The client’s cat, Emily, had been missing for over two weeks. It was the dead of winter, the area was shrouded in snow, and the client feared the worst. Worse still, Emily was an indoor cat; other than trips to the vet in the carrier, she had never been out of the house before.

When I first viewed Rossetti’s paintings I was struck by just how Venusian they seemed. Portrait after portrait of women, invariably beautiful but also somehow distant and alien, in either a powerful or at least pivotal position, dripping in Venusian symbolism. So when I looked up his nativity, I was expecting a lot of Venus - but what I saw really surprised me!

Horary astrology is the art of answering questions using astrology. While it can take time to master, the basic principles of horary are actually very simple. Here’s an example of how easy horary can be; anyone with a little knowledge of astrology should be able to follow along.