I hope that we find out that it is NEVER too late to do the right things.

For now take care and be prepared for a very rollercoaster ride this year and much more bumpy than normal.


Empathy. 

UPDATED 19 SEPTEMBER 2020. 

I had to return to this post!  We are now in September and we have all had the most TERRIBLE year watching COVID19 rip through the world and destroy so many peoples lives and business.  Plans for parties/get togethers/weddings and just general what would be thought as normal movement has been HALTED. 

If you read back you will see I talked about the DEVIL card for this year! yes we certainly have had to make some changes and we might not have had any choice in it. Its been really hard for people the world over.   I knew when I saw the astrology that it would not be a picnic!   Life may have changed for good in some areas and we might have to accept that much.  I want you to understand that The Devil can be a really sarcastic card more than anything.   It scuppers you and then sits back and sees how your going to deal with stuff.   For example, with Covid19 we are asked to Social Distance but some people do not do that so there is a consequence for it.   The Devil just allows you to make the choice. Of course he is about MIRTH so its a bit like saying..do what you want but you will suffer the outcome not me.  Its also like handing you a lot of good things and then they are just a little out of reach.  Its a teasing card in a way - a frustrating card too as it binds us to issues but at the same time again, we have that choice not that it does us good in the long term.     It puts people in situations they dont want to be in but to change them or go against them might not be in their best interest either.  What a Catch 22 eh?  Note also that Capricorn is a card for WORK - we all know that this has been affected ...dont we?

We all find ourselves in situations that are so much more difficult then they used to be.   It is times like these that we need to adjust our way of thinking and even seeing situations.  We are perhaps forced to look at the things we are grateful for - the people that we love - the friends that surround us - the nature that is in our own back yard.   Nobody can sit down now and say that life is the same - it is not and this year is not yet over!   When you look out the window the birds are flying into the gardens or into the trees as if nothing has happened at all - the flowers you planted have now grown, so have the trees and shrubs - its all as beautiful as you would have hoped when you planted and maybe you have taken time to appreciate how lovely it all is.    If you have nature on your doorstep you might have felt the same thing because we have all had to take more notice of our own surroundings once the 'busy' has been diluted in our lives.   

So many peoples lives are BUSY.  They dont do things because they are TOO BUSY. They dont connect with family and friends or appreciate them because they are TOO BUSY.  We can find a hundred things where we are too busy to either contemplate or consider and now we are confronted with a time that is forcing us to see that being BUSY is actually NOT as important as the simple things. Once these  things that keep you TOO BUSY are taken away or just not happening on the same demand then its almost like your eyes have been opened. 

Perhaps - this is what we all needed? Perhaps there was so much entertainment and things to do that we just forgot how to just BE ALIVE and BREATH? 

I will need to look at the rest of this year so I will take some time out to see if there is any good advice to offer so please look out for that post. 

Meanwhile, LOVE YOUR LIFE, LOVE EACH OTHER, LOVE THIS PLANET.

Empathy.