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This
volume is both a poetic and a deeply insightful journey
into the essence of these two astrological elements and
what they symbolise in the human psyche. Part One examines
the element of water first through its expressions in
myth, alchemy, philosophy and psychology, and then through
the water signs and water houses in the horoscope. Each
planet in a water house is described in terms of its meaning
and expression; the three water signs on the Ascendant
are examined; and planets transiting through the water houses
complete a detailed analysis of all the permutations of
water in the birth chart. The chart of Marcel Proust is
presented as a vivid example of the imaginative power
and longing for unity reflected by this most mysterious
and most primal of elements. Part
Two takes the reader into the chaotic, inspirational
realm of fire, beginning with the ways in which fire is
symbolised in myth and philosophy, and then examining Mars,
the Sun and Jupiter as planetary rulers of the fire
signs. Each fire sign is then explored in detail,
with an analysis of planets placed in fire signs and fire
houses, the nature of a fire sign on the Ascendant, and
the meaning of the outer planets in fire signs in relation
to the the generation group to which the individual belongs.
The charts of two very different fire temperaments
- William Blake and Heinrich Himmler - are presented, followed
by a discussion of the meaning of a singleton in fire, what
lack of fire in a chart suggests, and the experience
of fiery people born into generation groups when
the outer planets are placed in earth and water. Audience
participation enriches this unique journey throughout both
seminars, allowing individual experiences to deepen the
reader's understanding.
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