A Look at the Astrology of May 2020 by Sally Shotwell As the month begins, the Sun (our consciousness), Mercury (our thought processes), and innovative, unpredictable Uranus are keeping company in earthy, stable Taurus. This is the sign which connects us with Nature and our relationship to the physical world around us. It’s ruled…
Bruce Johnson has over 30 years of study in the fields of Ancient Wisdom and occultism. He has taught classes on a wide range of topics, from Atlantis to mediums to Zoroaster. He is also a spiritualist minister, with a background in spiritual astrology. He lives in Colorado with his wife and their cat. HELLENISTIC ASTROLOGY…
© 2013 Bruce Johnson – Reprinted with permission from Shining Lotus Metaphysical Bookstore newsletter September 2013 by Bruce Johnson Color and musical tones and vibration pervade spiritual as well as physical planes of life on planet earth. Let’s examine the relationships between colors and musical tones when we divide their mutual spectrums by the numbers one,…
Saturday, March 18, 2017 CHRIS BRENNAN, the former President of the Association for Young Astrologers, presented his new book, HELLENISTIC ASTROLOGY: THE STUDY OF FATE AND FORTUNE. The book covers the history, philosophy, and techniques of ancient astrology, with a special focus on demonstrating how many of the fundamental concepts underlying the practice of western…
© 2016 Bruce Johnson – Reprinted with permission from Shining Lotus Metaphysical Bookstore newsletter July 2016 by Bruce Johnson Ancient Chaldean priest/astrologers related the seven days of the week to the Sun, the Moon, and the five “wandering stars”. Each day he had its corresponding color, metal, minerals and gemstones that were in magnetic sympathy with…
Sunday, Feb 15, 2015. 2 – 3 pm. FREE AUTHOR WORKSHOP & BOOK SIGNING Renna Shesso, author of Planets For Pagans & Math For Mystics. Are you a moon-watcher, a star-gazer, a person who looks to the sky? Join author Renna Shesso for a glimpse into sky-magic and how it can work personally and powerfully…
The beginning of Spring occurs at 10:57 am MDT on March 20, 2014. A chart done for this event reveals the pattern of planetary energies that will be impacting us until the Summer Solstice. The sign of Gemini on the Ascendant of the chart indicates the importance of Mercury in our overall experience. Mercury represents how we think…
AUTHOR TALK AND BOOK SIGNING with Renna Shesso, author of A Magical Tour of the Night Sky. Saturday, January 21, 2pm – 3:30pm, FREE PRESENTATION. Shamanic practitioner, Wicca priestess, and author of Math for Mystics Renna Shesso invites readers along as she takes a pagan’s look at the night sky-as messenger, guide, storyteller, and mother.…
BIRTHSTONES AND SUN SIGNS by Bruce Johnson The problem with relating stones to months rather than to astrological sun signs, is that about two thirds of the way through the month, a new sun sign begins. The sign of the last one third of the month is different in nature than the sign occupying the…
Ophiuchus!!!! by Marci McCaffery There’s been a lot of controversy in the news these days about the 13thsign, pronounced (O-phew-cuss), a constellation among millions found in the sky. To the ancients, it appeared to be a man holding two snakes — a two-part constellation pair called Serpens (Cauda) and Serpens (Caput). Its Latin name is…