Posts listed here are intended as a contribution to the teaching work of the Company of Astrologers, and to occasional seminars under the banner of Symbol & Sacred. I trust visitors will appreciate that at present we are not geared … Continue reading
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APPLYING ARISTOTLE’S FOUR CAUSES TO THE OMEN 1) Is there a mode of analysis that is capable of unfolding the nature of the omen? I suggest that an appropriate starting point is Aristotle’s discussion of causes. His method is rooted … Continue reading
First published in The Company of Astrologers Bulletin no.40 Solar Eclipse 19 Gemini 11 June 2002 ANGELICAL CONSORTS: WILLIAM LILLY & THE MUNDUS IMAGINALIS From a talk given at the Lilly 400 Astrologers’ Feast. We honour William Lilly, but how … Continue reading
Divination should not be confused with Intuition, even though Intuition is involved in successful divination 1) The occasional conflation of the idea of ‘intuition’ with that of ‘divination’ reminds us that our terminology needs careful discrimination. Divination, especially in its … Continue reading
Chris Brennan’s careful reading of the text and discerning questioning makes this podcast, lasting nearly two hours, a valuable overview of themes in ‘The Moment of Astrology’. Geoffrey Cornelius on The Moment of Astrology … Continue reading
Impressed with Jeffrey Kripal’s move, I treat this as giving another voice to attempts I have been making in my own private notes/notebooks over many years. There is a question of how to present this to my fortunate or unfortunate … Continue reading
A couple of years ago I had an exchange with a friend, an astrologer who has used the I Ching oracle for many years. Her principal dilemma concerns a literal vs. divinatory understanding of astrology in interpreting future horoscope transits. … Continue reading
There is an interesting word from Japanese: kata, or ‘form’. I first came across this in my youth, playing Judo. In Judo, one of its demonstrations is the kata, the prearranged forms of its moves and throws, undertaken by two … Continue reading