With Mercury becoming visible as an evening star, I have a gift of Hermes to share with you - Gemini Brett joining me to talk about the Homeric Hymn of Hermes and its starry telling link to the synodic cycles of Mercury and Jupiter, as well as the annual cycle of the Pleaides becoming invisible … Continue reading Speaking of Hermes with Gemini Brett
Pleiades
Taurus New Moon
As we are in a time of intense collective events rife with catastrophe, perhaps it is fitting that on May 17, 2015 we will initiate a new lunar cycle at 27° Taurus conjunct the fixed star Algol, known as both the blinking demon star as well as a symbol of the severed head of Medusa. Though … Continue reading Taurus New Moon
Pleiades in midst of Midspring Eclipses
Pleiades: Seven Sisters Whenever Mercury enters the sign of Gemini as it did on 5/15/13, it is thought of as Mercury returning "home," since Mercury rules Gemini. Yet this is even more true according to myth, as Hermes is the son of the Pleiadian sister Maia (the Pleiades are seven sisters in Greek Myth), and … Continue reading Pleiades in midst of Midspring Eclipses