This post is all about your Venus sign – the sign in which your personal Venus falls. A very pleasant re-entry into Pax Mercurius! Venus rules things like beauty, art, joy and pleasure, clothing and jewellery, sex and chastity (yes, both!) and, less happily, corruption in all its forms. She is named for the Roman [...]
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Your Love Sign: Venus in Astrology
Posted by Dion on June 28, 2011
http://paxmercurius.com/2011/06/28/your-love-sign-venus-in-astrology/
A Hopefully Amusing Tale of a Cat, a Plug, and her Pet Astrologer
Tonight, I left my ear buds on my bed in preparation for listening to some music while writing, and came back to find my cat looking very pleased with herself, with a large section of the wire, and more importantly, the plug of the earphones missing, and the rest of the wire chewed up. Searching [...]
Posted by Dion on July 9, 2010
http://paxmercurius.com/2010/07/09/horary_chart_ca/
The Signs – Scorpio
For the student who is new to Classical astrology, it may seem strange to find that the day and night triplicity ruler of the water signs is Mars. The other signs all have two triplicity rulers, but strangely, the most choleric (hot and dry) of the planets is assigned to the Watery triplicity. The reason [...]
Posted by Dion on February 17, 2010
http://paxmercurius.com/2010/02/17/the-signs-scorpio/
Mercury, Part One: The (relatively) Practical Introduction to Mercury
Mercury is, by its nature, quixotic. Hermaphroditic, variable in its influence, with an affiliation for all mixed colours, tastes, meanings and effects, Mercury fills a very important role in astrology and Hermeticism. This small planet, and its significations, influences and effects on magic, culture and science could fill volumes…so this will almost certainly be a [...]
Posted by Dion on January 29, 2010
http://paxmercurius.com/2010/01/29/mercury-part-one/
Horary Astrology – A Brief Introduction
Horary is one of the most fascinating branches of astrology, in my opinion, and there is currently a revival of the craft thanks to the efforts of astrologers such as Debourah Holding and John Frawley – my two distant tutors in the art. Pronounced ‘Orrery’ or ‘ho’rery’, it does refer to ‘the hour’ in its [...]
Posted by Dion on January 14, 2010
http://paxmercurius.com/2010/01/14/horary-astrology-a-brief-introduction/
Introductory Series: What is Astrology, really?
This is the first of a series of articles aimed at those new to astrology: most people have ever only encountered sun-sign astrology as entertainment in newspapers and magazines, but there is a lot more to it than that! I hope that this article, and the rest in the series, will provide the curious with [...]
Posted by Dion on November 22, 2009
http://paxmercurius.com/2009/11/22/introductory-series-what-is-astrology-really/
