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In the first two foundational parts of this series, I made the case for astro-numerological constructs in the tarot. In this part, we're going to look at some ancient astrological iconography that landed in the tarot, how this relates to all the tedious math we did in Part II, and the reasoning behind the constellational/zodiacal … Continue reading Astrological Elements of the Tarot (no, not what you’ve read before) – Part III
In Part I, I explained the true nature of the Star XVII card by decoding the classic tarot's astrological math and number symbolism. In this part, we will go a bit further with how the two most notorious irrational (mystical) numbers of pi π and phi ϕ are encoded in the deck, as well as … Continue reading Astrological Elements of the Tarot (no, not what you’ve read before) – Part II
The Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis in 2022. As we learned in Ch 1.1, Benedict XVI announced his resignation from the Papacy on an important anniversary for the Vatican, and that this anniversary has astrological and calendrical implications which seem to be far from coincidental. He announced that he would step down officially … Continue reading On the Exaltation of Mars – Chapter 1.2 – The Pope Emeritus and the Jesuit from Argentina
The morning of February 11, 2013 started off as typically quiet and “normal” for most of the world, but it was about to reverberate in both shock and disbelief for billions of Christians: Pope Benedict XVI, the Vicar of Christ, heir to the See of St. Peter, and head of the Vatican State, announced his … Continue reading On the Exaltation of Mars – Chapter 1.1 – The Pope Resigns
The events of January 8, 2023, in Brasilia, Brazil, offered a good opportunity to look at the starry motif of the Brazilian flag, and its astrological scenario as well. The flag of Brazil is unique amongst nations as it figuratively, if not technically, marks a moment in time that the democratic republic of Brazil began, … Continue reading The Astro-symbolism and Astro-reality of the Brazilian Flag
just a quick one... The big moment is almost here, as NASA launches the first of its new series of rockets that will land humans on the Moon, and from there go to Mars - the Artemis Program. As the Washington Post tells us on August 28: Note that the payload is the Orion crew … Continue reading The Launch (finally!) of Artemis I
In past blogs I have mentioned the peculiar frequency of a very minor fixed star in the constellation of Leo known as sigma Leonis, or 77 Leo, in various political-astrological radices, such as the morning of 9/11/2001 when the Sun itself aligned with it, and other critical historical moments. In Emersion's previous series on the … Continue reading NATO’s Road to Madrid 2022 via 77 Leo – Part I
Astrology is foremost a study of celestial phenomena, and how it relates to the local world around us. It also considers things that are not phenomena, but instead purely mathematical, such as nodes and dark focal points, like the Black Moon, represented in charts with this glyph, the astrological symbol for the lunar apogee, or … Continue reading On the DC Obelisk – Part IV
A quick shout-out is due astrologer Jude Cowell of Stars Over Washington for both inspiration and a reminder of what it takes to be a competent mundane practitioner. Her blog is a veritable treasure-trove of data and insights essential to astrologers who want to learn about the craft. Bravo, Jude! I hear you are an … Continue reading On the DC Obelisk – Part III
A pentacle approximates the shape of the Washington Monument's pyramidion In Part I we learned that the Washington Monument encodes historic astrological alignments via the shape of its design and its symbolic moment of dedication. It does so through the pyramidion at the top which is based on the Golden Mean value, and is shaped … Continue reading On the DC Obelisk – Part II
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