Category: Astrology
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Religious Fundamentalism at its Core
Elshtain argues that, although once God alone was the sovereign in all things, over time his sovereignty became ‘privatised’.
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Existentialists & Freedom of Choice – The Great Aquarian Myth
There isn’t an immediately obvious connection between Aquarius and existentialism, but please – hear me out. Ruled by the opposing forces of Saturn (status quo) and Uranus (breaking new ground), Aquarians are faced with impossible choices like those highlighted in the myth of Prometheus. Prometheus was an altruistic demigod with the gift of foresight. Seeing…
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Working with the I CHING AND HORARY ASTROLOGY
When the anima and animus meet, there is necessarily tension as the animus draws his sword of power and the anima ejects her poison of illusion and seduction (Jung, “The Collected Works” pp 14-15). Jung believed when this happens, both animus and anima behave like systems split off from the personality, or ‘like part souls’
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Capricorns always win/ but why?
Like the hare and the tortoise, Capricorn doesn’t win because of his speed.
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Saturn/ A Myth for Capricorns
Like the author and lecturer Joseph Campbell (The Power of Myths), I’m a firm proponent that myths express archetypal motifs that play a huge role in human experience. Further, because I believe that we are in large part unconscious of the power myths exert in our lives, I advocate making a special effort to understand…
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The Pain of Loss / How to cope astrologically
When one door closes, another opens – or at least that’s what folks say. But it’s nigh impossible to concentrate on the future when the past is making you feel so bad. So how can you facilitate the grieving process – the organic defence system designed to help you navigate through the pain of loss?…
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Today and Tomorrow are Five of Wands Days – Hang on in there – it’ll get better
With the sun in Sagittarius (truth, justice, ethics) and the moon in Pisces (transcendence, sacrifice, and victim mentality) today and tomorrow are Five of Wands days. The Five of Wands always bring conflict and tension – but it’s not the kind we can directly address through positive action. The Five of Wands tension is more…
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Today’s a King of Wands Day / Pack your Bags for a Guilt Trip
With the sun in Sagittarius (truth, justice, ethics) and the moon in Aquarius (perspective, breakthrough, reform), today and tomorrow are King of Wands days. But not every King of Wands day throws us the same challenge. Sometimes it demands we turn our attention outwards to examine ourselves in relationship to others. TODAY HOWEVER, he demands…
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Virgo Sun and Pisces Moon – it’s a Five of Cups day – UGGGHH!
On a divinatory level, the Five of Cups implies regret over past actions. Something has gone wrong – we feel betrayed and abandoned by one whom we thought we could trust. Even worse, at some level we know we ourselves have played some part.
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Mercury in Retrograde – what does it really mean?
The message of Mercury retrograde is to stop pushing forward for a time and instead ‘go back and try again.’