PS To all -please also light a candle for a regular visitor to this site whose daughter's boyfriend is currently very ill in hospital following brain surgery. He is only 21.

Your thoughts on a 'proper winter' are much appreciated. I thought I was the only person left who valued it for what it is! And there are exciting times coming, as you so rightly point out. Let's make the most of them.

thats it in a nutshell how i feel at the moment in a bubble waiting for it to burst so that i can move forward. Had 3 false starts to try and get through some pre-employment checks before I can actually begin my new job. Just had another appointment cancelled due weather this afternoon - so will not be starting new job tomorrow afterall. so now have my appointment tomorrow and may possibly be able to start job Friday or may be now it will be on Monday. Actually not that fussed one way or the other.....

My thought for the day -I love proper winters too- there is something magical about the sudden peace that happens when snow falls- suddenly birdsong predominates- the usual background noise of traffic is extinguished...nature shows us who is really in charge- However I do think of all the people struggling to carry out essential duties- hospital workers, shop workers- anyone who helps to keep Britain moving.The seasons- yes I love them too- but make the most of them- if carbon emissions aren't reduced drastically by world governments very shortly, we will see only two seasons in Britain- winter and summer- and the winters will last for a lot longer than usual. Haiti- poor people,I will light a candle for them this evening-.A Canadian astrologer has been warning of earthquakes for the last week- and in that time there has been one in California and now Haiti.Let's hope there's no more... China- hey total respect to Google- I am delighted that they are taking the decision to pull out of China because of the continued censorship of human rights activists. It is astonishing to see a powerful organisation like this stand up for principles.If only more people/organisations were like this. The attitide of the Chinese government is currently making me very annoyed -it was apparently them that were paramount in blocking any proper climate deal in Copenhagen.They are becoming to powerful. Yes, I too am really positive about this years astrological landscape- but also very wary about the future of the planet-plundered and despoiled- what future will our children have? My motto is as always- "the wild will win in the end"-Jack London

1) credit card was hijacked 2) e-mail server crashed, lost all e-mails/e-mail contact addresses 3) mobile phone crashed 4) partner's mobile phone crashed 5) dashboard in car crashed, totally black, no signals at all! 6) bought a new mobile phone to replace crashed one, brand new screen dead, had to return and that's just part of the list MERCURY IN RETROGRADE! and all I can do is smile, and wonder what really needs to be communicated...?

Hi Steve and readers: as Steve and other equally brilliant astrologers will tell you, the point of doing astrology is not to show off by making accurate prognostications/predictions. It is rather to show people the opportunities for personal growth which, if not taken, alas, can result in untoward events in their lives that force them to make the changes they are unwilling to make through surrendering to their ''process.'' Or whatever. This being said, I wanted to share this from an e-mail I sent to my brother on January 9th: ''Remember that this coming week brings seismic shifts...'' (And it ain't over, but that's another story...)

Steve For the young man recovering from brain surgery http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/message.cfm?l=eng&cid=9969824

To the above, I assume this is a comment about my blog re astrologers/earthquakes.I merely mentioned something I'd read.Who said anything about showing off with predictions? Steve is extremely accurate in his predictions,(the reading I had was uncanny in its accuracy) and I am sure that the readers of this blog are acutely aware that they have to work with the prevailing astrological tides rather than sitting there waiting for someone to wave a magic wand over their lives!After all this is a site for the intelligent and discerning human being.......

last week our class held a similar talk about this subject and you show something we have not covered yet, thanks. - Laura