CAELi Review Journal I am pleased to share with you a link to the first issue of a new journal The CAELi Review, published by CAELi, the Celestial Arts and Education Library. CAELi is a member-supported astrological library, archive and research institute located in the Olympia, WA area and founded by astrologer and publisher Jenn … Continue reading Pole Star Epochs: From the Dragon to the Bear
Carl Jung
Jupiter and Neptune in Pisces
Jupiter in Pisces Like the nine muses who dance with pounding feet around violet-stained springs to awaken desire, the transit of Jupiter in Pisces during 2022 will give life to imaginal visions and elevate idealistic inspiration. Pisces is the oceanic home of Jupiter where the star of Zeus can directly express its gifts for synthesis, … Continue reading Jupiter and Neptune in Pisces
New Moon in Aquarius
New Moon in Aquarius Following the flooding of last month's Capricorn eclipse season, the Aquarius New Moon on January 24 bears light within its darkness to discover and utilize in illuminating the emerging path ahead. Eclipses bring dissolution externally and internally, and so whether recognized or unrecognized the past month of intense astrological alignments have … Continue reading New Moon in Aquarius
New Moon in Scorpio
New Moon in Scorpio "Every development leads through the undeveloped, but capable of development. In its undeveloped condition it is almost worthless, while development represents a highest value that is unquestionable. One must give up this value or at least apparently give it up to be able to attend to the undeveloped. But this stands … Continue reading New Moon in Scorpio
Exploring Soul on the Energetic Principles Podcast
https://soundcloud.com/energeticprinciples/week-of-sept-9th-2019-with-special-guest-gray-crawford-exploring-soul/s-b4W9F Exploring Soul in Astrology I was recently interviewed by astrologer Melissa LaFara on her Energetic Principles Podcast. We talked about the ineffable topic of exploring soul in astrology, including what we mean by soul, the impact of Carl Jung and James Hillman's work on astrology, and ways to relate with difficult placements and challenging configurations … Continue reading Exploring Soul on the Energetic Principles Podcast
Legacy of “Cosmos and Psyche” by Rick Tarnas on the Celestial Vibes podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM4_-yFZp0U&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0hMmjbvZf6WBGVtfjotwJvTy5pGjUIhxuNdxQ4jGThcMsAoI03ULGr1U8 Cosmos and Psyche: The Legacy of Richard Tarnas I was interviewed by Aswin Balaji with Celestial Vibes Magazine on the significance and legacy of Cosmos and Psyche by Richard Tarnas. In part we talk about his approach to archetypes and synchronicity in astrology and tracking historical patterns in connection with planetary alignments. We also … Continue reading Legacy of “Cosmos and Psyche” by Rick Tarnas on the Celestial Vibes podcast
On Venus and Neptune in Pisces
“The lover carves into his soul the model of the beloved. In that way, the soul of the lover becomes the mirror in which the image of the loved one is reflected” -- Marsilio Ficino from De amore Neptune was not known to Marsilio Ficino during the Renaissance in which he was translating ancient texts … Continue reading On Venus and Neptune in Pisces
Aquarian mythos on the Hermetic Astrology Podcast
Myths of the Aquarius Constellation I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Gary Caton on the Hermetic Astrology Podcast exploring various myths associated with the Aquarius constellation. For the most part we focused upon Ganymede in Greek culture, Enki in Mesopotamian culture, and Hapi in Egyptian culture, as well as the ancient association … Continue reading Aquarian mythos on the Hermetic Astrology Podcast
Aquarius New Moon & Mercury
New Moon in Aquarius The Aquarius New Moon on February 4, 2019 lifts us out of the strange vortex of eclipse season for a breath of fresh air that can help us reorient our life in accordance with whatever material has been stirred up since the Capricorn Solar Eclipse on January 5. The New Moon … Continue reading Aquarius New Moon & Mercury
The Radical Moisture of Neptune
The tension of the future is unbearable in us. It must break through narrow cracks, it must force new ways. You want to cast off the burden, you want to escape the inescapable. Running away is deception and detour. Shut your eyes so that you do not see the manifold, the outwardly plural, the tearing … Continue reading The Radical Moisture of Neptune
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 … Continue reading Mystery of Stillness
Sirius New Moon in Cancer
New Moon in Cancer The image above is by my favorite painter, Marc Chagall, a Cancer who is enjoying his birthday today wherever he is, as I write this. It is called, "So I came forth of the Sea and sat down on the edge of an island in the moonshine," and to me it … Continue reading Sirius New Moon in Cancer
Aries and Individuation
The Birth of Archetypes In Botticelli's masterwork The Birth of Venus we can sense the initiatory impulse of Aries: a Goddess arising out of an oceanic expanse, naked and primal, radiant and yet revealing an inclination to slightly cover up her exposed beauty. Or perhaps that slight insecurity is coming from the woman rushing in to cloth … Continue reading Aries and Individuation
Passion of Juno, Intensity of Scorpio
While the lunar nodes shifting into Scorpio and Taurus, Saturn culminating its journey through Libra, and the square between Capricorn Pluto and Aries Uranus has been drawing a lot of attention, an archetypal energy that has drawn mine is Juno. When the north node of the moon shifted into Scorpio around September 1, 2012 it … Continue reading Passion of Juno, Intensity of Scorpio
Gray Crawford 