Venus reached greatest brilliancy on December 3rd and everyone is looking up at night. The biggest portion of her Sun-lit surface can be seen from Earth, and because she will soon reach inferior conjunction with the Sun (Jan 9th) she is also her closest to Earth, appearing larger and brighter as a waning crescent. WeContinue reading "Venus From December To February"
The Ninth Wave: Neptune, Pisces, And Jupiter
In the other world, in the dream world, and in the spirit world, everything is much more nebulous. There is an order, but not like our physical realm order at all. The dream world, in particular, is unbounded, and at times can be a crossroads between all these places. The word ‘reality’ has no place here; there is only being and experience, so much of it subjective, all of it unquantifiable.
The Sun In The Eyes of The Archer
I cannot help but think of an archer and the mercurial shining arrow ready to be released. Under the glare of the bright Sun, it is impossible to see our target. We cannot hesitate or the quarry escapes, the moment passes as quickly as the brilliant fortitude of cazimi, so we must trust our aim and release the bowstring. It will be a whole 8.5 degrees of separation from the Sun before we can get an idea of where the arrow will land.
I Love You More Than Salt
Saturn is not just the taskmaster or the limiter or the bringer of despair. He is also a lover of simplicity. What would you put on an altar to Saturn? Very little is the answer, because he loves less, sparsity. The natural ascetic, the monk in isolation. Parsing life down to essentials, to need rather than desire.
New Generations of ancestors
Original image by Rebecca Law of Crown of Stars Astrology all our ancestors are forever present It is nearly three years since Samhain took on a different meaning in our household. I was soon to be a mother, and so my ancestors and my partner’s ancestors find blood in common in our son. Two familyContinue reading "New Generations of ancestors"
Snakes and Ladders
If we are going to talk about the stars we are going to have to talk about everything under them. Because we are here and they are there the only thing that will close the gap between us are the stories we tell about them to each other, the starries we tell, the stories we tall, and the stories we tell about us to the stars.
Interview for Exeter University blog
I was delighted to be interviewed for Exeter Universities Magic and Exorcism blog by Molly Batchelor, a student for the MA in Medieval Studies. I discuss with her what it means to be a traditional astrologer in modern times while reflecting on the wide spanning period in which astrology was forged. Please do read thisContinue reading "Interview for Exeter University blog"
Astrology Imaginarium 