Bristol , Edward Colston & The Toppled Statue

I don't think anyone can have missed the news re the statue of Edward Colston being toppled during a black lives matter demo in Bristol and subsequently being rolled into the River Avon. Until this moment many people, including me, had no idea of the history of slave trading in the UK, especially in Bristol, it's a history that has been hidden.

The hidden history of Bristol's slave trade is perhaps shown by moon, ruler of the second house of money and property, intercepted in Aries in the 11th. The 11th shows the money and property of those in power (2nd from the 10th).

It's interesting that Bristol's Saturn is at 0 degrees Aquarius, so a Saturn return is underway, past deeds are being reevaluated and found wanting.

I'm not going to go into the ins and outs of Colston's chart  but if we look when his statue was toppled, 7th June 2020 time unknown, we see Moon transiting over his natal Saturn and Mars, apt symbolism for the public toppling his statue.

For an insight into Colston I refer you to this post from Hilary Kemp at Facebook

Disheartened

A while ago photobucket decided to bung a great big watermark over all the images I have posted here in my various writings. It's going to take ages to find all the originals and upload them without the watermark. Hence I haven't blogged in quite a while
On top of that the Astrological Associaition have revamped their website and most of the articles I wrote for them have now vanished. That's the thanks you get for all your hard work as a previous committee member.

Book Review - Binary Stars by Karon Meakin

Ever wondered what it is astrologically that makes a marriage (or partnership) long lasting whilst others fall by the wayside? Well so did Karon, so to this end she set about researching several hundred charts of couples, both happily married and divorced. The first volume of her results looks to the position of Juno and Jupiter, in natal and in wedding charts. As Karon herself says of these two planets:

"Jupiter and Juno offer a wonderful early model of getting it wrong; between them they symbolise the two extremes of giving up everything and surrendering  nothing for the partnership."

In this first volume Karon gives example charts of some well known relationships along with insightful commentary based on her studies. She looks at Jupiter and Jupiter ruler in both natal and wedding charts, as well as Juno's position in wedding charts.

This is a book with clearly presented and insightful information. It's one that you can read from cover to cover or just dip in and out of, maybe just to read those sections you feel are relevant to you.

Read this book if you are in any kind of partnership, whether you are contented or not. Use it as a guideline as to how to avoid pitfalls in current or future relationships, read it as a good example of an astrology text book, whatever the reason, read it!

You can read more about, (or buy,) Karon's book on her website. http://www.karonmeakinbinarystars.net/