Tag: Astrology
The spectacle of a solar eclipse is never a simple matter of astronomy. It carries the quality of a rite performed in the sky. When the Sun is hidden by the Moon, even if partially, the order of visibility is reversed. The lord of clarity and centre is cast into silence and the lesser light…
The present sky shows a rare alignment of word and desire. Descending into the mutable earth of Virgo, Venus is embraced by Mercury, who also has just stepped into Libra. What seems a simple exchange of regencies reveals itself as a deeper alchemy. It is the figure of the Rebis, the androgynous child of Hermes…
The name of Capricorn carries within it a secret that is older than Rome, older than Greece. It comes from the Latin Capricornus, a compound of caper meaning goat and cornu meaning horn. In Greek the same image was rendered as Aigokerōs, from aix for goat and keras for horn. The horned goat of the…
If interested in a personal liturgy, please consult this portal. Venus crosses today from the fixed fire of Leo into the mutable earth of Virgo. The ancients placed the sixth house under the name of Misfortune, of labour, illness and service. Venus enters here in her fall, as beauty is pressed into detail and desire…
Astrology has long been accused of being a prison of necessity, a web of iron fates traced by the stars upon one’s fragile body. But those who look beyond fortune-telling and prediction find that traitional astrology is more than a fatalistic code. It is a mirror of the labyrinth itself, a language of the cosmic…
The figure of Carcer in geomancy is a seal of weight and silence. It is the sign of enclosure, the lines fixed, unmoving, without breath. Saturn rules this figure with Capricorn, Earth, and the feminine polarity as its domain. Its meaning in Latin is simple and absolute: a prison, bound. In some traditions Carcer is…
The vision of the four elements has always been given in the form of a cross. Fire facing air, water facing earth, two axes meeting at a single point. The ancients understood this as a foundation, a stable image of the created order. But the cross, when imagined in movement, begins to turn. The stillness…
The night of a lunar eclipse carries iron and incense. The bloodied Moon becomes a chalice filled with mystery. When the Earth rises against the full orb, the silver vessel of memory turns crimson, and the heavens reveals the hidden law. The eclipse at fifteen degrees of Pisces rests upon the head of the Dragon,…
The eclipse of the Moon at fifteen degrees of Pisces is an event that opens the heavens to shadow and fire. When the Earth rises between the two great lights, the covenant of Sun and Moon is interrupted, and the mirror that should reflect silver light turns into a vessel of blood. The ancients saw…
The philosopher Agostinho da Silva remains a luminous key: “my destiny is my freedom.” In this paradox lies the union of two ancient measures in astrology, the Lot of Fortune and the Lot of Spirit. Fortune points to what falls upon the body, the givenness of fate, the portion that descends from above and anchors…
