The Black Diary

The 22nd March as Saturn temporarily returns to Fixed Air after 29 years absence   What you think you become… In a world awash with opinion it can be hard to find your ‘own’ voice, after all much of what comes through you arises from sources external to you, sources that you have ingested and…

Suffering

The New Moon in Cardinal Fire Conjoined Chiron 24th March 2020 at 9:28am GMT   Suffering is something that we actively seek to avoid and yet is a pathway to great humility, compassion and spiritual insight. Suffering’s path is contorted and undulating, varying in scale of intensity, yet is a constant companion through our adult…

The Purple Diary

The 18th March as Jupiter quintiles Chiron ahead of Saturn’s ingress into Fixed Air When faced with adversity or within times of personal or collective crisis, deep questions naturally arise. One such question revolves around belief and how deep cultural and ancestral convictions have penetrated your world view, after all it is hard to live…

The Purple, Black and Magenta Diary

The 17th March as Jupiter conjoins the Saturn-Pluto conjunction degree in Cardinal Earth   Choices. What reality will we create once we are through this time, after all do you really want to return to how it was? I remember the Beast from the East winter in Ireland on the 2nd March 2018 for the…

The Purple, Black and Magenta Diary

The 16th March as Jupiter reaches the Saturn-Pluto synod degree at 22 Cardinal Earth So this is what the re-distribution of power is all about – the choice to start afresh or to continue as we have done over the past half a millennia… Amidst the hyped up hysteria, change – deep change, is afoot.…

The Purple, Black and Magenta Diary

The 15th March as Jupiter reaches the Saturn-Pluto conjunction of the 9th January Whenever you feel that the world around becomes diffuse; when you hear many exclaim that it feels like a dream or a movie; whenever you are surrounded by an omnipresent cloud of fear, anxiety, anger and disbelief; whenever you feel that everything…

The Wave and the Ocean

The New Moon in Mutable Water on the 23rd February 2020 at 15:31 GMT in Dublin, Ireland   “Close your eyes, Little Spirit. Just for a moment. Allow your mind to conjure up an image of a wave in the ocean. I want you to tell me what you see”, the master said to Little…

Congruency

The New Moon in Fixed Air, square Uranus on the 24th January 2020 at 21:41 GMT   With what do you feed your mind? Not too difficult a question to answer, after all what engages your mind is on your book shelves, in your search engine and social media history, and within the sorts of…

The Black Diary

On the 11th January as Saturn and Pluto are about to exactly conjoin in Cardinal Earth Something has not felt right… something has not been quite working… You may not be able to quite put your finger on what, even though the universe is doing its damnedest to surround you with omens of ‘death’. It…

The Black Diary

The 6th January as Saturn approaches Pluto That which binds you to the wheel of life, ever turning, is tired and no longer needed. It seeks release; forgiveness; acceptance and acknowledgement. It seeks your care and your love, not your denial and fear. Its shadow grows weary and it no longer holds the same allure…