October 8th & 9th, 2022, brings us the peak of the Draconid meteor shower. Predicted peak: October 9, 2022, at 1 UTC (evening of October 8 for the Americas). When to watch: There’s no dark window for watching the Draconids in 2022. If you want to … Continue reading
Tag: Zeus
Mars’s Nature and Deeds
An excerpt from The Greek Myths by Robert Graves about the god Ares, also known as Mars
The She-Goat Amaltheia and a Myth of the Constellation Capricorn
From Robert Graves’s book of Greek Myths: Amaltheia nurtured Zeus and he cast her into the sky as the constellation Capricorn.
Good Day To . . . 27 August 2020 Creating Drag + A Mini-Lesson on Zeus
The 27th Is A Good Day To . . . profit from, share, or invest in the Creative and/ or the …Continue reading →
Astrology of Now: Turmoil
There’s an awful lot of churn right now. You can see it on the streets of Santiago, Hong Kong, La Paz and Barcelona; in the British Parliament and American Congress. And in Kurdistan where “confusion now hath made his masterpiece.” People are in a froth. There’s shouting. And the way forward is not clear. You may find this is also true in your own life. Even if you yourself have the utmost clarity; people around you may be in a flap, a flurry, a fritz — or very stuck. I am finding that a lot of people are confused and/or depressed. […]
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Astrology of Now: Carnage on Everest
Mountains house the gods — Shiva on Kailash, Zeus and the fam on Olympus, Ruwa on Kilimanjaro, Salcantay and Veronica in the Andes. To go to the mountain, to climb the mountain, means getting closer to god. Athos and Ararat, Kailash and Kanchenjunga are places of pilgrimage. What does it mean that the world’s highest mountain, Everest, the Holy Mother in Tibetan, becomes a playground for the wealthy? Another trophy to bag? Another brag? Another rich person’s goal? Apparently, it costs between £50,000 and £90,000 to make the ascent. Once upon a time, there was a kind of romance to […]
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Appetite for Life: Zeus in Aspect
In thinking about our unicorns, I also started to think about where in the chart we might look for a …
Juno and the Axis of Desire
This year Juno, the asteroid named after the goddess of marriage and commitment, will be spending a long time in Taurus, a sign associated with passion, desire, obstinacy and obsession. Taurus is, of course, the opposite sign to Scorpio — also a sign known for obsession, obstinacy and lust. Together, these two, fixed earth and water, create a powerful axis of desire and ownership across the Zodiac. Taurus asks: “What do I want?” Scorpio replies: “I can give you what you desire, but you must pay the price.” These signs are associated with sex and money, jealousy and enslavement. The […]
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13 December 2015 Perfecting Ambitions
Recently we’ve been treated to displays and revelations specifically focused on the ambition picture, both for ourselves and for others; …
On Zeus
In lieu of a new post we’ve got a new page! ‘Zeus, or, What a Man Gotta Do’ addresses the …Continue reading »