Richard Branson's sold the UK Virgin Megastores and they're to be re-branded as Zavvi - god help them!

Last month Branson sold his USA Virgin Megastore branches, and this month's sale is, he says, part of a process that's been going on for the last 6 years to divest the Virgin group of its chain.

The changes are, of course, part of the industry-wide impact of digital sales.

Virgin Megastore's astrological chart is uncertain. The closest we can get is that the first shop was opened in 1971, probably in early February, in Oxford Street.

Around that time Venus was at 27 Sagittarius, which is where Pluto is now. Last month and this month Pluto is stationary (i.e. appearing to stop moving, as viewed from Earth, as the Earth overtakes it as both planets orbit the Sun), coinciding with the divestment of the Virgin record shop chain, and its 'death' and 'rebirth'.