As Nicholas Campion wrote in his review of Kim Farnell’s Modern Astrologers for the Astrology Quarterly 84/3 (Autumn 2019): “Alan Leo was a monumental figure in the history of modern Western astrology, his influence still felt in all forms of esoteric and karmic astrology… his emphasis on self-knowledge and the soul is an ancestor of…
Having recently been introduced to the work of Sufi master, Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi (1165-1240), I read an interpretation of his treatise, The Orbits of the Stars—written in eleven days, in 1298, two years before he left Andalusia, where he was born, headed East to Mecca and, after travelling widely, eventually settled in Damascus. Mystical Astrology…
Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853, seven years after the discovery of Neptune, and the anniversary of his birthday was celebrated this year by the opening of a new exhibition at Tate Britain and the launch in Britain of a new film about his life starring Willem Dafoe. Van Gogh was…
In this short extract from her book Astrological Psychology, Esotericism and the Transpersonal, Sue Lewis highlights the influences that led to the Hubers’ pioneering the use of colour in the interpretation of the astrological chart. It begins with the period the Hubers spent in Florence, working with Roberto Assagioli at his Psychosynthesis Institute, helping with…
Sue Lewis answers Joyce Hopewell’s questionnaire, which aims to elicit what motivates people to write books about astrological psychology. Sue is author of the book Astrological Psychology, Western Esotericism and the Transpersonal. 1) What inspired you to write this book? While researching for an MA in Western Esotericism, the many parallels I found between the…
A Farewell to Ice: A Report from the Arctic, by Peter Wadhams, 1st pub. 2016, Penguin 2017 This 200-page informative and illustrated paperback, explaining why Arctic sea ice is retreating much more rapidly than most climate models have projected, and why this has serious implications for climate change and the survival of our planet, came…
A Review of Beyond the Robot: The Life and Work of Colin Wilson, by Gary Lachman (New York: TarcherPerigee, 2016), with reflections on Wilson’s astrological chart and Sun in Cancer’s search for meaning and purpose Whether or not you are a fan of Colin Wilson (1931-2013), Gary Lachman’s biography of his life and thought is…
The Papers of the 2013 Sophia Centre Conference on Celestial Magic, at which I gave a talk on “The Transformational Techniques of Huber Astrology” have finally been published in a double issue of Culture and Cosmos, which is available from Amazon at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Culture-Cosmos-Vol-19-Celestial/dp/1907767738 In his introduction, Nicholas Campion likens magical thinking to “awareness of the…
On 3 June 2016, the greatest sportsman of the twentieth century died at the age of 74. Mohammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr on 17 January 1942, at 18:35 in Louisville, Kentucky, was an American light-heavyweight gold medallist, the only man to win the world heavyweight championship three times. He brought boxing from the…
On Saturday 28 May, we were at the Chelsea Flower Show, admiring extensive show gardens, smaller artisan gardens, and the magnificent array of flowers and fruits within the pavilion. There seemed to be fewer artisan gardens than previously, and they were vying for innovative use of tiny spaces. By contrast, the show gardens were less…
The London Astrological Psychology Group has been established for a number of years and meets in Battersea about once a month on Saturdays from 2-5pm. My flat is opposite the Battersea Flower Station. Our next session, on Saturday 9 July, will focus on Sun, Moon, Saturn, and the family chart. Would anyone wishing to attend…
The graphic artist, M. C. Escher, known to his friends as Mauk, was born on 17 June 1898, at 07:15, in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (Rodden Rating: AA). His chart resembles a paper aeroplane with green wings and has a vertical emphasis. Seven planets are in the fourth quadrant, and five are in airy Gemini, Sun with…
Leo Rising: The story of the Astrological Lodge of London, by Kim Farnell (Maidstone: My Spirit Books, 2015), www.astrolodge.co.uk As many readers will know, the Astrological Lodge of London was founded by Alan Leo (1860-1917) on 13 July 1915 and held its first meeting on 13 September the same year. So, in 2015, we have…
Sue Lewis discusses the chart of this man in the news. Blatter has ‘resigned’ since this post was written. [Reposted due to disappearance of the 3rd June original.] Sepp Blatter, aged 79, President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) since 1998, re-elected in 2002, 2007, 2011 and on 29 May 2015, has asserted…
This post outlines the new book by Sue Lewis, published by HopeWell, Knutsford, March 2015. Colour paperback, 212 pages, rrp £18. Available soon for a limited period at the special price of £15 from the APA bookshop. Foreword by Barry Hopewell In the 1990s, when I first became aware of the work of Bruno &…