STAR WANDERINGS

  Venus has entered a fiery, masculine temple of the Sun King. As the Sun, she is rising, embodying the diurnal quality of the Sun, tending the eternal fire.  In ancient astrology, the Sun is rejoicing in the 9th house, the house of God. The Sun represents immortal light, the divine principle, the connection with that which transcends our material reality. Sun was also called the noetic light, that which illuminates (us). Illumination comes from the Latin root illuminationem - "to throw into light, make bright, light up". Sun King brings us both intellectual and spiritual enlightenment. The element of fire, being closest to the Spirit, carries an innate need to express the eternal light, to create. Upon entering the King´s temple, Venus is becoming a radiant vessel of the heavens. Venus might be witnessed in the sweetness of devotion, the adornment of sacred places and in tending the altars. Christian art of manuscript illumination represents a sacred merging of Sun and Venus...

Yesterday, Mercury initiated the journey through his home territory. The sign of Virgo is the place I call home as well. I thought I let you have a peek into the little Virgo world. I feel like thoughts must be recorded, anchored in the physical medium in order to stick. I'm a bit obsessive about note-making and my preferred medium is paper. I feel like the physical act of writing helps me to sort out my thoughts, to efficiently process the information. In fact, I’ve always had to make my own notes to learn anything. By the time I was done writing them, I had a pretty good grasp of the topic I was studying. I feel incomplete and anxious without a daily planner at my side. Most of the time, it is stuffed with different scraps of paper filled with quotes, insights, tasks, ideas. The cover is embellished with an array of sticky notes. Their location is a clear indication of their utmost importance. I am a bit perverted about reorganizing them, rewriting them onto a less worn-out sheet...