In our last post, we started to get acquainted with interpreting the workings of Planets in Signs by following a single Planet – the lovely Venus – through several different Signs. This time around, let’s flip that dynamic, and accompany several different Planets through a single Sign. Since we haven’t looked at them in detail … More Astrology 101: Planets in Signs (Part 2)
Last time around, we walked through a meet-and-greet with the first six of the 12 Signs of the Zodiac. In this post, we’ll say hello to the back half of that hallowed group. First, I’ll again supply that chart that lists all of them here (along with the Glyph, Polarity, Mode, and Element for each … More Astrology 101: Meet the Signs (Part 2)
In the previous post in this series, we looked at the Signs in a broad and conceptual way: “How did the Signs come about? What are they based on in our physical reality? What overall function do they perform in Astrology…?” We also touched on some sub-groupings of them – Polarity, Mode, and Element – … More Astrology 101: Meet the Signs (Part 1)
At one point in our history, the majority opinion was that the Sun orbits the Earth. And it’s not difficult to see why humankind might have gotten behind that belief, either: to the garden-variety civilian, it definitely looks and feels as if our own big, blue marble of Earth is standing still, while the Sun … More Astrology 101: Intro to the Signs of the Zodiac
I woke up today thinking about sets of symbols, and how these sets seem to claim so much of our ways of looking at the world. This makes sense: the world is an infinitely complex place, so it helps to break it down into subsets that we can more fully grasp. Why try to comprehend … More Symbol-Sets