Today I would like to revisit the theme of relationship astrology, and explore another method of determining compatibility between two individuals by the analysis of their astrological combination. Typically this is achieved through synastry: the application of one nativity to another wherein the aspects between each party's placements are studied. Of course, even before any... Continue Reading →
Pluto on the 10th, Thomas Hardy, Tragedian
There is, in this astrologer's humble opinion, no finer novel written in the English language, than Thomas Hardy's Return of the Native. It surpasses in its sublime blend of Neptunian sensitivity, Plutonic tragedy and Uranian brilliance his better known later works, such as Jude the Obscure (or Jude the Obscene as it was known contemporarily... Continue Reading →
The Astrology of Photography.
I find that astrology and photography have much in common. They are both concerned with an ongoing attempt to capture the intangible; both rely upon rules that must be learned, subsumed and then transcended in order to attain mastery; they are both concerned with the sublime and perhaps most pertinently of all, neither, whether approached... Continue Reading →
Alan Watts and the Philosophy of Cazimi and the Quindecile
The following is a continuation of the previous article, below. For a full appreciation of the themes and configurations in Watt's astrology, please refer to the article preceding this. To the casual listener, Alan Watts might well come across as extremely thoughtful, intelligent and insightful, but there is no question that his style was anything... Continue Reading →