Francesco Pesselino – The Seven Virtues (male and female personificationsTo live a moral life, according to Plato, you needed the following qualities: justice, temperance, courage and prudence. These are the “cardinal” virtues and the foundations of a …
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Higgs Wins That Nobel Prize
Peter Higgs, Emeritus Professor of Physics at Edinburgh, was – finally – awarded the Nobel Prize yesterday. It was entirely expected, since his hypothesis – that there’s a subatomic particle called a boson – was finally proved correct in a (rather larg…
Is There A Gay Planet?
Prometheus by Andre Durand. Srelton: UranianIs there a gay planet? Not really, but perhaps for obvious reasons, the planet of revolution, eccentricity and difference, Uranus, often makes itself powerfully felt in the natal charts of gay people.&n…
Astrology of Now: Stand Up To The Bullies
The Neighborhood Bully – John George BrownPolitics just go nasty again in the UK.Let me explain. In this country, there’s a “Leader of the Opposition” in parliament who is the head of the main party that’s out of office, and whose job it is to question…
October Horoscopes
MatisseThis October starts with a bang as the Libra Sun faces up to the Uranus-Pluto square. When the Moon joins the Sun on the 5th expect some surprises. Then there’s the eclipse on the 19th and the fact that Mercury is going to be doing some dig…
The Revival of the UN
It’s hard to believe but it seems as if Iran and the United States might make friends, Syria might let in weapons inspectors, and Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama are back on speakers. Oh and global warming is on the agenda thanks to a UN report… mayb…
…And From The Archives: Whose Dreams Are You Dreaming?
Richard Diebenkorn.I was looking for something on this site and came across this post about the uses of astrology. I think it’s worth revisiting.
Rothko
In case you missed this post in celebration of the great Rothko.
Guardian of the Gates of Hell – Ceres Two
The Return of Persephone by Frederick Leighton. Wikimedia Commons.Golden-bright Persephone, Demeter’s beautiful daughter, was picking flowers one day in the wide, scented valley of Enna in Sicily when Hades, the prince of hell, burst out of the ground …
Michaelmas Term
Saint Michael defeating Lucifer in the guise of a dragon. Jean FouquetFor most of us, September is still imbued with feelings about the academic year. Even if we have no contact with school or university, we remember for ourselves the sharpened pencils…