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Does Uranus Make Me Gay? Unearthing the Queer Archetype in History and Culture by Christopher Renstrom Uranus’s reputation as a queer rebel began well before we learned that it orbits the Sun on its side. Trace the origins of its symbolism in Renstrom’s fascinating stroll through history and culture. 40 } 25 } Harriet Tubman as a Magical, Mercurial Figure: An Astrological Analysis of the Combahee River Raid by Thea Anderson Birth data for Harriet Tubman is lost to history — just one of the dehumanizing consequences of slavery in the US. Nevertheless, Thea Anderson analyzes the historical Combahee River raid to illuminate Tubman's legacy. On the Planetary Nodes and Collective Evolution by Mark Jones In this excerpt from his recent book, The Planetary Nodes and Collective Evolution, Jones explores the lesser-known planetary nodes from Jupiter outwards, using the example of Martin Luther to make a case for the geocentric perspective. 48 } 33 } “Surely You Can’t Be Serious” Jupiter, Neptune, and the Astrology of a Seriously Funny Film by Frank C. Clifford What’s so funny about Jupiter and Neptune? Grab your beverage of choice and sit down, as you read Clifford reveal all, in this rip-roaring breakdown of the over-the-top hit film, Airplane! (1980). Features THE MOUNTAIN ASTROLOGER } JUNE/JULY 2021 } ISSUE 217 Contents And More 53} Primary Sources by Phillip Graves In this installment, Graves compares three editions of Marcus Manilius’s first-century CE Latin didactic poem, Astronomica, the second-most famous ancient Greek source after Claudius Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos. Plant Planet: Saturn by Paetra Tauchert In the first instalment of this seven-part series your senses will swell with delight as master gardener, astrologer, and artist Paetra Tauchert takes you on an enchanting astro-botanical journey with Saturn — the surprisingly sensual beguiler. 58 } Arts & Poetry } Art Outer Planet Transits by Jared Witkofsky Poems lustrous by Hillary Schofield In Defense of Astrology by Bayley Sprowl Fires of a Distant Love by Gary Lorentzen 69 57 69 57 }
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Does Uranus Make Me Gay?Unearthing the Queer Archetype in History and Cultureby Christopher RenstromUranus’s reputation as a queer rebel began well before we learned that it orbits the Sun on its side. Trace the origins of its symbolism in Renstrom’s fascinating stroll through history and culture.
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Harriet Tubman as a Magical, Mercurial Figure: An Astrological Analysis of the Combahee River Raidby Thea AndersonBirth data for Harriet Tubman is lost to history — just one of the dehumanizing consequences of slavery in the US. Nevertheless, Thea Anderson analyzes the historical Combahee River raid to illuminate Tubman's legacy.
On the Planetary Nodes and Collective Evolutionby Mark JonesIn this excerpt from his recent book, The Planetary Nodes and Collective Evolution, Jones explores the lesser-known planetary nodes from Jupiter outwards, using the example of Martin Luther to make a case for the geocentric perspective.
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“Surely You Can’t Be Serious”Jupiter, Neptune, and the Astrology of a Seriously Funny Filmby Frank C. CliffordWhat’s so funny about Jupiter and Neptune? Grab your beverage of choice and sit down, as you read Clifford reveal all, in this rip-roaring breakdown of the over-the-top hit film, Airplane! (1980).
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Primary Sourcesby Phillip GravesIn this installment, Graves compares three editions of Marcus Manilius’s first-century CE Latin didactic poem, Astronomica, the second-most famous ancient Greek source after Claudius Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos.
Plant Planet: Saturnby Paetra TauchertIn the first instalment of this seven-part series your senses will swell with delight as master gardener, astrologer, and artist Paetra Tauchert takes you on an enchanting astro-botanical journey with Saturn — the surprisingly sensual beguiler.
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Poemslustrousby Hillary Schofield
In Defense of Astrology by Bayley Sprowl
Fires of a Distant Loveby Gary Lorentzen
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