The Fixed Stars: Fate or Transcendence?
A Review of Oscar Hofman, Fixed Stars in the Chart: Constellations, Lunar Mansions, and Mythology
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Simone Weil (1909-1943): Sublimity and Affliction
Depictions of this women have ranged from the hagiographic to the clinical: to some she was saintly and brilliant and prophetic, to others she was emotionally tortured, self-destructive and made life difficult for those around her. In fact, she possessed all these qualities.
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New Course: Why Should We Astrologers Study Our History?
Beginning Thursday September 17, with the International Academy of Astrology, there’s a course that takes astrology from the Bronze Age to the Islamic Golden Age.
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Walt Whitman: America’s Homer
Walt Whitman found in America’s promise a manifestation of human potential, and his age disappointed him as our age disappoints us. I’d like to dine with him in Heaven and he may wear his hat anywhere he likes, inside or out.
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Astrology and Family Patterns: Critical but Largely Ignored
How important is an understanding of family culture to interpreting your own astrological chart, or, if you are an astrological consultant, that of your client?
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