Plaudits for Berlusconi Former British PM Sir Tony Blair gave Signore Berlusconi the epitaph “‘ “shrewd, capable and true to his word”, following the announcement of the Italian PM’s demise on 12 June 2023 at age 86. He was the longest servicing Italian prime minister and a self-made millionaire. His charm and aplomb let Italy […]
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C694 Celestial musician, Father Marsilio Ficino
“We have an entire sky within us, our fiery strength and heavenly origin: Luna, which symbolizes the continuous motion of soul and body, Mars speed and Saturn slowness, the Sun God, Jupiter law, Mercury reason, and Venus humanity.” – Marsilio Ficino, letter to Lorenzo the Magnificent on the sacred seven planets.
C413 Antonio Gramsci, Father of Italian Communism
Antonio Gramsci, a bitter man Gramsci’s ascendant is 29 Aries, that Dr. Gordon, calls an “independent and domineering disagreeable character” one who stands in his own in his insistence of being correct. “Through his overbearing nature stands to become a social outcast and at some point in time sustains great loses through ostracism.” Maybe, but […]
C471 Medieval Pope Pius II, humanist with conjunctions
I am reading the Rise and Fall of the Habsburg Monarchy by Victor Tapie and he writes that Pope Pius II was a humanist. I checked Britannica and they said the same
J47 Psychosynthesis and Roberto Assagioli
The data is straight from Jones’ book, Sabian Symbols. Assagioli developed psychosynthesis that he felt had much in common with Jung’s archetypes. Read more here. He was born on February 28 1888 in Venice at around 8 o’clock in the morning. His ascendant is 23 Taurus, a jewelry shop with the keyword of Preservation. With […]
The problem of prophesy, Jerome Cardano
Jerome Cardano’s astrological reckoning was the date I used to backtrack Marc Jones Martin Luther King scope, and I have been a fan ever since. Since we seem to hitting a lot of mathematicians this week, I thought I would add his for Cardano wrote Ars magna (The Great Art; or, The Rules of Algebra) a […]
J905, Maestro Arturo Toscanini
It all began in Rio On the night of June 30, 1886, Arturo Toscanini — recently turned 19 — arrived, barely on time, at the imperial opera house in Rio de Janeiro, was to perform “Aida.” Pandemonium. The unpopular lead conductor had resigned in a huff; the audience shouted his unpopular replacement off the podium. […]
Leonardo da Vinci Medieval and the Modern
Astrologically Leonardo We have adopted the traditional 10 of Sagittarius ascendant for a wandering mind, as the Maestro did not physically travel far. Its symbol is “a teacher giving new forms for old symbols, ” and hearkens to the higher faculties of human understanding with the keyword of “acuteness.” Life of da Vinci LEONARDO DA […]
J490 King of Italy, Umberto II
This chart was already rectified by someone. There is no mention in Kepler by whom, but we are accepting it. Marc Jones has the correct date and place, the Royal Palace at Raconghi, Italia but no place. he also refers him to Prince Umberto and not King Umberto the II. While King Umberto does have […]
Lent & Padre Pio
Biograph Francesco Forgione was born in a small town called Pietrelcina, near Benevento outside of Naples in Southern Italy, He was fifth of eight children. At an early age, he had celestial visions & spoke with Jesus and the Virgin Mother. He was also tormented by the devil to turn away from the Heavenly visions. […]









