By Jonathan Cainer Every so often, experts add an extra second to the day to ensure our time-keeping system stays accurate. I’m always amused by this. It makes me want to ask ‘what do you intend to do with your extra blink?’ Anyway, all our days are 3 minutes, 56 seconds too long. The 24-hour [...]

By Jonathan Cainer February brings us one of the most sensitive occasions on the calendar. There is nothing astrological about Valentine’s Day. It is not as if the planet of love automatically joins forces with the planet of self-expression, inspiring millions to pour out their hearts. Those who do it, just do it because, well, [...]

By Jonathan Cainer Venus moves into a new sector of the sky this week, moving slowly towards a position from which she will oppose Mars. That should bring the end of some New Year’s resolutions. Many got abandoned before the confetti was hoovered up! Others have had more staying power so far. But this week, [...]

By Jonathan Cainer They say you can’t judge a book by its cover. They’re probably right, though I know several jacket designers who’d like to feel this wasn’t true! But you definitely you can’t judge a year by its first few days. 2012 will be different to any year we’ve ever known and by that, [...]

By Jonathan Cainer Seasons Greetings. We are entering Christmas under the Dark of the Moon. This is even more auspicious than it is rare. It suggests there can be healing, understanding and inspiration wherever there is now hurt, resentment or lethargy. Not everyone finds Christmas easy. For some it is a trying time, when expectations [...]

By Jonathan Cainer You know how sometimes, your mobile phone interferes with your radio, sending a crackling noise through the speakers? We astrologers sometimes feel that way about Christmas! There we are, trying to tell you what kind of week the sky has in store… and there’s the festive season, interrupting the flow with all [...]

By Jonathan Cainer This week begins with a lunar eclipse, suggesting the chance to conquer a fear. It also brings the end of two ‘retrograde phases’. Mercury and Uranus have been apparently slipping backwards through the zodiac for some while. As they start moving in ‘the right direction’, we should gain a greater sense of [...]

By Jonathan Cainer December begins with Uranus, Jupiter and Mercury all seemingly slipping backwards. It then brings a powerful eclipse of the Moon. We can expect more stress than the usual, pre-holiday season tension. Problems with transport, commerce and communication may surface. Dramas in our personal lives may also intensify. But by Christmas, that eclipse [...]

By Jonathan Cainer This week, as we slip quietly across the border between November and December, we find Venus making a similar transition. There’s no passport office at the end of Sagittarius and the beginning of Capricorn. Customs and Excise don’t care what the planet of love brings with it. But Capricorns will soon notice [...]

By Jonathan Cainer The end of this week brings a partial Solar Eclipse. It’s not visible from many places but that doesn’t mean we won’t feel the influence. Nor should we belittle this rare event because it is only ‘partial’. Some students of mystic symbolism say there’s far more meaning in an event if it [...]

By Jonathan Cainer The forecasts you are about to read are for the next seven days. That’s always the case on this day of the week apart from the ones I give at the beginning of the month. Those cover the entire month. When preparing a long-range prediction I have to look at all the [...]

By Jonathan Cainer The end of November brings a solar eclipse. Even if you can’t see it, wherever you are, whatever you are doing, whatever sign you happen to belong to, you will be able to feel it. It is a symbol of rebirth, the old giving way to the new. One moment, the Sun [...]