Pamela Colman-Smith’s life was that of a fantasy, she died in obscurity but her work lives on in the Rider waite Colman Tarot deck which provided the template for all modern Tarot packs.
Author Archives: elisabeth brooke
Midsummer Madness
Looking at the astrology for the next three months with the Solstice horoscope, plus some Magical Herbalism
Down with the Lizards
Another Saturn Uranus square on Monday, this time involving the Moon in a T square. David Icke has the same configuration in his birthchart
Murderous Mutability
Looking at the mutability of murderers.
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.
Eclipses
This Wednesday, there is a Lunar eclipse in Gemini/Scorpio. I look at the meaning of both Solar and Lunar eclipses and their cycles in general, and for the year ahead.
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…”
Framing the nightmare-Lee Miller
Whatever is happening in your horoscope, the placement of the Sun will ultimately express the nature of a person’s life. Here I look at the extraordinary life of Lee Miller.
Elisabeth Brooke 