Feb 20

We’re in the afterbath of the Super White Virgo Moon and things are very earthy practical, organized, intelligent,OCD’ worrisome and health conscious.

The Moon trines Saturn Venus and later big gun Pluto in Capricorn

This VENUS SATURN PLUTO sandwich is very intense. I am feeling it. If you have any CARDINAL planets ARIES CANCER LIBRA and of course Capricorn at 2-28 degrees you will feel the squeeze. It’s karmic, hard and oppressive. Its Guaranteed to squeeze the shit out of you.

Moon also opposed Neptune so there is a magic dreaming escape hatch here too.

Moon opposed Mercury in PIsces and Squares Jupiter accentuating the MERCURY NEPTUNE conjunction going on as well.

Let’s talk about theophoric names.

You may have spotted that “theophoric” isa Greek word; itmeans “Deity-bearing.” In other words, the name of a Deity is incorporated into the name ofa human being.Isidora is an example. Itmeans “Gift of Isis.” In the ancient world, a name like that would probably have meant that the parents credited the Goddess with helping them conceive, so the child was Her gift. Since for me Isidora isa “taken” name rather than a given one, I take it to meanthat the Goddess has given me many gifts.

Of course, thesimplest form of naming for the Goddesswould be to just adopt Her name. There was at least oneancient Egyptian queen named Isis (Iset, in Egyptian), a queen…

On 8 February 2019, the Moon ingresses into Aries and al-Saratan, the first Lunar Mansion.
To access the latest update of my Lunar Mansions Ephemeris, click on the image below:

I don’t have to tell you that we are living in divided times. I don’t have to tell you that we are living in intolerant times. I don’t even have to tell you that many people today think tolerance—political or religious—is a bad thing. Yet in my stubborn heart, I still believe it’s a virtue. Especially in a religious context, and even knowing all its attendant problems.

Yes. Religious tolerance is hard.

And it always has been. Even in a polytheistic world where people were used to dealing with a variety of religious expressions.

For instance, Greek comic playwrights often made fun of the religious practices of Egyptians, usually focusing on their reverence for animals as manifestations of the Divine. This 4th-century-BCE bit by Anaxandrides of Rhodes, who won many awards for his work, is an example. He writes as Demos (“the people”) to Egypt:

I couldn’t have myself allied…

A Yod or Finger Of God formation February 7th between Chiron the Wounded shamanic healer @ 29 Pisces Sextile Juno Goddess of feminine genius @ 28 Taurus both quincunx to Asteroid of warrior wisdom Athena @ 29 Libra. Uranus @ 29 degrees Aries opposes Athena. the freedom loving, liberator, the creator of chaos and ingenuity is also semi-Sextile or 30 degrees away from Chiron and Juno. This is a very powerful configuration.

This is one of my favorite posts. It has been criticized for being a too-modern interpretation of an ancient tale. The tale itself is merely a retelling and paraphrase from a translation of Ovid; so that is as it is. And yes, my interpretation is indeed modern. But reinterpretation is itself part of our Pagan heritage. Look at how philosophers reinterpreted ancient myths so they were relevant to their own thought. In Egypt, scribes made notes in the margins of older written texts, explaining the ancient symbols and stories for their own age. Because that is the power of the tale, the power of myth, the power of story. The core of it remains the same, but when we look at it with our modern eyes and take it into our modern hearts, we discover our own interpretations, enabling ancient myth to live for us today.

Hear now the tale…