Showing posts with label Manilius. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manilius. Show all posts

Friday, January 11, 2013

The Lyre

It all started with this picture. The sculpture's called Spring and I thought it was a pretty good representation of Lilith conjunct Su...

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Pallas Athena and the God of War

Imagine you are trotting down the Appian Way in Rome sometime around 202 BC. It's a hot spring day and you're working up quite a sw...

Monday, February 14, 2011

Valentine's Day, Aquarius and the Goddess of Marriage

I've always thought it more than a little ironic that the day of the year designated for lovers is February 14. After all the Sun is in ...

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Harry Potter and Ophiucus

Here is a tale of two books written about 2000 years apart. All the hooha about the intruder constellation Ophiucus sent me to my well-thum...

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Why Capricorn Nigella is a Modern Vestal (Un)Virgin

A priestess of the goddess Vesta, "tutelary deity" to Capricorn. Here imagined by 19th century  painter  Lord Leighton. Capricorns...

Monday, November 22, 2010

Sagittariana: Goddess of the Hunt

As I write this, the Sun is poised to slip into the sign of the centaur, Sagittarius. And this forest being, half-man, half-horse will take ...

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Equal Rights for Goddesses?

As you know, there are seven heavenly bodies in traditional astrology. The boys - Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The girls - Moon, ...

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

A God for Every Sign - yay

I find reading old astrology books a very good way to get to sleep. Dane Rudhyar is marvellously soporific. I hope some of it will filter i...