I’ll say it up front: no one’s sign has changed, Ophiuchus doesn’t exist, and this article by Gawker and Huffington Post is a shoddy piece with exceptionally poor research and understanding of how and why astrology operates. There you have it – that’s the short and sweet answer to the ’2011 Zodiacal Identity Crisis’ right [...]
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Articles on the signs of the Zodiac.
The 2011 ‘Zodiac Shift’ and Ophiuchus, and Why They Don’t Matter
Posted by Dion on January 15, 2011
http://paxmercurius.com/2011/01/15/ophiuchus/
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/
Cancer and the Moon
Cancer is another underrated and heavily abused sign of the zodiac. Perceived as soft and homey, there is very little written about the depths of Cancer. Much is made of the sign’s emotional quality, but often it is left at that. What sorts of emotions? Why? And what are Cancer’s ties to Mars, Mercury, and [...]
Posted by Dion on January 2, 2010
http://paxmercurius.com/2010/01/02/cancer-and-the-moon/
The Signs – Gemini
Much is made of Gemini’s light-heartedness and flippancy – many interpretations of this sign focus on its lighter exoteric qualities. Keywords often include things like bright, witty, flittering, talkative, excitable and energetic. Gemini is all of these things, but its dual nature cannot be ignored – as a mutable airy sign, this duality is especially [...]
Posted by Dion on December 14, 2009
http://paxmercurius.com/2009/12/14/the-signs-gemini/
