In this short piece, using Gemini as a case study, I explore how the essence of a Zodiac sign’s symbol - the twins for Gemini, the lion for Leo etc - can reveal itself so significantly in a biography. And I put my support behind the Sun as not only the key overseeing of individuation but of humanity’s spiritual evolution.
Comet ZTF, first appear only in the Northern Hemisphere earlier in the year, has recently moved in the part of the heavens visible from much of the Southern. In this short post I share a little on its location in the evening skies and some thoughts and links on comets in astrology.
From my recent time in Switzerland I became acquainted with a genre of art referred to as ‘Outsider Art’, or Art Brut. I found the works confronting, exciting, compelling, intriguing, sometimes beautiful, and almost always touching. Given the number of these artists creating out of mental torture from within asylums or psychiatric institutions after often excruciating starts to their lives I was fascinated by implications: who defines ‘normal’ or ‘inside’ (as opposed to ‘outside’)? Is the impulse (and therefore perhaps all art?) Self-generated ‘healing’ or self-soothing? If so, could it lead to ‘cure’? How might the average person, less troubled than these, learn from this? What might we learn from their horoscopes?
After a lot of research and exploration I have come up with a birth time for Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum from a short list of key biographical dates. I invite you to work with the chart and offer feedback as to how you find it works.
Here is an example of a recent horary question from my practice, asked by someone whose son had lost his duck. Whilst it might contain some unfamiliar and distracting technical language, I hope it shows you how this form of astrology provides a marvellously practical tool for addressing daily practical concerns…
