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Chronocator Mercury
Next on the list after the Moon is Mercury, said to hold sway over the years 7 to 15. It could be said that these are the years of most communication, as a seven-year-old is generally reading well and speaking in complete sentences if not paragraphs. Comprehension of what’s been read is also growing, and
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The Moon As Chronocator
This discussion really isn’t under the purview of astrology necessarily; it’s an old system, a little obscure, with not much in the way of proof to support it. But humans have always seemed to want time to be neatly sliced into segments, whether in hours, days or in this case, the years of someone’s life.
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All the world’s a stage
… one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms; And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made
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A Writing Lesson
A good opening line is essential to a poem. You strive and agonize over that first line for every work. And then a ten-year-old kid comes along and dunks on you. “Old Toys” by Melody Maxfield Cortez | Rattle: Poetry
Houses
Several readers have asked for more clarification on some points in previous columns. So let’s put ourselves into a temporary retrograde mode (a little astrology humor) and get a bit more background before we discuss what the Seventh through the Twelfth Houses represent in general. To begin: Every Natal Chart has twelve houses, or twelve
A change
Hello, favorite readers: Some very interesting questions from readers and an oversight on my part in the astrology basics which I’ve been sketching for the past weeks have led me to a change. That change is to move my regular column to Wednesdays, the day of the week ruled by Mercury, the planet of communications,
One way to look at it
“Hell goes round and round. In shape it is circular and by nature it is interminable, repetitive, and very nearly unbearable.” Flann O’Brien, from correspondence regarding his novel The Third Policeman.
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A few more basics
Whether you’ve come to a study of astrology because you wish to become a practicing astrologer, or simply to know your planetary challenges and gifts in order to chart your course through life, each path will offer you insights. So, continuing to examine some of the concepts in astrology’s foundation, let’s look at Houses in
I can usually tell by mid-morning how the day will turn out
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