AUTHOR'S NOTE: Several years ago I adapted the 21-card Romany spread for use with the seven planets of classical astrology and came up with a dual-axis developmental profile for both character analysis and associated timing. All seven columns can be used for a complete personality study, or only those that apply to specific circumstances can … Continue reading Playing Cards and the Astro-Romany Personality Profile
Astrology
Where Is Nancy? – A Horary Perspective
AUTHOR'S NOTE: To complete my divinatory exploration of the current whereabouts and physical condition of Nancy Guthrie, I generated a horary astrology chart. Although in this type of horoscope I usually give the Ascendant to the missing person as the "Querent," this time I decided that, since Nancy's daughter Savannah Guthrie has been requesting public … Continue reading Where Is Nancy? – A Horary Perspective
Recasting Saturn: The Devil, the World and the Hermit
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here is the next installment in my series of follow-up essays examining the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn's astrological notation for the Major Arcana of the tarot. The planet Saturn has traditionally shared equal billing with the element of Earth as the corresponding symbol for the World (Thoth Universe) card, which has … Continue reading Recasting Saturn: The Devil, the World and the Hermit
Musings on the Major Arcana: The Chariot and the Wheel of Fortune
"Big wheel keep on turnin'"- from Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival AUTHOR'S NOTE: Several years ago I posted a high-level overview of my personal reassignment of some of the Golden Dawn's astrological correspondences for the tarot's Major Arcana (I'm an experienced astrologer and some of them just didn't sit well with me). I've linked … Continue reading Musings on the Major Arcana: The Chariot and the Wheel of Fortune
Zodiacal Segmenting of the Court Cards
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've written about this subject before, but I've just been reading T. Susan Chang's very precise description of it in her book, Tarot Correspondences: Ancient Secrets for Everyday Readers, that brought me back to my own assumptions. In the Golden Dawn's Chaldean model of zodiacal associations for the tarot, all of the court … Continue reading Zodiacal Segmenting of the Court Cards
Sensible Divination – Oh, My Stars and Cards!
Those of a certain age will remember Bullwinkle Moose exclaiming "Oh, my stars and garters!" whenever something surprised him, and I certainly resemble that remark (chronologically if not semantically since a certain rude three-letter acronym now replaces such quaint language). AUTHOR'S NOTE: When I began my esoteric journey as an astrologer in 1970, I was … Continue reading Sensible Divination – Oh, My Stars and Cards!
Decanic Intervals: A Unique Approach to Tarot Timing
AUTHOR'S NOTE: The Golden Dawn's system of tarot timing relies on the zodiacal position of 68 of the cards within the "Chaldean" array of twelve astrological signs. In this essay I'm going to challenge the conventions that have been established for its use. The series of 36 minor cards begins in Aries on or about … Continue reading Decanic Intervals: A Unique Approach to Tarot Timing
“Watching the Grass Grow” – Elemental Humours and Temperaments in Divination
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've always been fascinated by the vision of human personality portrayed by natal (aka "birth-chart") astrology, and to a lesser extent by the cards of the tarot. But in recent years I've left behind the highly-nuanced character profiling of "New Age" psychological astrology and evolved (some might say devolved) into the simpler techniques … Continue reading “Watching the Grass Grow” – Elemental Humours and Temperaments in Divination
The Mirror of Identity: An Astro-Tarot Self-Appraisal Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here I'm merging astrological principles (natal planets and rising sign) with tarot cards and insights from the casebook of psycho-spiritual mind/body awareness to create a self-appraisal tool that is intended to identify any strengths and weaknesses in one's personality that may not stand out clearly from horoscopic delineation or cartomantic examination alone. While … Continue reading The Mirror of Identity: An Astro-Tarot Self-Appraisal Spread
Astrological Modalities and the Minor Arcana
AUTHOR'S NOTE: In astrology there are three modalities (aka quadruplicities*) of four signs each, Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable, with one set of three in each of the four quadrants of the "natural" (or Aries-rising) horoscope. In one model, the Cardinal signs at the beginning of the quadrants convey "initiation," the Fixed signs in the middle … Continue reading Astrological Modalities and the Minor Arcana
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 