I’m fascinated by the interview with famed astrologer Robert Hand in the current issue of The Mountain Astrologer. What particularly interests me is Hand’s description of astrology not as a religion or a science but as a language — and, in modern times, a fuzzy one at that:
“We have to stop thinking of astrology as [...]

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Because Cancer, the sign, symbolically embodies the mother-child relationship, this month I have re-read the Grimm Brothers’ story Rapunzel, which I used in workshop to explore the opposite sign, Capricorn, six months ago. This time, I was seeking to understand how the idea of attachment, used in the context of early childhood development, related to [...]

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Putting yoga and astrology together in one workshop or retreat seems, at first blush, a little like sitting an elephant down at a computer and saying, “See? Now do you get it?”
In other words: No. It’s not obvious at all. Yoga is all about the body, isn’t it? While astrology is, well, a little arcane [...]

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