The guy whose house this is Cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar AND his house is so superfab & unusual…I mean, yes $$$ and so on but what of his taste? He was born in Mumbai, April 23 at 16.20 & so this gives him the Moon exact conjunct North Node in the 4th House – with Pluto approaching. One would say of this set-up that the person would/should feel an inordinate desire to create a memorable and highly individuated personal space – that this would be his Dharma or whatever.  How awesome…

And he’s a Taurus, of course…I always get in trouble for saying this BUT Taurus men DO always resemble bobby calves…Or maybe bulls. They throng the ranks of gorgeous guys (Taurus ruled by Venus) but totally have that bovinity…

Here is one for travel-one-upping Sagittarians!  The Galactic Suites will be open for guests in 2012. IF they can keep their funding flowing in. Space hotels are v.expensive, as you can imagine. It will cost about $4 million a week or something to stay there. So, no backpackers.There is some anonymous billionaire space travel enthusiast who has already tipped in $3 billion.

And, okay, I may be wrong about the Sagittarians…I should not astro-cliche them such. But, okay, apart from Richard Branson (Pluto in Leo Rising, Jupiter in Pisces trine his Cancerian Uranus, interesting) I cannot see Cancerians stampeding to stay at a Space Hotel. Or anyone sensitive. I mean, wouldn’t it sort of revoltingly combine agoraphobia AND a bit of claustro? If some mysterious trillionaire shouted you a week at Galactic Suites, would you go? I wouldn’t. But I have Jupiter in Taurus/4th House. Tres earthed.

I reckon Fire Signs would totally go. Leo would send the space shuttle pilots mental by carrying on with his space travel tips. Libra would go if there was a the-Zero-gravity-of-space-has-sensational-complexion-refining-benefits. Gemini? Yes. And then they would attempt to become the first person (?) to have sex in space or something. A Virgo in space is an AMAZING thought. I swear, even in totally sterile, airlocked conditions, the Virgo would find a scuff mark and try to send off a helpful memo about altering the style of space boots used.

Scorpio -it would depend on the variety of Scorp. If it did not trigger any violent aversions,  yes. Capricorn – absolutely, think of the status, the opportunities for advancement and the networking. O.m.g. the NAME dropping. “Yah, well when I was at the Galactic Suites, the other day, Bill and I agreed that there was really nothing like the view of Arkansas from space…”

So I am thinking El Toro, Kataka and Pisces – absolutely not.  Aquarius??? Naturally.  Aqua-Girl is BOUND to be already working her contacts. She is probably hooking herself up with a job there.

What, in chez You, is the item or room that most reflects your Sun or Moon Sign???  Mine is totally my bedside table although the bathroom cabinet (alphabetically arranged essential oils) comes next. And you? Smarty-pants peeps can cite the sign on the cusp of their 4th House, if they like.

I always think the Sagg cliche is a bike, packed bag with passport, surfboard and/or set of skis in the hallway. Taurus sink $$$ into a couch they can sink into to think. Geminis love gadgets & Leos need a big plasma to watch wanky movies + maybe a throne…

Virgo would technically be into wheatgrass but also hide a secret cache of luxury chocolate…

Crab Peeps? Nostalgia & antiques for sure…

The Selby

And you?

Today is the birthday of the miraculous Meryl Streep whose work I have loved in basically everything she has ever done. Her Sun is Zero degrees of Cancer and exactly conjunct Uranus; an iconoclast & innovator of her generation already. She has 2 degrees of Leo Rising (classic camera-limelight-attention magnet) with Pallas nearby. The latter makes me think right away of Silkwood which i think is SUCH a classic & politically ground-breaking. Pallas-Athene rising fits someone who somehow seeks/signifies justice & has a particularly feminist bent.

What else…? Oh Ms Streep has a Gemini stellium in the 11th house (her bent for accents, lol) – Mars, Mercury and the P.o.F are there. Amazing ability to memorise and tell jokes/quip on the spot too. Her Moon is in Taurus (dignified, grounded) exact  square Pluto…so ability to plumb deep, dark and scary emotions + her North Node is in Aries close to the Midheaven…That is like the gift of being drawn like a homing pigeon to choices that grow your career and public profile. They are both going to be conjoined by Uranus over the next ten years so even more amazing thesping & creativity to come!

Interesting that her South Node in Libra/4th House and she seems to have constructed a super-stable and happy home/family/love life from which she sallies forth to shine for her public. So working the Nodes… all of her chart REAL well…

Let’s do the weekend!

I didn’t get any Mars-Venus action (it was in my ‘home’ sector so I kind of more got off on the sensuality of being at home whilst it rained outside + I had a cold) so it was more trad Dark Moonie for me. Which was fine…And i had loads of Mars-Venusian insights but that was it!

Two of my friends did old-school Mars-Venus. Piscean Actress did ‘it’ for the first time with guy she has had the hugest hots for since forever & it’s been left to simmer so long there was pent-up emotion there as well. Aqua-Gal went off to some birthday do at flash venue and was invited to a menage a quatre with X, X’s husband and X’s ex. All very thing people.

And you?

Nominating your Sun, Moon or Rising Sign are you a restless & nomadic style creature or deeply devoted to your home-nest-castle reality?  Astro-fiends can go for it and note their Jupiter & 9th house scenarios as well.

Apart from a mega-youthful stage when i’d go anywhere with practically nothing & little care where I slept, i am a shockingly devout homebody. It has to do with being able to exert control over my environment (Mars-Pluto-Uranus in Virgo), having my first child when i was young & Jupiter in the 4th house. That’s a grounding influence.

And just some sort of primal love of my land/village. BUT i have Moon in the 9th…the only real manifestation of that is that i live in a land  not of my birth. But note that benefics (Venus, Jupiter) in the 4th house have you loving chez you more than you would if – say – Saturn were there.

Is the astro-cliche correct that Sagg is the most ludicrously travelled of all? Are you already plotting your next destination or do you really not give a merde?  I know a Kataka married to a Saggo; he’s constantly away & mad for it. She gardens, cooks & decorates + is amazingly canny with the $ and so far (about a decade) it seems to work. She likes him not to be ‘underfoot’ all the time. He likes the freedom & then to come home to lavender-reeking sheets + real food.