A historic work of art by renowned Victorian designer William Burges has been snapped up at auction by bosses at the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery.

The 30-piece tile panel by the Gothic revival designer is dated circa 1880, cost the gallery £25,000 and consists of the 12 signs of the zodiac with 18 border tiles of other designs.

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WRITING

In June I took a look at George Orwell’s natal chart. This week I was interested to note from a link at Citizen Wells blog, that there is a new blogging project afoot:
The Orwell Prize - “The Orwell Diaries” .

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“In the celebrity stakes, one could say that “OC’s” Mischa Barton could run before she could walk.

Born in London, England on, 24th January 1986 she moved to New York with her parents when she was four years old.

Mischa, has an amazing horoscope. She has several planets grouped together on the Cosmoastrology 90 degree dial, which indicates a person with tremendous ability to connect with the public…”

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Tommy Murphy - Photo: Stephen Baccon

“Two lovers experience an erotic re-awakening during a during a tumultuous astrological phenomenon.

Is the person I’m with who I thought I’d be with forever? Is it actually the person I want to be with? And am I really happy?

No, it’s not World Navel-Gazing Day. These are the sort of questions one might ask oneself every 29 1/2 [fix in indesign] years, when Saturn completes its orbit around the Sun - and returns to the position it was in when you were born. According to astrology, for some this means life may need to be seriously re-evaluated…”

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Marc Chagall - La Baie des Anges

“Pisces being the last sign of the Zodiac closes the cycle by incorporating a little bit of all the other signs into one. If this didn’t make it difficult enough to explain, it comes with the extra bonus of being ruled by foggy Neptune, the planet famous for undefinition, fantasy and mystique. In this sign, Venus assumes a chamaleonic profile, being able to mirror and assume any character because they will identify with everyone and in that sense be a lot of people at the same time. Lyrical evidence is available: Paula Cole (who is an Aries) sings: I know who can love my many selves, the wife, the bitch, the rapunzel…”

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“Total of the title The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is 8 ruled by Saturn. Ganesha doesn’t find this number to be very encouraging for the movie. Saturn is one of the largest planets in size and it completes one cycle in approximately 29 ½ to 30 years. So it takes 2 ½ years to travel through one sign. Presence of such a slow moving planet in a movie’s name is unfavourable for its future. It may not have a very good business or may have a very slow start at box office…”

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“The Indian Tennis champion from Hyderabad is on the threshold of facing the Olympics 2008. Sania Mirza dropped 10 places to 60 in the WTA rankings released on Monday. This has given heat to the speculations on her performance in the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympic to be held in China…”

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With my son away I find myself able to enjoy the luxuries of adult life again. Late night television is one such delight. I am particularly enjoying BBC1, which has been sending some brilliant films out after midnight. One such film was “Frida” which I somehow managed to miss in the cinema.

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“I spent the Leo eclipse evening watching a childrens’ summer camp theater production of Fiddler On The Roof. In the middle of the musical, Moon conjuncted South Node in Leo and all of us were transported back in time — either to another Fiddler On The Roof time in our lives, or for kids under 10, they just thought it was all old fashioned. “TRADITION!”, the children called out on Eclipse Evening as Jupiter in Capricorn, dramatized a big stories of culture, religion and philosophy…”
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