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An immovable object meets…another

This year there is an ongoing Saturn Uranus square, in the fixed signs of Aquarius and Taurus respectively. This offers an opportunity to revolutionise our relationship with nature, through kindly technology and collective action. George Eliot shows us how this radical square expressed itself in her life.

Revealing the prophet: Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran was a complicated man who experienced an abundance of Sagittarius good fortune. His chart shows Sagittarius rising with Moon and Venus conjunct the Ascendant. Sagittarius is the philosopher poet of the Zodiac, who looks to understand the spiritual longings of humankind and who often draws followers, helpers and disciples to their warm, joyfulContinue reading “Revealing the prophet: Kahlil Gibran”

The Beast: the other side of the Greene Man

Crowley, the other side of the Greene Man, the bad boy of modern occultism, fearlessly and perhaps recklessly explored Magick, sex, drugs and power, but his softer side is shown in his beautiful Tarot cards.

If you go down to the woods today…

Beltane is the Spring festival when summer traditionally begins. It represents the comming together of the masculine and feminine principles to create new life. Suddenly, after the long haul of winter, Spring bursts out in glorious green. Herbs also represent the masculine and the feminine energies of nature. These two represent the fiery, stimulating, masculineContinue reading “If you go down to the woods today…”