Tag Archives: Virgo

Images of the Zodiac: Contemplating Virgo

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Johfra Bosschart, Virgo I adore this image. It reminds me of a precious and delicate porcelain figurine that you hold delicately between your fingers, marveling at its fragile beauty. I like to spend a longer time looking at the Zodiac … Continue reading →

Posted in Johfra Bosschart | Tagged archetypes, Astraea, astrology, Atargatis, Christ, Dike, ear of corn, four Evangelists, grain, Hermes, initiation, isis, Osiris, priestesses, rituals, sacred prostitution, symbolism, symbols, tetramorph, Thoth, Virgin, Virgin archetype, Virgin Mary, Virgo | 46 Comments

In Heraclitus’ River: The Mystery of Time

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Symbol Reader

1. Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes … Continue reading →

Posted in Time | Tagged A Sense of an Ending, a union of opposites, Alain de Botton, archetypes, art, astrology, Beckett, clocks, Eliade, eternal return, Heraclitus, illusion of time, In Search of Lost Time, Julian Barnes, literature, Macbeth, memory, novels, painting, Proust, quantum physics, Shakespeare, Switzerland, symbols, Szymborska, the collective unconscious, the unconscious, Time, time and memory, time symbolism, Virgo, Waiting for Godot, watches, Yacek Yerka | 35 Comments

The Riddle of the Sphinx

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Strength, The Gilded Tarot by Ciro Marchetti Regulus, the fixed star in the constellation of Leo, has left the sign of Leo and entered Virgo. The significance of this shift is enormous for the evolution of human consciousness. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in The Sphinx | Tagged Danuta Walesa, Lech Walesa, Leo, matriarchy, patriarchy, Regulus, Regulus in Virgo, the Sphinx, transition, Virgo | 14 Comments

The Virgoan Beauty of the Swiss

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Watching a Swiss episode of a BBC programme on great continental railways I could not help smiling. Those Swiss engineers are the best in the world. They managed to move a whole building (http://now.msn.com/swiss-move-262-foot-long-building-in-19-hour-trek) and they have built the most … Continue reading →