Fertile, fecund, luscious – this Full Moon (on the 6th) is bursting with promise.Ceres, the planet of fertility is conjunct the Sun – and so is the wild one, Lilith – all in the most fertile sign, earthy Taurus. The Sun is applying to Jupiter, wh…
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Lilith: Both Anima and Animus
Munch’s Madonna. He had Lilith in Cancer opposite the feminine Moon in her fall.”Oh, Mother, my mother!” cried the agonized girl, turning passionately upon her parent as if her poor heart would break. “How could I be expected to know? I was a child…
May Horoscopes
Fragonard. The SwingMay’s the time for frolicking, especially with Venus. the goddess of love. in that most flirtatious sign Gemini the whole month. La di da.It’s all looking pretty gorgeous what with an eclipse and the famous Venus Retrograde. To take…
Happy May Day from Oxford
Happy May Day to all my readers.As you may know, May Day is celebrated with some ferocity in Oxford – drinking, dancing, dressing up. It starts with a choir greeting the dawn from the top of Magdalene Tower and continues with dancing in the str…
Balancing The Masculine and The Feminine
Shivashakti – male and female energies combine in one body.The asteroids – Ceres, Juno, Vesta and Pallas, named for four of the great goddesses of Olympus – were actually discovered before the outer planets Neptune and Pluto. But you wouldn’t think…
Redesign In Progress
Umm – the redesign. It was a little unexpected.I hope you like it.I am working on getting the gadgets back again, but blogger appears to have swallowed them up. Meanwhile enjoy the whizzy new views.
So You Thought Lilith Was Always a Woman…
In my last post I pointed out that the extraordinarily brilliant writer Patricia Highsmith had dark, disturbing Lilith conjunct her Mercury, the planet of mind and writing. One of the things that makes her writing so remarkable is her ability to get un…
Lilith: Wild, Outcast, Wicked – Essential
Joan Crawford.picture by George HurrellLilith – baby-strangler, seducer, mistress of secret knowledge, outsider, feminist icon.In Jewish folklore, she is Adam’s first wife. But her roots are much older – an Assyrian she-demon, a serpent goddess, qu…
Who Has The Guts To Take On France
Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France. Sun Aquaris/MoonPiscesLike so many nations, France is in a right mess. Unemployment, social unrest, shambolic finances, a failing education system – and perhaps worst of all, no clear vision for the future.And Fr…
Astrology of Now: Bright Ideas
André Durand – Prometheus Stealing Fire*A long time ago, Prometheus, one of the lesser immortals, stole fire from the great god Zeus and gave it to humans. That immortal flame set them free. Ironically, Prometheus himself was punished by being chained…