1: Stoker: The Dark Dubliner 2: The Origins of Dracula 3: The Forensic Astrology of Dracula (1897) 4: Screen Portrayals of Count Dracula 1: Stoker: The Dark Dubliner Many have wondered from which pit of hell was wrenched a character so imprinted on the collective mind as Count Dracula. Stories as to how thisContinue reading “How Bram Stoker created Dracula, Lord of the Undead.”
Category Archives: Muses
Nick Drake: The Loner’s Loner
1: The Troubled Mind 2: Nick Drake Birth Chart 3: The Chariklo Moon 4: The Death of Nick Drake: What does the astrology say? 5: Why listen to Drake Why now? 1: The Troubled Mind This period while the sun is in Cancer has been cathartic mainly because I listened once again toContinue reading “Nick Drake: The Loner’s Loner”
When is a Muse not a Muse?
1: Musing on The Muse 2: The Liannán Sídhe 3: The Irish Muse 4: Muse Asteroids 1: Musing on The Muse This is another meditation on a theme which is presented as a visual essay in video form as well as this written version here. I conceived it as a visual essay as itContinue reading “When is a Muse not a Muse?”
Chimananda Ngozi Adichie Counters the Mono-Narrative
Author Chimananda Ngozi Adichie has just made a statement that I want to applaud. She’s a voice speaking out with the fiery tone that James Baldwin used to have when he called out the mob mentality among all shades and skin colours. He said – and it is still true – that hate leaves theContinue reading “Chimananda Ngozi Adichie Counters the Mono-Narrative”
The King of the Gods in the house of Spirituality: Jupiter in Pisces
1: King of the Gods 2: The Peak Experience 3: Neptune in Pisces 4: Jupiter conjunct Neptune 5: Pisces in the Houses 1: King of the Gods As a native of the sign Sagittarius my assessment of what Jupiter is all about is long overdue. Perhaps I just needed the benefit of hindsight-because asContinue reading “The King of the Gods in the house of Spirituality: Jupiter in Pisces”
The Quest for Life Force and Pure Being: Wilhelm Reich and Ram Das
1: First and Foremost 2: Orgone Accumulators and Cloud Busters: Wilhelm Reich 3: Psychedelics and the Search for the Divine: Ram Das 1: First and Foremost In my previous gallery of the first and foremost I had to leave out a few original talents who also demanded attention as Aries does not like toContinue reading “The Quest for Life Force and Pure Being: Wilhelm Reich and Ram Das”
The Poet of Film and the Mystic: Pier Paolo Pasolini and Chögyam Trungpa
1: In Search of the Ultimate Pisces 2: Pasolini: the Poet of Film 2: The Crazy Wisdom Rinpoche 1: In Search of the Ultimate Pisces “Take a moment to Live, Take a moment to Cry, Take a moment to Love, and Don’t ask Why. “ Winter Kills mixed by Armand Van Buuren (2020 ) InContinue reading “The Poet of Film and the Mystic: Pier Paolo Pasolini and Chögyam Trungpa”
The Ultimate, the Indescribable Endpoint of the Zodiac – Pisces
1: Pisces: Last but not Least 2: I Put My Spell on You: Nina Simone 3: The Piscean Flavour in Russian Romantic composers 4: The Piscean Signature 5: What to do in Pisces Season 1: Pisces: Last but not Least Hokusai’s woodcut captures that a wave becomes a mountain if it is frozen in time,Continue reading “The Ultimate, the Indescribable Endpoint of the Zodiac – Pisces”
AQUARIANA: concentrated quirk in the sign of Aquarius
1: The Essence of Quirkiness 2: Triple Whammy: Sun, Moon,Ascendant Aquarians 3: Science Fiction, Inner Space Exploration and Chariklo 4: Quirky Aquarians: Honorable Mentions 5: The Challenge of 2021 1: The Essence of Quirkiness If you squeezed all the planets into a garlic press through the sign of Aquarius, you would get a pureeContinue reading “AQUARIANA: concentrated quirk in the sign of Aquarius”
Flying the Kite of Destiny: the life and death of Yukio Mishima
1: Confessions of a Mishima 2: Sun and Steel Body Cultivation 3: Capricorn Broods on Time 1: Confessions of a Mishima There is a pleasurable intensity in books that confess to sins or crimes that alienated the author yet seduce the readers. “Confessions of a Mask’ (1958) is like this – an autobiographical novelContinue reading “Flying the Kite of Destiny: the life and death of Yukio Mishima”
Yoga and Astrology: Salutation to the Stars
1: Astro Yoga Blends 2: Yoga Teachers and their Charts Swami Yukteswar Giri–Narendranath Vivekananda–Sri Aurobindo–Yogananda Paramahamsa–Krishnamacharya–BKS Iyengar– Sri Baghwan Rajneesh 3: The Astrology in the Subtle Body 4: Suggested Yoga Poses for Each Zodiac Sign Aries–Taurus–Gemini–Cancer–Leo-Virgo–Libra–Scorpio–Sagittarius–Capricorn–Aquarius–Pisces This is Part 2 of 2 articles on Yoga, following up from Yoga and Writing 1: Astro YogaContinue reading “Yoga and Astrology: Salutation to the Stars”
Jackie and Aristotle Onassis: the Juno and Jupiter of Greece
1: Jackie as Juno 2: Eros and Psyche 3: Maria Callas 4: Personal Name Asteroids 5: Astro Locational Astrology 1: Jackie as Juno It is always satisfying to tidy up a mystery – that of why Jackie Onassis became so associated with Greece and is so revered by its people, though she was mistrustedContinue reading “Jackie and Aristotle Onassis: the Juno and Jupiter of Greece”
Hard Knocks on the Path of Love: the Story of Eros and Psyche
1:The Golden Ass 2: Eros and Psyche: the Labours of Love 3: The Story of Eros and Psyche 4: The Long Game of Aphrodite: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton 5: Crazy in Love: Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown 6: Psyche the Asteroid 1:The Golden Ass One myth that speaks directly to me is that ofContinue reading “Hard Knocks on the Path of Love: the Story of Eros and Psyche”
For the Love of Astrology: the Asteroids of Walter Mercado
A Whole Lotta Love Walter as Guan-Yin Avalokitesvara PNOs-Walter and Mercado The Other Muses A Whole Lotta Love Flamboyant astrologer Walter Mercado is the news because of a Netflix documentary film released July 8th 2020. It is called ‘Mucho Mucho Amor’ and is almost a hagiography – the beatification of Saint Walter. It provesContinue reading “For the Love of Astrology: the Asteroids of Walter Mercado”
Muse Asteroid Sample Report: David Bowie
Sample Muse Asteroid Report for David Bowie The contents of every standard report will contain a section on the background, history and mythological significance of the muses and a short intro to how muse asteroids are used in astrology. In this sample, it will skip straight to the chart of singer and performer DavidContinue reading “Muse Asteroid Sample Report: David Bowie”
The Beardsley Phenomenon
Beardsley said“I have one aim – the grotesque. If I am not grotesque, I am nothing.”
Finding your Creative Signature in Houses and Signs
Hilary Mantel has just published the third book in her historical trilogy about Thomas Cromwell. ‘Wolf Hall’ (2009) won the Booker Prize and was adapted into a successful TV drama. The second book ‘Bring up the Bodies (2012) also won a Booker Prize. So we might think her signature as a writer is with Mercury and it is true that her Mercury is in Leo in the 11th sextile to Saturn in Libra in the first so she is a good and balanced storyteller. But the books are about history and her particular skill is in bringing fresh insight to the historical circumstances. So we might also look for asteroid Klio, the muse of history. Asteroid Klio is placed in the 4th house. Sure enough her Sun conjunct Uranus and Venus in Cancer -the house of historical archives in the 10th, but these are opposite to Kilo residing there in the 4th suggesting that history might be her thing.
Proteus Astrology 