Fred Astaire, the "greatest popular-music dancer of all time was another turn-of-the-century virtuoso. A 6th house Taurus Sun and an emphasised Gemini Moon made him a perfectionist, health obsessed and an artist with a physical focus. star4cast.com/fred-astaire...

Noël Coward’s comedy Fallen Angels was so shocking to bourgeois morality a hundred years ago it was nearly banned. Changed days. He was an outspoken Sagittarius with a mischievous Moon intent on upending deceit. star4cast.com/noel-coward-...

Sydney Sweeney’s role as Christy Martin appears not to have appealed to US audiences though the critics praised it. Sweeney, a Sun Virgo with a Capricorn Moon, and a highlighted Mars in Scorpio and Saturn in Aries tends to provoke divisive reactions. star4cast.com/sydney-sween...

Paddington Bear has returned in a new stage musical as a fun Christmas distraction from the drear and gloom elsewhere. Writer Michael Bond had a prominent Ceres conjunct his Neptune = kind, idealistic and food loving. star4cast.com/paddington-b...

Steve Witkoff’s real estate billionaire with no diplomatic experience and de facto envoy to Putin, is off to Moscow with Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner (of ‘Gaza Riviera’ renown) to carve out a Ukraine peace deal - without Ukraine. Money and politics, the new era. star4cast.com/witkoff-kush...

Tom Stoppard, a wordsmith of dazzling wit on stage and screen, has died. The Oscar winning Shakespeare in Love and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead were his triumphs. A super-confident, creative Sun Cancer with a hint of darkness from his Venus Algol. star4cast.com/tom-stoppard...

The killing fields of Sudan have become a new Trump initiative after the Saudi leader, MBS’s recent visit. There is nothing to suggest there will be a done deal on peace anytime soon. star4cast.com/sudan-added-...

The Kennedy clan wars are likely to heat up as Jack Schlossberg, only grandson of JFK, aims for a Congressional seat in 2026 and voices trenchant criticism of his cousin the health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jnr. Both are heavily Capricorn with marked Neptune Uranus. star4cast.com/kennedy-cous...

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican singer who helped turn reggae into a global phenomenon, has died aged 81. Best known for "Many Rivers to Cross" and "I Can See Clearly Now" he had a power-packed and entertaining Leo Sun and an upbeat Sagittarius Moon. star4cast.com/jimmy-cliff-...

Hong Kong is in shock with a high-rise fire killing at least 55 people with nearly 300 missing. Such calamities often point to times of unrest to follow which show clearly on the HK chart. star4cast.com/hong-kong-fi...

The Kennedy clan wars will heat up ahead as Jack Schlossberg, only grandson of JFK, aims for a Congressional seat in 2026 and voices trenchant criticism of his cousin the health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jnr. Both are heavily Capricorn with marked Neptune Uranus. star4cast.com/kennedy-cous...

Architect, artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret MacDonald were later inspirations for Klimt. He a Gemini and she a Scorpio, they shared an intense vision to be cultural trailblazers in Art Nouveau. star4cast.com/charles-renn...

Pity the poor WH spokesperson forced to defend Trump’s ever more outrageous comments. Cracks are appearing in MAGA and the USA over flying-pig claims on a number of issues including the sagging economy. star4cast.com/trump-speak-...

A Gustav Klimt painting has sold for $236.4m, second only to a Leonardo da Vinci auctioned a few years back. One a Cancerian, the other Taurus, both likely with a Pisces Moon, their talent was powered by confident and fortunate Jupiters. star4cast.com/klimt-and-da...

Garden cheer from the Scottish Highlands “The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?” J. B. Priestley

Dick van Dyke, the legendary entertainer and comedian, will be 100 years old in less than a month. An upbeat Sagittarius Sun and a super-strong Neptune would power him through. star4cast.com/dick-van-dyk...

‘Nessus, seen as the bad boy of the centaurs, a con merchant and worse, also has a positive role in making us deal with the risks of life. Carrying the dark energy of Saturn and Pluto, it figures in Harvey Weinstein’s chart, as well as Tony Blair’s and Churchill. star4cast.com/nessus-cons-...

Garden cheer from the chilly Scottish Highlands Roses are amazingly robust. This one was cut back to the ground months back and thought it would catch up with a flash of sparkle. “Regardless of when the flower blooms, the flower blooms... and completes its cycle.” Adaora O.

Robert Jay Lifton, the psychiatrist who shed light on the darkest chapters in modern history including brainwashing, Hiroshima, the Holocaust and the Vietnam War, has died aged 99. Algol and Sirius gave him the impetus to understand cruelty. star4cast.com/robert-jay-l...

Glenn Close is the ‘standout role’ in the new Benoit Blanc Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery with Daniel Craig according to early reviews. A Sun Pisces with an Aquarius Moon she has an immensely complex chart with two Grand Trines and a yod. star4cast.com/glenn-close-...

Garden cheer from the Scottish Highlands A damp Cranesbill struggling to produce buds even in the midst of the winter die-back. A valued and much love border-brightener in summer, whose only fault is it disappears altogether in winter – leaving a muddy patch.

The BBC already wilting is facing another deluge of righteous criticism with Dianarama which uncovers further truths about Martin Bashir’s connivance in getting Diana to speak out on Panorama. A Neptunian con with devastating consequences. star4cast.com/bbc-bashir-d...

The relentless drip drip feed of potentially toxic information from the undead Jeffrey Epstein’s web of contacts continues. The ghost that won’t be silenced will continue to point fingers with 2027 looking like an explosive peak though not quite a finale. star4cast.com/jeffrey-epst...

Garden cheer from the Scottish Highlands. A lone Rhododendron who forgot to read the memo about flowers not due till spring. ‘Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something's time has passed and be able to move into the next season.’ Henry Cloud

Eris, the mythological goddess of conflict and discord, introduced in Daniel Fiverson’s lyrical and compelling book also provides an opportunity for personal evolution. This is a groundbreaking astrological study of a dwarf planet first sighted in 2003. star4cast.com/eris-conflic...

Garden cheer from France sud The graceful sword lily or peacock lily otherwise Abyssinian Gladioli flowers right through to the frost which mercifully in the warmer climates rarely comes.

The movie Nuremberg about the WW11 Nazi trials stars Russell Crowe as Hermann Göring. An ambitious opportunist, his charm and love for his children sat in stark contrast to his cruelty. He was a Capricorn, with a Scorpio Moon and a stressed Mars in Aries. star4cast.com/herman-gorin...

Garden cheer from France sud The jewel bright Gazania, a South African native, lingers on in single flowers to brighten November days.

A glum-looking Prince Harry was wheeled out for a gaudy Kardashian bash as the UK Royals were paying their respects to the dead of two world wars. There are hints in the astrology of strains ahead in Montecito. star4cast.com/harry-and-me...

Tim Davie, the BBC DG has resigned over criticism about biased reporting. Devotees are crying foul. Critics say it was justified. The astrology pinpoints the term end and the BBC’s self-defeating tendency not to admit mistakes. star4cast.com/bbc-hoist-on...

Garden cheer from autumn in France sud Blue skies and elegant Miscanthus turning to gold. "As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colours enough to paint the beautiful things I see," Vincent Van Gogh.

Huey Long, a divisive Democrat politician during the Great Depression, was celebrated as a populist champion of the poor or denounced as a fascist demagogue. A go-ahead Sun Mars in Virgo with a flashy Leo Ascendant, he had a megalomaniac streak from Neptune Pluto. star4cast.com/huey-long-an...

Diane Arbus, the late renowned photographer, is presently featured in a London exhibition which reveals her ‘grotesquely bleak but brutally truthful vision of humanity’. Her chart is swamped with Piscean/Neptunian energy – creative yet alienated from human warmth. star4cast.com/diane-arbus-...

Peach tree on the edge of the vineyards taking a winter break. "Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year." Chad Sugg

James Watson, Nobel Prize-winning biologist who discovered the structure of DNA with Francis Crick, has died. He damaged his career with comments about race and genetics. A confident, tactless and arrogant Aries, his strong Neptune allowed him to explore the unknown. star4cast.com/james-watson...

Kim Kardashian’s new legal TV drama has been savaged by critics though kept afloat by fans. She’s putting on a defiant face but her astrology hints at disappointment at the end product. She’s a Libra with a Pisces Moon. star4cast.com/kim-kardashi...

Actress Pauline Collins best known for the escapist mid-life comedy Shirley Valentine on stage and screen has died. A triple Virgo with a beguiling Venus in Cancer she had a sassy charm. star4cast.com/pauline-coll...

Garden cheer in the hedgerows. “The sudden appearance of mushrooms after rain is one of the more impressive spectacles of the plant world.” John Tyler Bonner

Former King Juan Carlos of Spain has a memoir aimed at retrieving his reputation after sexual and money scandals sent him into exile. Multiple Capricorn planets plus extra Earth hint at an indulgent temperament with a self-righteous Jupiter blocking self-awareness. star4cast.com/juan-carlos-...

Anthony Hopkins’ memoir hints at his self-effacing view of himself, regarded in childhood as “ hopeless”. From unlikely beginnings he has made more than 90 films. He is a Sun Capricorn with a complex, highly creative chart, both bleak and confident. star4cast.com/anthony-hopk...

Zohran Mamdani is the next New York City mayor, with a tough job ahead. A Sun Libra with a formidable Mars in Scorpio square Saturn, his clashes with Donald Trump will ramp up over the winter. New York may not find his progressive changes easy to absorb. star4cast.com/zohran-mamda...

Garden cheer to keep birds happy. Scarlet firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea) with red and orange berries has fruit that is bitter and astringent, but delicious when cooked to make jellies, jams, sauces and marmalade.

Maria Riva, the mistreated daughter of Marlene Dietrich, who spent a childhood as her mother’s ‘handmaiden’ has died aged 100. An upbeat, optimistic Sun Jupiter in Sagittarius probably saved her from her mother’s Pluto heavy and Capricorn weighted temperament. star4cast.com/maria-riva-s...

Dick Cheney, VP under GW Bush and a key architect of the "war on terror" after 9/11, an advocate of the Iraq invasion in 2003, has died. He. became a critic of Trump. An Aquarius Sun with a Fixed Earth chart his Jupiter Saturn brought him success and failure. star4cast.com/dick-cheney-...

“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” Mark Twain. A new biography of Spain’s dictator General Franco - a Sun Sagittarius with a stellium in Gemini - argues that in times of decline, nations often turn to authoritarians.” star4cast.com/general-fran...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves, a stubborn, contrary Sun Mars in Aquarius has tripped into a sinkhole over the mishandling of a private house rental, never mind the economy. Her bond with Starmer is stretching thin in coming months, worse in 2026. star4cast.com/rachel-and-m...

“There are occasions when you can hear the mysterious language of the Earth, in water, or coming through the trees, emanating from the mosses, seeping through the under currents of the soil, but you have to be willing to wait and receive.” John Hay

King Charles finally acted in the interests of the monarchy as status and reputation won out over family. The last three Royal generations have been disrupted by malcontent siblings – Harry, Andrew and Princess Margaret. star4cast.com/royals-in-di...

Garden cheer as the chill descends. Pansies, slightly chewed but still glowing. Originally a wildflower known as heartsease. The name reputed from the French pensees for thoughts. “Nobody can keep on being angry if she looks into the heart of a pansy for a little while.” Lucy Maud Montgomery

A celebrity break up memorialised in an album of songs about betrayal and heartbreak has emerged from the split between singer Lily Allen and actor David Harbour. She Taurus, he Aries, with a Pluto tug of war in between. A no-no. star4cast.com/lily-allen-f...