David (30 August 1738)It will come as no surprise to see that the work of artists born under Virgo is consistently detailed, crafted, technically excellent and polished to a wonderful degree. Nor will it surprise you that all these painters could draw …
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Astrology And Outsider Art
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Cancer Self-portraits
Rembrandt July 15, 1606Rubens June 28, 1577You know what – there seem to be more artists born in Cancer month than at any other time of year. You will see what I mean when you scroll down the page. A lot got left out. For example, Gustav Klimt (…
Damien Hirst and Charles Saatchi: Market-makers
The establishment’s darling Damien HirstThe king of contemporary art in Britain is Damien Hirst, who morphed from enfant terrible to the richest artist who has ever lived in a matter of a decade or so.Despite his repeated efforts to shock the bourgeois…
Venus Square Neptune: Getting Good Results Via Hard Aspects In Your Chart
Let’s say you’ve got a problem and let’s say you’ve got the hang of astrology or perhaps you consult an astrologer and they isolate some problem or pathology to a specific aspect in your chart. Now what? The energy is … Re…
Gemini Self-Portraits: If Pictures Spoke…
Yes – three of the artists do look as if they are just about to speak to us down the centuries. That is what you’d expect from a Gemini Sun. But I’m not sure any of them are going to say anything too complimentary. More along the lines of – well – I’ll…
Brotherhood of Romantics: Neptune in Pisces Redux
Daydreaming by DG RossettiLondon 1848: capital of the largest empire the world has ever seen, a city where the rich live in lace and cream and fripperies, children work as chimney sweeps and bootblacks, where the streets run with sewage, and where e…
Art and Astrology: Aries Self Portraits
Why is it than when astrologers talk about the most creative signs, Aries is seldom the first word that leaves their lips?The sign of the Ram is the beginning, the source, the start, the seed – and as such packs a huge amount of creative power. Espec…
Pisces Self Portraits
Piet Mondrian, March 7 1872.It’s Pisces, so the eyes have it.Those born under the sign of the fishes are supposed to be blessed with a beautiful liquid gaze. I have to say that the two people I’ve known with truly extraordinarily beautiful eyes – one w…
“It’s All About A Feeling” – Leo/Scorpio Style Mania and Found Objects by Nota
Hopefully Coherent Ramblings I started reminiscing about Aaron yesterday in Third House Venus Dilettante Love Story
I had to put off going to Aaron’s apartment because it started to rain. It rained all through the night and into the next day a h…