Reality is a complex phenomenon. It often admits facts that can seem wholly incompatible; it can sometimes make little to no sense at all. To be properly understood, it must be seen both in the context of the past and in terms of present ideals; both in its glories and in its flaws.
Capricorn Full Moon June 2024: Minor Planet Report Read Post »
It’s pretty rare that a utopian or paradisaical situation just appears out of nowhere. An abundance of work, preparation and thought must facilitate both its creation and its maintenance. There are always tasks to perform and battles to fight on behalf of what is good; and as we humans tend to be resistant to change, progress can be frustratingly slow. But the idea of a better world is so vivid and so profound that one instinctively feels it worth striving for.
Gemini New Moon 2024: Minor Planet Report Read Post »
There are a bunch of indicators here about preparation or readiness for some kind of battle (whether literal or figurative), including the importance of physical wellbeing, defensive postures and willingness to persevere. Creative acts and thinking outside conventional lines also make an appearance.
Sagittarius Full Moon 2024: Minor Planet Report Read Post »
We’re in for quite the interesting April, astrologically speaking. Mercury is now retrograde, in which state it will remain for another three weeks from today. On Monday, we get the total solar edition of the latest eclipse cycle; while the early morning of 21st April (UTC) will see the conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus in Taurus.
Name origin: Make Make is considered the supreme divinity of Easter Island and the most important mythological being in the Rapanui worldview. Make Make was the creator of all things, the first man and the first woman, and he had the power to reward the good people and punish the bad ones. The most important ritual in honour of Make Make was the bird man (Tangata Manu) competition in which prominent contestants sent helpers to obtain the first manutara (sooty tern) egg.
Focus On: (136472) Makemake Read Post »
Name origin: Greek goddess or personified spirit (daimona) of strife, discord, contention and rivalry. Eris was often portrayed specifically as the daimona of the strife of war, haunting the battlefield and delighting in human bloodshed. Because of Eris’ disagreeable nature she was the only goddess not to be invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. When she turned up anyway and was refused admittance, she raged and threw in the golden apple that famously led to the Trojan War. She was closely identified with Enyo, the goddess of war and a close companion of Ares.
Focus On: (136199) Eris Read Post »
Name origin: Hawai’ian goddess of fertility and childbirth. Mother of many important deities (including Pele, Hi’iaka and Namaka) and herself among the first worshipped on the Hawai’ian islands. She repeatedly transforms herself from an old woman to a young girl, and returns to her homeland periodically to give birth to further generations of humans.
Focus On: (136108) Haumea Read Post »
Name origin: Roman Goddess of salt water and wife of Neptune. Salacia was the personification of the calm and sunlit aspect of the sea (although she may also have represented the gushing and overbearing waters). Name means “the salty one”.
Focus On: (120347) Salacia Read Post »
Tomorrow’s New Moon in Pisces is surrounded by a mass of celestial points, which seems reminiscent of a crowd huddled together, waiting – for change, for a message, for the next shoe to drop, etc. In some circumstances, that is indeed all one can do, and we are often primed to consider the great acts that forge future epochs as beyond our reach.
Pisces New Moon: Keeping the Dream Alive Read Post »
I run this blog because, for some years now, I have studied and worked with astrology. I, and other people I know well, can testify to its efficacy in providing wisdom and support in matters both individual and collective. There comes a point, however, where anything but raw truth, spoken in the plainest of terms, ceases to have any meaning. With this in mind, I have created the present post as a resource page for information on Gaza.
Gaza: some resources Read Post »
