“Consciousness is only possible through change; change is only possible through movement.” Aldous Huxley, The Art of Seeing “The world is full of magic things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” C.G. Jung We’ve all been there. That feeling of ‘same old, same old’ where the sense of ‘same’ is particularly oppressive. […]
Tag: Uncategorized
Saturn, Nigredo and the Purpose of Change
“Consciousness is only possible through change; change is only possible through movement.” Aldous Huxley, The Art of Seeing “The world is full of magic […]
Something about an announcement that’s pretty awesome – for me, anyway…
Dropping in briefly from my holiday in Vietnam (we arrived late last night) to share some news with you… A month or so ago I received a phone call while on the bus that made me do a little happy…
Aries New Moon
If you google it, you’ll find a heap of statistics that are out there telling us how many people break their New Year Resolutions. You’ll find even more that want to estimate how many people fail to honour them……
Liz Greene on Jung
I have a place in from 5-7 May on Liz Greene’s workshop: JUNG’S ASTROLOGY AND THE PLANETARY JOURNEY OF THE RED BOOK. However, I can’t go. If you would like to take my place, let me know, and I will let the organisers know that you are coming in my place. Needless to say, Liz Green is the foremost astrologer working in Britain — and she does very little teaching these days, so this is quite a rare opportunity. At least one other well-known astrologer will be participating I believe. As for the Red Book, well… intriguing, fascinating, strange…. For more […]
The post Liz Greene on Jung appeared first on The Oxford Astrologer.
In the Key of Pisces: Adam Levine
Last year, we featured a series of musicians born during the month of Pisces — one for each day, but there were just too many to fit in. Here is Adam Levine, another for our sweet-sounding Pisces male voice choir, that includes James Taylor, Chris Martin, Nat King Cole, George Harrison, Tom Chaplin and Kurt Cobain. Adam Levine’s smart, sexy band Maroon 5 have made a whole bunch of hits. This one shows off his voice well and that talented pattern connecting Venus (sugar) – Pluto (sex) – Neptune (music). And then there’s Tom Chaplin, Keane’s frontman and singer.
The post In the Key of Pisces: Adam Levine appeared first on The Oxford Astrologer.
In the Key of Pisces: Tom Chaplin
Tom Chaplin, of the British band Keane, sings with all the tortured melancholy you’d expect from a fish-boy with Sun squaring Neptune, the planet of music. That Neptune is in Sagittarius, the sign of excess, so it also comes as no surprise that Chaplin has had his share of drug problems. One of his most beautiful compositions, Somewhere Only We Know, expresses all the nostalgic yearning that you’d expect from a Moon in Cancer — an emotional powerhouse, vulnerable and strong. His latest solo effort is, of course, called The Wave — and it’s an almost uncanny musical description of what it’s like to […]
The post In the Key of Pisces: Tom Chaplin appeared first on The Oxford Astrologer.
Venus in Aries: Francisco de Goya
Venus, the planet of love and art, harmony and sweetness, spends a long time in Aries, a sign that represents some quite contrary energies, in 2017. So we have an opportunity to look and think about how Venus behaves here. I’ve been looking at the charts of artists, fashion designers and film makers with Venus in Aries and seeing if this shows in their work. Francisco de Goya, the Spanish painter, whose life spanned the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries, got into a spot of bother in 1808, even though he was a successful court painter. It was […]
The post Venus in Aries: Francisco de Goya appeared first on The Oxford Astrologer.
The #Astrology and Politics of the February 10-11 #LunarEclipse
(Astrology Explored) A Lunar Eclipse in the early hours of Saturday February 11 follows the Friday February 10, 2017 Full Moon. It’s symbolism should make us all sit up and take notice. In the cosmic dance of the heavenly bodies, … Continue reading →
Dickens
It’s Charles Dickens birthday today. He lived the potential of his chart well. Writer and storyteller Virgo Rising, Gemini MC You see this combination quite often in writer’s charts. Both signs are ruled by Mercury, the planet of communications. Jupiter in Gemini, Jupiter in the 10th Jupiter (a little widely) on the point of a Yod from Mercury and Uranus North Node in Virgo Virgo is also good for editing. Here the Node points to his destiny Mercury on the point of an equilateral triangle from Uranus and Pluto. Uranus does often seem to feature strongly in the charts of […]
The post Dickens appeared first on The Oxford Astrologer.