Kairos, depicted by Francesco Salvati.”There is a tide in the affairs of men.Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;Omitted, all the voyage of their lifeIs bound in shallows and in miseries.On such a full sea are we now afloat,And we must take …
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Enjoying Venus in Pisces
Ursula Andress – Venus in Pisces.Since, apparently, the end of the world is upon us, it seems like a good time to indulge oneself a little. Venus – the planet of indulgence, luxury and lolling about on a chaise longue having one’s toes oiled by …
Redux: What’s Your Job On The Ship Of Life
I thought it might be good to revisit this post about the uses of astrology. To read it click here.Are you master and commander or ship’s cook? Russell Crowe in Master and Commander.
April Horoscopes
Resurrection. Piero della FrancescaTwo eclipses and the Cardinal Grand Cross. That’s quite enough drama for one month surely. To read your horoscope click here. Do read the long intro first this month because it explains a bit more about the Cardinal C…
A Myth To Ponder This New Moon
Botticelli’s Birth of Venus.Before time began, gods emerged from chaos. Uranus, the god of the sky, made love to the earth, Gaia, every night, and from their union were born giants and Titans, both hated by their father, who, consequently, imprisoned h…
Conscious Uncoupling: Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin
Love Locked Out — Ann Lee MerritThe rest of the world divorces, separates, splits up, breaks up, calls the lawyers, tears each others eyes out; film-star Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin “consciously uncouple”.We may all roll our eye…
Seize The Day
A Declaration by Lawrence Alma-Tadema.Don’t ask to know what is forbidden, Leuconoë: what end the gods have assigned to you, or to me. Don’t mess with Babylonian numbers. Better to let happen what will happen. J…
Spring Forward
Beauty fighting a rogue during a flood. KunichikaThe roiling, tumultuous energy of this spring seems to be in full spate already, but it promises to become stronger and stronger into April. The question is: how do we shoot the rapids in our own li…
11 Things To Do With Mars Retrograde in Libra
Ginger Rogers doing it backwards and in high heels with Fred Astaire in Follow The Fleet.You still have until May 20 to use the energy of Mars, the planet of passion, retrograde in Libra, the sign of negotiation. This retrograde began on March 1, …
The Mystery of the Vanishing Airplane
Malaysian Airline Flight MH370 took off from the international airport in Kuala Lumpur at 00.41 on Saturday, March 8. Just over an hour and a half later, the plane made it’s last scheduled contact with the airline. Then some time within the next hour, …