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Hosted by Amanda Bradley, with Olivia Pepper
A paper tracing different relationships to cosmic knowledge – my independent study at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland
As many of you know, this year I’m studying in Switzerland, at the Goetheanum, this crazy building which is the home to Anthroposophy, the movement started by polymath/spiritual teacher Rudolf Steiner. Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy are worth exploring of their own accord, but they are also interesting elements of the modern world of Astrology. On the […]
Mars symbolizes the fiery, sharp, and passionate parts of our experience. This part of ourselves, usually given a masculine denomination, is feisty, aggressive, assertive, and instinctual. His is a sort of raw, animal-like, and erotic realm – obviously a dimension of life that is pretty out of whack in today’s society, but also a place […]
This is a part of a longer project that I’m working on to dig into Saturn. It may turn into an essay, a lecture.. Who knows! Anyway, here are some really cool images and representations of Saturn and its archetype. First–yes, Saturn does look like this. Notice the sharp definition… It almost looks photoshopped! In classical mythology, Saturn […]
Astrologers have been looking at the year 2020 for a long time, wondering what awful events might unfold. This year we have a triple conjunction between Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto, and Saturn/Pluto aspects are strongly correlated with heavy, consequential moments in history. Richard Tarnas, our Gandalf/Dumbledore, spoke about this historical cycle at length in his […]
One of the things I love the most about Anthroposophy is the quality of Rudolf Steiner’s language. Like many mystics, he sought creative, poetic ways of expressing mysterious, numinous forces. Here, in the 12 Soul Moods, Steiner describes the signs of the Zodiac with words that you really have to contemplate, mull over, and enter into. […]
Astrology is a scientific art that uses a poetic language as its main tool. Interpreting a chart, you weave together different words into a larger picture or tapestry. Coherent phrases or sentences are made by putting together those words and considering what might happen when they combine. We will learn lots of words, but let’s start with […]