Detail from the Stigmatisation of St Francis. Tiepolo (March 5)Tiepolo, a vivid conjuror of imaginary worlds, painted ceilings. So did Michelangelo. It was the fashion in those days, of course, to paint visions of heaven…What follows are works by art…
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Mars In Libra In His Own Words
War (1924) by Otto Dix, who had Mars in Libra and turned his experience of battle into artPlanets traditionally have signs which they love or hate, where they are comfortable or uncomfortable. The assignment of these rulerships happened a long time ago…
Mercury Retrograde Has Its Uses — Really
Now, if I could just get Wolverine to sort these people out…Mercury Retrograde, brought to you by the people who brought you the Mayan Prophecy, dun dun daah. Communications go crazy, your electrical goods grow teeth, your commute turns into the Norm…
A Poem
This poem arrived in my inbox this morning courtesy of poets.org.ScandalAren’t there bigger things to talk about Than a window in Greenwich Village And hyacinths sprouting Like little puce poems out of a sick soul? Some cosmic hearsay–As to whom–it c…
March Horoscopes
Burt Lancaster (Scorpio) and Deborah Kerr (Virgo) in From Here To EternityThis month starts with the most beautiful, graceful New Moon in Pisces. In typical Pisces fashion, this is a Moon for everyone to make a wish on. And it ends with a turbo-charged…
Writers, Writing And Astrology
Jack Kerouac: Moon in Virgo, Asc Virgo, Pisces SunWith Mercury still retrograde for a few more days, here is a reminder of some of the posts about authors on the OA…Witty and wonderful Jane Austen Cerebral and fantastic JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis&…
Creating A Library: Beginner Books
Attentive Reading by Gustave Jean Jacquet. (Wiki)First of all: thank you everyone for writing in with your brilliant book suggestions. Two big gaps in my library have already been filled. I have just finished Richard Idemon’s Through The Looking Glass …
Astrology of Now: A World Turned Upside Down
Port Meadow, Oxford, yesterday, February 16I started to write this post in the middle of the Full Moon storm, so it’s slightly out of synch with the weather now – three days later. But I have left the words as they are because I think it works with the…
Creating Your Library: Astrology Books
The Green Dress. Elanor Colburn. “You must read this book,” said my friend G, handing me a skinny paperback. She was a full year older than me, an Aquarian, and at that age, a year really counted.Well, I haven’t seen G in decades, but that skinny …
Mercury Retrograde: Clearing Out The Attic
On the first day of the Mercury Retrograde, February 6, I found myself deep in my attic, surrounded by piles of junk: old bedsteads, mysterious boxes, a couple of boogie boards, a broken dollhouse even. I’ve been meaning to clear out the attic since la…