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Solar Ingress into Taurus
My Notes on The Magical Carousel by Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, second chapter, Taurus.1 Matter The very first thing the children notice when entering the new “land” of Taurus is how different it is from Aries. The description is of a garden paradise as opposed to a wild forest. Greens and browns specifically, and we might sense, […]
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SupraNatal
“For this astrologer it seems most important to account for the energy and force of being that each individual is capable of expressing, irrespective of the birth chart.”
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Transition to Awareness
The horizon in an event chart for a nation can be thought of as the axis of national awareness. And where the Ascendant represents the people, the Midheaven represent the new head of state in an inaugural chart. For the January 20th Inaugural chart, the government’s policy for the incoming administration maybe pre-established to a […]
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Solar Ingress into Sagittarius
My Notes on The Magical Carousel by Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, chapter ninth, Sagittarius.1 The Higher Mind Moving quickly into the land of Sagittarius, the shallow waters and fiery fog fade into the background, leaving certain death behind. The centaur lets out a belly laugh that is half mockery, half bumptious, and reveling in the delight of […]
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Lapis Philosophorum
VII Commentaries The children come into balance in Libra by dint of the Golden Sword. A barely noticeable feature, but nevertheless an important one. Without the sword their entrance into Scorpio would have been impossible; their weight would have been unevenly distributed and the Eagle would not have been able to carry them. But the […]
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Solar Ingress into Scorpio
“The warriors stop chanting and the drums cease. For a long while, which seems like an eternity, the entire camp is petrified.”
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Not Tithonus
“The Magical Carousel depicts an extraordinary evolutionary scheme presented as a wondrous story that no astrologer has broached before or since…”
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Solar Ingress into Libra
My Notes on The Magical Carousel by Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, seventh chapter, Libra.1 Union, Awareness of the Origin The children are pulled higher! They get so elevated that the ground below disappears, and a heavy mist envelops them as they gain altitude. Visibility reduces to almost zero as if the author wanted to paint the picture […]
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Ants Marching
The ants go marching to an invisible force, they pay tribute, with complete devotion, to their ‘god’, the institution.
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Solar Ingress into Virgo
My Notes on The Magical Carousel by Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, sixth chapter, Virgo.1 The New-born The children land with a “thunk” in Virgoland, and not just a little discombobulated for having plunged down the chimney stack. Immediately we notice how personal picadilloes and peevishness quickly come to the surface. They seem easily irritated over minuscule things. […]
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Long Live the King
V Commentaries My notes on Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet’s Commentaries. Please see footnote for information on the source of this essay, or simply go to the source: The Magical Carousel. Many spiritual traditions rely on the motif of “sacred mysteries”, namely some trinity that follows the progression of Father, Mother, and Child. The pattern is useful in […]
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Solar Ingress into Leo
“And once again, the children are frozen, unable to act, almost as if some impetus is required in this land to create movement. Furthermore, fear seems to be that impetus, but the motivation to act courageously, springs forth in each instance, instinctively and as naturally as the presupposed threat of danger. ”
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The Message of the Zodiac
“Most soul work is superficial, unenlightened, ‘slumbering consciousness’.”
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