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”

Yoga and Writing: getting back on the mat and the chair

1: Pen-to-Paper-Asana 2: The MindBody and/or BodyMind  3: The Moment of Contact is Where it Happens   1: Pen-to-Paper-Asana There are many reasons for embracing yoga and getting back on the mat. Stay away too long and you feel the urge to return.  One reason may be surprising; to be a better writer. This isContinue reading “Yoga and Writing: getting back on the mat and the chair”

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”

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.