Astrology
I?m reluctant to leave this place that is so embedded with Celtic Spirituality! I took one more solitary walk before leaving the island, and took a photo of a spiral stone-- it reminded me how the Celts experience the Divine as a tender force, not visible, but present in all things. Such a sweet reminder! The world of nature was a constant companion to them--and as the Irish poet, John O?Donohue, said: ?the Celts remind us that we need a gentle light where the Soul can be sheltered and reveal its ancient belonging?. He went on to say that beauty often likes neglected places, and Lindisfarne has felt this way.
I love the idea that we can find beauty and the presence of God in the invisible world in nature, and also, in being soul-friends to each other. The Irish Celts called that soul friend an ?anam cara?. I hope I can be that for both Kendra and Sophie. Interesting to think how astrologers could be seen as professional ?anam caras??I hope to be that for Kendra through our letters. And I feel so grateful that Sophie has agreed to go together on this journey to Whitby. I wonder if we can hold that ?anam cara? quality for each other while we look among the sacred stones there?
I love the idea too, that when we choose to look, we can ?find the sacred in the commonplace??like finding beauty in a shell or carved stone, or a forest fern that?s spiraled and nestled into a stone wall. It?s as if God remembers itself in the beauty of nature, and so by observing the invisible messages there, we hear the voice of a soul-friend. Nature can be one?s ?anam cara.?
I think people who are born in the astrological ?Earth Signs? of Capricorn, Virgo and Taurus often have an innate awareness of this. Having no planets in earth signs in my chart, I compensate for this, since I know I lack what the Jungians would call this ?sensate? quality. But my North Node in Taurus reminds me that finding the sacred in the sensual good things of this earth is simply good medicine for me?maybe that?s why I love pottery and wooden spoons so much?! Hm?. Kendra has her North Node in Leo which holds the life force of the Sun?it?s as if her homeopathic North Node medicine would be to nurture herself on the warmth of the Sun. I wonder if she?s emailed me yet?I better check--
- Yearning To Reconcile: Christian Fundamentalism, Celtic Spirituality And Jungian Astrology
Dear Isabelle~ I was touched by your willingness to get over the mask of the teacher--the ?persona mask? and so poignantly tell me the story about meeting up again with Alistair and Sophie?and your yearning to heal the splits among you. This photo of...
- Lindisfarne To Whitby
Dear Kendra~ I?m so sorry I dropped our writing correspondence when all this happened with Sophie. I suspect with your Moon in Cancer, squaring Pluto, you might be sensitive to anything that feels like abandonment or neglect. If I hadn?t finally...
- Lindisfarne
Oh Kendra~ I got a call from the British hospital late last night about Sophie. She had gone on ?pilgrimage? to Lindisfarne?which she?d never told me about? I had no idea that her dream to walk to the Holy Island ?through the waters? to her sacred...
- North Node As Gateway, South Node As Essence
How interesting it is that the South Node is often the essence of the first part of life and the North Node can be seen as the gateway to the second part of life. There is no automatic passing through this door, but rather a gradual movement based on...
- Taurus North Node
Taurus North Node~Scorpio South Node With your North Node in Taurus, your Soul craves peace and serenity in this life--as well as good music, a loyal lover, and picnics on the beach with good food and wine! Doesn't everybody? Yes, but not like...
Astrology
Invisible Realms in Celtic Spirituality
I?m reluctant to leave this place that is so embedded with Celtic Spirituality! I took one more solitary walk before leaving the island, and took a photo of a spiral stone-- it reminded me how the Celts experience the Divine as a tender force, not visible, but present in all things. Such a sweet reminder! The world of nature was a constant companion to them--and as the Irish poet, John O?Donohue, said: ?the Celts remind us that we need a gentle light where the Soul can be sheltered and reveal its ancient belonging?. He went on to say that beauty often likes neglected places, and Lindisfarne has felt this way.
I love the idea that we can find beauty and the presence of God in the invisible world in nature, and also, in being soul-friends to each other. The Irish Celts called that soul friend an ?anam cara?. I hope I can be that for both Kendra and Sophie. Interesting to think how astrologers could be seen as professional ?anam caras??I hope to be that for Kendra through our letters. And I feel so grateful that Sophie has agreed to go together on this journey to Whitby. I wonder if we can hold that ?anam cara? quality for each other while we look among the sacred stones there?
I love the idea too, that when we choose to look, we can ?find the sacred in the commonplace??like finding beauty in a shell or carved stone, or a forest fern that?s spiraled and nestled into a stone wall. It?s as if God remembers itself in the beauty of nature, and so by observing the invisible messages there, we hear the voice of a soul-friend. Nature can be one?s ?anam cara.?
I think people who are born in the astrological ?Earth Signs? of Capricorn, Virgo and Taurus often have an innate awareness of this. Having no planets in earth signs in my chart, I compensate for this, since I know I lack what the Jungians would call this ?sensate? quality. But my North Node in Taurus reminds me that finding the sacred in the sensual good things of this earth is simply good medicine for me?maybe that?s why I love pottery and wooden spoons so much?! Hm?. Kendra has her North Node in Leo which holds the life force of the Sun?it?s as if her homeopathic North Node medicine would be to nurture herself on the warmth of the Sun. I wonder if she?s emailed me yet?I better check--
- Yearning To Reconcile: Christian Fundamentalism, Celtic Spirituality And Jungian Astrology
Dear Isabelle~ I was touched by your willingness to get over the mask of the teacher--the ?persona mask? and so poignantly tell me the story about meeting up again with Alistair and Sophie?and your yearning to heal the splits among you. This photo of...
- Lindisfarne To Whitby
Dear Kendra~ I?m so sorry I dropped our writing correspondence when all this happened with Sophie. I suspect with your Moon in Cancer, squaring Pluto, you might be sensitive to anything that feels like abandonment or neglect. If I hadn?t finally...
- Lindisfarne
Oh Kendra~ I got a call from the British hospital late last night about Sophie. She had gone on ?pilgrimage? to Lindisfarne?which she?d never told me about? I had no idea that her dream to walk to the Holy Island ?through the waters? to her sacred...
- North Node As Gateway, South Node As Essence
How interesting it is that the South Node is often the essence of the first part of life and the North Node can be seen as the gateway to the second part of life. There is no automatic passing through this door, but rather a gradual movement based on...
- Taurus North Node
Taurus North Node~Scorpio South Node With your North Node in Taurus, your Soul craves peace and serenity in this life--as well as good music, a loyal lover, and picnics on the beach with good food and wine! Doesn't everybody? Yes, but not like...