The outer planets keep their patterns for several years at a time and many astrologers have come to see these patterns as describing generations. These …
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Body and Psyche: The Archetypal Language of Planets and Symptoms
The body speaks to us in many ways, and when we listen with a “planetary” ear, a symptom will often lead to a particular place …
Check-up Time: Saturn Returns at age 29 and 59
Saturn returns are times of scrutiny and verification in our lives. The first time, at the end of our 20s, it signifies the ‘end of …
Astrology & Fairy Tales – Spinning Straw into Gold
Fairy tales have gained a reputation in modern times as being a step removed from so-called “reality,” largely due to the wish for a happy …
The Dance of Distinctions: Archetypal Polarities in the Zodiac Part 4: Taurus-Scorpio & Gemini-Sagittarius
This is the concluding session of the four-part polarity series. This series explores C.G. Jung’s idea of the tension of opposites and James Hillman’s idea …
Katabasis: Descending to the Underworld
Katabasis in myth describes the descent into the underworld. This ‘going down’ entails journeying into the depths of the earth or of oneself, leaving the …
Mercury and the Sun
Mercury is the Messenger of the gods, and also the Trickster god, and in our charts it describes the part of us which gathers information …
The 9th House and the Making of our Minds: Faith, False Prophets, Dark Gods, and Visionaries
In ancient astrology the 9th house was the House of God, it is meant to direct us to the highest good. Sometimes our fellow humans …
Melding the Aspects
A big part of learning astrology is getting to grips with the aspects. How do the deities in our charts (planets) interact with one another? …
The Psychology of Place: Local Space as Astrological Magic
This seminar explores the technique of Local Space as a type of transformative magic. It offers us both a global map and a local chart. …
Singletons in the chart: Dealing with your inner black sheep
We often take those elements of which we have plenty for granted, even can get bored with them. Welcome to yawn city. If, on the …
The Places of Planetary Descent: Re-Imagining the 6th, 7th, and 8th Houses
Known to the ancients as the places of bad fortune, setting, and idleness, the 6th, 7th, and 8th house respectively are the areas in the …