Mercury is actually named afterHermes, the winged-helmeted messenger of the gods who moved quickly across the sky at other gods’ command. Hermes was also the god of herds and flocks, communication, language, and writing, which is why he is usually associated with social and talkative Gemini....
The AsteroidEroscan shed some light on some of our erotic turn-ons. In mythology, Eros was the god of sexual love and desire. He was consideredirresistible. In Roman mythology, Eros was known as Cupid. “In Greek art Eros was depicted as a winged youth, slight but beautiful, often with...
(religion, spiritualism, and occult) Astrology is the science or study of the stars and originally encompassed both astronomy and what today is call astrology. The word is a combination of astron, Greek for “star,” and logos, a complex word originally meaning “speech” (in the sense of ...
Astraeus was the ancient Greek Titan god of stars and planets and of the art of astrology. By Eos (the Dawn) he was the father of the Stars and the four seasonal Winds. Astraeus also had a daughter named Astraea who was the goddess of the constellation V
Along with this it incorporated the Egyptian concept of dividing the zodiac into thirty-six decans of ten degrees each, with an emphasis on the rising decan, the Greek system of planetary Gods, sign rulership and four elements.[6] Dendera zodiac with original colors (reconstructed) The decans...
You know, the Greek gods and goddesses may not be the dominant form of religious praxis in every area, but everybody’s heard of them, right? Simply saying, “Zeus/Jupiter is doing this,” is going to bring up a huge string of associations, right? A lot of that doesn’t have to ...
The common categories into which the omens of Enūma Anu Enlil were considered to fall were four, named after the chief gods involved in the ominous communication: Sin, Shamash, Adad, and Ishtar. Sin (the Moon) contains omens involving such lunar phenomena as first crescents, eclipses, halos...
on sexuality. One of the stories that these Greek men are sitting around drunk and talking about, one of the stories is actually communicated by Aristophanes, and he tells the story of the Androgyne, which is basically man before the fall. It’s again echoing Jacob Bhome, Adam before the...
At the midlife threshold, we arrive at a crossroads - at which stands the god of change and the god of stasis. These gods, represented by Uranus/change and Saturn/stasis, begin a dance toward the future. It is at this very threshold - the doorway between youth and old age - that we...
The names of the planets, constellations, Sun and Moon signs are named for either Roman gods, or animals.Roman sages and Greek sages always had secure positions in the royal court of Monarchs and Emperors of the day.These scholars had such a grasp of the celestial heavens, that they were ...