Temples Of The Sky

I have been reading Deborah Houlding’s book The Houses, Temples of the Sky. It’s an excellent reference and should be on every astrologer’s bookshelf. Although Houlding is a traditional astrologer and her focus is on the horary and mundane, her research and ideas are relevant to her modern, more psychologically inclined colleagues. She has gone back to pre-18th century source material — specifically Manilius, Firmicus, Al Biruni and Lilly but many others also — and tried to decipher what these astrologers had in mind for the meaning of houses. Of course, these writers were all trying to make astrology fit […]

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Tweet from Geoff Brumfiel (@gbrumfiel) Photo of Pluto!

Geoff Brumfiel (@gbrumfiel) tweeted at 3:21pm – 15 Jul 15: Pluto… REALLY up close. The mountains are 11,000ft high! pic.twitter.com/5xc5al5TiT (https://twitter.com/gbrumfiel/status/621399178418196480?s=17) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download?s=18

Cancer New Moon: Goodbye, Persephone

This Cancer New Moon is a Goddess Moon. Like the summer season itself, Cancer holds our nostalgia for and faith in good things: family, patriotism, apple pie, watermelon on a hot day, unconditional love and our belief in others’ good kind hearts. This innocence is precious. When spread like butter on hot corn, it is […]