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Martian Mercurial

March 18, 2010 in Astro-Passages by Mystic Medusa | 67 comments

Mercury is now in action-Aries and trining mega-Mars in Leo. Some ideas:

* Faster talking.

* Impatience.

* Men are more daring.

* Ideas zip from the subliminal mind at the speed of light.

* Suffer fools? They should all be interned for the duration of Mercury in Aries.

* Brash ideas cranked out and whizzed off to about 1000 peeps at once, who all run the risk of being struck off the Mercury-in-Aries contact list should they not respond within more or less nano-seks.

* Big-noting.

* Winking. Seriously, monitor winkage. It’s always about more when Mercury is in Aries.

* Gutsy mission statements.

* Interrupting.

* Batting out of your league but w.t.f.

Think about it. Mars just back from that retrograde a.w.o.l. trip really needs a bit of a pep talk. And whom better to deliver that than Mars in Aries. Mercury stays in Aries till early April and then goes into Taurus just as Saturn goes back into Virgo. April will feel quite diff to now. Live it up.

Surrealist Tarot

March 3, 2010 in Metaphysical Quirks by Mystic Medusa | 8 comments

“…In 1939 Breton was mobilized as a doctor, and attended a school for pilots in Poitiers. Peret had joined his regiment, but would soon be imprisoned in Rennes for anti-military Trotskyist propaganda within the army . . . At the time of the armistice, and exodus, Ernst and Bellmer being German were taken to Le Camp des Milles. The other Surrealists met at the Air-Bel residence near Marseilles (in the “Free Zone”) after their discharge. They would remain housed there during the winter of 1940-41, taken care of by an American committee for aid to intellectuals, the Emergency Rescue Committee. Breton, Char, Dominguez, Brauner, Ernst, Herold, Lam, Masson, Peret would kill time by playing cards — Tarot, “the Game of Marseille.”
– From Surrealism by Rene Passeron

How cool & beautiful is the Surrealist Tarot…by Andre Breton!?  Via A Journey Around My Skull

Surrealist Angel

December 18, 2009 in Metaphysical Quirks by Mystic Medusa | 42 comments

r_and_r_bond_galleries_artfinding_surrealist_angel_12064718067985Surrealist Angel – Salvador Dali

“The Angel is that which unceasingly passes through the envelope or containers, goes from one side to the other, reworking every deadline, changing every decision, thwarting all repetition…” Luce Irigaray Angels Of Anarchy, Women & Surrealism

Sometimes I think that the Chiron-Neptune Conjunction – exact in Feb – flirted with at the moment via Jupiter connecting Chiron and then Neptune – could be just all about the intellectual acceptance of the Feminine Divine.

Venus Into Libra…

October 15, 2009 in Astro-Passages by Mystic Medusa | 15 comments

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And VOILA VENUS IN LIBRA!!!

Libra is one of the signs Venus Rules (she also rules Taurus and is Exalted in Pisces) and so the Love Goddess is thus super-well-placed in Libra…Venus in Libra as the backdrop for Mars going into Leo this weekend is just perfect. She will also linger in Libra until November 8, thus also being there when Saturn gets into Libra…let’s all Libra-out. Symmetry! Skincare! Scent! Diplomacy! Balance! Yin! Yang!

Venus is also now applying hard to a square with Pluto – given that this is a Dark Moon, you don’t want to get swept up in a lower expression of Venus-Pluto. Try not to succumb to vengeful thinking, stalkery bitcherel and, well, you know the drill. Don’t you?

See today’s Daily Mystic for an extended rave re the Venus Pluto cycle & how it pertains to relationships.  I am also going to remind subscribers of the password to read my previous Venus-Pluto Subscriber Only Rave as it’s ALL on again…If you don’t subscribe, do think about it…Support totally ad-free astrology!

Venus in Libra will feel easier than Venus in Virgo. We love Virgos but Virgo is the sign opposite to Pisces, in which Venus is Exalted. And of course, Mars is in Cancer, opposite to Capricorn, the sign in which HE is exalted. So both Venus and Mars – by the weekend – are in signs that they are WAY more happier and productive in. This means relationships come into being and/or sort themselves out more easily. The following signs are also far more at ease in their own skin & world: Aries, Taurus, Leo, Libra, Scorpio, Pisces…But everyone will feel the shift…

Man Ray’s Birthday

August 27, 2009 in Astro In Books, Celeb Fluffery, Metaphysical Quirks by Mystic Medusa | 6 comments

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It is the birthday of genius visionary Dada & surrealist photographer & painter Man Ray. You wouldn’t think ravingly Virgo to gaze at his work – he was Venus-Uranus in Libra (free  love indicator for sure) but the dude had Sun-Saturn in Virgo & was constantly invented. A camera was never, apparently, to his liking so he’d tweak the thing until it suited his exacting Virgoan tastes & thus did he come up with all the innovations he’s renowned for.  It’s interesting he did this pic called Pisces – Why Pisces?

Andre Breton, in The Surrealist Manifesto, wrote… “POISSON SOLUBLE, am I not the soluble fish, I was born under the sign of Pisces, and man is soluble in his thought! The flora and fauna of Surrealism are inadmissible.”

The Pisces pic above was one of several illustrating a surrealist poetry anthology by Paul Eluard:

“…All my desires are born of my dreams. And I have proven my love with words. To what fantastic creatures have I entrusted myself, in what dolorous and ravishing world has my imagination enclosed me? I am sure of having been loved in the most mysterious of domains, my own. The
language of my love does not belong to human language, my human body does not touch the flesh of my love. My amorous imagination has always been constant and high enough so that nothing could attempt to convince me of error…”

See Also The Surrealist Beauty Lee Miller

Alchemical

August 26, 2009 in Metaphysical Quirks by Mystic Medusa | 9 comments

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“Magic rites, primitive civilizations, alchemy, the language of flowers, fire, or sleepless nights, are so many stages on the way to unity and the philosophers’ stone.”  Albert Camus


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Colette Calascione

Astro-Query: Whom Would You Have To Your Seance?

July 11, 2009 in Astro In Books, Astro-Fiends, Astro-Passages, Astro-Query, Metaphysical Quirks by Mystic Medusa | 92 comments

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Luis Bunuel

Let me clarify the query: You are having a Seance & have somehow managed to be assured of a top-notch guest list. The presence of ONE passed on A-lister is guaranteed…Whom would you choose???  Mine would be the surrealist writer & film director Luis Bunuel. His autobiography My Last Sigh is one of my all-time fave reads.

He was Sun Sign Pisces with Neptune Rising in Gemini. Neptune Rising or otherwise prominent is so often found in the charts of great & influential cinema luminaries. It is also the astro-signature of a mystical and artistic calling. His Mercury in Pisces squared Pluto in Gemini; hence ability & compulsion to go sex-death-occult muckraking in a way that revolutionised movies. Uranus, Jupiter and North Node conjunct in Saggo/6th House. So, 6th House being what you do for ‘a living’ and to serve society he was destined to innovate it somewhat. If one is gonna get all karma-goo-goo over this, his 12th House South Node would indicate a sage who had reincarnated with the specific purpose of advancing society. His Mars in Aquarius (more iconclasm) is conjunct the Midheaven (drive to fame) and trine Neptune (he liked to get out of it but productively so)…

In April 2011 Neptune crosses Luis Bunuel’s Midheaven and what’s the bet there will be some interesting secrets or new work of his discovered?

Anyway, whom would YOU invite?

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Count Duckula: the Ultimate Aquarian Man?

March 6, 2009 in Astro-Men, Astro-Weird, Metaphysical Quirks by Mystic Medusa | 24 comments

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Aphrodite help me, I am starting to actually like the Leo-Rising-Aquarian-Rugger-Stud. Even after i swore off Aquarian men…Anyway, I rescued this from the archives…

Oh how I love Count Duckula – his official job title was Dilettante but he was also a failed farmer & mountie.

“Powers/Abilities: All the traditional vampire powers. Additionally, Duckula could be revived even if destroyed by a means that would normally eliminate a vampire for ever. Castle Duckula could teleport itself and it’s occupants anywhere in the world instantaneously, though it would also automatically return home at dawn, Transylvanian time, whether the residents were back inside or not.

History: “Castle Duckula, home for many centuries to a dreadful dynasty of vicious vampire ducks the Counts of DUCKULA. Legend has it that these foul beings can be destroyed by a stake through the heart, or exposure to sunlight. This does not suffice, however, for they may be brought back to life by means of a secret rite, which can be performed once a century, when the moon is in the eighth house of Asparagus. The latest reincarnation did not run according to plan…”

He is an Aquarius!!!! Note: Cartoon characters birthdate always is their first appearance.

I love how surrealism-absurdism-dada, whatever – snuck its way into the early cartoon world. More here

Happy New Moon In Aquarius Solar Eclipse!!!

January 26, 2009 in Astro-Passages, Eclipses, Moons, New Moons by Mystic Medusa | 63 comments

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Shaman Eclipse by Cuban born, New-York based artist  Myztico-Zen – check out  his utterly Aquarian Visionary Psychedelic Surrealist Site.

Happy New Moon in Aquarius! Yes, it’s a Solar Eclipse. All hail to the New. Mercury is still Retro in Aquarius, meaning that the fresh vibe may not be quite so instantly manifest as with some such Eclipses. Still we’re all in a new world now & I bet you had some sort of illuminating oh-my-godding eureka flash today and that had to do with your Future. Not your past. Peeps who are facing back, gazing wistfully into the past, get a decisive door slamming shut moment with this Eclipse. Note the hot-zone of three days before & three days after. And it’s conjunct Jupiter so it’s positivist + expansive.

Dark Moon In Scorpio

January 19, 2009 in Astro-Passages, Astro-Weird, Celeb Fluffery, Moons, New Moons by Mystic Medusa | 22 comments

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It’s the Dark Moon in Scorpio! So the astro-atmosphere is spooked up, intense, ruthless & with a subtle sexy edge of paranoia. Very good day for scheming, having insights to do with sex/power + dabbling in the occult. Martial arts also. Whatever you’re doing, you’re intense about. But it’s a Dark Moon so brill for fast-processing (Scorp-style) of ye olde merde. What would a Scorp do?  Send a quick note scribbled in blood and by Carrier-Bat???  Turn off his/her phone and refuse to speak to anyone until after next Monday’s Eclipse-New Moon???   Note that peeps are intransigent and suspicious today. If you know anyone who already has those tendencies, don’t bug them.

And speaking of Scorps, above is one of my fave Scorpios and definitely fave actor - Joaquin Phoenix. I think he does completely brilliant work in every film he has ever done. I adore him. Even in Signs which was otherwise abysmal, i.m.o.  But lately, he has forsworn acting and altered his looks quite radically a la this Daily Mail article here & one has to wonder WHAT is Mr Phoenix doing astrologically???

There appears to be no birthtime for him but he’s got an ultra depth-psyched & charismatic Sun, Venus and Mars all together in Scorpio. And close by but in Libra, he has Uranus and Mercury. They’re all in the Via Combusta a.k.a. the Fiery Way, considered malefic by ye olde astrologers but it certainly makes him potent & magic, i.m.o.

Plus my Moon is there so no-way am i going to go all ancient on this being scary…ANYWAY – Joaquin is amazing but without a birthtime, the only major transit i can spot here is that he has Pluto moving to square his Aries Moon. And so that is someone who increasingly will not tolerate anything that is not totally emotionally resonant with his true self, will not do faux anything for even half a second & needs absolute autonomy.

It does not say a thing an in any of my astro books about causing one to grow a huge beard to hide a handsome face. Oh well.

Oh and here is a story about how he debuted his new career as a rapper last Friday.