Month: April 2023
2023 is the 400th anniversary of the First Folio, the common name for the extensive tome entitled Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. It was published posthumously, as we are told Mr. Shakespeare died in 1616, on April 23. There is no record of his date of birth, though it was thought that it … Continue reading Was William Shakespeare a Taurus, or was a Taurus Shakespeare?
... this is one from 20 years ago that attempts to connect Freemasonic symbolism and the Gateway Arch, via what I call "ritual" and/or "Masonic" astrology. The graphics are primitive, and some of the links are bad, but the gist of the work is still relevant, maybe. Photo courtesy of and © Robert F. Arteaga, … Continue reading Masonic Astronomy and the Saint Louis Gateway Arch
... something I wrote 20 years ago that compared the USA's official date of Earth Day to the Paschal computus ... Tuesday, April 22, 2003, was the 34th "official" Earth Day, the result of efforts by environmental activists and the late US Senator Gaylord Nelson. Why the Earth gets only one day instead of all … Continue reading Earth Day, Easter and the Exaltations of the Luminaries
The enigma of planetary "exaltations" in astrology has been a focus of mine for many years. In that time, I have compiled a vast collection of data - enough to fill a sizeable book. After cogitating on the subject, it is now time to coalesce everything in a (hopefully) organized manner. My aim is to … Continue reading On the Exaltation of Mars – an introduction
We are all aware that Easter is a "moveable feast" that can fall on various calendar dates, unlike Christmas which falls on a fixed date. The reason for these seemingly arbitrary and meandering dates is a bit complicated, but the formula that the Vatican now uses only came to be a standard across Catholicism in … Continue reading On the Exaltation of Mars – Chapter 1.3 – The Crosses, Easter, and Mars
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