Daniel Day Lewis – The most successful award winning actor in cinematic history.

Covered in Los Angeles rain after picking up his record breaking 3rd “Best Actor” award at the Oscars, I don’t suppose that Daniel Day Lewis minded one jot being wet through. Last evening, he surpassed such greats as Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman and Gary Cooper as the first male actor to scoop 3 Best Actor awards. Just to set the records straight, Katherine Hepburn picked up 3 Best Actress awards in her career. Daniel is a fellow Londoner with duel Irish citizenship (due to his father), and over here in the UK and in Ireland no doubt, we are justifiably proud that one of our own has set this new benchmark.

Mars conjunct Ankaa and Achernar - Renewing in the face of uncertainty...

This connection is valid from now until Saturday 23rd February 2013

This is an interesting set of stars that Mars is encountering. Ankaa is the star in the Phoenix constellation and we all know how the fiery bird rises from the ashes, so here we see the same effect happening, a cycle of life and death, beginnings and endings, seeing a situation renewed, replenished or regenerated at the expense of something older and worn out. Achernar I wrote about just a few days ago on my Facebook page. The star in Eridanus the constellation of "The River", it highlights chaotic events, quick moving problems which can turn into a crisis.

Mars arriving here shows force and action, so we could see a situation where a crisis or chaotic situation is created, and then averted because of rapid action, and as such there is a new start because of the solutions found. This could be because of an accident and rescue situation, a military event or one connected to the police, maybe on water or in some sort of transportation as Mercury stations while this aspect is happening...

Look for the same issues in your life. As Mars in is Pisces, inventive ideas can renew old matters that are no longer of use to you. This option may be forced upon you as you are thrown into a situation that you were completely not expecting. Keep your wits about you in the next few days as they may be needed...

Mercury Retrograde – The trickster of the night sky prepares to play his games again.

Oh yes, here we go once again. In just a couple of day’s time on 23rd February, Mercury Retrograde will be upon us all, this time in the watery sign of Pisces. Three and a half weeks of the most irritating kinds of difficulties and problems could pop up out of the blue and test our resolve. You know with the big problems in life we get a chance to sit and mull over what we are actually going to do to solve them, simply because the outer planets that create these changes move so very slowly. Mercury Retrograde on the other hand is so infuriating because it triggers small little testy issues that appear out of nowhere, often in quick succession, causing us any amount of grief and frustration. As such, Mercury Retrograde has gained this reputation as something bad and ominous. Is it as bad as it seems, and how do you go about things to make the best of an admittedly tricky planetary movement?

Amazing meteor over central Russia damages buildings and injures more than 500.

This is a sight you don’t see very often. A meteor this morning broke up over the Ural mountains region of Russia and near to the city of Yekaterinburg crashing into the ground, causing a shockwave that damaged buildings and injured many people. Luckily it hasn’t reportedly killed anyone and it was captured on film so we have the privilege of seeing a rare space event.