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The Flutter & Buzz of Gemini

By admin | Published: May 17, 2012
We will soon be entering the Gemini phase of the year, the sign of the two heavenly twins caught in a perpetual dialogue with each other. The Gemini season positively vibrates with energy through a variety of colour, scent, texture and sound, as the days extend and the sun rises to its zenith in the [...]
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Walking the Gemini Figure in the Glastonbury Zodiac

By admin | Published: May 17, 2012
Walking the Gemini Figure Our third adventure into the Zodiac on this year’s Alchemical Journey takes us to the twin peaks of Gemini and the giant baby of Dundon, drawn by two hills with their own very different character. This figure was first identified by Katharine Maltwood as the constellation Orion, and it has shape-shifted [...]
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Taurus & The Power of Manifestation

By admin | Published: April 22, 2012
Increasing Our Magnetism In our zodiacal year, we are now entering the Taurus phase, as the Sun enters that sign, and as it does, so the focus of our alchemical enquiry shifts. In contrast to Aries, Taurus quietly draws toward itself what it needs for its own sustenance and well-being, drawing on the magnetism of [...]
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Aries: A Spark of Fire

By admin | Published: March 20, 2012
Today is the Spring Equinox, a moment of new beginnings, traditionally the inauguration time for the rites of Spring, the beginning of the Zoroastrian / Persian calendar (Norooz) and, of the start of the astrological year as the Sun enters the sign of Aries, the first sign of the Zodiac. On April 1st this year, [...]
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Walking the Dog & the Lamb of Aries in The Glastonbury Zodiac

By admin | Published: March 20, 2012
The Glastonbury Zodiac was discovered by inspired visionary and artist, Katharine Maltwood in the 1920s, and this “Temple of the Stars”, as she called it, continues to enchant and enthrall all those who imaginatively engage with it. During the 12-month cycle of The Alchemical Journey, we take a ritual walk, led by Anthony Thorley, into [...]
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Walking the Pisces Figure in the Glastonbury Zodiac

By admin | Published: February 27, 2012
Our final foray into The Glastonbury Zodiac, on this turn of the wheel, takes us into the deep imaginal waters of a landscape soaked in myth and legend. It is the legacy of Christ as Ichthus the fish, the chief inaugurator and overseer of the Piscean age, who is most obviously represented here. We are [...]
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Walking the Aquarius Figure in The Glastonbury Zodiac

By admin | Published: January 25, 2012
Walking the Glastonbury Zodiac – Part 11: Aquarius It has always seemed entirely appropriate to me that the figures of both Aquarius and Pisces in the Zodiac should be drawn to ground in Glastonbury, placing the Isle of Avalon perfectly on the cusp of the astrological ages. The Pisces figure extends to Avalon’s western boundary, [...]
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Aquarius: “To Make a Difference, We Must Be Different!”

By admin | Published: January 25, 2012
“To make a difference, we must be different”.  Aquarian Abraham Lincoln said something along those lines – having the willingness to stand out, go against the grain, dance like no-one is watching, and love like it’s never going to hurt.  Aquarians seem to have a way of being themselves regardless of what others think of [...]
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Walking the Glastonbury Zodiac: Part 10

By admin | Published: January 3, 2012
Our next workshop is Capricorn: The Alchemy of Vocation on Sunday 8th January 2012 Walking the Glastonbury Zodiac with John Wadsworth: Part 10 – Capricorn When one approaches the Capricorn figure, the northernmost point in the landscape temple, it seems important to do so with a particular degree of reverence and respect. Capricorn stands for [...]
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Walking the Horn of Capricorn

By admin | Published: January 3, 2012
Reflections on Last Year’s Walk in the Capricorn Figure The horn of the goat, or in some representations, a unicorn, starts at the pineal gland in the head of the animal and then stretches to the south-west for about 2/3 of a mile, as Ponters Ball rises about 20ft in elevation.  The Capricorn figure itself [...]
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