Lying in Grass

Lying in Grass Is this everything now, the quick delusions of flowers, And the down colors of the bright summer meadow, The soft blue spread of heaven, the bees’ song, Is this everything only a god’s Groaning dream, The cry of unconscious powers for deliverance? The distant line of the mountain, That beautifully and courageously rests in the blue, Is this too only a convulsion, Only the wild strain of fermenting nature, Only grief, only agony, only meaningless fumbling, Never resting, never a blessed movement? No! Leave me alone, you impure dream Of the world in suffering! The dance of […]

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July 6th, 2018: Third Quarter Square

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The 3rd Quarter Square between the Aries Moon and Cancer Sun (14 deg) can challenge your perceptions of security, family and the past. New impulses can make things uncomfortable, it’s time to step forward in a direction that will eventually culminate with the intensive transformations of the July 12th eclipse. 

Anger, restlessness, impatience. These are all signs that it’s time to leave the past behind. Something is winding down – it’s not done yet, but the glass is on its way to empty. Maybe you’re breaking with tradition, or breaking out of your comfort zone. Maybe you’re confronting family issues. Don’t be afraid to break with tradition. 

 

Juno in the Garden (Part One)

“Th’ whole world’s in a terrible state o’ chassis” Captain Boyle in Juno and the Paycock In Sean O’Casey’s play, Juno and the Paycock, Juno Boyle is the matriarch of a broken family. While her children are wrecked and her husband is a wastrel, she carries on providing, protecting and planning. The roles of the divine Juno — hugely popular among the Romans — are notoriously multifarious, but perhaps not so dissimilar from her Irish namesake. She was protector of the community, matrons, demobbed soldiers, and newborn babies. She was a goddess of childbirth and marriage, civic order; spear-bearer, consort, […]

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