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[:en]On March 23rd, 2020 the colossal container vessel Ever Given gets stranded in the Suez canal due to strong winds and blocks the canal. The […]
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Hathor and Isis are often represented with horns. These horns do not refer to Venus’ domicile Taurus but represent Venus’ heliacal phases.
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The decumbiture – part 1
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108: The Mother of all Sacred Numbers
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Orbs and divisions
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Symbolism of the celestial rooster
Nowadays, when somebody sees a rooster, s/he is probably reminded of grilled chicken and eggs, or, if a vegetarian, of chicken batteries and the film Chicken Run.Back in the day,[…]
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Mother’s crimes, daughter’s murder
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Broken finger horary
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Waxing and waning Venus
We all know about the lunar phases, the waxing and waning crescent and the first and third quarter Moon. We can see them daily in the sky. Since Venus is[…]
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On minor planetary years and degree-families
In traditional textbooks, we often find a list of minor planetary years.They indicate when planets get activated in a chart and are particularly important in zodiacal releasing. But what exactly[…]
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Antigonos of Nicaia on Dorphory
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Spinning top or tumbler? The quest of the precession of the equinoxes.
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What’s your career? Ptolemy’s use of the helical rising planet
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