Category: Zodiac

Ishtar & Aphrodite – Part I

.Reading time 14 minutes.

It seems particularly apt to begin this article with a reference to Gustav Klimt’s “The Die Jungfrauen” (The Virgins) 1913  shown above because it celebrates the stages of a woman’s life and the intertwining rhythms and themes which I would like to explore in reference to the understanding of Venus.  This work isn’t to read […]

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Father Christmas & The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

.Reading time 7 minutes.

The Longest Night must pass before the waxing of the Light. A Blessed and Merry Yule to all my friends, family and associates. At the time of the Solstice, we have the image of the Centaur giving way to Capricorn with the Holly King, appropriately riding a Goat. There are some variations on the theme of […]

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Inanna & the Eternal Feminine

.Reading time 15 minutes.

The above artwork is from an unknown source. If anyone knows the identity of the artist, please drop me a line. It’s a great interpretation of a goddess who often looks more like a harpy in some of her traditional representations. The attributes are all there, from the grain sheaves to the eight-pointed star, the […]

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Magic and the Occult in Islam: Ahmad al-Buni

.Reading time less than 1 minute.

What follows is a very fine lecture by Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad (Department of Arabic and Islamic Civilizations, American University in Cairo) delivered at the Warburg Institute, University of London, May 2003. This is an important lecture in its own right, but I’m also posting this as an introduction to my next post, regarding the decoding […]

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Pisces – A Bridge Between the Worlds

.Reading time 15 minutes.

I have wanted to write a short piece on Pisces for some time. There have been a few reasons holding me back, not least the fact that I’m a solar Pisces and could be considered biased. However, I have no interest in elevating Pisces beyond its station. That would serve no useful purpose. I also […]

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