astrology - Blogs - Depth Psychology Alliance2024-03-29T12:39:51Zhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/astrologyTriple Goddess T-Square: Vesta, Juno, and Pallas Athenahttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/triple-goddess-t-square-vesta-juno-and-pallas-athena2012-11-30T18:00:00.000Z2012-11-30T18:00:00.000ZGray Crawfordhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/GrayCrawford<div><p>There is just so much going on right now with astrology transits, it isn’t quite as obvious to pay attention to the asteroids named after Goddesses. I mean, we not only have the Pluto-Uranus square going on, we have Pluto and Mars conjunct in Capricorn, we have Venus and Saturn conjunct in Scorpio, we have had Mercury moving across the north node of the Moon in Scorpio first direct, then retrograde, and now stationing direct to move back across a final time, and most significantly in this moment we are in between eclipses, with the upcoming Lunar eclipse of November 28 containing somewhat of a Yod (in a wide orb sense) between Pluto and Mars in Capricorn and Saturn and Venus in Scorpio at the base, with Jupiter and the Full Moon in Gemini at the apex.</p><p>However, there is in fact a triple Goddess T-Square happening right now, involving some of the most powerful manifestations of the Goddess (Juno, Vesta, Pallas Athena), first brilliantly described in <em>Asteroid Goddesses</em> by Demetra George. In this pivotal work, Demetra George illuminated the insight that the asteroid Goddesses represent distinct archetypal manifestations of the Great Goddess, in particular in the form of Venus Aphrodite... Read more at: <a href="http://esotericembers.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/triple-goddess-t-square-vesta-juno-and-pallas-athena/" target="_blank">http://esotericembers.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/triple-goddess-t-square-vesta-juno-and-pallas-athena/</a></p></div>Existentialism and Archetypal Astrology...a Path to the Numinoushttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/existentialism-and-archetypal-astrology-a-path-to-the-numinous2013-11-25T16:44:03.000Z2013-11-25T16:44:03.000ZElizabeth Springhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/ElizabethSpring<div><p>Existentialism and Archetypal Astrology...a Path to the Numinous</p><div class="post-header"><div class="post-header-line-1"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9142447074,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="231" class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9142447074,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9142447074?profile=original" /></a></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><div class="separator">This is an excerpt from my new, but yet unpublished book, called "Lifting the Veil; Becoming Your Own Best Astrologer." Although some of the book deals with the grammar of learning how to do this, there's also a section on mid-life passages and the journeys we take from our childhood religious views to new ways of seeing....and in my case it was from Catholicism, to Existentialism, to archetypal astrology. If you are interested in this kind of writing you might also enjoy the book: "North Node Astrology; Rediscovering Your Life Direction and Soul Purpose"</div><div class="separator"></div><div>So where does Existentialism fit in with astrology? Existentialism focuses on the process of becoming an authentic human being in a world that appears to be devoid of a benevolent God. It offers us a place to stand that doesn’t throw us into a state of philosophic despair, but instead tenderly holds our humanity and proselytizes courage instead of dogma. And in some ways, I see it as a precursor to astrological thinking.</div><div class="separator"> </div><div> If we see existentialism as an unsettling inquiry into the nature of life imbued with deep religious skepticism, then we might also see it as a beneficial stage in acquiring sound astrological thinking. In the past, it has sometimes been equated with a “dark night of the soul” time, or a “morning sickness” or as Jean Paul Sartre said, a “nausea” in response to the inauthentic life of mainstream culture. I would venture to add that existentialism feels like the place in our philosophic journey where we question our life and don’t try to insert easy solutions. It’s a time when we try to live authentically, when we work at becoming a person of integrity and when we wait for rebirth. As the existentialist writer, Albert Camus said: “If there is a soul, it is a mistake to believe that it is given to us fully created---rather it is created here, throughout a whole life, and living is nothing else than that long and painful bringing forth."</div><div>Existentialism was born in part out of the despair of World War II. It was a reaction to the fantasy of ungrounded beliefs, hyped-up nationalism and pre-packaged religions. It might be seen as a stage in spiritual evolution, like the stage of pregnancy, as a stance that is “pregnant” with what is to come. Astrological thinking changed too, and emerged and birthed itself anew in those years after World War II. It was then that Dane Rudhyar and the early Theosophists birthed astrology out of its fortune telling womb and put it into an authentic philosophic-spiritual context.</div><div class="separator"> </div><div> I see existentialism as standing between the naïve acceptance of unquestioned religion and the acceptance of the mystery of spiritual gnosis, or knowledge based on experience. This “existential” way of seeing and being often comes before any openness to a “greater mystery” which could be described as the perennial philosophy that lies at the heart of every religion. It seems like a good foundational attitude to take into any astrological practice.</div><div>The willingness to be open to an experience of the “numinous” ---which could be described as a sense of the holy or the presence of Spirit--- requires an attitude of openness and critical discernment that both existentialism and astrological thinking aspire to hold. (Although not all existentialists would agree---they’re an unruly bunch!) For those of us who do astrology, we struggle to discern what is real and useful and true, while also holding to the place of acceptance of the cycles, life rhythms, and the numinous idea of synchronicity. And we offer our clients an open “weltanschauung” or world view that allows them to place our ideas within their philosophy. We can offer them astrology not as being a religion, but an intuitive art of the Spirit where we can track the movements of Spirit in time.</div><div>I see astrology as being balanced between an attitude which is both Saturnian in its efforts at discernment and Neptunian as a synthesizing art. Existentialism is Saturnian in its no-nonsense approach to the harsh realities of life, and although the art of astrology is more Neptunian, it doesn’t make a case for a God of a certain creed or fantasy. Astrological thinking instead implies that in this Saturnian world we are poised and resonating in a balance between the heavens above and the earth below, and that here there are cycles, seasons, and predictable movements that allows space for Neptunian mystery.</div><div> Some people would say this is a ‘stretch’ but I like to think of the idea of existential astrology as the initial philosophic place we stand in, and from there one goes forward into one’s own Neptunian or astrological cosmology. I’ve chosen to embrace “evolutionary astrology” which posits the belief in reincarnation and the evolution and growth of the Soul through time---but this is not for everyone.</div><div>On my spiritual journey, existentialism played a crucial part in my transition from Catholicism to a belief in the Soul’s evolutionary journey. After leaving Catholicism I lived and waited in an existential space until life and astrology began to show me more. And what opened up for me was an awareness that the numinous spirit could never be bounded or understood completely by any one system or religion or even astrology. However, how delightful it was to find that there are astrological prints left in the sand from the path of Spirit! And that there are clues in the heavens, the seasons, and the archetypes as to how to navigate a life. The markers are all around us, and astrology is one such pathfinder.</div><div class="separator"> </div><div> The existentialists have a favorite mantra: “existence precedes essence” implying that we are always in the process of becoming who we truly are. I would add that living an astrologically aware life helps us to discern the essence of who we truly are, thereby making the process of existential “becoming” a conscious one--and that is indeed a profound gift.</div><div class="separator">~Elizabeth Spring <a href="http://www.elizabethspring.com">www.elizabethspring.com</a></div><div> </div><div class="separator"></div></div><div class="post-footer"><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1">Posted by <a title="author profile" class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/101424842882929370026">Elizabeth Spring</a> at <a title="permanent link" class="timestamp-link" href="http://becomeyourownastrologer.blogspot.com/2013/11/existentialism-and-archetypal.html"><abbr title="2013-11-25T08:31:00-08:00" class="published">8:31 AM</abbr></a> <a title="Edit Post" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2431414981536977083&postID=1803195067339976985&from=pencil"></a><div class="post-share-buttons goog-inline-block"><a title="Email This" class="goog-inline-block share-button sb-email" href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=2431414981536977083&postID=1803195067339976985&target=email" target="_blank">Email This</a><a title="BlogThis!" class="goog-inline-block share-button sb-blog" href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=2431414981536977083&postID=1803195067339976985&target=blog" target="_blank">BlogThis!</a><a title="Share to Twitter" class="goog-inline-block share-button sb-twitter" href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=2431414981536977083&postID=1803195067339976985&target=twitter" target="_blank">Share to Twitter</a><a title="Share to Facebook" class="goog-inline-block share-button sb-facebook" href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=2431414981536977083&postID=1803195067339976985&target=facebook" target="_blank">Share to Facebook</a><div class="goog-inline-block dummy-container"><div></div></div></div></div><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-2"></div><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-3"><br /> </div></div><div class="comment-form"><h4> </h4><p></p><a href="http://www.blogger.com/comment-iframe.g?blogID=2431414981536977083&postID=1803195067339976985&blogspotRpcToken=6525178"></a> </div></div>Pisces, Mercury retrograde, Ceres, and Persephonehttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/pisces-mercury-retrograde-ceres-and-persephone2013-03-01T08:30:00.000Z2013-03-01T08:30:00.000ZGray Crawfordhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/GrayCrawford<div><p><a href="http://esotericembers.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/an-angel-watches-over-an-argument-between-ceres-and-mercury/" target="_blank">An angel watches over an argument between Ceres and Mercury</a></p><p></p><h2><a href="http://esotericembers.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/euphoria-winged-heart.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-314" title="by Euphoria Marie Sorensen" alt="Euphoria winged heart" src="http://esotericembers.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/euphoria-winged-heart.jpg?w=604&h=456" width="604" height="456" /></a></h2><h2><span>In Pisces Time</span></h2><ul><li><h4><span>Venus is conjunct Neptune in Pisces at 2 – 4 degrees.</span></h4></li><li><h4>Sun is conjunct Chiron in Pisces at 9 – 10 degrees.</h4></li><li><h4>Mercury retrograde is conjunct Mars in Pisces at 1<span>9 -20 d</span><span>egrees.</span></h4></li></ul><p>Pisces is always on our minds at this time of year, the end of Winter in our northern hemisphere, with green shoots soon to be Narcissus poking through the dark earth. This February and March, however, has more Piscean energy than normal. The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Chiron, and Neptune are all in Pisces, with Mercury retrograde combined with Mars, Venus combined with Neptune, and the Sun combined with Chiron now at the end of February. The Pisces-Virgo full moon that just occurred on February 25 was within a couple degrees of Chiron in Pisces.</p><p>Pisces is an archetype of the infinite and timeless, of the higher Spirit, God, or Goddess interconnecting all of life, in all dimensions and realms. Moving in time with Pisces means moving in rhythm more with kairos time, the opportune or intuitively correct time to do something, more so than chronos time, the chronological time we “should” do something. In <em>Pluto: An Evolutionary Journey of the Soul</em>, Jeff Green links the Taoist concept of <em>Wu Wei</em>with the Pisces and the 12th House archetype. Green explained that wu wei is an important Piscean development of awareness to act in accordance with the needs of the eternal now, more so than the needs of our egocentric point of view. Therefore, if decisive action is required, we act directly; if it is a harmonious time to become more internal and self-reflective, we can enter a more contemplative state of being. My cousin, who has been studying the Tao through acupuncture and qi gong, told me that wu wei is “actionless action,” “action without action,” or “doing without doing” because if you are in line with the Cosmos, “then all of your actions are completely in integrity and you influence the world without trying. The political idea (from ancient China) would be a ‘sage king’ who is so attuned with the Universe that the kingdom and all the subjects benefit without him doing anything. The simplest image . . . is to flow like water.”</p><p>Now that Mercury is moving retrograde in Pisces, it will take extra effort for us to keep up with chronos time and the deadline-bound demands, expectations, and responsibilities of our daily work and life. It will be harder to make it to work on time or have an expected project completed by a specific deadline unless we place a lot of conscious focus there to make it happen. In contrast, it could be easier to drift off into a more creative, artistic, and reflective pursuit that may on the surface appear to be escapist and not make much sense to the expectations of others around us. We must be careful, however, of escapist desires that are masking deeper wounds in our psyche we do not want to face; the Mercury retrograde and Mars conjunction in Pisces right now is in square to Ceres in Gemini, which could reflect addictions and compulsions we fixate on such as over-eating, drug use, or co-dependent relationships in order to provide for our nurturing needs in a grasping manner, instead of finding ways to nurture ourselves that keep us on a healthier path. Also, remember that Mercury and Mars were traveling together direct in Pisces for most of the month of February before only recently coming into a square with Gemini Ceres; earlier in February Pisces Mercury and Mars were conjunct Chiron in Pisces and squaring Jupiter in Gemini. Thus, throughout February the Mercury and Mars conjunction in Pisces could have reflected us stridently acting and perceiving events from an emotional perspective that could be either distorted by limiting beliefs or past unhealed wounds. In contrast, if we have been working on facing past patterns and issues with intention of transformation, we could make choices from a more intuitively feeling place we have helped cultivate through a mindful practice of some sort that helps us heal and purify our inner psyche to create a healthier root foundation for our actions. Now that Mercury has shifted into a retrograde phase, there could arise more discrepancy between our internal desires for what we want to do with our time and energy versus the external demands of our environment for our time and energy. The strong squares from Gemini Jupiter and Gemini Ceres, the ultimate divine sister and brother team, to all of the intense Pisces energy of the moment could place us in fast moving and shifting situations full of turmoil and chaos.</p><p>From my personal experience during this time period, the universe has been asking me to embrace a higher level of frequency and speed in my daily life, a need to attune to quickly shifting needs relating to my daily work responsibilities. My Mercury and Midheaven are at 4 degrees of Pisces and have been especially struck with Pisces transits recently, as well as my Pallas Athena at 9 degrees, and Sun at 28 degrees of Pisces conjunct Jupiter, all in my 10th House. The difficulty has been balancing the myriad needs of my work environment with my own needs for personal time and the needs of loved ones in personal relationship with me. I have felt, however, that the Universe has been asking me to think, process, make choices, and act at a faster rate and a higher frequency, not so much as multi-task as being able to focus on one thing and then shift focus to another. It has felt like an important time of preparation to be ready to face greater responsibilities and challenges in the near future.</p><p>The Venus-Neptune conjunction just coming into manifestation at this time can help with a greater heart opening and awareness of where we need to direct our love and energy moment to moment. Venus and Neptune combined in Pisces can certainly lead us down illusionary paths, make us more prone to be lost in a fantasy world. However, if we have been on a path of intention recently to connect more with our true Soul path in life, then this current conjunction of Venus and Neptune can help our heart pierce the shell of crystallized patterns, habits, and emotions we protect our true vulnerability with, for us to open to the potential of expressing unconditional love and faith in our daily life.</p><p>In the greater cosmic context of the ripening Pluto-Uranus square, with Saturn in Scorpio moving retrograde, the potential heart opening of Venus and Neptune together in Pisces could even feel shattering. In current events, it is symbolically fitting that the Pope resigned earlier in February with the intense Pisces conjunctions of Mercury, Mars, Neptune, and Chiron, as the structure of the Catholic church is being shaken in a Uranian way for a potential Plutonic transformation. Pisces, an archetype in line with the true message of Jesus, fittingly has intense energy being expressed at the same time a bright light is being shone upon the “viper’s nest” of political intrigue amongst Cardinals and other catholic power structure elite who have been covering up sexual abuse and other corrupt practices within the Church. Whether or not Catholic officials choose to take this moment of “divine intervention” to truly attempt to reform and remake their structure,the opportunity has presented itself.</p><p>In our personal lives, the Sun currently being conjunct Chiron in Pisces, the recent conjunctions of Mars and Mercury with Chiron, as well as the conjunction of Venus and Chiron in Pisces in the near future, point to the combined archetypes of Chiron with Pisces being important in this time. The Chiron archetype is often described as a wounded healer ability we have to heal and transform others as a gift from having done the hard work of facing our own wounds. However, Chiron is also the trainer of heroes, and we are being asked to step more deeply into our special heroic identity and destiny at this time. The call of our heroic journey has been more piercing recently because Chiron in Pisces has been in the process of being tested by a square from Jupiter in Gemini. Integral to this process of stepping into our “Hero’s Journey,” as Joseph Campbell so famously illuminated, is the archetype and function of Mercury. Mercury first moved direct conjunct Chiron while being conjunct Mars in Pisces at the same time at the beginning of February. This was a time to begin to harmonize our force of Will (Mars) with how our sense of perception (Mercury) is shaped in relation to our Chiron issues: our wounded past, our special gifts and talents buried in our psyche, and the tremendous strength we can mine from going deep inside to confront our personal demons and fears, gaining the ability to re-emerge with gifts we can share with the people we attract into our life. Recently Mercury stationed retrograde and became conjunct with Mars once again in Pisces, and now Mercury has embarked on his retrograde journey into our personal underworld, eventually becoming conjunct Chiron again moving retrograde, stationing direct around the Spring Equinox, and then moving direct to conjunct Chiron a third time in the Spring of 2013.</p><p>To put it all in a mystorical perspective, Mercury moving retrograde in Pisces at this time is like Hermes journeying into the underworld in order to negotiate a release of Persephone from Hades so that she can return to her mother Demeter. The Gemini Ceres squaring the Pisces Mercury-Mars conjunction is like the anger and rage of Demeter over losing her daughter Persephone to the underworld and Hades. She is furious at her brother Zeus for allowing it to happen, and so Zeus convinces Hermes to brave the underworld in order to guide Persephone back to the arms of her mother. Taking my own creative license with the myth, I feel that Demeter as the Great Goddess of Earth and fertility would clearly have had strong opinions about exactly how Hermes should proceed and attend to the safety of her daughter; Hermes, being slippery and intelligent enough to negotiate not only the underworld but also the power of Hades, likewise would have had the ability to hold his own with Demeter in an intense debate about how he would have to negotiate with Hades. Ultimately, Hermes is able to retrieve Persephone from the underworld, but it came at a price that Demeter would have to compromise in a Piscean manner of surrender: Persephone would spend half of the year above ground with her mother Demeter, and the other half of the year presiding over the dead and guiding Souls in the afterlife in the underworld with her partner Hades. The fact that this tragedy that befell Demeter ultimately resulted in our seasons of the year, the glorious fertility of Spring, and our corresponding conscious awareness of the rebirth from death element inherent to creation, means that her letting go of attachment to possessing Persephone has a fated quality linked to the guidance of the angelic realm. This theme can be mirrored in our personal lives today anywhere that we are overly attached to based upon our nurturing needs, needs that often have to do with unresolved wounds from our childhood and later personality development. If we are creating suffering for ourselves because of grasping to control or possess an object of desire, we may be forced to surrender and let go of it in order to find the Piscean faith that our lives will ultimately work out in a manner that will help us heal and rebirth ourselves in a manner for the greatest good. Ceres and the Demeter myth have a lot to teach us about grief: our reactive ego parts of personality may feel like bitterly reacting with vengeance like Demeter, refusing to express our fertile love in our environment, metaphorically refusing to let flowers, life, and the harvest bloom around us. If we keep in mind the wisdom that is often symbolized by the concept of Angelic guides, however, we can keep in mind that new life and creation will come out of the death and grief process, we can realize that new exciting endeavors await us. Reflecting the recent transits of Chiron, Neptune, Mars, Mercury, the Sun, and Venus over the fixed star Fomalhaut, the Archangel available to guide us on our hero’s quest at this time is Gabriel.</p></div>The Cosmic Story: Venus Transit to the Sun, June 5, 2012https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/the-cosmic-story-venus-transit-to-the-sun-june-5-20122012-05-29T17:26:02.000Z2012-05-29T17:26:02.000ZCathy Paganohttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/CathyPagano<div><p align="center"></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">On June 5<sup>th</sup>, there will be a cosmic event that you don’t want to miss. <a href="http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/Transit-of-Venus-February-2012-134332798.html">The planet Venus travels across the face of the Sun.</a> (See link for viewing details)</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9142440059,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="575" class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9142440059,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9142440059?profile=original" /></a></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><u>The Cosmic Story</u> <br /></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Astrology is an art as well as a science, using metaphor as its language and cosmic law as its metaphysics. Our solar system spins, drawing us into the center, together. Each planet and asteroid circling the Sun <i>energizes</i> a force at play in the world. Along with the force of gravity, all bodies in our solar system <i>hold onto</i> each other energetically and so affect each other. That’s why the ancients named the planets after their gods and goddesses – their experience of the world acknowledged and accepted the connection between matter, the imagination and spirit. And the connective energy of the Universe is symbolized by Venus, both the goddess and the planet. It seems Love is the irresistible force that holds everything and everyone together.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"> </span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Carl Jung thought that the ancient god/desses had become psychological complexes in modern man. And he also believed that at the center of these complexes were archetypes, human behaviors that are inborn and instinctual. To dream, to conceive, to engender, to birth, to protect, to love, to die. These archetypal energies also express themselves on a cosmic level, joining our energies with the other inhabitants of Earth, with our solar system and with galaxies. It seems the Universe lays out the basic conditions for life and for death, for stars and for humans, and gifts us with them, daring us to play along.<sup>1</sup> </span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"> </span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">The planet Venus represents one of the universal archetypes, the archetype of Connection. Under patriarchy, Venus energizes the realm of sexual love, beauty and companionship, the acceptable (to men) aspect of her energies. But her deepest nature represents an essential archetype, the mystery of life expressed through Love and Wisdom, Connection and Wholeness. </span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Continue the blog at:<a href="http://www.wisdom-of-astrology.com/astrostarsarticles/venus-transit-of-the-sun-june-5-2012" target="_blank">Wisdom of Astrology</a><br /></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"> </span></p></div>From Archetypes of the Zodiac to The Rising Sign - Beyond the Maskhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/from-archetypes-of-the-zodiac2011-02-02T01:30:00.000Z2011-02-02T01:30:00.000ZFisher King Presshttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/FisherKingPress<div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Mask-Rising-Aries-Virgo/dp/0981393934?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwmalcolmclc-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" style="clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Beyond the Mask: The Rising Sign - Part I: Aries - Virgo" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0981393934&tag=wwwmalcolmclc-20" /></a>Press Release<img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wwwmalcolmclc-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0981393934" style="border:medium none;margin:0px;padding:0px;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="ir?t=wwwmalcolmclc-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0981393934" /><br /><br />Fisher King Press & Genoa House are pleased to present:<br /><br /><i><b>Beyond the Mask: The Rising Sign Volumes I & II</b></i><br /><br />Well known and respected internationally for her ground breaking work in <i>Archetypes of the Zodiac</i>, Kathleen Burt now offers us a phenomenal distillation of her life work in: <i>Beyond the Mask: The Rising Sign - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Mask-Rising-Aries-Virgo/dp/0981393934?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwmalcolmclc-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Volume I: Aries - Virgo</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wwwmalcolmclc-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0981393934" style="border:medium none;margin:0px;padding:0px;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="ir?t=wwwmalcolmclc-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0981393934" /></i> (ISBN 978-0981393933) and <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Mask-Rising-Libra-Pisces/dp/0981393993?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwmalcolmclc-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Volume II: Libra - Pisces</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wwwmalcolmclc-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0981393993" style="border:medium none;margin:0px;padding:0px;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="ir?t=wwwmalcolmclc-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0981393993" /></i> (ISBN 978-0981393995).<br /><br />Antiquated identities and roles must die, old 'masks' must be pealed away before we can discover a new path in life. Kathleen Burt addresses specifically how the rising sign patterns guide us into new life and fresh experiences. With the keen eye of an astrologer examining the biography of creative writers and inspired people, Kathleen Burt brings a depth of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Mask-Rising-Libra-Pisces/dp/0981393993?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwmalcolmclc-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" style="clear:right;float:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Beyond the Mask: The Rising Sign - Part II: Libra - Pisces (Volume 2)" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0981393993&tag=wwwmalcolmclc-20" /></a>understanding to the Rising Sign. These unique volumes of wisdom offers decades of scholarly study and practical experience in esoteric astrology, psychology, mythology, and biography and examines the underlying archetypal patterns inherent in our lives. Both volumes of <i>Beyond the Mask</i> illustrates how midlife urgings bring forth cycles of death and rebirth. Volume I addresses <i>the Aries - Virgo</i> rising sign. Volume II addresses <i>Libra - Pisces</i> rising sign<i>.</i><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wwwmalcolmclc-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0981393993" style="border:medium none;margin:0px;padding:0px;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="ir?t=wwwmalcolmclc-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0981393993" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Mask-Rising-Libra-Pisces/dp/0981393993?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwmalcolmclc-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" style="clear:right;float:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;" target="_blank"></a><br /><br /><b>About the Author</b><br />An astrologer in private practice for 30 years, Kathleen Burt is the author of Archetypes of the Zodiac, a book about Sun Signs from the perspectives of mythology, psychology, and esoteric astrology. A Fulbright scholar to India, Kathleen completed her graduate work in South Asian history at the University of Chicago. She has taught at Roosevelt University, Chicago and Mira Costa College in CA. Patterns in Health, a two-year program on archetypes, dreams, ritual and Active Imagination led by Jungian analysts has influenced her life and client work. She currently teaches Viniyoga classes (sequencing and breathwork) in the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Mask-Rising-Aries-Virgo/dp/0981393934?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwmalcolmclc-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Beyond the Mask: The Rising Sign Part 1</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wwwmalcolmclc-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0981393934" style="border:medium none;margin:0px;padding:0px;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="ir?t=wwwmalcolmclc-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0981393934" /> by Kathleen Burt – Astrology/Spirituality<br />1st Edition Trade Paperback, 170 pp, 2010<br />— <a href="http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780981393933" target="_blank">Search inside Volume I</a> —<br />$25.00 USD Sale Price $19.95 <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=G3QGWPZSLZZNG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color:#e69138;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><b> Add to Cart </b></span></span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Mask-Rising-Libra-Pisces/dp/0981393993?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwmalcolmclc-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">Beyond the Mask: The Rising SIgn Part 2</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wwwmalcolmclc-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0981393993" style="border:medium none;margin:0px;padding:0px;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="ir?t=wwwmalcolmclc-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0981393993" /> by Kathleen Burt – Astrology/Spirituality<br />1st Edition Trade Paperback, 320 pp, 2011<br />— <a href="http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780981393995" target="_blank">Search inside Volume II</a> —<br />$35.00 USD Sale Price $25.00 <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=3M9HWDKX2CL5L"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color:#e69138;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><b>Add to Cart </b></span></span></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:large;"><b><span style="background-color:#f3f3f3;color:#000000;font-size:small;">ORDER BOTH BOOKS FOR $40 <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DTLYLA77VH7QS"><span style="background-color:#cc0000;color:#FFFFFF;">Add to Cart </span></a></span></b></span></div><br /><blockquote><a href="http://www.fisherkingreview.com/" style="clear:right;display:inline;float:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393483198773291202" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_66tG-ibjAoU/StmAZLTraMI/AAAAAAAAASs/kmBy84VNLJ8/s200/fkplogo110x100.jpg" style="display:block;height:100px;margin:0px auto 10px;width:110px;" name="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393483198773291202" border="0" alt="fkplogo110x100.jpg" /></a>Fisher King Press publishes an eclectic mix of worthy books including Jungian Psychological Perspectives, Cutting Edge Fiction, and a growing list of alternative titles.</blockquote><ul><li>We Ship Worldwide.</li><li>Credit Cards Accepted.</li><li>Phone Orders Welcomed. 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