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  • Mystery of Stillness

    Mystery of Stillness

    n OthI n g can s urPas s the m y SteR y of s tiLnes s — e.e. cummings In the last few days our Moon has eclipsed Mercury, Venus, the Sun, and Saturn in order.  Writing in the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America, I am looking through a window upon… Read more

  • Motion of Soul

    Motion of Soul

    The following quotes are taken from a lecture by Robert Hand at the 2014 NORWAC Astrology Conference.  On the final night of the conference, 25 May 2014, Robert Hand presented his talk “Toward a Post-Modern Astrology.”  I was particularly struck by the following excerpts as the philosophy he presented deeply resonated with my own feelings… Read more

  • Maat in the Heart of Mercury

    Maat in the Heart of Mercury

    The Inferior conjunction of Mercury and the Sun on October 16, 2014 is in the sign of Libra and conjunct Venus, evoking Maat through the added atmosphere of the Goddess (Venus) and the Scales (Libra) of Balance, Law, and Justice.  In Egyptian mythology, the god Thoth is associated with Mercury, and Maat is the goddess… Read more

  • Passionate Longing for Dialogue (1): Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

    Passionate Longing for Dialogue (1): Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

    This is a new project I am working on in collaboration with Monika of the Symbol Reader blog discussing works of art and their archetypal impact. Here we discuss Haruki Murakami and his “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.” We do have some astrology references in here, such as that the main character… Read more

  • Mercury retrograde: a forest dark in liminal twilight

    Mercury retrograde: a forest dark in liminal twilight

    “I go along dreaming roads of the twilight” Antonio Machado Between thought and expression, between the colors of the sunset and the eye of the beholder, in the liminal light of twilight we feel the atmosphere of Mercury retrograde.  Mercury retrograde is a three week period in which we can surrender to opening our awareness… Read more

  • The Song We Have Sung For Ourselves

    The Song We Have Sung For Ourselves

    Originally posted on journeys in the astral light: Cave art from India, circa 2000 BC  An exploration of Chiron for Mateusz and Scorpia “In the time of the Seventh Fire, a New People would emerge. They would retrace their steps to find the wisdom that was left by the side of the trail long ago.… Read more