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…”

The Rights of Women: Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft: feminist writer. 27.4.1759, 13:05. London. Mary Wollstonecraft who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792 was a radical feminist philosopher and author. Having seen her mother’s abusive marriage to her drunk, violent father, she chose to go her own way and support herself by her writing. Inspired by the tumultContinue reading “The Rights of Women: Mary Wollstonecraft”

fixed air: ideologues and visionaries

Next week there will be a New Moon in Aquarius, which is the beginning of the Chinese New Year (the year of the Metal Ox) and also Lunar Candlemas, the first New Moon after February 2nd. There will be six planets in Aquarius, Sun and Moon of course, but also Saturn, Venus, Jupiter and Mercury.Continue reading “fixed air: ideologues and visionaries”