Journal

ATHENA, C.1923 (OIL ON CANVAS) - FRANZ VON STUCK

Pallas Athene: Reclaiming Archaic Feminine Wisdom in the Age of the Father.

March 5, 2026 No Comments

While the howl of the “wild feminine” is returning to our eco-psychic structures, Kerényi, highlights how Athene transforms “darker animal nature” into civilized forms. He frames Athene as a “protectress against the ravaging impulse of archaic elements.” Her role as teacher of crafts offers practical application of intelligence used to harness and contain lawless dark powers.

Wisdom & The Naked Truth: Original Image: Pallas Athena (German: Pallas Athene) is an oil painting created by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt in 1898.

Sun Conjunct Pallas Athene: Holding the Mirror of Naked Truth.

March 3, 2026 No Comments

On her breastplate Pallas Athene wears the slain head of the Gorgon Medusa, indicating that she has integrated the hidden, mystical, and dark aspects of the feminine. She contains within her the power of the serpent mysteries. While the serpent is one of her totems, so too is the owl; this speaks to her ability to see in the dark. Knowing the secrets of the dark alongside her ability for pattern recognition and mental agility, Pallas is protected against negative unconscious and subconscious influence. Pallas is not easily played.

The Way of the Serpent: Meeting the Goddess in the Landscape.

March 1, 2026 No Comments

Stretching into the circle on either side of the centre where once there would have been a circular cairn, shadows from the flanking stones resembled a pointer on a dial. From the centre (marked by a small stone slab) the two shadow pointers were at 11 and 1. As the sun moves across the sky, I imagine that both shadows intersect at the central point depending on the time of year.

Andrew Mountbatten- Windsor: The Myth of the Bad Seed.

February 21, 2026 No Comments

Personally, I feel that the designated roles of victim and perpetrator are much more complex and fluid than a straight off polarisation, however I have found that Nessus and Dejanira, particularly when viewed in intergenerational astrology, and synastry, do point to ingrained themes of abuse and victimisation. Often, this is not cold and calculated abuse but the insidious flowing of repeated trauma through the DNA and bloodlines. That is until someone is designated to bring the shadow material to light. As the astrologer and author Melanie Reinhart (who has written about Nessus) says, the motto for Nessus is “The buck stops here”.

Lilith, Saturn & The Moon Landing

February 19, 2026 No Comments

It is interesting then, that at the moment of a masonic ritual involving the Cross of Salem, Saturn who among other things represents patriarchal authority, is in a conjunction with asteroid Lilith, she-devil of the Talmud. Symbolically this can be seen as a clash between rebellious, untamed and feminine instincts and structural patriarchal authority. It could also represent a symbolic take over.

Aquarius New Moon Annular Solar Eclipse: Awakening In Darkness

February 15, 2026 No Comments

The demons that we call upon Kali to help us slay are not necessarily external, they are also the demons we have inherited through our blood lines and DNA. Though she destroys, Kali is ultimately a loving mother who liberates her devotees. She guides us back to the truth of the heart and away from the distortions of the mind.

"The Little Lost Girl" by an unknown woman of the red light district in Cleveland at the end of the 19th century.

The Lost Daughters: A Myth of Our Time.

February 10, 2026 No Comments

Lost or stolen children appear to have been a popular musical and theatrical theme at the end of the 19th century. In Ireland “The Stolen Child “by W.B. Yeats was published in 1889.

Words & Image by Karen Mullen Smith for “Gnostic Woman” © Original image by Wolfgang Rieger - Marisa Ranieri Panetta (ed.)- Pompeji. Geschichte, https-//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6221186.jpg

Imbolc Full Moon in Leo 2026: Tending the Sacred Flame.

February 1, 2026 No Comments

The sacred power of the feminine is transmitted through the land and begins to rise at Imbolc. In different times this energy was valued as a gift that could be channelled through human women; the energy was holy and worked within sacred rites. This power still moves through the land and our bodies, how we harness it, and what we do with it are important considerations.

Reconciling Chiron’s Wounds

January 27, 2026 No Comments

Like the butterfly in the chrysalis, transformation on the deepest level is at work. We are in the alchemical alembic. Just as a fully formed adult butterfly waits in the pupal before emerging, we too may wait until we instinctively know when it is the right time to return to the world. This is the moment of “kairos”, it is the sacred timing of our own soul that will not be prematurely willed by the ego or the demands of “kronos” (clock time). This is a delicate and critical operation.

The Callanish Stones with an image of the Venus Rose by Karen Mullen Smith ©

The Venus Stones of Scotland

January 24, 2026 No Comments

Are the Callanish Stones of Scotland aligned to the planet Venus? Research suggests that alongside their primary solar and lunar orientations they are. In his

Pallas Athene: Reclaiming Archaic Feminine Wisdom in the Age of the Father.

Sun Conjunct Pallas Athene: Holding the Mirror of Naked Truth.

The Way of the Serpent: Meeting the Goddess in the Landscape.

Andrew Mountbatten- Windsor: The Myth of the Bad Seed.

Lilith, Saturn & The Moon Landing

Aquarius New Moon Annular Solar Eclipse: Awakening In Darkness

The Lost Daughters: A Myth of Our Time.

Imbolc Full Moon in Leo 2026: Tending the Sacred Flame.

Reconciling Chiron’s Wounds

The Venus Stones of Scotland

Archives

SUBSCRIBE TO THE JOURNAL

You can cancel anytime.

Join the mailing list for news, updates and promotions.

Astrology Consultation Form.

If you have selected the Astrology Consultation, please fill in this form to help determine your birth chart in preparation for our meeting.

JOURNAL

TAGS

Archives

SUBSCRIBE TO THE JOURNAL

You can cancel anytime.

Join the mailing list for news, updates and promotions.

Astrology Consultation Form.

If you have selected the Astrology Consultation, please fill in this form to help determine your birth chart in preparation for our meeting.