Dear Dan,
Anthropomorphic inclinations are quite common in Cancerians! In my experience, if you're going to imbue an inanimate object with a horoscope, the chart that will prove most useful is the map of the sky at the moment when you first took possession of it. That will usually describe your ongoing 'relationship' with surprising accuracy.

Dear Melissa,
Most pets only give birth at certain times of year so they are all born under similar signs. Why then, do their characters differ, even when they come from the same litter? Because even tiny variations in 'time of birth' give them unique horoscopes. I'm not sure, though, that we should read too much into these. Pets want to be loved, instinctively, not analysed intellectually. Er... and... come to think of it, so do we all!

Dear Madeleine,
I haven't 'disabled' anything or anyone. I have, though, entered into negotiation with the entity in question. We're having a kind of silent psychic conversation - in which I am attempting to establish what it wants or needs. As far as I can establish, what 'it' 'wants' is either to be properly understood... or to be left in peace. When people come wandering through the building, half-hoping and half-looking for some ghostly manifestation, they effectively create a 'magnetic' impulse that 'attracts disruptive energy. The situation is complicated somewhat by the fact that we're studying all kinds of psychic phenomena here in the building... and that means creating a climate conducive to telekinesis. I can't discount the possiblity that objects, moving in unexplained ways, are being subconsciously triggered by visitors... or even by members of staff!

One thing's for sure though, we are still getting odd developments. The other evening, around 6pm, a book fell, suddenly and dramatically, off a shelf in the office... and since then nobody has wanted to be here alone. Nobody, that is... except me. I feel fine around the place, even when it's late and dark.

All this brings me to the full explanation of why I feel it is safe to hold another Ghost Night. It's because, even if I am not there for all of it, I am going to be in the building before it happens and be around for at least some of the evening. I wouldn't invite anyone to a place that I didn't feel safe about. I DO feel safe about what's going on round here.

This, by the way, won't be the only special event I attend at the Psychic Museum over the next few weeks. Up until now, I've deliberately refrained from saying this too loudly but you know those special Sunday Symposiums we're planning to hold soon?

Well, one of them will be hosted by me! I'm going to talk astrology for a few hours on the afternoon of Sunday November 20, with 12 visitors to the museum. In the course of the event, I shall be taking a personal look at all of their birth charts.

All places are now booked for this event... though we are keeping a waiting list in case of cancellation. Meanwhile, two of our other Sunday Symposiums still have a few places. They are both due to be exceptional afternoons. The Guest speakers are people that I know well... and whose level of expertise simply cannot be faulted.