While perusing the always excellent Oxford Astrologer, I came across a new-to-me astrological concept. Christina Rodenbeck was discussing Mark Rylance’s embodiment of Saturn in his performance as Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall, noting that he found his voice when his …
Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies that apprehend, More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover and the poet Are of imagination all compact: One sees more devils than vast hell can hold, That …
“Without a proper feminine vessel, we can gestate nothing, nourish nothing, bring nothing to complete birth. “ James Hillman The base of the chart is the 4th house and the IC. For the sake of simplicity we will take the …
Tired of Speaking Sweetly from “The Gift: Poems by Hafiz,” translated by Daniel Ladinsky Love wants to reach out and manhandle us, Break all our teacup talk of God. If you had the courage and Could give the Beloved …
Bluebird by Charles Bukowski there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I’m not going to let anybody see you. there’s a bluebird in my heart …
In his new album, If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late, Drake travels to complex and revelatory emotional depths. He honestly uncovers some of his innermost workings and makes them into artfully composed aural loveliness for us all to enjoy. Assuming …
The Moon is Void of Course when it makes its last major aspect to any of the major planetary bodies. That’s the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. The traditional counsel is to avoid beginning new …
Pluto, especially, is important to recognise in our euphemistic references to the unconscious as the giver of wholeness, a storehouse of abundant riches, a place not of fixation in torment, but a place, if propitiated rightly, that offers fertile plenty. …
For the rest of the day, the Moon is void in Leo. A good way to inhabit this space of time would be to reflect on the recent Full Moon events, and to adjust and compose ourselves in light of …
Synchronous video under Venus in Pisces sq. Saturn in Sagittarius, then Venus conjunct Neptune in Pisces. Watch and read on. Loving someone the Gods need to take away. A lover possessed by the daimon of his passions. What happens when we …
As Mars draws nearer to Chiron it is a good time to consider this symbolism of the conjunction more deeply. Mars: Fear, anger, instinctual response, instinct to protect from danger, hostility, sex, courage Chiron: skilled trade, deep learning, teaching and being …
Angela Davis is an activist, writer, and advocate for the oppressed. As a young woman she studied extensively in the United States and Europe, becoming a formidable scholar and prominent figure in the black liberation movement. Today she is Professor …