AUTHOR'S NOTE: Ashley Turcotte, who went missing from Barnstead, NH in early January, was just found deceased in dense woods not far from where she was last seen. Here is the news release:https://patch.com/new-hampshire/concord-nh/missing-barnstead-found-dead-after-extensive-search-wooded-area?fbclid=IwAR0RZsQKJ1PTgsHDRC1DYhUcj-tRGOktdbu6gmWJ2QgM5wJjGnZmrv9Muik I performed three readings on this matter: a horary astrology forecast and two tarot readings. The horary reading, while indicating that she … Continue reading Ashley’s Disappearance: A Missing-Person Case Closure
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The Thoth Companion: A Brief Critique
AUTHOR'S NOTE: At this point I've penetrated deeply enough into my Kindle edition of Michael Snuffin's book, The Thoth Companion, to attempt a critical review. In general, I find it to be well written and largely true to its aim of being a "companion work," but it errs a bit on the side of brevity … Continue reading The Thoth Companion: A Brief Critique
Personalizing the Princesses
AUTHOR'S NOTE: In my previous essay on assigning tarot court cards to the Sun, Moon and Ascendant degrees of the natal horoscope, I promised to address how the multi-sign Princesses of the Golden Dawn and Aleister Crowley can brought into the same model. Here goes! It is a traditional assumption that each King has mastered … Continue reading Personalizing the Princesses
The Thoth 9 of Wands: Strength in Opposition
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've never been entirely satisfied with the title "Strength" (or its precursor, the Golden Dawn's "Lord of Great Strength") for the Thoth 9 of Wands as signifying the Moon in Sagittarius. The Moon is not particularly forceful at the best of times and Sagittarius is the most muted of the Fire signs. Crowley … Continue reading The Thoth 9 of Wands: Strength in Opposition
Personal Court Cards: A Crowleyan Perspective
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I'm currently reading the court-card section of Michael Snuffin's Thoth Companion and came across the observation that Aleister Crowley chose the Prince of Wands as his personal court card due to its association with Leo, the sign on his astrological Ascendant, accompanied by the Queen of Swords to symbolize his Sun sign of … Continue reading Personal Court Cards: A Crowleyan Perspective
A Loony on the Paths
AUTHOR'S NOTE: After re-reading the Sepher Yetzirah and some of its modern commentary for the first time in several decades, I decided to rework the correspondences for the trump cards on the paths of the Qabalistic Tree of Life to align them with my renewed (some will say "skewed") awareness. During a discussion on one … Continue reading A Loony on the Paths
The Tarot Cosmology of Papus
AUTHOR'S NOTE: A couple of weeks ago I posted an essay in which I took issue with the Golden Dawn's arrangement of the Kings, Queens and Knights on the Chaldean wheel of the zodiac. Rather than the Queens being Cardinal (a dynamic and enterprising mode), I've always felt that they should be Fixed due to … Continue reading The Tarot Cosmology of Papus
Ashley’s Disappearance: A Horary Perspective
AUTHOR'S NOTE: My third major effort in analysis of a missing-person case is usually a horary astrology chart that asks the question "What is the individual's current status and location?" Here is the chart for the disappearance of Ashley Turcotte, who vanished from Barnstead, NH on January 4, 2024. (Note that horary charts are always … Continue reading Ashley’s Disappearance: A Horary Perspective
Rethinking the Chaldean Court
AUTHOR'S NOTE: During a recent online conversation, a question was raised about the reasons for the Golden Dawn's arrangement of the court cards on the Chaldean zodiac. I had a plausible answer for the Princesses: basically there was no place else to put them in the grand scheme, so the GD came up with a … Continue reading Rethinking the Chaldean Court
Lost Tarot Card: A Horary Certainty
UPDATE: I was just going through my I Ching Pack looking for a card for one of my tarot/I Ching syncretism essays, and out popped the missing Devil card. I last used the pack in November of 2023 but there is no evidence that I combined it with my Conver Ben-Dov TdM at the time; … Continue reading Lost Tarot Card: A Horary Certainty
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 