One of my favorite poems which inspired my favorite band to make the lilting work of somber aural ecstasy linked at the bottom of this post. A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning By John Donne As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say The…
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The Eclipse of March 20 2015, Set in its Context
It was well said, A te & a scientia. William Lilly *the following information is partially drawn from Bernadette Brady’s book, Predictive Astrology. Eclipses are not stand-alone events, they are part of a family of eclipses that carries a thread of meaning through time. The timeframe of an eclipse cycle is around one thousand…
A Virgo-Pisces axis story: Bhakti Yoga & Devotion
As the Moon freshly wanes in Virgo, after an opposition to the Sun in Pisces, which encompass the themes of duty (Virgo) and sacrifice for a higher or spiritual cause (Pisces), I thought it would be appropriate to share this story about duty and devotion. This is from a book called Yoga is Union written…
subtle immensity of the imagination
On any given day, if you open up my Twitter stream, you are likely to find me discussing (artfully crafting a message in 140 characters or less!) the deep importance of imagination. Imagination is the creative force by which we feel the full potency of being human. It happens at the intersection of the mind,…
Venus Saturn Neptune – True Love Across a Vast Tundra
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 wrest from the gods their rightful conduit? He runs from her. Does he willingly sacrifice…
Mars conjunct Chiron in Pisces, a Meditation on Instinct
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 taught, the instinctual and the refined, where the wound is medicine in equal and varying measure…