1: On the Trail of the Red River 2: The Status of Astrology in Vietnam 3: Travelling and Astro-Cartography 4: The Geodetic Lines across Asia 5: The Natal Chart of Vietnam 6: ‘Uncle Ho’ Chi Minh 7: The Way Out is In 1: On The Trail of the Red River The Vietnamese are proudContinue reading “Red River Under a Blood Moon: the Astrology of Vietnam”
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Scorpio People: A Phoenix Rising from the Ashes
1: Scorpio Season is here 2: That Charismatic Sex Appeal 3: Art for Pain’s Sake 4: The Music of the Devil 5: Murder Most Foul 6: The World According to Dostoevsky and Ballard 7: Scorpio Mavericks and Poets 1: Scorpio Season is Here The Sun enters Scorpio on October 23rd and the door opensContinue reading “Scorpio People: A Phoenix Rising from the Ashes”
Florence Farr: The Bohemian’s Bohemian
1: Florence Farr: Wisdom Given to the Wise 2: Farr as Bohemian Muse of the Era. 3: Mistress of the Isis-Urania Temple 4: The Four Asteroid Archetypes of the Golden Dawn 5: Farr’s Personal Asteroids 5:1 Florence 5:2 Vesta 5:3 Urania 5:4 Polyhymnia 5:5 Isis 6: Final Years in Ceylon See the video versionContinue reading “Florence Farr: The Bohemian’s Bohemian”
Writing at the Deep Heart’s Core: William Butler Yeats
1: Things Fall Apart 2: In Search of the Unrequited 3: The Eros Connection 4: The Battle of Blythe Road 5: Yeats’ marriage to George Hyde-Lees 1: Things Fall Apart ‘Things fall apart. The centre cannot hold’ can mean to us that something darkly weird is happening out there and we feel that onContinue reading “Writing at the Deep Heart’s Core: William Butler Yeats”
The Age of Individualism: Lord Byron’s travels across Europe
1: The First Modern Anti-Hero 2: The Astro Location of Byron in Europe 3: What the Asteroids Say 4: The Death of a Poet 5: Being Byron 1: The First Modern Anti-Hero The name Byron represents one who stands out from the crowd- the lone hero battling his personal demons. It is aContinue reading “The Age of Individualism: Lord Byron’s travels across Europe”
Master of Masters: Enter Bruce Lee
1:Â Enter Dragon Lee 2: The Philosopher-Teacher in Hollywood 3: Pluto and Chiron: Uneasy Bedfellows 4: Exit the Dragon 5: Father and Son 6: Lee is Dead: Long Live Lee 1:Â Enter Dragon Lee When Bruce Lee bursts in the room, he lands on his toes, arching like an alley cat, raises his armsContinue reading “Master of Masters: Enter Bruce Lee”
When is a Muse not a Muse?
1: Musing on The Muse 2: The LiannĂ¡n SĂdhe 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?”
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”
