Chief among the seasonal celebrations which recapitulate the theme of Aquarius is Imbolc (also called Saint Brighid’s Day), which is a Gaelic-Celtic festival held on 31st January to 1st February.
Imbolc is one of the four ‘cross quarter’ days; that is, one placed midway between a solstice and an equinox—in this case, between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Its basic theme is the marking of an optimistic hope for the first anticipated signs of spring.… continue reading
In our book Signs of Life: The Origin of Astrological Symbolism and Its Relation to the Human Psyche, Polly Dukes and I describe how the seasons have played a major role in the way humans have, down the ages, collectively made representations of (psychologically ‘projected’) their fundamental attitudes and modes of behaviour.
The seasons are, of course, one way of marking time. On Earth, time is largely a function of the sequences and cycles that are formed by our planet’s orbital characteristics.… continue reading
The book that I co-wrote with Polly Dukes, Signs of Life: The Origin of Astrological Symbolism and Its Relation to the Human Psyche, has now been published by Symbolistica and is available at Amazon and selected booksellers, both in paperback and hardcover formats.
We believe that we have established the origin of the signs of the zodiac, their astrological symbolism, and that of the planets, from a cognitive psychological point of view.… continue reading