Tag Archives: Cancer

The Musical Hamilton and its Symbolism

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Symbol Reader

“Sometimes the right person tells the right story at the right moment, and through a combination of luck and design, a creative expression gains new force. Spark, tinder, breeze.” Lin Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter, “Hamilton the Revolution” “Revolution is … Continue reading →

Posted in Hamilton (The Musical), Uncategorized | Tagged archetypes, astrology, Cancer, Capricorn, diversity, Founding Fathers, gender, Hamilton, hip-hop, history, inclusivity, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Jones, music, musical, Obama, politics, psychology, race, symbolism, symbols, USA | 12 Comments

Transcending Toxic Masculinity

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Symbol Reader

There is a deep collective need to rewrite the scripts of masculinity. “Dig deeply into any man and one would find not only the lake of tears but a mountain of rage, layers of anger accumulated since childhood, slowly pushing … Continue reading →

Posted in Masculinity, Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Sommer, analytical psychology, archetypes, astrology, C.G. Jung, Cancer, Capricorn, Franz Kafka, healing, inner child, James Hillman, James Hollis, Jungian psychology, Kafka's father, Mark Jones, masculine, Masculinity, planetary nodes, puer and senex, symbols, the father complex, the mother complex, trauma, Under Saturn's Shadow, wound | 13 Comments

I Love You, My Secret Raven

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Symbol Reader

It is entirely conceivable that life’s splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fulness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If … Continue reading →

Posted in Franz Kafka | Tagged archetypes, astrology, Cancer, Daryl Sharp, depression, donkey, Franz Kafka, Gemini, individuation, Jung, Kafka, Kafka's horoscope, Kafka's natal chart, literature, Piotr Dumala, raven, secret raven, symbolism, symbols, The Castle, the shadow, transcendence | 52 Comments

Thinking of Love

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Symbol Reader

This malady which Swann’s love had become had so proliferated, was so closely interwoven with all his habits, with all his actions, with his thoughts, his health, his sleep, his life, even with what he hoped for after his death, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged archetypes, astrology, Astrology of Fate, Cancer, destiny, Grand Water Trine, Liz Greene, love, passion, Proust, symbols, uroboros | 16 Comments

Images of the Zodiac: Contemplating Cancer

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Symbol Reader

It is 1975, a glorious spring in Istanbul. Kemal, member of one of the city’s wealthiest families, is about to become engaged to Sibel, daughter of another prominent family, when he encounters Füsun, a beautiful shop assistant and a distant … Continue reading →