Tag: Venus
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Bittersweet
This post first appeared on Joyce Hopewell’s Astrological Psychology blog. In the book Bittersweet – how sorrow and longing make us whole by Susan Cain, the author explores something you might recognise immediately, just by reading the title, especially if you’re the kind of person who’s drawn to what is poignant in life. This set…
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The Zero Point of the Zodiac – the Cosmic Fissure
At the turning point of the zodiac year, we republish this article by Louise Huber on the ‘zero point’ of the zodiac, extracted from the book AstroLog I: Life and Meaning. Many years of observation have shown that a certain place in the zodiac has something special about it – the border area between Pisces…
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Gifts for Mankind. Venus in all her Splendour, from Klimt.
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Gustav Klimt, an Austrian symbolist painter, is not only known for his paintings, but also for his murals, sketches and other objets d’art. In the Artist Context series of books – GUSTAV KLIMT – its writer Frank Whitford quotes Klimt as saying: “Whoever wants to know something about me – as an artist, the only…
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The Tyranny of Aesthetics
I never knew, in my twenties, why I felt compelled to move from one flat to another, seldom staying anywhere longer than six months. Six months of fixity seemed to be all I could handle. I’d paint the walls, lengthen or shorten the curtains I had used in the previous flat, adding a frill or…
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